birthday eve....

this is one of my favorite pictures... taken the night before the birthday.

don't tell amy I posted this one, otherwise she will get that same look in her eye. :)

Introducing...

Caleb Russell Miller

the stats: 8 lb, 12oz, 19 1/2 " long

What a gift from God!

Self Punishment

notice: for best viewing results place left ear on left shoulder...

2 weeks to go....YIKES!!!

It's hard to believe that we only have 2 weeks left. Today we are working on the nursery some more so hopefully we will get it done before Caleb arrives and then we can post some pictures of our hard work (or should I say Russ' hard work).

Also, here is a lovely picture of the ever expanding belly. I can't believe how much Caleb has grown just in the last few weeks! This little guy sure is active too- I think he's gonna be a soccer player :)

Well, that's all for now. We will do our best to keep you updated on Caleb's arrival.

Till then...

moving sched.!

Hey everyone...

here's the plan,

loading at 6pm at my parents house on Friday!!! (bonfire shortly thereafter???)

unloading at 10am at our new home on Saturday!!! (the beach isn't too far away if you want to make a day out of Holland)

also... if you're interested in throwing paint on the walls, the only day I will be working on it will be thursday... any help is welcome, but we will still be friends if you have something better to do! : )

just give me a call for directions...

thanks ya'll...

rm

We're Moving!! Finally!!!

Hi all! Sorry it's been a while since we've posted. We've been playing the waiting game with our lives...waiting for the baby to get here already...waiting for my grad classes to finish (3 weeks!)...waiting for our house to close...

Hopefully on Tuesday we will be in our new home. Unfortunately, I will be leaving for WI on Tuesday as well, so that leaves Russ with all the work! So, I am calling all troops to come to help paint and move. Russ will be painting and staining Tuesday evening, Wed. evening, and Thursday evening from about 6-9. Friday evening we need Rockford peeps to help pack up our loot over at the Miller's house in Rockford. Saturday, we are calling on all Holland peeps to join in the effort and help unload the uhaul in the morning at our new place. If anyone can help, please call Russ. I feel terrible that I can't be there...but someone has to open the presents at our baby shower in WI, right? ;)

Here are a couple pix that I took of the house during inspections. Not the best shots, but I'll post more once we get moved in.

30 Weeks!

Yesterday we were privileged to have another ultrasound, since Caleb was so shy at our first. However, he once again was quite shy. It took about 45 minutes to get these shots and they still aren't the greatest. So, let's see how good you are at finding the baby in the picture :)

And here's everyone's favorite...Amy's expanding belly bump (yikes).

Day 11

Well... we're back, safe and sound, and on the ground... i don't think we even took 1 picture of our trip home....so here's the last of the pics... thank you rhianon and heath so much for being our tour guides... we had a blast!

day 10

Day 9

Guam 7 & 8

On Saturday, we swam a little and snorkeled a little. When we got back, we got ready for the wedding of a co-worker of Rhianon's. It was a HUGE wedding! Beautiful too and good food.

On Sunday, the family had plans to go snorkeling at GabGab, but we locked the keys in the truck (oops)... So we went to the pool instead. Once the spare keys arrived, we went to GabGab and snorkeled, swam, bbq'd and played a while. Then we got ready for another family dinner at Pedo and Flo's house (neighbors and "adopted family" of Rhianon and Heath).

Day 6 in Guam

On this day, we toured the southern tip of Guam and learned a little bit about the culture. We also went to our first "family dinner". We all had a great time!

day 4

refrigerator down!

Days 4 and 5 in Guam

Day 3 in paradise!

Guam, Day 1 and 2

Possible torpedo belly??

Okay...so a couple of times I have seen pregnant women with a rather pointy belly that I refer to as "torpedo belly". I wonder if that will be me. Judging by the looks of it...I think so....yikes!

(6 months)

Introducing...

CALEB RUSSELL MILLER!!!




Here are the few ultrasound pics that we had at 20 weeks. They are tricky to figure out, but for you experts moms and dads, I'm sure you'll have no problem!

This is a profile picture. Caleb is sucking his thumb so his knuckles are also in the profile.

This is the 3-D picture. I know it's difficult to tell what's what, but if you look closely, you can see his little button nose and his mouth. His hands are up next to his face as well. You can even see the umbilical cord!

This is the proof that Caleb is in fact a boy! The was taken as if he was sitting on the camera. Look closely between the legs...:)

We have another ultrasound in June. Hopefully we will get some better pictures then.

for those of you who wondered...

...what I would look like if I gained 10 pounds, I thought I'd give you a little peep show.








The photo below is rated PG-13.

Yup, that's right...I'm wearing sweatpants. They are lovely too. So are my stretchmarks. Simply lovely. Actually, I had both before I got preggo- and wore both the stretchmarks and sweatpants proudly.

As soon as I get over to the Miller's house to use their scanner, I will post a picture of our little Caleb. He's very active these days. I think he thinks my uterine wall is a hamster ball. It's not.

Okay. There you go. Now all of you who have been asking for a picture can look at it and go "Oooohhh, so that's what pregnant Amy looks like". Notice I didn't let you see my face...that's because I was pale with nausea and my eyes were watering from my newly developed allergies. Good times.

(I just realized that this message is coming across a bit unhappy...that is not the case, just so you know. I am still thrilled to be Caleb's mom and can't wait to hold him in my arms, instead of in my belly!!)

So....

Today we had our ultrasound. Our little bean was not shy at all. In fact, our little bean decided to give us a little glimpse of his manlihood. Yes, that right folks, we are having a BOY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We have decided to name our little bean Caleb Russell. Already, he looks like he's going to be a big one!

As soon as we scan in our pictures, we'll post one for you all to see.

Ahhhh!! We have a son!!!!!!!!!!! crazy!!!!!!!!!!!! I still can't believe that we're pregnant!

Whoa.