Tuesday, December 30, 2008

Christmas in Oklahoma

We left Christmas day to head to Oklahoma to see Barbara's side of the family. Owen is the first great-grandbaby on the Miller side so everyone was anxious to see him. There were a lot of people there and I think Owen got tired of being held because he got pretty fussy towards the end of the trip. We usually let him cry himself to sleep at home, but didn't want to there with everyone else in the house, so Ben and I were pretty pooped too.

It was so fun to see Ben's grandparent's with Owen. Grandpa Miller even got his harmonica out and played, which Owen seemed to love.

We usually only get to Oklahoma for Christmas, but we are going to try to go back in March or April to spend more time with them when there aren't 20 other people around (not that we don't love the 20 other people!!)

Saturday, December 20, 2008

Light Seeing Extravangaza

We had our annual Light Seeing Extravangaza tonight!! It was fun, but we tried out a new neighborhood that was kind of a let-down. We usually go to Prestonwood but went to another neighborhood (that I can't even remember the name of) and there were hardly any lights out. If you know of a good neighborhood for us to go see lights next year, let me know!

Monday, December 15, 2008

First Christmas Present

We had our family Christmas with my mom's side of the family this weekend and Owen got his first Christmas present. It was from my Aunt Tama, and I'm pretty sure Owen loved it! It was so good to spend time with the family but the trip was too short, as always. My cousin Jessica is expecting a baby at the end of April, so it was fun talking to her and sharing all my new motherly knowledge. She's having a boy so I'm glad I'll be able to loan her all of Owen's clothes (the kid has more than I do, I think).

We also spent a little bit of time out at my parent's property. Ben brought his 4-wheeler, but I hate riding with him because he is a little more
adventurous than I am...so I rode my nephew's 4-wheeler.

Thursday, December 11, 2008

Family Pictures










We went and took family pictures today. It was like pulling teeth to get Ben to go do it, but he loves me so he did :)

Wednesday, December 10, 2008

SNOW!!


I can't believe it, but it snowed today...alot. I can't remember the last time it snowed that much and actually stuck. My mom was watching Owen while I went to Babies R Us when it started snowing and I was sad that I wasn't there with my little guy for his first snow (like he'll even remember it!) but it was still going when I got home and lasted well into the evening. Ben and I went out and took pictures so one day we could show Owen. It was so much fun and the snow was beautiful!! Makes me more excited about Christmas!

Sunday, December 7, 2008

Weird Day

Today was a weird day. It was a great day because we finally took Owen to church. He did really good, although half way through the sermon, I took him out to the lobby because we could tell that he was about to get upset. It has been over a month since we were at church, so it was great to be back. Owen will get his shots at his 2 month check up and we'll put him in the nursery after that. I wonder how I'll handle leaving him in the nursery???


Today was also a sad day because we got word this morning before we left for church that an HPD officer was shot and killed this morning. Ben did not know the officer personally, but did know of him. I watched the news at 9:00 tonight to see if they had more information, but decided that was probably not the best thing for me to watch. I usually don't worry about Ben at work but when things like this happen it reminds me that anything can happen out there...but I know God is in control and is watching over him all the time. And when I think about it, Ben is more likely to get hurt doing all the dumb stuff he does than for something to happen at work--haha.

Wednesday, December 3, 2008

Peanut Butter...yum

This post is not about Owen...if you can belive it. Our dogs love peanut butter. Tonight, Ben finished off the jar and let the dogs lick the rest out. They cracked us up!!

One Month Old

I cannot believe it, but Owen is one month old today. My friend Michelle had a great idea that she did with her kids of taking their picture in just a diaper on the changing table every month so you can see how they are growing. Here's O's one-month picture.

Tuesday, December 2, 2008

SANTA!



I know he won't rember it, but I wanted to take Owen to see Santa. Ben hates the mall and wasn't interested in going so I asked my mom if she wanted to go with me. My dad decided that he wanted to go too, so Owen and I met them for dinner then we headed to the mall. We bought Owen and Santa outfit before he was born, but it's still way to big for him, so I just dressed him in a Christmas onesie and some Christmas socks. We were walking through the mall and passed a store that had baby Santa hats...so of course Papa had to buy it for him. It turned out so cute! He slept through the whole thing, but it was a good memory for me and my parents.