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 :)

fair oaks farm.

I cannot believe it has been over 3 months since my last post... time is FLYING by.  We have been so overwhelmed the past two months with buying a new house, ripping it apart, starting to fix it up, packing, listing our current house, and oh yeah, preparing for the baby to arrive!  The majority of our time is spent at one of the two houses we now own, cleaning/renovating, or running to Menards/Home Depot/Lowes (or all three in one day)... It's been crazy.  I am SO excited to show our home reno though as soon as it's done.  We are really hoping to move before the baby comes, but it's getting down to the wire and I still have no kitchen at the new place, so we will see how it goes! 

We had an open house this past Sunday and instead of doing our usual house stuff, we opted to take a little family trip to Fair Oaks.  Henry was excited to go to the farm and see the cows and pigs.  I was excited to have some cheese and ice cream :)  We took both bus tours to the cow and pig areas, which are so incredible and interesting to see!  The facilities they have created for observation are awesome and I have never seen so many cows and pigs in one spot in my life.  My favorite places were the birthing barn (we didn't see the live birth, but we did see the mom cleaning up her newborn calf) and the milking arena.  Watching these cows get on and off this revolving, milking turn table was wild.  Henry thought the cows smelled icky and was bummed that he couldn't see them up close, but still had a good time.  He mostly enjoyed running around and checking out all of the kid activities.  I would definitely recommend stopping for the afternoon to anyone who happens to be cruising along 65 and has some extra time!  

  

It's a.....

The best part of my Mother's day weekend was finally finding out the gender of this babe!  The second best part was surprising both of our moms with a little framed photo b/c they had no idea we had even gone for the ultrasound.  We are just so happy and so lucky :)

IT'S A BOY!!!!   

happy easter!

Entertaining at our house is one of my favorite things to do.  I love the planning process, decorating and trying out new recipes.  Easter was no exception, so we had both families up for the day to cookout, hunt eggs and enjoy the BEAUTIFUL weather.  I have so many memories of Easter egg hunting in winter coats, so I was thrilled Henry could run around outside sans coat and hat.  We had a great lunch and I made a carrot cake from scratch... shredding 2 lbs of carrots is no joke, but it was worth it! 

It is always a good time when everyone is together, we love having these gatherings!  

We hope everyone else had a wonderful Easter with their loved ones too!