18 month update

Top 10 things about my 18 month old...

#10. He surprises us every day with another new word.
#9. He likes to pick lint out of his toes...he calls them "ishies"
#8. Multiple times I have caught Caleb eating those ishies.
#7. He doesn't like his hands to be dirty..."Eeewe"
#6. He likes noise, banging, throwing, and hitting.
#5. He will not say "love you" unless he is trying to get our attention.
#4. He has formed an alliance with Frodo at mealtime...and now that we know and have put an end to his "sharing", he has found various hiding places to store food.
#3. He's a ham (as you can see from the picture above)
#2. He likes to shout "AMEM" at the end of prayer....and after the songs during worship at church.
#1. He thinks he's the boss. He's not.


Now for the boring stuff that moms want to know...

He's about 75th percentile all around. He's a good eater. He still sleeps about 12-13 hours a night and takes 2 naps a day.

Busy times

So, ya....I pretty much stink at keeping up on this and I am not really sure who really looks at our blog anymore....but oh well.

I have been a busy bee lately changing things up a bit. As you may or may not recall, this USED to be our dining room...

Welllllll, one wintery day, I got cabin fever and decided that I needed a change, so I sold our table on craigslist. I had been wanting to do so for a while since it was counter height and our shorter guest *ahem, Mitch* couldn't scooch themselves in when they sat down. Anyway, the table sold quickly and before I purchased a new one, I decided that I would also change the orange paint to something more neutral, so that I could bring in a different accent color.

Using the money from the table, I purchased a hutch, a table, some cute wall decals, paint, fabric for reupholstering the chairs, and even more! What a bargain shopper, I know.

A couple of weeks later, and a few tears and cuss words later, this is what the end product turned out to be:

It's dark and kinda difficult to see, and for some reason the OFF-white table looks bright white in the picture, sooooo, I guess you are going to have to just come over and see the changes for yourself.

As for my cabin fever....well, it's raining outside right now.... so.... time to redo the bedroom???

Nah.

Or maybe....

Christmas with the Millers

Snow (or as Caleb calls it, "NOOO!")

Santa

This and that...

Caleb loves horses :)
All bundled up!

Caleb and Dadda on their way down the trail at my parent's house in WI... on the way to see the horses again.

Of course, we had to sneek in some bath time with Caleb's cousin Emma- and of course we had to take a picture so that it could end up on their graduation picture boards someday :)

And here is Caleb at home, helping me clean :) Sometimes, it's nice to have a child with mild OCD.

ya, it's been a while

Here are a couple more pictures from Caleb's photo shoot back in August. Beth did an outstanding job. Check out her site at http://www.adoreuphotography.com/

Orchard Day!

Well, we are back. Sorry it's been a while for our few blog followers. I've noticed that we've slacked on blogging since becoming big "facebookers"...

Anyway, here are a few pictures of our day at the Orchard. It was a beautiful day with great friends :)

First Steps

Caleb took his first steps yesterday while the Millers were all here! In 2 weeks, he will be 1 year old, which is hard to believe. We celebrated his birthday early with the Millers yesterday so that Rhianon could be with us before she leaves for Guam tomorrow. I'll post those pictures as soon as I get them from Rhianon. Enjoy!

-am

Rachel and Brandon's wedding

Well, it's finally over....thank goodness!! Weddings are so much work!!! It was a beautiful ceremony though, and a FUN reception. Rachel was a stunning bride. I'll post more pictures once I get them...

Summer, Summer, Summer-Time....time to sit back and unwind...

As many of you know, I am on summer vacation- for 3 full months! Woot woot!

I am enjoying my time and my family. I just got back from WI and had a great time! Unfortunately, Russ was not able to come with us- so that made it not as great of a time as it could have been...but here are a few pictures to share with you all...

No pictures please!

A Day With Grandpa Miller

Dutch Boy

Naked Baby!

Katie Winne's Birthday Fun!

We all got to act like kids again (not that we usually don't...but...)... We surprised Katie at Craig's Cruisers and it was a blast! Here are a few pics from the event...

It turns out that I (Amy) am pretty fierce on the go cart track. Just as Dana and Jeff.

This is supposed to be our "fake smile" pose. However, if you look closely, you can see that some people (RUSS) did a psycho smile instead...

This is our "awkward" pose. This is our "awkward hand" pose. Russ and Katie definitely win this one!

Easter

We had a great time with the Miller's this Easter. Of course, I am going to let you all know that I, Amy Miller, won the Miller Easter Egg Hunt. Of course, maybe it was because Katie Mika wasn't there this year, but I'll take the victory nonetheless. :)

Our Little Song Writer

Turkey

On the move part 2