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.

18 Months Old

Miller just went in for his 18-month check-up with Dr. D last week, and he's weighing a little over 30 lbs! He's still 75% for height and 95% for head size. His 30 lbs puts him up to 90% for weight, but I think a lot of that is due to his huge noggin'.

Miller has turned into a total dare-devil, unlike his mom. He loves going down the slide at the park, doing somersaults, getting thrown up in the air - anything that is an adventure.

He even liked the crazy pool slide that my mom got for her pool. He looks like he's freaked out here, but he LOVED it. He would get mad when it was over if we didn't send him down again immediately.

He also met a horse a few weeks back in Granbury. He was a little scared at first, but definitely interested in checking it out. He was fascinated by the horses big eyes and was saying "eye" even in the car after we left. Pretty funny.

He continues to be the sweetest boy in the world, and we are so lucky. He makes us both laugh every day!

Cooking Blog

Can't remember if I ever gave anyone this link, but I started another blog to put my favorite recipes out there for others to try. I put a GREAT one up today for cornbread casserole (sounds weird, but is amazingly good), so I thought it would be a good time to put it out there.

http://robinmadeit.blogspot.com/