Daddy's Work Party

Mom's outfit choice while cute, was just a tad big...

Practical and cute diaper cake...

Adorable burp rags from one of the other new moms...check out her website at: http://www.flutterbelle.com/

Stretching out on Dad's desk after the party (I hiked my pants up -- just like Grandpa Denny!)

THANK YOU!!!

Thank you ladies for a wonderful meal last night! John was very excited this morning to pack his lunch with leftovers. You are all fabulous :)

What's Missing?

I AGAIN couldn't help from posting a "What's Missing?" So, here you go....



I don't have a picture of what is missing, but my head was on that pillow, sleeping for almost 3 HOURS once Dad left for work this morning.


Pure bliss....and happy (rested) mommy :)

Random Thought 3.24.08

Love HBO On-Demand. So many choices, so little time.

Today I was watching the UCLA Dynasty Documentary about the unprecedented run UCLA basketball made in the 1960's-early 1970's (10 titles in 12 years). It amazed me that so many of the UCLA atheletes were involved in non-basketball activities (one was Student Body Prez of the University -- many took part in the Watts Riots/Race Equality sit-ins, Vietnam protests, etc.); their awareness of the outside world is really something you don't see in anymore (even by "regular" students). For example, I was struck by how well spoken they were - Lew Alcinder (Kareem Abdual-Jabbar (same guy for you non-basketball followers)) was extremely eloquent for being a "shy" individual, and Bill Walton, while being a little "out-there," was very cognizant of the world happenings (even as a 19 year old). Not to generalize all atheletes, but I am not so sure that Lew and Bill's contemporaries today really focus on such cerebral things - unless it has to do with their next endorsement. Not to sound like an old mizer, but maybe those really were the "good ole" days - at least in some ways.

Ok - done.

HAPPY EASTER!

Because John seems to be the long-winded one in our family :), I've decided for my first post I will only share some pictures.

Family Picture (very pleased the self-timer works on our camera)

Brunch at the Cheesecake Factory

I just couldn't help from posting this one. It's like a "What's Missing?" picture :)

Cartman, Bill Lumberg, Nathan Jessup, and the Devil Wears Prada Mean Lady

Today is Easter, and the first day we have ventured to church with Jack. We would have liked to get him to church earlier, but its just not very easy getting everybody ready to go, getting there and back, and doing it without incident in the 3 hour blocks of time upon which we now base our lives. It was also our first day of church at Heartland Community Church (http://www.heartlandchurch.org/). We have been through at least 10 churches in KC since we moved here - and for various reasons (read: I am very hard to please) have moved on from each.

Anyway, our visit to the new church started off with a bang: We had pop-culture references to the "bad-bosses" as set-forth in the subject line above; we had a cover song of Matchbox20's "Push"; and the Pastor tied it all together in a Pontius Pilate, Tiberias Cesar, and Jesus "boss" analogy. The title of the Sermon was "Authority," and they had a very creative graphic that could be flipped up or down and still spell "Authority" - bonus points for that...

Heartland scored an 8.0 (out of 10) on our initial visit. The above-mentioned pop-culture references were gravy, they had good worship/praise songs like the new Amazing Grace arrangement, The Wonderous Cross, and best of all... no weird uncomfortable group prayers. Hopefully they continue to bring "it" to the sunday morning table.

Jack scored a 10 out of 10 on his first church experience - he made it through the whole service without a peep. What a champ!

How do you hate Winnie the Pooh?

How does a person hate Winnie the Pooh, if such a person exists to begin with? Further, how does somebody marry somebody that hates Winnie the Pooh? The answer to the later is that its too late, and said information is shared with one's spouse after completion of the nuptial process (should this question be posed in marriage counseling?) The answer to the former is that these people do, in-fact, exist, and come in the form of one Lindsey Ellen Mills.

During the holiday season, in anticipation of Jack's arrival, I bought a generic "Baby Bjorn" from Walmart*. It was four dollars. FOUR. That is less than a gallon of milk people!!! So of course, that got me excited. I purchased said carrier (which contained a Winnie the Pooh embroidered emblam), and went happily on my day. Did I mention it was four dollars? When I showed my dear wife the carrier at home, I was taken aback by the fact that she was not as thrilled with this purchase as I was. So I quickly emphasized the fact that I got it on sale for FOUR dollars again, thinking she must have missed that part of the story. But to my dismay, she did not. It turns out, Lindsey is not a fan of the Pooh. I myself am not a fan of the "poo" - but that is another story for another day. I have still not received a valid reason why she does not like Pooh (or Tigger or Christopher Robin for that matter) -- but needless to say, it didn't take some of the steam out of my FOUR DOLLAR PURCHASE, because that is a great deal my friends!

However, when I see my wife put on the carrier with the character that she hates... well that my friends... that is priceless...

If you will excuse me, I have to go prepare the couch - it may be a long night's sleep.

*Walmart is proving to be a much better retailer for my baby-dollars than Target right now. First off, Target instituted a new return policy that limits an individual to 2 "w/o receipt returns" per year (and nothing over 20 bucks). That's craptastic in my (not) humble opinion. Whereas, Walmart basically takes anything back, at any time; that flexibility, my friends, earns big time points in the Mills household. I do think Target has "classier" merchandise (relatively speaking), but when the kid is either going to 1) poop on said merchandise, or 2) outgrow said merchandise in a blink of a whale's eye, the "downgrade" does not outweigh the flexibilty of an easy return.

Hello and Welcome!

Thanks for visiting. Basically, this really is just a way for us to keep people in the loop as to our happenings (cuz we know you are that interested in our lives... we're kind of a big deal!).

Mainly it will focus on Jack, cuz he basically consumes our waking (and sleep-depraved) moments. But it may venture off into other stuff as well. Let's face it, I have A LOT of opinions, and I am not afraid to share them (and subsequently alienate the "readership").

If we ever get tech-savy enough, we will post videos and pictures. No promises.