We're still here!!

I bet you're all thinking we fell off the face of the Earth! We've just been so busy this hasn't been something I've had time to do here lately! (and...I'm so forgetful about it, too...feel free to post comments saying "We need updates!!")

We have been doing lots of potty training here lately! Mason's doing great...because he loves to get his potty prizes (Hot wheels, dum dum suckers, 88 cent cheapie toys from Walmart)! He's definitely my kid...we'll do anything to get free stuff! He has completed several potty charts with his stickers & when he fills one up he gets to go to the store and pick out a new John Deere tractor. The kid is obsessed with John Deere (more on that in a bit!) We are becoming a pro at pottying...it's the other that we still struggle with! But, this morning he managed to figure it out, so I'm hoping we are on the downhill side to potty trainig. It feels sooooo good to be this far! (but, I am wore out! It's a ton of work!)

Millie will be 16 months here on the 17th...and she's still not walking. She is doing much better & is cruising around the furniture, but who knows when she'll actually take off! She loves giving hugs and kisses & is tons of fun! Her curls get her lots of attention when we go out in public!

I'm not even going to attempt to get you all caught up on everything we've been doing since my last blog post...because it's been FOREVER! But, here are some highlights!

We took our tractor obsessed little boy to the Farm Progress Show. It was seriously better than Disney World for him! He got to climb up in tractors & combines & was surrounded by every kind of farming equipment imaginable. I can't get over just how huge everything was. They don't look that big from a distance in the fields, but combines & tractors can be HUGE! It was really a ton of fun & I can't wait to take him back in two years! (It really makes you appreciate what all goes into farming more!) Mason loved watching the combines harvest the fields! Here are a few pics from the day:









Doesn't Millie look hilarious in that hat?

The other day, someone was reading a book to Mason about tractors & said "Look...here's a harvester." He said, "No, it's a combine!" She started laughing and looked at me and asked me if his grandparents farmed...I just laughed and said, Nope...we are all learning about farming because he loves it so much! He has a John Deere hat that he wears everywhere. I'm really wanting to have a big tractor painted on his bedroom walls...just not quite sure how to do it yet.

We had our NICU reunion yesterday. It is always so good to see everyone there...it really is like going to a little family reunion for us! It is just so nice for people to talk to us about Miles...it just feels so good to know that he is still remembered in the lives of others. I absolutely love the staff over at Carle & can't thank them enough for the impressions they have left on our lives. It is also good to see the other kids that were in the NICU during the time that Mason & Miles were...they are all growing sooo quickly! We didn't get to know any families when we were there with Millie since we were just there for a week. It is still crazy to think that all 3 of my children have had NICU time. I have two little miracles with me daily...and one more waiting for me in Heaven! I don't have the pics from yesterday off of my camera yet so I'll upload those soon.

Here are some layouts I've made here lately:


















I hear Millie waking up from her nap, so I'm going to have to run...I'll try to post more tomorrow or Wednesday!