Snow+Sled=Fun

This week was pretty uneventful...Well, not outside but inside the Millar home. From Monday to Thursday morning only Drew left the house. We were getting a little stir crazy to say the least. Today, since it was a toasty 27 degrees, we took Mac sledding for the first time and boy did he love it. Because we never experience this much snow, we were short on snow apparel. We found Mac a hat that he kept referring to as Curious George (George has one just like). Mac has gloves but they were MIA so we settled for a pair of mismatched socks. I know what you're thinking, couldn't you at least get him matching socks? Nope. Luckily some friends of ours gave us a pair of bright blue snow pants, so we did have that covered.

After every run Mac would say, "Sled again, again."

We ran into the McQuivey family toward the end.

Taking a quick break in the swing. The sun reflecting of the snow was blinding.
Geeg slept the entire time.

Winter Storm Warning

I have never experienced an ice storm like this. It's crazy lexington weather . We are fortunate that we haven't lost power yet but chances are good. It's been freezing rain all night and temperatures just dropped and it started snowing. Since I have been on the computer we have gotten an inch of snow. Not good! Here are some pictures of our icy wonderland...

Yesterday after the first batch of rain...and the tree right now. The ice is heavy.

All night we heard trees breaking and ice falling off houses.

Last night Drew came home from work and tried to knock as much ice from the trees as he could. Mac came to me with his boots on the wrong feet and this coat, wanting to go outside.

Today our plans consist of playing with these boys and trying to stay warm.

More pictures to come...

Every Dad needs a son or two

Oh how I love these boys!!!

This was our activity for family night. Wrestling seems to be the activity every night! I'm seeing glimpses of what my life will be with boys and it's fantastic but I'm slowly becoming the spectator. Once they start walking they become daddy's boys.

Mac loves to wrestle but sadly I think G likes it more.Gray was squealing with laughter the entire time.

Notice the drool marks all over Drew's shirt. Now that's love.

Snowman!

It's been cold here. Like, really cold. All last week temperatures were around 14 but with humidity and wind chill it felt like -10. The schools were closed last Friday not for snow but because of the freezing temperatures. I thought Utah had weird weather but I think Kentucky takes the cake. Today the temperature has been in the high 40's! It's strange how cold it can be one day and then the next day have unseasonably warm weather.

Sunday night it snowed a lot (for us). Mac loves the snow. This winter he has had a fascination with snowmen and calls everything that looks like snow "snowman". So Drew before he went to work (yes it was a holiday!) took Mac outside to make his very first snowman.

Well, the snow wasn't the packing type so they ended up drawing a snowman instead.


While the boys froze their buns off, G and I stayed warm inside!

Bye Crib, bye. Bye Binky, bye.

Mac is binkiless and in a big boy bed!! YAY.Saturday we decided to get bunk beds for the boys. I have been looking for months and finally found one cheap enough, sturdy enough and cute enough for Mac and G. As we were setting up half of the bunk (we only set up the top part of the bunk, for the railing) I thought this might be a good time to take away Mac's binky. We have tried before, cold turkey and cutting the tip off, neither worked for us.
So Mac and I collected all the binkies in a basket. I told him that other babies needed his binkies cause they were sad and that he wasn't a baby anymore. Then WE decided to throw them all out the window. So we did...
Later that night as we got him ready for bed he asked for his binky. I reminded him that he threw them out the window for the crying babies. Then he did this...

"Oh no!" He's quite dramatic.

Then he got up, waved to the window and said "bye binky, bye!" and that was that. Yes, he asks for his binkies at night and at nap time and either Drew or I, have slept in the bed with Mac every night. Not great, but we will slowly ween him from that too. Naps are rough but we are just glad he is sleeping without that binky!
I will say, that doing all this over the weekend was a little emotional for me. I was telling Drew, the realization that Mac is not a baby anymore and he's growing up way too fast, makes me sad. All Drew said was, "Well, it's a good thing we have a baby too." He's so sensitive. No, this was great. We have been wanting to get Mac a bed and off the binky since Gray was born and it does feel good to get it over with. Next step...bedding.
Wrestling in Mac's new bed.

7 months and counting

I've been bad, I haven't taken any pictures of the boys since Christmas. Because Gray turned 7 months old yesterday I thought I better take a few pictures and jot down some funny things the boys are doing.

The poor thing is cutting his top front teeth and is getting his fourth tooth on the bottom. Have I mentioned I hate teething!
Today I took Gray in for his 6 month check up (just a month behind). It's always interesting when we go to the doctor's office. Mac hates it!!! When it's Mac's turn to go, Drew comes along and we literally have to hold him down just so the doctor can listen to his chest or check his ears. It's a nightmare when he gets shots.
This time when we walked into the room Mac covered his ears and said,"No, hurt ears, shots hurt." I explained that it's GG's appointment not his and we would need to cheer for GG. From then on Mac encouraged Gray saying "Good job GG. YAY GG. It's ok GG," and clapping after every exam. He was trying to be brave:) It was pretty cute. To top it off he kept calling the nurse Grandma and the doctor Grandpa. I think Mac is needing to see his own grandparents again.
Gray weighs 19 lbs. 12 oz.(70%), he's 29.6 inches long(95%) head circumference was 90%. PS I love how they call it "brain growth". It makes me feel better about having big headed babies:)

Showin some skin...

Gray now can sit by himself and is eating solids like a champ. We are in the process of getting him to sleep through the night. The last two nights we have let him cry. Last night was better, he only cried once for 2 1/2 hours. It's terrible but I couldn't take another night of multiple feedings and waking up between feedings to give him his binky and rocking him back to sleep. We are hoping for a peaceful night tonight. fingers crossed.
Mac update... He loves nursery now and asks to go daily. Which is the total opposite of just three weeks ago. I have been working out at the gym three times a week. Mac calls it church and the day care, nursery. It's a little confusing for the sitters. He is talking up a storm and has started tattling on me to Drew and vice versa. He started praying which melts my heart and even helps me with grocery shopping and putting away laundry. Well, kind of helps, lets just say he loves to throw:) We love our boys. Oh and I don't have any pictures of Mac cause he refuses to look at the camera. So all the pictures I have are of the back of his head.

Solids?

We finally did it. We were planning on waiting to give Gray solids until he was six months but when that came around he was sick so we held off a week until the fam was in town.

G wasn't the biggest fan of rice cereal and nothing has changed since. I thought he would love it and want to nurse less but the exact opposite has happened.

Uncle Jed did a great job

Happy to be done!