First day home and Fergie was a bit curious
6 days old
Taken at 1 month- gotta love the ACDC rocker shirt!
1 day ago
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
One month today!
I can't believe it has already been one month since I had my little baby boy. It goes by so fast! We absolutely love having our little guy here. He gets cuter by the day and is still a really good baby. I went to the doctor the other day and I was shocked when they weighed him and he was up to 9 lbs! Not bad for starting out at 6.9 lbs. I love that he is starting to be more alert and I'm getting more smiles and baby coos every day. Babies just grow up too fast! Before I know it, he will be a little boy running around. I just want him to stay little :( Anyway, here are some pictures of our little guy from the last month since I have been bad at posting pictures and they are piling up on my computer.
First day home and Fergie was a bit curious
6 days old
Taken at 1 month- gotta love the ACDC rocker shirt!
First day home and Fergie was a bit curious
6 days old
Taken at 1 month- gotta love the ACDC rocker shirt!
Thursday, December 10, 2009
Sweet Pea Photography
We had newborn pics taken of Austin by Miranda of Sweet Pea photography and here is a little sneak peek! She is so amazing and so talented. My fav is the one of him smiling in his sleep. Her blog is : http://sweetpea-photography.blogspot.com/
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
My labor story
I have a horrible long term memory, so I have been meaning to write down my labor story before I forget all of the details. So here goes...
It all started on Friday, Nov. 20 when I thought my water broke. I had been having pretty constant (but not regular or in any pattern) contractions for a couple of days. My nice husband had made dinner for us and we were about to eat when my water broke (so I thought). Logan was downstairs so I yelled to him that I think my water just broke. This was 12 days before my due date, so I couldn't believe I was this lucky to be early! We decided to quickly eat dinner and then we headed off to the hospital. When we got to the hospital they did a test to see if my water actually had broken. The first test came out negative, so they said they could do 2 other tests just to be sure. Well, those tests also were negative. They then checked my cervix to see if I was dilated and effaced at all. I was a "loose 1" and 50% effaced. The bad news was my water had not broken, I had just peed my pants! So, they said we could stay a while longer to see if I progressed at all or just go home and wait. We decided to go home to see what happens. I had contractions all that night and they continued on Saturday. At about 6:00 that night they started to get worse and closer together. We were planning on going to see a movie, but I told Logan I wanted to go to Walmart to walk around. We went and walked around Walmart for about an hour and my contractions were about 3-4 minutes apart and getting pretty painful. I still wasn't convinced that this was the real thing. I was super paranoid that I would go to the hospital and be sent home again. So we went home and I took a bath to see if that would make the contractions stop. Nope, still going strong. I decided to call the hospital to ask them if I should come in (just to be sure). The girl on the phone told me we should definitely come in, so once again, we headed to the hospital. I could tell I was in real labor this time because every bump we went over was painful if I was having a contraction. We got to the hospital around 10:00 pm. The first thing they did was check me to see if I was dilated any more. I was so happy when they told me I was dilated to a 4 and they were going to admit me! This is the point when we realized this was really happening and we would have a baby soon! One of the first things they asked me was if I was planning on having an epidural. My answer- heck yes! I'm not stupid- I could hear the lady next door screaming because she didn't get one. I had to wait about an hour and a half before I got the epidural. My contractions were getting worse, but with my nifty breathing techniques I learned in class, they were bearable. I think by the time I got the epidural, I was dilated to about a 6. From here on out, labor was awesome. I wouldn't say I was loopy, but I was very relaxed and very talkative. I remember I kept saying "it feels like my butt is glued to the bed"! It is the weirdest feeling not being able to feel your lower body! Once I got the epidural, they broke my water and that really got things going. From about 12-4 am I hung out, tried to sleep and Logan pretty much slept the whole time in the crappy hospital chair. I could feel when contractions came on, but they didn't hurt at all- fantastic. At about 4 am, Dr. Cox, the doc on-call came in and checked me. I was fully dilated, but they wanted me to "labor down". So, another half hour of that and he checked again. The baby's head was down, but he was sunnyside up- head facing up. So he waited until I had a contraction, had me push, and he turned baby so he was facing down. I then pushed through 3 contractions-a total of 9 pushes I believe and he was out. I seriously couldn't believe it was that easy and so quick! The doctor couldn't believe it either. He said usually with your first baby you push for about an hour or hour and a half total. I am now glad that I had a little 6 lb 9 oz baby! He told me that my husband better get a good job because if I have babies this easy, I should have a lot. Maybe...we'll see. When he was out the first thing I asked Logan was if he had any hair. We were expecting a bald baby, so we were so happy that he had some hair! Everyone said he was such a pretty baby, which I was happy about because lots of newborns are not very cute. They also commented on how he had such big, beautiful eyes. Yes, definitely big, just like his mom and dad. I thought I would be so scared to have my baby and to be a mom, but actually I really wasn't. I also thought I would cry when I had him but I didn't. I guess I was more excited to see him and a little shocked that it happened so fast! I guess to sum up my labor, it was one of the best days of my life. I couldn't have asked for things to go better. I consider myself lucky in the baby making and delivering department.
It all started on Friday, Nov. 20 when I thought my water broke. I had been having pretty constant (but not regular or in any pattern) contractions for a couple of days. My nice husband had made dinner for us and we were about to eat when my water broke (so I thought). Logan was downstairs so I yelled to him that I think my water just broke. This was 12 days before my due date, so I couldn't believe I was this lucky to be early! We decided to quickly eat dinner and then we headed off to the hospital. When we got to the hospital they did a test to see if my water actually had broken. The first test came out negative, so they said they could do 2 other tests just to be sure. Well, those tests also were negative. They then checked my cervix to see if I was dilated and effaced at all. I was a "loose 1" and 50% effaced. The bad news was my water had not broken, I had just peed my pants! So, they said we could stay a while longer to see if I progressed at all or just go home and wait. We decided to go home to see what happens. I had contractions all that night and they continued on Saturday. At about 6:00 that night they started to get worse and closer together. We were planning on going to see a movie, but I told Logan I wanted to go to Walmart to walk around. We went and walked around Walmart for about an hour and my contractions were about 3-4 minutes apart and getting pretty painful. I still wasn't convinced that this was the real thing. I was super paranoid that I would go to the hospital and be sent home again. So we went home and I took a bath to see if that would make the contractions stop. Nope, still going strong. I decided to call the hospital to ask them if I should come in (just to be sure). The girl on the phone told me we should definitely come in, so once again, we headed to the hospital. I could tell I was in real labor this time because every bump we went over was painful if I was having a contraction. We got to the hospital around 10:00 pm. The first thing they did was check me to see if I was dilated any more. I was so happy when they told me I was dilated to a 4 and they were going to admit me! This is the point when we realized this was really happening and we would have a baby soon! One of the first things they asked me was if I was planning on having an epidural. My answer- heck yes! I'm not stupid- I could hear the lady next door screaming because she didn't get one. I had to wait about an hour and a half before I got the epidural. My contractions were getting worse, but with my nifty breathing techniques I learned in class, they were bearable. I think by the time I got the epidural, I was dilated to about a 6. From here on out, labor was awesome. I wouldn't say I was loopy, but I was very relaxed and very talkative. I remember I kept saying "it feels like my butt is glued to the bed"! It is the weirdest feeling not being able to feel your lower body! Once I got the epidural, they broke my water and that really got things going. From about 12-4 am I hung out, tried to sleep and Logan pretty much slept the whole time in the crappy hospital chair. I could feel when contractions came on, but they didn't hurt at all- fantastic. At about 4 am, Dr. Cox, the doc on-call came in and checked me. I was fully dilated, but they wanted me to "labor down". So, another half hour of that and he checked again. The baby's head was down, but he was sunnyside up- head facing up. So he waited until I had a contraction, had me push, and he turned baby so he was facing down. I then pushed through 3 contractions-a total of 9 pushes I believe and he was out. I seriously couldn't believe it was that easy and so quick! The doctor couldn't believe it either. He said usually with your first baby you push for about an hour or hour and a half total. I am now glad that I had a little 6 lb 9 oz baby! He told me that my husband better get a good job because if I have babies this easy, I should have a lot. Maybe...we'll see. When he was out the first thing I asked Logan was if he had any hair. We were expecting a bald baby, so we were so happy that he had some hair! Everyone said he was such a pretty baby, which I was happy about because lots of newborns are not very cute. They also commented on how he had such big, beautiful eyes. Yes, definitely big, just like his mom and dad. I thought I would be so scared to have my baby and to be a mom, but actually I really wasn't. I also thought I would cry when I had him but I didn't. I guess I was more excited to see him and a little shocked that it happened so fast! I guess to sum up my labor, it was one of the best days of my life. I couldn't have asked for things to go better. I consider myself lucky in the baby making and delivering department.
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
He's here!
Austin Brett Miller was born on Sunday, Nov. 22 at 5:02 am. He weighed 6 lbs, 9 oz and was 21 inches long. He came 9 days early and I am not complaining about that at all! My labor and delivery was actually not bad and went pretty smoothly. I'll write a more detailed labor story later (for my record mostly). We got to come home yesterday and so far things are going pretty good. I love being a mom and still cannot believe I have a baby!
Friday, October 30, 2009
Baby shower
Wow time flies by! I just realized it's already been 2 weeks since my shower and I am just posting about it. My mom and sisters threw me a little shower and it was so much fun! Not to mention the decorations were so cute. The best part was seeing friends and family (ok maybe presents too). My sister Jessica even flew in from Vegas to come. I got a lot of really cute and fun stuff for baby and I am getting really excited for Dec. 1st to arrive (or earlier would be fantastic)!
Yup you guessed it! Dogs are the theme of baby m's room. My mom got this cute little Bulldog and I think baby will love it. (I guess we need to pick a name already so I can quit calling him "baby" or "baby m")
Me & Sammie (Jessica's daughter) She is so adorable!
Michelle and I with our prego bellies. She was due the next week and she still came!
Camille Blackburn (Mrs. B) and Michelle
Sis in law Nichole
Check out the cute decor
Mother in law Wendy holding Zane and sis in law Shauna holding her baby Natalie
Yup you guessed it! Dogs are the theme of baby m's room. My mom got this cute little Bulldog and I think baby will love it. (I guess we need to pick a name already so I can quit calling him "baby" or "baby m")
Me & Sammie (Jessica's daughter) She is so adorable!
Michelle and I with our prego bellies. She was due the next week and she still came!
Camille Blackburn (Mrs. B) and Michelle
Sis in law Nichole
Check out the cute decor
Mother in law Wendy holding Zane and sis in law Shauna holding her baby Natalie
Sunday, October 25, 2009
Looks like someone swallowed a watermelon seed!
I went to my doctor's appointment a few weeks ago and when I walked into the door a lady sitting at the front desk loudly announced, "looks like someone swallowed a watermelon seed." Some people just think they are soo funny. I guess it's pretty obvious now that I am having a baby! I have been pretty bad at taking belly pics, so when we got home from church today, I made Logan take a picture. So here is my watermelon belly:
Looking at this picture I realize it looks like I no longer have a butt. I hope that changes when I'm no longer prego!
My sister in law Nichole is the queen of online shopping or just shopping in general. She told me about this awesome swing that I just had to get. It's called the Fisher Price zen swing. It is the only swing you can buy that can run on batteries and also plug into the wall. So, you don't have to waste tons of money on batteries! It also swings front to back, and side to side. The seat part also can be taken off and used as a bouncer. It really is the best swing ever and I haven't even used it yet! We were thinking about testing it out on Fergie, but I think she's way too big and it would break.
When we lived in Provo, someone left this dresser in the shed at one of the houses we lived in. So I adopted it and have been wanting to re-finish it. It used to be painted white but was in desperate need of sanding and painting. Aqua is one of the color's I am using in baby M's room, so I painted it to match. I love how it turned out and can't wait to put it in the nursery!
My mom and sister's threw me a baby shower last week and it was seriously way better than Christmas! I got so many fun and cute things for baby. This is his closet and it's my favorite room in the house. I seriously go in here once a day just to look at everything. I kind of wish my closet had this many clothes and cute things!
I know shoes are a girl thing, but I still love buying shoes for my boy. My favs are the little Vans skater shoes. I also love the little Rock Star hat my sis Melissa got me. It has a matching onesie and he will be so adorable in it!
Can you tell I am getting really excited?? Only 5 weeks...maybe less if I'm lucky!
Looking at this picture I realize it looks like I no longer have a butt. I hope that changes when I'm no longer prego!
My sister in law Nichole is the queen of online shopping or just shopping in general. She told me about this awesome swing that I just had to get. It's called the Fisher Price zen swing. It is the only swing you can buy that can run on batteries and also plug into the wall. So, you don't have to waste tons of money on batteries! It also swings front to back, and side to side. The seat part also can be taken off and used as a bouncer. It really is the best swing ever and I haven't even used it yet! We were thinking about testing it out on Fergie, but I think she's way too big and it would break.
When we lived in Provo, someone left this dresser in the shed at one of the houses we lived in. So I adopted it and have been wanting to re-finish it. It used to be painted white but was in desperate need of sanding and painting. Aqua is one of the color's I am using in baby M's room, so I painted it to match. I love how it turned out and can't wait to put it in the nursery!
My mom and sister's threw me a baby shower last week and it was seriously way better than Christmas! I got so many fun and cute things for baby. This is his closet and it's my favorite room in the house. I seriously go in here once a day just to look at everything. I kind of wish my closet had this many clothes and cute things!
I know shoes are a girl thing, but I still love buying shoes for my boy. My favs are the little Vans skater shoes. I also love the little Rock Star hat my sis Melissa got me. It has a matching onesie and he will be so adorable in it!
Can you tell I am getting really excited?? Only 5 weeks...maybe less if I'm lucky!
Friday, October 23, 2009
Bear Lake
We went to Bear Lake for Canadian Thanksgiving this year and it was so much fun. My bro-in-law Devin's brother Jared (confusing I know) has a house there and we got to stay there for free! They call it their "cabin" but it's actually a super nice house and it's really close to the lake. There was about 20 of us crowded in there but it was still fun. It's the best to go to Bear Lake in the fall because it's not crowded at all and you can ride four wheelers (or if you are Canadian you call them quads) on the beach. Or if you are 8 months pregnant you can watch everyone from the window having fun riding on the beach :( Ok, I might have snuck in a short, slow ride. Probably not very smart but I felt left out. It was nice to get out and be with family so I shouldn't complain. I did research to see if there was any kind of hospital near Bear Lake- you know, just in case someone did go into labor! And no, I did not. We had our Canadian Thanksgiving on Sunday, even though it's actually on Monday. So now I won't feel bad if I have my baby early and miss Thanksgiving! Having 2 Thanksgivings is the best!
Marc, Julie & Keilani
Cute nephew Zane, aka baby sneakers
Devin riding in the wagon behind the four wheeler- after his ride the wagon was no longer functional
Niece Brielle riding in the wagon
Nephew Brody was the first to try out the wagon ride
Niece Evie discovered the dog bed was quite cozy
All of the grandkids and fat Fergie in her diaper
Marc, Julie & Keilani
Cute nephew Zane, aka baby sneakers
Devin riding in the wagon behind the four wheeler- after his ride the wagon was no longer functional
Niece Brielle riding in the wagon
Nephew Brody was the first to try out the wagon ride
Niece Evie discovered the dog bed was quite cozy
All of the grandkids and fat Fergie in her diaper
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