Happy Halloween...

Here is our sweet guy before we left the house for the evening... so serious all the time! Where does he get that from?

Then, our Halloween 2011 started out with a parade at Laela's school. I went up there to help the teachers get the kids dressed. WOW! I forgot what it was like to be in a room with 20 3 year old who are "patiently" waiting for a fun event. YIKES! Laela was so excited to be part of a parade. Dhillon slept in the corner (he did not even care that there were crazy 3 year old beasts screaming all around him!). What an awesome little guy! When it was time for the parade to start, Dhillon woke up and got ready to watch as we went outside to wait. What a handsome skeleton! :) He was so excited to see his big sister in the parade. The parade was very fun. It was awesome seeing all of the kids dressed up and Laela can't wait to do it again next year!

Now...off to trick-or-treat!
Laela had the best time. She literally RAN to every house. If we would have let her, she could have hit up at least 3-4 neighborhoods and still been holding strong. :) Every year just continues to get better and better and we have more fun. We had a couple of these pumpkins in our neighborhood and Laela would request to drive by them as often as possible (even when it was still light outside). Can't wait til Christmas lights are put up! Oh! We can't forget about this guy. He came out of no where and scared the pants right off of Laela. She ran away from him 4 times faster than she had been going and when she got to me, she was SHAKING! Poor kiddo. Needless to say, we are still talking about costumes and pretend.

Hope everyone had a fantastic Halloween! The Murthy family (party of 4) did very well and we will be giving candy out to anyone that stops over at our house from now until next year!

Dhillon is 1 month...already.

One month...seriously? Where does the time go? Well, Dhillon was one month on Sunday, September 30th. Literally...this guy eats all the time, so I was cery curious about his wieght. We went to the doctor and it turns out that he gained almost 2 lbs! Here are his stats:

Weight: 10 lbs 8 oz (67%)
Length: 22 1/2 in (76%)
Head circumference: 15 1/2 in (72%)

This little guy is great! He has been going to sleep about 10:00, waking at 2:30ish to eat, and then back to sleep until 6:30. What a sweet and lovable little man. (He's a keeper!)

PS - Laela has asked to hold Dhillon twice in the last week. YEA! We are making progress with her too! :)

Priceless?

Cotton balls: $0.99
Caladryl itching lotion: $4.99
Playing at the sand table with Granna while mysteriuosly being eaten by mosquitos: PRICELESS!What a trooper! She got her pink lotion and headed off to school. :)

Who are you?

someone...whom will remain nameless...kindly reminded me, via text message, that I had not posted in awhile.sooooooo...this picture is for YOU! (not the best picture, but notice the necklace of choice!) :)

Allie's Birthday!

Today is Allie Mae's 6th birthday, so of course we needed to celebrate! We had balloons, bones, and balls! It was such a wonderful time to celebrate having Allie in our lives. Okay, okay. I am the first to admit. This dog drives me crazy 87.6% of the time, but truly...she is part of our family! Laela loves having her around and so do we. Happy Birthday, Allie Mae Murthy!!! We love you!

Dhillon...2 weeks!

Our sweet little guy is already two weeks. WOW! Time flies so fast and he is growing like a weed. :) Dhillon is a big time snuggler and we LOVE it! Here are his stats for his 2 week visit...

Weight: 8 lbs 12 oz (47%)
Length: 21 1/2 in (77%)
Head Circumference: 14 3/4 (56%)

Funny thing...Dhillon is 4 ounces above his birth weight at this visit and so was Laela!!!

Newborn Photo Session with Chera...

YEA for Chera! I was really on the fence about having newborn pictures taken. I don't know why, but two weeks before our scheduled c-section I freaked and realized that we NEEDED these pictures to remember our sweet baby at only a few days old. WOW! I am so glad that I contacted Chera and she fit us into her schedule. Our little man was awake the ENTIRE session, which made it a little more difficult; however, Chera got several FANTASTIC shots!Here are some more of my favorites...Of course we needed a brother and sister picture too. I LOVE the look on Laela's face. It is so her. :)And...our little family!
Again, thanks to Chera for capturing our family and our most handsome new addition, Dhillon!

Going home with Dhillon...

We were in the hospital from Friday to Monday, so Laela got to hang out with Nanna! We are very thankful to have family and friends here so close and so many people that came to visit us at the hospital, offered to help with Laela, and brought us dinners. We are SO appreciative!

Here we are when we left the hospital on Monday! I notice now that I looked HORRIBLE when we left, but I didn't feel as bad as I looked. Just ready to GO HOME. Look at Dhillon going home in the carseat...and Laela going home in the carseat...I love these two pictures. It is so fun to already see how much they look like sister and brother, yet they look like their own individual. Also, it is so amazing how each child takes on qualities from Ro or myself. Crazy, but I LOVE it!!!

Laela was NOT sure about Dhillon when she came to meet him in the hospital. Ro and I truly think that it was just the hospital setting and seeing me in the hospital bed with "owies". Thankfully, before we left the hospital, she lightened up a little and kissed Dhillon several times. Now that we are home, she is testing us on a daily basis but she is definitely concerned about Dhillon. She loves helping change his diapers and I think she is taking a mental note on how many poopy and and non-poopy diapers he has. I know, I know. She is weird...like her dad! :)
As of today, Dhillon is...
* a calm, boyish personality
* loves to be swaddled (with arms out)
* a MAJOR snuggle bunny
* screams at most diaper changes
* grunts and makes noises while sleeping :)
* has phenomenal neck strength
* LOVES to eat (every 2-2 1/2 hours during day and every hour during part of the night)
* lets anyone hold him
* SLEEPS most of the day
* each night he sleeps more and more in his pack and play
We are so blessed to have this little guy in our lives. I am so excited to watch him grow into a little boy. He is going to be a wonderful addition to our family and we are so excited to finally have him here with us!!!

Dhillon Rohit Murthy is here!

***Please forgive us for already being a little behind with blogging. I am going to catch up and be better about keeping everyone up to date on our daily happenings! Also, when Laela was born, Ro wrote the first blog about her. He did start it in the hospital, but still has not sat down long enough to finish it. He will finish it soon and post it for us to have in the future.***

Dhillon arrived on Friday, September 30th at 12:58 p.m. He weighed 8 lbs 8 oz and measured in at 20.5 inches long.

This day was fantastic because we were able to prepare, drop Laela to school for the day, get our last minute stuff together and then off we went for check-in at 10:00. All of the nurses were fantastic and the c-section went very well. Okay, okay...I did puke (but it was not my fault. The nurse gave me some stuff to soothe by stomach and instead it made me sick.) Either way, everything went great and Dhillon made it here safely! With Laela, we experienced a different scenerio in the operating room. Nothing that was a big deal, it just seemed to be a more welcoming and down to earth experience this time. Literally from the time Dhillon was out, Ro was touching/checking/caring for him in less than 3 minutes. He also got to cut the cord with Dhillon! The nurse had Ro involved with everything and the anesthiologist was taking pictures like crazy! At one point I found myself wondering who was watching me! :) Oh well...it was Dhillon's day and I was proud to have him there!While the doctor's finished with me, Ro and baby went back to our room. Dhillon was cleaned up and ready to feed when I got there and he did AWESOME! Within the hour, we were pushed to our final room and voila! We were a family of four. :)

Pumpkin Farm...

We started our fall pumpkin patch visits with one in the area, Owens Pumpkin Patch. We grabbed Laela after school on Friday and met Aunt Karri, Mikaila, and Makenzi. Laela did not know the girls were coming, so she was so EXCITED and loved every minute! Dhillon just hung out the entire time. He did fantastic and loved being wrapped up close to me!Ro, Karri and all the girls fed the goats...eventhough there was one crazy BULLY goat (not billy...bully). He would push others out of the way and he took Laela's cup of food. Oh man! That goat heard all about it too! And there was a baby goat that got down on his knees to get the food. Too cute! We all went on the most bumpy hay ride together, but it was fun to see the girls laughing and enjoying time together. The girls went on a train ride too! Yes...and a maze too! I love fall and everything about it. What a wonderful afternoon at the pumpkin patch!Oh! Don't forget about my two favorite guys! They are such cuties!