"Toot" Milligan

"Toot" is what Rachel wants to call her new baby brother when he is born. One day we were telling her what his name would be and she said she didn't want to call him by his name. She said she wanted to call him, "Toot". So, we'll see if she sticks to that or not.

The name we have chosen is: Trent Nicholas Milligan. We'll call him Trent! Nick and I both love the name, Trent, and we think it goes well with Rachel and Bradley.

We're getting very excited about Trent's arrival at the beginning of April! I know we'll have quite a transition period where Rachel and Bradley have to adjust to a new brother, but we're excited about the completion of our family. Rachel is such a wonderful big sister to Bradley and I know she'll be very helpful with Trent. And, Bradley is going to be a wonderful big brother to Trent!! We feel very blessed that God is blessing our family with 3 children! We're about 10 weeks away from his arrival! :)

Pictures from Papa's Party

The most beautiful party planner...she accessorized herself.

Rachel is putting on Papa's candles

Rachel and Bradley are about to help Papa blow out the candles


What a beautiful cake!! Definitely has a real "spiderman/superman" look!

Rachel is leading Papa into the party.

For some reason, I couldn't get my pictures to upload yesterday, but it worked today! :)

Papa's Birthday

On Friday, we celebrated Papa's 56th birthday. Gege made delicious gourmet grilled cheese sandwiches and fixed homemade veggie soup...both VERY yummy!! I don't think anyone was more excited about this "party" than Rachel. She had planned the whole thing and was really into every aspect. On Thursday, she and Bradley helped me bake a cake. The theme (which Rachel picked) was supposed to be Spider Man. However, when we got to Party City, they were out of Spider Man balloons, so we changed to Super Man. The cake that we made was supposed to have red and blue icing, but we didn't put enough food coloring in the vanilla icing, so it turned out sorta pink and blue. But, we knew Papa wouldn't mind and Rachel had a blast decorating it anyway. We also didn't have a clue what to buy/get Papa for his birthday, so the kids each painted him a picture and Rachel painted a small bumblebee figurine for him to keep. When we got to Gege and Papa's house, Gege made Papa go up to the barn so Rachel could decorate with streamers. Rachel had lots of good ideas about where to put streamers...mostly down low and hanging off tables and windows. She also dressed up in her special party dress (last year's sleeveless Easter dress) and wore bracelets and real lipstick, which she applied all by herself. Rachel is quite the party planner and her enthusiasm is quite contagious. We all had a really good time just watching how excited she was getting things ready for Papa's special day!
Happy Birthday Papa!!