It has happened

Just as we thought, Shyler has her mother's chin!!!! She loves to make this crooked smile and show off her two little teeth and her chin!!! She also LOVED eating her little biter biscuit that made a huge mess!


Also, Amanda would like to let you all know that she is now obsessed!!! She started reading the Twilight series of books and now Tim doesn't really have a wife and Shyler barely has a mom. She is obsessed. Unfortunately for her she only borrowed the first 2 books from her sister and niece and now she has to wait to get the other 2! So for now she's back to the land of the living and Shyler and Tim are happy again. She is going to see the movie on Friday with some of the other obsessed women she goes to church with. Funny story though, last night we saw a story about the movie on the news and they were talking about all the teenage girls obsessed with this movie ... she felt a little silly being on the same level as the 13 year old girls, but oh well. There are others out there like her...Cheramie...Melanie... Valarie... just to name of few of our fellow bloggers. It's just fun sometimes to get engrossed in a book or a series of books, it's good for you, it keeps your mind sharp!

2 new posts!!!!

Halloween

Trick or treat! Shyler helping carve the pumpkin and play in the pumpkin guts!


Shyler trying to eat the pumpkin


Our first attempt at carving our pumpkin. Unfortunately the pumpkin was a little soft and we messed up a lot...
So Tim carved the other side as a back up!


Shyler ready to pass out Halloween candyHehehe... Shyler ready to eat Halloween candy!

Hanging out waiting for Trick or Treaters. Shyler found Tim's inhaler once we took away the candy.

Helping daddy take the pumpkin outside.
She also discovered she could stick her tongue in her cheek. Which combined with her trying to eat candy with peanuts in it ended up freaking us out. Luckily Tim watched her pop her tongue back and forth into her cheek and we could breathe a sigh of relief. Otherwise we thought we were going to have to take her to an urgent care for a peanut allergy attack.


Tim mohawked her hair and you can kind of see it in this picture. Also if you notice she's playing with an Easter basket and eggs. Her new favorite toy, someone should tell her it's the wrong time of year for that...

Slackers

So we've been quite the slackers, sorry. We have a good excuse, sort of. In the last month Shyler has been sick twice!!!! once it was just a fever maybe from teething, but last week Shyler and Amanda had pretty bad colds, luckily we are pretty much recovered, minus the cough.
We have lots of pictures to share though...

Shyler making her smoochy face. It is really fun to watch and see, but hard to get on camera

For some reason Shyler wanted to play in her exersaucer and not in it. Lately she prefers to stand up next to it and play with the toys anyways.

A couple weeks ago we got to watch Calvin all day while Sarah went to the temple. It wasn't too bad, most of the afternoon one of them was awake and the other one was napping.


Grandma and her little Bronco fans, too bad they keep losing!

Shyler and her Grandpa at their Trunk or Treat

Shyler and her Grandma trying to give her a kiss

Tinkerbell and Dumbo

Shyler got her face painted, it was a little green star. She actually was really good while she painted it.


Trunk or Treat!!! We took Shyler trunk to trunk to experience her first Trunk or Treat. Mostly we were excited to eat her candy! She did good holding the bucket until she realized there was stuff in it.
Then Calvin and Shyler sat in Grandma and Grandpa's Trunk!

Weddings and Vampires, oh my!

Shyler really likes to fall asleep during weddings, they must not be happening enough for her... Or maybe it's the fact that they go late into the evening.
Last weekend we got to go to Jon and Holly Deppe's wedding. It was small and simple but very beautiful and it was a great time to show Shyler off to Tim's friends from freshman year. We had fun visiting and Shyler had fun crawling around the hardwood floors in tights and of course making faces at everyone, especially Betty.

The sleeping didn't really last that long, she woke up to "Sweet Home Alabama" with a what'd I miss look on her face.




And then something strange happened....

Shyler got a full mouth of teeth that were slightly green tinted and pointed like Vampire teeth. It must come from the Miller side of the family...

Or does Amanda have a secret she hasn't told anyone about?

7 Months old!!

Tomorrow Shyler is 7 months old and is an expert crawler. Here's a video of her crawling to Amanda and showing off. The only bad thing is, now she is also getting into everything!

Shyler is very excited for the Broncos season. For the last 2 games she has been cheering them on in her cheerleading outfit Grandpa bought her. We just have to be careful how loud we cheer, because she gets scared easily.

The other day I went in to check on Shyler during her nap, and instead of sleeping she was just hanging out. Silly girl! She's really good at sitting up now. Often times we will go in to get her and she will be sitting up in the middle of the crib.


This past Friday we were able to go on another hike. This time Shyler found the backpack quite comfortable and took a little nap on her mommy's back.


On Friday we also got the go the Rockies game, compliments of Tim's work. Since it was fan appreciation night and we were sitting in left field we got to go onto the field and watch the fireworks! Shyler liked them in the beginning, but the finale was pretty loud so she did not like that part.

At least they won! GO ROCKIES!

Some other notable events in our life...meaning shyler's, include Shyler's first cold. Poor girl was stuffed up and had a runny nose with a little cough, but she's better now. Also she has a second tooth! It's very exciting and if she grins at you, you can see two little teeth coming up. Shyler also is crawling around much more. She can get on her hands and knees and cruise around pretty well. Tim and Amanda are doing well too. Tim is working hard at work. He went to the career fair at CSU for work and he took some Indians that were working with him up to Mt. Evans so they could see snow and play in it.

Tooth Eruption

Big day in the world of an infant...

Today when Shyler was giving one of her adorable grins to Amanda, she noticed what looked like a hole in her gums. After sticking a finger on Shyler's gum it turns out the hole was making way for a little tooth to pierce through that we could even feel. It's crazy to see this little hole on a babies gum and know that there are little teeth coming up. This along with a visit to the doctor for shots on Thursday explains a long and cranky weekend we had with Shyler.

Silly Clothes...
This is Shyler today. Amanda put her in this cute outfit that Patti Tucker gave her. Only thing about this outfit is that it is so cute and I didn't think it would fit her because it was a size 6-12 month outfit, so I put it away with 9 month clothes thinking it would be bigger. Well, turns out she could have been enjoying its cuteness a lot earlier because it fits like all of her other 6 month outfits. So for you soon to be first time moms, don't go by what the tags say, they don't always fit the same way as other clothes of that size. Also, if you have a tall skinny baby like Shyler, Carters is one of the best brands, all of the others seem to be made for very fat short babies.

Our Nephew...
Conner Aiden Hansen
Born Sept 4, 2008 6:08 pm
9 lb 1 oz 20 in
We are so excited to have a new addition to the family. For those that don't know, Conner is the son of Amanda's brother Matt and his wife Stephanie and they live in San Antonio, TX.


Growing Girl...
We wanted to see how big Shyler has gotten, so here she is at about 4 weeks and a little more than 6 months. It's crazy how fast they grow when they are this little. FYI, the green pad and the pink flowered pad are the same size.
At her visit Shyler came in at 15 lb 15 oz and was 27 inches, that keeps her in the same percentiles that she has been, 50 for weight and 90 for length.


A hiking we will go...
Even with our cranky baby, we were still able to go on a hike this past Sat. It wasn't super long, but it was still fun to get out and use our cool backpack. She really enjoyed looking around and seeing what was new in the world... for about 45 minutes, and then she was done. We hope to go again this weekend too!

Happy Half a Year Old!

Today Shyler is 6 months old!!! We cannot believe how fast she is growing up. She has developed so many new skills and as always we love to watch her discover them. She's really good at sitting up on her own and she is trying to crawl, but for now it's mostly just a couple little scoots. She also is a sucker for our cell phones, that's how we can get her to move on demand! Our little monkey :-) She was a little grumpy this morning so I couldn't get one of her adorable smiles, maybe later she'll pose for me. We love her so much and she has been such a blessing and joy to have in our lives. Even when she is being cranky or uncooperative she can make my heart melt when she just grins at me and even more so when she giggles.

Shyler also got to have an ear of corn when we had corn on the cob for dinner on Sunday. She loved it and was sad when we took it away because she was actually getting kernels.


Last week we went to Loveland to visit Great Grandma Irwin on Calvin's birthday. She was so happy to see the babies and all of the residents were jealous she had to babies come visit her.

We've been pretty busy lately and Amanda's been slacking on the blogging. Here are some things that we have been up to.

Karen and Andreas got married on Sat. Aug 16, 2008 at the Denver CO Temple

We tried for a family picture

Amanda dancing with our nephew Calvin. Isn't his little suit adorable?


Our brother-in-law , Ninja Walter

Shyler dancing with Tim's cousins, Jessica and Erica

Shyler and her Nana. She was sad she didn't catch the bouquet, but she did find a flower at least

Shyler and her first pea experience. She thought they were ok, but not nearly as good as the sweet potatoes she had last week.

Our nephew Calvin's 1st birthday cake. He had his party on Sunday and turns 1 on the 28th.

At first he wasn't sure what to think of this messy stuff...

...But as you can see he had no problems devouring the cupcake. Much better than the last one year old party we went to. No offense Shelby, but you got to make a mess with your birthday cake.
We also painted last weekend. We have some touch-ups to do and then hang up some pictures and we'll get up the pictures to show off!

Shyler's fun with daddy

Sorry it's sideways, but this is Shyler's newest excitement. She loves acting like a big girl and she will probably make us pay later for letting play on the stairs, but it's so cute to watch her with her daddy, her hero.

A house to call home

Well we finally did it, we closed on our house!!!! We moved in on Sat and we have been trying to get all unpacked and work on the small things that needed help. Tim is excited to be Mr. Fix-it and to mow the lawn, Shyler is getting used to her own room, and Amanda is trying to find a spot for everything. Soon we are going to paint the living room and kitchen area. We are so excited to be home finally. Call us if you are in the Thornton area and want to stop by to see us and the house!



The Front

The Kitchen

The Living Room

The house is a tri-level with 3 bedrooms and 2 baths. It has a deck and covered patio out back with a fenced in yard. It has newer carpet and a new furnace, that we had to buy. The previous owner took pretty good care of it, so there are only a few things to work on and then painting of course!