July 2011

We were so happy to actually take a vacation this year. We went to Lake Fork with the Casas family. The weekend started off sans kiddos, for Jessie's surprise 30th birthday. Then, Nonna and Pops brought Miller for the rest of the week. Billy and Anita Ogea came with the Casas kids. We had a great time, and here are a few of the pictures from our camera.

The birthday celebration, Jessie, McKason, and Miller all have their birthday within a couple of weeks of each other. McKade's birthday is in August, but we went ahead and had a birthday cupcake for him as well.

Playing in the pool. The lake was too low to swim in, but the little guys didn't seem to mind.
Racing to the pool. Aren't they so cute, holding hands?
This was one of the cars in the boat house...just the right size for a certain two year old. We have pictures showing they are NOT the right size for 25 - 30 year olds.
Kason got the red one.
We were getting ready to go to the playground, and check out who wanted to drive the Casas vehicle.
Daddy and Miller on the slide.
This was the strangest see-saw. The person you see-saw with, was actually caddy-corner from you instead of right in front of you.
He was having fun, I promise.
Swinging buddies.
Uncle Jessie swinging with McKason and Miller.
Big guy in the big guy's swing.
Finally got a (marshmallow, gooey) smile.
Those marshmallows were everywhere. McKade has some stuck to his butt.
John attempting "Chubby Bunny".
Aunt Amy and Ma walking Miller and McKason off the big rock.
The boys wrestling at the foot of the stairs.
Some time after we got back, John was working on the garbage disposal, and Miller just had to help.
I love this video. It's Daddy chasing Miller, and they're having a blast!

June 2011

Miller's second birthday was June 29, 2011. We had a Sesame Street party for him on June 25, 2011. Miller loved the theme because Elmo is his FAVORITE! Uncle Austin went all out for his Oscar the Grouch costume, and Mommy and Daddy continued their tradition of not appearing in pictures. It's really become evident as I've gone through these older pictures.

Uncle Austin AKA Oscar the Grouch

Miller, eating his birthday lunch.
Miller's gifts - Let's admit it. The kid is spoiled! ;-)
Austin and Mary Alice got him this dry erase/chalk board with the birthday message.
His Sesame Street balloon.
The birthday boy in his chair, as Uncle Austin and Pops keep an eye on him.
One of his favorite gifts of the day, his Cars suitcase. He proceeded to walk all around the house with this for the rest of the day.
His Elmo pinata.
Miller and Granny Chris.
Loving on his Uncle Austin.
Miller, with Uncle Austin and Mary Alice.
Hanging out with Mommy, loving on each other the day after the party.
Such a sweet little guy - can't believe he's two already!

May 2011

We had a lot going on in the month of May around the Vrana household. Two major events, actually. Paw-paw passed away this month, and we found out baby Vrana #2 was on the way!

We were blessed to have so many friends and family drop everything to come be with us in the days leading up to the funeral. Many thanks to the Hargraves and Casas families for helping out as mush as you did. We love you guys!

Here's some pictures from Mimi's house following the funeral:

We've got great friends. Besides the Casas's, Will and Eddie drove over from Texas for the funeral. While here, Will showed Austin a little love. Weirdos...

Miller likes his new shirt.

Fun times on Memorial Day weekend. Eddie, pouring hydrogen peroxide in Austin's ear. Again, weirdos.

Daddy was the crawfish chef for the weekend, but Miller's already interested in helping out.
Miller and McKason had lots of fun in the water.
Swimming with Uncle Austin and Mary Alice.
It was awful bright out there that day.
Miller pulled every single thing in the living room up on the couch with him while he was hanging out with Daddy.
Videos! Miller jumping to Uncle Austin in the pool. Uncle Austin dunking Miller in the inflatable pool. Finally, a video of Daddy trying to get Miller to say "Gig 'Em Aggies." Speaking of the Aggies, this will probably be the last post of the day. I've got to watch the final four minutes of a very tight game with Arkansas. Gig 'Em Aggies!

April 2011

Oh my goodness, this could just be craziness. I may just get multiple posts done today. Nonna won't know what to do with herself. :-P April was a pretty busy month for us, and that's why this post is so long. We made a trip to south Louisiana to visit Toby and Ann. Then, we had a trip over to Bryan, Texas to see the Casas family. Finally, we had Easter, always fun!

Unfortunately, on the way down to visit Toby and Ann, Miller work up half way and threw up in his car seat. We weren't sure what was going on with him because he woke up from a dead sleep. There's nothing like pulling into a gas station to clean out your car. It made it even better because we had just bought Mimi and Paw-paw's car from them, and John was super upset that his new car had just been "christened" that way. Miller ended up running a fever, so we spent our first morning at the doctor's office. We got him started on some antibiotics, but the poor baby was feeling pretty rough most of Saturday.

Here he is riding with Daddy on the 4-wheeler, helping Uncle Toby get his fence ready for his deer.

He loved cuddling with Aunt Ann this weekend. He was stripped down to his diaper most of the time because of the fever, and he pretty much kept his Blankie with him.

This NEVER happens, it just goes to show that the little guy didn't feel well. He fell asleep on Aunt Ann. I'm pretty sure Sesame Street was even on the TV. Sweet little guy.
By Sunday, Miller was ready to go again, and back to being the wild man we were used to seeing. A couple of weeks later we were off to Bryan, to visit the Casas family. Aunt Amy's the best. She was swinging with both McKason and Miller in her lap, no easy task.


Well, could he?

Then, we had Easter weekend. Mommy had to get her hair done, so I asked Daddy to bring Miller down to Nonna and Pops's house afterwards to hunt Easter eggs. You can see Daddy dressed him appropriately.

Elmo Easter egg hunting.

Checking out all his goodies with Uncle Austin.

Afterwards, Miller was doing some carpenter bee hunting - with both hands!

Dying Easter eggs.

Why wait for Mommy to pull them out, when you can reach right in and get them yourself?

Collecting his eggs.

How many grown man does it take to fly a kite?

Miller, preparing for the water balloon fight.

He got a cupcake!

Trying to share his cupcake.

I guess he decided to keep it for himself after all.

This is what we do for Easter, sit around playing Killer, which really looks a lot like sitting around staring at each other and occasionally winking.


Always a good time on Easter weekend!

Finally, here's a hilarious video of McKade, Aunt Amy, McKason, and Miller. Of course you can hear Mommy laughing throughout. I'm sure Aunt Amy will be so happy to see this video make it to the blog.