James loves Miller

James is having a hard time sharing his toys with Miller. As soon as she looks at something of his he takes it away. He usually hands her a baby toy, but she wants to play with his toys. I often hear "mama Miller is ready to take her nap" when this is going on. I hate to say it but its so cute to watch. These pictures were taken after James made her cry. Although he hates to share his toys, he sure does love his sister!

James' Valentine Party

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James was so excited that I came to his party!

Miller and Holton had fun too!

Every child made a heart. This is James'. He was the only child who loved something other than their family or a pet. P.S- We don't even have a lawn mower. Someone does our yard!! I love how a 3.5 year old brain works!

James' Oil Painting

This is a picture of an oil portrait we had painted of James. We got it taken this summer right after his 3rd Birthday. I am so happy with the turnout. It was well worth the 6 month wait.

9 Months

I have not taken a picture of Miller with my camera in over a month. This is a picture off my phone. I promise more pictures will be coming soon! She has been taking great naps and this is how I found her in her room during her afternoon nap.

I At 9 Months Miller weighs 19.lbs 2oz and is 26 inches long. She is in the 25th-50th percentile for both. She is still wearing 6-9 month clothes. Yesterday she FINALLY started crawling and she is fast. She had been crawling backwards for a while and scooting everywhere but the true craw came at 9months. She is pulling up on everything and standing up in her crib.She has started saying "da da" and "bye bye". When Gray gets home from work she starts a constant "da da" babble for about 30min. She really loves her Daddy! She still doesn't have a tooth, although she has been drooling for 5 months. That first tooth is being really stubborn. I believe that drooling is a huge teething myth. Miller is great with food and will eat almost anything we give her. She loves puffs and yoguart melts and has tried pancake and sweet potato fries this month. She's not interested in a sippy cup, but we are working on it.

Both kids have been sick off and on since the day after Christmas. Last week Miller had it bad. 102.6 temp and just feeling horrible. I took her to the doctor and it was croup. 2 days later she is back to her old self. I am so sick of germs, colds, and cold weather!!! Thankfully Gray and I haven't picked up any of the germs and I've been santitizing my house like crazy.

8 Months Old

Eight months have flown by. Its hard to imagine in four short months I'll be planning Miller's first Birthday party! She turned 8 months on the 29th of December so this is a little post- Happy 8 months.

At 8 months Miller is getting up on her hands and knees and rocking. She spins and rolls to get anywhere she wants to go but is not crawling. She can stand un-supported against the coffee table but doesn't last long. She has learned patty cake and claps her hands nonstop. If we don't sing the song when she starts clapping she gets very frustrated. She also waves "hey" and "bye bye". Miller is still not loving her bottle (only drinks 4-6oz 4 times a day) and is still waking up during the night to eat. She slept through the night from 9 weeks old until she was 5 months. At 5 months she started waking up again and continues to get up. I know she has to be hungry so I always give in and feed her. We have let her "cry it out" a couple of nights but she is up for good super early in the morning. She loves solids and is eating 3 meals a day along with feeding herself puffs for snack.
Miller is such a trooper and hangs out with me 3 days a week in Greenville while James is in preschool. Her morning naps are really off those 3 days but she makes up for the lost time on our days at home. Her and James take an afternoon nap at the same time from about 1-4. Its so nice to have some alone time. This month Miller also had a very long cold and ran a fever with the cold. After 3 weeks of that mess we are all back to feeling better! Can't wait to see what she gets into this month!!

CHRISTMAS 2010

Sugar Cookies and Milk for Santa

James got WAY too many toys. Santa got a little excited this year!

Miller's pile...

SO SO excited about his new John Deere bike!

Miller had a Bailey's box under the tree from Daddy. It was a pearl bracelet. So sweet!

We had a wonderful Christmas this year. James was so much fun to watch. Miller was such a trooper and napped well everywhere we went. We spent Christmas morning in Bethel, went to Robersonville for breakfast at Gray's parents house, lunch at his grandmothers, and then off to Smithfield for Christmas night. It was a busy day but we are thankful that we have our families close!

Christmas Eve

Now that Christmas Eve is finally here I am sooo excited for tomorrow!!! This is the first year James has really understood what Christmas is all about... When we put out our stockings James wants to leave a peanut butter and jelly out for Santa and cookies for baby Jesus. I am thankful that he knows Christmas isn't all about new toys and Santa! Boy is he excited about new toys though!! He is asking Santa for Stinky the Garbage truck, Buzz wings, John deere toys, and some new tools. Last night he decided that he really really needed an ambulance but we told him santa had already made all of his new toys.

These are a couple of pictures I took before Church last weekend...more Christmas pictures to come. We are going to church tonight in Bethel at 5 and then dinner at Gray's grandmother's house. Tomorrow we will wake up at home, open presents and head to Robersonville to Gray's parents house around 10. Lunch in Robersonville with Gray's other grandmother and then to Smithfield to spend Christmas night with my family. I am praying that everyone naps sometime during the day!

I hope everyone has a VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

Santa

Christmas Parades

Last Wed was the Robersonville Christmas parade. It was FREEZING but we toughed it out. James loves parades and is officially a candy snatcher!

Miller loved watching the parade also.. She looked so cute al bundled up.

Love this picture of James!

The Bethel parade was on Saturday. It wasn't as cold so it was much more enjoyable. The parade had so many animals, cars, and firetrucks. James loved it!

Gray joined us.. so happy he could come!

Our Elf Aiden

Meet Aiden our "Elf". James is loving having Aiden around and has been on his best behavior since he came to live with us. Hopefully Aiden will tell Santa all of the good things James has been doing and he will bring James all of the toys on his list!

Miller was really excited too!