Random Things

Happy Birthday to Big Daddy Mills!!

Today is my dad's birthday - stop by the comments section and send him your own birthday wishes :)

The kids and I had to run to the post office to send off a couple of packages the other day. After we were done we decided to stop by Brian's office quick because Katie just had to see her daddy. :) On our way to the office Katie says to me - Mama, there's an ant on the back of the chair. OK, whatever. She says it again only a bit louder this time and sounds a bit freaked out. We will kill it when we stop, OK? OK.

So we get to the office and are getting out of the vehicle. Katie is telling me that the "ant" is crawling up the chair. Ok, fine. Let me get a kleenex and come over and get it. I don't see it...

It's right there!

Nope, still not seeing it.

....and there it is - the biggest cockroach I have ever seen hanging out on the passenger side seat belt. EEEEKKKK!!!! (Have I mentioned that there are a ton of bugs in Florida and that I have a small bug phobia??) So I encourage Katie to jump out of her chair without disturbing the cockroach of course. So she gets out and tells me to kill it. Yeah...I'll get right on that. It's only 900 degrees outside, the humidity is unbearable and I totally have the heebee jeebies.

We close and lockup the van and temporarily forget about the cockroach...

Brian is in a meeting and we conveniently disturb it. Aww...everyone likes a "cute kid" break, right? I proceed to inform Brian about the cockroach HINTING that I would very much like it if he would come out and kill it. He flatly declines. Thanks, hon!

I decide to be brave. I am going to kill the cockroach. OK...I have my paper rolled up and ready. You are going to get it Mr. Cockroach! Any minute now...breathe...

OK...and..SMACK!! Oops! missed...dang! Not trying that again...

I take the kids back into Brian's office and kindly ask the first young airman I see if he could do me a favor. He politely accepts without question. I handed him my rolled up paper and wished him luck. Apparently he does not suffer from a bug phobia - thank goodness! He flicks it out of the van and squishes it with his steel-toed boot. THANK YOU!! He was my hero for the day.

Here are some updated photos of my little munchkins! :)

I don't have anything exciting to put out today. I've already worked over 20 hours this week and it's only Tuesday evening...I guess it's true what they say - when it rains, it pours.

Be sure to check out my bro's blog (millerzblog link on the right). He has started fresh with a new look. I will be checking frequently to see how the Miller's are doing. :)

I went for a short bike ride today because I had some time to kill before dinner and didn't want to do anything productive. It was nice! If I could, I might use it as my main form of transportation. Unfortunately, that won't happen because most times when I go anywhere the kids are both with me. Not that I am complaining! I am very blessed to be able to stay home with my children and watch them learn and grow every day. Not a lot of working moms get to do that!

Poor Katie is getting eaten up by the mosquitos - she has had a few bug bites the size of quarters on her legs...very bad. She loves to play outside with Dash, but the bugs out here must love her. Her arms and legs are covered in bites. Dash is apparently covered too...the other night he didn't sleep most of the night (which of course meant we didn't either) because he was itchy and crying. His back looked really creepy with all the raised bumps on his skin. Thankfully, the worst is over and he is now healing. That would be miserable.

I'll try to post a couple of pics of the kids this week. They are growing like crazy! :)

So I was plucking my eyebrows last night and I found my first gray eyebrow hair. Is that even possible? Can you be 28 and have random gray eyebrow hairs? Strange...

I am super excited and PROUD of myself - Brian and I have started eating healthier and doing a bit more routine exercise since Kasey was about 3 months old. (Can you believe that he will be 5 months old tomorrow already?!) Anyway, we went shopping and my pants have become quite loose so I decided to buy the next size down - guess what?? 2 of the pairs were too big and one fit just right - woo hoo! I just had to share! It makes me think that weight loss IS possible. You just have to work a little harder at it than maybe you are comfortable with. Currently, I am 16 pounds less than I was when I got pregnant with Kasey. Hopefully, I can continue to lose. I would like to lose an additional 13 pounds OR go down another size by the end of the year. Think good thoughts!!

Check this out! Pretty cool!

We got our bikes yesterday! They are FABULOUS! I've never had a bike with shocks before...very interesting. And might I add that it is actually comfortable to ride. The gel seat is awesome and while I only rode for a short amount of time yesterday, my butt is not at all sore today! Always a bonus...

Another American wins the Tour de France!

If you are a big NASCAR fan, you might enjoy reading this. I found it to be pretty funny!

Woo hoo! Our bikes are in at the shop and have been built! We are planning on picking them up today. I am excited! Sadly, I haven't ridden a bike in quite some time...but they say you never forget how to ride, right?

Tomorrow is my friend Karen's birthday - happy birthday, chica!!!!!

Brian and Jennie will be celebrating their wedding anniversary this weekend. I believe it has been 12 years!! Woo hoo!! They are expecting baby #3 any day now! The doctors are wanting it to stay put for another 2 weeks. Please keep Jennie and family in your prayers for a healthy delivery!

A 2 1/2 year old, a stick of butter and a dog...that's all I have to say...

These are quite possibly the world's most comfortable shoes... I saw that they had some specifically for diabetics...interesting.

So any of you that need some ideas for my birthday or Christmas gifts..I would LOVE more of these shoes!! Any color will do :) They are fabulous and I recommended them to everyone!

Have a great weekend!

Look at these little munchkins. Are my nieces cute in their ballerina costumes or what?

Katie cracks me up! We were eating lunch a bit ago and our conversation goes like this:

Mama, we need another boy.
We need another boy?
Yeah....ours is broken.
Kasey's broken, huh?
Yeah...he cries a lot.
Hehe...
We need a new boy, ours is broken!

Too funny!

Brian and I celebrated our 6th wedding anniversary on Saturday! We didn't do anything very special. We went over to Destin (this seems to be our weekend trend lately) and had lunch at O'Charley's. I have to say that it wasn't the best steak place. I have definitely had better. But the kids meal had a HUGE burger for a kid. Seriously, this thing was huge! Katie did pretty good and ate about half of it which we very surprised about. We did a little bit of shopping and ran over to Tropical Smoothie for some yummy smoothies. :) I guess we are bah-humbugs...nothing romantic on our list. We tried to get the Pay-Per-View UFC fight, but there were issues with our cable service. That is a story for another day...

I picked a million weeds out of my flower beds today and pruned my hyndrangea's out in the front of the house. They were really starting to look sad. Katie rode her little bike while I was doing this and had a blast. She has recently begun to pick out her own clothes everyday and pretty much refuses to wear what I would like her to wear. She does a pretty good job most of the time, but today she picked out a long sleeve olive green shirt with turquoise blue shorts. Lovely ensemble!

Hope everyone had a great weekend!!!!

Wow...I haven't had a new post for a while...we have been busier than expected I guess. Last weekend we enjoyed a 4-day weekend. Saturday was filled with running errands and window shopping. We went bike shopping and narrowed down our choices. We ordered them today! They should be at the store in about a week. Woo hoo!!!

Sunday was about the same as most Sundays...we went to the Commissary and spent way too much on groceries. But we did stock up on some more canned goods. I think Sam's needs to get more of a variety in some of their packs of canned goods. I don't want 12 cans of the same soup if I have to live off of it in the event that a hurricane rips through here and our power is out. But of course, my concerns aren't on the top of their list...hehe. We ended up running over to Sam's to pick up a few things anyway. You can never have too much toilet paper!

On Monday, we went shopping and got some GREAT deals for the kids at Carter's and the Gap. Katie was in sort of a bad mood while shopping so we didn't get to hit as many stores as I would have liked. But that's a good thing because I probably would have ended up just buying them more clothes for next summer. They should almost be all set for next year! Katie is getting so big...I am putting her in 4T and most of the time the stuff is too small - well, the shirts are anyway. Pants still seem a bit long on her, so I have been buying her 5T tops and 4T bottoms for next summer. I just hope they fit when the time comes!

Tuesday, we stayed at home and spent some time in the yard playing and what not. We watched an interesting event on ESPN. We also watched the space shuttle launch. Katie thought that was pretty cool! Brian made some AWESOME steaks that night and we got pretty eaten up by the bugs. Katie has so many bug bites on her legs, arms and face. Poor little thing! Brian had set up the telescope so we got to peek at the moon. Katie thought it was pretty cool. We didn't stay up late enough to see any fireworks...I guess we were pooped!

The rest of the week was pretty uneventful. BUT we did get Kasey in for his 4-month checkup. He weighs in at 15lbs, 10.5 oz - is 24.75 inches and his little noggin is 35cm. The nurse was asking me what I am feeding him - I said, "Cream, apparently!" He has gained 8 pounds in 4 months. That's pretty awesome! He's our short and round little man :)

I missed out on my 10 year high school reunion last weekend. It looked like everyone had a lot of fun. But I am pretty sure I would have been the only sober person there. I was able to look at a bunch of pictures that were taken there. It's amazing how much some people have changed in their appearances! I didn't even recognize a few people. Seriously! I wish I would have been able to make it out there, but driving with 2 very young children for a minimum of 24 hours driving time would have been near impossible for me. I hope to make the next one!