A forced break

I am going on two weeks without a home computer after the laptop decided it didn't like powering up. I promise to post as soon as its repaired. But in big and painful news, baby Harry is teething! The first two bottom teeth are just poking up. He does not have a fever like mr Jude always sported for his new teeth. Instead happy Harry is fussy.

Kara has one more item for the big list of reasons she can't wait til Greg returns from new York tomorrow!

mommy is 38

hi from the miller house. today is kara's 38th birthday. for 8 lovely days she can enjoy being older and wiser than greg. at her request we had a princess party.

birthday fun

glad grandma carole, grandpa chuck and uncle todd could join us too!

kid made wrapping paper

we just got back from our first mini-vacation with the boys. we had fun splashing at a water park and staying overnight at the hotel. harry did great, napping twice at the pool, surrounded by hundreds of swimmers and a giant dumping pineapple.

i thought we'd take a break from life with the boys and tell you about one of my favorite gift discoveries this year: finger painted, homemade wrapping paper.

created by jude

grandma nancy and grandpa henry brought jude a crayola wonder finger painting kit several months ago. on one busy afternoon, he smashed a whole lot of paint onto a few of the special paper. (its called 'wonder' because it only colors the special paper, not his clothes or my table) I thought it looked pretty as it dried, and the thick, shiny paper is durable enough to tape and wrap. we have used the idea for several kid birthday party gifts, instead of tag, the paper says 'art by jude' in one corner.

art by jude

happy wrapping! here's a link to the product we used.

http://www.amazon.com/Crayola-75-2060-Color-Wonder-Fingerpaint/dp/B001KW05ZW/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1327802352&sr=8-6

remember when...

harry sat by himself for a few brief seconds today with dad's hands close by. it makes my heart sink just a little to realize this tiny cuddly baby is quickly growing up. soon he'll be crawling away. dang.

we had fun at breakfast this morning showing jude a classic video of him learning to sit up. he would sit for one second, get a big grin and then purposefully topple over backwards onto the soft blanket behind him.

I should remember this early glimpse into jude's personality. He still is the kid who will sit for one second or play for 20 seconds, before he gets a smile and begins to bash or mash the thing he's building, or worse, I'm building. I guess I can't claim I didn't know what was coming way back at six months old...i just didn't realize it at the time.

I think I need to learn to laugh more at his antics now like I did with sitting up. Cause after all, he sits up fine now. So I imagine one day he will build tall creations, roll or design trucks instead of tossing them, and yes, even color recognizable shapes.

by the way, i've been inspired, encouraged by a blog I came across through facebook friends recently. http://momastery.com/blog/ sometimes i feel left hanging when i am too honest in my writing or sharing with others. nice to see there are lots more women hanging out there with me.