A Little Poem About Nap Time

For months I've played the game
I've asked for just a wink
Repeatedly you've conquered me
And ended with a stink

Today I thought, "I'll try again"
"It's worth another shot"
I've fought this battle endlessly
You twerpy little tot

I heard you cry and coo and laugh
I know your little game

Today
I won
It's over now
I love you, son

Sleep tight!

Robert's Baby Blessing

In looking through our pictures today I realized I forgot to mention a big event we had recently - Robert's Baby Blessing!! Duh... I'm still amazed at all of the things I forget these days. So.. Let's just pretend that I didn't forget. We'll say the blessing was "last" weekend, which may have actually been almost 3 weeks ago. Again, all pictures are courtesy of my Mom who may as well be dubbed our personal family photographer. Thanks Mom!

We decided to have the blessing at home to make it easier for family that had to travel to Bellingham. This also made it possible to have lunch immediately after. Let's face it. We're all about food. Any chance we have to eat food. We do.

Alex's family was a huge help (aren't they always?) in getting things ready. Unfortunately things took a little longer than anticipated, so I was still running around like a crazy lady in my apron when people got there. At least it's a cute apron. Yes, those are pans of cinnamon rolls. And yes, I continued making cinnamon rolls into that week because I was craving them. I used this recipe from one of my favorite websites.


Waiting...

Look! It's Jenna's cute baby, Lily!

Still waiting... and baby wasn't dressed because we couldn't find all of his outfit. So we improvised with some very Northwest attire - a flannel shirt and khaki pants.

Still waiting... Who has the worst posture in the room?? I do!

Still waiting... but wait... the baby has fallen asleep. This is a good thing. Sleeping baby = no fussing during his blessing! We like this.

Here is the wonderful group of men that participated in Robert's blessing. Everyone in this group has been a huge part of my life in some way. Thank you all for being there, it meant a lot to us. (Left to Right: Terry Jones, Jr, Terry Jones Sr, Daniel Fletcher, Steve Booth, Alex and Baby Robert, Scott Cunningham, Dad Miller, Robert Miller, Michael Miller and Scott Chambers).

A closer look. Robert has checked out.

Rachel and her best accessory (besides the cute purse) - Robert!

Still checked out... and probably needing a nap at this point.

It was a great day with beautiful weather to boot.

Pictures, pictures... and more pictures

Last weekend we went to Silverdale to go to my niece's baptism (I can't believe she's 8 already!). Unfortunately our clan was feeling crummy and only went for the day... but, here are some cute pictures my Mom took while we were there.

...I'm assuming he was about to sneeze or something...

Robert with his Aunt Lynda.

Hanging out with a tired (and sick) Mom and Dad. Notice the new outfit? Yeah, we had a nice little blow out to deal with right after the baptism. He has great timing that way.



The family... minus Diane, Karen and Niklas (and Dad, the photographer). We just keep getting bigger and bigger!

I took a few more pics today during Robert's feeding frenzy. The kid likes to eat. A lot. I was hoping to get some of him making the yuck face, but as soon as he saw himself on the laptop (I took them with the computer) he got distracted. Maybe next time...