December, you snuck up on me!

Wow, it's been far longer than I thought since I've posted something. But I hope to make up for it!

December has been awesome. Corbin finished out the semester and we've been relaxing at home for over a week, now. Something I've learned from school breaks past is that Corbin is a home body. He is so busy during the semester that all he wants to do is stay home, record music, catch up on sleep, etc.

It sort of conflicts with my vision of how breaks go, which is us going out and doing things as a family. So when I would say, let's play in the snow together, and Corbin says, no thank you, I would just resign myself and none of us would go out. But not this break! If Corbin doesn't want to come out with us, I still need to go out.  I am realizing more and more that I need time around other adults, and I need to have adventures out of the house.  Theo too, cabin fever overwhelmed during our week of being snowed in.

What I'm saying is, I love having Corbin home to help with Theo and around the house.  He has been a lifesaver!  But I also need to feel ok about leaving him behind when he wants to be left behind. I think that will be good on many levels, or else the five week break could get very long.

We took the side off Theo's crib, and he has been doing great! For the most part, he will stay in his bed and sleep after I've rocked him and sang to him a little.  But sometimes, he doesn't.

Yesterday, he was supposed to be taking a nap, but every time we put him down and left the door cracked, he would come out.  Imagine a sleepy eyed Theo, bursting into the room and saying, over his pacifier and with a sleep-croaking voice, "Ta daaa!"  He did that to us a few times, and although it is very cute, the man needed to sleep!

So we put him down again, and this time shut the door.  What ended up happening was Theo knocking on his door for a while, then falling asleep next to it.  I'm pretty sure he slept at least an hour on the floor.

Then last night, he did the same thing.  When Corbin opened the door after an hour, he had to slowly push Theo's sleeping body out of the way so he could get in to move him. So sweet!

One of my favorite things I get to do each week is explain the Sacrament to Theo during church.  When the bread and the water are being passed around, I whisper in Theo's ear about how we take the Sacrament to remind us of Jesus, and the beautiful sacrifice he made for us.  Then we talk about how Jesus loves us and wants us to be happy.  I love getting to review it with him every week, because it's a great review for myself too!

We went to the mall to get a Christmas present for Corbin, and ended up playing for almost an hour on the coin operated toys.  Did we even use coins? No, who needs them!  Below, he's sitting in a little ice cream truck, and he served me lots of ice cream from the side window.  He's a good business man. 

We're so excited for Christmas here at the Miller home! Stay tuned for our special Christmas edition of the blog!