Missing Daddy

Well, this week Tim is in Canada for a business trip. He worked on monday and went straight to the airport and will be home on Thursday morning but will have to go straight to work, so needless to say Shyler and Amanda are missing Tim. To pass the time we went up to Fort Collins for a couple of days to visit Amanda's mom and sister. Here are some pictures nana took while we were there.

Shyler chillin' on her boppy

Chillin' on her jungle mat

Waking up looking like a little model or something
And the not so model look of a stretch and mom catching her by surprise
Did you notice how in one picture she had one arm out and then two arms out in the next? Yea she's real good at doing that, but she still won't sleep for a super long time if she's not swaddled and I can't put her down to sleep by herself yet without the wrap, we'll get there soon though. Right now she is napping on the floor unwrapped and it has been over an hour, so we're making progress.

Tim took lots of pictures so we'll have to show you some of them from his trip to Calgary, when he gets back of course. Apparently it's really similar to Denver.

Happy Father's Day

Happy Father's Day! This year Tim got to celebrate his first official Father's Day. He had a great day! He got his favorite breakfast of French toast, bacon and eggs. He got some great presents, and his favorite dinner that him and his dad both love, beef stroganoff! We had Tim's whole family over for dinner and had a great time. We love our family!

On Friday Tim found this hiking backpack and a Burley bike trailer for a really good deal, we even took the trailer out for a ride on sat night. Shyler is still a little small for the backpack, but hopefully soon we can go out on the trails.

Shyler's newest trick is to get completely out of her swaddles and this time she looked like she was wearing a little toga, we couldn't resist taking a picture!

Here Shyler is helping her daddy read his father's day card and open some presents.

These are the photo blocks we made Tim for father's day

All ready for church in a cute little outfit

Sweet and Delicious!

Grandpa Miller and his two grandkids, Calvin and Shyler after a delicious dinner!

The Tractor Boys! Uncle Mel and Tim's Dad with their new hats they got for Father's day . They grew up on the farm driving Oliver 77 tractors.

Sleepy Baby

So we don't really have anything exciting going on in our lives, but I thought I would put up some pictures of Shyler. Our camera was being dumb so last night we went out and bought a new one. It's not super fancy but we like it. It's a Nikon S550. So today I was playing around with it and taking some pictures of my favorite subject.

Here's Shyler with her hand in her mouth. She loves that thing and is always sucking on it!


Here is Shyler Sleeping! She just fell asleep on her blanket.
She's still sleeping so we'll see how long it actually lasts.

Last week she laughed for real out loud. It was very cute. She did it for Amanda on Thursday and on Sunday for Tim. Amanda will admit that she was almost in tears at how cute it was and at the next step her little baby took in growing up. Shyler loves to roll to her side like she is sleeping here in this picture, suck on her hands and talk now. All of these things are so cute and part of the reason Amanda never feels like she gets anything done. On Monday at the Breastfeeding group she weighed in at 12 lb 9.2 oz and we measured her at 25 in (or very close to). She is our tall and skinny baby! We are still waiting to hear back on the house we put an offer on, it's been forever! Our real estate agent is optimistic, but we are sick of the apartment and paying the inflated rent because we are now month to month, so hopefully we'll know soon!

Happy Days!

Happy 3 Months Old!!!!

Today Shyler is 3 months old. Here she is during her morning nap. She got her arms out and had a short nap because she wakes herself up. She looks so precious when she is asleep, even if it's a short nap. Those are some of the times when you just want to stare at them and not get anything done!

Happy Birthday Grandpa!

Yesterday was Tim's dad's birthday, we had a delicious dinner at the Cheesecake Factory to celebrate and it was very yummy!!!! I had a picture of Shyler and her Grandpa from last night, but I deleted it on accident. But here is a picture of Grandpa putting Shyler in a grocery bag after she peed while Amanda was changing her diaper. He wanted to make sure she didn't drip on his new carpet. Tim was just going along with it all.

Shyler and her local boyfriend Wyatt. He's 2 1/2 weeks younger than her. Amanda and his mom Melanie like to hang out together, go on walks with the little ones and do craft projects together.

Wyatt totally putting the moves on Shyler (He did it all by himself). He also likes to try and suck on her arm and hold her hand. Sorry Wyatt you have a few more years before you can do that.

They wouldn't look the same direction at the same time, silly babies never do what you want them to do when you're taking their picture.

Fun With Friends

Shyler ready to go on a trip to Fort Collins. Too cool!

Here are some of the many babies that were at Shannon and Sterling's Graduation party.
From left to right: Lexi and Nate Lund, Tim and Shyler, Cooper and Erica Andrews, and Andrew and Stacey Taggart. Cooper's got a finger in his mouth because it was nap time and he wasn't really interested in smiling for the camera. Poor guy.
It's too bad we all don't live next to each other anymore, but at least we have our blogs!

Here are some of our friends that were at Sterling and Shannon's Graduation Party. From left to right: The Miller's, The Brink's, The Read's, Half of the Tucker's, and the Holman's. Poor Valerie, I feel your pain of wanting that baby out of your belly!

Shyler and Amanda ready for church. She had on her cute little shoes and everything. It's too bad that not too far into church she pooped out of this outfit. Babies are good at that!

Today she is 12 weeks old!! She's getting so big and time is just flying by. She has been a real blessing in our lives. We love when she smiles and makes cute noises. We love when she falls asleep in our arms, we just love her! It's funny that people mention all of the that cute stuff, and fail to mention the other things babies do. For example, peeing on the changing pad when you're changing their diaper (last night to Tim), pooping out of outfits (yesterday at church), crying and screaming (everyday), spitting up all over you( multiple times a day), and not holding still when you're trying to trim their finger nails (last night, Amanda drew a little blood. Shyler was really not happy after that one.) But despite all this, we love her to death and enjoy each moment we have with her and are so thankful that Heavenly Father has blessed us with this sweet spirit in our lives.

Happy Mother's Day

Happy Mother's Day! Here are Tim and Shyler getting ready to go to church on Mother's Day. Luckily we have 1 o'clock church and we get to lounge around all morning and take our time getting ready. This was after making Amanda a yummy breakfast for Mother's Day of course.

This bear is the first present Tim got for Amanda, he gave it to her for Christmas when they were still dating. The bear was one of Amanda's favorite presents Tim has given her, besides being such a wonderful husband and loving her so much. But, Shyler is the BEST gift he has given her.

This is Shyler's gift to Amanda on Mother's Day. She apparently wanted to get her something special and homemade... Poop it was!

Gross!!!

We hope you all had a great mother's day, or treated your moms to a great day!

Happy May and 2 months!

Last weekend we went to Fort Collins. Unfortunately we didn't take any pictures, but we had a great time and we were so excited to see so many people this trip, especially at church. The Cache La Poudre ward definitely has something in the water, there are babies everywhere! It was funny to see so many car seats around the chapel!


Here are Lexi and Shyler. On Tuesday, April 29, Dre and Lexi drove up for a visit. It was fun to see them both and it was fun for the two babies to meet. Hopefully that was the beginning of a beautiful friendship :)

This is Shyler in her little rocking seat. She never really liked it, she does tolerate it for like 10 minutes though. When she was little little we would put her in it when she slept.
This her little self at 8 weeks and then the bottom is only 1 week old. She's gotten so big and tall!

Today was also a big day for Shyler. Since she will be 2 months old tomorrow she went to the doctor this morning. She weighed in at 10 lbs 11 oz and was 23 1/4 in tall. She is like 85% in length and 50% in weight. We are proud of her getting our tall genes, we just hope it keeps up ;) Then came the sad part, 5 shots! It was so sad to hear her cry, but luckily Tim did a good job of comforting her and calming her down.

Happy May, even with the Colorado snow!

New Picture

Amanda and I both love this picture so much we couldn't wait for another post to put it up. This is Shyler exercising her neck muscles!!

7 weeks

Yesterday Shyler was 7 weeks old! She's getting so big. At the breast feeding support group she weighed in at 9 lbs 15 oz, she's pretty much a 10 pounder.

Most days after she eats she gets time to play and she loves to play on her little rain forest play mat that Great Uncle Bob and Great Aunt Karen got her. She is getting good at hitting the black and white cat looking thing because it sings to you when you hit it. She also LOVES to stare and bat at the orange and purple butterflies that hang down.


This weekend will be another big one for Shyler as we make our way back up to Fort Collins. We plan to take her to her first track meet at CSU on Saturday and then to church on Sunday so she can meet some more of our friends. So if you are reading this and you're in Fort Collins, make sure you call or go to one of those 2 places so we can see you!!!!

1 Month Old

On Thursday April 3, Shyler was 1 month old! On Friday we took her to get pictures taken. We went to the Target portrait studio and it wasn't too bad. Very cheap, and we even got in on some pictures with her.

(Amanda trying to be a photographer, but this was her outfit)

On Monday Amanda took her to a breastfeeding support group they have at the hospital and we weighed her, she's up to 9lbs 3 oz. She's getting so big!

Not much else is going on in our lives. We are in the hunt for a house to buy and are anticipating that next big event in our lives. We hope it will happen so we can move towards the end of May, but we'll see. We hope you all are doing well!

The end of a long weekend

The bride, Andrea, Amanda and Shyler

This past weekend was quite the experience as Amanda was in the wedding of her friend Andrea. It was an adventure as we tried surviving the schedule of a bride to be and a newborn. It worked out and luckily Shyler was ok taking a bottle. By the end of it all we were tired and glad to be home and back into our regular routine.

Daddy Daughter Dance

At the reception after the Father danced with the Bride they had another special dance. They played "My Girl" and had all of the fathers and daughters dance. This was Tim and Shyler's first dance. It was very cute!

Great Grandma Irwin and Shyler

Our last stop on our way home was a visit to Shyler's Great-Grandma Irwin. She was really happy to see Shyler for the first time, as were all of the other ladies that saw her.

Shyler in her Blessing Dress

Yesterday Shyler was able to be blessed. She was a good baby and didn't cry or make any noises while Tim was giving the blessing. She wasn't asleep as planned, but at least she didn't cry. We were lucky to have many friends and family there to witness such a wonderful occasion in our young baby's life. If you notice how she is laying in the picture you will see that she doesn't like to look straight up, she always rotates onto her side, silly baby.

4 weeks old

Today she is 4 weeks old!!!! We can't even believe how quickly time has passed. People keep saying she looks so tiny, but for us who look at her everyday we can't believe how big she is getting. She also got to try out her swing for the first time.

Happy Easter

Happy Easter!

For Shyler's first Easter she got an easter basket filled with candy, stuffed animals and 101 Dalmatians the movie. She was excited. Amanda took her around while Tim recorded her first egg hunt around the living room.


Here we are all ready to go to church with our little angel. She got a pretty pink dress from Grandma and Grandpa. Her tights and shoes were a little big, but they still worked. Luckily she didn't mess up her dress at all and she got to wear it all day long.


Shyler got this little bath robe. It is still so big for her, but she looks so cute after her baths when you wrap her up in it. It's been nice because then she doesn't have to stay warm in a damp towel.

More Baby Pictures

As Promised here are some more pictures of Shyler

A great yawn from her!

Grandpa Miller holding her and her cousin Calvin

Calvin joining Shyler in the crib - reminds me of Godzilla

Shyler with her Nana

Shyler holding her Ram - we need to start her young!!

A happy mommy with her baby!!

A tired Daddy with Shyler

Grandma Miller with Shyler

Really all that is going on with us still getting used to having a baby in the house with us. It has been difficult to start out, but as the days are going by we think we are getting the hang of it better and things are going well. Tim has gone back to work this week which has presented a new array of challenges for Amanda getting used to being home all day with Shyler. All is going well for us and even though there are challenges, we seem to be making it through them and every time we see her it makes all the challenges worth it. We are sooooooo thankful for all the help we have received recently from family and friends, it means the world to us and thank you so much, you have made this transition much easier for us. As more things happen we will try and keep you all up to date!!

First night

Our first night at home. Here is one more picture we just took and you can see all of her hair and her pretty eyes!