Miller's First Day of 3K

Here are some pictures from Miller's first day of 3K-aka the Bear Class. She was super excited to  be a Bear! So far, she is loving her new class and I love that it is very school-ish. Miller is going to school full time while I am home since we have to pay for it anyway and she loves it. So, while I am on maternity leave, it is just me and Bo at home most of the day, and then we pick her up in the afternoons. Judge me if you will!

Big girl all ready for school!

Obviously, you have to have the backpack shot. 

One with Brother, just for good measure. Holy moly, Bo looks tiny in there! 

He was only 9 days old. He wasn't actually going anywhere, just sleeping in his car seat.

Before Bo

Here are a bunch of bad pictures from my phone from this Spring and Summer.....

Miller started ballet and gymnastic this summer and is loving both. I am thrilled, obviously. 

Testing out Bo's crib and pacifier. 

We went to The Children's Museum approximately 5,000 times this summer. Miller's permanent  response to "What do you want to do today?" was "Go to the mooseum!"

Hanging out at the pool. Look out toddler boys!

Playing in the train fountain on Mother's Day.

New playhouse!

Rocking a jingly skirt at the Greek Festival.

Freedom Weekend Aloft (after this, Miller asked if she could ride a hot air balloon for her birthday!)

M's first baseball game. 

Well, that was totally random. You're welcome. I'm really tired. 

Miller is 3!

Two days after Bo was born, Miller turned 3. Lucky girl got a baby brother for her birthday!

Since we were still at the hospital the day before and we had planned on doing cupcakes with Uncle Blakey, Aunt Allie, and Wade that day, we had a little celebration at the hospital. We had cupcakes and opened a few gifts. Miller was exhausted and overwhelmed, but when she is a teenager she won't be able to say Bo ruined her 3rd birthday and that is what matters.

On M's actual birthday, she got to take cupcakes to school, which is all she has been talking about for months. Then, she got to enjoy another cupcake with her friends Alyssa and Jeremiah when they came over to meet Baby Bo. We opened presents (a new Scooter and the Cinderella DVD) and went outside to ride the new scooter. I just pulled up a chair on the sidewalk so that me and Bo could get in on the action.

Oh, and we also took awkward family photos by the mailbox. 

Miller has been a very lucky girl because practically everyone who has come to meet Bo has also brought her a birthday present, thus proving that she will be able to maintain her status as the rottenest kid on the planet even though she is no longer an only child. Phew!

It's Bo Time!

(Image from here:  www.yadkinvalleysports.com) 

I guess I need to change the name of the blog since it's now Miller Time and Bo Time! I'm not sure how both of our kids ended up with names that are part of an "It's Something Time" slogan. Oops. BoJangles is Fred's favorite, so I guess it's fitting.

Anyway, Baby Bo was born on Saturday, August 10th at 2:59 PM. We got to the hospital around noon, so the whole deal only lasted three hours. I am still terrified when I think that if we had waited any longer or gone to Whole Foods that morning like we were planning, I might not have had time for an epidural (or morphine) -yikes! There is not a long, drawn out birth story with this one. He just basically flew out. Can't complain about that!

Bo Bo was almost the exact same size as Miller. He weighed 7 lbs 8oz (M was 7 lbs 9 oz) and was 21.5 inches long (the same height as M.) And here he is.....

Bo looks exactly like M did when she was born, only more rugged and manly of course. It will be interesting to see if his hair turns blonde and whether they turn out to be a  matched set once he gets older!

This big sister is nothing short of obsessed with "her" baby. She has done awesome with the transition and just wants to love on  her brother all the time. So far so good....

Riverbanks Zoo

Yesterday, we took an impromptu trip to Columbia to go to the Riverbanks Zoo. We have been meaning to go for a while, and I am so glad we did. Miller had a ball despite the fact that she was about an eighth of an inch too short to ride the "ponytails." The weather was perfect and M was such a trooper considering she had no nap and had an hour and a half car ride both ways. Here are some pics....

This pretty much sums up how M felt about the zoo.

Making monkey faces on the carousel.

Hugging a monkey.

Checking out the penguins.

When you find out you are too short to ride the ponies, the only cure is ice cream!

We got to feed a giraffe, y'all! I want to do it again tomorrow!

Easter

For Easter, we went to Memama's, had an Easter egg hunt (where Cocky showed up), played with our cousins, and took awkward family photos.

M was terrified of Cocky. She is not a fan of costumed characters.

 She walked around the egg hunt with a suspicious look on her face saying,

 "I'm lookin' for that Easter Bunny."

This may have happened during a prayer....

Aforementioned awkward photo. There were about 30 and they are all at least this bad. 

20 weeks pregnant in a long purple dress=giant eggplant.

This is the second year that I have taken this same photo of M and E Baby at Easter.

 I hope I can make them recreate it until they are 36. 

Long Time No Blog

I haven't blogged since September, so I'm gonna catch this thing up to speed real quick. We're about to cover about 6 months in about 30 seconds. Ready?

Halloween- Miller was the cutest little Olivia the Pig ever. She was so cute that she got to be on the news during our neighborhood parade. Also, she got to go to Boo in the Zoo and trick-or-treat with her buddies, JJ and Alyssa. This was really her first introduction to candy-"canny"- and she has been in love ever since.

Thanksgiving- This picture has nothing to do with Thanksgiving, but this is what we did that day. We played on the playground at Mommy's school and went to CC's for dinner. 

Christmas- Miller appeared in her first school Christmas performance and sang (screamed) Jingle Bells, Where is Santa, and Jesus Loves Me. She was terrified of Santa but warmed up to him later in the season. The only thing she wanted for Christmas was "chocolate cookies." She got some Oreos in her stocking to fill that request along with a princess castle, a giant bear, a cupcake set, and some big girl panties. Santa took all of her diapers to other babies and,she was potty trained. It was easy as pie. 

There you have it. All the major holidays that you've missed. Also, somewhere in there, Mommy got knocked up. Baby # 2 is a BOY, which I am still in shock about, and he'll be here around August 13th.