This weekend

My sister Megan came into town on Saturday night and stayed till Monday night.

I had a chronic thing in my eye all day Saturday and I think it finally scratched my eye so it felt better to keep it closed so Brock made me a patch looks pretty good Huh?

On Friday night we had the ultimate rock star party. We had guitar hero and rock band and a game of settlers of ca tan in the kitchen. The rock star was projected on the wall so you can't really see it.

Our Walks

Daegen had a per ma-grin on his face the whole time we were taking our walk today. He loved all the sounds, the cold weather, and he even learned to blow bubbles with his saliva (wow what a genius).  He is a funny kid his favorite song for me to sing to him is "Do a dollop" (you know the sour cream commercial). No nursery rhymes for this kids he is all about the sour cream commercials.

look whos 6 weeks

At 6 weeks he is a bright baby. He smiles and cu's sometimes. But very alert and happy. He weighs about 10 pounds(I know big boy). And he loves music and his rattle. 

thank you Daegen

Thank you Daegen for reminding me why you get potty trained.....

Double blow outs it was an exciting morning

Good thing your adorable...

another good day

we got to go with daddy to work again!!!!

bod pod the finals

Brock and I entered into a study a week before thanksgiving. The study was to see if people gained weight over the holidays. So I'm happy to report that brock stayed the same and I lost 3 pounds. I have no idea how I lost weight I thought for sure that I gained at least 3 pounds. So I'm off to lose 13 more pounds

                                                 here I am in the bod pod it measures body mass

                                             

                                                  Here is brock He was mad I took this picture.

smile of the day

Happy new year

Well last years theme was 2008 lets procreate and we definitely did that 2 IVF cycles and an adoption and we have a kid. Now thats accomplishing a goal! So this year we decided on a more reassuring theme 2009 its going to be fine. You never know whats going to happen with this recession and all so we like to say it just going to be fine. Or my brother in- law Brent wanted it to be 2009 lets loose the behind. I still not sure if he was directing it to me or to the general audience. any ways I hope that you have a wonderful new year. 

Here are the cousin's that were born in 2008 

it goes youngest to oldest Daegen ( 1 month) Cathrine (6 months) Emmett (10 months)

Daegen is a month

                                                                       Angel Boy

So Daegen turned a month on the secound of this month ( January)  he is getting so big he loves the rattle and following it around. When he hears either brock and my voice he looks around and tries to find us. He is growing so fast. 

Merry christmas

We were in Portland this year for Christmas. We were some of the very few who were able to fly out to the Northwest. The weather was crazy I have never seen Portland look like that , it looked very foreign.  But we got there safely and all was  well while we were there.  

It was Daegens first Christmas we feel so blessed to be able to have shared it with him and my family. He really is our angel boy (its one of the many nicknames that he has).  He is such a good baby and it really is a blessing to have him in our lives. 

With that said there are a couple of concerns that I have for him. One being his love for guitar hero and all the annoying 70's rock music that he just sat and listen to pretty much the whole Christmas vacation.  Second him being around Beth (My sister) and her outrageously ugly out fit on Christmas eve (we had an ugly Christmas sweater party) I hope that style doesn't rub off on him . Third his dad letting him see his first PG-13 movie the day after Christmas.  I feel bad for corrupting this angel boy , but he has been perfect so far I"m sure he'll be just fine. 

We had lots of fun while we were there we played guitar hero, went to movies , went snowboarding, and did I mention played guitar Hero.

here are some pics that I have so far.....

here we are as a happy family in our ugly Christmas sweaters.

                                  Beth and her husband Brandon don't they look creepy.

                               Daegens first Christmas ( he is not crying I promise he is a happy baby)
Of course only the Miller-Millers would have two hot chocolate makers going at the same time.
                              I go nuts for Wrangler Butts ( my moms gag gift to brock haha mom)
                                           Brock and Daegen so cute on Christmas morning.
                             mom and Daegen on Christmas morning thanks Brock for the good pic.
                                                      Auntie em with baby Daegen.

Sorry for the lame pics everyone was supposed to email me pics. hint hint beth and emily and mom. 

daegens first flight

Daegen went on his first flight on the 23 of december and he did so good. He didn't even cry once. We had him in his man bag (Sling) and people didn't even know that there was a baby on the flight. 

a good day

well today started out going to the doctors. The lil man is getting bigger and at a rappid rate. It makes me sad. He has met his first milestone he lost his umbilical cord which was really upsetting to me, he is just growing to fast. 

(notice his new bellybutton)

Today I had one of those ah ha moments. No I didn't invent anything , but Daegen and I were able to take a work trip down to Salt lake with Brock.  we were able to be together as a family in the middle of the day.  As I was setting in the car I thought this is the life being together as a family I love it.

Christmas Cards

I've started to send out christmas cards and some of you have moved in the last year. So Just email me with your address. That would be very helpful. Have a Merry Christmas.

happy big 30 birthday big boy

                                                                happy birthday mattie
                            This is one of my fav memories of you. your way to nice.

Night of lights

                                                                      Daddys boy

                                         

We went to temple square to see the lights the last night that she was here. We had a lot of fun. Its a new thing for us being parents and we had no idea just to go look at lights it took us 30 min to get out of the car. We had to feed him then change a really poopie diaper and then make sure he was warm enough to walk out side. He really is a good baby. 

what daegen does during the day

                                             He sleeps in his bassinet (thanks rebecca its awsome)
                                          He travels in his car seat ( we went to the DRs)

He swings in his swing (thanks derald)

bath time

I couldent get these pics in order but here are his bathtime pics (modest pics)

Daegen gives his fish face after every bath so cute
he loves getting his hair washed no cries.
getting his hair washed with the scruber that he loves

Our little boy

Name: Daegen Ronald Miller

DOB: December 2 , 2008

weight: 6 pound and 1 OZ

length: 19 inches

We are so happy to announce our new addition Daegen. We were told that we were chosen by the birth mother on nov.7 and her due date was Dec. 22. So we thought that we had a little more time than we did. We are so excited and thrilled to have him in our home. Thank you to everyone for there love and support we really appreciate it.

We absolutely love his birth mom more than she will ever know and also her family. They are the most caring and loving people.

We have alot of pictures of him and he has already been through alot in his few days of life. he is now 6 days old. Today was a big day for him he had his manhood trimmed and it looks painful. oouch!!

                                                            Holding him minutes oldHad ttn (Fluid in his lungs) and was breathing really fast had to be in the NICU

His first 36 hours of life was eating through an I V and so he had a hard time eating so he had a feeding tube to help him eat.

Then he had Jaundice and so he had these cool sunglasses and had to be in the "tanning beds" for 36 hours or more. and you can see the feeding tube there and yes he pulled that thing out 2 times he hated it.

This was in the NICU and Brock loved taking these pics thought this was funny of Brock.

Finally home and happy

Daegen and his first girlfriend Jane, born December 5, 2008 (He is so embaressed of his mom taking a pic of them)

I'm still alive

Sad news my computer has been broken for about a week or so and there for I've not been able to blog. I'm using Brock's computer right now I was able to distracte him long enough to let you guys know I'm alive. Also I'm hoping to be able to blog about something really exciting soon. So be ready. 

Halloween weekend

My Parents came down to Utah Halloween weekend. I haven't been able to post I have been very busy and all the pics get downloaded to Brock's computer. We had a fun weekend. Brock and my dad went to the football game and then met up with my mom and Megan and I. Of course we were shopping. So the pics above show how enthused everyone was. Brock and my dad would find the seats right when we got into the next store. I was pretty surprised at my dad because he is a shopper but Brock go figure. Also why my parents were here on Sunday the electricity went out and it was out for mos of the day so we cooked dinner on the wood stove. We had a lot of fun. Thanks mom and dad for coming out.

brock sitting in J crew patiently
My dad sitting in J crew wishing he could buy me something.

Mom and Blitzlii have snuggle time. Its what grandma's and granddogs do.

Me cooking our survival meal on the wood stove.

Don't you wish you were here

Brock and I love being cozy in the fall and this is what our house looks like about every night, minus the Halloween decorations.

Nov 4

Amy and I are just sitting here in bed talking about our new president. Today was crazy for me, going on only 4 hours of sleep, lots of meetings and some really challenging deadlines at school...glad it's over. No major plans for this weekend...for once.

Nov. 2

Amy's parents came in town on Friday from Oregon. We celebrated Halloween together and waited for the trick-or-treaters. Blitzlii and Regen dressed up for Halloween, Blitzlii was a devil again and Regen was a lady bug with a tutu, of course. Brock's sister brought her kids over and they jumped in the huge leaf pile Brock prepares for this particular occasion. Saturday Brock and Amy's Dad went to the Portland State Weber State football game, while Amy and her mom and sister went shopping downtown SLC. We met up for dinner and ate at an awesome Italian restaurant. Sunday at church the electricity went out so we went home early, unfortunately when we got home our power was out too so we made food on our wood stove. Pretty inventive actually. Amy's parents left later that afternoon and then around 6:00pm our lights came back on...and now Brock doesn't have a excuse to not do his home work.

oct 30

Brock: The burn on my arm you guys may have seen last week is scabbed over and I am really hoping it will not scar. Between now and Saturday I will be reading up on Portland State's football team so I can talk with Amy's dad on Saturday on the sidelines of the football game vs. WSU like I actually have a clue about PSU football. Wish me luck with that one.

Amy: Since school has started for Brock I'm alone again on Tuesdays and Thursdays. I don't mind the peace and quite because I know someday it will change and I will wish for my peace and quite again. I've been pretty busy I had a Halloween party at my house with about seven kids in my neighborhood including 3 nieces and nephews. We had a lot of fun watching movies and had a cookie decorating contest ( which everybody won) and a scary things race (the kids made that one up). I'm getting ready for my parents coming out on Friday. I'm so excited. Brock and my Dad will go to the football game and I will go shopping with my mom and maybe my sister on Saturday.