Reflecting On Milana's 3 Years

My sis and her princess (1 hour old)

Me and Mila roo (5 days old)

3 months

1 year

2 and a half

Well tomorrow is my sweet niece's 3rd birthday! Can't believe I just wrote those words, it has gone so fast...and I'm sure its even gone faster for my sister..seeing as she is with her day in and day out. Milana is my little roo, that is my own special nickname for her ,one that just Auntie Missa is aloud to use :). I remember when my sister found out she was pregnant I was absolutely ecstatic! I have always loved kids, and anyone that knows me knows this is true! But it was going to be something special to have a nephew or a niece, when I found out that my sis was having a girl I was super excited. Since I come from a female dominated family I knew my little roo would fit in perfectly.I didn't know how perfectly though until she came into the world. I remember the night/morning perfectly, I had just started my new job at Safeway(BLAH!) and it was my first night of closing, my dad and my lil sis came in 10 mins before I was off and let me know that my mom had driven down to Seattle earlier that day because my sis Jo, was sure she was going to have the baby soon. So I rushed trying to get things done at work, and we rushed home to get the "for sure" phone call. My sister Jo wanted all her sister to be there around the time she gave birth, so we were all going to be there. My mom was going to call us when the doctors knew what was kinda going on. I got home and we got a call that it probably wouldn't be happening till later the next day, so we all went to bed around 11pm....and just as we were falling asleep the phone rang and my mom said we better get moving, my sis and her hubby live in Seattle so we had a lil drive from Abbotsford to get there...about 2 hours going the speed limit. So we got ready made some tea(a must) and headed across the boarder....it was fairly easy getting across because it was 12 am the next morning, and no one was around. I remember the boarder guard asking ,"why we were going across so late", we responded "with our sister is having a baby!"He asked us,"do you have any plants"...my sister Shelley responded with,"OH NO!"(thinking he meant drugs) and he said," well thats rude!" Anyways that gave us a good laugh and off we went, and just our luck we got stuck behind a train crossing! But we were soon enough on our way, at about 130am my mom called and let us know we better hurry if we wanted to be there before she was born, and then about 30 mins later we got the call that she was born, at 2am on July 18th. We were only 20 mins away from the hospital, so we still got to see her when she was fairly new. I remember how exciting it was to hold her, my sister didn't want us to know the name until we got to the hospital and we were all pleasantly surprised. Milana Alexandra Quintero was introduced to her Putman Aunties....can't imagine how overwhelming it was for her....but she has fit into our family very well, she is a social butterfly and loves being around people and parties! So that is the very long story of Mila roo's birthday! :) Hope you stuck around for it, because this sweet little girl deserves a spot in my blog. She has brought so much to my life, can't even explain it!

Mila Roo's Profile:

Name: Milana Alexandra Quintero

Age: 3 in 15 hours

Grandparents: Paul and Cathy Putman(Gappa and Gamma:), Judy and Fernando Quintero

Mommy and daddy: Joanna (Putman) and Samuel Quintero

Putman Aunts and Uncle: Shelley, Mary , Melissa, Jessica, and Chris

Favorite Colour: Purple

Favourite Princess: Cinerella

And last but not least a ray of sunshine, and my little roo!

I'll post pics and a summary for her 3rd bday party later!...hope you all have a good weekend, cause mines gonna be fabulous :)