Life After Fall Break

You know the worst feeling in the world?  Going back to school/work after fall break.  The Millers weren't feeling reality.  Good thing we had lots of fun stuff to keep our minds off of it.

Two Wednesday's ago, our children's group at church met at Just Piddlin' for a night of hayrides, hot dogs, pumpkins and of course playing in the corn pit! 

C and her friend Everly

Sweet Sunday School friends.

Their Wednesday night teacher buried them in the corn per their request.  Then they begged to bury her.

God bless her.  She is a TROOPER!

That following Saturday, we went to a friend's house to watch football and play.  They blew up their bounce house which provided endless entertainment. 

One of C's besties from daycare lives next door so we got to play with him for a few minutes.

He was headed to a Halloween party and wouldn't take off his mask.  ;)

That same weekend, Uryah just wasn't feeling life.  He was congested and pretty clingy.

I stayed home with him on Monday and this was how we spend most of the day...

I was 99% sure I would find a tooth later in the week and sure enough, I saw a little white poking out the other day.

Brent had his final softball game of the season last Tuesday so the kids and I just chilled.  C put on a puppet show for Uryah and he was cracking up at his crazy sister.

We decided to have a picnic that night too.  It was U's first one and he was so excited he barely ate which is very unlike him.  C, on the other hand, had two plates which is very unlike her.

To finish off our week, C's school had their fall festival on Friday.  B ended up getting sick on Friday so I hauled both kids to the festival and it was a nightmare!  There were so many people jam packed down the halls and throughout the school you could barely move.  Poor C is just like me and completely shuts down in large crowds.  And since I was having to pack U and my arm was getting numb, we left after 30 minutes.

We went to eat afterwards and to get some ice cream to settle our nerves.  ;)

Saturday morning was spent being lazy until it was time to head to a Halloween party.  They painted pumpkins, played and went on a hayride.

C went as Snow White even though that's not what she is going to be for Halloween.  I didn't want to take the chance of her getting her outfit dirty.

This is the second year her friend has put on the Halloween party and we love it every year.  The kids have the best time!

Sunday can be summed up by looking at C's hair.  WILD!

(yes that's the same outfits they wore in the other picture.  Getting my money's worth.  :))

B was still down for the count on Sunday which means we rolled into church on two wheels.  We made it and that's all that matters.

That afternoon, we met up with C's friend, Avery, and her mom to go see Cinderella at TPAC.

C LOVES her some TPAC shows and they have yet to disappoint!  The show was based more on the book than the Disney version so C keep saying 'but her dress is supposed to be blue not white.'  Ha!  Other than that, C was loving it!  Clearly they both did.

Even though it was a FULL day, it was a fun way to kick off our week.

*Side note:  People are commenting on how long C's hair is.  It's her choice to have it this long.  Her goal is to grow it to her bottom then cut it off above her shoulders.  We will see if she actually goes that short but her hair is hers to do with.  So even though I've had long hair the majority of my life,  I've let her make the hair decisions within reason.  She would love for it to be 10 different colors but that's where I draw the line. 

Fall Break

Unlike everyone in a 10 county radius, the Millers kept their hind ends out of Florida.  Brent and I both took off so we could enjoy a week of doing a lot of nothing but hanging out as a family.  We did bookend our week with short trips out of town but for the most part, we stayed close to home.

Our Fall Break craziness started with a trip to Indy for our annual hangout with B's college friends.  Every year, we get together with B's baseball friends and their families.  Sometimes a few of us don't get to make it because of life and/or children but this year we were all able to make it and we all had a blast!

We have 6 kids under 6 between us who barely remember each other but somehow, they all got along and played so well with one another.

We had originally planned to go to Homecoming at B's old college but the weather was nasty so Plan B was bowling.

Part of our crew.

I really wish I knew the conversation between these two.  I'm envisioning C bossing since her hand is on her hip and her finger is pointed but I'm hoping she is just giving him bowling tips.  He followed her around the rest of the day so he either likes being bossed or really appreciated the advice.  ;)

This little guy took about 20 selfies with my phone and C got in the background and started posing too.  They were cracking me up because his little finger couldn't click the button fast enough and C was totally moving around to get in the frame with him!

A little hair braiding session before heading back our friend's house for the evening.

The kids played hard while the adults caught up on life with each other.  To end the night, we had a little movie time so everyone under 7 could settle down.

We all said our goodbyes Sunday morning and headed in our separate directions.  We love our little get together's but they are too far apart and never last long enough.

The rest of our Fall Break was filled with relaxing mornings at home,

and fun trips in the afternoon.

Tuesday, we took the kids to Just Piddlin' Farms to pick out pumpkins.

To our surprise, C picked small pumpkins for her and U.  Usually she goes for a big one.

And of course, there was lots of playtime in the corn pit.

That night after U went to sleep, we popped popcorn and had movie night.

We spent a lot of time outside playing and taking walks.

Wednesday morning, C wanted to go to the library.

She loves our little library down from us and asks to go all the time.  I wish I could say she is there for the books but she is mainly there for the computer and Legos.  *sigh*

We also hit up the park that afternoon to burn some energy.  

C picked a different park this time and lucky for her, ice cream treats were right next door.  Cheers for ice cream!!

U naturally got in on the action too.  Don't even think about eating anything in front of him if you aren't going to share.  It gets ugly if you don't like sharing.

Later that night the kids decorated their pumpkins.

C isn't much on craving pumpkins so we paint ours instead.

Works for me since there is less of a mess!

Thursday during U's morning nap, C and I went to get mani/pedi's.

Later we went to my parent's for a sleepover because the next morning my mom, the kids and I were HOT Atlanta bound!!

C's number 1 priority...

C was SUPER focused in the store.  I had all these envisions about skipping around the store and getting the doll's hair done and looking at clothes but C had other plans.  My dad had given her spending money and she was laser focused on spending that money.  Her main goal was to GET THE PJAYS!!!!  She hit that store running trying to find the perfect pjays for her doll and she couldn't focus on anything else.  If I heard, 'I've GOT to find the pjays' once, I heard it a hundred times and it's not a big store.

Once we found THE pjays, I talked her into picking out a couple other outfits.  Once we got out of the store, we immediately had to find a place to change her doll's clothes.

After that, she set her focus on the play area in the mall.

Since we had spent 5 hours in the car and time running around the American Girl Store, I was more than happy to sit and chill for a bit.  So was this dude.

After playtime, we had dinner then crashed for the night.

The next morning we went to my SIL's baby shower which was the main reason we were in Atlanta.

This was our last opportunity to see Leslie before she has the baby so we took full advantage.

C loved being around all the grown ups and especially Leslie.  I am so thankful that Leslie doesn't mind C needing to be beside her all the time.  She followed her around all morning.

I had told C that when Leslie opened her gifts she was not allowed to be all in her business.  As you can see that worked well.

After the shower, we changed clothes and headed back to the mall because C HAD to go to the play area again and HAD to have Chick-fil-a.  Leslie met up with us for one last visit.

Sunday morning, we loaded up and headed back home where reality was just a few short hours away.

9 Months

Uryah Bayles is 9 months! 

 

Uryah weighs 25.5lbs (99 percentile), wears 18 month clothes and size 5 diaper.

He has his bottom front two teeth, can pull himself up and loves standing propped up.  He can say dada, mama and huh.  At his check up, the doctor asked if he was crawling.  When we told her no, she said, 'well we see that a lot in our larger babies.  They just have more weight to have move around.'  Ya don't say.  He will have to get used to packing around extra weight because he LOVES him some food.

I told Brent tonight that I knew a boy would eat me out of house and home but I expected it at 16 not 9 months!  He eats almost as much as I do.  He gets a whole packet of oatmeal for breakfast.  For lunch, he has started eating whatever they are having at school.  Then at night he will eat what we are having.  We still haven't found anything he won't eat.  He also still takes 4 8 ounce bottles a day.

We have figured out besides the bath,

outside is his next favorite place to be.

We've spent a lot of time outside the last few days and he is just happy as can be.  We will put him in his swing beside C and he won't make a sound or move until we get him out.  This information has been vital the last week or so.  U has been pretty fussy for some reason but the minute we get him outside, he is a calm, happy baby.

U is starting to show us he is going to be a true boy by destroying anything he can get his hands on.  We've learned liquids or nothing of value can be placed within arms reach or you can bet his hands will find it.  The other morning, B made the rookie mistake of putting his coffee in front of him while getting C her food. Thankfully, it only spilled on the table and floor and missed U completely.  Unfortunately though, we were in public and had to move tables so we were quite the show.  I'm thinking eating out is going to be put on hold until he is a little older.  Between us constantly moving things out of his reach and him being super loud while he eats, it's just too much.  I know he is just a baby but we are THOSE annoying people that you hate sitting next to at restaurants.  It's the season we are in and I know it won't last long so instead of exhausting ourselves, we will hit up the drive thru and make our mess at home.  :)