Little update on the Millers

I always have lots of things I want to blog about. Ideas that come to my in my head, things I see, experiences I have and so on, but life gets in the way and I struggle to find time to sit down and type a message. God bless those Moms out there that do blogging for a living while balancing a house and children. Maybe in the next few weeks I will get to writing down these thoughts or ideas I have to write about, but for now I will give you a quick update on our happenings...

Isaac- Our independent thinker...what a joy he is to raise and we thank God everyday for such a blessing that he is. He is a full fledge 2 year old now, which means, he wants to be an adult and if it doesn't go his way, he will let you know. 2 year olds don't quite understand they can't have everything that they want and he is learning that lesson daily, but a kid's gotta try right? He is a good listener though and knows his limits and boundaries which is nice! He is such a good big brother to his sister and is enjoying having her around to play with him. He is always watching out for her and making sure she is included!!

Lily- Our go getter...our precious little girl is growing up and she is a very determined, strong willed little one!! She loves to give people hugs and loves to steal pacifiers from anyone that comes in her path. She eats everything she comes in contact with(glad I know how to do finger sweeps and the baby heimlich maneuver, sweeps are done multiple times a day) My favorite was the day I pulled 2 magnets out of her mouth at the same time, thank you to her big brother for putting them in her reach:). She is a master crawler, stair climber, walker around furniture, cupboard opener, and did I mention putting things in her mouth. We love our bright blue eyed little red head!!!

Luke- will be done with another school year in the next few weeks...HALLELUJAH!!! I love the summer time not so much for the nice weather and being able to do more things outside, but for the fact that my husband has so much more time to spend with all of us!! He does a good job of balancing everything during the school year, but summer is such a breath of fresh air having extra dad time!!!

Tracy- has been garage saling, couponing, and constantly looking for cheap deals!! I will post some of my websites that are helping me "rob", i mean get lots of items for free or for pocket change!! The life of couponing is quite interesting and yet so much fun to save all that money:)!! I do LOVE a good deal!!

As for pictures, I will get some uploaded soon!!! We have some good ones to post if I would get them up on my computer!! I thought I should finish this post since I started it a few days ago and still haven't put it up!! Hope everyone has a great rest of the week!!

Happy Spring

Before becoming a parent, I never truly appreciated springtime. I actually disliked it quite a bit. Not because the weather was getting nicer, but because in Minnesota it was so muddy and everything to me looked gross!! I have enjoyed every minute of spring these last few years especially after being cooped up in a house with young children all winter and now, FREEDOM to run and play and enjoy the great outdoors!!!

Waterpark Fun!!!

We took Isaac to an Indoor waterpark for his birthday!! A few of his cousins joined us as well!! So much fun to watch them all have fun and play!! The girls, however, were more interested in being held:) A little too cold for their liking!!

2 years ago today...

At 9:17 am our lives changed for the better!! God Blessed us with our first child, Isaac Jay and what a perfect creation he is!!! Hard to believe 2 years have gone by already but we are so blessed to have this little(big) man in our lives!!! Happy Birthday Buddy, we love you more than you'll ever know!!!

The life of the Millers

Lily's new silly grin! She just started doing this and it is too funny!!!

Making Valentines!!!

He got most of the markers on his hands...

This has been Isaac's new thing this winter...Thanks to Auntie Diane for the inspiration on this one!!

This was Lily at 5 months...Standing on her own...now she is crawling all over the place, where did my baby go???

This was from right before Christmas. Thought I would share!!!

Sometimes Love Hurts...

Happy Valentines Day!!!

Enjoying what is hopefully the last of the snow

Father Daughter Moments

I am so Thankful that Luke has the chance to raise a daughter. I have to share this story because to me it was too funny.

Luke had the kids at home while I was doing some tutoring one night last week. I just walked in the door and Luke was finishing changing Lily's diaper. He looks at me and says, "She NEEDS a bath." I was like okay, why? "She just had a huge poop and there is poop where poop doesn't belong."

I almost died laughing!!! As Lily is laying there with a Huge smile on her face loving every minute of this:)

2 Peas in a pod

My favorite words of the day happen every morning when I get Isaac out of bed. He runs down the hall, slides down the stairs and runs around the corner shouting "Gigi"(translated to Lily). Then runs over to her shouting "Hi Gigi Hi Gigi..." and gives her a big hug!! I wish I could bottle these moments up because there is nothing better!!!

Lily is now 6 months. We had her Dr. appt this morning and she weighed in at 18lbs even. Here are a few recent pictures:)

Wanting to do what Dad is doing, always!!!

Eating her sweet potatoes!!! I LOVE her bright blue eyes!!!

2 point take down Lily...Isaac thinks it is so funny to let Lily get him:)

Isaac has always been my helper, he loves to shove things in Lily's mouth:)

Inspired

I am inspired by other moms and people very easily. I look at what they have or are accomplishing and it makes me want to do more. I enjoy reading other people's blogs and their passions about life. Somedays I read people's facebook status' and think about all they have done in one day when it feels like I have done nothing but been lazy. Then I think about what I actually did. Fed children, changed diapers, sang songs, played games, read books, worked on letters, numbers, reading, fine motor skills, wiped tears, danced, put 2 small children down for naps and attempted to take care of other household things that needed to be done. Since I do these things daily, I don't think of them as anything special. 2 years ago doing "nothing" would have consisted of sitting on the couch watching tv for most of the day. It is funny how fast we are generalized into a new normal once we become parents. I wouldn't change a minute of it for the world!

Back to the inspired part. I get all of these ideas of things I want to do with my life or what I should do. Where is God leading me? What is he wanted me to do? I have been trying to pray more about things and put my trust in him. One of my latest ideas is to sell this cleaning product system. I know what you are thinking, REALLY?? Sell something?? I have been thinking about this for the last couple of years and haven't gotten into yet because I didn't think I wanted to invest my time in it. Now that I only work "part-time" I guess you would say, I am thinking of giving it a try. My mom introduced me to this cleaning product system a couple years or so ago. I have a few of their items and LOVE them. It is an environmentally friendly system that kills 99.9% of bacteria and germs out there without using harmful chemicals that can hurt our children and environment. I like that I can wipe my children's hands and know they are clean and safe to be chewed on again. I haven't signed up quite yet, but I am going to and see where it leads me. This product is really popular in MN and my Mom swears by it. She even bought it to use at her nursing home. Check it out!!

http://www.norwex.com/norwex.php?lng=7&cnt=223

Where does the time go????

So it has been a few months...I guess you could say Life gets in the way of blogging or I have been very busy with taking care of my little beauties, holidays, tutoring, watching Abby's boys, and keeping our house in order. I feel like I could write a book about all we have been up to!! Even though time keeps ticking away, I am really trying to savor the sweet moments of where Isaac and Lily are in their lives. Last week we got snowed in, in Des Moines and stayed at Dane and Brooke's house. As I put both of my kids to sleep laying in a bed with Isaac next to me and Lily in my arms, my thoughts wandered. How precious this time is and how fast it will soon be over and they will be teenagers. I could have stayed up all night watching them!! These are the moments I LOVE as a Mom...there is nothing better!!!

Updates:

Isaac is our little smarty pants!!! He is learning so much each day and keeps surprising us with how much a 1 year old can do. At this rate, he may be reading and doing math before he turns 3. I LOVE teaching him!! He is also talking so much now and "helping" with his sister!! His favorite activity to do right now is empty the dishwasher!!! Such a sweet boy we have!!

Lily needs to slow down on her movement!!! Last Friday she pushed herself up on all fours and on Sunday was crawling backwards. At 5 months old, it is entirely too early for a baby to be moving. I may put some weights on her to stop this for a while! Her favorite activity is jumping in her jumper and laying on the bed while Isaac moves around her. She is always belly laughing at him!! She adores him and vis versa!!

Luke is getting closer with the basement!! The end is near and we will have our entire house back!!