The Ultimate Sacrifice

Okay, that's probably a little strong, but giving up Starbucks for Lent has REALLY shown me how addicted I am to caffeine.

The mornings haven't been too bad, because I always make coffee at home anyway, but I sure do miss my 2:30/3 o'clock trip to the Starbucks at JCPenney (right down the hall from me) when I start to drag in the afternoon. I have broken down and had a coke a few times, but I am hoping I can just break my afternoon caffeine habit for good.

Oh the weather outside was frightful...

...and the power going out was less than delightful. But since we had no place to go, we let it snow, let it snow, let it snow.

I still can't believe it snowed this much in Dallas. We had a freakin' foot! I almost blew a gasket when our power went out, since our old, drafty house would have gotten arctic in no time. After some frantic calls to Megan, who lives very close and still had power, we packed ourselves up and piled in the car to go have a slumber party at the Gaines house. No sooner than we were pulling out of the driveway did Megan call and tell us that THEIR power had gone out too! Yikes!

So we resolved to just stick it out at home, and thank goodness the power came back on right as we were going to bed. We were able to remove the hat and extra fleece we had put on Miller over his jammies. I wish I had taken a picture, because he looked like he was in for a night of dog sledding in Alaska or something.

Happy Valentine's Day

So I'm a little late, but here are a few pictures of the big guy in his Valentine's Day shirt. In case you can't read it, it says, "Cupid is my homeboy".

As you can see, he is all over the place, pulling up on everything and just generally causing trouble. He is a SUPER busy guy these days.

And he still looks exactly like his daddy.

Peek-a-Boo

Miller playing his favorite game with me...

Goofy Laugh

Who has the goofier laugh, Mike or Miller?

A Stand-Up Guy

Here's Miller playing with his activity table that Grandma and Grandpa Brant got him for Christmas. Clearly, he loves it!

It's even fun when he sits down to play.

Funny Grammy

We stayed with Grammy and PawPaw the night before Miller's tubes surgery, and Miller thought Grammy was pretty funny.