Loving Life

Summer has been amazing so far.  I love that I am able to stay at home with him everyday.  I've learned a lot of new songs and nursery rhymes so far.  My goal for the summer is just to learn as much as I can.

While I was getting dinner ready, Mike was trying to get William ready to take a nap.  I looked over at Mike reading to William and thought about how lucky I am to have Mike as my husband and father to my child.  He was reading a book to him but he changed his strategy.  I'm sure Mike will brag to William later on in life (after he is 21) that he used to sing him to sleep with "99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall."  Needless to say, this song did not put William to sleep.

William kicks like crazy when he gets excited.

A few days ago I had to capture this cute sight.  On this particular day, Mike continued to read a book to William and he feel asleep.  You saw earlier what happens when Mike changes the routine.

Last Weekend

My mom and I went to Houston for the night so we could go to a baby shower.  We visited Kehma.  William didn't last long during dinner.  However, he was able to experience fireworks for the first time on this night.  He didn't get scared at all.  I was very proud of him.

On Saturday night, Brian, Kim, my mom, Mike and I went to The Melting Pot.  The place was awesome.  Luckily the other table in our room had an infant too.  I did have a blanket for him but you will have to ask Kim what happened to that.

On Monday, Mike and I celebrated our 2nd wedding anniversary.  Thank you again for the beautiful flowers, Mike!

Well, our lovely condo has leaked again!  Luckily, insurance is supposed to pay for it this time.

Summer Schedule

Today was the first day of trying to get William on a schedule.  He has done awesome with it so far.  He is still sleeping in his pack n' play in our room at night but napping in his crib during the day.  Actually, he is still in his crib right now.  I'm sitting here listening to the monitor and waiting for him to wake up so I can bring him into our room.  Yes, moving him over to his room will probably be much harder on me than it is on William.  

Of course, Mike took these pictures!

Sunday Family Trip to the Pool

We walked to our community pool so William fell asleep on the way.  He got in a nice little nap before he enjoyed the pool.

Busy Saturday!

Today was great!  We started the day by driving out to the Adragna's place in order to have breakfast with friends and to see baby Anthony.  In a year from now, Ethan, William, and Anthony are going to be having tons of fun together.  However, today was calm for the boys.  Ethan was practicing walking! William played with daddy. Anthony was sleeping like baby in his crib.

Then, we went over to Brian's house for a crawfish boil.  Food was awesome!  Thanks Brian!

William relaxing on Brian's couches.

Since I have been home with William for a whole week now, I realized that I need to figure out what our daily schedule is going to look like.  I'm going to try to make sure that we get out of the house everyday so I signed us up for our community pool and rec center.  Several days a week, our pool holds a mom and tots hour.  The only pool allowed in the pool during that hour are parents with kids under the age of 5.  I hope to end my walk with a trip to the pool several times this summer.  We visited the pool on Friday and William did great!  We stayed in the kid pool.  It is perfect because he can stand up and enjoy the pool.

Here are a couple of Mike's videos.

Summer Break!

School is out!  That means that William is staying home with me.  We have had fun these last few days.  Here are some pictures that we have taken lately.

Helping daddy hang up the blinds in the bar.

Going for a walk with Grandma Miller

Three generations of Miller boys in Spartan gear.

I've discovered my feet!

Getting ready to go swimming at Nana and Papa's house.

First time swimming!

Got our school pictures back.  William already does his daddy's Zoolander look!

William at daycare

 Working on an art project

Enjoying the sprinkler pool with his cousins on Memorial Day weekend!

Watching the sunset over Lake Travis.

Cousin Drew's birthday party!

Splashing around at bath time!

William is able to roll over now but this is how he started.  Mike realized that he really likes to look at the planes hanging up in his room.  So, he put William in his crib to see what he would do.  

Mother's Day Weekend!

We had a great weekend.  We started it off up celebrating Chip's birthday.  William went to his first happy hour.  Luckily, there were several babies at the Pour House.  We even met a baby that was 3 days older than William.  Here is a cute picture of Ethan and William saying hello to each other.  Happy First Birthday to Ethan!

William hanging out with daddy!