Hey Hey Hey! It's FINALLY springtime and we are already having a hay day! I sure love summer projects and I have been in this crafty mood for a while now (one of the side effects of having a baby I assume). So to start off with the outdoor projects I built these beautiful planter boxes that I am really excited about! On Saturday, Tyler and I filled them with dirt and planted our vegetable garden in them. We also did some flowers just for fun. Look how great they turned out!

Since I had the camera out already I figured I would just do the remodel post as well. So here is our awesome new home! Here is the view right inside the front door...

Off to the side is the living room...
Here is the bedroom! Mandy and I made the curtains right before we moved in. They turned out great! Also, you can see Norah's bassinet off to the side. She hasn't moved up to her room yet.
Here is a better view of Norah's bassinett. Check out the baby blanket!! Mandy made that too. She is amazing!
Here is the bathroom...
Going upstairs now...
The upstairs is Norah's room. We are still decorating so it's a little disorganized right now.

Here are the built-ins, they turned out awesome!
Here are the crib and dresser...Well, that's the house and we are absolutely loving it. Tyler sure is quite the handyman and he did an amazing job!

Photoshoot!!

She looks just like my baby picture here! Or maybe it's the confused look in her eyes...

Smooches from Mom

"Come on, enough with the kissing!"

These are some of my favorites from Norah's first supermodel experience! I think she is the most beautiful girl ever! We sure love her!

Update!

On April 9th, the most beautiful little girl FINALLY arrived! She weighed 7lbs 6oz and was 20.5in long. She is the most perfect thing in the whole world and was definitely worth all that pain and suffering for the past 9 months. Our world has changed and it now revolves around our precious little one. I would like to present the newest Millward.....

Norah Rebecca

Here she is on her blessing day! She is wearing the dress that all my siblings and I were blessed in and my Dad was even christened in!


Here is our happy family!

Ramona got bumped down to #2 on the Favorite List and was pretty bummed about it at first. She finally got over it though and now they are best friends!

Another update we have is about our house! WE FINISHED IT! Just in time too. We moved back in two weeks before Norah came. It is beautiful! I haven't taken any pictures yet, but when I do, expect a post about it!

One last update! Tyler passed his Emergency Medical Technician test!!The test was 2 days after Norah was born! He did awesome! So next time you need an EMT, give him a call! Now we just need to get him into Paramedic school! Love you Tyler!

That's about it for now, but I will try to post more often! So keep checking!

Europe Trip

Here are some random pictures of our trip! Hope you enjoy!

This is us being models


16 weeks pregnant....




Us after a VERY long train ride

the streets of venice

my new friends i made (with the help of airplane cookies)

some people from pompeii

The streets of pompeii were in very good condition.

This is the cat sanctuary in Rome. They get their very own city block of ruins! I made a lot of friends there...

the pantheon...


the pope mobile

Tyler getting murdered by a gladiator

the mighty coliseum

Moses by Michelangelo


This is the coolest band I have ever seen! I wish I could play the wash board like that!


Well, that was our trip in a nut shell. We saw so many things and did so many things that I think I am going to be worn out for the rest of the month! So, if you would like to see the rest of our 700 pictures, you are going to have to come visit us because there is no way I will upload that many. Anyway, we had a blast!

Summer lovin' had me a blast

Tyler and I went on quite the road trip in July. We were flown out to New Jersey to pick up a refrigerated truck. Why? I wish there was a good reason, but there is not. Adventure maybe?

Anyway, we picked up the truck and drove up to Boston to see Mandy, Nate and the girls. We drove all night....5mph through the entire state of Connecticut because of construction. When we finally made it to Boston, everyone was asleep except for Mandy who made us the most delicious grilled cheese sandwiches. Tyler went to grab something out of the truck and he came back with the news that we had NO keys that unlocked the doors. The only key we were given only started the beast. Silly us! We didn't know that, so we had locked the truck doors. Now we are locked out of the truck and exhausted. We decided to worry about it in the morning.

Morning came, and so did Mandy's awesome host abilities. Breakfast and entertainment! After breakfast Tyler and I went to break into the truck. We tried everything; wire coat hangers, knives, rocks, and elbow grease. We called lock smiths who wanted over $100. We didn't know what we were going to do because we needed to be in Indiana that night! (that did not happen). Tyler worked tirelessly and voila! It finally came unlocked(dun dun dun...) but the door was now broken. It was broken shut!! One more door to try, we were all praying that something good might happen. And it did! Only 8 hours behind schedule, we jumped in the truck and headed to Indiana.

Notice the bug splatter on the windshield? That pretty much summed up the whole trip.

Anyway, the camera broke so we didn't get anymore pictures. But let me jot down the major points

• Stopped in Lock Haven, PA and gave Tyler the Midnight Tour
• Slept in the truck (well, i guess tried to sleep is more like it)
• Stopped in Indiana to see the Smiths
• Kidnapped Madison and road tripped with her back to Pocatello
• 2am run in with mom in Salt Lake to retrieve Ramona and kept on driving to get Tyler to work that morning.
• Made it home at 6:30am
• Tyler went to work at 8
• Oh, and tons of car trouble
  

Was I glad to be home!!

Anyway, we got home and we realized why I had to stop so many times for bathroom breaks!

My eggo is prego!
I think they call this the miracle of life because it is a miracle I am still alive!
Who knew the effects of pregnancy? Not me, that's for sure! I thought, you were either on your death bed like Ana, or just so overcome with happiness and a healthy glow. I thought the healthy glow sounded nice.... Maybe one day I will get to that stage. Hopefully the nausea will go away too.

Where will this newcomer live? In our 750 square foot home, we are tight on space already. so good bye movie watching loft! Hello nursery!

After we demolished everything we hated...

We are not even half way yet, but this is what it looks like now

And Ramona was taking a nap in the window and she looked so adorable, I thought I would share that with you too.

Summer Projects! The shed...

The best part of having our house is the fun projects we get to do! This summer has been dedictated to chores and fixing everything up.
To start things off, we doubled our square footage by building a shed! It took us a little over a week because it wouldn't stop raining! So every dry chance we got, we were out there.
Step one: The base

Step 2: Painting
Step 3: Play with Ramona
VOILA! Here is our completed shed! Notice the beautiful garden off to the side? It is behind the bright orange lily.

Our next projects include remodeling the loft, finishing the bathroom and hopefully refinish the wood floors downstairs! We'll keep you guys updated!