Galen Micheal Millar

I'm posting some pictures of my sweet baby Galen here because I'm having trouble posting them at my usual site. Galen had just turned 9 months old in these pictures. He's so beautiful, these pictures don't even come close to doing him justice. Everyone who meets him falls in love with him at once. He has the most incredible eyes which I can never seem to accurately capture on film. His eyes are dark blue on the outside with a brown star in the center. I've never seen anything like it! I'm never quite sure what to tell people when they ask what color his eyes are. I mean green and brown are hazel, but what's green and blue?

This sweet little love bug has the most pleasant disposition. He spends his days smiling and giggling and singing! I've never heard such a young baby singing before, but whenever we all sing together he joins in. He makes musical sounds and tries to imitate the tune, sometimes with amazing accuracy! When Iain was learning to play "Hot Cross Buns" on the recorder, I caught Galen humming the tune very recognizably more then once. A lot of times he'll hum to himself and to me while I go about my work around the house with him on my back.

Galen is beginning to talk a bit here and there. Almost all of his words revolve around Steve. He simply adores his Daddy. He says "hi" when Steve comes home and "da", "da-da", "da-dy" and he says "hat" clear as can be. His favorite game involves taking Steve's baseball cap off his head. It's so funny to see him holding up his arms and calling "hat! hat!".

He's pulling himself up on everything these days, and getting into all kinds of trouble in the process! After many months scooching along on the floor, albeit at a pretty good speed, he just 3 days ago got up on his hands and knees and started really crawling.

Galen has 7 little teeth, four on top and three on the bottom. He loves music and dancing. He thinks his brothers are the funniest people around. The other night he charmed a friend of ours when he was handed a doll and immediately held it to his cheek and started patting it's back.

I want to try to remember all of the sweet little details of his babyhood. It's passing by so unbelievably fast. It's hard to believe that he'll be a year old soon. Still we've got a bit more baby time left to cherish....