Visual Trademark - A Blog By CJ Mills

My mom used to tell me stories of how great of a big brother I was.  My little brother and sister were twins, so you could imagine the chaos that surrounded the Mills household when those two came home to be with their big brother. I often wondered what triggered my mind to care so [...]

Thanks for being such a good big sister. I know the last few weeks have been harder for you than anyone else, but you’ve remained strong. Bouncing from house to house, going away with your cousins for a week so that Mommy and Daddy could be with Asher, waking up wondering if we [...]

and you can’t help but smile. As I type this, we are now well beyond 24 hours in and Asher is doing great. The rest of us, on the other hand, are still trying to figure things out. Having two kids is TOTALLY different than bringing home your first. Couple that [...]

I do - especially after today.  Many of you were aware that after Asher’s temp dropped on Wednesday, the Doctor decided to take a proactive approach and run all sorts of tests on Asher - one of which included a CT scan of his brain.  The results were not good.  According to the CT scan, [...]

Yesterday was met with some bad news.  Some of Asher’s test results (as outlined here) came back negative.  The part that I’m having a hard time dealing with is not knowing if the negative results are really something to worry about or not.  The doc now wants to run a more detailed test to see [...]

Only now, as a Father, can I truly appreciate everything my dad did (and does) for me.  Thanks for it all, Dad!

Part of Stats Suck Sunday.

Andrea typically puts Jadyn to bed, but tonight I ended up doing it as Andrea has a friend from Denver in town. With all the chaos surrounding the last week or so, it has been hard to get back in a routine. Jadyn is no different and has a real hard time settling down [...]

Showing affection isn’t exactly my strongest quality. So you can imagine how it would be for me to show any kind of affection in a level 3 NNICU with Doctors and Nurses walking around and my baby boy looking like Radio Shack with 100 different wires coming out of him - it actually freaks [...]

The last few days have been hell. I’d consider myself a fairly flexible guy, but Asher’s early entrance took it to a whole new level. I know have a greater appreciation for what my cousin, Chris, and his wife went through with both of their kids.
The reality of the situation didn’t hit me [...]

I am a first time Dad. By that, I mean that I’m experiencing all the stages of being a parent for the first time. I am slowly learning all the “tricks of the trade” in preparation for my little boy who is scheduled to make an appearance in July; however, this week I [...]