emmett meets all of his friends!

This past week we had lots of visitors!  I'm so thankful my friends and family are willing to make the trip up to our house b/c I'm not ready to pack both boys (and all of their crap) into the car and head south yet.  I think I might need a bigger vehicle before that happens :)  

Last week Jamie and Barrett came up to hang out and also take a few pics of me and the boys!  Barrett is a riot, he was loving all of Henry's toys and they did a great job playing and sharing together.  We had lunch and snapped some great photos of the day.  Jamie and I say this all of the time, but we need less distance between us.  Or a super fast train so we can hang out more often!  

Yesterday, Lauren, Harper, Holly & Eli came to visit as well!  It was so great to catch up, we haven't seen each other since Harper's newborn photos.  Eli and Henry played and the girls and I caught up.  Emmett snoozed and Harper was a perfect angel, just sitting on her momma's lap watching everything.  Henry was so smitten with her... He told Darin all about her when he got home from work.  I guess he needs a woman in his life with all of these little boys around!  

Having your friends around with their kids, who will surely all be friends, is just the best.  I love to watch them all grow up and see how their personalities develop.  I wish we could see each other all of the time!  

Thank you SO much to Jamie for capturing these photos of me and the boys!!!  

presenting Emmett Lee Miller.

We have had the craziest past three months.  Each week was another hurdle to overcome and each week I just willed baby Emmett to hang on a little longer!  Thankfully our old house sold fast... In the midst of selling it, Henry fell off of our bed and broke his collarbone, which made for a very long ER trip and an incredibly overwhelmed and exhausted 37 week pregnant lady.   The next week we closed on our old place, moved the following day and started to unpack/organize/make the house livable for a newborn.  Baby E stayed comfy and cozy.  I really expected him to come the week after we moved, mostly because I didn't want to work the weekend :) But he had his own agenda and I worked through the weekend, right up to my 40 week appointment, which I never EVER expected to see.  I was induced with Henry on a Thursday on the last day of February instead of in March,which was his original due date... so I was convinced over the weekend this kid would also come by induction on a Thursday on the first day of October, when he was originally due in September.  Annnddd that is exactly what happened!  

We arrived at the hospital at 6 am, I was hooked up to pitocin and things got started!  By 2:30, the nurse was prepping my room for a baby.  I couldn't believe how fast I progressed!  My doctor arrived, I pushed for about an hour and Emmett made his appearance at 3:26 pm!  He weighed 8 lbs 11 oz and was 21 inches long.  He totally resembles Henry except for the brown hair and what appears to be brown eyes like his daddy.

Other than his actual birth, the next best part of the day was when Henry met Emmett for the first time.  Henry came right in looking for his baby brother and my heart exploded all over the place in a matter of seconds.  After he found out Emmett was there and ok, he says to me, "that belly is ALL gone!"  If only that was 100% true buddy :)  We then celebrated Emmett's birthday with cupcakes on Thomas the train plates and party hats.  

We are so thankful to now have two beautiful & healthy boys.  We are looking forward to our new adventures as the Millers, party of four :)