A Belly Pic

The belly pic is at the end, but I know I get excited when people post belly pics so the title was to lure you to the blog :) Lots going on in the Miller household. Life is about to get really busy for us as triathlon season is starting in a few short weeks. Jason and I were marking dates on the calendar and it is going to be a busy/fun summer, we are looking forward to it. The fun starts next week when my little sister gets home from Ecuador (where she was working in an orphanage) and is going to hang out with us for a few days. Then we are off to San Diego so Jason can participate in the Oceanside Half Ironman triathlon AND so we can visit good friends we haven't seen in FOREVER. Right after that my other sister comes in from North Carolina with that adorable niece and nephew of mine...ahhhh I'm so excited to see them all. Lots of updates to come in the future. For now here is what we have been up to.

Playing in the backyard on sunny days.

"Mom why do you always have that camera pointed at me?"

Ollie got into my mascara. Maybe he will be a makeup artist.

Ollie finally fits into this cute pair of motorcycle jammies from Aunt Jenny.

I love his cute profile.

13 weeks. This was taken today like 5 mins after I woke up. I seriously just have to do it when I think of it. I'll try to get more dressed up next time.

The other big thing going on in our life right now is weaning Ollie from his beloved binky. Actually he isn't that addicted to it, he only uses it at nap and bedtime. My parents think I am a huge jerk for taking it from him, but a couple nights in a row he woke up crying because he couldn't find it. I don't want him to be SO dependent on something to sleep. And I don't want to wean him right before the baby comes and then have him revert back to using a binky cause the new baby will probably use a binky. Anyway so Saturday night I snipped the binky so it doesn't work anymore. I like this way because when Ollie asks for it I still give it to him like normal but he chooses not to use it. I left the altered binkys in his crib so if he searched for it in the night he would find one. I have expected him to wake up multiple times in the night since he wouldn't have a working binky to sooth him back to sleep, but he hasn't woken up at all. He has had a hard time calming down and going to bed but we're working on it. Overall it has gone really well. Maybe he was just ready. I will still use a binky with my next child (if they will take it). Those 18 months of being able to quiet my child are worth a week of weaning in my opinion. Next time I will probably wean a little earlier though.