Doak's birth story

Mr. Doak decided to take his time in getting here...which I was perfectly ok with since my "to-do" list was quite long. I was scheduled to be induced Wednesday, April 27th but little Doak decided to send me into early labor on Tuesday morning. I dropped the kids off at school, went home and got Nick and headed to the hospital. My nurse was so for sure that I was in labor that she called Dr. Tadvick to break my water...however when he arrived he decided that I wasn't progressing enough and for me to wait it out at the hospital. I slept like a baby that night thanks to a little Ambien and the next morning everything picked up about 7:00am. They started me on Pitocin and I had my epidural by 7:30am. Dr. Tadvick broke my water at 8:00am and then everything started progressing quite nicely. About every 45 minutes or so I was dilating 2 cm. until finally at 11:30am they called for the dr and I could start pushing. It took 2 pushes and little Doak came right out...beautiful and healthy.

Doak James McMillon

8lbs. 1oz. 20in

born at 11:55am on April 27th

getting cleaned up

a little "daddy-time"

Doak and Nana

Doak and grandma and grandad

Doak and Papaw

meeting Maddie and Wyatt

our family of 5

Wyatt was so excited to hold his brother

and so was Maddie!

heading home to start life with our new baby boy

Maddie is 5 1/2

Maddie turned 5 1/2 a day before her little brother arrived. Nick and I find it very hard to believe she is already closing in on her 6th birthday. Maddie is quite the speller these days and has started reading some of the "Dick and Jane" books. She loves ballet, her friends at school and playing with Wyatt. She has the most sweet and sensitive spirit and is a true joy to everyone who knows her. I went 2 weeks ago and registered her for Kindergarten. We are so excited about this next chapter in her life and can't wait to see her grow and mature these next 6 months.

Happy Easter!

We had such a good Easter with our family. After a wonderful church service we went to Nick's sister's house and had lunch and the cousins had an Easter egg hunt in the backyard.

Easter baskets from Nana

My cutie!

Ready...set...go!

He was pretty excited!

I think she made a good haul

So did this little guy

Showing great-grandad all of his eggs

The cousins with grandad

Happy Easter!!!

Wyatt---3 1/2

Wyatt turns 3 1/2 years old today. It is always amazing to me how much they have grown in just 6 months and how much my kids are learning and changing. Wyatt is very much "all boy". He is very into super heroes, animals, Bubble Guppies, T-ball, playing games with his sister and being the funniest little character his daddy and I have ever seen. Wyatt continues to surprise us every day with new phrases and new imaginative characters he becomes while playing. He asks the most serious of questions and keeps Nick and I on our toes. Wyatt is truly a blessing to us and to everyone who knows him. We are told all the time what a wonderful little man we have. Nick and I can't wait to see Wyatt as a big brother...we have no doubt he will take very good care of Doak and that they will be the best of friends!

Practicing for T-ball

Other than getting ready for Doak around here...we are also gearing up for Wyatt's first season of T-ball. This is something he has been talking about since around January. He has been so excited...we have the ball, the glove, his "special" shoes, the cute little baseball pants and of course a bat (which was his daddy's).
Today was the perfect afternoon to go outside and practice. The wind had finally calmed down and the kids had a blast playing in the backyard.

**They went to a Superhero birthday party this morning...hence the costumes they are wearing while practicing. Wyatt refuses to step out of character when he is in his cape!

Doak's little nook

We are so excited for Doak's arrival around our house...which could be any day now...crazy! My friend, Rebekah, who made Maddie and Wyatt's bedding, graciously offered to make Doak's bedding as well. I absolutely love it and can't wait for him to be in there.