If History Repeats Itself

A few of you have asked about or mentioned the red hair factor and wondered if Hannah will have a little head of red hair. To that I say, if history repeats itself, then it's almost a sure thing. For those of you that don't know all of my family, I've included a few pictures below as a visual. The first three are of me as a baby, me and my older sister Emily as kiddos and then me and my Mom and Emily at Emily's college graduation. The last sweet picture is of my cousin's babies, that would be my Mom's sister's daughter's children. Doesn't Lucy have the prettiest red hair? (I threw Smith in for good measure because he is just to cute!)





So, now you can see, red hair just runs in our family and the chances are extremely high that this baby will come out with beautiful red locks. For those of you that love red heads as much as we do, you are in for a treat! And if you don't, well just keep that to yourself, please and thank you!

It's a.....

sweet baby GIRL!

We are thrilled and just so thankful for a healthy baby. The sweet ultrasound tech, Michelle, said that our girl looks healthy. She weighed in today at a whopping 8 oz, which according to my pregnancy books is right on track for 18 weeks. They measured her femur bone (thigh bone) and it is exactly 1 inch long. She is a tiny little thing, but I already have so much love for her in my heart.

At lunch Matt was already considering the various "funds" that need to be started now that we know it's a girl. He said he was going to go ahead and start the wedding fund today! Several people have asked how Matt is doing, are girls really that expensive??

Here are a few of the ultrsound pictures that we got today, and a few pictures of me and my expanding waist.

She's waving at you in this picture!

That's her hand right beside her cheek, almost in the background.

I know this one is kind of random, but it's really for Matt. He had a very hard time distinguishing all of the body parts via ultrasound, so when he shouted out "That's her foot!" the ultrasound tech got so excited that she made a special picture just for Matt.

This one is from today, it took us a few shots to realize that a white shirt (I had on a purple shirt initially) would probably work a little better for the purposes off showing my changing tummy!

My guess is that everyone's next question is going to be "What will her name be?" I'll go ahead and fill you in that we are 99% sure that her name will be Hannah Catherine Miller and we will call her Hannah. I have had that name picked out for some time now and Matt just so happens to really like it too. Catherine is a family name on both sides....Matt's Mom and Grandmother both have the middle name Catherine (one spells it with a "C" and the other with a "K") and my great-aunt on my Mom's, Dad's side was named Catherine. So there you have it.

I go back to see the actual doctor on Wednesday (I just had the ultrasound today) so if there is any more exciting baby news after that visit, I'll be sure to let you know!

Please continue to pray with us during this journey. We are excited to share in it with you and just feel like the Lord has truly given us a gift that we don't deserve.

Thanks for checking in on us! I'm off to buy some girly baby stuff!

A Window into our Lives

Well here goes......

After becoming an avid blog reader I have decided it's time that I started one of our own. Notice I say that "I start" because I certainly don't expect Matt to be contributing, other than being a source of inspiration for what I'm sure will be some hilarious stories to come. The timing is good, given the arrival of a sweet baby Miller on or around June 28th. With so much family and so many friends living in other parts of the country, I wanted a way to keep you all updated on our growing little family.

Be sure to check back on Monday....we're headed to see the doctor and he promises to tell us if we should be buying lots of pink or blue. I can hardly see straight I am so excited just to know!

For now, here are a few pictures from our trip to Colorado Springs last weekend. I've decided this will likely be my last trip halfway across the country before the baby comes....but soon after, Eugene, OR here we come!

Come back to visit often!

Sally