Miller at 9 Months!

Yesterday was Miller's nine-month doctor's appointment. It went great! He weighs 19 pounds and 4 ounces and is 29 inches "tall." All in all, he is a very healthy little boy, and we are SO thankful for that. Here are a few facts about Miller at nine months:

• He is a SUPER fast crawler. Too fast for Mama and Daddy sometimes. Funny, but a little scary. ;)
• He pulls up and "cruises" around furniture. He can let go and stand for just a couple of seconds before sitting back down.
• He loves to "walk" holding Mama and Daddy's hands.
• He LOVED baby food until last week (ate two jars at each meal), but he now refuses it and wants all "big people" food.
• He says "Dada" (I think he is finally starting to realize what he is saying here), and he babbles A LOT! We love to hear him talk!
• He loves playing with his big sister. He wants to do EVERYTHING she does!
• When he hears music, he bounces, laughs, and tries to sing along. SO cute.
• He loves opening cabinets and drawers and "exploring." He also loves hiding. In the above picture, he is on his way to one of his favorite hiding places...the space behind the living room chair. He always gives his hiding places away because he laughs hysterically when we call his name. :)

I am so thankful for Miller. Just this morning, I was remembering this time last year...We were so excited about the upcoming arrival of our baby boy, but we had NO idea what a perfect addition he would be to our family. Miller and Maggie are living proof that God is constantly giving us more than we deserve. How blessed we are!

Maggie's Bible School Song

Maggie learned a few songs at Bible School last week, and she is so sweet singing them...She walks around the house ALL day humming them and singing some variation of the words (notice I said some variation). :) This is a video of Maggie using her "microphone" to sing part of her Bible verse song from VBS.

Transcript:

"Show me your ways, oh Lord! Teach me you paths!"..."Cheeeese!"

A ham? I think so!

Miller's Sweet Laugh

A video of Miller Man doing what he does best...

The Beginning of Summer!

We are so excited that summer is here! The kids love the pool, the ice cream truck, the warm weather, and the playground trips, but they (and I) especially love that Daddy is home for the summer! Miller took his first zoo trip last week, and he and Maggie both LOVED seeing the animals, playing in the water, and riding the train and carousel. Below are some pictures of our zoo trip.

In other news...Miller is growing SO quickly. He is crawling, pulling up, and trying to get into everything! He loves to eat (A LOT), play in his jumperoo (though he doesn't like being confined for too long) :), and torment his sister (He laughs EVERY time...). He is such a happy little boy and has the best smile and laugh.

Maggie is constantly cracking us up with her new sayings. Her new question is "Why?" She wants an explanation for everything, from why the sun hides behind the clouds to why she needs to sit at the table to eat a honeybun. :) She has become such a big girl over the past couple of months and is such a joy to be around.

Jeff and I are helping with Vacation Bible School this week and having a great time. Maggie is SO excited to go to "big girl Bible school," and Miller is just happy to play with friends and eat sweet potato puffs all morning. All in all, summer has been awesome so far, and we hope for more of the same!

My Sweet Miller

I love watching Miller's little personality develop. He has learned lately that it is F-U-N to get into his big sister's toys, books, etc., and it is even more fun when she throws a fit about it (Maggie...fit?? Nah...). :) Here is a picture of Miller catching up on some reading in Maggie's room this morning. The second two pictures are of my sweet boy just playing and being happy.

Pigtails!

Here is a picture of Maggie's first pigtails since her haircut last fall. She loves them and even insisted on wearing them to church yesterday! This morning, when she woke up, she said, "Fix hair pigtails, Mommy." I love my little pigtail girl!

This is the day!!

Maggie's new favorite song is "This is the Day"...We sing it every morning, and she always wants to sing it again. It's a wonderful way to get us going in the morning, and Maggie really seems to be catching on to it. Below is a video of Mags (and Mama) singing her new favorite song.

Miller has been sick this week. He ran a 103+ fever for two days, and when we took him to the doctor, he had two ear infections and a fever virus. Poor little fellow! We are giving him antibiotics for the ear infections, but the fever virus must be gone because he is fever free and is a happy, happy baby again. He is still scoot-crawling everywhere and rocking back and forth on his hands and knees. So precious!

We are so thankful that Miller is feeling better and can't wait for Daddy to be home with us this weekend! More later!