Pictures

I have a few pics that I've been delayed in downloading, so here they are:

For New Years Eve, Josh and Kristine came to visit!! We had quite a spread of delicious snacks, 5 bottles of champagne & played a LOT of Sequence... (for some reason I can't remember who won, but I DO remember that the boys CHEATED by talking about cards/moves- it didn't even matter if the sequences were "natural!" ...lol, joke between the Miller's)

Mmmmm... CHAMPAGNE!

As requested, here a some pictures of just a FEW of Brayden's new christmas outfits. He surely is the CUTEST, MOST ADORABLE child in the world, I KNOW, but YOU CAN'T HAVE HIM! ;-)

Adorable PSU binky!!

Playing with his Hess truck!

***Forgot to mention the latest updates in Brayden's world!!

He loves putting puzzles peices in their respectable spots (remarkable to me at this age!), he puts blocks in a bucket then dumps them only to put them back in again for 15 minute increments, and throws blocks down the steps for the cat to chase (video to come soon)

Words he says and/or understands:

Kitty ---- "geetee" or "geeeee"

Daddy--- "dada"

Uh oh---- "oh oh"

Pop-pop- "Poppop" or "pop-pop-pop" ;)

Bath----- "a-Ba" (he understands "Brayden, do you want to take a Bath?" and repeats "a Ba?")

Ball----- "Ba"

Light---- "Ba"

Juice---- "Ba"

Plus he Mooo's when he sees a cow

...hehe, it's so funny that "Ba" to him can mean so many different things. Its like he thinks he's saying what I'm saying!

Brayden's Michael Jackson Tribute for Dane

This is the best yet... Brayden is really into dancing these days, here's an example from this evening:

This one is from a few days ago, but he just LOVES this dancing frog... too bad after the batteries died this weekend, there must have been an electrical issue as well, because it doesn't sing anymore! I SWEAR there was no mommy sabotage!!!

*Gulp, Ahh!*

This is Brayden's new thing -a real LOL- we just had to share.... hahaha!

This kid is just FULL of smiles, here are a few from the last few days (even with that new molar coming thru!!)

My Little man is growing up so FAST!

The trouble he got into while I was in the shower this AM:

EVERY tissue from a NEW box pulled out into a "snowy winter wonderland!" All you can do is laugh... :) at least he's not into anything dangerous!!

Christmas video

Here's Brayden's reaction to the Elmo Live (Thanks Becky!)

Can't get the brayden jam video to download... try again later!

Handmade cards by Leslie & "D-gals"

Couldn't resist... Here are some Christmas thank you cards that I made for a coworker of Derek's. MY FIRST ORDER!! :)

If you're interested in christmas thank you's -or any type of card for that matter- let me know! Depending on the amount, I can usually get them done in 1-2 days and mailed to you shortly after! :)

Happy Holidays!

Hello All!

Our holidays were a blast! It started off alittle rocky, but ended up fantastic!!

First off, our apartment heating system crashed 2 days before christmas (brrr...).

Then the roof leak in our bedroom at 4:00Am Christmas eve day. No one was in the office of course to take our call... so after a few calls, a roofer would be able to come by the day after christmas...... Although we were in Lancaster, someone apparently watched the bucket and towels. Grrrrrr!

We had a wonderful xmas eve service with my fam and holiday party at Uncle Craigs. Thanks for the yummy pointsettas- (champagne & cranberry juice!)

Christmas day was spent at the Millers. Cole came home from Fort Leonardwood in Missori, Todd & Natalie and grandparents Cobaugh's came too! Mom prepared the BEST ever dinner spread! Here are a few pics:

I swear, this was not planned, but here are the "green gals" on christmas day:

Derek's favorite christmas gift: (live strong running jacket)


One of Brayden's favorites: (elmo bath accessories & bristle blocks)

Great Grandparents Cobaugh & Brayden:



Chuck and Denise came to visit on Friday, bringing lots of gifts for Brayden!! Here is a pic of one of his new favorite toys -ELMO LIVE- (thanks Becky! don't worry, a video is coming shortly!!!):

MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM THE GEARHARTS!

o.k. it's been way too long since my last post!! I've been catering a lot lately with all the holiday parties, so hopefully I'll be able to keep up with posts after the holidays!!

To catch up: The secret pal party is an event every year celebrated by the Miller women on the first Sunday of December. We exchange names and have a $25 limit, but eatting and BINGO are the most fun part of the party!! This year it was hosted by Natalie, my mom and Laura. Great job guys!! Here are a few pics of me with my favorite 2 Miller women:

The following week we had another emergency with Brayden and ended up spending the night at Grand View Hospital... VERY long story short- He woke up one morning and was extremely lethargic. He drank his milk in the morning, but after that, he couldn't keep his eyes open and was a rag doll. After extensive testing -including a lumbar puncture- the doctors really couldn't tell us much other than that he may have had a touch of pnuemonia (although he had no runny nose, cough, fever,etc. AND the blood work didn't show any signs of infection) and low blood glucose.... (no picture of the hospital gown this time, WAY too traumatic for all of us!) Brayden is much better now and just about done with the antibiotic for the possible pnuemo. We'll have to do a follow up chest xray after the holidays to check on the questionable spot in his lungs, but for now we're doin alright.

After we knew we were in the clear, we took Brayden to the mall to see Santa for the first time. As with many young kids, it didn't go as well as expected! hehe, after the long wait in line with Brayden attempting to escape every other minute, we sat him down on Santa's lap only for him to look at us with pleading eyes to take him back! You gotta have that first Santa memory though, so it was worth it! ;-)

Mimi and Pop-pop babysat Brayden last Friday night so that Derek and I could go to his office Christmas party! That was a blast, lots of food, beverages and catching up... And of COURSE Mimi and Pop-pop got the better end of the deal- playing with Brayden! :)

Yesterday was the Miller Christmas get-together at Grandma & Pop-pop's! It was quite a party with the 2 "babies." (Brayden being almost 14mo and Harley who is 18mo) They got the new Hess truck, so they were ready to make a mess!! Pictures to come- mommy didn't have the camera ready, so we gotta wait for others to share!

Here is how I found Brayden this AM watching Elmo while I was cleaning up the kitchen... Hehe, looks like he could use a chair or a lap! Luckily it's clean laundry!

*Special thanks to Aunt Connie for taking the xmas photo of Brayden at the top! For those of you who didn't get cards from me this year, there is a photo coming to you soon!!!

As some of you may know, my best friend Ashley, was diagnosed with Thyroid cancer this past September. She under went somewhat unexpected, extensive surgery last week to remove the thyroid and effected lymph nodes. Through this holiday season, please keep her and her family in your thoughts and prayers as she recovers from this tough surgery and under goes radiation treatment in the new year... LOVE YOU GIRLFRIEND!