Mills Family

Post 3 Misc.

2010-08-20T22:46:00.003-04:00

So the miscellaneous thoughts in my head and pictures go in this post.

We signed Brightyn up for soccer through the city and he starts the beginning of September. I am so excited for him to start. During high school I was around soccer a lot and LOVED it. Now I am glad that my baby is now old enough to start playing sports. We also signed both Brightyn and Hayden up for soccer classes through preschool. So they will be having classes once a week from 9/5- 11/9. WAY EXCITED!!!!

About school. All of the kids are doing really well. I LOVE this new daycare that they're going to. Even for McKinlee that is 20 months she is learning a ton. Within the first week Bright learned to write his name and add. Its crazy how much Hayden is picking up on by being around the other kids (including the attitude!!!!). I am so happy that we've found another good place. I was really worried with Jaxson with being so little but they just love on him.

I've made a lot of peach stuff with the whole bushel that we picked. I've done 11 cans of peaches, 6 cans of jam, and 4 cans of peach pie filling.

One day I woke up to the kids looking like this.......

That was right before school!!! No need to say that we were very late that day to school and work!!

Last weekend we have my Bright family reunion. The kids had fun even though it was freaking HOT as heck out here!!! Then we went over to my mom's to have a cook out with my sister and her husband, and my step brother and his wife and family. Also with my step dad's mom. I absolutely love her. She's to sweet. Then we went back to my dad and his girlfriends hotel and took the kids swimming. They had a lot of fun and of course made friends with the other little kids there. Brightyn and Kinlee like the hot tub more than the pool.

Then this was Sunday before church. They were all in really good moods so we took their pictures since they were so cute.

Jaxson is now almost 3 months and is almost sleeping through the night!! Its WONDERFUL!!!!!
I will post more after Ryan's party on Sunday. With all his goodies!!!
Until then Tiffini Signing off!!!!

August

2010-08-20T22:29:00.002-04:00

So far in August we've gone peach picking with the two older boys while my mom watched the two little ones. I really wanted to enjoy the experience with just the big boys so I am so thankful to my mom that watched the little ones. While we were there Hayden constantly had a peach in my mouth and another in his hands. I don't need to tell you how the next few days went lol..... After we peach picked with the ward we all went to Ye Old Mill. Which is were they make Velvet Ice Cream. The boys enjoyed playing with their friends and eating the ice cream.

Then we've had my birthday. And I was really spoiled this year which I LOVED!!!! I really wanted a new digital camera so I could just snap some pictures anytime of the kids without getting out Ryan's high tech camera and yep I got one. I also wanted a new wedding ring because I'm to fat and my other one won't fit... Yep I got one. I also found a pair of puma shoes I really wanted on my way down to Kings Island for a girls weekend. I passed them up on the way down and stopped on the way back and it was closed. So I was really heart broken. They were $90 shoes for $25 couldn't pass it up... Well Ryan drove down 2 hours away and got them for me.

You can see my new ring there. Those are the only pictures from my birthday lol.

We're getting ready to celebrate Ryan's birthday this weekend since next weekend (the weekend before his real birthday) is when I'm getting my tubes tied so I will be down and out for the weekend and no fun to be around.

Lots of Posts so here we go.....1 post of many!!!

2010-08-20T21:47:00.004-04:00

July~

We went to the zoo with my sister and her husband over 4th of July weekend. My mom was out of town so she didn't get to join in on the fun. But we had a blast!!! That weekend was also filled with our new swimming pool (which I lived in while I was home over the summer), lots of hamburgers, parades, and fireworks.

Brightyn's birthday was July 24th. It was such a wonderful day. We went to take him to get his pictures taken the day before his birthday just him, Ryan, and myself. It is a new thing that we're starting that I stole from Shantai (Thanks Tai for the idea). I left those at work today so I will get those scanned and on here asap. Then we had some family and friends come over to share in the fun. He made out like a packed rat. Bright ended up getting a leapster and a game, Bowling, golf set, 2 movies, a booster seat, play-doh, some swimmer penguins for the pool and a lot more.

Jaxson Ryan Mills

2010-06-09T11:48:00.006-04:00

So on May 27th at 2:08 pm we had Jaxson Ryan Mills. He weighed in at 7 lbs 6 oz and 19 inches. Which is the biggest baby I've had. I was induced at 8 am. I pushed for 7 minutes and he was perfect from the time he came out. He is such an amazing baby!!! He looks nothing like the other 3 and looks everything like me when I was a baby. He loves to eat, sleep, poop, and snuggle with his mommy. The kids love him and always want to help out. These are pictures from the hospital. I haven't had a second of rest to take any pictures since we got home. I'm having a hard time adjusting to having 4 kids but slowly getting better. In Jaxson's first weeks we've had a lot of fun.

Thursday is the day!!!

2010-05-25T23:01:00.003-04:00

I finally am going to be completely done with having babies on Thursday. I get induced Thursday at 6 am. I am super super scared because I've never been induced but I'm super super super excited!!!!
Here are some cute pictures of the kiddos.

38 Weeks

2010-05-20T22:34:00.001-04:00

Today I am 38 weeks and 1 day. I went to the doctors and I am 3 cm dilated and 70% effaced. She doesn't think I'll make it through the weekend which is nice because there is light at the end of the tunnel. If I don't go on my own I am scheduled to be induced the 26th at 6:00am.

36 Weeks

2010-05-07T21:50:00.003-04:00

So went to the doctors today. I am 2 cm dilated and still 50% effaced. So I've gained a cm so that is a plus. Baby from his ultrasound is weighing in at almost 5 pounds. So he's pretty tiny but that is to be expected since all three of the other kids have been really small as well. I've also lost 4 pounds this week from just not having an appetite which my doctor was not happy about but I am :-) She told me that if I went into labor she won't stop me which is good because she thinks it will be anytime.

35 Weeks

2010-04-28T19:30:00.002-04:00

So I went to the doctors yesterday. Good and bad news......
Good news Jackson is doing good. They think he's going to be big because I am measuring 37 weeks. I am 1 cm dilated and 50% effaced!!! YEAH!!!!!! I have an ultrasound next week to find out how big he really is. Other good news.... I've only gained 5 pounds this whole pregnancy!!!!! I am so proud of myself!!!!

Bad news....
I have been having white blood cells in my urine for the past month and half. They keep checking for infection but there isn't any. Well I've been having really bad pains in the side of my stomach for about 3 months out of no where. So I finally asked the nurse practitioner about them since it has started to happen more frequently. She asked me some questions and then went to talk to a dr since mine is out of town. They think there is something really wrong with my kidneys or liver. They took some blood to run some work and said that they would give me a call when the results come in. If everything comes back good with my blood work the only other thing they can think would be wrong is that my abdomen is detaching from the wall. Which again isn't that great. I just hope that after this pregnancy whatever is wrong goes away on its own..... Just keep me in your prayers please. I always getting really worried the last couple of weeks.

I LOVE WARM WEATHER!!!!

2010-04-17T20:42:00.007-04:00

So we've had a lot of fun lately playing out in the wonderful warm weather. It has been in the 80's here and it has been GREAT!!!! Its been a little bit since I've updated on how everything is going in the Mills house. I'm now 33 weeks pregnant. I have an ultrasound in 3 weeks to see how big this little guy is because I'm measuring 37 weeks so she is interested in seeing how big he really is. I've always had small babies so I'm just hoping Jackson follows suit.

Brightyn is almost 4 now and is a booger. He asks me on a daily basis if Jackson can come out today and not let him come out while he's at school (what he calls the babysitters house). Brightyn gave his first talk in Primary last Sunday and I cried my eyes out. I was so proud of him and I can't believe he's old enough already to be giving talks in church.

Hayden is now 2 1/2 and is almost fully potty trained after a week. It has been WONDERFUL!!! He is learning everything so fast now and is coming out of his shy shell. He loves to talk to the "ladies" as he calls them. He is our little love bug and I think will always be. He is a VERY independent kid when it comes to his thinking and how things should be. I think he gets that from his dad..... okay maybe me too.

McKinlee is now 17 months. She is transitioning to Nursery at church and could care less if I'm in there or not. She is so freaking cute and she knows it! She flirts with any guy no matter of how old he is as long as he's older than her.... GO FIGURE!!! She does not know what a stranger is because she talks to everyone. We already have our hands full with this little drama queen. Kinlee has her daddy and grandpa wrapped around her pretty little painted fingers!

Enjoy the pictures :-)

Baby Jackson 3D

2010-04-03T19:24:00.002-04:00

I had so much fun today seeing my little baby boy. He loves his hands by his face. It was so awesome to have a 3D Ultrasound and I HIGHLY recommend it for anyone that is pregnant. It was so neet. I got 75 pictures on a cd and 5 printed out and a dvd of the whole experience. I had to share the cute little guy. I think we're going to name the baby Jackson but we're not 100%

Fun In The Mills House

2010-03-15T21:01:00.006-04:00

So I wanted to share the past couple weeks of cuteness going on in our house. The kids have really grown a ton and have gotten very vocal about what they do and do not want. I guess it has to start somewhere right? :-) As you will see below McKinlee has mood swings at 16 months its so cute and so hard to laugh but I know I shouldn't because then she'll think its a good thing. The boys have grown like little weeds. Brightyn is getting ready to start Pre-K. Hayden is getting ready to start preschool. Its so hard to believe that they're old enough to start learning in a classroom. Hayden LOVES going to the baby sitters and spending time with his friends which is crazy because he is my shy little guy. You will see in the below pictures of Hayden (he's in the I don't want my picture taken faze right now so there aren't a ton) but Ryan decided to give him a hair cut....
I was out in the hall painting McKinlee's toe nails just hearing his cut away Hayden's beautiful hair so I decided to go in. It was a hot mess!!!! All different lengths and way choppy. So I took him to the first salon that I could find open and got it "fixed"....YEAH RIGHT!! But it looks better then what it did look like..
I want in the bathroom....
Oh there's a camera....
"Okay you're done. I want back in the bathroom!!"
Kinlee playing with her purse

Hayen's new haircut.....

McKinlee likes being in the center of attention....
Brightyn likes trains Hayden likes cell phones....

She wanted more Chocolate milk her favorite thing ever!

Disney On Ice

2010-03-15T20:41:00.005-04:00

So it has been awhile and I have promised and promised my grandma new pictures of the kids. We took the boys to Disney on Ice about 3 weeks ago. They LOVED it!!! It was so much fun. I felt like a little kid and couldn't stop crying because I was so happy to see the excitement written all over their face. If anyone has the chance I would recommend it.

Nemo and Dori
Mickey and Minnie
Beauty and The Beast
Hayden waving hi at Mickey
Excited to Mickey
Mickey just came out
Brightyn loved the cotton candy
His new "cheese" face~ Cute right......LOL

Mickey just came out.....

Pray For The Boys!!!

2010-03-10T19:34:00.003-05:00

This kid is going to make me go insane!!! We are potty training and he has done VERY well with going pee but WILL NOT I mean WILL NOT poop in the toilet!!!! I will ask him if he needs to go and he will tell me no. Not even 2 minutes later he has gone in his underwear, his bed, our bed, or on the floor!!! I am so tired of cleaning poop underwear I am going to pull out my hair!!!! I am at my whits end with this kid. We pay him when he pees and poops and he gets 2 coins taken away when he goes in his pants. Does it matter...... to him NO!!! So we got him a new toy that he has to make sure he poops in the potty. Does it matter.....to him NO!!!!!! So I put him in a "baby" diaper. Does it matter.... to him NO!!!!

Hayden is just the opposite he will poop in the toilet but will NOT pee in the toilet! As long as you tell him he's going to get candy or gum he's all for it.

I need them to be potty trained before I have this baby but at this rate I think Brightyn will be in diapers until he has kids himself!

Febuary Snow!!! BLAH But fun!!!!

2010-02-06T16:24:00.005-05:00

So today after Ryan got home from Scouts we all went out and played in the snow. I hate snow storms but love to play in them after wards and so do the boys. McKinlee did not like the snow so she stayed in the garage and played with a toy lol. We played outside and Hayden didn't want to keep on his hat so we came in for some hot chocolate and lunch and naps.....As I'm blogging we're getting the kids dressed to head back out. Enjoy the pictures.

McKinlee's First Set Of Pigtails!!

2010-01-24T15:58:00.002-05:00

They're so tiny but I can FINALLY put up her hair!!!!! The bottom picture she had to have her baby in it (which is what she calls her pig)

And we're having...

2009-12-19T12:08:00.000-05:00

I dont have pictures right now because i'm posting from the wii. I had to share the news that we found out we're having another boy and i'm due june 2Nd.

Utah trip

2009-10-31T20:43:00.004-04:00

We will be in Utah for a visit November 14-November 23rd. Anyone that wants to get together let me know. We will also be having McKinlee's first birthday party on Sunday 22nd at 6 at Wendy and Howard's house. If you would like to come we would LOVE to have you!!!!! Just let me know so we can plan for the right amount of people and if you don't know how to get there I can give you directions. I am so excited to come out!!!!!

Pumpkin Patch

2009-10-31T20:18:00.004-04:00

So we took the kids to the pumpkin patch the other day. They were so excited going through the straw maze and Hayden LOVES picking out the pumpkins. He just couldn't decide which one to choose.

Hayden so excited to see all the pumpkins.

Boys excited my mom and tony were there.

Going through the straw maze.

McKinlee posing on the straw bails.

Picking up a pumpkin he dropped.

Posing for the camera

Hayden dropping another pumpkin and Brightyn so overloaded with choices

Mac hanging out

What would picking out a pumpkin be without popcorn lol

Nana and papa taking the kids back to the van

YUP!!!

2009-10-08T21:18:00.002-04:00

YUP AGAIN WE ARE EXPECTING!!! WE WERE NOT TRYING ONCE AGAIN. ITS ALWAYS HARD TO SWALLOW THE LORDS TIME LINE SOMETIMES BUT WE HAVE TO DEAL AND MOVE ON. SO WE ARE CHOOSING TO BE HAPPY AND LEARNING TO EXPECT THE THINGS WE CAN NOT CHANGE!!!!

The Life of McKinlee Jean!!

2009-09-23T21:53:00.005-04:00

This little girl has us wrapped around her finger. I know I'm not the best photographer but she's still cute!!!

These next ones are the funniest. She's tired of me taking her picture. Hence her face!!!

Before and After

2009-09-16T21:46:00.005-04:00

The old kitchen

Our living room before

Ryan and Cody ripping up the 3 layers of vinal tile

Brightyn didn't like the noise

Hayden wanted to be right in it!!!

Out with the old...... In with the new!!!

Our new kitchen!!!

My cute moose I found

My mom bought this really cute bear to fit in.

Sorry for the dark pictures. Ryan took them lol!!!

Our updated house

Living room looking into kitchen

Weekend Fun

2009-08-03T10:39:00.009-04:00

We had such a WONDERFUL weekend. Friday night we took the kids and met up with my mom and tony and a few friends of ours at the Marysville fair. It was the night of the tractor pulls and the kids liked it for about 15 minutes. So my sister, mom, and I took Brightyn and Hayden to ride some rides. We didn't have the camera so I don't have a ton from once Ryan came over with us.

On Saturday I had to work in the morning but then came home cleaned a little bit and took the kids boating with my dad and his friend Debbie, my sister and her husband. Hayden LOVED the water and tubing but Brightyn only liked to drive the boat with Papa. Mac HATED her life jacket so when we stopped I would take it off of her but the boat put her to sleep until we stopped. Ryan, Cody, and Hayden went tubing.

On Sunday we went to church then came home and chilled all day until we had the missionaries over. Then we ate with them and played some cornhole and had funnel cakes for dessert. It was a long weekend and it was great. And of course the only pictures I get of Hayden are him being mean b/c he was sleeping during the Bright and Mac shoot.

This is why I don't have time to do anything else. I am a constant referee.

We're gearing up to take the kids camping this coming weekend for my birthday. Its hard to believe that I'll be 24!!! CRAZY!!! I remember just turning 16. NUTS!!!

He's 3!!!

2009-07-26T17:40:00.000-04:00

So time goes by so fast. Its hard to believe that Brightyn was 3 on Friday. It seems just like a few months ago we were celebrating his 1st birthday. Its so hard and great all at the same time to see him growing up. For a 3 year old he is so smart and I am so surprised to see how much he learns on a day to to day basis. On Saturday we had a small birthday party for close friends and family. He had a lot of present for just a small group being there. Brightyn probably didn't enjoy his presents that much this year because I told everyone to get him clothes because that is what he needs. He's growing like a little weed. Brightyn lights us each day with his perfect smile and his wonderful attitude. He also got to have a birthday party with his friends from daycare but I don't have any pictures of that but Hayden and Brightyn were talking about that all night on Friday.

We started the day not so happy

Showing off while being sung to

Say cheese

Blowing out the candle

He's so cute!!!

Opening presents going for the big one first of course

His favorite present

He got some awesome church clothes so he can look like daddy.

Now that he got a new movie from Amanda and Jason he wanted to go watch it

His card from grandma and gramdpa mills. His favorite card!!

More pictures from Brightyn party

2009-07-26T17:39:00.004-04:00

I wanted the last post to be all about Brightyn for his birthday but these are some other pictures we took of Hayden and McKinlee at the party.

McKinlee pretending to read

We now know what to get McKinlee for her birthday paper!!!

Chewing of course what else would she be doing? :)

Our happy little girl.

Hayden being slap happy.

Hayden being thrown around like a rag doll and loving it!!

What is hayden getting in two months for his birthday ummm....wrapping paper he's just as bad as Mac.

GRRRRR

He asked Ryan what he was talking about.

He wanted to be like Brightyn and blow out the candle we'll work on that before September.

The Mills Are Alive!!

2009-07-12T22:02:00.005-04:00

So we don't have the internet at our house so I am posting while we are on vacation in Florida. It has been a fun few months since I've posted last. Not much has happened just spent a lot of time playing and watching the kids grow. I am going to post a lot of pictures they're all out of order but hey I got some on here right...... I also added pictures to my myspace and facebook page to see all the awesome pictures of the kids and our trip.

McKinlee on the airplane
Kinlee hanging out at grandma's house

Hayden in the ocean

Brightyn telling us he's done with saying cheese

McKinlee at the beach

Hay hay in the ocean

McKinlee in her minnie ears

Family picture

Hayden playing at downtown disney
Kids with mickey and minnie

Bright and Hay with Mickey

Kinley in her new outfit with nana

Brightyn and Buzz lightyear

Us getting off the airplane Bright on our way to the airport

Hayden on our way to the airport

Kinley in our hotel road

Kinley hanging out

McKinlee is almost 5 months.

2009-04-08T19:35:00.002-04:00

McKinlee is now almost 5 months old. I took her to the doctors today and she's 14 pounds 4 ounces. 24 1/2 inches long. That puts her in the 75% for her weight and 50% for her height. She is getting so big already. She will sit by her self for a few minutes and she is rolling over like there is no tomorrow. She loves to eat her toes and chew on her fingers. She's awesome!!!

So We Have Another Annoucement.....

2009-03-09T22:42:00.007-04:00

So we have another annoucement.... there is another addition to the Mills family.......

I know what you're all probably thinking. Already another baby.... Well...... NO!

We bought a dog. HA HA HA Got you there!!! She is a red bone hound/ dobermin pincher mix. She named her Ginger after the late Ginger hound that Ryan's parents had. She looks like Ginger and acts like Ginger but a little bit more mellow. After I got home from work on Saturday we went to see her and had no attention of actually getting her right then. We saw her had the boys play with her and we fell in love. She's so much fun and its nice to see the boys have so much fun with her.

Hayden likes to feed her

Both of the boys like to ride her and she doesn't mind.

OH MY FUN!!!!

2009-03-03T21:32:00.002-05:00

Today was my half day at work since I work this Saturday so I had some fun dressing up McKinlee. I got a package from Andrea yesterday with these really cute headbands and hat with a TON of really cute flower clips for McKinlee. So I had to put them on her of course and take pictures. I can't believe that she's already almost 4 months old. She's so much fun and I am enjoying every day with my little McKinlee.

70's Party

2009-03-03T21:26:00.003-05:00

So on Friday night Ry and I finally got out AGAIN!!! We've found these girls from church that love our kids and are willing to watch them whenever its great!!! So on Friday we had a birthday party to attend and it was a 70's theme. It was so much fun going to the thrift store with Ryan to find our clothes and then dressing up. I actually LOVE my outfit and wore it to work on Monday.

This is the group of girls. These are my church ladies lol. I love these women.

My Day Off Work

2009-02-16T15:37:00.004-05:00

I love working at a bank because you get silly days off. So today I had a day off and it has been nice. The kids and I dropped off our van to get detailed since they didn't get a chance to do it before we bought it. Then we met Ryan for lunch and we came home and we were riding bikes inside since its to cold outside. Brightyn is now big enough to pedal his tricyle its so cute and so sad at the same time. Here are some pictures of the kids playing and of me dressing up McKinlee in her tutu that Brooke made her before I had her. I love having a girl to play dress up lol. I know a couple of them aren't totally in focus but they were still cute.

They were switching bikes.

Hayden is still a little to small to pedal but tries so hard.

Brightyn of course with no pants on.

Hayden and Brightyn were getting ready to race.

Brightyn

2009-02-04T16:51:00.004-05:00

Here is my little model. He thinks everytime you get out the camera its a modeling oppertunity. He loves life. I love the stage he's at right now. I can't believe that this September my little guy will be starting Preschool.

Hayden

2009-02-04T16:41:00.001-05:00

Here is my little trouble maker!!! He is so adorable and so loveable. I LOVE his hair and I will have to get a picture of it with one of McKinlee's bows in it. He looks identical to his cousin Kylie with a bow in his hair. Its FREAKY!!! He loves to get into EVERYTHING and do ANYTHING he's told NOT to do.

McKinlee

2009-02-04T16:22:00.004-05:00

I haven't posted obviously in a VERY long time so I had to put new pictures of the kids. I'm going to do them seperately since I have a lot. I hope you enjoy and sorry I'm so bad at updating. By the time I go to work and come home, take care of the kids and the house, make and clean up from dinner

FHE

2009-02-04T16:04:00.002-05:00

So we go in spurts when it comes to FHE and we need to get better at doing it. On Monday we had our first Family Home Evening for the first time in awhile. We went and got hot fudge sundaes. Came home and ate them while I read a short story on Daniel and the Lions den. Brightyn then wanted to say his prayers. It is so cute. Here are the pictures of our evening.

Brightyn and his yummy treat.

Ryan and his treat

Hayden and his treat

Then since we were messy it was off to a bath for our activity. Well not OUR activity but the boys lol.

McKinlee went in right after.

Time For An Update

2009-01-15T20:25:00.005-05:00

Wow!!!! So I figured its time for an update. YA Think!! There has just been a lot going on here. I went back to work, the boys both have RSV and double ear infections. FUN!!! Here are a new pictures enjoy.

This is my cute little Hayden!! Even though he has been the most sick. He still has been such a joy in our house. He is in such a great mood 99% of the time. He is so cute!!!!

Ms. McKinlee in my favorit dress of hers. I'm so glad she FINALLY starts to fit in it. I just need a cute black bow to go with it now.

Brightyn trying on his snow clothes.He wasn't to happy when he found out he wasn't going outside.

Brightyn is being Link from Zelda riding his new horse that my dad just got the boys for no good reason!!! Yah nice surprise to see when I get home from work.

Hayden is now going to sleep at 7 pm. WONDERFUL!!! McKinlee is sleeping through the night!! WONDERFUL!!! And Brightyn has started to say his own prayers. He is so freaking cute when he prays.

New Years Eve!!

2009-01-15T20:10:00.003-05:00

So I know I'm really late. But hey better late than never right?!?! So New Years Eve we had some friends Michelle and Rob and their son Jayden over and also my sister Emily and her husband Cody. We had a lot of fun playing the wii fit eating our yummy food!!! Brightyn spent the night with my mom and step dad with his cousin Kyah. They went to Chucky Cheese and they had a lot more fun then we did I think.

Ryan's yummy cranberry orange rolls.

My virgin jello shots and champaign

Me and McKinlee. Who knows what that silly girl is thinking.

Family Christmas Party

2009-01-01T10:11:00.003-05:00

I am SOOOO late in getting this posted. This is our family picture of my sisters and brothers and their special people and kids. It was a lot of fun to watch the kids open presents from their Nana and Papa

Wonderful Family Picture

Hayden opening presents showing some skin

McKinlee and her cousin Brett. She didn't like it.

Hayden in his new p.j's

My wonderful sister and her hubby.

One Month

2008-12-19T09:58:00.004-05:00

I can't believe yesterday McKinlee was a month old. Here are a lot of pictures that we've taken over the last 2 days. The ones in her pink shirt was a couple days ago and the stocking one was last night. She is so much fun. She still has her days and nights REALLY mixed up!! But I still love her lol

Cookies Take 2

2008-12-19T09:32:00.004-05:00

So we had my family and the missionaries over for cookie decorating. The boys weren't into this time so luckly the only way they got dirty was from eating the cookies. Here are some pictures. It was a lot of fun and the missionaries had a blast. We also have them over for Christmas Eve dinner and I'm really excited.

McKinlee doing what she does best.

Hayden getting ready to climb

Brightyn eating a cookie

Mom and Hayden

Brightyn eating his cookie and showing it off

Brightyn in Uncle Cody's shoes

The boys in their booster seats in the kitchen

Hanging out in their jamies.

McKinlee's blessing & Family Pictures

2008-12-09T18:01:00.003-05:00

The first two pictures of of McKinlee's blessing. Yes we did a HORRIBLE job getting pictures. Why I have no clue. The first is what the bottom of her dress looked like and her shoes. The second picture is of my dad and her and I thought I was spoiled by him..... I will put her back in her itchy blessing dress sometime soon to get pictures of her.
We also took our family picture while we were all dressed up. I was um.... NOT FUN!!! We had three crying kids and then Ryan got pissed off, then I got pissed off. So we only got two good pictures.

Yes he had to have his car that is the only way we could get him to stop crying and Hayden had to have the nunchuck controller from the Wii.
McKinlee in her cute dress from Grandma Mills

Momma and McKinlee

Me and Brightyn

Hayden was having a blast getting his picture taken. Enjoy the randomness of Hayden.

He gets on the ledge of the fireplace and starts to sing then looks at me and wants to jump off but he will only do it with me holding his hand.

This is his way of jumping off the ledge lol.

Cookie Time

2008-12-09T17:39:00.004-05:00

Grandma showing Brightyn how to ice cookies.Brightyn decided to eat the icing instead.

Hayden's idea of icing cookies.

Hay hay looks so beautiful with his icing.

Brightyn kept eating the icing off the cookie.

McKinlee slept the whole time.

This was our first cookie experience. It was a lot of fun and we made a TON of cookies.

Wonderful Visit

2008-12-09T17:11:00.004-05:00

We just had a wonderful visit from Ryan's mother. The kids absoluetly love her and had so much fun. We had a ton of fun and did a lot of fun things with her. Here are pictures from her trip and of the kids.

Wendy and McKinlee

Hayden in his BYU jersey.

Brightyn holding his baby sister and no he didn't make her cry she was hungry.

Grandma and her babies.

Wendy, Brightyn, and McKinlee

Brightyn being grumpy.

Brightyn being happy.

Hayden wearing his hat.

Brightyn wearing his hat.

Hayden is our little monkey.

McKinlee Jean

Grandma and her babies again

Like Hayden's crazy hair?

Brightyn telling us cheese.

Grandma Mills we miss you!!!

Ms. McKinlee Jean Mills

2008-11-20T20:30:00.007-05:00

Brightyn LOVES his little sister.

I woke up at 2 am with some slightly painful contractions about 10 minutes apart. The night before I had a feeling I should get in the shower and do my hair (THANKGOODNESS!!!) so I just got up and started cleaning to keep the contractions going. We live about 35 minutes from the hospital so I was going to wait for 30 minutes until they were a steady 5 minutes apart to leave. I called my mom she came over and we packed up our bags to go the hospital. On the way to the hospital at 3:30 am we got pulled over for expired tags!! YEAH I was in labor and he was talking to us about our expired tags. He even asked if we needed a ambulance....grrrr. But it was our fault they are WAY expired. But we got to the hospital and it was snowing so that made the roads fun. I got checked in and they checked me I was at a 3 and 70%. They had me walk a hour and a half then come back to find out I was still 3 and 70%. They had me stay on the monitor to look at the contractions for about 45 more minutes then walk another 30 minutes. I came back and was still at a 3 and about 75% but then my dr walked in and checked me a few minutes later and I was at a 4 and 85% so she decided to induce me. She was afraid because of the risk of c-sections with inductions. So I got to my delivery room and waited through the contractions they were really fine but after awhile I got to a 5 and I decided to get my epidural (PAINFUL THIS TIME!!). After I got my epidural my doctor came in about 40 minutes later and checked me and my water broke on her. McKinlee was still floating around and not engaged so she was going to wait to break it but couldn’t change anything. I was having a lot of pressure like I had to push but I didn’t figure I would be anywhere close to beign ready to push. My nurse came in and checked me I was at a 9 and a rim left of my cervix. At that time my doctor came in and checked me and noticed McKinlee’s heart rate kept dropping. So she turned me on my side and checked me. I guess she was sunny side up and stuck him fingers in to turn her. She then was like ohhh no we’re going to have a baby!!! Ran over to get her gown on and was going to let Ryan deliver McKinlee but with the dropping in heart rate was afraid I was going to have to go get a c-section if she didn’t come right out. My doctor turned around and told me to push and there was McKinlee. So after one push she was out at 1:53 pm. She was 6 pounds 9 ounces 18 1/2 inches long. She looks so much like Hayden!!!! She is such an AMAZING baby. She is soooooo good. The only time she cries is when you’re changing her diaper. The boys absoluetely love her especially Brightyn. He calls her his potatoes haha. It was so funny. I am trying to nurse her after I found out probably my problem that I had with nursing with the boys. So I am nursing her and then she takes some bottle after that to top her off until my milk comes in. She is a nursing pro and I am so surprised that it doesn’t hurt!!!

Congrats!!!

2008-11-20T19:28:00.002-05:00

To Melissa for guessing closest to McKinlee's birthday. She made her grand entrance on November 18th at 1:53 pm and Melissa guessed November 14th. Melissa e-mail me what store you would like your gift card to. I will be posting her birth story and pictures of her as soon as possible.

Photoshop!!!

2008-11-09T14:58:00.004-05:00

So I've been playing with photoshop a lot lately and I have grown to love it!!! These are two of the digital scrapbooking pages I've done lately. What do you think???

37 Weeks

2008-11-08T17:03:00.002-05:00

Yeah I am like way late lol.
I went to the doctors on Wednesday and I had gained 2 more pounds so I'm at 7 pounds. I am 2 cm dialated and 70% effaced. I have been having contractions like mad. In fact last night I thought we were going to be heading to the hospital at 2:30 in the morning!! YEAH RIGHT!!! I went and got in the bath tub to try to stop them since I had to work this morning and I did NOT want to deliver a baby early in the morning. Anyone that knows me knows that I HAVE to have my sleep. So luckily I got them to stop being super intense and went back to sleep as much as I could.

36 Weeks

2008-10-30T22:18:00.002-04:00

Today was the 36 weeks mark for Ms.McKinlee. I went to the doctor I lost 2 pounds this week so now my total weight gain is 5 pounds. I am a cm dialated and 50% effaced. She told me that it will probably be a week to 2 weeks and she will be here. So after this Saturday with my friends and family baby shower we should be set and ready to go....I am hoping. Okay so I am going to bed now I am so not following doctors orders and going to bed early. I'm a hour overdue hehehe :) I'm a rebel huh NOT!!!

Surprise!!!!

2008-10-29T19:06:00.006-04:00

So I was asked the other day to stay an extra 15 minutes at work to fill some of our dispencers. I had NO CLUE that the wonderful girls at my work were throwing me a surprise baby shower. I have my friends and family baby shower this Saturday that they're coming to but they wanted to throw me one of their own. I got so much stuff. I am so thankful for the wonderful friends that I have made at work and it makes work so awesome to look forward going to every day. I never thought I would love going to work. Not that I love leaving the boys because that is the suckiest thing in the world but the girls are freaking awesome. Here are a few pictures of the stuff that I got from them.

This was my living room after Hayden got ahold of the tissue paper lol. He thinks its so much fun!!!

The baby doll is Brightyn's favorite toy of McKinlee's and the bottle is Hayden's lol. I had to show their favorite presents.

Ward Party

2008-10-26T17:23:00.005-04:00

We had our Ward Halloween party on Friday. It was the first chance had to get the boys in their costumes. Hayden is going to be Yoda this year and Brightyn is Aniken. We left Brightyn's lightsaber at home so he wouldn't hurt someone like he did his brothers nose. Enjoy the pictures. We only got one close up of Brightyn because he was running all over the place playing with the kids. So we have a lot of Hayden.

Hayden
Brightyn getting to Trunk or Treat.

Brightyn being silly.

Little Yoda

Ryan and Yoda

FHE- Pumpkin Carving

2008-10-24T21:50:00.008-04:00

So these pictures are out of order. So we will start at the end of the night and then work to the beginning. We had a lot of fun having my family over for Family Home Evening and carving pumpkins. We had some pizza and pop which Brightyn enjoyed.

Excited about the pumpkins
Brightyn trying to blow out the candles

McKinlee's Pumpkin

Ryan's pumpkin

Brightyn's pumpkin

Hayden's pumpkin

My pumpkin

Our pumpkins

Brightyn posing with the pumpkins

Hayden was ready for bed

Brightyn in the tub

Hayden being bored

Me carving my pumpkin

Ryan cleaning out McKinlee's pumpkin.

Brightyn eating his pizza.

Hayden playing with McKinlee's pumpkin

Brightyn playing with his special Nascar.

Hayden showing you his pumpkins

35 weeks

2008-10-22T15:24:00.002-04:00

I went to the doctors today. I gained 4 pounds :( BOOO LOL. So now I'm to 7 pounds. They did the strep b test (why I don't know since I was positive with both of the boys!!) also they checked me. I am 1/2 cm dialated and thinning out. She is concerned about how swollen I am so I have been told to be off my feet as much as possible and she doesn't think I'll make it to 38 weeks. Which is kinda scary since I am so NOT ready!!!
So last night I bought McKinlee 3 bows off of ebay. I am so excited to get them. So I will post once I get them.

Ryan & The Boys

2008-10-18T22:24:00.001-04:00

Ryan and the boys met up with a guy from church and his two boys to go diggin today. They had a blast and Ryan OF COURSE got the truck stuck. So the pictures you see of the truck are of when he was stuck. The jeep is the guy from church. Ryan was so proud of how dirty the truck was. I was so thankful for the time I had to myself to help out with the invitations to my baby shower.

Pumpkin Patch

2008-10-18T21:25:00.005-04:00

So last Saturday we took the boys to the pumpkin patch with my sister and her daughter, my sister and her husband, and my mom and Tony. I was a lot of fun to see Brightyn having so much fun with Kyah doing all the fun things there. They had a kids play land which we didn't take the boys to because we thought they were to small but they got to see the animals at the petting zoo and then pick out pumpkins. I had way to many pictures to share so I put them into a slide show. I hope you guys take the time to look at them because we got a lot of really cute pictures of Hayden (Brightyn was all over the place running around chasing Kyah).

It was so freaking hot!! It didn't even feel like we should be picking pumpkins.

A Fun Game

2008-10-15T20:23:00.002-04:00

Vote on my newest poll. When do you think McKinlee will get here? Just as an update. As of last week I was measuring a week and a half ahead of schedule and with both of the boys I've gone 2 weeks early. The person closest to my due date will get a gift card to some place fun. Let me know what you voted for and if you voted for name your own date make sure you put what day.

2008-10-09T18:01:00.003-04:00

I was tagged by Linley

8 favorite TV shows
1. Lost
2. The Office
3. America's Next Top Model
4. American Idol
5. Big Brother
6. House
7.
8.

8 Favorite Restraunts
1. Los Hermanos (YUMMMMMMM!!!!)
2. Senor Antonios (Closest thing out here to Los Hermanos)
3. Brick Oven
4. Applebees
5. Diary Queen
6. Jerry's House of Hunan
7. Chipotle
8. Texas Roadhouse

8 things that happened yesterday
1. Went to work
2. Did the dishes
3. Played with Brightyn & Hayden
4. Watched 101 Dalmations with the boys for family movie night
5. Checked my e-mail (Something that doesn't happen that often anymore)
6. Cleaned up the playroom
7. Took Emma outside to go potty
8. Took a shower

8 things to look forward to
1. Having McKinlee
2. Putting Hayden in Nursery so I don't have two little ones all 3 hours
3. Not being pregnant!!! SO EXCITED FOR THIS ONE!!!
4. My baby shower in a few weeks
5. Having Wendy come out right before Christmas
6. Spending time with my awesome family
7. Halloween
8. Losing weight

8 things I love about fall (I'm copying all of what Linley said)
1. The leaves changing
2. Drinking hot chocolate
3. The cooler weather
4. Thanksgiving
5. Snuggling with a blanket
6. Wearing pants so I don't have to shave my legs as much :)
7. Twilight Movie out November 21st!!!!

8 things on my wishlist
1. Finish our house
2. Losing 70 pounds
3. Pray and read my scriptures daily
4. Spend more time with my kids and not feel bad about a house in okay condition
5. Get out of debt
6. Not get pregnant again!!!
7. Saving more money
8. LOSE WEIGHT!!! Can you tell I really want to lose weight?

8 people I am tagging
1. Brooke Brooks
2. Kristin
3. Laura
4. Annie
5. Jobi
6. Lori
7. Summer
8. Jami

And So She Grows

2008-10-07T22:15:00.007-04:00

So honestly I didn't know my belly was that huge until I saw these pictures that I had Ryan take. Can we so OMGOSH It's HUGE!!!! So as you can see she is growing but at least its all baby since I'm not gaining any weight (we'll see how well this last 2 weeks have gone on Friday). I'm still working at Huntington and I LOVE my job. I don't think that to many people can say they love their job but I do. I don't love leaving the boys I still cry everytime I leave but I love my job once I'm there. Here are some recent pictures.

Hayden's Invite

2008-10-04T21:16:00.002-04:00

So I feel like I totally jipped Hayden out of his birthday with all the crap that has been going on with us. This is Hayden's birthday invitation that I had Summer make for me. I want Hayden to know how much he is so loved by him mom and dad. You light up our lives. Hayden you have such a strong spirit and I know you were a very blessed child of Heavenly Father. I am so blessed to be your mom and you make my world complete. You are such a monkey and my little climber. I love that face you make when you KNOW you shouldn't be doing something. I can only imagine the amazing possiblities of what you can become when you put your mind to it. You are such an amazing little boy and you are so loved!! WE LOVE YOU HAY HAY!!

Hayden's 1st Birthday!!!

2008-09-28T22:00:00.002-04:00

So Hayden I want you to know how much mommy and daddy love you!! Everyone here are the pictures from his party. So Ryan took down the decoration from his Luau before we could take pictures. He had a lot of fun and had a lot of people attend.

31 Weeks

2008-09-25T22:01:00.002-04:00

Can you believe that I am already 31 weeks?!?! CRAZY!! It just seems like yesterday that I found out that I was once again going to be pregnant and now its almost over THANK GOODNESS!!!!
Stats:
Weight gain since last appointment: 0 pounds
Total weight gain this pregnancy: 1 pound
McKinlee's heart rate: 160 bpm
My blood pressure: Normal ( I can't remember)

My blood count was down when I went to get my blood work done over a month ago so they want me to take iron tablets to get that count back up before I have her. I've been having a TON of charle horses in my stomach and legs the past couple of weeks and she said its because I'm not drinking enough water which I already knew that I wasn't. Also, I have a lot of pain in the girl area and she told me that it was my pubic bone seperating so she wants me to get a support belt to help take off some of the pressure since I'm on my feet for 8 hours at work. So we'll see if that happens lol. I've been having some contractions but not anything regular to worry about. I'll have to take some new pictures of my belly she sure is growin in there so I have def. popped. Today when the doctor was measuring me McKinlee stuck her butt out at the doctor and the doctor grabbed her butt and was moving her around. Talk about a weird feeling!!! But things are going great only a few more weeks and I am SOOOOOO not prepared!!! We did find her bedding and stuff that we want so its just a matter of coming up with the funds to buy it :)

I have taken some really cute pictures of the boys since we've moved into our house so I'll post them this weekend after Hayden's party on Saturday along with his 1st birthday pictures. I am so excited for his Luau!!! Its going to be a blast.

Power Outage

2008-09-25T08:37:00.005-04:00

So most of you don't know about our power outage that we had last week. We had the left over hurricane from Hurriance Ike and lost our electricity for a week!!! It sucked and def. showed me how unprepared we are for what could come and we're told to be prepared for. Luckily my dad got power back earlier that week and he let us borrow his generator so we could hook up our fridge so my groceries that I bought the day before didn't spoil. It was VERY expensive to run but it helped us out. Because of it we were able to run the t.v., fridge, and a few lights here and there and also my blow dryer and straightener when I needed to do my hair for work in the morning. Learn from our bad example and follow the Prophet!!! We need to be prepared and I always thought "It will never happen to me I have tomorrow to worry about it." But you really don't! Be prepared you never know what is going to happen.

This is our yummy fetticuine alfredo that we cooked on Ryan's back packing stove. This is what we did for dinner every night. Well not the alfredo but using the stove.

House Updates

2008-09-23T22:44:00.006-04:00

Backyard porch
Ryan's garage

Living Room
Our fireplace
Welcome Wall with family pictures as soon as you walk in the door
Living room looking towards front door
Our Room

Family Room
Hayden/McKinlee's Room
Hayden/ McKinlee's Room
Kitchen
Brightyn's Room

Backyard
Backyard
Bathroom
Looking to the family room
Looking upstairs to the bedrooms

So yes we are alive and sorry I haven't updated. We finally moved into our house from our apartment on hayden't birthday which is why I havent made a birthday post for him so far. We are having our big party this Saturday so more pictures to come. But as you can see we have been very busy cleaning up our house and making it our own. We still have a ton to do but its a work in progress.

There is a ton more to update on so I will update soon but I am tired and I have to wake up early tomorrow morning for work so I am going to bed for now.

Our House Before

2008-08-31T22:08:00.006-04:00

So here are A LOT of pictures of our house before we did any work to it. Since we still haven't closed and aren't scheduled to close now until this coming Tuesday at 7:30 we put all the paint that we bought in our closet at our apartment and haven't done anything except for clean the walls, have the carpets steam cleaned, and painted the ceilings (you'll see why after seeing the picture of the ceiling). I of course forgot to take a picture of the front of the house lol DORK ME!!!! But I did get 2 pictures of the back. I also didn't get a picture of Ryan's 2 1/2 car attached garage from the inside.

Back of the house
The door on the left goes into Ryan's garage. That whole left section is the garage.

This is the ceilings!!! The yellow is from the people smoking and we put white kiltz over top of it since we couldn't wipe that down with it being a textured wall. See how NASTY that was!! SICK!!! The walls were the same way but we used bleach and moped them up.

Ryan in our hall way going up to the bathroom and bedrooms trying to be a hard a.

Kitchen
Downstairs living room Door on the far left goes to the laundry room the door on the right of the stairs goes to our crawl space.
Downstairs living room looking from den
Family room looking into dining area
Family room (going to be our formal living room)

Our bedroom looking from hallway
Master
Master bedroom
Den (This is going to be Ryan's fly tieing room)
Den (sorry I forgot to turn the picture)

Bathroom (Not a very clear picture)
Boys room looking towards hall
Boys room looking from Hallway
Mckinlee's room
other side of Mckinlee's room

Backyard. I was in the far back of the yard taking a picture to the other side.

Backyard looking from the house.

Backyard looking from the house. That is the boys playset that they LOVE!!!!
Brightyn picking grapes off our grapevine.

Cute picture of Brightyn picking grapes

See our grapes!! They are so freaking good. I am so excited to have grapevine to make my own grape jelly. They are to freaking die for too. I ate one the other day and it tasted like Welchs grape jelly. So everytime we go over to the house he yells for grapes. He also likes to feed them to the dogs that are chained up next door.

Happy 26th Birthday Ryan!!!

2008-08-31T21:47:00.013-04:00

Today was my wonderful hubby Ryan's 26th birthday. He didn't want to celebrate but I made it happen no matter if he liked it or not. He also didn't want any pictures taken so this is all I got. Ryan has made out big time with this birthday. He picked out to have these really good hotdogs, corn on the cob, rolls like his mom makes, cheesy potatoes (that I forgot about :( ), and cobbler for his cake.

Opening his giftcard from my mom and Tony.
Looking at his dutch oven cookbooks from my mom and tony (His favorite present I think!)
He found a great recipe
Ryan and his cake (We did a dutch oven cobbler instead of a big cake because that is what he wanted)
Blowing out his candle. It isn't a birthday without blowing out candles.
He was laughing at us singing but the funny part is he's the one that looks like the dork.

Me and Hayden. Brightyn played in the other room the entire time playing with his cars.

Not pictured here he got a giftcard from his mom & dad & grandma which he spent on a dremil tool and I got him a shot vac, 2 shirts from Old Navy, and 2 Sword of Truth Books (a series he reads). My sister & her husband got Ryan a Coleman lantern for camping.

He had a great birthday and got a lot more than he expected since we were supposed to be moving this weekend.

Ryan I want you to know how proud I am of you and how much I am thankful you are my husband. I love you so much and appreciate what you do for me and the boys. You are such a great dad and husband. I am so thankful that you are worthy to hold the priesthood and recieve revelation for our family. You are the most amazing guy in the world!!! I know we've had a very bumpy almost 4 years but I honestly wouldn't trade them for the world. You mean the world to me and I love you so much and I am so excited to spend eternity with you.

Brightyn & Hayden

2008-08-28T23:33:00.002-04:00

So Brightyn is my little genius!! My mom came to my work today to help me load some boxes into the truck and of course since she's watching the boys she had the boys. Brighty saw me and wanted to come with his mommy (he's having a hard time with me not being home all day :( ). So I took Brightyn in the truck with me and he out of no where he started counting to 8 all by himself. Its so cute!!! He was counting to 8 over and over again. He just blows me away!!!

Hayden today learned to go down the stairs all by himself. He fell down the stairs face first the first time and then learned hey I can't do down like a polar bear. Then he thought it through and started to back up. So now he goes down the right way and mastered it like a pro in 10 minutes!!!!

WE CLOSE ON OUR HOUSE TOMORROW!!!!!!

Brightyn & his tutu

2008-08-21T20:39:00.003-04:00

Okay these are probably going to be the funniest pictures of Brightyn that you'll ever see!!! One of my bestest Brooke makes tutu's for little girls. Well she sent me two of the cutest ones I've ever seen along with a few other things for Mckenlee. I unwrapped the tutu's and Brightyn had to see them! He wrapped it around him so I tied it. He then proceded to run around the apartment jumping around then asking for my eyes (what he calls my sunglasses when he sees them). So I was laughing so hard I had to get these GREAT blackmail pictures. Hope you enjoy and you pee your pants. :)

Don't you just think he's so fetching cute!!!

Family Update

2008-08-21T11:21:00.006-04:00

We've been super busy around the mills house so I figured I would give an update.

Me:
Well I went to my doctors appointment this week and I've already updated on that. I just got released from my calling as the Nursery Leader. YAY!! But can I tell you how BORING it was to sit through relief society after being away for 2 years?!?! Crazy I know. I just started a new job as the Assistant coach for the cheerleading squad at Marysville (the school I graduated from and cheered at). Also, next week I start my job at Kohls. I am waitin for my employment history to be completely checked out for Huntington Bank.

Ryan is still working at Alliance Data. He's still an awesome dad especially with taking care of the boys so much with me being gone at night lately and working at a job that he doesn't really like. Ryan is still the first counsilor in the young mens presidency.

Brightyn is growing like a weed and learning so much!! He has a new obsession with coloring. He has to be coloring all the time. He talks so much and forms completely sentences. He knows a lot of his shapes. He really doesn't get colors yet but we're working on it. He is starting to get along with Hayden but its a little hard when he does play with him Hayden starts to beat him up. He's still the little skinny kid and hates to eat. He loves to spend time with his Nana while I go to work and Ryan comes home.

Hayden is so freaking big!!! I can't believe that in a few weeks he turns 1! Where did this year go???? He is starting to walk which will be a plus for me since it hurts my stomach now to carry him. He would rather crawl because he can still get their quicker but he's slowly making progress. I say by his first birthday he'll be walking all the time. He sometimes can be a very independant kid but he likes to be held majority of the time and the center of attention. He now had 8 teeth and cutting more. I can't wait until the teeth cutting is GONE and he when he sleeps through the night.

We are supposed to close on our wonderful house next friday (29th)! We're so excited but I'm so stressed about so much being done last minute. I'm just crossing my fingers that everything goes to plan. The bank(the seller) is really dragging their feet on their end.

I think that is all the update for the Mills family. Hopefully I'll have some more news about our house in no time.

26 Weeks Check Up

2008-08-19T22:54:00.002-04:00

Baby was perfectly fine.
Her heartbeat is still a steady 160 bpm.
My blood pressure was perfect and I gained a pound which now puts me at my pre-pregnancy weight :( BOOOO. But I knew it would happen I mean you can't have a baby without gaining some kind of weight.

I had my gluclose test so I should get the results from that sometime soon.
My next appointment is in two weeks :)

25 Weeks

2008-08-12T20:31:00.002-04:00

I just realized that I am now 25 weeks pregnant and NEVER taken a picture of my belly. I feel so much smaller this time around then I was with either of the boys. Except for now I am starting to feel huge.

I go for my check up on Thursday. Hopefully they'll tell me that all the contractions are nothing and nothing to be worried about. I'm just tired of throwing up and feeling like I'm going to have her to soon.

Mckenlee Makes Out!!

2008-08-12T16:50:00.005-04:00

I had fun shopping online the other day for myself and also for Mckenlee since I have NOTHING for this little one.
I had to share some pictures of the things I got for our little angel. It was so much fun shopping for a little girl but I noticed I'm even more picky with girl things than I am with boy clothes.

All Mcklenlee's clothes

My two favorite outfits
The one on the right is a ohio state outfit my daddy got her. Which was her first outfit anyone got her including myself.
Her first pair of jeans and some half sweaters.

I had fun shopping online the other day for myself and also for Mckenlee since I have NOTHING for this little one.

I had to share some pictures of the things I got for our little angel. It was so much fun shopping for a little girl but I noticed I'm even more picky with girl things than I am with boy clothes

Happy Birthday.....

2008-08-11T20:31:00.005-04:00

TO ME!!!!

Well it was actually on the 9th but I am just now getting around to blogging about it.
Saturday morning Ryan and I took the boys over to my mom's house and then went kayaking for a hour or so.

Then we picked up the boys, came home and got ready for my birthday lunch. We invited family to my favorite restaurant Bd's Montgolian BBQ. After lunch we came home to get a few things and then headed up to my dad's to watch him play a few softball games. It was a lot of fun.
I got a lot of great stuff which I really enjoyed.

Birthday Weekend

2008-08-11T20:30:00.000-04:00

On Friday we took the boys to a local park around here and hiked around a little bit. We had a lot of fun throwing rocks in the river and then taking the boys to play on the playground.

Dear Tech Support

2008-08-08T16:33:00.002-04:00

Dear Tech Support,
Last year I upgraded from Boyfriend 5.0 to Husband 1.0 and noticed a distinct slow down in overall system performance - particularly in the flower and jewelry applications, which operated flawlessly under Boyfriend 5.0. In addition, Husband 1.0 uninstalled many other valuable programs,such as Romance 9.5 and Personal Attention 6.5, and then installed undesirable programs such as NFL 5.0, NBA 3.0, and Golf Clubs 4.1. Conversation 8.0 no longer runs, and Housecleaning 2.6 simply crashes the system. I've tried running Nagging 5.3 to fix these problems, but to no avail. What can I do?
Signed, Desperate

Dear Desperate: First keep in mind, Boyfriend 5.0 is an Entertainment Package, while Husband 1.0 is an Operating System. Please enter the command: 'I Thought You Loved Me.exe' and try to download Tears 6.2 and don't forget to install the Guilt 3.0 update. If that application works as designed, Husband 1.0 should then automatically run the applications Jewelry 2.0 and Flowers 3.5. But remember, overuse of the above application can cause Husband 1.0 to default to Passive Aggressive Silence 2.5, Happy Hour 7.0 or Beer 6.1. Beer 6.1 is a very bad program that will download the Snoring Loudly beta interface with circular reference loop capability. Whatever you do, DO NOT install Mother-in-law 1.0 (it runs a virus in the background that will eventually seize control of all your system resources). Also, do not attempt to reinstall the Boyfriend 5.0 program. These are unsupported applications and will crash Husband 1.0. In summary, Husband 1.0 is a great program, but it does have limited memory and cannot learn new applications quickly. You might consider buying additional software to improve memory and performance. We recommend Food 3.0 and Hot Lingerie 7.7.
Good luck, Tech Support

Freaking funny!!!

Fun

2008-08-07T17:05:00.022-04:00

I saw this fun lil' tag on Jobi's blog, so I copied. I know y'all wanna do it..do it! Go to google images and type in your own answers for the topics below. Pick your favorite image on one of the first 3 pages of results. Then post it! Have fun!

MY FIRST NAME

Tiffany's bracelet (not the way I spell my name but....)

MY MIDDLE NAME

MY LAST NAME

MY AGE

Will be on Saturday!

A PLACE I'D LIKE TO VISIT

MY FAVORITE PLACE

Cheerleading camp/practice!!

MY COLLEGE DEGREE

Dental Assisting

MY GRANDMA'S NAMES

Carolyn obviously & Carol

PLACE I GREW UP

Marysville Ohio (Mascot is a Monarch (Lion King of the jungle))

PET I'VE OWNED

Emma our black lab

NICKNAME OF MY BEST FRIEND

MY FIRST JOB

Honda's food area

MY FAVORITE FOOD

MY FAVORITE COLOR

WHAT I'M DOING RIGHT NOW

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The joys of Hayden eating himself & more

2008-08-05T11:31:00.008-04:00

Hayden was eating Meatloaf and mashed potatoes the other day. He has to feed himself majority of the time so he gets really messy. But he looks super cute in the face minus the food and slobber.

He was screaming to get Brightyn's attention. He LOVES to drink from a sippy cup.

This picture was from yesterday he was looking at the fan.
I love this picture b/c it looks like he's trying to pick his nose but he's really trying to blow a kiss

Many Faces Of Brightyn

2008-08-05T10:51:00.007-04:00

Sleeping (We hardly see this one!!!)

Huh What??
Hello (he loves the phone until there are people on the other side of the line)

Shhhh... baby sleepin
AHHHH (he's learned to scream from his cousin Kyah)

Cheese
Oh my, oh my, oh my (his favorite saying right now)

He's so cute!!!

Sunday Best

2008-08-04T13:44:00.005-04:00

I got the boys these matching outfits for only $6.00 at JC Penny Outlet. I think they look so cute when they match. Ryan hates me dressing them the same because he says they aren't twins... well close enough for me :) Here are the cute pictures.

Ryan took this picture while we were sleeping. This was after shopping online and trying not to throw up Mckenlee is giving me a run for my money already. I had to post because we are OUT!!! Super funny

Hayden's Boo Boo

2008-08-04T13:22:00.002-04:00

Hayden got his first boo boo at the park yesterday. We went to the playground with my parents yesterday night after dinner. We were playing and having a ton of fun when Hayden decided to climb on a bench and then he fell off. Before Ryan could catch him he fell off the other side and bumped him nose and lip. He busted his lip open and it was gushing blood super sick!! We finally got him to settle down and the blood to stop and this is what it looks like today afterwards.

Poor little man!!

Diaper Kits

2008-07-31T12:53:00.003-04:00

We've been thinking about switching to cloth diapers since we're already paying a arm and leg for diapers. We can't imagine how much diapers are going to cost once our little one gets here with 3 in diapers. So in all my research and shopping around yesterday I found a great website www.diaperkits.com where you can make your own cloth diapers for less than half the price. They're super cute too. So if you're good with a sewing machine and looking into cloth diapers here is your website.

Brightyn's Birthday Party

2008-07-29T22:43:00.008-04:00

These are pictures from the actual night of brightyn's birthday followed by pictures of his party.

Brightyn in his p.j's from aunt linley and uncle austin

Bright & his cousin Kyah before bed. They begged me to have her spend the night of his birthday so I couldn't tell him no it was his birthday lol. Don't you just love toddlers that can talk lol.

Brightyn watching cartoons

Brightyn's Cake

Hayden & his future wife Lauren (they were born at the same hospital, the same day, just a few hours apart (Hayden's older lol) ) This is Ryan's old mission companion's little girl.

So instead of loading all the pictures 5 at a time I put them into a slide show. Check them out. They're really cute!

Brightyn had a great party. He was so tired by the end that he was ready to go home and didn't want any of his cake or open his presents. So my mom and grandma came over early the next morning and brightyn opened presents then.

Brightyn's Actual Birthday 7-24-08

2008-07-29T22:32:00.002-04:00

We couldn't do nothing for Brightyn's actual birthday since his birthday party wasn't until Friday so we went over to my mom and step dad's house for dinner. After dinner we let Brightyn open his presents from Ryan's side of the family since I wanted him to open something and he wanted to get into those all day. So here are a few pictures of Brightyn opening and enjoying his presents from his Grandma and Grandpa Mills, Aunt Linley and Uncle Austin, and Great Grandma Mills. He LOVES them!!!

Happy 2nd Birthday Brightyn

2008-07-24T09:18:00.003-04:00

Brightyn mommy & daddy wanted to wish you a happy birthday!! You light up our lives and those that you come in contact with on a daily basis. You never ceese to amaze us with your knowledge, attitude, and love. When we held you for the first time it was such a scary feeling to know that someone will be relying on us for the rest of your life but such a wonderful feeling at the same time. We are so proud to be your parents and love spending every moment with you. We hope that you have such a great birthday and we raise you the way Christ would have us do. We wish only the best things for you on your special day and for the rest of your life. We love you so much and we're so glad that we were the lucky mommy & daddy that you were sent to!

I think I'm Ready

2008-07-22T23:14:00.003-04:00

I think I am all ready for Brightyn's party on Friday except buying the food Thursday night. I have the shelter house rented , the bounce house on its way, the decorations in a box, party favors done, pin the tire on lightening and mater made,

the cake & balloons ordered, prize bags put together

table weights made (aren't these little guys so cute!!) .

I am starting today to feel a lot better about being prepared for his birthday. If anyone knows me well I'm like Santa Clause I make a list but check it about 20 times a day. I like things organized so when the day comes I'm not super stressed. **Sigh of relief** Now I can enjoy taking Hayden to get shots tomorrow (NOT!!) and going to pick up my grandma that is coming in for Brightyn's 2nd birthday party. I am so excited!!!!

Random Cuteness!!!

2008-07-22T19:21:00.007-04:00

Today was one of Hayden's most photographic days. I thought these pictures were awesome especially because you can see Hayden's new top 4 teeth. Now he's cutting the other two on the bottom but so far so good with no being cranky.

Playing in the tub

Momma & Brightyn snuggling trying to feel baby!
Brightyn, Kyah, and Emma watching Noggin!

This is my favorite picture of him!!

YUM YUM

2008-07-21T11:46:00.005-04:00

We came down from running upstairs yesterday before church to find Brightyn and Hayden into a bag of M&M cookies. Don't they look so yummy. Brightyn was not happy when we told him he had to change before we could go to church since he was a mess.

Mills Monkey

2008-07-17T09:08:00.003-04:00

Brightyn has started to continue the legacy of the Mills Monkey. He was supposed to be down for a nap when I hear a huge crash coming from his room. I go up there to find Hayden's glass piggie bank shattered all over the floor thrown down by....you guessed it BRIGHTYN. He had climbed from his crib on his dresser and thrown down Hayden's piggie bank. I moved his dresser out maybe 6 inches put him down for bed and hear another crash in the morning to wake me up. It was Brightyn once again on his dresser but this time he threw down his piggie bank. Luckily he just broke off one of the baseball players instead of the whole thing. So I had Ryan move the dresser about a foot out and then move his bed down so he couldn't even stretch to reach it. Here are a few pictures.

I also wanted to post this picture of Brightyn's cool shirt he got on the 4th along with Hayden's cool shirt. His says I still live with my parents and Hayden's says, Your girlfriend keeps checkin me out. I have never laughed so hard at t-shirts when I saw them. This picture of me is blah but its the only one we had of the busy body.

Also, Ryan felt our baby girl move last night for the first time. I really haven't felt her move very active until yesterday after my ultrasound. We were so excited!

Baby Girl!!!

2008-07-16T21:09:00.001-04:00

I don't think you can tell very well that this shows her hamburger bun lol. But its a girl!!!
Profile view of our sweetie!!

SUPER AWESOME WONDERFUL DAY!!!!

2008-07-16T14:13:00.002-04:00

And we are having..................

I AM SOOO EXCITED!!!! I honestly thought at first that it was a boy and I started to cry. Then the lady said that it was girl and I started to cry even harder. My mom and I already went shopping to get her first outfit but we couldn’t find anything that we really liked so I didn’t get anything. I am on my mom’s computer right now at her house and I don’t have the ultrasound pictures scanned but as soon as I do I will be putting them on here.

Other good news......The bank excepted our offer on a house that we really liked. So we’re scheduled to close the end of August! YAY!!! I am so excited.I go tomorrow for an interview for a job so hopefully I will get one to help with debt and bills before the baby comes and we can afford another car.

This is our house!!!!!!

Today......

2008-07-16T08:00:00.004-04:00

......is the big day!!! I will be updating my blog after my doctors appointment today at 10:30 est. so probably about noon here. WE ARE SO EXCITED!!!

Hayden's 1st Haircut

2008-07-15T17:27:00.006-04:00

We cut Hayden's hair last night for the first time. It was getting pretty crazy. One side of his hair would stay down but the other side would stick straight out. He looks like such a big boy with his new buzz but still so freaking cute. Daddy did a good job!

And of course I had to put pictures of the cute little Bright bright in the tub. He saw me taking pictures of Hayden and started saying CHEESE so I took a few of him too

Offically....

2008-07-11T08:44:00.003-04:00

BINKI FREE in the Mills home! It has been since Sunday but I keep forgetting to post about it. Brightyn is no longer taking a binki and we can't be happier! We went for a walk to the Delaware Dam. There is a pathway from the parking lot where you can walk across it and down another long trail. As we were walking along the top of it there are grateslike this one that you can look down and see the water running through if they have it open or you just see the mechanicals of the dam. Well Brightyn looked down the grate said WOAH and out falls the Binki on to the mechanicals of the dam. The look on his face when we told him it was gone was so sad! He started to cry and didn't stop until we got back in the truck and turned on Mickey and even then it just slowed to a wimper. It was the same look and cry that people have a funerals so it was his first experience with death as Ryan put it because that binki was Brightyn's whole world. Like I said he has been SUPER good with not asking for it or crying. It honestly was easier then I thought it would be and so glad that he understands that he dropped it in big water and mommy & daddy can't get it.

Memory Lane

2008-07-10T22:00:00.000-04:00

My friend Cheryl had this on her blog and it looked really fun!

Here are the directions:1. As a comment on my blog, leave one memory that you and I had together. It doesn't matter if you knew me a little or a lot, anything you remember!

2. Next, re-post these instructions on your blog and see how many people leave a memory about you. It's actually pretty funny to see the responses.

If you leave a memory about me, I'll assume you're playing the game and I'll come to your blog and leave one about you. If you don't want to play on your blog, or if you don't have a blog, I'll leave my memory of you in my comments.

I would love for everyone to play along. Don't be shy leave whatever memory you would like.

YUCK

2008-07-09T10:09:00.003-04:00

WOW! Last night I had my night to myself so I went to get some stuff for Brightyn's birthday party. On my way home I had Chipotle (use to be my favortie place!). I will NEVER EVER eat there EVER again! I was throwing up and the other thing all night. I seriously slept in the tub with the shower running on me for 2 hours. I was having cramps so bad that I seriously thought I was having the baby and I was dieing!!!

Happy Birthday Kylie Bug

2008-07-07T17:39:00.003-04:00

I wanted to wish my sweet little neice Kylie a Happy first birthday and her momma a happy birthing day. I remember getting the call saying Linley was on her way FINALLY to the hospital and then another call saying that Kylie was here. Her momma had a VERY fast delivery and looks AMAZING now! She did great. I wish we were there to see her grow up more and we love her a TON! Happy Birthday Kylie Bug we love you and miss you!

Brightyn's Birthday

2008-07-07T10:11:00.004-04:00

I had a girl on my MoMoz board make Brightyn's birthday invitation. She did such a wonderful job that I am so glad I didn't even attempt to do it myself this year. She does this professionally from her home. I will def. be having Summer make the baby's annoucements when the baby gets here. I can't believe my little guy is going to be 2 in a few weeks!! Here is Summer's myspace page http:///www. myspace. com/heartstringannouncements if you need something like this I would tell you to go to her to get them done. Her pricing is great and it only took her a day to get this together!!!

4th Of July

2008-07-06T15:59:00.003-04:00

We've had a lot of fun this holiday weekend. I posted about the Clippers Game and Red White and Boom already but here are our pictures from July 4th! We started off the day cleaning the house, then Brightyn found Ryan's ski glasses and was modeling them (pretty funny!), Ryan showed Brightyn how to set off some fireworks that we bought (Bright really really really liked the guns that the streamers came out),and then went to see the Delaware City Fireworks with my mom, sister & Cody (her hubby), the boys, Ryan and myself. My step dad was at home not feeling to hot watching Nascar. We had a blast!! We lucked into our parking spot... they set off the fireworks right infront of our truck. It was AWESOME! Brightyn when we first got there busted his lip on the side of the truck from tripping over the stroller (they were in the bed of the truck).Both of the boys loved the fireworks.

Red, White, & Boom July 3rd

2008-07-04T14:32:00.002-04:00

My dad bought a skybox so we could watch the fireworks from the comfort on air conditioning. It was so nice because we didn't have to stress about Brightyn running here and there or going to far. Hayden was able to crawl around to see everyone and Brightyn had tons of fun playing baseball with my dad's girlfriends little boy that is a month younger than him. It was kinda funny because Hunter(girlfriend's boy), Brightyn, and Hayden were all dressed in the same shirt (not on purpose well my boys were but not hers also). It was so much fun to watch the game from the box and then enjoy some fireworks. Brightyn fell asleep during the 5th inning for about a hour or so and woke up to the the "fires" as he called them.

Zoo

2008-07-03T15:52:00.003-04:00

My step brother, his wife, and kids were up for the some of the week so we decided to take all the kids to the zoo. It was a lot of fun. Hayden really enjoyed riding around in the stroller and Brightyn is in love with animals. He was able to touch a snake, turtle, alligator (really loved that!!), brush goats, and a legless lizard. We only got one section of like 7 of the zoo done because the kids were so tired. We ate lunch after that section and was getting ready to go to the aquarium part of the zoo and Brightyn had a naptime melt down so we decided it was time to go. I didn't get a ton of pictures of Brightyn because he was running from area to area with his older cousin Destiny to see the animals. We had LOTS of fun and I can't wait to take the kids again with Ryan the next time I hope. I think we're going to get a Zoo membership so we can go more often.

Camping

2008-07-03T15:28:00.006-04:00

We went camping last weekend in our new tent and had an alright time. It is pretty stressful camping with two babies lol. I don't know what we're going to do with 3 in a few months!! My sister and her husband came Friday night. It was so hot and humid that we ended up taking the boys home to sleep and then going back to the camp ground Saturday after Ryan was done with a Scout Camp fundraiser. My sister and her husband came back out with us along with my mom and step dad. We had a AWESOME dinner. Ryan made porkchops on the fire and cooked cheesey potatoes in our new dutch oven. It was so good. Everyone went home and we ended up bringing a fan to cool off the inside of the tent so the boys were able to sleep. We stayed Saturday night and came home Sunday afternoon after we packed things up. After we came home I reserved the shelter for Brightyn's birthday party in a couple of weeks and drove by to see what it looks like. Its so awesome and we're going to have a blast!!!

My Family

2008-06-30T16:50:00.000-04:00

Create your own family sticker graphic at pYzam.com

Tagged!

2008-06-30T11:10:00.002-04:00

I was TAGGED by Andrea! Thanks I havent done one of these in forever.

20 years ago-
1. I was 3 yrs old, probably beating up on my sister.
2. I was going to preschool.
3. I dont remember much about being 3.

10 years ago-
1. I was 13, living in Johnstown
2. I made my first cheerleading squad for middle school
3. I LOVED shopping at Limited Too

5 years ago-
1. I was 18 and graduating high school
2. I was really into fast and the furious kind of cars and had a mitshubishi eclipse all done up for my graduation present from my dad.
3. Met Ryan while he was on his mission and fell in love.

3 years ago-
1. I was 20 and was married and enjoying being with Ryan all the time.
2. Going to Provo College for dental assisting
3. Living in our ghetto apartment in Orem.

1 year ago-
1. I had Hayden
2. I had Brightyn that was 14 months.
3. I moved to Ohio

So far this year-
1. I have found 2 houses that we thought we were going to buy and they fell through
2. I found out I was pregnant AGAIN!!
3. I chopped my hair off

Yesterday-
1. Came home from camping this weekend.
2. Found and reserved brightyn's shelter house for his birthday bash
3. Watched movies and hung out with the hubs and kids

Today-
1. Going to the grocery store.
2. Looking at houses tonight
3. Having lunch with my dad

Tomorrow-
1. I am going to go to my Mom & Tony's for a bbq
2. Going to the Zoo
3. ??

In the next year-
1. I will be losing 40 lbs.
2. Getting tan
3. Enjoy the 3 beautiful kids I will have!

I TAG: Linley, Brooke Brooks, Melissa (You better do it gals!)