Christmas is only a few days away...

Had to take a pic - - can't believe we are getting gas this cheap!  It's crazy how much the price of gas has come down...  We need to go on a road trip!

The boys being boys.  Maxwell has tackled Hayden.

My sleeping babies.  How sweet is this?

Max has like 4 different hats on

Emmalyn is doing a great job feeding herself.  I still make her baby foods but we are also giving her more foods to feed herself than we did with Maxwell.

Emmalyn ready to cheer on the local team.  Go cowboys!

Maxwell made this ornament at school with his school pic (we didn't end up buying any of these pictures so this is the only one we'll get)

We celebrated his last day of school for the year with Momma picking him up from school and going out to get ice cream.

Peter and I took both the kids furniture shopping for a new TV console.  It's harder to shop with two kids!  Emmalyn is in the stroller but Maxwell just walks by us which means he's harder to contain and keep his hands off everything.

Emmalyn continues to grow and do new "exciting" things - 

Her tastes are really expanding.  Her favorite thing to chew on lately is shoes...any kind of shoes...it's like she's drawn to them.  I have to be super aware and keep them aware from her.  GROSS!

Her second tooth on her left on top broke through on Dec 20 which is good because she's been fussy and not sleeping well.

She is standing a lot, pulling up and walking along things, and also climbing over things.

Will all that new moving, she's also falling down but that doesn't seem to bother her most of the time.

Sometimes she will give "kisses"  (big open mouth kisses).

Her favorite toy is the activity table.

She loves her binky.  (Max did NOT, so I'm nervous about having to eventually break her from it someday.

She's a momma's girl but certainly lights up for her daddy, Uncle Joe, and Aunt Brittany when she sees them.

When I sing to her she is starting to sing back to me.

She has now learned how to scream.

Can blow raspberries

She makes sounds like "gah gah" and maybe some "buh buh" and "ma"? (at least that's my interpretation.

Thanksgiving Trip to Utah - Day 4 and 5 Lots of Family Time!

We hung out at the Foote's house enjoying the morning after Thanksgiving and making sure the baby got her nap.  (We did NOT hit any of the black Friday sales.  No Way!)

Uncle Nathan and Emmalyn

Playing Uno

Maxwell wanted to play too

Maxwell thought the zip track was super cool

Emmalyn was never lacking for toys to play with

I was craving Crown Burger for most of my pregnancy so it was a MUST for our Utah agenda.  It was delicious.

We then headed to Alex's to hang out with his family some more.

Lola was so attentive to Emmalyn

Aunt Tawny and Emmalyn

Maxwell doing play-dough with his cousins Lola and Harleigh

Taking a nap on her daddy

Maxwell was super tired too but wouldn't take a nap

Someone sure loves his niece.  :)

Max playing video games with more of his cousins

The next morning we got in one more visit with the grandparents.  First we went and visited my Grandma and Grandpa Blank

Grandpa (and Grandma just inside the glass door) waving goodbye.  They always come out and see me off.  I wish that I was able to see them more often.

After the Blank's, we went to my Grandma Nelson's

Emmalyn loved Gizmo and he loved her right back.  She even let him give her kisses.

Grandma spoiled Maxwell and gave him chocolate milk made her special way - Milk with Hershey's syrup stirred in.  She also gave him some cinnamon rolls.  She then made me promise I would buy him both cinnamon rolls and Hershey's syrup so he could have these treats at home too.  (And she is going to hold me to that promise!)

Our full day was even close to being over yet...

We went to watch Payton wrestle.  I've never been to a wrestling match before and it was certainly an experience.  My dad wrestled in high school and don't know how my grandma could have enjoyed going to watch him.  I just didn't enjoy how physical and violent it was.

Grandma Donna and Emmalyn

Getting a ride in Grandma's wheelchair

Payton (on the left) didn't win but he sure wrestled with a lot of heart

Uncle Tim and Emmalyn

We went with Peter's family to hang out just a little bit more at a local park.  It was quite chilly though and Emmalyn needed a nap so I spent most of the time in the car with her.

Playing that game where you throw the ball and people try to catch it and get points.  I have no idea what it's called.

Look at the mountains.  How I miss seeing mountains when we are in Texas!  There was very little snow.  I had brought snow gear for Maxwell in hopes that he could go play in some real, great snow but we would have driven pretty far into the mountains to find some and there never was the time to do it.

I let Maxwell take pictures with my camera so he'd be entertained.  He and Aja apparently found each other interesting.  :)

The Millar side of the family

Harleigh and Maxwell capturing each other capturing each other...

(Pics from Maxwell's perspective)

Maxwell played a little basketball with Lola

Payton and Maxwell - he's not trying to choke him, he's giving him a hug

He went to give him a kiss goodbye.  I think Maxwell caught Payton off guard.  :)

Time to say goodbye and head to the airport.  It always comes too soon.

Wahoo - - - Cafe Rio is now in the SLC airport so I got to enjoy it for the second time this trip!

Waiting to board.  We're tired!

First class back home

The baby did great.  As long as my babies are nursing, they are great flyers.

Poor Maxwell just couldn't get comfortable and all he wanted to do was sleep...I had figured he'd crash right out but it didn't work that way.

Thanks Utah for another great visit.  We love seeing our family and only wish there was more time to see all of our friends too! (Thanks Shannon for coming to visit us at Alex's!)