Exersaucer!

For those of you who have talked to me about Miller for more than 5 minutes you know that I have a little bit of Mommy guilt about him being in "contraption" all the time. Now that he is a little bigger (well maybe a lot bigger), I do not get as nervous leaving him on the floor. But I cannot go far with him on the floor, between Ella and Sage, there is no telling what can happen to him. And when he looks at me with those big eyes and a huge bottom lip asking "Mommy why did you let this happen to me," I just cannot handle it! Therefore Miller spends most of his either in baby contraptions or in my arms. Until now it was the swing (which he loves so there is very little guilt), the bouncy seat (he is loving less) and the bumbo (he is not crazy about). But now, Miller is big enough for the exersaucer! This was a very big turning point for Ella when she was a baby so we were looking forward to it for Miller. The exersaucer helps with my Mommy guilt because I think it teaches Miller to play by himself and he is safe:)

Miller was not quite sure about the exesaucer at first.


Slowly warming up to it...

Ok, now I am loving it!


Who is that cute baby?

Chicago

Murray and I had a great time in Chicago, however it was not quite the type of trip you would expect when visiting the big city. I spent a lot of time in Wellon and Stephen's apartment sleeping while Murray was gone. It was as if my body shut down the minute we got off the plane. At least I could use the excuse that Miller needed to nap so I did not feel bad about staying in. Overall it was a great week of bonding with Miller for everyone. He was in the spotlight the whole time. Who would have thought I would come back from Chicago so rested.

Miller loving on Uncle Stephen

Miller loving on Aunt Wellon and MoMo (Moses)

Miller became a little obsessed with his tounge



Chillin with Dad

Miller's Baptism

Should have been posted May 4, 2008:

What a sweet day for our family! Miller Wesley Lee was baptised by his Daddy! It is so comforting as a believer knowing that our children are part of the covenant family and that God is in control of thier life. It is hard to believe that someone can love our little ones more than us, but God does and I know that he will never do anything that is not the very best for them!

Miller's Firsts

Over the past two months Miller has had a lot of firsts! This is one of the reasons I was so upset about losing all my pictures because i had not written anything down, I was just going to rely on my camera for all dates when I downloaded them onto the computer. Thank goodness they were all recovered. Here are a few of his firsts. (the dates are more for me)

Miller started playing with his toys! He loves his zebra. (April 30, 2008)


Miller's first bites. (May 8, 2008) Miller was not to fond of eating rice cereal. He still does not love to eat solid foods, but obviously it is not affecting him too much!


Miller rolled over! (May 10, 2008). He had actually rolled over on his own maybe one or two time before this. I felt like the worst mom taking these pictures while he was screaming, but it was such a big day for him I just wanted to document it.

Beach Pictures!!!

Should have been posted April 26, 2008:
The pictures are finally here! Obviously you can tell from the pictures Ella loved the pool! She is a little fish and would stay in the pool all day if we let her. In the last pictures you can see how Miller spent his time at the pool.

Ella Loving Miller

Should have been posted April 16, 2008:
Miller had a little bit of a rough start with Ella. It was not that she did not love him, she just loved him a little too much. She has so much more self-control around him and is overall very sweet. Although we still have the occassional bite.

Ella is TWO!!!

Hooray! Finally some new pictures! This post is only a month and a half late! Yes this does mean that I finally got an external hard drive and can put my pictures on the computer. However I am not fully up and running so it may be a few more days. I think what I am going to do is try to catch up on my posting. I know that most of you are not going to care too too much about what has been going on the past month, but this is more for myself (I have high aspirations of printing these one day and making a book. this will give my children some sort of memory book) and my mom who does faithfully print each post.

Should have been posted April 16, 2008
Ella's birthday was a blast! It was a little bit colder than we would have expected in the middle of April, but don't worry the weather did not deter me from dressing Miller and Ella in the outfits I made especially for the party thinking it was going to be very hot at the park. I spent all that time, they were going to wear it! Ella did not miss a beat. Miller however was a little cold. But they sure looked cute. It was so fun to watch Ella play with her friends. Of course she did not have a clue that they were all together to celebrate her birthday. A party at the park never fails!
Ella is ready for "Happy Birthday"! She has been practicing for weeks.

Ella's birthday cake was made of small cupcakes. She could not have been more excited! Cupcakes are her very favorite!

Ella was so sweet to share with Granna and EG





And what did Miller think of all the attention Ella was getting? Well it was a little chilly so he had to stay in his stroller to keep warm which meant not so much attention. At first he was his normal, happy self.

But after awhile, he said enough is enough, I want some attetion!