Some belly shots!

24 weeks 4 days

25 weeks 6 days

29 weeks 3 days

30 weeks 2 days

32 weeks 1 day

I didn't realize just how long it has been!

All is well in the Miller world as we get closer and closer to the baby being born. I obviously haven't posted since we found out, but we are having another girl. We have decided on the name Emily Grace. We have also decided on scheduling a c section for her birth. With the way things went with Allie, it is also likely that I will not progress again. Not to mention, if I get to my due date and don't go into labor, I automatically will have a c section anyway. So with a 2 year old, the Army and our family coming in, we decided scheduling will be our best bet. Not to mention, its seeming she will be be big, just like Allie! At my 30 week check up, the dr walked in, took one look at my belly and said that baby is easily 4 1/2 lbs already. YES! Just what I wanted to hear :) I need tolook into the next labor and delivery tour so we knowwhat to expect at the hospital. This weekend Adam is supposed to spend a day in Emily's room. He has a lot of work to do, and I would love to get the bulk of it done over the weekend. Fingers crossed! Its coming so fast!

Allie is so looking forward to being a big sister, or at least it seems. She is always talking about her and how much she loves her. I cannot wait to see her reaction when she realizes its an actual baby and we get to bring her home! I just signed her up for summer camps today. She is going to two week long sessions in the mornings from 8:30-11:30. I know she will love it and I made sure to split it up so she gets to most out of her summer. Between visitors and our girls trip home while Adam is in predeployment training, we will have a busy summer and school will start up again for Allie right after we return from NJ. She loves school and was in tears tonight because she has to wait until Tuesday to go back.

I don't think Adam has any idea what he is in for with a house full of girls. He was gone for Allie's first year, so he has no clue how much life is going to change! He's been amazing and helpful and wonderful lately. He is very understanding of how hard things are getting for me, and doesn't give me any crap when I just need to sit or lay down in the middle of cleaning. We are super blessed that he is on block leave when the baby is born, however Im pretty bummed we will not get a chance to go home as a family this summer. I was looking at pictures from our trip home last summer and we had the BEST time. We are planning on going home in October on his predeployment leave and we will do Emily's Christening then.

Im going to make an attempt and do some back posts on this!

Happy Easter!

We had such a nice Easter this year! Adam and I decided to invite our neighbors and our friends over for a BBQ. It went really well! We are so lucky to have such awesome friends. Our neighbors had never met our friends before, and it seems like everyone got a long really well. Allie, Landon and Aubree had a good time together! They were all constantly busy between Allie's room and the backyard. Helen's older boys were able to play basketball at the park or PS3 so they were able to keep busy too. Allie was so worn out by the end of the day she was crying to go to bed. Adam gave her a bath and she cried the entire time! As I got her in her jammies she just cried about how tired she was and made Adam carry her to bed because she was too tired to even walk! I am hoping to do something similar for Memorial Day. The baby will only be a week old, but it will be like a Welcome to the World party too.

Allie loved her basket. She kept thanking me over and over again. I had to to keep reminding her it was the Easter Bunny who left it, not mommy and daddy! I think her favorite thing were the Littlest Pet Shop eggs. She loves her little pets and they keep her busy.

In the morning we did an egg hunt with our neighbors. Adam and Lonnie went across to the park and "hid" the eggs, and the girls loved it! Im glad she had such a great day!

Our big girl

Allie has had a very big month! The day after we returned from NJ (December 6th) Allie was being ridiculous about her binky after her nap. We couldn't handle the whining and finally Adam walked over gave her the binky and told her to throw it in the trash. That night she took over an hour and a half to go to bed. The next day at nap she asked for it, but was asleep within a half hour. The times were shortened everyday until finally there wasn't a fight. Don't get me wrong, nap time most days she whines because she thinks she doesn't need them anymore. However 2-3 hours later, Im sure she feels much better after sleeping that long. She has not had a binky since that Sunday at her nap and we haven't looked back. Sometimes she asks for it and we remind her she put it in the trash and thats the end of it. That was one huge obstable out of the way before the baby comes. We also slowly started working on potty training when we got back. We moved her potty in her room so she could get used to sitting on it etc (plus our bathroom is tooooo small for it). One night she got mad at us (as usual) and closed her bedroom door. A few minutes later she was yelling and Adam went in and she had peed on the potty all on her own. So we started introducing panties slowly and phasing out diapers. The next day she pooped on the potty twice and I was so excited. She did well for a few days and then regressed a little and was pooping in her panties and having 3-4 accidents a day. As Christmas got closer she started getting better with it. She was having major poop issues, but thats because she was having trouble going and would go whenever she could actually go. I realized this was from her not eating enough fruits over the holidays with all we had going on and shes doing SO much better with it now. She hasn't had a poopie accident since my parents were here and that was over a week ago. She had a pee pee accident on NYE at our friends house, but she was patiently waiting with her pants down in front of their potty and I didn't hear her yelling and she couldn't hold it any longer. Poor thing! She is still sleeping at night in pull ups, but most mornings she wakes up dry and gets on her potty before I even go in to get her out of bed. We haven't ventured out of the house in panties yet, but she is going to start wearing them to school tomorrow. Her teacher was really impressed with the difference in her during her school break. Not only is her potty training going well, but she is saying so many more words and her teacher was going on and on about how smart she is for her age. I definately think school is playing a big role in that! She came up to me yesterday and said "Hi! Nice to meet you, I Allie" and shook my hand. Her no thanks transformed into no thank you and please sounds much more like it should. Its absolutely amazing! Shes becoming such a big girl, if I weren't bursting with pride (haha) I would probably be sad!

Baby and life updates :)

Ok well finally time for a baby update! I am FINALLY feeling better. Im still tired, but I rarely nap anymore, just some quiet laying down and I am good to go. I haven't had a headache in weeks, my sinuses have finally cleared up and I am finally back to working out. My belly is slowly growing. Some days I look more pregnant than others. However, Im only 18 weeks, so just give me some time! I go to the doctors next week. I have my 20 week ultrasound on January 12th and we MIGHT find out what the baby is. I have my check up on January 14th, Im not excited to get in trouble for most likely gaining too much weight over the holidays. Im curious, because both my German doctor and NJ doctor never once commented on my weight. Ever since they found out Allie was 9 lbs they must think I was just a super unhealthy fatty during my pregnancy. My family just has big babies, its what we do. Anyway, Ive felt a couple little movements here and there, but its not everyday yet and its not very strong either. I still forget Im pregnant about 95% of the time. Ive started doing prenatal pilates and I like it. Ive always been unflexible, but today I definately realized I need to stretch and do pilates a whole lot more!
We found out about Adam's new unit's training schedule. He will be on block leave right around the time the baby is born. So now we need to figure out how they will work his leave since he is supposed to get 10 days off paternal leave. We also found out he will be in California for the whole month of August. We were hoping block leave would be in July so we could go home and have the baby Christened as well as have Allie's 3rd birthday party. Instead I will go back to NJ for two weeks with the kids in August to celebrate mine and Allie's birthdays. We decided to delay the Christening until his predeployment leave. He missed Allie's and I don't want him missing this one too. So at least everyone will meet the baby by August and then see us again in the fall. Adam may deploy early 2011, so I will most likely head back to NJ depending on living arrangements. I don't want to give up our house here since we will still have one year left in the Army when he returns. Well I think thats it for now!

Adam finally made a decision

And that decision was to re enlist in the Army. He signed a re enlistment deal that left us here in Ft. Knox for 3 years, so until December 2012. He switched to a combat unit, so he will deploy again before he is done. I don't want him to go, but I am prepared for him to go. The good news is he will be here when the baby is born and will hopefully enjoy at least half of the baby's first year before deploying. It was a hard decision, but we have nothing outside the Army right not especially with the unemployment rate being so high. We did what was best for the 4 of us and hopefully in 2012 things are a little better and we can give the civilian world a shot!

Back from NJ

Well we finally made it home from NJ! After a long, long day of driving in crazy weather we made it. Unfortunately we were pulled over at a McDonalds for just about 2 hours due to heavy snow. I felt so bad for my sister and dad who had to tag along. It broke my heart to watch the stress in their face as we decided what to do. We eventually decided to get back on the road and just deal with it. We drove for almost 2 hours at 35 MPH but hey, we made it home. Adam was very happy to have us home as he had his spur ride and was worn out. We missed Aubree's birthday party and I was really bummed because Allie would of had a great time.