Aliyah Drue Miller

So, I'm not very good at posting... but at least I post with the important thing. :-)

Aliyah Drue Miller was born on Dec 30th . It was a "easy" labor... (if labor can be referred to as easy)... my water was broken at 7:30 and labor began about 10:30am. Then after 13 min of pushing, little Aliyah entered the world at 6:23pm, 8lbs 3 oz and 21 inches long. She has been a great baby thus far and I pray it continues. Caden is adjusting remarkably well. There have been no signs of jealously, and he kisses and hugs her as much as he can. It was a bigger adjustment to have me gone for 2 1/2 days then it was that Aliyah came home with us. Caden is still leary of being apart from me, so pray that that changes quickly. It's a little hard when Aliayah needs me and Caden constantly wants me and noone else. Other then that... things are great in the Miller house and we loving having a little girl in the family.

My Little Charmer...

Caden has quite the personality. He is Mr. Friendly. He loves waving hi to people and knows no strangers. He has this little charmer grin and head tilt he does when he knows he's being adorable. I happened to catch it on camera today. He was wandering around the house eating an apple, his new favorite snack. I looked up from the computer to see him sitting on the steps just munching away, looking very proud of himself. Here's the little charmer himself.

What I saw as I looked out the computer room doorway.


The charmer pose.

Caden's First Birthday

This is long overdue... as Caden turned one on Sept 18th. But better late then never, right? We spent a Saturday afternoon at the Deanna Rose Farmstead in Olathe, KS. Caden loved seeing all the animals and just walked around in amazement. Then on Sunday we went to Nonnie and Papa's house and had cake and ice cream and opened presents. Caden enjoyed his cupcake, but had a stomach ache later on that day. :-(

Here's just a collage of our birthday celebration.

Tagged

I have been tagged by Erin.

1.When I'm upset about something I clean, and I clean agressivly. It's get out of my way and let me clean.

2. I hate when any of my food touches on my plate. I like everything to be separate and in it's own spot.

3.I can read a book in a day and a half, if I'm really interested in it. Unfortunatly because I speed read I rarely remember what happens in the book, and sometimes will pick up the same book and read it again without realizing until I'm quite a ways in that I've already read it.

4. When I travel in the car, everything has to be in a specific spot. I can't leave until everything is organized and accounted for. I have completely unpacked the car just to re-pack it again so I know where everything is.

5. I can't think of any other wierd habits I have. So I guess that's it.

I tag... well no one. Sorry!

Lawn Mowing & Creative Parenting

This evening we had a dilemma... how could Daniel mow the yard and still spend time with Caden. Well, we came up with a solution.

Put Caden in the backpack...



Protect his ears with noise cancellation headphones and VeggieTales...



And be sure to capture it all on camera.

Some photos

It's pretty much been normal around the Miller house the past couple of weeks. Caden is growing so fast. It's amazing how much he understands. He wants to communicate and has done very well in learning some sign language. He knows "more", "all done", "milk/bottle", and "eat". When he gets frustrated and tries to tell us what he wants he just does all the signs he knows over and over. It's quite funny.


Caden loves playing in his pool.


My two studs!


He loved sitting on this saddle. Can you tell by the grin?


Look, no hands!


Just hanging out watching Sesame Street.

Cape Cod

We are back from vacation and getting settled back into a routine. Caden did amazing on the trip. The plane rides were a bit trying at times, but that was to be expected. He loved listening to his music on headphones, which was a life saver. We spent 10 days at the Cape camping with my entire family and two other families that we used to vacation with every year when we lived in New York. It was the first time we were all back together in 8 years, I think. It was great. We spent most of our time at the ocean. Caden loved the sand but was a little hesitant to get close to the water. He would fuss when we would bring him near, even fussing when someone he loved like Daddy or Mommy or his grandparents went near the water. He would point at them and fuss then point up the beach to where our blankets were. I think he was afraid the water was going to hurt them. But after two days he warmed up to it and started playing in it. Mind you, this water is cold I think the warmest it got while were there was 67 degrees. Frigid!!!

A few days after we got back from the Cape we got back in the car and drove down to Arkansas for a Miller family reunion. It was alot of fun. But I think we all were ready to just be home. Caden for sure was tired of traveling and being confined to a seat. He is starting to walk now and developing quite the entertaining personality. He keeps us busy. :-)



Enjoying his music!


Looking good in mommy's sunglasses


Nonnie, Papa, and Caden


Loving the sand


Me and Caden


Daniel and Caden having fun in the sand


Comfy seat by the ocean, courtesy of Daniel



The three little ones, Alistair Grimes, Caden and Isaac


Nonnie has the magic touch


Watching the fisherman bring the fish. Caden was mesmorized.



Our sunset picture. :-)