The boys are growing so fast!

February flew by for us. I can't believe we're almost halfway through with March by now. Miller had his Mardi Gras parade at school, and we went out to the horse track to see Logan race for the first time. We had a play date with Miller's best friend, Jake. Uncle Austin moved back to Bossier to work, but we still don't see as much as we'd like because he works different hours from the rest of us. Grady has started sleeping through the night, and he's doing a great job at it. He'll go up to 11 hours. It's just amazing. I don't think Miller was doing that at this age. Mommy and Daddy are loving it though.

We finally bought Grady's pictures from the hospital. Just to compare, here's Miller's hospital picture.

Here's the G-man in the hospital. Grady's really starting to look like Miller, especially when I compare pictures of Miller at Grady's age.

This morning, Miller really wanted to ride his bike. Even though it was pretty cold, we all bundled up and headed out for a walk. Here's Miller, saying "Cheese".

Here's Grady, barely able to peak out. He loved the walk too though.

We stopped off at Mimi's first, and then we headed down to Nonna and Pops's house. Here's an example of my excellent photography. Thank goodness we've got Aunt Amy for the important pictures.

Again, saying "Cheese." He traded hats with Pops. Apparently, after hitting his head one million times, Pops has decided it will be safer for him to wear a helmet all the time. Miller loved the helmet and wanted to wear it. Yeah, we're totally going to have the kid in the helmet on the school bus.

Pops in the Elmo hat.

Miller with the baby horse, Casino.

During Miller's nap time, Grady was super playful. John got some pictures of him laughing.

He's got a tight grip on Mommy's finger, but he's keeping his eye on Daddy with that camera.

These are the pictures from Mardi Gras. It was my last day home before I went back to work full-time, so we made it a fun one. Miller was so excited to have Mommy come eat lunch with him. Here's Miller at the table. Where's everybody else, you may ask?

Everybody was checking out Grady. These kiddos love the baby. Miller's teacher is on the right, Ms. Ashley. He loves her so much!

After school, we were headed out to the racetrack to see Logan race. Miller had to wear his cowboy hat and cowboy boots. He was being bashful, and trying to hide behind his hat whenever Mommy would try to take his picture.

Walking down to the track to watch Logan run.
Laughing at something Uncle Austin said. He's so funny!
Miller and Uncle Austin.
Here's a video of Grady - such a cutie.

The boys are growing so fast!

February is flying by, and we've got boys that are growing and growing. Grady actually rolled over three times in a row one night. He had his two month appointment on Friday, and he weighed in at 13 pounds exactly (75 percentile). His head circumference was in the 75th percentile as well. His height was in the 50th percentile, so he's doing well all around.

We had a visit from Granny Chris this month, and Miller has such a great time showing off all the toys he got for Christmas. Pops's had his birthday, and Miller "helped" him with his present. Mommy has become addicted to Pinterest. In fact, almost all of the meals I've been cooking lately have come from Pinterest. John's been super busy this month. There's the constants - work and school, but he's also taken (and passed) another certification on top of doing numerous Apple training modules. Then, he'll be going to Dallas for a training class this month. Plus, he's Super Daddy (please keep his alter ego a secret). I go back to work full-time this week, which has its pros and cons. We're all going to have to adjust to the new schedule. Miller and Mommy have been having dance parties. Miller loves for me to play music on my phone, and we dance around together, or, at least until he tires Mommy at.

We got some pretty exciting news this week. Uncle Austin will be moving back to Bossier City! He's going to be working in the Marketing department for one of the casinos. His schedule will be a little different than ours, but hopefully Miller will get his Uncle Austin fix at least once a week.

John's Uncle Mike got married yesterday, and we made the trip over to see it. Most of the family hadn't gotten to meet Grady yet, so they were so excited to see us. It had been a while since we had seen a lot of them, and we had such a great time seeing all of them.

I think that's about it for now. At least, that's all I can think to write about - for now. We hope everyone is having a wonderful February.

Here's Miller hugging on Mommy's leg. I can't exactly remember why, but I think it's cute.

Brothers doing tummy time together.

Granny Chris and Grady
Miller showing Granny Chris how to bounce.
Pops with his birthday present. It's a lottery ticket bouquet (another Pinterest idea). Miller had a good time helping Pops scratch them off.
Those blue eyed boys always turn laser eyed in pictures. Here's Miller and Austin watching Cars 2.
Here's a picture of Mommy with her two Valentines.
Grady, with a half smile, and Mommy.
Grady on his two month birthday.
Miller dancing with Daddy.
Grandma Allison holding Grady.
Grandpa Allison with Grady.
Family picture - Grandpa and Grandma Allison, Perry, Chris, Miller, John, Grady, and Michelle
Mommy, Grady, Miller, and Daddy
Here's a couple of videos. Miller and Granny Chris running around the church and Grady hanging out on his changing table.

Welcome to the New Year!

It looks like I actually managed to get in a post about the month we are still currently in...barely. I can't believe I'll be starting back to work this week. It's part-time, but it'll still be hard to leave that sweet baby boy every day. I just need to remember I did it with Miller, and I can do it with Grady.

This picture pretty much sums up the new year for us. Sleep-deprived parent with two kiddos wanting attention...three if you count Lexi. Remember what I said about the beginnings of John's No Shave November?

Here's a closer shot. This is what happens when you let No Shave November get away from you and take it all the way into January. Sidenote, Miller's face is just adorable in this picture.

Speaking of Miller, we've been having problems keeping his clothes on him...at all times. It's worse at night though. He'll undress himself, and then go to sleep. There have been a few nights where he's had an accident after undressing himself, and we have to strip the bed, remake it, and dress him. He's a stinker. When we catch him, and put the clothes back on him, he'll give us a half-smile, like he's proud of himself. See what I mean? He's a stinker.

The Casas family came to visit us for a few days, and Miller got play dough from them for Christmas. Of course he loved it. Uncle Jessie, McKade, and McKason all helped him break it in.
Warning, this post does contain nudity, but isn't it so cute? I think the best part of their visit was Miller and McKason bathing together. They had a blast in the big tub with bubbles.

A sweet moment of Daddy and Grady.

Grady's official one month picture. :-) I was horrible at doing a monthly picture of Miller, so I'm really going to try to make sure I do it for Grady.

Grady doing tummy time, and Miller covering him up with Miller's blankie. I take it as a good sign that he was even willing to share it.

The two brothers, hanging out together.

We're trying to keep Lexi off of our furniture. This is what she decided to sleep on instead.

Mrs. Peggy and Mr. Terry got to meet Grady for the first time. Mrs. Peggy had a good time holding him while she was here.

We got some Farkle in while they were here.


Mary Alice holding Grady.

My husband posing for a picture of the two of us.
He decided to be serious for a picture. Notice the lack of a beard. He had finally shaved it just that day!

A benefit to the unseasonably warm weather - we get to play outside. Grady loves it outside, and Miller always has fun with it. Here's Miller hanging out in Doobie's doghouse.

Here he is playing in his sandbox. He got a pair of cowboy boots and a cowboy hat the weekend before this. He loves them.
OK, now I've only got a post from this past weekend, and I will officially have blogged about everything. :-)

Sunday with the Vranas

Sunday is a pretty fun day. We usually start out with teaching Sunday School for the preschoolers. This was my first week back, and it was a good week to be back. Our friends the Beasley's started at Asbury. Josh took a job as the youth director of our church. February 1 is his first day. After Sunday School, we went to the contemporary service. It was a little nerve-wracking because it was children's Sunday so we had both of the little guys in the sanctuary with us. They did really well though. I was so proud of them, and we got to welcome the Beasley's to our church family.

My current obsession is Pinterest. I've been using it for all sorts of things, but the main thing is recipes. Sunday afternoons, I plan out the menu for the week using Pinterest. I've had some good ones. Tonight, I did a avocado chicken parmesean. It was delightful.

OK, the boys were dressed alike this Sunday, and I wanted to get a picture of the two of them. These are the pictures we got. Feel free to pick the one you like. There are a couple of interesting ones, including an up-close shot of Miller's boot.

And that's a wrap folks!