I'm so glad this guy was born, and that he grew into such a handsome prince. Happy Birthday baby, I love you so much!

Month of March

I realize that I am a month late, but I thought I better document mine and Olive's Birthdays. We had a super fun family party to celebrate my, Jane, and Olive's b-day's. Here I am with the cute birthday girls (and Lucy trying to climb up to my head). 

On my birthday Sean surprised me with this sweet new bed (actually he surprised me with a sweet new mattress and a bed that was the wrong size but got it fixed the next day). We have been married for 8 1/2 years and we have never had a new mattress or a bed frame. This is a pretty epic moment in Miller Family history. Maybe next year I'll get some matching night stands :)

 Our sweet Olive turned one! I cannot believe how fast the last year has gone, maybe it is because I have been severely sleep deprived for it's entirety, but it seems like it was only yesterday that she came into our home!

We were singing Happy Birthday to her and she wasn't sure how to react.

She realized that there was cake at the end of that goofy song and the full smile came out!

I am so happy to call this ridiculously cute kid mine. Olive tidbits: she does not sleep through the night yet, she has crazy hair that makes her look like a coconut head, she is a momma's girl, she has 6 (almost 8) teeth, she hates to lay flat on her back for diaper changes, she loves the water, she loves to stick her finger in her nose and just let it sit there, she only says one word- dada, she loves to mess up her sisters toys, and she can get up both sets of stairs in 10 seconds flat if she thinks she is being chased. We just love this girl so much, she has been the calm in the midst of the storm of our other two girls, maybe it's just a third child thing but she is so amazing to just sit by and chill while Lucy is in a constant state of demolition and Izzy is busy with school, dance, friends, sports, or being overly dramatic. We love you baby Olive! Happy Birthday!  

We've got a runner....

Lucy is what I would call a runner, as in, when she sees an opening, she runs. When someone comes to the front door she darts out and I end up chasing her down the street. If I let go of her hand for even one second in the grocery store parking lot she takes off and I end up chasing her like a mad women around the parking lot. Her favorite place to run is at church. I'm not sure a Sunday has gone by that I don't chase her up to the pulpit in my heels, or have to find where she's at because she has disappeared under someone elses' bench. Once, Sean actually did a full lap around the chapel trying to catch her. Well today we had Stake Conference, a parents nightmare.  I finally took her and Olive out so she could get some wiggles out. She proceeded to run two full laps around the Regional Center (for those that are not familiar with the building it has a huge round walkway around the perimeter of the building) with me chasing her, Olive on my hip. She finally found a fun wheelchair ramp that leads right back into the chairs and ran all the way across the building before I even made it out of the wheelchair ramp tunnel. Lucky for me my wonderful neighbor played defense and finally grabbed her for me. Needless to say, I was exhausted.

So I'm putting this out there on behalf of all Mom's of "runners", please, please, do not just stop and giggle as you see us chasing our children. I know it looks hilarious to see a grown women in heels and a pencil skirt with a baby in her arms try to chase a toddler running at top speeds yelling "try and get me", I get it, it's funny. It's also extremely frustrating, exhausting, and in some cases scary. At times I was barely keeping up with her, what would have happened if I lost her around a corner? There were hundreds of people in the building. Lucky for me she probably would end up on the stage so she would be easy to track down but it's a scary feeling having your child almost slip out of you reach in a crowd. I guarantee you that no Mom will be upset with anyone that slows their "runner" down, or best yet, stops them. Come on people, help a Mother out. Please! 

February Favs

 Although we basically have all been sick all month long we have still managed to have some fun. We had a fun Valentine's Day dinner as a family, ever though everyone but Mom and Dad were too sick to eat the pizza, it turned out great. 

 Izzy asked for an electric guitar for next Christmas and almost had a heart attack when I told her that Dad had one. They had a lot of fun getting it out to rock. 

I loved this pic of Lucy because it looks like she is about to smash the guitar over her head, that seems like something she would do. 

 On President's Day we headed up to the park to go sledding. It was so much fun! I hadn't been sledding since Izzy was little, I always have to stay home with the babies so it was nice to get to spend some time pushing my girls up the hill!

Hopefully next month will bring better health to our family finally, and more fun adventures!

Izzy

I always worry a little bit about bragging too much about my kids but when they're this awesome how can I resist? We had parent teacher conferences at school this past week and got to hear all about how she is doing in school. Sean and I just sit there like total dorks who can't wipe the goofy smiles off our faces because we are so proud of her. I wonder if I will ever get sick of hearing how awesome she is? She is doing so well in school, just like I knew she would. She is reading so well. I can't even describe the feeling of listening to her read all by herself, it's amazing. She loves all the new friends she is making, and is even getting marriage proposals :) We are just so happy to have Izzy in our family. We love her sweet spirit, her kind words, and her hard work. Keep it up Iz!!

Mommy Blues

Last night when I was leaving the gym I had this pang of loneliness hit me and started missing my sisters terribly. As a mother I often find that even though I am surrounded by the three cutest, most entertaining little princesses all day I get lonely, am I the only one?  My sisters use to fill that void but they are all gone, they should come back, all of them, and soon. I need someone to go to the gym with, make Costco runs, bake cupcakes and eat too many, and get in arguments with Sean and use logic that only we understand. Miss you guys!   

Aaaannnnnddddd I'm back!

I know it's a little bit late but I've just made it back to the blogging world so I'm going to talk about Christmas. We had so much fun this year! It was so magical to have Izzy know what was going on and to have Lucy be able to participate in activities this year. On Christmas Eve we had my family over for our annual "Christmas in Bethlehem Dinner" that my Mom does for us. I think I can speak for everyone when I say that this is one of everyone's favorite holiday traditions. The Pam totally out did herself again.

 I am mildly obsessed with Christmas, I love everything about it (including the evil parts like Santa and presents). We had such a fun day, it was such a great morning with our little family. Sean spoiled me rotten and I felt like a princess. I got to spoil him and my girls and I about had a seizure from all of the Christmas excitement.  

December started off a pretty difficult month and our family really needed and appreciated the time we got to spend with each other and our families. I felt the Savior's presence in our lives and was reminded of his great plan for us.

Finally, it would not be a blog post if I didn't give a Lucy update. For those of you who have not seen it on Facebook, Lucy tried to give herself a mowhawk, she did a pretty good job.