Miller Monday

When it is bad ...it's bad.

Now please understand this , I speak today from MY perspective. I know everyone has different experiences but this is how I feel and see thing. Also I might want to point out that I am a little grumpy.

So I have been super lucky this time with baby sleep. What I mean is that at around 8 weeks Zoe started to sleep through MOST nights. This does not mean every night but most nights. And the nights she wakes up I or hopefully Brandon goes in and reinserts her paci. If I go in there to do said task it might set us back 30 or so minutes , however if I can rouse Brandon awake it can take a whole 3 mins. However this was not the case last night. I went in at 2:30 after only being asleep for 2 hours and tried the reinsert method for about 45 minutes only to give up and nurse her. Which I try to avoid as to not teach her to wake up in the middle of the night to eat, but sometimes you have to. After getting her to sleep at about 4 I slinked back to bed only to be woken by her yet again after only 2 short hours. So total I got 4 hours of sleep. Yes I know to some that may seem like a lot. With Foster that would have been a lot. But not now after getting about 6 hours normally and uninterrupted. So when it is bad it is bad.

On a happier note my little boy , Foster, turns two this week. So I thought I would share a little about him with you all. He says some words we can recognize and some we can't.

Some we can:

Look

No NO No

car

PLease

Momma

Daddy

K

blue

there might be more but I can't think of all of them right now.

Now here is a list of words in which we know what he is talking about but don't understand the sounds.

Hudson

Zoe

Car Toons

Stop

Bowl

Cereal

Snack

I thought I would try out something new . Menu Monday. Ya I know you are all not probably thrilled to hear what we are eating every week but to help me stay accountable.

Monday- Crock Pot Pork Tenderloin, Rice, and some frozen veggie

Tuesday- Spaghetti

Wednesday- Shredded BBQ beef and grilled corn on the cob

Thursday- Hot Dogs and Hamburgers grilled veggie succotash

Friday- Poppy Seed Chicken , salad and carrots

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Much Love

Aprile

Miller Monday

Sick Husbands. Not good. Although most men might sulk around and act if they might be dying mine really doesn't , unless it is on a weekend. However this weekend it was different. I could tell he was sick but he kept pushing through. I think he might be sick of "being sick". So I think it is time to call the doctor. Oh wait there is a problem........we don't have a doctor that treats people who aren't pregnant or over the age of 18. Oh then when we call they probably won't accept new patients. I just hate it when Brandon is sick because I now he really doesn't feel good.

Chlorine........has not treated Foster well. We went swimming twice on Friday and Foster still looks like he went to a booze infused bachelor party weekend. I feel like I should maybe start being concerned, but I don't want to go to the clinic for them to tell me to give it a few days or prescribe an eye drop and to make sure I pay the $25 dollars on my way out. So I will do what any other "good" mother does and look it up online.

Heat. Sucks. I am trying DESPERATELY to lose weight and finding it very hard. Not for the same reasons I normally do I have motivation and determination but the heat keeps making me swell up. I usually don't swell. I have had pre-eclampsia with all three of my pregnancies and I was able to wear my wedding ring all the way to delivery. This is new to me. I hate it. But maybe when it hits late September I might see the scale move in the other direction. Until then I will continue to practice good habits.

Discipline. So I have gone to the store a few times this week with my kiddos and I am pretty sure every time I have left feeling embarrassed. I have to work harder at being consistent and making sure we are practicing good behaviors at home. I also need to look at how I am behaving in front of the kids. I need to watch my reactions.

Alright enough blabbing. I hope you all have a great week.

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Much Love

Aprile

Wordless Wednesday!

Just because I love my kids.........


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Much Love

Aprile

Miller Monday.......it has been too long

So sorry........

I could list all my excuses but why? I am forever forgiven for my short-comings so I see no point.

I can however continue to improve and be better.

Today's post will have no direction, but serve as a dumping place. I am swimming in thoughts, prayers, hopes, dreams and disappointments. Please do not be alarmed by the last, it is just a truth we all have. I hope you will no be discouraged by my lack of order today , but rather encouraged that I like you have moments like this.

I can not believe all that goes through my mind in one day. I am constantly happily overwhelmed by my kiddos. Each day their exploration has me laughing and perplexed. I started to ponder, probably to my husbands irritation, what is our role as parents suppose to be. I would undoubtedly answered " to train up." But as I started to think about this I wondered what is important to me that my kids leave my house with. Right now all I think about is obedience. But is that really the MOST important thing at the end of the day? Why is it so important? So for now I have reconciled that I want to move forward in studying what the bible has to say about obedience. Are we to teach our children this because we are an example of how followers are suppose to be obedient to God's word? Or is the some arbitrary dream parents come up with so that they can "easy" and compliant children? Do you have any idea? suggestions? starting points?

Also in the jungle of my mind today is.........longing. I seem to have been feeling a little blue on Friday afternoons. I have feelings of I wish I could do something exciting......normally I would combat it with going out to dinner to a new place on Friday nights. But I am really trying to make bigger strides to make dinner at home as much as possible. But then this last Friday I said that I think I could combat it with shopping, but really that could get out of hand. So then I felt as if a light bulb when off! I could read a new magazine. And so I did. It felt like it hit the spot my mood was boosted. By then....after church on Sunday I started to think.........I am sure it was no accident :) About how I felt on Friday. I once read somewhere that women will forever long for "something" usually for men. But we should turn to God when we long rather than chase our desires. So next time I feel the Friday slump I pray that I remember this and turn to God to fill that "void" so that I may feel the Joy of the Lord.

Alas my children need to be instructed that doors are not for slamming and that we need to respect the need for baby sister to sleep. Also they need to get dressed, I need to wash clothes.....as always the list goes on.

In light of my desire to inspire and encourage I want to make a promise to write more so that maybe , just maybe my writing becomes more coherent and concise. Let me remember practice makes perfect, well at least better.

Much love,

Aprile

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Miller Mondays

A special thanks to Chris Isch, this is a picture from his last deployment ceremony.

Well this weekend we have had Brandon's parents in and have loved every minute of it. We are so lucky that his lil brother and sister will be staying with us for a week. I am sure the kiddos will love having playmates all week long. I'm not sure the older kiddos will like all the begging and pleading to play so much.

Because today is Memorial day I have been thinking of war ......of course. If you have not read The Myth of a Christian Nation it is worth a look. This book has changed the way I look at things, including war and military service. My prayer is that these wars end soon. I am praying especially for those "hidden ranks" those individuals that are left behind. My heart breaks for all those kiddos that have to go on living without a mommy and daddy while they are away at war. I mourn for the lose of innocence in individuals going to war. I pray for strength for those spouses that are without a partner while their partner is deployed.

I want to thank all the FAMILIES that serve. Thank you for your sacrifice.

Wordless Wednesday!!!

Zoe just chillin.

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See you Friday!

Aprile

Miller Mondays

So Monday has come again. ugh. darn it. But let us rejoice for this is the day the Lord has made.

I promised I would be doing a series on being a professional Mom. Well not today. Yes I have not done my homework. Teacher can I be excused then? No you say? Why not ( Hudson's new response to EVERYTHING) ? Oh because I can't stop being a Mom? Okay. So I really did have a blog on professional momming. But this morning I did not like it . AT ALL. So I am going to scrap it and try again next Monday. And this time I am going to seek some help. For those of you who know me this will come as no surprise but the post became quite wordy and a bit confusing . So I want to streamline and re-organize and give it another try.

But in the meantime I will continue to find a routine that works for most of us and help the others adapt. I want to make an effort to use my words to build people up and encourage. I want to pray for Brandon today not because something is going wrong but just because I love him. I will take tasks one at a time, I promise to not beat myself up if I don't achieve all my goals. I will not make mountains out of mole hills.

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Until next time love the ones your with,

Aprile