Loving our New Wagon

Olivia LOVES her new wagon that Santa brought her for Christmas. She is still too little for it so I put the seats down and put her bumbo in it for her to sit in and off we went. She just loved looking around and being able to see everything!! She just laughed and smiled.... made my day! It was little chilly outside so we only walked down the street but we enjoyed our only outing of the day! :) Anything to leave the house..haha.

Well, after about 3 long hours of slaving away on the sewing machine I FINALLY made Olivia her first home made pair of pants. Let me start by saying that pants are much more difficult than I would have ever thought!!!!! Somehow everytime I held them up one pant leg was like 2 inches shorter than the other.... very frustrating! I think I redid the ruffles on the bottom at least 4 times and when I put them on Livi to test the pant length (making sure they weren't too short since I had taken them up so many times trying to make them even) they ripped on the side. So after I double stitched everything they were finally ready to wear. They look a lot better than I thought that they would and I am some what proud of them. :) I am just relying on what my Aunt always says about making clothes for babies .... "they are a moving target so no one will be looking too closely at their clothing". Hopefully I will get better and much more efficient with time. So here are my first pair of pants and a matching bib!!! Can't wait for her to wear it!!

All by myself... well almost

Over the past few weeks Olivia has been really trying to sit up by herself. We haven't been practicing very much since she usually cries and just wants to stand up all the time and wants to be held. I guess that is what happens with the first child :) She has now gotten to the point where she can sit for a few minutes by herself if she is focused on something but if she starts looking all around then she just topples right over. I think her big belly helps to keep her balance and not fall forward...haha. :) These are some pics of O Love sitting up and playing with some new toys from Christmas from her great grandmother and great aunt!!

I still can't believe that Olivia's first Christmas has already come and gone. Part of me is sad and the other part is relieved. :) We had a VERY long day but it was also a great day. Here is a little schedule of our Christmas day : Went to the Millingtons at 9:00, my parents house at 11:00, family lunch at my parents house at 1:00, back to the Millingtons at 4:30, and home at 7:30. It was a long day for the Princess but we really did enjoy ourselves when she wasn't crying :) We got to spend time with JR's family and my family and entire extended family, all 21 of us :) I think that Livi was just too off schedule all day and was very overwhelmed by all of the people around her. She was pretty fussy most of the day but I am still glad that we got to see everyone. :) We are still working on getting her back to her routine and I think it has made for a much happier baby!! I had planned on taking alot more pictures but when you have a little one screaming in one arm the thought of taking a picture really doesn't sound like that great of an idea. Oh well... maybe next year! :)

And yes... that would be my dad (on the right) in the hounds tooth Alabama sunglasses and a santa hat!! Gag gift from my Aunt. War Eagle!! haha

A 2 month old and a 5 month old :)

Wow.... how do people with twins do it?? I am really just kidding :) My day was actually not too bad. I had the pleasure of watching my sweet goddaughter Mary Lee this morning for a few hours and it was definitly interesting watching both of these two little girls. A 2 and 5 month old will keep you busy. I can't wait until they are old enough to be able to play with each other and we can go and do fun things like go to the zoo or the park. They were both great, took naps at the same time and feedings were one right after the other. Thankfully they didn't wear me out too bad. I took a few pictures and made a short video. Enjoy!

Our First Tooth!

Olivia's first tooth is officially here. :) It is just starting to break through the skin so lets hope that this doesn't make for any long nights. haha. She is almost 5 1/2 months old and this is how old I was when I got my first tooth. Like mother like daughter. :) You can't really see it yet so I will post a picture of it as soon as I can. Yay for teeth!!

Merry Christmas From our Family to Yours

Here is a picture of our 2009 Christmas cards. Yay!! I was so excited about sending them out this year because we will actually have our sweet little girl in it this time. :) Luckily Olivia had her 3 month pics taken and with our package we were able to get our Christmas cards done by the photographer. I had a hard time choosing which pics but here it is...


Olivia Love's classic face!

We hope that you have a very blessed Christmas this year full of love, friendship, praise, and prayer! God Bless!!

5 Months Old, Snow, and Santa!!

We have had a busy day around the Millington house. Olivia is officially 5 months old (well on the 30th she was 5 months old) :) and she is growing like crazy! A few updates on her at 5 months....

~eating green beans (doesnt like), squash, and applesauce (I think her daddy eats more of it than she does ...haha)
~loves to have books read to her, she will look up at you as you are reading to see why you are talking to her
~trying to sit up but still a little shaky
~wants to roll from back to tummy but still not there yet
~will no longer take a pacey (makes for some not fun nap times)
~trying to get down to 2 naps a day
~sleeping 10 - 12 hours at night
~loves to laugh and talk ALL day
~finally has enough hair for hair bows..yay!

Here are some of her 5 month pics that I took




We decided to go out in the snow for a little while. After 20 minutes of getting her dressed, we stayed outside for about 3 minutes of snow fun :)






Next on our list of things to do was to go to Bass Pro Shop and get her very first picture with Santa! She did great, even after the 45 minute wait. She just kept starring at him and then looking back at us. :) She is wearing a dress that I smocked and made. It took me MANY long hours to make it so I was soooo glad that she is finally able to wear it. She will be wearing this dress ALOT in the next few weeks!! Here are some cute pics of our sweetheart with Santa. :)







Some funny pics of O Love with her typical faces! :)

Happy Thanksgiving!

There is the face that we all know and love :)




Sweet Cousins! :)

Time just seems to be marching on by! Olivia Love is just growing up sooo fast and I can't believe that she has already had her first Thanksgiving. Sometimes I just want to hold her so tight and make time stop. :) She has been doing so much here lately so I thought I would share what all was going on with her. We went to the doctor two weeks ago for a stuffy nose and she weighed 16.6!! She is now in the 89% for weight! I started her on rice cereal when she turned 4 months and she now loves it. She opens up wide when she sees that spoon coming towards her. When I took her to the doctor she asked if I had started baby food yet and I told her no and that I wanted to wait until 5 or 6 months. The ped. told me that I should go ahead and start ( I am assuming cause she is so big :) so we decided to start. We started with squash for about a week and now we are eating green beans. She is NOT a big fan of green bean at all but I think they are growing on her. We haven't started fruit yet but I am sure that she will love it. Olivia is sleeping about 9 or 10 hours at night and still takes 3 naps!! Yay! I am not ready to give up a nap. Her naps last anywhere from 30 minutes to 3 hours. Here are a few pics of us all at Thanksgiving. She was great all day Thanksgiving minus a few fussy times, but I guess that is to be expected.

First Sewing Creation!

After many many years of watching my mom sew, I have decided that it is my turn to try it out! :) My parents got me a monogramming and sewing machine for my birthday and I have thoroughly enjoyed it! Today I went to Hobby Lobby and got some really cute ideas. I love love love that store. I thought that I would really venture out and make Olivia some shoes (not really shoes but more of a mix between shoes and socks). And to my surprise I kind of like them. The pattern came with a bunch of different types of shoes and I just decided to pick on and try it. So.... here a few pics of my new creation!! And a few of Livi discovering the Christmas tree :)

Food and Feet :)

Well, we have officially discovered our feet! I have tried and tried to get her to play with her toes and always take her hands and put them on her feet but she just never seems that interested. All of that seemed to change on Wednesday. I went and got her up and layed her on her changing pad and she just grabbed them, just like that. After all my hard work, it finally paid off. :) Ever since then she has been playing with them all day. It is amazing to me that once they discover something, they continue to do it until they master it (which amazingly doesn't take long)Here are a few pics of her and footsies!






Also, this week we started Livi on squash!! YAY! I was going to wait until Thanksgiving but she has been acting hungry lately so we went ahead and gave it to her. She didn't know what to think about it at first but she seems to love it now!! She is turning into a pretty good eater. It took a while to figure the whole spoon thing out but I think that she has it down now. My camera that takes videos was dead but I will post some pics later.

Cherished Friends

This past Friday, JR and I went and visited our friends Emily and David in Huntsville. We had such a great time just getting to hang out with them and catch up on each other's lives. Ryland and Olivia were so cute together. They are 3 days apart and it is so neat to be able to see how they are each starting to develop their own personalities. :) We laughed so hard at them because they are so different from each other already. We laid both of them on a blanket on the floor and just let them play. They both love to watch tv (I know that is a bad thing, but sometimes it is a VERY necessary part of the day....haha) and Olivia Love just started talking and talking and talking to Ryland!! He kept playing and moving around on the playmat and looking at her like she was crazy! :) She just laid there and looked at him and kept on talking. After a while he did give out a little huff (which I am sure was just a coincidence) :) but it was funny nonetheless. I guess JR and I are going to have a little girl with lots and lots of stories to tell us in the future :) and Emily and David are going to have a sweet energetic little boy. :) Here are a few pics from our trip.

Eating Cereal :)








Also, last weekend we had the pleasure of going to our goddaughter Mary Lee's, baby dedication. She is just turning into such a beautiful little girl and we were so excited to be a part of this special day! Mary Lee and Olivia Love were great the entire time which was a HUGE blessing. It made the day much less stressful! :) It was a really sweet service and we all got to gather around Mary Lee and raise our hands towards her to pray for her. (Olivia Love even raised her hand and put it on my arm, which I promise I didn't do. :) It was so sweet. She wanted to pray for her little Godsister..haha) I know that God is going to use sweet Mary Lee in amazing and tremendous ways. She has true God fearing parents that she is so blessed to have in her life. God's word tells us all throughout Proverbs that the fear of the Lord produces many different types of blessings in our lives. I know that many of these blessings are very evident in Chandler and Griffin's lives and in their home. I can't wait to see Mary Lee begin her walk with our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ!!! :) We are praying for her daily!! :)