I KNOW! I'M WAY BEHIND ON THE BLOG

I got a new job!!!! I am super happy about it and looking forward to starting on May 11th. Until then, I've been on a mad dash to complete some around-the-house projects.

Dylan is all moved into his new big-boy room, but he's still sleeping in the pack-n-play and not in the toddler bed yet, but he LOVES his new room. I did another water/nautical themed room for him and it turned out great. My mom and I did all the painting and I hand painted all the waves on the wall too, you'll see!

So, the new nursery is coming along too. With all of Dylan's nautical theme items now in his new room, I got to do a circus theme in the 'new' baby's room. I got a bunch of steals at ikea and I think the new room looks great too.

Dylan got his 1st big-boy haircut yesterday (4/28) !!

He did great at the salon and the cut looks so cute! It is such a HUGE difference!

OK, so that's it for me. I'm feeling good. Headaches are gone and I'm 6 months along now and looking forward to meeting the new addition in August! Please take care and I hope you all are well. I'm uploading pics now, so I should be adding them later this evening. Suzanne

12-Week Sonogram Pics

We went in and got a 12-week sonogram done today. It was for a test called 'Nuchal Translucency.' The NT test measures the clear (translucent) space in the tissue at the back of the developing baby's neck. Babies with abnormalities tend to accumulate more fluid at the back of their neck during the first trimester, causing this clear space to be larger than average.

Anyway, our little muffin's clear space was VERY small. He/She is already a mover and a shaker, waving at us and flipping all around making the sonographers job very difficult. She/He also got the hiccups during the scan. Isn't that crazy? 12 weeks and this kid's got the hiccups?!?

Anyway, here are the two sonogram pics we got to bring home... he/she is still all head and belly, but was saw hands, legs, feet, and a nice spine too!

WARD... Party of Four!

So, Tracy finally managed to evict the little procrastinator on Saturday! Hooray! I was glad to do my part as Lucas's babysitter. I went up there thinking I'd get to sleep in and hang out and do NOTHING all day, but Garrett had other plans!

Garrett Lee Ward
7 lbs 6 oz
20.5 inches
Saturday, January 31, 2009 ~ 11:08 AM

I'll add pictures soon.

I'm Pregnant! Did I not mention that?!?!

Yes, even though I thought we totally missed 'the window' of opportunity in November, we definitely DID NOT! I took a home pregnancy test when I was 5 days late and it was POSITIVE. I was shocked. Even though we were 'trying' I was still shocked.

Anyway, I am pregnant with BABY #2 and VERY excited about it... except for the headaches and ALL day sickness, but I know they'll pass in say 12-13 weeks!

Here is the evidence...

Sonogram Photos

Here are the pictures. 8 weeks 4 days.
Heartrate 168 BPM. Everything looks perfect!!

Christmas Photos

Here is a link to the pictures Steven's mom took! Enjoy!

Christmas Eve:

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Christmas Day

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Christmas Etc

I've got tons of photos that I'll add later, but here is Dylan's picture with Santa.
I just LOVE it!




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Finally

OK, so finally I am tearing myself away from the job search long enough to get an update out...

So, Erica and Mark and Baby Cole are doing Great!
He's a month old now, getting very big and has a doctors appointment tomorrow!

Here are a few photos of Dylan from this week. He saw the camera and did his best to say 'cheese'... adorable!

THANKSGIVING!

Steven, Dylan and I flew to Michigan for Thanksgiving week and we had a great time. We enjoyed hanging out with the family, going to the Detroit Lions football game, and I even magaged to get in some time at the spa... with champagne, no less.

Here are some fun photos...

BABY MILLER (AKA: Baby McStubborn and/or Baby McHUGE!)

Welcome New Little BOY!

COLE CHRISTOPHER MILLER

We are so happy for your arrival!

Born: TODAY: November 13, 2008 at 10:48 AM

Stats: 9 lbs, 7 oz and 20.8 inches

These pictures are from November 8th, a few days before Cole's birthday... don't they look cute?

And the long awaited backlog of photos begins...

Here is the montage from Amy's 30th SURPRISE Birthday Party...

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Here is another from early October. We (Amy, Connor, my mom, Dylan and I) went to this Petting Zoo/Pumpkin Patch. Dylan had a miserable time! He hated being stuck in the stroller and he was only interested in the grass, leaves and rocks. Not the 600lb pigs or the tiny baby chicks or ANY of the other anilmals! He did enjoy the pumpkin patch, so for that I am thankful. Here are the photos:

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And Halloween at our house... we took Dylan trick-or-treating, but (as usual) he's more interested in the gravel, leaves etc. than going up to the houses and collecting candy. Sorry buddy! Maybe next year! He did enjoy PLAYING with the candy and by the end of the night, he was professional at handing out (throwing) the candy. We were dressed up that night too and so was the house. It was a good, good time!

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