Summer 2011

So, as previously established, I am the worst blogger ever. But here is a quick catch-up on what's going on with the Brant fam this summer.

In early summer, we spent quite a bit of time at the zoo. Miller loves giving the Gorilla statue a hug. What a sweet boy.

He also still loves feeding the giraffes. Although he did get nipped at one trip, which completely freaked him out. Luckily, he'd forgotten about it by the next time we went.

This is what we've been doing every time we get a chance. It's pretty much too hot to do anything else. Miller loves dog kisses and swimming.

Miller in the Bluebonnets

We wouldn't be Texas parents if we didn't make our little boy do this, would we?

This is mostly what Miller wanted to do, walk around and touch all of the flowers. And by touch, I mean pick and throw.

I call this one, little boy, big ol' field.

Adventure boy loves to have Mike throw him up in the air.

Have you ever seen a little boy look happier?

Me and my little man.

This is one of my favorite pictures of my two guys. Miller just loves Mike.

Miller goes to the zoo

So, we've decided that taking Miller to the zoo is pretty much the most fun way to spend an afternoon with him. He just loves all the animals, and has so much fun running around and exploring.

Here he is hanging with daddy in front of the elephants. In most of the pictures we tried to take, he's wiggling around trying to look at the animals!

His first ride on a horse, which he thought was pretty much the greatest thing ever.

With mommy in front of an enormous camel.

His favorite animal - the chimpanzees. He has been talking about them non-stop since we went to the zoo for the first time in March.

Hangin' in front of the chimpanzee exhibit.

Christmas

So, as usual, I'm about a month behind on my blogging, but I wanted to post a few pictures from Miller's second Christmas. Here's Miller with PawPaw reading his "Cowbees" book.

He loved all of his presents, but he was clearly most excited about the hammer that came with his pound-a-ball toy.

I guess he liked the toy okay too...

Hanging out with Grandma and Grandpa...

Drinkin' some juice with Nana and Chuckpaw

Trolling the living room to find another sucker to share their cake with him.

Daddy is such a sucker.

In front of the tree with Mimi and Chuckpaw.

Over having his picture taken at the end of the day.

Slightly more successful. Too bad Daddy's not looking at the camera.

November

So, I've been a very bad blogger lately, but we've had a busy month. Mike and I took the last week of November off, and we took Miller on his first trip to Austin for his first Longhorn football game. The first of MANY in his future, of course.

We drove down to Austin the morning of the game, and Miller decided not to nap the entire drive. When we got to Austin just in time for kick-off around 2, he hadn't slept a wink all day. We were so worried that he'd be miserable and fussy at the game, but he did great.

He was his usual happy self, flirting with the girls in our section, reading books and munching his raisins.

The next day we went to Zilker park with Ryan and his girls, and Miller had so much fun with them. He LOVED Aoife and Keara, and he's still talking about them.

He also played with a football for the first time, and loved chasing it around and throwing it to us. He's a natural.

The first few times we took him to the park, he wasn't sure if he really liked the swings. As you can tell, even though this picture is a little blurry, he has decided that he LOVES them now.

After our trip to Austin, we spent a few days in Granbury with my mom, Chuck, Jana, Chuck's brother bill, Chuck's daughter Sarah and her husband Shawn. Here's Miller enjoying the yummy Thanksgiving spread.

My plate. As you can tell, I was very excited about the sweet potatoes and stuffing. Yum.

The night after Thanksgiving was the annual Granbury Christmas parade. This was the most elaborate float in the parade, so that should give you an idea of the experience.

This could possible be the worst family picture ever. We couldn't get Miller to look at the camera (because he was staring at the lights in the parade) and Mike looks crazy.

He was a little more cooperative in this picture with MiMi and Chuckpaw.

But back to staring at the parade for the picture with Nana.

Miller Names Animals

Miller loves this placemat that has pictures of animals A - Z. I think he's going to be a zoo keeper or something when he grows up!

Halloween Baby

We had a very fun Halloween in the Brant house. My mom made Miller the cutest Sheriff Woody costume ever, and he was ready to hit the mean streets of Bryan Parkway to trick-or-treat.

After trick-or-treating, Sheriff Woody got a little upset that mommy and daddy wouldn't let him have more candy. That resulted in this awesome photo op.

Once we were home, he was happy to kick back with a book after a long day on the ranch.