Bridget's Room

I keep getting asked to post pictures of our new house. I decided I would take it one room at a time. Since Bridget's room is my favorite right now, I will start with hers.

 She loves the big open space in the middle. Her favorite is to run around in circles while I sing "If you're happy and you know it"

You can see her toy area. Trevor put up a shelf just high enough for her larger toys to fit under but then she has boxes of toys on top. It's easily accessible to her, easy to clean up, and the room still feels neat and organized.

 Of course there is a box of books right next to the chair. Bridget loves books.

I thoroughly believe a nice comfy chair is a necessity in any kids room especially a nursery. Doesn't matter what you get as long as it's comfy, the arm rests are padded and the back is high enough that you can lean your head back.

 I got my degree in Art History so I love all things art. I got this (Calder-esque) mobile and printed out some of my favorite works. It is always gently swaying and turning, I love it!

The picture on the wall is The Lady of Shalot by John William Waterhouse. 

Waterhouse is my all time favorite artist.

Our house was built in 1955 and these are the original hardwood floors.

Rug from Costco. Sooo comfy.

 

I am adding this picture I took of her room before we moved into it so you can see the actual size of the window. 

I love large statement things on walls; pictures, mirrors, windows, etc. The bigger the better. 

You can see that the window is actually not that big. 

But with the placement of the curtains it completely changes the window and the room. 

Sorry this picture is a little dark. But you get the idea.

And in case you were curious, here is the view of our backyard from Bridget's window. We have a half acre, we have a lot of plans for this yard! Starting with some nice thick grape vines along the back fence :)

Oh Spring you are such a tease

Even though it's forecasted to snow tomorrow it was beautiful today. 

We take advantage of days like today.

We also really like mullets.

aprilinwaiting.com

Is officially launched!!

I have been neglecting this blog because I have really been trying to get my doula / HypnoBirthing website up and running. 

I am happy to announce that aprilinwaiting.com  is ready for visitors. 

I would love it if you referred aprilinwaiting.com to all your pregnant friends looking for information and options for a positive birth experience.

Thank you so much for your support and patience with me. I am so excited.

Viva La APRILINWAITING.COM!!!!!!

Shout out to Rob Johnson for his help with my website. He is excellent to work with!

Home Sweet Home

I mentioned before, we bought our first home! We moved in a few weeks ago and are still getting settled. 

We are so happy. 

Our mugs/bottle say "Home Sweet Home" 

It didn't work out like I had envisioned.

But here we are...homeowners. 

We had such a pleasurable experience buying our home and I attribute that to our Mortgage Consultant and our Realtor.

I can't believe how well James Sly at Rocky Mountain Mortgage group took care of us.  He was incredible and got us an absolutely amazing deal! Check out his FB page Here.

If you are even thinking about buying a home or refinancing, do it now and call James. 

And our realtor was exactly what I would want my realtor to be. Amy Laster with Coldwell Banker is funny and personable. She was patient with us and never pressured us into anything. She made awesome suggestions and pointed out pros/cons of all the houses we saw explaining the risks/benefits that we wouldn't have known to look at. 

She responded quickly to any questions we had, and whenever we wanted to go see a house she got us there within a couple of days. 

I feel so blessed we had such an enjoyable experience. Thank you James and Amy!

Walking on Sunshine

It was around Bridget's birthday (September) Trevor and I were talking about how she wasn't walking yet and if we should be concerned.

Trev: She's getting close, I bet she'll be walking by Halloween.

Ape: I don't know, she's not even wanting to walk holding our hands, I bet it will be closer to Thanksgiving.

Naturally we are a betting family, so the stakes were set. We decided on the day exactly in between Halloween and Thanksgiving, November 12th. If Bridget walked before that day Trevor won, and any day after, I won. 

(Walking meaning it was her primary mode of transport).

Whomever lost had to plan a romantic date for the other.

Bridget started walking...November 13th!

Sorry Trevor, you always sometimes lose.

She is such a cute walker:

And if you are curious, the romantic date Trevor planned:

   James Bond movie and the shooting range.

 Sometimes Trevor, you win.

  

Do You Forgive Me?

I have had a few inquiries about why I have fallen off the bandwagon of blogging. 

Things got busy, and then I got lazy, and then it got busy again.

No excuses.

Do you forgive me?

 

Now do you forgive me?

Christmas Time is Here Again

I sent out Christmas cards this year. It was a first. 

I have a hard time paying for stamps, I probably need to join a support group or something.

But I sucked it up and sent them, mostly because our Christmas cards are so Incredible I needed to share it with the world.

Here you go, in case you didn't get one mailed to you personally.

Millar 2012 Highlights:

*We became debt free and called into the Dave Ramsey show for our debt free scream, paying off over $50,000 in three years.

*Bridget hit all the great milestones of the first year. She is now walking around on shaky legs, she is officially a toddler.

*Trevor hit his work goals and is continually progressing at Progress Mfg.

*April became a doula and HypnoBirthing instructor.

*We are currently under contract and closing on a home in Spanish Fork in a few weeks!

*Between Trevor and April we have had 9 callings in our ward in one year. I guess we aren't getting it right.

*We sold our 8th beater car and purchased our 9th since getting married. I guess we aren't getting it right.

*Trevor and April are now concealed firearm permit holders.

*We have been able to spend lots of time with family and friends this year; that has been our favorite part. There are so many wonderful people in our lives and we are grateful for every single one of you.

Steed means Horse

We took some Steed family pictures back in August, thought I would share a few. 

Babies will be babies

Lets be honest if you have read my blog.....at all, you will have gotten the gist that Bridget, like any other baby, likes to put stuff in her mouth. 

More often than not it's something that's less than appetizing. 

Maybe she's lacking some iron in her diet.

My-stagram

I thought I would post a few recent pictures from my instagram. 

Yes, 99% of them are of my child. The girl is stinking hilarious.

If you'd like, follow me on intagram @aprilmillar

The Talented Mr. Markus

I have been working on trying to build a website for my "doulary" (that's what Trevor calls it) & HypnoBirthing business.

It's really hard when you have no website building skills.

(Luckily I have other skills like bow hunting and nun chucks.)

Hopefully I will have it launched soon. 

As I work on it I have had some pretty amazing people step up and help me out. Like Trevor's cousin, Tyler. He is an artist and fantastic graphic designer, he made my logo.

Isn't it beautiful?? 

Makes you just feel good, doesn't it? 

Makes you just want to be pregnant, doesn't it?

What do you think of my business name? 

April in Waiting? 

(It's because I assist [wait on] wonderful pregnant women and make them feel like Queens). smiley face

Tyler is a pretty talented guy, he just did the illustrations for an adult childrens book.

(I have your attention now, yeah? You are thinking, what in the world is an adult childrens book?

 

It is hilarious and so clever!

You will seriously want to buy it.

Luckily you can.

Go to http://www.whatifliberals.com/ 

It's perfect especially during this intense election time, we need a little light-hearted-ness that is totally spot-on.

Tyler has sent us a few of the nursery rhymes in the book and we have just busted up laughing. unfortunately?

I am getting my copy in a few days and I can't wait!!!

You will also want to bookmark their page because from what I understand they will be publishing more books.

Bridget is ONE

 

I felt a little like a failure of a mother because I didn't plan an elaborate birthday party.

You know, a pinterest party, that are basically the equivalent to a wedding reception in grandiose but for a 1-year-old.

I really wanted to too. 

But let's be honest, I almost didn't plan a party at all. 

Not to mention the fact that it has taken me two entire weeks to blog about it. 

 Luckily Bridget has some pretty amazing grandmas that insisted on a celebration. 

So she ended up having TWO PARTIES.

  And boy did she get spoiled.

I ended up taking mostly video and hardly any pictures of her birthday so please enjoy. It's pretty much the stinking cutest movie you ever did see.

Little note: It may have happened that the only thing we got her for her birthday that wasn't from craigslist completely terrified her. I guess we'll wrap it up and try again at Christmas.

p.s. sorry about the shaky camera, I was laughing so hard.