The Mills

Friday, April 25, 2014

Rykers 2nd Birthday and Easter

This year we celebrated Ryker's birthday in Vegas!! Of course we had to have a Toy Story cake!!

Ready for his party

His "big" gift

His pizza he covered in ranch

His cake.. The look on his face was priceless!

This boy LOVED his cake! Frosting and icecream in the middle was a dream come true

He actually LOVED opening his presents this year.. Don't mind the Christmas wrapping paper.. That's what happens when we just move into a new house ha

His Easter basket.. He wasn't even excited about it when he woke up because he just wanted to play with his toys fr his birthday ;)

Sunday best for Easter

Testing out the pool in the backyard.. Think he loved it!

Monday, April 7, 2014

Jeff's graduation!

We had so much fun in Chicago!! I am so proud of Jeff and his accomplishments! I'm heartbroken to be away from him for 4 more months... But at least he has his phone back now!!!

Airport bound

Trying to get used to the 2 hour time adjustment..

24 weeks!

Waiting for graduation to start! Had to get there 2 hours early to make sure we got a seat!!

Jeff's division marching in! 127!

Jeff's division facing the left.. He's the front row 3rd one over on his group

He's 2 rows to the right of the flag with a blue marking on it 4th from the back!

He looks SO handsom in his uniform! I love it!!

Ryk wearing daddy's hat!

It was so hard to only have 7 hours with him on Friday.. But at the same time it didn't give me that opportunity to get super attached again.. Making a good bye a little easier than I had planned

We went to the airport at 5 am to see him get off his bus as have breakfast with him before he flew off! We left ryk and mom at the hotel to catch up on some deprived sleep ;)

Jeff's 2 favorite ladies

Hated this goodbye!

Later that day we all took a train down to a cubs game!

And it was FREEZING

He loved our hotel bed ;)

My handsom sailor! So in love with this guy!!!!

Friday, March 14, 2014

Everytime I feel baby boy moving around I can't help but freeze,smile, and dream about him! I remember right after I had Ryker I felt so empty and would give anything to feel my baby kicking and moving inside of me again! I feel so blessed to experience this all over again! Knowing now how fast pregnancy and having a sweet new baby flies by in the end.. I'm savoring every moment with this sweet boy! I'm already dreding how fast that newborn baby phase will go.. But I really can't wait to meet this sweet boy!!

Tuesday, March 11, 2014

21!

Woohoo we made it to 21 weeks! And I finally made it to a dr appointment! I hadn't been since 13 weeks... Waiting on insurance ect so that just means I have to go back next Monday for my ultrasound to make sure the anatomy looks good! Baby boy is wiggling around a ton in there... I feel like he is way more active than ryker was! Ryker was super mellow in my belly! It took the dr forever to get his heartbeat because he kept squirming away.. She kept saying I can hear him moving in there! And I could feel him moving.. Finally he stopped and let her get it.. It was at 142! Saturday I finally heard from Jeff! It had been 2 weeks since I talked to him and their mail got messed up so letters didn't go out for last week so I didn't even get a letter at all last week! He sounded the best he's sounded since he's been there! He was back to his old self making jokes ect on the phone! He passed off his mile and a half run.. He ran it in 13 minutes! He's passed his academic tests so far! They still have a few more to go! He finished up his gun training and this week they would be doing live fire with that! So all the fun stuff is coming up! Only 3 more Tuesdays left until I get to see my hubby I can't wait!!! I'm sad that I only get to see him for a DAY because they fly to Texas the day after graduation for his next training.. I don't know how I'm going to handle saying good bye again.. At least he will have his phone back for that!! Yay!!

21 weeks

Loves his trips to the park :)

Tuesday, February 25, 2014

Oh BOY!

It's another BOY! I still haven't been to the dr because of the whole insurance hiccup which I just got my paperwork to go down and get my military ID card and then I can get myself on the insurance! I'm supposed to go in a week so hopefully I'll have everything done and figured out by then! So we decided to go check on baby at a fetal photo place since I haven't been to the dr since 13 weeks and I'm 19 weeks :/ and we found out its a BOY! Yay!

Te huge screen we got to watch the baby move around on! It was crazy!

He was def a little squirmy thing in there and just like Ryker he had to sleep with his hands on his face! So sweet! We can't wait to meet him!!

Little Trips

Over Presidents Day weekend we took a quick overnight trip to Laughlin to the River! It was rykers first time in beach like sand and beach like water! He loved it! Then on Thursday we took a trip to San Diego! Luckily Right before we left for the airport we got our (ryker got his own) letters from Jeff! Yay! It made my day! Friday we took Ryker to Disneyland! His mind was blown! He couldn't even believe what he was seeing! The only ride that scared him was the Haunted Mansion..oops ha! He was such a trooper we got there a little after it opened and we stayed until after fireworks! Saturday we spent the whole day at the beach and watched the sunset! Ryker LOVED the water.. He was freezing shaking and bright red before he decided it was time to dry off and play some more in the sand! Sunday we went to the sea life aquarium at Legoland before heading to the airport! Oh and while we were at the beach playing Jeff was able to call me again!! I was sooo excited! He said he passed his sit-ups and push-ups for graduation but missed his run by 9 SECONDS! That was his first week running.. So in a few weeks he will have the chance to pass it off again! 5 more weeks until I see my Hubby I can't wait!!