William 11 Months

Our William is now 11 months old. He never fails to make our hearts melt.

He continues to be our happy kid and although he doesn't look it he loves to eat all the time.

He is so busy running around and getting into everything that I am sure it makes up for his high amounts of food consumption.

He has done quite a few firsts this month. He started to clap and now does it all the time. He also started to stand by himself.

 

And not long after that he took his first steps. It started with 3 little steps and then 6. But true to Williams personality he felt like he already conquered walking and moved on to fine tune his climbing skills. First the rocking chair and the couch. Then he realized that the bunk beds have a ladder and now we are in trouble.

And he was so proud of himself that he gave himself a around of applause.

Oh William we love you and all your busyness.

 

Sophie's 8th Birthday and Halloween

Sophie turned eight years old on Saturday. I am struggling to understand how she has possibly gotten this old. It blows my mind that she gets to be baptized in just a few weeks! She had a list of fun things she wanted to do that day. We started at the mall where she got her ears pierced.

She did so well and didn't cry at all. Then we headed over to the zoo.

She wanted to decorate her own cake this year so I gave her the piping bag and she went to town.

Then she wanted to carve pumpkins and William thought that was so much fun.

She said it was the best birthday ever and we had a lot of fun. She has grown up so much and is always very responsible. She loves organizing and writing stories. She has decided pink is no longer her favorite color it is light blue. And on her Christmas list she just asked for clothes and makeup. Next stop teenager. We love our eight year old!

For Halloween we went to a trunk or treat with Aunt Sarah.

They had so much fun and got so much candy. So Halloween night we stayed home for the first time and passed out candy and the kids thought it was a blast.

We also went to the girl's school fall festival. We had to park at a different school and be bused over. Easton thought that was the greatest thing ever. He would have been happy just doing that. We trick or treated at the classrooms and played on the jumping castles. Ace hardware also had remote control cars to drive!

Happy Halloween!

Miller Disneyland Reunion!

My Mom's Uncle Ray passed away last year and left her some money. He was such a fun and loving guy and truly loved being with and having fun with family. So my Mom decided the best thing to do with it would be to take the whole Miller Clan to Disneyland all 34 of us! Something Uncle Ray would have absolutely loved.

Chad and I decided to go up a few days early and stay in Redlands so we could take turns going to the temple.

We also got to go to church right next door and walk around the temple with the kids.

On Sunday evening we all met at the hotel and partied! The hotel was awesome and let us use their ballroom. And our rooms were all on the same floor!

We celebrated Mom, Scott, Nate, Rose and Sophie's birthdays together! Thanks to Sarah for the awesome cake decorations.

It was so fun to all be together!

We spent the next two days in Disneyland!

Sadly Easton was just barely too short for the bigger rides but we had a blast on the classic rides. His favorite was Maters Tractors and Luigis Dancing cars. And thanks to William they got to ride most of the rides twice with the baby pass!

I made these cute mickey ears for the kids. Sadly Sophie was the only one to wear them for more than 5 minutes.

 We spent a lot of time in Fantasyland.

We rode the Teacups three times. The kids had a blast on it!

William Loved all the rides he got to go on. The drops on Pirates made him a little nervous his favorite by far was Small World. He was jabbering and dancing the whole time.

We met Mickey Mouse of course!

The last day all 34 of us met for a picture.

And then we headed over to Goofy's Kitchen!

Minnie, Pluto, Chip and Dale were there and the food was delicious. William liked the characters as long as they kept their distance. Chip gave him a kiss and he cried.

Easton liked playing peek-a-boo with Dale

Then we headed back for more fun rides. Easton thought it was sooo cool to drive his own car on Autopia. He was all smiles and did a really good job.

We partied till 11pm and the kids were exhausted from all the fun and passed out on the way back to the hotel.

Thanks Grandma and Grandpa Miller and Uncle Ray for all the fun!