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Can you say . . .

 . . . Miller?

“milmur”
 . . . Wilson?
“wison”
Miller is really starting to get chatty and can repeat (in some shape or fashion) most words  you ask her to say (despite the fact that her left tube is yet again clogged and infected)!!
Other new words- shoe (she is constantly bringing us our shoes), baby (whom she makes drinking sounds for as she feeds it it’s bottle, then says “ahhh”, she could also be asking you to read one of her Princess Baby books) duck qua- qua- qua, cup cup, cacker(used to get any time of food, not just crackers) side-side (outside).  She also knows a few animal sounds and was just playing with a “ca”(car).  
She loves to talk on anybody’s cell phone, iphone, blackberry, remote control, ipod or anything else that can remotely resemble a telephone.  She picks it up says “hiyo”, puts the phone between her face and shoulder and wanders around babbling, then says “bye bye” and closes or puts down the phone.  One day Wilson was at a friend’s house and the friend’s mom was trying to call to let me know it was time for Wilson to come home.  An hour after she called I happen to check my email and we had a voicemail.  Hmm, that’s odd- I didn’t hear the phone ring.  That’s because little Miss Moo had had the phone off the hook for the past 125 minutes!!
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Birthday Party Fun


Wilson’s friend Shelton had a dirt birthday party a few weeks ago.  What a blast!  His mom had a truck load of dirt dumped in the backyard for the kids to dig in.  Wilson was filthy and happy by the time we left.  Shelton has a great backyard and Miller had so much fun roaming around trying out all the big kid stuff.  These swings were top on her list.  

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I don’t even want to know . . .

I just put Miller on her changing table to put on a fresh diaper.  When I opened the old one, her new toothbrush fell out.  Needless to say, she did not think too highly of her first dental appointment yesterday.

Sorry for the long blogging hiatus.  I’ve been trying to learn my way around our new Mac and how in the world to load, edit, and post pictures in this new “iworld“.  I think I’ve finally got it and hope to be putting up pictures of our new sandbox, Easter, Wilson’s first program and t-ball game and much more very soon!!
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Congrats to the Whites!

Congrats to our friends the Whites– Baby Mason is finally here! We’re so glad that this sweet little girl made it into the world safely and I apologize that I’ve had her listed as “Baby Caroline” for several months now. Her name has been Mason since they knew it was a girl, I guess I just got carried away with the Carolines since Eliza Kate and Caroline are listed next to Ellie. Sorry!!

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Before & After- Den & Playroom

*** Update- I found a few more pics this morning (3-31) that had gotten deleted when I did the post originally- in case you want the FULL affect!
Hope no one’s been holding their breath for the next before and afters of the house!! In case you have, you may now exhale. Our den and playroom is actually one long room divided about 2/3 of the way down by a wet bar. The large side is the den and the smaller is the playroom. Off the playroom is a small half bath and a door to the deck and back yard. We finished (or got as close to finished as we’ll probably be for awhile) the den/playroom areas right around Christmas time. I was going to post pics then, but all the Christmas stuff was out. So, I waited until there were Easter decorations in the way 🙂 Well, both rooms actually got cleaned up today so I decided that I’d take pics while I had the chance. Enjoy!

Den- Before & After

In here we removed the large mirror from above the mantel, removed the Dynasty drapery, painted, pulled up the carpet & stained the concrete, made new drapery from cream colored burlap, draped an old outside table in more cream burlap, bought a few new lamps- everything else is just our same old stuff!

Playroom Before & After

In the playroom we removed the vertical blinds (and sent them back the to the 80’s beach condo that had left repeated messages looking for them), did more painting and concrete staining, removed the mirror and fluorescent light from the wet bar, put up new pendant lights, bead board and cork in their place, put up a new fan with a light kit (before this we had NO overhead lighting in either of these two spaces) and made new drapery from red burlap and various colors and sizes of ribbon. I’d hoped we’d get some better storage for the toys & TV by now, but the kids don’t seem to mind the old desk hutch that’s doing the job for the time being. The chairs that are by the table with the burlap skirting can be rotated around to the playroom side for mommy seating.

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Miller- 14 mos

Playing with her dog

Getting ready in the morning (no- I do not roll her hair regularly- she has natural curls. But this does keep her occupied while I do MY hair- which does not have natural curls.)

Swinging


Ready for the Easter Bunny

Bad hair day

Cowgirl- riding the rocking horse that Big Daddy made for Wilson when he was a baby.

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St. Patty’s Race

Wilson’s number
The whole fam headed out bright and early last Saturday to participate/cheer on the racers in the 5k and 1mile St. Patrick’s Day Races benefiting the Children’s Hospital. This year was especially meaningful for Phil & his office as his manager’s son has recently been diagnosed with cancer and everyone from the office participating did so in a “Running for Ryan” Bomgar shirt. It’s always fun to go to this race because everyone’s dressed in green except the Bomgar team. Those 30 or so orange shirts stick out like sore thumbs and makes it really easy to spot everyone and cheer them on.
Phil finished the 5k and took a few minutes off his time from last year. He got a banana, a cup of water, and then headed to the starting line again to run the 1 mile with Wilson. This was Wilson’s first race, but he was so excited (he says he “took a race”). He had a great time and from what I understand ran most of the mile (leaving tired dad in the dust a couple of times). I do know he was running his heart out with a big smile on his face as he neared the finish line. He saw me cheering and thought he was done! He started running over to me to give me a hug- I nudged him back into the crowd and told him to head for the finish line!
We hung around this year to hear the results of the 5K and to see how the Bomgar team did. They got third- way to go guys! We were all getting a little disappointed because apparently they’ve cut out doing participation medals for the fun run (which is fine, but they advertised that there were going to be medals for everyone who participated, and Wilson was of course wondering where his “surprise” (as he called it) was). So, we waited a little bit longer to hear the results of the 1 mile. We couldn’t believe it! With a time of something like 12 minutes 20 seconds, Wilson placed third in the 5 and under category!! We are so proud of the little guy.

Way to go Dad!!
“Visualize the Finish Line”
Here they come!
What a grin
Crossing the finish line
“Taking a race” is hard work, but someone’s got to do it!
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Field Trip

(Most of Mrs. Angie’s Class)

Last month Wilson’s preschool class took a field trip to the Natural Science Museum. Miller also tagged along. Below are some pictures of the fun day.

The traveling exhibit that’s there right now is all about conservation and living green. A lot of it was over the 3 & 4 year olds’ heads, but this recycling center was a huge hit. There were several plastic and metal containers and papers that they could put into the right holes- over and over and over again.

Miller and her buddy, Caroline, patiently waiting for their big brothers to get tired of recycling

Wilson and John Clark riding the giant frog

This was the first time for us to go that Miller could really get out of the stroller and stand and look at the fish. I love this picture of her- mostly because it reminds me of this one of Wilson taken at the same age at the Chattanooga aquarium:

Wilson- 13 mos

Miller- “dubbing” the aquarium

Showing mom the turtles

Bird watching