The Millers

Mini Vaca!

2010-07-18T13:43:00.000-07:00

Okay so it's more along the line of a MICRO Vaca, but I'll take it!! Tuesday, after I drop Carson off at MDO I'm headed here
And I get to spend the afternoon and night with these two lovely ladies! To say that I'm excited would be the understatement of the century!

We don't have major plans for the day/night, but it will consist of a few peaceful hours by the pool without a baby monitor sitting in the next chair. It might consist of some sushi since my mom has officially started eating it. I'm super excited and can't wait to get to Austin and get some R&R with my mom and sister!!

He's on my side

2010-07-15T17:47:00.001-07:00

Just wanted to share a couple of conversations that were shared today in my family. First let me say, Carson has been completely wild and crazy lately. That probably is an understatement. He constantly wants to wrestle and run around like a maniac. He is very stubborn and will not do anything that wasn't his idea. I called Zack during one of those moments today and here is our conversations:

Me: Your son is CRAZY

Z: He just needs someone to play with.

Me: What exactly are you saying?

Z: Maybe he needs a little brother to play with.

Me: Now YOU are the one that is CRAZY!!!

I asked Carson that afternoon if he wanted a baby and he immediately told me no. I told Zack about that and he decided he and Carson would have another conversation about it.

Z: Carson do you want a baby?

Car: No thanks.

Z: Do you want a little brother?

Car: Nope.

Z: Do you want a little sister?

Car: No Daddy NO!

Made me smile a little to hear them talking about it. Carson is def on my side!

*I don't want people to think that we will never have another child, but honestly Carson is such a handful it really makes me think twice. He is SO all boy and I'm SO tired by the end of the day. I love that boy to death, but man does he act like a maniac!

"You talking to me?"

Summer Fun!

2010-07-07T18:22:00.000-07:00

Carson and Harper enjoying dinner
Daddy and Carson swimming under the water!

He loves the pool

What....Zack is wearing Cinch??

Zack and I with the newly weds!

Oh yeah, we went to Vegas for Caitlin's 21st!

We went to Mexico too!

Mindy and I before we got to Mexico

Afternoon with the waterhose!

We have been traveling more than usual lately. We celebrated Caitlin's 21st birthday Vegas style and then we went to Mexico with our good friends Mindy and Herman for their honeymoon/our anniversary. Things are starting to slow down and we are spending a lot of time in the pool and in the sprinklers! Carson loves the water and is def starting to shows signs of the terrible twos! I have started reading a book about raising boys. They are so different from girls. He really is a dare devil and doesn't realize he can get hurt. It takes a lot of energy to keep up with this little guy. He is coming into his own and starting to really show his personality (he may look like me, but he acts like his daddy). We will be celebrating his birthday next month and I can't believe he is already almost 2! Where has the time and my baby gone?

Hello Old Friend

2010-03-06T09:24:00.000-08:00

We had Dr. Suess day at school and Carson thought I looked pretty funny!
Carson playing in the snow! I love this picture.

Playing the "broom guitar"

First let me say I have missed blogging. I know not that many people read my blog, but I enjoy reading others so I decided I should probably update. Carson is getting SO big. He is 19 months old and I can't believe we are closer to 2 than 1. He is talking up a storm. He went for his 18 month check up and the Dr. asked if he had 10 words. My mom just laughed. She child has so many words it's insane. The Dr. told us that since he is more developed physically and mentally than a normal 18 month old that we should expect the terrible two's a lot faster than most. Boy was he right. The child has started throwing full out fits. I'm getting excited about my week with him though. I have the next week off and get to spend a lot of time with my little man. Enough typing.

Merry Christmas!

2009-12-15T16:26:00.000-08:00

Single Mom

2009-12-07T18:25:00.000-08:00

Z has been out of town for the last few nights. He went to California with a friend and left early Friday morning. Needless to say I haven't slept very good in a few nights. Some people wonder why it's different from when he works nights. I guess I know that if I needed him he could be home with in 15 mins. He can't just hop in his car and come home. I am counting down the hours until he gets back. I think Carson is ready for him to come home too. He was walking around the house with his photo album saying "Dadda", he walked into every room of the house looking for him.

We miss you and can't wait for you to come home! Love you daddy!

2009-11-30T18:25:00.000-08:00

Football Season is now officially over. Carson went to every home game and did really well. The last few games were at 11:00 which made it tough on our afternoon nap, but he was a trooper. We love our Baylor Bears and will support them through thick and thin. We bought season tickets this year with the hopes of a bowl game. We didn't quite make it this year, but we are being true fans when we say "It WILL happen next year" You have to love the school you went to. It always bugs me when people talk bad about the University they attended. So until next year...........

We have gotten to know our neighbors pretty well the last couple of months. It's sad that it has taken this long for us to get the kids together, but at least we have done it and had a great time. I'm going to blame it on the construction that took so long on our house. Anyways, this is Harper she is Carson's friend from down the street. HP can hang with the boys. She is one tough cookie. She has to be with the beast that is Carson. I have known her dad for a long time, but have really enjoyed getting to know his wife. It's fun to be able to walk to your friend's house again. It's just like when I was younger. As you can see they are a mess together.

I'm afraid that my posts from now until Christmas will not be too exciting. My camera broke, so I am having to rely on everyone else for pictures. I didn't realize how much I used my camera until it was not available. It broke a week ago and I found myself using my iphone to get some cute pictures of Carson in the yard yesterday while dad put up the lights. Hopefully Santa will be bringing me a new camera for Christmas.....HINT HINT!

It's been so long I had forgotten my password!

2009-11-23T15:13:00.001-08:00

Many people are writing about things that they are Thankful for and I wanted to just share something with you all that I wrote a little over two years ago. It was before I really knew much about the blogging world. I made a blog right after our miscarriage.......I stumbled upon it when I was trying to figure out what my password was. It just reminds me to be thankful everyday.

http://www.courtney-courtneymiller.blogspot.com/

I am thankful for my miscarriage because without it we wouldn't have this little man....

He is a mess but I love him! We are talking up a storm and will be 16 months next week. He doesn't walk he runs. He is sweet and loves to give kisses. I haven't actually sat down to count his words. I need to do that. I think he is brilliant.......but he is mine. We picked him up from Sunday School and the teacher told me that he loved reading their book. She handed it to him upside down and he turned it around and flipped through the pages. I told you he was brilliant. Most of our time is spent outside. When it rains we are not a happy camper because we can't go "side". Just a real quick update. I am going to try to update more often.

Blondie

2009-08-18T19:35:00.001-07:00

Who knew my munchkin would have such light hair.

Sweet Summer Time!!

2009-07-09T12:37:00.000-07:00

I have completely been neglecting my blog lately. You would think with me being out of work for the summer I could blog more often, but it is quite the opposite. Since I'm not working I have become a full time stay and home mom. This has been great, but I just can't see myself doing it permanently. I have the best of both worlds. I get to work 10 months of the year and stay home 2. Carson and I have been getting up every morning and hitting the gym. It has been an experience for him. You see he hasn't been in day care at all. He has had a rough time getting used to the gym nursery, BUT today he lasted the whole time and was even happy when I picked him up.

Zack's first Father's Day

Carson was teething like crazy!

My dad let Carson wear "Golden Boy" for the first time. We were all shocked. You see this t-shirt has been a prized possession of my dad's for a few years now. He has HUGE holes everywhere.

Caitlin came back from Spain....Can you tell Carson was glad to see her?

Our good friends Mindy and Herman got engaged!! Mom saved the cake...it looked terrible before we fixed it!

I will update more later. I wish I hadn't waited so long. Hopefully I won't wait so long this next time!

New J-O-B!!

2009-06-20T08:32:00.000-07:00

Last Wednesday I resigned from my position at Hillsboro ISD. I am going to miss the people that I work with so much, but I am moving on to a new and exciting position. As most of you know I was going to get my teaching certificate because I didn't think that I would be able to find a speech position in Waco.....I went from having no job offers on Tuesday to having 2 offers by Wednesday and by Thursday I had 3! I had completely put a speech position out of my head. You see I applied for my dream job in March. I hadn't heard anything and I was positive that it was not an option. Little did I know I would be offered this position on Thursday. So I said goodbye to the Hillsboro Eagles.....

And will be saying hello to the Midway Panthers in August!!! I can't tell you how excited I am to be going back "home"! I will be closer to Carson and getting off I-35 is such a blessing. Looks like I will be pulling out some of my old Midway shirts to wear on jean/tshirt Fridays!

Sick Baby

2009-06-04T09:10:00.000-07:00

My little man is sick. He started running a fever last night and it got up to 103.7. I called the doctor and they said to put him in a cool bath or put cool wash clothes on him to try to get his temp down. We tried to put him in his crib, but he woke up around 12. We just went ahead and put him in our bed and woke up with him every 30 minutes. He would sleep for 30 minutes then wake up crying. This pattern continued all night. I called mom and dad this morning at 6:20 to see if they would take him early today bc neither Z nor I could get ready this morning with the way he was crying. I came home got ready (I had to look nice this morning bc I have in interview at 4:00) and went to work. On my way in I called the doctor and they wanted to see Carson. His ears/throat were clear so Dr. H. wanted to do a blood test on him to check everything. Nothing showed up on his blood test. The doctor said there were a couple of viruses going around lately and that if he got worse today to bring him in tomorrow morning. I'm really praying he feels better bc Z and I have to work tomorrow morning and my mom will be out of town with my grandfather for his surgery. Please pray that he is feeling better and pray for Z as well. He has him all day today and tomorrow after the bank by himself.

On another note....I believe C is trying to cut all four of his top teeth at once. Could this be the culprit of his crying and fever???? We shall see.....Anyone have any experience with teething like this???

Summer boating

2009-05-31T04:59:00.001-07:00

The boating has begun!! Go check out my sister's blog as she travels through Spain this summer. www.Caitlin-in-Spain.blogspot.com

Aunt Caitlin is heading to Spain....

2009-05-26T14:42:00.001-07:00

This is the face that Carson made when I told him that his Aunt Caitlin was going to Spain! He already misses her like CRAZY! He told me to write her a note from him.

Dear Aunt Caitlin,
I miss you like crazy. I love you more that I love water. Have fun, but not too much fun. I can't wait to see you on the computer! Love you Aunt Caitlin!
Love CarCar

Caitlin is the best person with Carson. As soon as he sees her he is all smiles! I am so excited for her, but I'm sad I won't get to see her for over a month.

Have fun my sweet little sister....Don't forget about us in the U.S. while you are living it up in Spain! Take lots of pictures! You have been slacking in that department lately. I love you and miss you already!!

One step closer!!

2009-05-21T12:40:00.000-07:00

I passed my EC-4 test!!! I am officially one step closer to getting out of Hillsboro and into the classroom!!! I know I have been MIA for a little bit, but really was anyone surprised...I don't blog that much. I took my test Monday and just checked online and found out that I had passed and am now eligible to become a teacher! I will be studying for the rest of the week for my Special Education EC-12 test that I will be taking Tuesday!

Summer!

2009-05-10T06:31:00.001-07:00

I LOVE living in Texas because it starts to feel like summer in April. We have been waiting to get in the pool since we got back from Spring Break. Carson loved getting in the pool in Florida and I was excited for my parents to see how much he enjoys the water. Here are some shots from our first day in the pool. We got in Friday with Aunt Caitlin and then Saturday with Mimi and Pop. Unfortunately I only have pictures from Friday. Saturday was caught on video camera.

They have a baby!!!

2009-05-05T12:51:00.000-07:00

WOW....God sure does answer prayers! The couple that I posted about last week got the call yesterday. They were picked by a young woman who wants them to raise her baby! You cannot believe how excited this makes me. They will be bringing their baby home sometime around November 13! What a wonderful Thanksgiving they will have! Praise God for answered prayers!!

It's Official

2009-05-04T13:39:00.000-07:00

I have made the decision to get my teaching certification. I am currently enrolled in a program and will be taking my tests May 18th and 26th. Please pray that I pass the tests and that I can find a job.

We're Off

2009-05-02T06:15:00.000-07:00

Carson and I are off to a family reunion! We will be back late Sunday. Zack isn't getting to go because he is such a nice boss and took one of his employees shifts. You might be wondering why I have a picture of this HUGE pig up.....Well Tilly the pig is also part of the family and I'm excited that Carson gets to see him this year.

An exciting day!

2009-04-30T11:09:00.000-07:00

Today was a very exciting day at one of my campuses. I spoke with one of the teachers at great length a few months ago about her daughter and the problems that her and her husband were facing with infertility. This couple has been trying for 4+ years to have a baby. They have been through everything that comes along with infertility. They have been through hormones, IUI's and IVF. The IVF was successful once but she lost the baby soon after the procedure was confirmed. They did some more testing and found out that her husband was not going to be able to produce a baby. They went through a time of grief and confusion. He told her that he would understand if she wanted to separate. He wanted her to be a mom more than anything. She brought up the adoption issue, her husband quickly shut that door. He told her that he didn't want to adopt. A few months went by and her husband started to have a change of heart. He wanted to be a Dad just as much as she wanted to be someones Mom. He came to her one evening and had all of the information on an adoption agency. He had already contacted them and started the necessary procedures to get the ball rolling. A couple of weeks later they were hosting an adoption agent at their home. They got the phone call and everything was ready to go. They were going to FINALLY be parents. The agent told them that he has never had an adoption case last more than a year. SO....in a year or less they are going to have their little bundle of joy!! As I stood on the playground listening to this new proud grandmother tell me this story I had tears come to my eyes. She and I jumped up and down and hugged. You would have thought she had just won the lottery and in a way she did. She is going to be a new grandmother to a baby that desperately needs these parents. They are going to be able to give this baby so much love it's unreal. She was telling me that they probably won't know what sex the baby is until it is born. The agency they are going through really encourages the birth moms to not find out what they are having because it makes it easier when the time comes for the baby to go home with the adoptive parents. I hugged this teacher again and told her that she better spoil that baby rotten. She informed me that it had already been taken care of! The power of prayer is an amazing thing. We have been praying that God would bless them with a baby and he has! Now we just need to pray that God will find a woman who loves this couple so much that she would give them the ultimate gift.

National Infertility Awareness Week

2009-04-28T12:55:00.001-07:00

I wanted to post on this issue and let everyone know that it is National Infertility Awareness Week. Many women are affected by infertility. I am willing to bet that there is someone you know that is going through this. For me it is my friend Tiffany. She and her husband have been trying for over 3 years to have a baby. They are going to be amazing parents someday and I know that that their day will come. I'm hoping and praying that it comes very soon. You should check out her blog www.thepiferfamily.blogspot.com She is posting on issues that have to do with infertility everyday this week.

It's official.....

2009-04-17T19:38:00.001-07:00

I can't make my blog look good! I'm going to bed.

Royally screwed up my blog!

2009-04-17T18:57:00.001-07:00

I attempted to update and give my blog a facelift and ended up completely screwing it up! UGH!!! Hopefully I can figure it out, or my good friend Ape will help me (I'm not beyond begging her).

Goodbye G6

2009-04-16T13:37:00.000-07:00

Goodbye G6....I have enjoyed having you around, but it is time for me to move on to bigger and better things. I am saying my final goodbye to my car tomorrow. I'm kind of sad, but mostly happy. Hopefully I will find a car that I LOVE and can't live without. We have narrowed it down to an Equinox and a Malibu. I will make my decision tomorrow and hopefully come home with a new car, or have ordered one. Any advice is much needed. Which one should I get.......AND I'm NOT getting red no matter what. My family doesn't think I can do it, but I'm going black or white!!

Where has time gone???

2009-04-09T13:26:00.000-07:00

Where has the time gone? I feel like yesterday we were driving to the hospital. He is 8 months old now and is ALL over the place! He has mastered the crawl and is trying to pull up on things. He can even crawl on the wood floors now. He thinks it's hilarious! I was eating lunch today and there was a baby that was so tiny and I just sat there and I honestly couldn't remember Carson being that little (maybe he wasn't that little...we all know he was a beast, but you know what I mean). It made me a little sad, but then I thought about his cute little personality and how he is so proud of himself when he crawls. Say a prayer for us while we really start baby proofing our house! He has become MOBILE!!!!

First Boo Boo

2009-04-07T18:16:00.001-07:00

I came home from work today and my boys were in bed napping. I went in and gave Zack a kiss and he told me that Carcar had bonked his head on the floor while I was on my way home. He told me that he didn't have a knot or anything and he had cried for about 10 mins then went to sleep. Of course I'm thinking about a concussion and how you aren't suppose to let them sleep. I let both of them sleep and Car woke up about an hour later. Zack brought him into the living room and a HUGE knot had come up while he was sleeping and it was already purple. I wanted to take him somewhere so a Doctor could look at him. Zack was willing to do whatever I thought we needed to do. SO......I called Mimi, she came by and looked at him and said that it was good that the goose egg had popped up. She told me that we didn't need to take him to the hospital and that she would call a family friend who was a physician to see what he said. He told my mom the same thing that she told us. Once I knew my baby was okay it was time to document the for real boo boo. He was enjoying his little photo shoot! Speaking of photo shoots......we were suppose to be getting family pictures made this weekend, but I called and canceled. Didn't think Carson's huge goose egg would be good for pictures. Mom said that the knot might look better tomorrow, but the bruise should be worse. SO, needless to say our first Easter pictures will be some to remember. My camera doesn't give this gorgeous goose egg justice!!!

One Year ago today!!!

2009-03-11T13:41:00.000-07:00

One year ago today we found out that we were having our sweet little boy!! I can't believe he is 7 months old now! Time has really flown by.....He cut his first tooth yesterday!!! You can't see it yet, but it's there and it's sharp!! Heading to Florida tomorrow for a MUCH needed VACA!!!

Fast update

2009-02-08T17:35:00.000-08:00

These past two weeks have been kind of crazy around here. There have been a lot of things going on in our family. Caitlin has been extremely busy with sorority stuff......(She is the newest T-shirt Chair) and work just seems unbareable at times for me. Zack and I have started going to a Sunday School class at our church and are really enjoying it. We didn't get to go this weekend bc we went down to San Antonio to spend time with my brother and his wife. We went down Thursday night and got to spend a little bit of time together before the boys hit the road for the deer lease. Jessica and I got to spend some quality time together, which we NEVER get to do. It was really nice to go down there and just veg for a little while. We took Carson to the Zoo and The Alamo. We really enjoyed getting to spend time with Jessica. I know that Jess reads my blog every now and then and I hope that she doesn't kill me, BUT..... Let me just brag on her and my brother for a little while. The day of my Dad's party my brother was laid off. Yes, you read that correctly. I just didn't believe our economy was so bad until something happens like this to someone that you love. It was a shock for ALL of us. I honestly don't know what I would do if something like that happened to Zack and I. I know that we would get through it, but I just don't know if we could handle it as well as they have. They are both such strong people and are able to be strong for each other. I have seen a side of both of them these past couple of weeks that I admire. Blake was SO strong for Jess in the beginning and Jess was then strong for him later in the week. They have truly shown me what a great marriage looks like. They are living it everyday. I honestly believe that people are made for each other and they are the perfect example. I thank God that my brother found such a strong and loving women to be my sister in law! I love them both to pieces!! SO needless to say our girls/guys weekend was much needed! I will upload pics later.

Pop is 50!!!

2009-01-25T13:05:00.000-08:00

My dad is turning 50 on Weds. We had a small get together for him on Friday. It was pirate themed because for some reason my Dad loves pirates. It was a lot of fun. Blake and Jess came in and we all had a great weekend together. Saturday and Sunday consisted of Baylor basketball...and a marathon of Prison Break. Here are a couple of pictures from the party

First Hair Cut

2009-01-25T12:56:00.000-08:00

Carson got his first hair cut about a month ago. He did really well. I got tired of people asking me if he was a girl or a boy when he was wearing all of his Christmas attire. SO....We got a hair cut. He is such a handsome little boy!!
Carson started sitting up by himself a couple of weeks ago. He still has his moments when he falls, but for the most part he has it down. He now officially can roll over both ways, but HATES to roll from his stomach to his back. He is extremely spoiled and has his daddy wrapped around his finger. We are loving being a family of 3 and are looking forward to the many more changes that will happen in the next couple of months.

I'm terrible at this whole blog thing

2008-12-18T13:38:00.001-08:00

Trying to stay warm!

My little Santa Claus!

So sweet!

Wow, I have really let myself get really far behind on this blog. Things have been crazy. We are still living with my parents, but hopefully that will change over the Christmas break. The house looks amazing. I'm going to be so excited to see Carson's nursery all decorated and him actually have a bed to sleep in. Poor baby has been sleeping in his pack and play the last few weeks. He turned 4 months of the 4th. I can't believe he is growing so fast. He is 18 pounds and 28 inches long. (I know he is going to be a giant) He is the sweetest and happiest little boy. He has started eating baby food. I honestly don't think there is anything that he doesn't like. We started him on Formula yesterday. I was a little sad to stop nursing, but I'm glad that he is the one who decided that he didn't want to do it anymore. I will try to upload more photos later.

Halloween and Homecoming

2008-11-06T18:03:00.001-08:00

Carson and I before the Baylor game! Isn't his outfit ADORABLE! My mom made it!

Tough bear ready to BEAT the tigers!

Walking at the parade. He was the cutest little boy there!

He had to change out of his bear costume and put his PJ's on for the Midway game

My sweet little boy in the pumpkins!

Wow this past weekend was CRAZY busy! Thursday we drove to San Antonio to pick up my sister in law. She was going to come back to Waco with us on Friday so we could watch my little sister in pigskin. Blake wasn't suppose to come home until very late Friday night. We got to San Antonio and Blake had called and said he was going to catch an early flights....SO we all drove back Friday together. Friday night Carson put on his bear costume and took some pictures and then changed into his pirate sleeper bc we were heading to the Midway game and then to Baylor for Pigskin.

Saturday we woke up early for the Parade. Carson put his bear outfit back on and this time put a Baylor shirt on over it. He was the CUTEST little boy there. I'm a little biased, but I promise you at least 30 people stopped us and told us how adorable he was. We came home from the parade and got ready for the game. Carson put on his outfit that his Mimi had made him for Baylor's homecoming. Once again he was ADORABLE!! Baylor played a tough game, but just couldn't pull it out in the end.

Sunday Zack and I went to Sunday school for the first time. We left Carson with someone other than my mom for the first time as well. I was very surprised when we arrived and there were only 5 babies including Carson in the baby room. I was relieved bc there were 4 Adults! We tried the Young Adults 1 class. We knew that they were going to be a little older than us, but that is the class with young kids. It was a good lesson and we really enjoyed it. HOWEVER they were quite a bit older and I think we are going to try the younger married class on Sunday.

Everyone knows what happened on Tuesday. I have come to terms with everything and can only pray that God leads our country during this time.

NEWS about the HOUSE!!! Our wood floors are IN!!! They are BEAUTIFUL!! I can't wait to go take pictures. Pretty much all that is left in carpet for the guest room and Carson's room, plumbling fixtures, countertops, appliance installation, and paint touch ups!!!

Mawmaw and Papa came

2008-10-23T18:15:00.000-07:00

Mawmaw and Papa came to Waco on their way back to Arlington. She snapped a couple of pictures. I'm not sure why they are so small. I will try to figure it out later. I'm hitting the sack. Carson woke me up at 3:30 this morning. He was wiggling and making noises, but never really woke up. He just woke me up.

Carson in Action!

2008-10-16T19:29:00.000-07:00

Here is Carson rolling....please excuse our silly voices (it just happens when you are talking to such a cute baby)

Slacking in the blog department

2008-10-16T12:34:00.000-07:00

I have really been slacking in the blog department. I don't have any pictures to upload right now, but I will do that tonight. This post is just going to be words. Carson went to his 2nd Baylor game and he looked so CUTE! He wore his green Baylor overalls and his green and yellow John Deer boots that his Aunt Jessica and Uncle Blake got him. He also went to his first fair and rodeo. He slept most of the time, but he looked so cute doing it. He wore his pearl snaps and new boots his Mimi got him. We took him to the Dr. last Friday for his 2 month check up. He is weighing in at a whopping 15 pounds and measures 26.5 inches. He isn't on the percentile chart in any area. He was a big baby coming into the world and continues to grow.

Carson rolled over from back to tummy yesterday. I got home from work and he was laying on his quilt on the ground playing with his Daddy and he started to try to roll over. He has been able to get to his side for a while now, but not completely over. He got SO close so many times and I got the video camera out. He tried and tried and didn't do it. I decided I was going to take our clean clothes upstairs and as I was going up the stairs I said "He better not roll over while I'm putting our clothes away". I came downstairs and he was on his tummy. Everyone felt so bad that I had missed it. I got the camera out again and waited and he did it again. He is growing up so fast I can't believe that he is 2 1/2 months old. (I think Carson's eyes are going to be hazel like his Daddy)

I just need to add that Zack is an amazing dad and he does so much with Carson. He has changed more diapers than I have this last week. Any extra time he has he spends it with Carson. He has gone far and beyond any expectations I had. I didn't doubt that he would be an amazing father, it's just amazing to actually see him and the love that he has for our son. I don't think Carson could ask for a more devoted dad. Zack is CRAZY about that little boy. It makes my heart happy when I see them together.

Weekend

2008-10-06T17:52:00.000-07:00

This weekend Blake and Jessica came into town. We all went to the Baylor game. Zack and I only stayed for the first half. Apparently we missed out on some rowdy OU fans after the game. That night Zack and I got to go to the Kevin Fowler concert. It was a lot of fun. We got to chat with people we haven't seen in a while. On Sunday we watched football all day. It was a great relaxing day, then it was back to work this morning.

Missing this face!

2008-10-02T10:36:00.000-07:00

I miss this sweet little boy's face. Work was fine this week. I'm ready to get back in the swing of things and to see all of my kiddos. I can tell I'm really going to LOVE my Fridays with my sweet family. YEAH for the end of my work week!!

Working Mom

2008-09-28T19:24:00.000-07:00

I am going back to work tomorrow. A couple of years ago I didn't think I wanted children, then I decided that I could be a mom but NEVER a stay at home mom. Work is quickly approaching and I'm wanting to be that stay at home mom now. I know that this is not a possibility for us right now, but hopefully someday I will be able to stay home with Carson. Until then I get to go back to work and see my other kids! I have mixed emotions about going back. Should I be excited to go back and see my kids or should I be sad to leave Carson. I thought that I would be a total wreck to leave him, but then I think about all of my sweet kids at school and I feel at peace. I think that God has really given me a very rewarding job. I love the people that I work with and the children that I get to spend my days with. I know that tomorrow isn't going to be an easy day, but I think that I'm going to be okay. I'm so blessed to have my mom, who is going to keep Carson while I'm at work. She is an amazing mom and she has taught me so much the last 8 weeks. I know that Carson is going to have a great day tomorrow with her. Please keep us all in your prayers and we embark on the "Working Mom" adventure.

Concert

2008-09-27T11:19:00.000-07:00

Zack and I are going to leave our sweet little boy for the first time tonight. It had to happen sometime and I needed to do it before I go back to work. We are going to the Heart of Texas Fair Gala tonight. Clay Walker is performing! He is special to Zack and I bc that was the first concert we went to together. So...wish us luck. I hope we can have some much needed Mommy/Daddy time.

Weekend

2008-09-21T18:51:00.001-07:00

Here are my boys watching the Cowboys play. Hopefully they will win again this week. Carson has been having some fussy nights. He goes through a fussy time almost every evening. It is almost always when Zack gets home from the bank. We like to call it his crying hour. It isn't what Zack would want to come home to, but he usually is fine after dinner. Carson slept from 8:30 to 6:30 last night. It was a much needed solid night of sleep for Zack. He has been working a lot lately. It takes him away from Carson and it is really taking a tole on Zack. I am thankful for how hard he works with the business and in school. We just have to stick through a couple more semesters with him going to school. I think once he is done I'm going to try to go back for grad school.

I went and took pictures of the house this weekend. I need to figure out how to put pictures on a slideshow on here. Things are moving along....but not moving along fast enough. It's getting very frustrating. I just want to be able to live in the house we bought almost 3 months ago. I know once it is done we will love it and it will be "our" home. I'm just ready to have Carson's nursery done. He is getting big for his bassinet. Pray that our house gets done in a timely manner.

FINALLY!!!!

2008-09-16T15:19:00.000-07:00

Carson FINALLY lost his umbilical cord!!! YEAH for bath time tonight! I will post pictures....Hopefully he won't scream his head off anymore.

6 weeks

2008-09-15T09:43:00.001-07:00

Here is Carson after his bath time. He hates taking a bath. I'm hoping that he will start to like them when he can finally be in the water. We still have to be careful with his umbilical cord still being attached.

I can't believe that Carson was born 6 weeks ago today! He has grown so much! He is smiling and cooing. He is absolutely adorable. We want to get his picture made but we are still waiting for his umbilical cord stump to fall off......yes you read that right he STILL has it. We went to the Dr. last Weds and she said that he was just trying to set a record. If he hasn't lost it by Weds of this week we have to go back in and she will give us some meds to help it come off. My mom informed me that she didn't lose hers for a long time as well. She actually had to have hers removed in the Dr's office. I am hoping that he doesn't have to do that. Please pray that it will come off in the next two days.

News from the house....we are still waiting. Things are starting to really come along though. I will take pictures today or tomorrow.

3 Weeks Old

2008-08-29T16:28:00.000-07:00

We are a little late on our 3 week pictures...but here they are. Thank you Aunt Caitlin for taking my picture!! We miss seeing you everyday!

2 1/2 weeks old!

2008-08-20T10:56:00.000-07:00

Carson is about 2 1/2 weeks old and I can't believe has been here for that long. He is such a good little boy. We are starting to get somewhat of a routine down. He usually only gets up once a night to eat. It has been pretty nice. Don't get me wrong we have our nights when he is up almost all night, but for the majority he sleeps really well. I'm really sad that I am going to have to go back to work. I never thought that I would want to be a stay at home mom, but I'm starting to see why people don't want to come back to work. I love being at home with Carson and sometimes just watching him while he sleeps. Staying at home is not a possibility for me right now. Maybe when Zack finishes school I can stay home.

In other news....our chihuahua Gus had to have some pretty serious surgery this past week. He started acting funny about a week after Carson was born. I went and saw him at the duplex and he acted a little better, but by the end of last week he still was not acting like himself. Zack took him to the vet and it was decided that he had a pinched nerve. Saturday, Gus' back legs stopped working. He didn't move them at all. Our vet is closed on Saturdays, so we had to wait until Monday morning. Zack called me when he got done at the vets office on Monday morning and told me that things didn't look good. The vet told him that we could either take Gus to a surgeon in Austin for emergency surgery or we were going to have to make a decision about putting him down. We decided to take him to the Austin vet. He had his surgery and got to come home yesterday. He has a 6 inch incision on his spine and is having to do some serious rehab. We take him back in 2 weeks to have the stitches removed and he will see the physical therapist that day as well.

For everyone who is keeping up with the house....We are making progress. It is not enough to move in yet, but it is progress. I don't go over there as often anymore, mostly bc of Carson. We have been staying at my parents house since Carson came home from the hospital. It has been amazing the help that we have gotten. My parents are saints for taking us in, and even more of saints for taking our dogs in as well. I love being here, but it's hard at the same time. I feel like my dad is going crazy. He is a very organized person and with a baby you can only be so organized. All of Carson's stuff is driving him crazy. I'm sure that he is ready for his life to go back to normal. I really wanted to be moved into our house by the time I go back to work, but I'm just not sure if that is going to happen. It would be great if we were, but if we're not we have a great place to stay.

Here are Carson's two week pics!

I think that his hair is getting a little lighter. He is such a cute little boy...I'm a little bias though.

Dr. appointment

2008-08-08T10:40:00.000-07:00

We had our first dr's appointment today. Carson got to see Dr. Barron for the first time. She is great and really made Zack and I feel good about everything that we have been doing. Carson is now down to 8.4 lbs. She said that it was a good weight and he was within the normal range of weight loss for an infant. She wasn't concerned about his jaundice. She said that his Billy Ruban score wasn't bad enough to even need more blood work done. We are just suppose to watch his skin color and if it gets more yellow to call her. Here is a picture of my handsome man.

Here are the two most important men in my life!!

Carson Brooks Miller

2008-08-07T09:41:00.000-07:00

Carson made his appearance on Monday, August 4th at 4:47 p.m. He was a very healthy boy weighing in at 9.5 pounds and a whopping 22 inches long. I started having contractions around 8:00 Sunday night. I tried to go to bed and around 11:30 Zack and I decided that we should probably get the car seat ready to go even if nothing happened because Weds would be here before we knew it. We both decided that we would try to get some sleep. Zack fell right to sleep and I laid in bed until about 2:45 with these contractions. Finally I paged the Dr. and she told me to go ahead and head to the hospital. We got to the ER around 3:15 and were in our room in Labor and Delivery by 3:30. They got my IV in and I was settled in and they offered me my epidural. I decided that I was going to wait and get it when the Dr. came by in the morning. I didn't want to slow anything down. I was in A LOT of pain by the time the Dr. came. My dad stopped by before his C-section and pretty much told me I was an idiot for not getting my epidural earlier and getting some sleep. I decided that I had had enough pain and got my epidural around 8:30. Things were FANTASTIC after that. The epidural didn't hurt either. I was afraid it was going to be terrible, but it wasn't. The rest of the day went by fairly fast. The Dr. came at 4:10 to check me and we were ready to start pushing. At 4:47 Carson made his appearance. Once again pushing wasn't bad either. I am shocked at how smoothly things went. We are out of the hospital now and had our first night with no nurses. It went pretty well. Zack had to do some of the patrol route last night so my mom took Carson until about 1:00 when Zack was able to get back. He slept and ate pretty well. We are still trying to get used to eachother. Carson has his first Dr's appointment today at 2:15. We will update later this week with what they say. Until then Zack and I will be loving on our little boy!!

There is light at the end of the Tunnel!

2008-08-01T13:56:00.000-07:00

Carson Brooks Miller’s Notice of Eviction!
If you have not made an appearance before August 6, 2008 you will be evicted from your current residence!

Oh my sweet little Carson....the time has come and you are going to have to come out of your safe place into this scary big world! We are so ready for you to be here. I have so many questions....who will you look like?? Will you be a paci baby or a thumb sucker? Will you have your daddy's persistant personality or will you be stubborn like your mom? I think we already know that you are somewhat stubborn. I watched the news last night and I can only imagine what our world will be like when you are grown. It scares me, but I know that your dad and I are going to raise you the best we can and you will be able to accomplish anything. I am so ready to meet you and hold you and your dad is too. We were at lunch today and I looked over at him and he had this huge grin on his face...I asked him what he was smiling about and he told me he was so excited to know that he was going to be able to meet you by next Weds. It was the sweetest thing. I keep imagining what he is going to look like holding you for the first time, and I'm finally going to get to see that. It brings me so much joy to know that your daddy loves you so much already! We are so blessed to have you joining us on our adventure of life and I pray everyday that God will guide us with our parenting. We love you little Carson and can't wait to meet you!

3rd Anniversary

2008-07-30T07:09:00.000-07:00

First wedding anniversary!

2nd Wedding Anniversary

Today is the day that I married my best friend 3 years ago. I can't believe that it has really been that long. I have thought about everything that we have done over the past three years and can't believe we have been able to do so much. The first year that we were married we decided to buy Zack's security business. Let me tell you that has been a ride in itself. We are FINALLY starting to see the pay out. BUT we do own the business now, no more payments. I graduated during the 2nd year and started working a REAL job. It has been a fantastic and I love my job. We started out the 3rd year with a bit of dissapointment with the miscarriage, BUT it has only made us stronger and we are SO looking forward to meeting our son if he ever decides he wants to make his debut. We bought the house this year and have gutted the house, but it will truly be our home once it is done. Zack is taking me to dinner tonight to celebrate! I'm excited, this HOPEFULLY will be the last dinner with just Zack and I.

Progress

2008-07-26T14:09:00.000-07:00

Our house has stone and a new mailbox!! It is a really pretty stone and I'm excited about the color that we were able to have in it!

This is our new garage door. It was two seperate ones. Zack's favorite part of this door is it's so quiet! Apparently if you have it on a belt rather than a chain it's quiet and it also has something to do with the motor.....ANYWAYS this is our new QUIET garage door!

Closer look at the front of the house! I love my little stone house!!!

New french doors in the back and new windows! The doors have the built in blinds! Who knew little things like that could be so exciting! The stone ledge will go all the way around the house and there will be stucco above it some day.

The back of our house with the new addition on it. We are adding almost 300 sq feet!!

Kind of blurry.....but the window that is going to be above my new bathtub. Don't worry it will be frosted and have blinds!

New addition....Doorway to the new bathroom and Zack's Closet!

The new windows that will go on either side of our bed.

My closet! I think it's huge! I def. will have to go through my stuff and only keep what is necessary. This could be great or it could be a disaster......more room....more stuff to pile in it!

Extra bedroom. This picture really doesn't give the new paint justice. The desk nook is done and I love the way it looks.

Guest bath.....I know you can't tell what anything is. The bathtub should be going in this week.

FINALLY Carson's room is done being painted! We had to start all over again because of some patching issues. Zack was sweet enough to paint the base coat and mom and I painted the stripes. Mind you it was a sight to see...bc literally I look like I'm about to POP! On that note, there is not really any news are the baby front. I went to the Dr. on Friday and she said that he is about 8 pounds right now and doesn't want to set a date for induction yet. :-( I walked out of her office and started crying. Poor Zack didn't know what to do with me. He could come any day now. We are just playing a waiting game (which sucks!) I was 3 cents dilated and 90% effaced SO pretty much I'm just waiting on Contractions to get things going! Please pray that he comes soon. I'm not sleeping at all and am pretty miserable!

STILL PREGNANT!

2008-07-22T15:38:00.000-07:00

I don't have any new pictures.....(A) Because I try to stay away from the house...it just stresses me out right now. (B) Because I packed my bag for the hospital and my camera's are in it. It would be just my luck to forget the camera. I went ahead and packed because everyone was bugging me and telling me I needed to. SO both of my camera's and our video camera is in the bag. Let me just fill you in on what has happened the last week. I had a Dr.'s appointment on Thursday. She checked me and I was 2 cent dilated 80% effaced and at a +1 station. In layman's terms that could mean two things.....he could come anyday now or I could be like this for two more weeks. YUCK! I came went Thursday and got a pedicure bc they say you have pressure points in your feet that can induce labor. I thought maybe just maybe it had worked because I had contractions ALL night. I called the Dr the next morning and went back in. I was still the same, BUT she hooked me up to the monitor to track my contractions. The first time she came in to check the monitor she said I might be heading to the hospital....then she left and the contractions flat lined! Just my luck. She gave me something to help me sleep and I went home. Pretty much I have had contractions on and off since then. I don't sleep and I am completely worn out! I have been walking for the past 2 weeks! It has gotten just too entirely hot to walk outside SO I have become a mall walker! It's really funny...you see the same people every morning. I'm sure they look at me and think WOW she is about to POP!! Some have commented. I don't mind the comments as long as they don't include the words TWINS, BIG, WOW, or HUGE. I feel like I have vented enough a lot of you are probably tired of reading about it. Please keep us in your prayers that something happens soon or I might just lose my mind!

Contruction ZONE!!!

2008-07-11T14:49:00.001-07:00

One of Carson's Walls!! We are almost finished painting his room. We couldn't paint the other walls today bc they were putting in our new windows! Today you can really see everything that is happening. I'm getting REALLY excited about his project of ours!

Can you tell that their is NO BRICK on our house?? The new windows are getting installed.

What a pile of bricks!! See the stone behind it.....that is going up tomorrow! The men had all of the brick taken off the house before 9 this morning!!

A new window INSTALLED!! That is the guest bedroom!

Zack's uncle in actions!! Check him out hard at work. All of the windows should be in today and it will be ready for STONE tomorrow!! Can you tell i'm getting a little bit excited?

In other news....Zack had a birthday on Tuesday and we went to our favorite restaurant....135 Prime. It was so nice to be able to have dinner with just the two of us. We had reservations at 8:00 and we didn't leave until after 10:00. We really enjoyed eachothers company and just got to talk about everything that is happening in our life right now!

The new iPhone came out today....that is what Zack wanted for his birthday and my little sister got to get one bc of her hard work in summer school. We got up this morning and got to the AT&T store at about 7:50. The line was LONG....BUT we got the phones. It took 3 hours to get all of this stuff done.

Busy Bees!

2008-07-07T15:36:00.000-07:00

Well let me start out by saying we have decided to stay in the duplex until the end of the month. This has taken a lot of stress off of me. I'm going to keep packing but do it a little at a time. Sunday I thought I was going to die...I started to pack all of my clothes, and it was quite the task. I had to sit down mid afternoon and ended up falling asleep for a couple of hours. I don't think that being this pregnant and trying to pack is the best idea. Oh well, at least I can do it a little at a time.

In other news...we started painting Carson's room today. It is a little bright right now, but it will have lighter stripes on it. It will look better when his bedding and furniture is in there! The colors actually match his bedding exactly.

Zack just posed for the picture. He was doing much harder things than the painting....Don't worry my dad said the smell was okay. They are all water based now.

I have my next appointment Thursday.....Hopefully I can post finished pictures of the nursery by then.

Our House!

2008-06-30T17:34:00.001-07:00

Here it is!! It's not too much to look at right now, BUT in a couple of months this house will look totally different!! I have other pictures of the inside on Facebook. Let me just tell you what all we are planning on doing.

-The brick will be replaced with Stone

-New Windows throughout the entire house

-a single Garage door

-The front living room will become the dining room....we will be putting a wall in with an arch way into the dining room, and redoing the floor and adding a chair rail.

-Kitchen will be getting new countertops, new paint on the cabinets, new appliances

-Carsons room will get a new window and new paint

-Guest bedroom will get 2 new windows and new paint

-bathroom will be a little smaller and get new cabinets, countertop and sink, bathtub, tile, and flooring

-The master bedroom will be brought out 10 ft and will be getting new flooring, big closets, and a completely new bathroom.

-Living room was wood panel and we took that down and it will get new flooring and new paint. The fireplace will become a corner one made out of stone to match the front of the house.

This is a huge list of things to do! We have already started and have our privacy fence up. I think once we get everything ordered this will get done pretty quickly! In the mean time Zack's uncle will be living with us. He is working so hard on the house and we really appreciate him coming to town to help us out. Hopefully Carson will get here before he leaves at the end of July. He really wants to see him.

On another note: My husband it quite the worker! He has been putting in 12 hour days at the house working on things. I don't think that I have ever seen him as dirty as he has been the past couple of days! He loves power tools as well. (That kind of makes me nervous) He used a chainsaw the other day and I had to remind him that he would need all 10 fingers to change diapers! He is doing such an amazing job and I am so proud of him. I really think that he will be proud of himself once the project is done!

We FINALLY have a HOUSE!!!

2008-06-24T17:13:00.000-07:00

We have found a house......after about a month and a half of disappointments we have found OUR house! We close on the house Monday at 10:00!! You don't know how excited I am to have found something and know we won't be homeless July 9th! (That was the date we had to be out of the duplex). The house was built in 1959....BUT we are going to pretty much redo the ENTIRE thing! Can you say CRAZY! I think it hasn't really hit home. We won't be settled when Carson arrives. We will be living in a construction zone! Some days I wonder if I have totally lost my mind, on those days I talk to Zack about things and he reminds me that this is going to be our MINI dream home. We are going to take before, during, and after pictures and I will def post them. The house is in Woodway and I love that it is close to my parents house. I have to say that my FAV thing about the house are the trees! We have two HUGE pecan trees and a magnolia tree all in the front. Then he back yard has several trees as well. We are going to have young kids living next door and across the street. They are 6 months to 3 years old! Carson will def have some playmates! I'm just so excited I can't wait to get things started. The next few months will be a test of patients and will. I pray everyday that Zack and I can make it through this remodel and Carson coming. I think if we can make it through this we can make it through ANYTHING!! Pictures of the house will be coming soon. We are going over tomorrow to take some!

Pregnancy

2008-06-13T17:48:00.000-07:00

Zack and I have been taking a childbirth class the last 5 weeks. The very first night they asked us what we like most about being pregnant and I really couldn't answer that question. It took me a little while to decide on something. I have spent this whole pregnancy so excited about having this baby boy, but not loving being pregnant. I've talked to so many people who just LOVE being pregnant. I have decided I don't LOVE it, but I do like it. Here are some things that I like about being pregnant and that I'm going to miss.

*Zack talking to Carson with his head on my belly.
*Feeling Carson moving all around (Even though the last couple of weeks he has decided to only move at night)
*Laying in bed at night and watching Carson move from one side to the other. It totally freaks Zack out!

I can't believe that I'm almost done and once Carson gets here I will never be able to feel him inside of me again. I spend my days and nights dreaming of what this little boy is going to look like and wondering what his little personality will be like. I'm so ready to meet this little boy and finally get to hold him. His due date can't come soon enough!

Kids are GONE!!

2008-06-05T18:12:00.001-07:00

Today was my last day to have kids on campus! We only had them for a half a day (which I think is pointless). We went to watch all of the kids load up for the summer. That was the best part. There were many kids that were so excited they could hardly sit still and then there were those kids that we sad and crying. It truly broke my heart to see or hear of those kids being so upset about having to go home for the summer. BUT if you think about it, they are going home and may not get to see any of their friends, they might not get to do anything fun, and they may just not have a very good home life in general. For some of those kids the teacher's were more like parents. With this in mind we have A LOT of fun at the end of the year. If the kids reach their AR goals we have water slide day! (I had a blast last year, but was informed I was not allowed to climb on any slides this year).

On a sad note, as all of the teachers were checking out of school today....(not to return until end of August)...Kristin and I thought about how we had to be back at work on Monday! I have to work until the 19th! Pretty much I'm going to be packing a room and trying to make the packing a very LONG process so I don't have to do anything else. I'm sure by the end of these next two weeks I will def be ready to relax until Carson comes.

OH YEA!! I had a surprise baby shower at work on Tuesday. All of the Special Ed girls that I work with and for told me we were having our end of the year lunch so we could all get together one last time before everyone left, BUT it was my shower. Let me just tell you that I have never had a surprise party....I was SO excited and surprised as well!! It was a lot of fun and I'm so thankful to all of them for doing that for Carson and I.

One more thing, if one more person tells me how big I am and that there is no way that I'm going to make it to my due date I might scream or better yet they might get knocked out. I don't mind the whole not making it to my due date....believe me I would rather NOT make it to my due date. BUT I can't stand when people are shocked at how big I am. I feel like this growth spurt has just happened. I think that Carson is going to be a very big boy! Hopefully not too big!!

Memorial Day Weekend!

2008-05-28T18:33:00.001-07:00

First let me catch you up on my sugar tests. I had to have a 3 hour test done. For those of you that don't know about this test let me fill you in. I had to go in first thing in the morning bc you have to be fasting.....then they take your blood before you drink the glucose stuff, after you do that you have to sit there for 3 hours and they take your blood 3 more times on the hour! I had to have all of the blood taken from my left arm. This was how I spent my day on Friday.

On Saturday Zack and I went to Houston for our old neighbor's little boy's first birthday. He is adorable! I hadn't seen him since August, needless to say he is a lot bigger and practically running from place to place. It really started to set in this weekend that we are going to have a little boy and it will be HIS first birthday before we know it. We stayed Saturday night and headed back home on Sunday. Sunday was pretty lazy. We didn't get home until that evening so we just went to bed. Monday we went to my parents house and swam all day. I decided hat I didn't want to wear my maternity swimsuit and pulled out one of my bikinis. I figured it was just me, Zack and my little sister. No one would mind the belly. I need to take a picture of myself I really haven't taken any since my sister took some over a month ago. I never knew that my stomach could get SO big!

I'm really starting to worry about the whole house hunting thing. We are still waiting to hear about a house that we stumbled across. It hasn't even been put on the market. It is totally true about the whole nesting thing too. I'm really wanting to be settled and get Carson's room ready. We have all of his furniture, but it's in boxes. I want to paint and hang his wall letters and put his bed together.....please keep us in your prayers about the house thing. We have to move out of our Duplex July 9th.

Sugar Blues!

2008-05-20T15:11:00.000-07:00

I went to the Doctor again today. I'm down to going every two weeks! I made sure that this time I didn't eat anything sweet today. All I drank was water.....I just knew my sugar was going to be okay! She came in the room and started talking to me about things then she asked me what I had eaten today...my sugar was 2+ AGAIN!! Last time we decided that the 3 oreos I had eaten after lunch was to blame, but this time I REALLY didn't eat anything sweet. I was due for my glucose test by this time anyways, so tomorrow I'm going in first thing in the morning to do it. I'm really trying not to eat anything sweet tonight just to make sure. I really hope that I don't have to do the second glucose test. Hopefully my results tomorrow will be perfect and I won't have to worry about this anymore. I gained a pound over the last two weeks!! I was quite impressed. I think it's normal to gain a pound a week from now on. I just didn't want to see a huge jump like it was last month! I gained 7 pounds in one month! That was almost half of my total weight that I have gained.

On another note, this little boy is the most active thing in the world. It feels like he is stretching every limb out at once and it looks really funny as well. Zack and I just lay in bed and night and feel him tossing around in there and laughing at how weird it actually looks when you just watch my stomach. Those are my favorite times right now! I'm really starting to have some back problems and I'm hoping that they will just plateau out right here. I have ANOTHER cold! It's those nasty nose kids that I work with everyday! I'm hoping I can get rid of it before this weekend! We are going to Houston to see our old neighbors and their little boy. He is turning 1! I can't believe it.

I am going to work on making my blog a little prettier! I just haven't gotten the hang of it yet. SO, other than another cold and some sugar problems we are doing GREAT!

The last couple of weeks!

2008-05-07T18:16:00.000-07:00

The last couple of weeks have been full of decisions. Zack and I decided that we were going to seriously start looking at houses. We have found one that we can totally see ourselves living in...SO tomorrow is the day we write a contract on the house. Hopefully we will be able to get it for the price that we want. If the contract goes through I will post pics of it on here. I don't want to jinx the whole thing.

It's amazing how our neighbors have suddenly been able to keep their dogs quiet! They still have ALL 6 of them, but at least they are keeping them quiet.

I had another doctors appointment yesterday. I had gained quit a bit of weight, but the doctor said that it was fine considering I hadn't gained much until this point. There is def. no denying that we are going to have a baby...my belly is getting quit large! The doctor said that everything looked good and that I have to start coming every 2 weeks. I can't believe that we are to this point. I can't wait to meet this little boy sometime in July.

Zack and I got to get a 3d-4d ultrasound done yesterday! They started the scan and Carson was facing my back...I could not believe that he was going to be so stubborn. It took a lot of mashing and me changing positions to get him facing us....then he kept covering his face with his hands! He finally decided to show us his beautiful face. It took a long time though. This is my favorite pic that we got

Neighbors

2008-04-25T18:51:00.001-07:00

Zack and I have the most annoying neighbors in the world....we have tried and tried to be nice to these people and things really hit the fan last night. We live in a Duplex...it's not tiny, but it's not huge either. It is certainly not big enough to have SIX dogs....yes you read that right, they have 6 dogs. I'm not talking little dogs either. They have 5 large dogs and one small dog. These people work 10-12 hour days and the dogs are put in crates for those long hours. When they get home the throw them all outside because lets be honest who would actually want to deal with 6 dogs inside. These dogs BARK from the time they step out the door until they bring them in. Last night, Zack and I got home around 7:00. The dogs were barking when we got home and around 9:15 Zack got out of bed and put his clothes on and was off to discuss this problem with our neighbors. (Mind you these dogs had been barking for OVER 2 hours). Zack went next door and confronted our neighbor about it. Zack explained that we were trying to go to bed and the dogs had been barking for over 2 hours. The guy that lives there looked away for a second and then looked back at Zack and said "Oh well" and shut the door in Zack's face. Zack is not the calmest person in the world, but he came home and got on the phone with our landlord, of course no one answered, but he left a message. Now here is the crazy thing....both of these people that live by us are employees of PETSMART. Can you believe that someone who works at a place like PETSMART would neglect animals the way that they do. These dogs are not too skinny, but they have absolutely no human contact. I didn't realize that you got dogs just ignore them. That is pretty much what they do. They have "rescued" several of the dogs that they have, but are they really being rescued when you keep them in a crate ALL day? This morning we talked to the people who own the duplex and explained everything to them. They have assured us that they would take care of the problem. I'm really hoping that these people will do what they are suppose to do. I can totally see them just taking 3 of the dogs somewhere for a little bit and then bringing them back. IF this is the case, I have no problem turning them in again.

On a side note....about 2 weeks ago Zack came home and saw that our neighbors front door was wide open. He then spotted one of their dogs running down the street. He could have just come inside and not thought twice about it, but he called our neighbors at work (he had to call 4 times before they would answer) and told them about it and assured them that he would stay with the dog that was out until they got home. (The dog that got out wouldn't let Zack anywhere near her, she was growling and jumping at him). This just goes to show that these dogs have NO social skills towards humans. I really hope that we can figure our loan stuff and buy a house soon. These people are going to give me high blood pressure!

Baby Furniture

2008-04-20T05:58:00.000-07:00

Who knew that buying baby furniture could be such an ordeal. Yesterday, my mom and I went to the metroplex to buy furniture. We thought surely we would not come home empty handed.....well we did. We went to 3 huge stores there and came up with nothing. I would find a crib that I liked and it would have a matching dresser but not a changing table. UGH....we also found some absolutely beautiful stuff, but for the whole set it was going to be close to $3,000. Who wants to spend that on furniture?? Especially when they are just going to out grow it. So, last night we got home and were absolutely pooped. We got on the internet and continued our search. We eventually come to the conclusion that we will order it was the JcPenney catalog. All that driving and walking around was for nothing. Oh well at least we know what we want and know where to find it.

Oh.....and I have come to a halt on the whole bedding thing. While we were up in Dallas yesterday I found some bedding that I really LOVE. I haven't talked to Zack about it yet, I'm hoping that he can give up his sports dream and go a little more baby. This is my reasoning. Carson will have his WHOLE life to do sports, and if he decides later that he wants his room done in sports I am more than willing. This bedding is just so dang cute I'm hoping I can do some serious convincing when Zack gets home. Here it is.......let me know what you think!

Dr. Visit!

2008-04-12T14:09:00.000-07:00

I went to the doctor last Tuesday and she said that everything is moving along perfectly. I can't believe that I'm almost 25 weeks along. I feel like we just found out that we were expecting. I've kind of hit a slow time in pregnancy. We have already found out what we are having and nothing else really happens until the 4d ultrasound (if you choose to do one) and a shower (Mine isn't until June). I think I will focus on the end of the school year. I can't wait for summer. I know that most of you think it is going to be a very hot summer for me, but at least I won't have to work. That is a nice thing about working in the schools.

On another note, we have decided on our nursery theme. Zack was pretty set on sports, so we are going to use a bedding with sports and warm colors. This was perfectly fine with me because honestly I don't like characters on bedding. I've come to realize that I hate Winnie the Pooh as well. I don't know what it is about that stupid bear, but I can't stand him. I hate when I find a really cute little outfit and they have contaminated it with Winnie the Pooh. Why can't they just leave it alone. It would be completely adorable minus that stupid bear.

Tonight is Caitlin's birthday dinner! We are all going to 135 Prime! Which is one of my favorite places to eat....and the best part about it is Dad is picking up the bill. I can't believe that my sister is almost done with her first year of college!! It has gone by so fast. I feel like I was just in shock that she was driving. She is def the best and is going to be the best aunt in the world!

Rough Day...

2008-03-25T15:42:00.000-07:00

I woke up last night around 3:00 crying. I had had a bad dream. I know that it sounds childish, but I have been having very vivid dreams. I won't go into details, but I spent the next hour in Zack's arms really upset and scared to fall back asleep. Sometimes when I fall back asleep my dreams pick up right where I left off. I thought of happy things for about 2 hours and finally fell back to sleep. Needless to say this morning was hard to get up and go. I was late to work, then when I did get to work I decided to email a coworker that was due two days after me to find out what she was having. I knew that she was having her gender ultrasound done over Spring Break. I had done some therapy and another coworker stopped me in the hall and asked me if I had heard what had happened. The next few minutes brought lots of emotion. I just listened in disbelief. My coworker had lost her baby. I was sad, scared, and upset all the same time. I immediately became nauseous and thought I might get sick. This stuff wasn't suppose to happen this late in a pregnancy. My heart broke for her and her family. I ran to my room and tried to stop the email that I had sent to her. It was too late, she had already opened it and replied. From what I know she is doing okay. She will be out of work this week, and all I can do is pray for her and her family. Children are such a blessing and I can't even begin to imagine what she is going through. I honestly don't think that this day could get any worse. I am just drained....

Spring Break

2008-03-24T16:14:00.000-07:00

Zack and I had Spring Break last week! This is a perk to working in a school district. It was a much needed break for sure. We originally wanted to take a ski trip, but with me being 22 weeks prego that was out of the question. We decided that we would make a trip to Shreveport. Neither one of us had ever been so we thought a short trip would be fun. We went down Weds. with Zack's sister and her husband. The boys managed to lose a whole lost of money the first night we were there. The next day my grandparents came down and we listened to the Baylor game with them. Needless to say we didn't have much luck in Shreveport with gambling or our Baylor Bears. It was a fun trip and an easy drive at that.

Easter we had lunch at my parents house. We all got our easter bags. It consisted of movies and gift cards. I have become the queen of Target. I was more excited about my Target gift card than anything else. I told myself that I would use it to buy some clothes for me. I could use a couple of more bottoms, seeing that mine have all become too small in the midsection.

Today it was back to work, let me tell you it was so hard to get up this morning! I saw my kids and did a crap load of paperwork. I came home and helped Zack with the invoices for the business.....a few minutes later I heard one of our dogs yelp from outside. I went to the back door and Lolie came to the back door, but Gus and Sumo didn't. I walked outside and Sumo started to come to the door and Gus was crying and not putting one of his paws down. I picked him up and started to kind of freak out. I took him to Zack and we couldn't decide if he had broken his leg or torn ligaments. Gus was just crying and wouldn't stop. We thought that he was def. hurt by the way he was carrying on. I got in my car and drove to the vet praying that I would get there in 10 mins so they would still be open. I get there and Gus was due for his shots, so they went ahead and set him up for that as well. We walk back and I put Gus on the table and all of a sudden his leg is fine. He is standing on it and climbing on me with it. I have decided that he is the most dramatic dog ever! 20 mins before the whole world was ending because he hurt his leg, and not he was fine. We got home and I set him down and there was no stopping him. He ran circles around the house. I swear he is a girl!

The Big Dance!

2008-03-16T16:20:00.000-07:00

Ladies and Gentlemen.....Baylor men have made it to the NCAA tournament! I am way pumped! We were watching the bracket announcement and of course they waited to name us LAST! We take on Purdue on Thursday in Washington DC. Hopefully they will bring their "A" game! It's an exciting time in Waco!!

I think Coach Drew needs to shave his head if they win the first game of the tournament!! Zack and I will be watching the game in Shreveport, LA. We are going down for a hold em tournament!

Baby Miller

2008-03-15T08:12:00.000-07:00

Zack and I decided this past summer that we wanted to add a little one to our family. We thought that the timing was perfect and in June started trying. We found out that we were pregnant in August and we were both so excited. I had my first Dr’s appointment and we didn’t hear the heartbeat, so later in the week I went in for an ultrasound. (I was suppose to be 11 weeks at that time) I found out that the baby had stopped growing at 6 weeks. Talk about being completely devastated. I had to call my husband and tell him that our baby had died. It was awful. I found out on a Thursday and went in for surgery the following day. It was the strangest feeling....even though I knew that the baby had passed away, I went into the hospital that day being pregnant and came out not. It was just an overwhelming feeling of emptiness. It took several weeks for me to start to be my old self again. Zack told me that when I was ready we could try again. I knew that I didn’t want to wait long, but I wasn’t sure that I could handle another miscarriage. I prayed about it and when we were given the okay by the doctor we decided we would give it another shot. I just prayed that if God didn’t think that we were ready for a baby he wouldn’t let us get pregnant. We found out the first of December that we were going to have a baby. We prayed everynight that God would be with us and this baby. This pregnancy has been truly amazing. I loved the morning sickness, who knew someone could enjoy throwing up, but to me that was a good sign. I just smiled every morning when that time came. I think that we will def appreciate every step of this pregnancy and we are very excited about this little bundle of joy!
We found out March 11th that we are having a little boy. The ultrasound tech was the same one that told me about the first baby. She wasn’t sure that I would like having her do it again, but what an amazing thing. She had to give me horrible news in Sept, but in March got to tell us we were having a son! She started the ultrasound and assumed that we already knew what we were having bc I have snuck into my Dad’s office a couple of times for some scans. We had to tell her that we had no idea. She scanned over his little boy parts and I knew right away.....I turned and looked at Zack as he tried to make out the ultrasound picture and got to see his face when she told him it was a boy. It was a look of achievement and love. He was so excited he started to hoop and hollar! He was going to have a little boy!! I know he would have been just as happy with a little girl, but it was a boy! He named the baby himself and I have to say I LOVE his name! We are due July 28th, it’s going to be a hot summer!