Miller time

Sneaky progress

2012-02-08T10:28:00.001-08:00

On Monday I had to take daegen to the doctors because he had an ear infection . So Brock came home early from work to watch pierce. When I came home my babies hair was cut. But brock promised me it wasn't his "first" hair cut. It was just so it could grow even. But I did go rescue a few hairs to save. .............
Pierce is now officially sitting up. We have been working on it and he has been getting close this last week. So I would now say he officially sits up. He is growing so fast and is still the most giggly happy baby. He just loves getting kissed and tickled. Next month we should have our crawling down.

6 months

2012-02-01T15:11:00.001-08:00

This adorable 6 month has officially stole my heart. If I just look at him I get a huge grin and giggle. He is getting better at sleeping . He wakes up about once a night. He is very observant and turns his head at every sound he hears. He will stare into your eyes tell he figures you out . He is very strong and will scoot around on his tummy ( just in a circle) . He will grab everything in sight and stick it in his mouth. He loves his big boy food. We are into carrots and winter squash. He disliked the greens , we will try them again soon. We went to the docs and he has grown like a weed.

His weight is 19pounds .5 oz 75%
Height 27" 60%
Head 46cm 95%

2 gallons of disaster.

2012-01-31T17:04:00.000-08:00

I had to document my disaster at the grocery store today. After the gym I thought I could quickly go get 2 gallons of milk at the store. So we get there and all was well. Then I had to fight daegen on not getting the car carts. Those carts at this particular store are always trashed and soaking wet ...ect. So we got a normal cart and of course daegen wont get in it, and throws his boots in the cart and insists on walking. So I throw him in the cart which resulted in us getting a lot of attention because, I not only have a 3 year old screaming about a blue car cart but it upsets Pierce so I have a crying baby too. I get my stuff that I need with only a few challenges. Then I go check out. I put every thing on the conveyer belt to then realize my wallet is in the car!!!!! I told the cashier guy and he said ok i'll be here go get it. So I told Daegen k we need to go to our car really fast. But.... He spots the play area. he lost it. he wouldn't move unless it was into the play area. I asked the babysitter lady if I could drop him off so I could run and get my wallet really fast. She said do you have your ID. (well of course not) So I scoop up daegen in a foot ball hold and pierce is on my other arm and I charge to the door with again 2 screaming children. I find the nearest cart throw daegen in it and get to my car like nobody s business. I came back waited another 5 min in line to pay for my groceries and vowed Id never just "run" in to get milk.

But then you come across pictures like this and realize how precious they are. Even if they make getting 2 gallons of milk challenging. They are worth every challenge.

Daegens 3rd Birthday

2011-12-06T21:05:00.000-08:00

Daegens 3rd birthday questions:

How old are you? 3
What is your favorite thing to do? toys
What is your favorite food? bee cereal (honey nut cheerios)
What is your favorite song? train song
What is your favorite color? Orange
What is your favorite game to play? toots (?)
What is your favorite thing to watch on TV? shaun the sheep
What is something that is cool about you? my cheese( smile)
What is your favorite thing about church? yeah church cookie song
What is your favorite thing to do outside? daddy work, dump truck
Who is your best friend? daddy
What is your favorite treat? king cones ( ice cream cones)

Whats is your favorite number? 18

What is your favorite letter? oa

Whats your favorite thing to do with dad? Work

Whats your favorite thing to do with mom? shopping

Christmas tree adventure

2011-12-06T20:55:00.000-08:00

Thanksgiving

2011-11-30T14:30:00.001-08:00

We had a fun thanksgiving and a delicious feast. We missed beth and her family though. I planed on taking a lot of pics but that didn't happen of course:( we also went downtown on black friday to see Santa. Daegen wouldn't even sit on his lap this year. Daegen took a picture of the picture. here is what I have...

Were really excited around here

2011-11-30T13:48:00.001-08:00

Brock had to get a Christmas tree for church , so he brought it back home for the week. Daegen loves this tree. He always keeps the lights on. We will turn them off when he falls asleep , I'll walk by his room in the morning and by then he will had turned them on. He is the only person Brock and I know of who will hug there Christmas tree because there so excited.,

We have a new dog at our house

2011-11-30T13:44:00.001-08:00

Daegen the dog. I caught him drinking out of the dog bowl , so I told him if he wanted his own bowl of water I could get him his own. It back fired and he really enjoyed role playing being a dog. We had a dog house , dog food (cereal) doggie naps and doggie bones/cookies. So this has been going on for about 2 weeks now I'm done having 2 dogs.

Blend tec bread

2011-11-30T13:39:00.001-08:00

I tried to make bread dough with my blend tec. Brock said the best thing about the bread is that he could see the hand prints that made it:( I guess I'll have to use the kitchen aid.

Happy 4 month birthday

2011-11-29T21:09:00.001-08:00

Wow my sweet chuba chub. You bring a smile to my face. I don't know how you do it but every month you get more smiley and giggly. Every time I come into the room you smile and start moving your arms and legs with excitement. How I love you my little scoby do. When ever I need a laugh all I have to do is give you a little squeeze like a tickle me Elmo, and you laugh hysterically. Heres to 4 months my little man.

Happy Birthday/anniversary 2011 Amy

2011-11-06T09:17:00.001-08:00

Halloween day

2011-11-02T21:38:00.001-07:00

Our Halloween day started out by having a kids Halloween lunch at our house. I didn't want to go to the store so I used what I had Mac and cheese. The kids didn't care they had fun seeing each other in the costumes.

Daegen has gotten really into this holiday so it was really easy to want to go all out. He was so excited to dress up as a robot. He didn't know what to expect but he knew we had to go trick or treating . I think it exceeded all his expectations. He loved it. He would go up to the door , Say , trick or treat and then say thank you. He had it down. Some doors were to scary like uncle matchs and aunt Erins .

When we got home he wanted to lay out all his candy and eat it of course , and Brock let him. So I couldn't be the party pooper so I kept my mouth shut.

Daegen was exhausted and fell right to sleep. But in the morning he ran and got his robot costume and asked to go trick or treating again. I said sorry you'll have to wait till next year.

Happy 3 months

2011-11-02T21:12:00.001-07:00

Baby Pierce, you are the specialist little man. You love being entertained especially by big brother. You are extremely ticklish. Every time I get you dressed you giggle because it tickles so much. You will talk to anyone if they make eye contact with you and you melt hearts with your smile. We love you baby pierce. Happy 3 months

Pierce is getting so big

2011-11-01T19:10:00.001-07:00

Just a rainy autumn day in Boring

2011-10-30T17:58:00.001-07:00

A little Halloween carving time

2011-10-28T20:05:00.001-07:00

We definitely had a good time Dagan love carving "Punkins"

When we asked Daegen what he wanted his pumpkins face to look like he made that face. We were laughing so hard. He was being dead serious.

He loved everything about this night. GG gave him a book about the pumpkin patch and he new exactly how that night went down. So we got home from the pumpkin patch around 7 and he insisted that we stay up and carve his pumpkin. So we did. The next morning he asked me to go to the pumpkin patch.

harvest festival

2011-10-26T22:27:00.000-07:00

While brock was gone Last week for 8 long days, my Side kick Allison and I took our kids to the Harvest festival in Hood River. Her husband was also on that long 8 day trip with my husband. The Kids loved the small town festival. Daegen couldn't get enough of the chickens and rabbits. We enjoyed the carnival food and some freshly pressed apple cider.

Pierce was a trooper . No cries the whole night.

Loved the chickens and bunnies . I wonder what he will be getting for Easter.

Daegen decided that he wanted to be potty trained and insisted to go in the port a potties while we were at the festivals. If any of you know me , know that I rather just go on the outside of one of those plastic bathrooms then actually go in them. So we got in there and he took a look at the toilet and said EW YUCK and then politely declined and told me it was " moms turn" we got out of there as fast as we could.

Big ol' apple

Look at all these apples of every kind.

PSU football

2011-10-26T21:49:00.000-07:00

My father-in-law always hooks us up with tickets to the Portland State football games. We love it Daegen does especially...but even Pierce has a good time.

This game was extra cool because we got to use "Papa's" field passes to go down and see things up close and personal.

Church Halloween carnival

2011-10-26T15:03:00.000-07:00

We had our church Halloween party last week. Let's just say most of my pictures were blurry because my child never stopped running until I caught him sitting on the floor licking a cupcake in a sugar coma. It was fun because we had Brocks parents visiting with us too.

Complete bliss

2011-10-26T14:43:00.001-07:00

It's funny what a mom of 2 boys and a dog thinks is true bliss. I got the 2 boys and the dog asleep in my room (the dog was asleep.) But I'm sitting in my chair planning a party while everyone is sound asleep. It's been a rough couple days , I'm potty training daegen and baby boy pierce has a cold , and i have a Halloween party at my house on Saturday. All things considered I think things are going smooth it's just making me exhausted. But I'm glad for my diet pepsi and Swedish fish.

2011-10-24T20:48:00.001-07:00

Amy wanted me to take some pictures to show how big Pierce is getting.

He's a cute little kid for sure.

Pierces first trip to the beach

2011-10-09T11:03:00.001-07:00

We took an early weekend and headed to the beach early Thursday night right after pierces doctors appointment.
When we got there we took a nice night walk on the beach. The the next day we went on an adventure to hug point and let everyone run around and explore. Brock asked Daegen if he liked going on adventures, and he said no. So we asked what he liked to do and he said, eat. Hmm I'd have to say I agree he does love to eat. He probably ate more clam chowder then Brock and I both did for dinner.
We made are beach trip short so we could take Daegen to the psu football game on Saturday afternoon. He talks about going to football games frequently so when there home we like to try to go. He loves dancing to the music , cheering and whistling, eating hot dogs, pop corn, and diet coke( orange fanta).
He was sad though because he thought after the game we were going to go back to the beach house and cried when he noticed he was going home.

2 months stats

2011-10-06T17:06:00.001-07:00

Weight 12.5 75th , height 23" 50th, head 39.7cm 50th. So he is officially a little chunky ha ha. But what matters most is he is really healthy.

Sleepy Boys

2011-10-03T15:26:00.001-07:00

I love my life!!! I have two sweet snuggle boys that have been extremely good these past couple of days. They love each other and I know I always say that but I can't get over how much they really do love each other. My baby "chunky boy" has gotten so big!! I was telling Brock how pierce went from wearing premie clothes to 3 to6 months clothing. He skipped the new born clothes. He is so smiley and happy. Loves to talk.
Daegen I think had grown a foot. He looks to long and tall. He is so smart but likes to tease you when you ask him questions. I'll point to something red and I'll ask what color it is and he says a wrong color . And points to something else and says red and laughs. He knows his colors and is learning his numbers. Today we will be starting mommy and child swimming lessons. I'm nervous about it but we shall see. Oh and daegen has pooped on the toilet several times. So I see potty training in the future. I know he is ready I just have a lot on my plate right now. So we shall see.

2 months

2011-10-02T23:48:00.000-07:00

Pierce was 2 months on Thursday. He has started to babble and smile. He loves to look around especially when were outside. He has already helped his dad mow the lawn. He loves looking into your eyes when your feeding him. He also sleeps through the night.
His nick name right now is "baby pierce". His uncle just gave him the name" Friar Tuck", because of his middle age balding hair style with just a little ring around the lower sides and back. But we still think he is the cutest thing in the world.
Things that melt my heart during the day is that Daegen and Pierce hold hands. Daegen is always wanting to hold "baby Pierces hand" and loves ripping Pierces socks off so he can kiss his little feet and hold them.

Our weekend

2011-09-26T20:09:00.001-07:00

Daegen likes to start his morning off with a sneaky big scoop of ice cream. We now have no treats in the freezer and a lock on the fridge. He is getting a little to independent. We took daegen fishing on the boat Friday night he was loving it and oddly enough was afraid of the worms. On Saturday morning we were in the local parade called the Teddy bear parade and daegen drove the big shred truck with dad. And last but not least Brock was watching a movie with the boys Sunday morning and noticed that pierce would not take his eyes off the tv. Every time he would movie he would move his head so he could watch. To funny.

Pierces first 8 weeks of life

2011-09-23T03:00:00.000-07:00

We Love you Pierce. In your short little life you have experienced a lot. To name a few.......You lost a lot of weight and got down to 5 pounds 4 oz and we had to take you to fat camp at the hospital. It was a short little over night stay over your parents 8 year anniversary which, including a feeding tube. You experience lots I mean lots of attention and love from your Brother. You went on your first boat Ride. Your first trip to Mt. Hood and Multnomah Falls. You have slept in a Tent, and went to your first movie( the Lion king) and your first Football game(and PSU won). We love you little chunkier.

the last three weekends in pictures

2011-09-22T21:59:00.000-07:00

Explanation of pics. We went camping in our back yard last friday and Daegen thought that this was the coolest thing. They even came in for a potty and water break around one, and Daegen insisted that they go back out to the tent. We took The boys to go see Lion King. I forgot how crazy scary it was, Daegen resorted to sitting on the floor. But we made up for it by taking him to a PSU foot ball game with Uncle Match and PaPa. Oh and of course Pierce was with us this whole week end adventure with no peeps. We took Brock clothes shopping a couple weeks ago and Daegen found a long board in a store and new exactly what to do with one . We went on a date with some Friends a fun adventure we took the boat downtown and docked it right out side the restaurant. Oh and Daegen loves I mean loves mowing the lawn.

So we have been busy very busy. I can't believe how time flies. With 2 boys I feel like a can't get anything done. We finally put the smack down on bed time and life is getting a little bit easier , hence the blogging.

My newest grey hairs

2011-09-19T23:31:00.000-07:00

Happy 1 month

2011-08-29T10:23:00.000-07:00

Happy one month my little man. I can't believe its been one month. You are such a sweet little boy. Filled with a sweetened goodness. You have changed our lives and especially your big brothers life. He is so sweet to you and loves you unconditionally. It brings us to tears watching you guys interact with one another. I know that you guys were friends in heaven and are so excited to be reunited. I love you baby pierce thank you for a sweet beginning of a long journey.

I'm in love I'm in love.....

2011-08-25T23:25:00.000-07:00

And I don't care who knows it.....

I'm in love with my sweet baby boy Pierce. This little angel boy is so precious. He has brought the sweetest spirit into our home. His older brother is smitten by him. I have never seen Daegen be so gentle and attentive with anyone or anything. When Daegen first meet his baby Pierce......He knew exactly what a baby needed. He wanted to hold him and kiss him, he even tried to give baby Pierce a sip of my cranberry juice, when he cried Daegen would gently whisper hush. Then he would direct who got to have a turn to hold his baby brother.

I love having 2 sons.... I feel like I should be a member of a cool club called "The Moms of only Boys Club". I feel honored to be able to get to raise future Priesthood holders. I hope that I can full fill my part as there Mother.

Baby Pierce

2011-08-01T22:15:00.000-07:00

Yes thats right this 3 month long neglect on our blog was all about a new family member. ..Baby Pierce. Back in May we were rushing to get our adoption paper work finished so our profile could be published. So we got approved earlier than we thought , it was the last week of may and we weren't supposed to be up tell the end of June. So we got everything approved on a friday and that next monday we were told a birth mother wanted to meet us!!!! Wow were we surprised. our profile was only up for a day. So 2 weeks later we met the birthmother and birthFather. Things went great and a couple weeks later she officially choose us. She has been an incredibe birthmother to work with. She invited both Brock and I in the delivery room and we got to witness baby pierces birth. What an amazing experience. There is way more to the story and I will have to write about it in more details soon

Here is...... Pierce LaMont Sky Miller .....6.6 pounds 19 inches.

Daegen is the best big brother ever. He is so gentle, loves giving him kisses and is Pierces personal manager, he likes to direct where and what the baby is supposed to be doing according to a 2 year old. Were in love and so happy.

Better pics and posts to come. look on past dates to get the scoop on our life for the past 3 months.

Living life in the fast lane.

2011-08-01T21:58:00.000-07:00

WOW!!!! Its been 3 months, yes I'm guilty of blog neglect. But with all that has been going on I just couldn't justify sitting and blogging about life. I have a lot to catch up on and some exciting news with lots of pics. Also a 3 month update on how Daegen has turned into a talking machine and also the busiest kid I know.

p.s. It has been way to long.... blogger has changed its site. This is weird!!!

unpredictable 2's

2011-04-26T16:59:00.000-07:00

Daegen has been interesting to say the least.

One sweet thing he did was he fell asleep in the car and I went to go grab him and it woke him up. I'm holding him and he says hug mama and he kisses my shoulder. Such a sweet kid.

but...... then we went to a book store and he broke a book if that makes since right in front of the cashier. So I had to buy the tractor book. Then we went out to lunch just the 2 of us and he was a hit everyone was coming over and saying how adorable he was and how he had the cutest personality. And as his mom I thought well of course he does. But then the take out boxes made the appearance and well, he insisted on wearing it on his head for the rest of the day. We went to Trader Joe's with the take out box on his head. He would scream and yell if I asked him to take it off and try to bite me if I touched it. I just let it be.

At Trader Joe's they have small child size carts for kids and he found a gang of kids with there carts and joined them. He had my food in his cart so I was a little frustrated when I went to go put something in my cart and A. he was gone or B. he would throw out my items and replace them with his

take out box as hat.

the broken book

Daegens morning.

2011-04-23T22:17:00.000-07:00

Daegen has not been sleeping really well at night , so he usually ends up on our floor around 3 in the morning. I know what your thinking he has always been a good sleeper! But I guess good things come to an end sometime.

Anyways, This morning he slept in on our floor and while he did, I started to get ready for the day. I later went in to go peek on him through the glass doors that we have and watched Daegen slowly cheerfully wake up. It was adorable. He rolled onto his back stretched his arms and sat there for awhile. Then he got up and I thought he was going to go straight to my side of the bed. He didn't he walked to our big windows with a huge smile , he took in the beautiful view smiling the whole time looking up at the chirping birds. It made me so happy that he was loving where we lived. Then he stood at the window cell and placed his head in his hands with one leg back contemplating about something. Then he kept enjoying the view. It was so adorable. Then he started to walk to my side of the bed so I went in and he ran to me and said Hi mama, mama , mama, and gave me a huge hug. Then he looked at Brocks side of the bed and said daddy at work? which we have to go through about 10 times a day that Daddy's at work.

After all that, he noticed that I was wearing jeans. He says to me "JEANS, YEAH" I guess he was excited that I wasn't in my work out clothes ready to take him to Kids Klub at the gym.

Daegen is getting really good and putting words together. He is expressing himself through words more and it is getting pretty funny. He just is funny and I think he thinks up things to say that he knows is really funny.

Another thing, is he has a huge crush or just really likes this little girl Rowen. which he nicked name her Rowey. Last Sunday we were on our way to nursery and he drags me over to where Rowey is and goes up to her and puts his arm around her and gives her a kiss. Then he holds her hand and the 3 of us go to nursery holding hands. This is all him, what a gentleman this kid is. Also everyday he asks about Rowey. Wheres Rowey mama? Which we do see her a lot during the week , Her mom and I do a lot of things together. Like take walks or go on hikes, we do Costco trips together. So every time we go to the grocery store he gets into his cart and pats to the seat next to him and says Rowey?

One other thing about this kid I don't want to forget. When ever were going toward the direction to my moms house he says G.G.'s house? But when we get really close and take a certain sharp curve he knows that were really going to G.G.'s house and he will cheer G.G. and Pa Pa's house Yeah!!!!!!

We are lucky parents this kid makes everything worth while.

Canada

2011-04-06T20:25:00.000-07:00

Brocks sweet Grandmother passed away last week. So we did a marathon trip to Canada. We spent 14 hours to drive there and stayed 4 hours for the funeral and then turned around and drove 14 hours home. We made it a couples trip and left Daegen with my parents. We thought a 2 year old in the car for 28 straight hours equals not a good equation. Daegen got spoiled by his GG and PAPA so that made for a happy kid. Brock and I had some good bonding time and funny stories to tell.

We found this Motel around 2:30 in the morning it was looking really good . So we snatched up the last room. I'm just keeping warm by the "fire".

It was a trailer park that was made into hotel rooms. We could hear everything that are neighbors were doing.

Trailer park confirmed.

Then 3.5 hours later we drove less than a mile and found we had a lot of hotels to pick from. The Flamingo Motel was looking like a dumb choice as we drove down the street.

That morning was an amazing drive. It was so beautiful. Pictures don't do it justice.

Brock called it the smell of money and I called it the smell of stinky cow manure.

Brock and I with his Grandfather. He is such an awesome guy.

3 generations.

Brocks Grandparents house in Raymond

Main street in Raymond town.

This was for Daegen. Which he loved by the way. Their claim in the city of Sparwood, British Columbia was that this is the worlds' biggest truck.

spring break trip to sunriver

2011-04-06T19:56:00.001-07:00

Over spring break we went to Sun river with our friends. We had four families in a house. It was a lot of fun. A little loud and chaotic but worth it. When the kids went to bed we defiantly had our fun time. Lots of hot tube time and games. We would stay up till 1 in the morning, so when the kids got up in the morning we were exhausted. The guys took a day and went snowboarding which was some good male bounding time. Even though it was Spring break and we got snow. We were thrilled for it because we don't get any where we live. Snow or sun is good for us. Tell next year.

We will need to watch these two as they get older. Daegen was putting the moves and Rowen.

The guys of course had to bring the ping pong table in from the garage.

Then they had to do the polar bear dip.

freezing cold water

then rushed to the hot tub.

Daegen and dad chilling in the hot tub.

The babies watching the big kids.

Daegen and Ethan eating of course.

Daegen found this decoration and kept pulling me over to his find going. Yee Haa MAMA YEE HAA MAMA. He is so funny.

Went on a hike. The kids loved the patched of snow. They were mesmerized by the "NO" as Daegen calls it.

The moms. We were missing Kristy. The fab 4 was not complete. She must of had a sleeping baby at the cabin.

mom and the boy.

(snow )"No" angel.

Then he thought that he could make snow angels in the grass.

To my dearest Brock,

2011-03-18T13:09:00.001-07:00

Just so you know I don't make a good traveling business mans wife. Last time you were gone I stayed up till at least 3 in the morning every night, not being able to go to bed. Thought it was random , well last night I did the same. I guess I can't fall asleep with out you here. We miss you come home soon. I'm trying really hard not to take on a make over project like a usually do when your gone. It just takes my mind off things. I promise if I do I wont spend a lot of money.... like zero money, right? Gotta get my brownie points while your away because they count as double. Love you see you in a couple days. kiss kiss muahh.

love your loving wife,

amy

updates on the house: Before and Afters

2011-03-07T21:22:00.001-08:00

This is not really a before pic but its before I finalized the look. Imagine a bright yellow room with a red fireplace.

Before:

After:

this is the Kitchen. The Whole house was this color.

Before:

After:

its not decorated yet ... hopefully soon we will get the new table that I want and a few decorations and light fixture.

After:

Before of Daegens room:

Before:

After:

Master bedroom

Before we moved in...

After we moved in... our poor bedroom looks so sad. we need some romance put in this room.

poo, trips, and funny boy

2011-03-07T13:40:00.001-08:00

Yes I know ,if you can see I'm talking about poop again. But I'm not ashamed, its my life right now. This month has brought a lot of fun experience that have to do with poo. Well, I'll start off with the first one. Brock and I spent 48 hours painting and doing trim work and little house projects over a 2 day period late nights and a neglected child. So It was saturday afternoon and Daegen and Homie were out side roaming the neighborhood. Daegen on bike and homie on foot, we had to let them roam in the house, becasue they were getting to be M.I.A for to long. So we let Daegen bring his bike in the house. We get back to neglecting our child and dog and I'm in the Bathroom painting and I hear Brock saying do you smell something ahhhh are you kidding me!!!!!! I run out to see my dog and child had made a royal mess. The dog pooped and Daegen rode his bike through it and was making a poop trail with his tires all through the house. All I have to say is I'm glad he is a puppy and that we have hard wood floors. I couldn't stop laughing at the situation and the fact that Daegen kept pointing at it and saying eww poopy eww stinky. Made it even cute. I know wierd prarent.

The secound situation was not really cute or funny. We were getting ready to leave for Utah. I had everything packed and sitting in the Foyer. All Of a sudden I see poop sitting on Daegens Jacket. I was thinking you have got to be kidding me. That dog is going to drive me crazy!!! Nothing really exciting happend after that just that we got on the road and as we drove to Utah the Snow storm that Oregon got Followed us the whole ride there. But it was worth it because We got to see Monica come home from her mission from Italy.

So here are our pics for the rest of this month.

Poop on the coat.

The NW Snow Storm. Every thing was shut down because of this dust of snow.

Then we get to Utah and wake up to this. And nothing closes down.

Daegen and his Grandpa plowing the snow.

Here we are making a poster at the Airport getting ready for Monica to Arrive home.

Below: there she is arriving

We went to Cafe Rio. Brock and I were just as excited to eat there as was monica. We don't have them in Oregon;(

The Cousins were running wild at the after closing party at Cafe Rio. (I made that up theres not really a closing party) hahah

It was like going to disneyland for Daegen. He loves playing with all his cousins. It was so sad to leave them.

Daegen and Grandpa Miller

Randoms of Daegen this month. Just being the funny kid that he is.

Were at Lowes and Daegen puts two pencils in his hat and starts laughing and getting lots of attention.

He loves his sunglasses and he loved his dads head lamp. Were does he come up with this stuff>???

You can't really see but he got in trouble for coloring on furniture. This is his I got busted face. I made him help me wipe it off.

This night he was pretending he was a choo choo train. He put his legs under the cart and used his arms to move around and then you would hear a choo choo once in awhile.

This was a valentines present a potty book. Which by the way he is not interested any more. They whole going to the potty thing. He still likes his books.

him and his friend were really excited about the cage.

Going to the dentist. No cavities!!!

Daegen and Homie the best of friends.

He put his under wear on??? I have them out so can look at them and get excited.

he put this bag over his head and went wild.

Notice the steam in the bag, he was going crazy.

update in pictures

2011-02-06T11:22:00.001-08:00

Here are a couple weeks in pictures. Starting with the most recent week. Ohh, and maybe this week I can finish posting about christmas since its been almost 2 months ago.

Wine and Roses:

This is the only picture that we got this year at the fundraiser event called "Wine and Roses" for Portland State University athletics, which is where Brock finished his MBA after we moved to Portland. This day was the the day I dreaded. Not because of the fundraiser but because we had a long day out in Beaverton with our adoption classes from 10 to 3 then the fundraiser from 5 to 10:30ish. And we had to switch babysitters while we were away, because grandma and papa were meeting us at the fundraiser and it was so stressful for me being away from Daegs. But it went smooth and we "won" some cool stuff. (I put won in quotations because we just won the bids and we still had to pay for them.)

Winston the dog:

Winston the dog has been renamed by Daegen. He now goes by the name "Homie", yes Homie. Brock and I still call him Winston occasionally but when we refer to the dog to Daegen its Homie. But anyways we Love Homie, he is such a puppy the good and the bad, but we love that we have him in our home.

Daegen loves to take bubble baths. He will look at us and say "bubble"...with this big smile and then we say "nooo" laughing and Daegen has really taken to this statement over and over. This time, I heard a faint yell "get the camera....the dogs in the tube" I thought no he didn't...Brock put the dirty dog in the bath with my son who were trying to clean. He did!!!! Things like this shouldn't phase me anymore but sometimes I get a winner and "surprise" I'm phased. But Brocks such a good dad, he make up for it.

Daegen and Homie looking out side.

Daegen pointing where the dog pooped on the front porch. Its a phase the dogs going through. It happens at least once a day.

Cute Daegen with his new hat on he loves!!!!! he loves hats.

Independence:

Daegen enjoying his independence and his parents letting him get away with it. A couple Saturdays ago Daegen was pretty opinionated about what shoes he was going to wear for our Saturday morning errands. So With our pride set aside we let him wear the shoes he wanted.... a croc on one foot and a navy lace up shoe on the other.

He is so happy that he gets to wear "his Pick"

It didn't look that bad when he was walking.

Children Museum:

A couple Fridays ago I meet my old college room mate at the children's museum in Portland. Her kids are a lot older than Daegen and they all had so much fun, theres so much to do. Karliegh and I had such a good time catching up It was like we see each other everyday but its been 4 years!!!!! We keep telling our selves we just need to make plans and do it. So we will, because they will be moving soon her husband is almost done with medical school and then off to residency. Where ever that may be.

Daegen loved this digging room with big trucks and shovels.

the water was a favorite too.

and the construction room.

This is him making friends with a little boy he randomly bumped into inside the trunk of a tree during story time.

Mama's Helper...

He fights me for the vacuum. He loves to vacuum.

Honored

2011-01-22T13:20:00.001-08:00

As I'm filling out my dreaded, and time consuming amount of paper work for our adoption profile. I have a hard time not thinking about what has brought us here, and how it all happened last time. I have a hard time not feeling closer to my savior. I have oodles of gratitude and thanks towards him. I feel honored that the lord choose this burden for us to bear. There are lots of burdens out there and yes this particular burned of infertility was devastating at first. Now I feel so blessed. Blessed because I have an out look on life that not a lot of people get to have. I get to raise my children with a beautiful example of selflessness (their birthmothers). I get to feel the love of our savior when finally a baby is literally place in our arms by an angel. Also my Daegen is the cutest kid out there (I'm sure the rest will be also). I'm so grateful for my very blessed life I feel so fortunate to have the experiences that we (Brock and I) get to share. I'm so excited to have another baby in our home soon.

p.s. our profile probably wont be up till June or around that time. So don't get to excited the process takes along time.

minute to win it.

2011-01-19T10:08:00.001-08:00

Derald , Brocks brother is going to be on minute to win it tonight. We are really excited to watch it, I think he taped it back in July its been a long wait. Also My Mother in law will be on there too. Good luck Derald.

feeling like a zoo keeper

2011-01-18T13:11:00.000-08:00

Winston's mess

Daegens throne

All day long my life consists of pee and poop. Today I take the dog out to go number 1 and 2 I get excited I praise him give him a treat. Then I come inside and Daegen wants to go pee pee on the toilet. When were finished and life goes on I forget to take the dog back out and he pees in the house I have to clean it up!! I throw the dog out of the house, while I'm cleaning it Daegen than wants to try to go pee pee again so I take off his diaper take him to the bathroom he pees yeah!!! I hear the dog barking scratching at the window so I go clean the mess. As I'm cleaning up the dogs mess I here Daegen not in the bath room but in his closet peeing in the corner, clapping and congratulating himself for peeing !!!! So I rush him to the toilet and tell him we only pee in the toilet. Then I clean up his mess. So for the rest of the afternoon I'm thinking do I really want to start potty training Daegen???!!!??? I'm potty training the dog right now. I go back and forth with the idea. I guess the dog inspired him? who knows. It as funny today I asked Daegen if he needed to go potty before his nap and he said yes and ran and got his coat to go potty out side. Yeah I know!!! Funny, he must be confused I forgot to say on the toilet I guess. I'm still debating on starting but I don't want to miss my opportunity. I may go get him some cool underwear and see if that gets him excited. He does get attached to things that he likes, like his frog boots. He loves those things. So only if I could find underwear like that !!!! we shall see. wish me luck.

P.S.

look who finally got new sunglasses. I got 2 pairs for him just in case;) Thank you Children's Place for having sunglasses early in the season. My troll has tantrums in the car when the sun is out.

fist bumps and tooting

2011-01-10T14:27:00.000-08:00

(This pic was taken when Brock went night Snowbording and it was just me and Daegen and I was done being mom so Daegen and I were just buddies that night and had fries and milk shakes for dinner.)

Daegen in the last 2 weeks has been soaking things up like a sponge. He has been learning new words and having conversations with me. I wouldn't say they were very intellectual conversations but still he was trying to communicate his feelings . They go a little something like this. Mama, hauka tauka papa gmama, meme , mott ,bucky ,dada pee pee poo poo bumm stinky. WOW I know, what are we teaching him? Well, we are potty training a dog, and Daegen is fairly aware of how to go pee in the toilet or on cue while I'm changing his diaper. Another thing in that department he thinks farting is soo funny. I was watching another little boy one morning and they were sitting at the table and the little boy tooted and Daegen started to laugh, then he started trying successfully to toot also. They are only 2 years old and that stuff is already funny to them.

Today we went to the libraries story time and he was giving everyone fist bumps. Also we went to the store and he was saying hi and good by to random people at the store. He is so funny and I love this stage. Yes, I am worn out at the end of the day, but its worth it. He has me going on bike rides , taking adventure walks, and playing out in the rain for hours at a time. We are each others buddies now and I love it.

You should here him pray, oh my gosh it is so sweet. He loves praying for members of his family. When we sit down to eat he has been know to be the one with his arms folded first.

Meeting Santa

2011-01-06T14:10:00.001-08:00

We finally were able to take the boys to see Santa on the Tuesday before Christmas and the line wasn't that bad. The boys were so exited when we got to Santa's work shop.

There were lights and trees and presents. They loved it.

Here they are so excited. Loving every minute of the North Pole village.

Then it came our turn to see Santa...Um not so much. Beck was wondering what was wrong with Daegen. He is thinking dude this guy gives out free presents!!! quite your crying. Your going to ruin it for me.

After Beck and Daegen got there pic taken together.... Being the persistent Mother that I am I insisted he had to stay on Santa's lap so he can have a solo Pic.

Ok I'm done. doesn't any one here me!!!

still not liking Santa and is over this whole thing.

Then the Trains with PAPA made it better.

He was king of the trains

new puppy

2010-12-28T13:31:00.001-08:00

Our new puppy was actually an early christmas present to me, but then Brock changed it to a family christmas present. But it was a surprise to me. Brock and Daegen went out Christmas shopping for me and came back with a puppy. I was so excited! Also it was the breed that I wanted, a Golden Doodle, (golden retriever and poodle mix). He doesn't shed and they're supposed to be really smart. We will see we're having a hard time with peeing in the house. It doesn't help that its been raining non-stop and he jets right back to the house when you take him outside. Like I have said before, every boy needs a dog, and the pics say it all. Daegen is in love with this puppy. Every morning he sits in his chair and pats his lap and says doggy. He loves holding him while watching his morning train show.

our christmas tree

2010-12-28T13:25:00.000-08:00

This year our tree came from our front yard. A 10 foot cedar tree that was going to be cut down anyways, it was too close to our house. So this year it had the privilege to be our christmas tree .

Daegens 2nd birthday party

2010-12-28T12:39:00.000-08:00

We celebrated Daegens 2nd birthday on his birthday the 2nd of Dec. Our theme was Mister Man Party. We had mustaches, ties, a pinata, and mexican food and all the foods men like. We had a blast with all our friends and their kids and my parents. Of course we had a Ping Pong tournament that all the dads participated in. Happy birthday Daegy buns we love you.

he got a 4 wheeler for his birthday and we gave it to him the morning of. He couldn't get enough of it.

he is 2

Also My dad turned 60 on the 4th of Dec. So we celebrated that on Sunday. I made him wear these glasses.

thanksgiving weekend

2010-12-28T11:41:00.001-08:00

Thanksgiving weekend started on Monday. I headed to Idaho with my parents to see my grandma in her last days. We of course hit a snow storm on the way there. Daegen got to walk in his first snow. He did live in Utah for a year but never really remembered the snow and he didn't walk while we lived there. Thats so weird to think about.

Then Thanksgiving morning Brock came to my Grandmas house to pick me up. He drove all though the night to get to spend thanksgiving with his family. He was such a trooper. The whole thanksgiving day I was on the verge of tears. Just saying good bye to my grandma for the last time was harder than I thought. But It was good to be back in Utah and see family.

Daegen Had a blast playing with cousins and the animals, but the best of all was grandpa's train set. He loved it. He would come grab your hand and pull you to the train set. The girls got to see the nut cracker. The funniest thing was my cute niece Noel told her mom that she could see the Snow kings bum, and then Rebecca asked her what her favorite part of the show was she said " the snow king" it was too funny, it made my weekend.

Of course in true Miller Miller style we left for Portland during a huge snow storm. The freeway was closed down and Brock thought that he would out smart the storm. So using the trusted GPS we took a highway that looked like it was going to hook us back on I 84 after the closure. It would have...but it was closed after about 25 miles heading into the middle of nowhere. Brock decided to try and go around the closure barricades, but after 3 miles, we were totally white washed we couldn't see if we were coming or going. Luckily there was a really humble motel close by and we got the last room. I was scared to go in the room because the motel looked scary. It was scary inside and cold. There was no heat just a little 1950's space heater. I have pics to show, but the people were very nice and invited us for dinner. They were a newly wed couple that were in there 70's. They were so nice and had humble means, but were so willing to give. What a great way to start off the holiday season.

Here are pics below.......

did not like the snow!!!

get me out of here!!!

We were right in front my grandparents neighborhood and we got stuck in a snow drift. As you can tell I could not even open the door.

it was really windy!!

Daegen checking things out with grandma.

Daegen and aunties at costco getting the thanksgiving feast.

Daegen and cousin emmett. With the train set.

with the animals down at the barn.

feeding the cow

in the barn, hanging with grandpa.

getting his toes tickled by grandpa.

playing cars with grandma.

D with grandpa and his train set.

the motel we had to wait out the storm in.

The TV that had mexican stations on. We couldn't change them because it was controlled by our neighbors.

see the little space heater. thats what kept us not frozen.

"new" drapes

some food that was left in the hotel. In case we were hungry.

our christmas message to you

2010-12-15T09:22:00.000-08:00

Grandma we miss you already!!

2010-12-09T15:18:00.000-08:00

My grandma Passed away today. She was battling cancer for about 9 months. I was able to go out to see her over the thanksgiving week. It was really hard to see her so sick. To think she was out in portland just a couple weeks ago and we were rolling laughing with her. The things she would say were hilarious. I will always remember that moment we shared sitting on my couch snuggled up in my orange blanket.

Another recent memory I have of my grandma, was when we brought Daegen up to see them for the first time. All I remember was there were a lot of tears. They loved Daegen the first moment they saw him and it brought tears to there eyes. My Grandma couldn't get enough of him and held him and rocked him the whole time. I remember my grandma would tell my aunt its my turn again, I want to hold him. She was a very loving grandma, I remember her kisses and hugs. Every time I hugged her, her hearing aid would make a loud screech. HAHA

When I was saying my last good byes to her I was hysterically crying and my grandma squeezed my hand and told me it was going to be all right. Thats the last memory I have of her squeezing each others hands ,me telling her how much I love her and her telling me it was going to be alright. I'm glad I have that, but I'm glad I have the happy memories. I love you grandma I will always remember you and your smile. please tell my future children that I love them and please help direct them to our home. I know you'll do your best , no pressure or anything.

us snuggling with the orange blanket.

her laugh

A message from me....brock

2010-12-05T20:22:00.000-08:00

A few years ago Amy and I had a different blog, where I found myself interested in writing posts, where I felt my voice had relevance. Since then, I REALLY appreciate this blog Amy writes, and despite a few "comments" to her, I too have enjoyed reading my wife's perspective on our life, and regarding Daegen. She has a way to see and share that is different from how I do.

There are several experiences that in my life have added richness, depth and perspective. My wife, my faith, family and friends, struggles, my son, sacrifice and changing. Not really in any order except that Amy is first in that list...and woven into many of the others in that list. I thank God for her loving and being committed to me, and for all these experiences that continue to make me who I am.

This is one of my favorites. The look on Amy's face reminds me of all the best qualities about her. The look on Daegen's motivates me, and everyone who loves Daegen can see into those blue eyes of his and get a feeling about the man I believe he is destined to become.

"Daegen Ronald Miller" is a name intended to remind us about important people who have done exceptional things and who can share a perspective on the list of items from above, having not feared the high price to pay for those experiences. This weekend Amy, Daegen and I spent some time with one of those very individuals and I would like to pay tribute to her. She knows we cherish her.

I love this photo because you can see how happy Daegen is even though it's just a glimpse of him. And symbolically, for those who only see a glimpse of Daegen's life first hand, Megan's face does not reveal everything to us, but I see strength and an ability to warm our hearts.

I hope that many people who love Daegen read this blog, and that they will not judge what I consider to be sacred relationships, and will instead choose to focus on loving Daegen more strongly and selflessly. Daegen has a bright future. Together with those I love as friends and family I am building a house and life full of love, forgiveness, sharing, work, kindness, patience, commitment...healing. Isn't that really what this life is all about anyways. :) :( ...we laughed until we cried this weekend.

today you are 2

2010-12-02T00:01:00.000-08:00

Hello birthday boy, today you turn two and we are celebrating. I saw it coming, but I can barely believe it. I am gladder than glad, I have been writing down your life now for 2 years. It was two years ago today that I fell in love with sweet little you. Your cute little toes and nose. Everything about you, your dad and I couldn't get enough of. Twenty-four months does not seem like enough time for a tiny newborn to learn to know who his mommy is, to hold my hand , and to know how to fold your arms for prayer. To go from my snugly sack of potatoes on my chest to playing rough house with daddy. The same blanket that swaddled you like a burrito is now a hiding spot for a wild game of peek a boo. You love to dance and read books, You love cars and trains( I love your intense actions when you say train with your arm movement ) you are so sweet and still give me kisses on the lips you know just when I need them. You still are pretty mischievous and have been sent to time out a lot in the past month. But you are so obedient and you sit there tell I say your done and you usually never do the same naughty thing twice. I secretly like to peek at you in time out because you are so precious sitting in the naughty spot and you look like your thinking so hard about what you did. But the best is you know that you get a big hug and kisses after time out is done. I love that you open the closet door to get out your own shoes, you prefer your rain boots right now. As your mommy, I marvel at the little lessons you learn, stacking knowledge like blocks. until one day you have outgrown being a baby. Wow thats really sad.

I want to remember the way you are as this little person in my life. The way you hug real tight. How you come up to me and give me kisses. the way you lie down on your stomach to see the wheels go round and round while pushing your cars on the floor. how you jump on my bed and carry my computer across the room wanting to watch TRAINS. Or when we Sing the Alphabet and you try so hard to say the right letters at the right time, and then I say the sounds of the letters and you repeat them. I want to remember how you help me with daily chores. How fast your hair grows. How you like to walk around with your two hands , grasping a car in each one and then trying to turn pages or do other daily functions with these cars attached to the palms of your hands. I want to remember the way you dance and the contagious laugh that you have. The way you pop a cookie into your mouth. The way you drag the step stool around in the pantry to find the best treats. I love when you wave at other kids and you sincerly are wanting to be there friends. When your hands get dirty and you brush your hand together to clean them off. How you turn away, suddenly bashful when adult strangers smile, and stare back at them from the corner of your eye. I love that you go to sleep with a nightly routine and that you love when your daddy sings to you a hymn in Swiss German each night.
You are getting so big. However I refuse to be sad about letting you grow up. You were meant to grow and more importantly, I am grateful you are growing. I do not want to take for granted your good health and happiness. We are blessed by your presence everyday. I have plans to cherish each day of you so I never have to wish for you to be a baby again. I love you. Grow, my little man, big and tall and strong.

happy birthday, Daegen
Love your mommy

daegens bedroom

2010-11-27T20:37:00.001-08:00

daegens room before.

after.

Aloha

2010-11-27T19:10:00.000-08:00

We went on a family trip to Hawaii the 9th of November. We went to celebrate Brock graduating from his MBA. And our little boy's second birthday. We had a good time, but its hard to vacation with a 2 year old who takes naps and is really tired around dinner time, (Which makes going out to dinner not fun. ) our highlights were:

- the plane ride there.

- the aquarium , It was Daegens favorite thing he would ohh and ahh at every corner.

- our find at the poster shop. We found a poster from Switzerland that we loved but didn't want to pay $400 for it.

- The road to Hana and Mostly the Road From Hana. Daegen and I getting car sick and then throwing up.

- Daegen making friends with random people on the beach. He really liked hanging out with this newlywed couple. It was really funny.

- Our Favorite dinner. We had a picnic right next to a couple who spent $500 on the romantic sunset dinner. And we watched the same sunset for nothing.

- Daegen always wanting to wear his sunglasses.

- Daegen saying Hawaii with pulling his fist back like he was saying "Yes".

- Going to a tourist shop, and this lady conned me into getting a pearl out of an oyster. Then I was stuck buying it. She kept trying to get me to buy a setting for the pearl. It was horrible.

here are pics... there out of order.

at the pool at our hotel.

our hotel

Deagen playing at the kids pool.

sunset

Daegen and I

Daegen playing with dads hat.

playing on the beach.

Daegen and dad playing on the beach.

Brock reenacting the car sickness throw up.

a little off the road island style restaurants.

Brock buying Thai food.

at 7 pools.

the black beach.

a place called the blow hole.

swimming with dad at a waterfall.

starting our hike to the waterfall.

This is how eating out with daegen

we went to a remote beach that night.

we went shopping.

that's one big tree. but it looks like several trees.

found a banana tree.

at the aquarium.

he loves the fishes he was so cute.

the view from our hotel room.

Daegen our "troll son" was admit he had his sun glasses on at all times. It was too Bright.

Brock and Daegen playing in the water.

our hotel.

getting ready for our plane ride to Hawaii.

missed october pics and some videos

2010-11-03T13:29:00.000-07:00

Some of you may have seen this on face book. Daegen is the 3rd generation to wear this outfit. so it will be fun to put all three generations together in a frame.

daegen loves photo booth. so we were copying him.

we traded brock truck in for a new one.

I get emotionally attached to things. We brought Daegen home is this truck;(

We did carve pumpkins this year. Daegen had gone to bed so he is not in the pics.

the month of october (in pics)

2010-11-02T20:43:00.001-07:00

grapes and drawing were a big must this month.

don't ask I got to this point in my project and asked myself what was I thinking!!!!

Came out of the shower and saw this!!!

busted !!!

more coloring.

tin foil dinners in the rain.

Daegen Loved it. he couldn't wait for us to cut up his food .

Such a good helper . He is always wanting to help his dad.

I have a love hate relationship with my pantry. This is why I hate it, the lil dude climbs up to the snack shelf!!!

there he is again , but he got the chocolate chips this time.

just on the counter texting

he wanted dads dirty stinky socks on.?

In his very much loved backpack. I can't tell you how much he loves this thing. And when he mows the lawn with dad. no better place.

I was cooking dinner and looked out the window and saw this adorable boy running in the lawn. So I had to snap a couple pics.

He insisted on dipping gram crackers in his milk for breakfast. It was one of those mornings and I gave in. His dad taught him this:)

This month was an interesting and stressful month. We have had a lot of personal family challenges. So I thought I would take Daegen with me to the temple, and enjoy the spirit and serenity that are on the grounds of this beautiful temple. Plus we were waiting for grandma to meet us for lunch.

We don't have any out door toys so Daegs likes to take the brooms out and sweep the drive way.

My grandparents came out to Oregon to go to the beach. And they stopped by and I am so grateful they did. They had to leave there trip early because my grandma was in a lot of pain. Her cancer had spread all the way through her lungs. The doctors has given her 3-6 months to live. I hope this is not my last picture with her. I will miss her so much. I love her contagious laugh.

Well, we put in our 3 little snow cones (frozen embryos) . The docs were so against us doing it, but we felt like it was the right thing to do. It failed, my dumb uterus failed us again. I'm waiting tell one day they do a full uterus and ovaries transplant, I'll be first on there list! But we are so lucky to have our Daegen and so excited to be able to bring another sweet spirit into our home through adoption. Not any time soon. We will tell you when we have decided to pursue that path.

I was on strict bed rest and so I missed the church Halloween party. But my boys got to dress up in there cultural costumes. We weren't trying but it looks like our theme was ethnic groups.

brock looks creepy with his chester stach.

Daegen is warming up to his mexican father.

once again I was on bed rest. Brock took a couple days off work. And did a flawless job at taking care of Daegen. He even went and got the boy a bike. He was so excited.

ta da he did it.

He handed me the camera and then posed. So naturally I took a pic and then he grabbed the camera back. Oh and yes thats gum in his mouth he has a slight obsession.

He loves wearing dads hat. He thinks its so funny.

As I was looking at our pictures I was noticing there are no pictures of Halloween. I am a lame parent. My excuse was this was a very stressful month. But I think Brock took pics on his phone so I'll get them up one day.

Update on midnight and the out side of our home

2010-10-05T14:05:00.000-07:00

Before I give you the update on midnight (our car) here is a little peek of our new home. Its just the out side, Sorry I know the inside is a little more fun but I guess I'm not ready to show it off yet. When we bought the house I was so excited to get in and decorate the house there were so many rooms to have fun and be creative with. Well, I got completely overwhelmed. I'm so use to decorating small spaces and having pieces that multifunction. Non of my new furniture works, but we still use it for the time being. So it took about 2 months to find the right paint color for my main house color and I'm glad that I took the time to find the right color because I LOVE IT. So once I got the paint up I could get the mirror and pictures up (well some of them). It felt more like home and has gotten me more motivated to do more but also I feel very over whelmed this house is A LOT bigger than my old house. So Here are some pics....

this is the front of our house

this is the back and the fire pit.

my mother swing

the awesome lighting in our back yard

the extreme swing is up and running

HERE is the update on Midnight.......

she finally got Oregon plates!!!!!! I've been dodging the police for months and now I feel less like a convict. Except for my drivers license is still a utah one. Opps we will see how long that takes me to change over.
Brock went to take the screws out and the tops of them just crumbled so the rest of the screw was imbedded in the hole. So luckily VW made an extra set of holes so we had to just screw on the plates.

Oh and Daegen really thought he was helping. The next day we were in the garage and he went and got a screw driver and went to the back of my car and pretended to work on my car. Its so funny because through out the day when brocks not here he does stuff that him and his dad did last night. Its so cute. He loves his dad.

Daegen update

2010-09-27T14:04:00.000-07:00

So after a lot of complaints of me not blogging...... Here I am. I 'm going to go purchase a camera for FHE tonight!!! Brock doesn't know it yet! I'm tired of not capturing Daegens life the way I used to. I do take pictures on our old camera but there going to get lost because I don't have a way to down load them to my computer. Funny thing is they are getting mixed in with the Thousands of pictures of when he was just a week old. I think I have probably 100 pictures (not even kidding )of him taking his first bath. So today I was able to capture some typical Daegen moments this morning. Before I do show you.. Just a couple updates on him.

#1He knows one shape its a star and he will say tar tar, it takes me awhile sometimes to understand what he is saying so I'll be like Oh you want a drink as he is holding up his sheriffs badge thats a star, I 'll go ohh yes my brilliant child IT IS A STAR!!! kiss kiss tear.

#2 He also is known as the bully in nursery he is the one that pushes your kid down. Yes and I have to face the parents of the kids and I'll say sorry and in my head be thinking what am I going to say next ....and then blame it on my husband always smacking my bum in front of Daegen. And then later when I get home I'll be thinking what did I just disclose to these people. As Brock walks by giving me a little love tap on my bum.

#3 Daegen is becoming little picaso , He is a really intense artist. I don't want to say colorer( if thats a word) or drawer because its so much more than that. He carries a little pad around the house and intensely draws on a post it note pad with a pencil. He will make art with crayons at the table but he tries had to not mix the colors its one color here and another color there. Its pretty perfect.

#4 Daegen still wont say mom. One day I was on a roll asking him all the animals sounds and asked about dad and then I asked who is his mama and he freezes and looks out the window like we weren't even having this conversation. One day I hope he will recognize me by a name other than dada , call me anything, call me scooter, anything.

#5 Daegen is obsessed I mean obsessed with anything that has an engine!!!! Cars, Trucks , trains, fire trucks, scooters, power wheels, motorcycles, 4 wheelers, etc..... And he loves this little show called Thomas the train. He is kinda into the Trains right now in a major way. Train this cho cho that. let me tell you I think that show is so creepy. I would rather watch the Wiggles , I know weird but true.

#6 through out the day you can here him saying Teet or deek. Teet is treat and deek is drink its very hard to hear the difference but at least the drink has a hand movement to go with it.

#7 When he has a poopy diaper he holds his pointer finger up to his nose and says stinky even if its a little gas and he laughs if he hears a toot.

#8 At church Daegen hung out in the back with the old guys and played trucks with them.

#9 He is a Dare Devil point blank!!! it scares me!!!

#10 He will make amazing realistic siren sounds. You would think your getting pulled over there so real.

#11 He still loves his veggies. If you have a salad he wants to sit on your lab and chow down on his veggies.

#12 He loves to dance. I told Brock that I wanted to put him in a dance class . Brock said you don't put a boy in a dance class just because he loves to dance. I beg to differ there my friend. there are lots of other dancing classes than Ballet!!!

#13 he loves gum. Today Daegen came running out of my room with gum in his mouth I asked him where he got is and went towards me room and he goes UHMMM and tries to push me aways from going in and taking his hidden stash.

#14 he says Uh oh to everything its so cute.

I think thats pretty much our life with little Daegen right now. He keeps us on our toes!!!

He will place this car on anything high and try to drive off of it. He does it at my moms house to with something similar.

Daegen the Artist.

close up of the artist.

He is saying cheese. (Oh almost forgot. Every time he gets his picture taken he says cheese.)

21 months

2010-09-02T20:01:00.000-07:00

Daegen today you turned 21 months. Your getting so close to being 2 years old, I can't believe it! I enjoy hanging out with you everyday and seeing all that you know. I love that you know all of your animal sounds, and that your dog sound isn't ruff ruff its heavy panting. your car sounds are pretty impressive also. I can totally tell the difference between your motorcycle and your truck sounds you are super talented. I'm not just saying that because I'm your mom.

Today we went on a nature hike in our back yard, you are an amazing black berry picker. I love how you picked up a stick and poked at the bushes and would scream ah ah ah until I picked it. Then you would eat it. Then my favorite thing you did was walked around the back yard with using your stick as a walking stick or cane. You were hunched over and using the stick to help you walk. the things you come up with are so funny. We finished up the berry picking and walked back to the house and held hands. Daegen never get to old to hold my hand, even when your 16 please still hold my hand even if you don't want to . I love it !

For dinner we went to the country club to meet grandma and papa and daddy and auntie em and uncle Matt. You love running around outside and you love playing in the golf carts and the putting green. You take the flags out of the holes and swing them around. Then today you came up with a new game where you run to the doors to the indoor restaurant and shake the doors tell you get them to open. That was fun while it lasted because then we took you straight home and put you to bed and you fell right to sleep. love you little guy. The good the bad and the ugly.

miller Reunion

2010-09-02T19:00:00.000-07:00

We had a Family reunion in Idaho. It was my grandmothers 80th Birthday / reunion. It was so good to see everyone. My grandmother look so good you couldn't even tell she was sick and going through chemo. I wish we lived closer to everyone. look at these pics of my grandparents so cute.

so inlove

When I think of my grandmother I see her laughing just like this. She is a funny lady.

signature laugh with the hand in the air.

birthday wishes.

kids.

great grand kids.

girls in chatting

boy hanging outside.

the whole gang

grand kids

grand kids funny face

scooter racing

tired baby

getting ready for the slip n slide.

not so into the slip n slide.

riding the scooter with dad.

I love this princess scooter!!!!

get off my princess scooter.

Who won?

Looks like Daegen Won . Look at that form.

(Pictures from Beth Curtis Photography)

the morning "thing"

2010-08-24T09:21:00.000-07:00

Every morning I'm anxiously awaiting for what daegen's "thing" will be that day. In the past couple weeks we have had the golf ball extravaganza, the book reading marathon, the truck obsession, and the slipper fetish that turned into the "I'm going to tell you what shoes I want to wear fetish even if there not matching". We still are in the slipper fetish But, today has turned into the back pack balloon hat morning. All morning long he has dragged the backpack out of the closet and climbed into it. He loves going into the back pack especially if Brock is mowing the lawn. I guess they bond that way over an engine running and gas fumes.

Also he has this balloon hat that has held its life for 2 weeks (and is still going strong) that he got from a creepy clown. The animal part of it is long gone but he still likes to wear the hat part. He then will share it so I get to wear it and be laughed at by him.

Side note: he has started to whisper things to me. To funny

chose it

2010-08-16T12:36:00.000-07:00

I picked and chose my battle today and ended up with a Tonka truck....

Good thing about it was we got home and he played with it for hours, and I got sooo much done.

7 years have gone by

2010-08-10T20:59:00.000-07:00

Last night was our anniversary dinner and my sisters were kind enough to babysit the man of the house.

So Brock and I were off to find a mexican restaurant. It took us awhile to get the drive started , but one of our stops was in the creepiest part of portland. Brock was trying to find the ghettoest (if thats a word) mexican restaurant. He found a deli with a whole bunch of gang bangers waiting out side for us preppy white people to make a mistake and walk in so they could jump us. But before we jumped out of the car I noticed that we would be ok because the police had there own parking place, it said no parking, police parking only. That was comforting. So we decided to get the heck out of there. Then we arrived at the Original Taco House. It was next to a couple strip joints and there was a poor stripper out side taking a break. I asked Brock don't you feel like we should go give her a book of mormon. Then I asked him if you were on your mission would you have given her a B.O.M. He said no I would not. But if I saw her with clothes on maybe and not in front of her work place. But ironically enough on his mission he did teach a prostitute but didn't know it tell he went to her house and her boy friend told him.

Anyways, we ate at "the original taco house" it was ok, not what I remembered it being like. Then we headed to the Westin the place we stayed on our wedding night, and just walked around. We then walked to pioneer court house. It was bum central. There was an asian playing a plastic child's guitar and singing off tune. It was the worst music (if you can call it that) that I have ever heard. Then we had a bum walking towards us carrying a huge pink quilt. As we were walking it was one creepy sight after the next then we noticed it was pasted 9 and nothing good happens down town after 9. So we headed to 23rd street were the yippi hippi people hang out and we went to Papa Hydens for dessert.

We went home and was happy to see our place was in one piece and the man of the house was fast asleep, until he heard me talking. So then We spent an hour talking with the sisters and Nick of course (emilys boy friend). And we watched Daegen climb on the counter over and over again to eat his grapes. Isn't seven years of marriage awesome. I think so.

P.S. no pic's because my camera is broken. Can you believe it!!! so were either going to try to fix it or just go by one.

7 years

2010-08-09T21:36:00.000-07:00

Just click on it to make it larger. These are all the words that describe our 7 years.

I promise

2010-08-08T20:55:00.001-07:00

I promise I am going to get back into the blogging world again. I have lots to post since July even pictures of our new house. By the way we love our new house:)

Happy birthday to me

2010-07-24T21:11:00.000-07:00

For my big day of turning 29 we went boating and had a blast. Except for the tubing accident were my husband took me out and I thought that I was going to drowned. Then we got cleaned up and went to Gustaves. Yummy I love fondue!!!

shasta

2010-07-14T22:06:00.001-07:00

We went to a quick getaway this week. We go to extreme measures for a good boating trip. Daegen Actually got tubes put in his ears the morning that we left. He was such a trooper. Here are some pics form our trip:

brock wake boarding

the boating gang

Daegen and Mama

Brock trying out his Surf board.

Daegen getting to take a quick breather from his huge hot life jacket. Look at Brocks Farmers tan. WOW we need to get in the sun more.

the non edited version

sisters

family pics

2010-07-05T21:26:00.000-07:00

while we were at the beach my sister took a couple family pics of us. I thought they turned out amazing.

RED White and Blue

2010-07-04T22:04:00.000-07:00

We had a great time over the 4th. My sister and her family came up from AZ . We enjoyed having them up and Daegen loved having Beck around. The Weather wasn't that great but we still made plenty of memories. Here are some pics that are courtesy of BethCurtis Photography. I don't even take pic's any more if my sis is around hers are always ten time better. Thanks beth for capturing memories.

Here is beth wearing her thrift store find in the thrift store. Me and My sisters humor is a little odd but we think were funny and we were peeing our pants at this moment.

Daegen and Beck enjoying a wagon Ride.

Daegen with papa

At the Parade

getting ready for the Fire works.

Yes, the boys had matching outfits. We will be doing this till the complain about it

Brock randomly left the house I had no idea where he went. About 30 min later he came back with this beauty. We had fun cruising around in it.

theres my riding waiting for me.

the boys digging our fire pit.

riding in the wagon.

sisters.

Daegen at the beach.

Emily fighting the kids for the candy.

Daegen was so excited about the big trucks that would drive by

On a family walk in the Wagon.

sporting my red White and blue

We went to the Tillamook cheese factory.

Daegen ran around the carousel trying to find the opening to get in. He was so excited and acted like an old pro.

the dads taking one for the team. Daegen loves the train ride. He is disappointed every time because he runs to the drivers seat and is always rejected and sent to the back.

just for the record

2010-06-23T21:47:00.000-07:00

Just for the record........

(celebrating brocks MBA and Emilys high school graduation at Mortons steak house)

This guy graduated from his MBA. Were so excited beyond words to have him home every night!!

and this guy......

is 18 months and weighs 24lbs( 40 percentile), height 31 3/4 Inches (50 percentile)

Happy 30th

2010-06-22T08:46:00.000-07:00

Happy 30th birthday Brock. I can't believe I met you when you just turned 22 and now your celebrating your 30th WOW. Were getting up there in age.

I asked Brock last night how it felt to be 30 and his reply was" It feels good, I'm running a company, were buying a beautiful house, I have a son, I have a wife whom loves me and I love her, were healthy,We have testimonies of the gospel. life couldn't be better." I love you Brock, we are truly blessed.

Brock taking his birthday phone calls. And Daegen taking advantage of uncle Matt time.

Brock blowing out his candles. Daegen loving every minute of it. Snitching frosting.

Happy fathers day!!!

2010-06-20T09:17:00.000-07:00

Happy fathers day to the man whom our little boy idolizes. Daegen and the rest of our children (when ever they decide to come grace us with their presence) are the luckiest kids in the world. This is the first time Brock can come home from work and not be side tracked with school and just be a Dad. We are both excited, Daegen and I ,that we get his full attention. I can tell the difference already. Our little boy is so attached to his Dad and it gets a little more dramatic when the good byes come, but he boils over with true enthusiasm at my simplest statement, "daddy's home". We love you and we hope you have a wonderful day.

Here are some pic's of Brock being a dad. Note: I noticed that daegen is not smiling in any of them. He really is a happy child.

Brock teaching Daegen how to chop wood!

swimming with dad.

Brock's Daegen's personal hair consultant.

cute boys

trapping Daegen in the sand.

playing guitar hero.

Brock is always happy even when the people around him aren't

Of legal age

2010-06-06T20:16:00.000-07:00

Daegen was legally of nursery age today. He didn't go in very well and only lasted an hour. Theres always next week. Right? Maybe he will learn to take a nap before church:)

rainy days

2010-06-04T12:48:00.001-07:00

We have had a lot of rainy days around here. I think its been 2 weeks of straight rain. I feel bad for Daegen because he loves going out side and playing. But on rainy days he is stuck inside. The up side of rain it puts things in perspective. After awhile of fighting to have a normal productive life , I just drop everything I'm supposed to be doing and just hang out with my little man and have conversations that don't make since, laugh, dance, play cars and have him roll the wheels in my hair and get them stuck, or if I'm lucky I can have him take one of his big trucks and have him roll it on my back (its almost like getting a massage) ,and we make cookies and read books. Its nice to have days that make you slow down and play with your little ones they deserve it.

At least when you play with them you can teach them not pick there noses.

18 months

2010-06-02T08:13:00.000-07:00

Daegen thanks for being my little buddy. We are attached at the hip and I like it that way. Thanks for dancing with me today on your 18 month un birthday, to our song. I especially liked the hot chocolate waterfall that you had coming out of your mouth today while we were driving home. Thanks for drinking my spinach and flax seed smoothies, not even your aunts and grandma will drink them. I love how you love reading books, even though a dread taking you to the library to pick them out because you use the library as your running track. You are the one that makes me laugh through the day and then your dad comes home and you guys make a pretty good duo , if I say so myself. I love that you wont call me mommy that you insist on calling my baby daddy. I never thought bring you home from the hospital at 5 lbs 13 oz you would turn into an active 18 month old that I 'm totally in love with and I actually love chasing after you and playing cars with you. Thank you Daegen for the best 18 months of my life, lets keep the next 18 years the same.

we were rocking out this morning for his unbirthday .

didn't last long

we had our 30 min teeth brushing ritual this morning.

We had our hot chocolate before nap to celebrate the 18 months.

Here is a list of all the things Daegen does at the ripe old age of 18 months.......

-our song is your love is my drug by none other than Ke$ha.

-His signature dance move is the fist pumps.

-He now calls me baby daddy not mom. He hasn't used the word mom since he was about 10 months.

-He loves giving kisses.

-He isn't afraid of the cold pacific any more

-when he plays in the sand he always ends up with a Hitler mustache. The sand takes to the snot stache really well.

-If he wants something he knows how to butter you up to get it.

-He loves his smoothies in the morning.

-He gets so excited about going into his dads truck. It has been in the shop for the last 2 weeks, So when got it back we put him in his seat and he got a huge smile and giggled with glee.

-He knows his sounds of the Alphabet( with help of course)

-He jumps on the furniture and yells "jump" jump" were getting him a trampoline when we move.

-He climbs on everything

-He still loves playing in the dog food

-He loves water and really likes it when he dumps it all over his head

-He will eat most anything and loves his veggies.

-He is a dipper (he dips his food in any sauce thats around)

-He "can" still be a good sleeper. (goes to bed at 6:30 p.m. and wakes up at 9:30am)

-He loves books and will demand me to open them and read.

-He is still passionate about his motor vehicles thats including motorcycles and four wheelers and even lawn mowers and some times is still confused on what the vacuum is.

-He still doesn't really like ice cream or hot chocolate. Its all about the temperature thing, he will eat it if its room temperature

-He loves corn either on the cob or off.

- He waves to everyone especially cars and really pretty girls.

- He loves his medicine and will gladly take it with out any resistance.

- He will spit in all garbage cans. and flush all toilets.

-He loves sunflower seeds

- He still will do anything and everything his dad does. Its a good thing he has a good example. (well at least sometimes.)

-Will open the front door and start walking down the drive way if were not careful.

-he signs "all done" either when he wants out of his high chair or if he is somewhere and wants to leave.

-When ever he hears a cell phone or beeping sound he gets a really excited shocking face. You have to see it , its hilarious.

-He will try to climb into his crib when he is tired.

- He loves dancing to anything that sounds like music

-when you walk in the room he says hi to you.

- He thinks its funny when we change his diaper.

-He takes tooth brushing very seriously. I have even sent him to bed with his toothbrush because I couldn't pri his fingers from it.

-He has perfected his car dance.

-When we sing "bringing home a baby bumble bee" he goes right to the licking part and licks his hands over and over again laughing at him self.

- when he get a balloon it makes his day.

-At the Doctors he woo's the nurses and walks them right to the cookie jar and lets them know he has been good enough boy for the cookie jar.( yes he goes to the doc's that often to know, his poor ears are the cause )

Shingo road trip

2010-05-24T14:41:00.000-07:00

Brock had to be at a conference in SLC this past week. So we packed up our bags and went with him. We couldn't let Brock go alone and miss out on our social time in Utah. Daegen was anticipating his reunion with baby Jane and he couldn't wait to see his Grandma margo and Grandpa Robert. We had such a great time seeing everyone, we had play groups and luncheons and bbq's with our friends (whom we miss very much). We really didn't see Brock that much since we were in Logan and he was in SlC but we managed to have a good time. It seemed like we were constantly on the go therefore Daegen missed his 6:30 bedtime by about 4 hours every night. Which turned out ok, he has 2 tired sides either the really frustrated and mad tired or the happy drunk tired, we got the happy drunk most nights. If we didn't get to see you I'm sorry but we will be back soon ,I think end of June. In anticipation of our house closing by then. Here are some pics of our trip.

Here we are at the shingo prize conference dinner.

Daegen and baby Jane so in love.

Daegen and Jane with future father in law Richard.

Brock comforting Daegen till the front desk could unlock the door.

The video is at the bottom of page.

Daegen and Grandma margo

Brock took this picture????

Megan and her family watched Daegen while we went to the banquette dinner.

Us with Megan and her sweet sister Jamie.

High lights of the trip:

-Brock getting in a car accident an hour before we are to leave for utah.

-having to rent a mini van.

-the satellite radio (loved it)

-Daegens ear drum ruptured

-seeing new baby Robert

-playing with cousins

-seeing old friends with lots of play dates and a BBQ the last day.

-finding buyers for our house in Wellsville

-Daegen locked him self into an empty room at the hotel and we had to call the front desk to come help us.

-Daegen walked me up a 15 foot slide and wanted to go down again and again.

-Meeting Dr. Stephan Covey

-Daegen was able to spend good quality time with his Megan and her family. (love them)

-painting our house in the Rain.

- Standing in line at cafe rio and Deagen broke my necklace , and the beads went all over the floor.

-4 wheelers and dirt bikes at grandpas house

-daegen pretending he is on a dirt bike revving the engine with his wrist and making the sounds.

-Had packed all my shoes the night before and in the morning had to wear sweats with high heels.( Brock didn't think that was ok so he unpacked the car and got me other shoes.)

-Triangle (in a really soft creepy voice)

-Stinky Carls JR play area.

- Brock and I thinking were funny and laughing at our inside jokes the whole ride back to Oregon

man of the house

2010-05-11T08:19:00.000-07:00

Brock is gone on a business trip till thursday. So Daegen is the man of the house. He woke up this morning around 4:30 then at 6:30 and I finally just brought him into bed with me. When 7:30 rolled around I got a hand on my shoulder and about 5 kissed through a pacifier mouth. He is doing a good job taking care of me. So thoughtful and full of compassion and love.

Oh and he has also learned how to eat with a fork. Such a little man

mothers

2010-05-09T20:00:00.000-07:00

When I look at him I see you, when his eyes twinkle I recall your eyes, when he smiles I see yours,

Your love for him, made him a part of me. And he will forever be a special part of you.

We love you Megan and theres not a day that goes by that we don't think of you or feel such love and gratitude towards you.

Motherhood

2010-05-09T14:14:00.000-07:00

On Mothers day I can't help but thank my lucky stars that I am a mother and I have been blessed with a child. I'm so grateful for my son and the blessing he is in our family and I let him know that everyday. When we help Daegen say his prayers before bed we always say thank you to our heavenly father for Daegen and the blessing he is in our life, and I always peek at him so I can see that precious face of his smile when I say that. We want Daegen to know how much we love him and feel blessed to have him in our family. We want his birth mother to know that also. We are so lucky to have what we have and I would never ask for anything more or less. Our path of parenthood, to some may feel like it was a trial , and to others not. But what I can say is I don't feel like it has, just a huge learning experience (isn't that what parenthood is all about) . I honestly crave the spiritual feeling that we felt that whole year of IVF's and Adoption. There was something so spiritual about that year and then it was topped off with the most amazing feeling of a baby physically being placed in our loving arms from another loving arms. There is nothing more clearer about gods plan for us then having someone place a baby in your arms. And you know with out a shadow of a doubt that god has placed this baby with you and that the baby has had help from yours and the birth mothers relatives that are in heaven trying so hard to get that baby into your home. There is nothing more tender than truly feeling those blessings being poured on you so that you can be blessed with a single soul trying to find his family here on earth.

When life is constantly throwing curve balls at us we know we have our little eternal family of three and we feel so blessed.

As a mother I feel so blessed to be related to the most beautiful mothers. I recently heard that beauty and motherhood are one and I couldn't agree more. You can't be a mother with out being beautiful.

My sister Beth is a great example to me of being a mother she takes her path as a mother with lots of laughter and makes her days as a mother exciting and always an adventure. you can tell she loves her little boy and always puts him first.

My sister in law Rebecca, is always striving for the best for her family. She is never afraid to make a sacrifice for the good of her family. She is the domestic queen and will be seen baking bread and about everything they eat is home made. She is a great teacher to her children and take the time to make life's experiences a learning experience.

My sister in law Charlotte , is a great mother of 6. She takes great lengths to raise her kids with music and poetry ,and to raise them with a fairy tale like childhood straight out of a storybook. Her kids have great imaginations and there mother should get all the credit for that. its so hard to do that in a world like today.

My Mother is a great mother. growing up she worked hard to make every occasion special she would go to great lengths to make us happy. I remember one Christmas eve my mom forgot to get NEW pjs for us. So she went out on Christmas eve night driving around to find a store open , no such luck , so we wore her pjs to bed for something new. She is always trying to make us feel special. She has sent us a package for every holiday for the past 10 years. I told her I'm going to miss those special packages that come on my doorstep now that I have moved back to Oregon. She said well I'll just make it a special delivery then and I'll drop it off on your door step. I remember as a teenager constantly having those bad days and just being a girl. On those bad days I would come home to a card from my mom with her motherly advice and her life experiences. Mom I wish I would have kept those. Those things a priceless. love you

My Mother in law has been a great example to me. I have been lucky enough to have lived by her for several years and I have seen her in action. she is the most selfless person I know. I don't even think she ever thinks about her self, she is always thinking of other and what she can do for them. So many times she has come by to clean my house or do yard work. ( That was during my IVF days) She loves her family and is always lovingly giving advice and showing her concerns. We don't know what we would do without you. love you .

Daegens birth mother is also a great example to me. She will one day be the best mother. How could she not she has already shown she puts her children's lives first over hers. We love you Megan. Don't ever forget that.

new adventure....

2010-05-05T12:31:00.000-07:00

He is officially climbing onto the counterpoise. AHHH I was in aw this morning, when I noticed that he helped himself on to a tall stool to get on to the counter top to get a left over piece of toast from breakfast. I guess it shouldn't phase me he is always keeping me on my toes. Love him so much and the little things that makes us be amazed at what little boys can do. Love you, also thank you for waking up last night in time to watch Glee and dancing for us. Too cute.

Love bites

2010-04-21T13:38:00.000-07:00

My son loves giving love bites. I hate getting them. This morning I noticed a bunch of red bite marks on my shoulders. I counted a total of 8 all together from both shoulders. He really doesn't bite out of anger ,well sometimes, but its more of he rests his head on my shoulder then takes a big bite out of it. That's why I call them love bites. I hope he gets the memo soon that I prefer kisses over love bits.

Maybe its revenge for always picking his nose. Look at that intense face I have.

I heart little boys

2010-04-20T14:12:00.000-07:00

My little boy has changed my perspective on a lot of things. Daegen is a high energy kid. Every where I go I get a comment about how active he is. They say "he is the most active little boy I've seen", Or "Wow he never stops" , or "Does he ever get tired?". To me Daegens energy is very normal , I don't know any different. But all I know is I'm very tired by 6:30 his bed time.

But when he is in bed I get to think of our day and I get to tell Brock of all the fun things Daegen has learned or done that day. Life will never be looked at the same now that I see it through a little boys perspective.

I look at cars differently every big truck I see I now hear "CAAARRR". Or Playing out side when its kinda cold and maybe sprinkling I see it as an opportunity to go play with rocks and the out side toys. I even (believe it or not) will put my child in unmatched clothes. Either his shirt is dirty or his pants are wet and I'll just throw what I have on him because we all know that there just going to get dirty again anyways and he could careless what he is wearing.

Playing with the kitchen supplies brings another diminution to his toys and why wouldn't you want to bring more life to your boring toys. We also love finding his cars in our cups or pots and pans. He loves hiding his toys in the kitchen cupboards.

He now also will pick up my computer and bring it over to me saying baby, baby so I can show him Babies. He likes the Movie trailer of the "babies" movie coming out. He always smiles and then gives the babies kisses.

The best thing about Daegen is he is always up for a good laugh. He will tease you and laugh and smile. Our new joke is he will pretend he is sleeping and he will say Honk shew, honk shew. and I'll look back at him and say Wake up you sleepy head. and he laughs hysterically. He loves it.

I love Daegen and I'm very grateful for him. Last night he had a hard night , not sure what was going on but he wasn't settling down. So I held him and tickled his tummy (he loves this) then I scratched his back and we talked about our day. I told him he was such a sweet boy and how it was so nice he gave G.G. a big kiss, then he laughed. I told him how much mommy and daddy loved him , he sighed. I went on and on about everything we did that day and somethings he would laugh and then some times he would make a little noise. It was a trying day but the night made up for it.

We love you Daegen. Thank you for bringing a new perspective to our life.

Daegen in the CAAARRR

In a car at the mall

his fav. trucks . He will pill them on the mat like this.

we will randomly find cars in the dishes.

Daegen's his name and cars his game.

2010-04-11T20:39:00.000-07:00

I have posted this obsession before but its 10 times worse. He lives and breaths and tastes cars. His whole life is CAR. Today at church I realized how bad it has gotten when in the middle of Sacrament meeting he yells out CAR!!! Beep beep !!! VROOM!!!! when I handed him a car to play with. Every time he sees a car its CAR!!! BEEP BEEP !!! VROOM!!! as loud and as serious as can be. Its pretty dang cute if you ask me. He must get his Passion for things from Brock.

Going Banana's

2010-04-11T20:26:00.000-07:00

We have had a lot of Communication tantrums lately. Daegen every Morning and Afternoon and evening will say nana and sign Banana. Every time I will go get a banana and peel it either cut it or hand him little pieces. He will then turn his head and shove the banana on the floor and say banana. This would happen at least four times a day. I was literally going bananas over this banana issue. So I got smart after about a week of dealing with this. I just handed him a banana with the peel on it. He put it in his mouth and realized it did taste right. Then he handed it to me and jabbered something. so I peeled a little bit down. It worked!!! He then kept asking me for more. So I kept peeling it. He will eat Banana's!!!! But remember only with the peel on.

Here he is enjoying his delicious banana with the peel on.