Awww...

I feel so lucky to have this little family :) No matter how much whining and crying we have been through, it always seems like everything is better when Luke comes home. I'm so thankful for these 3!

Visitors From Montana

Grandma Leila came and stayed with us the first month of Wesley's life. This was our attempt at a photo of her and her grandkids...

 

Despite the picture, Wes was a real happy baby for the first 6 weeks of his life.

Uncle Matt got a full dose of life with little kids while he was here. Pretty sure that was some good birth control for him; Molly & Wes should not be expecting any little Pugh cousins anytime soon. Our attempt at a group photo...this was the best one-ha!

 

 Molly was SO excited to show Uncle Matt her new fishing pole and how to use it. She got kind of disappointed when he caught a fish and she didn't. Keep practicing Molly, he's got a few years on you!

  

You might be surprised, but Uncle Matt is really good at calming down a crying little Wes. He did a great job with his new nephew and helped me out SO much!!

 

Family of 4

Oh how life has changed since my last post in January. Things have been a bit hectic and the blog has definitely taken a backseat, but I will try to catch up with it. I suppose everyone knows by now that Wesley Stephen Miller was welcomed into our family of February 25, 2013. My doctor had been telling me for almost 3 weeks that he could be born any day and that my body couldn't be more ready...just waiting on a signal from the baby. Well, the signal didn't come fast enough and with a giant blizzard headed our way, I was induced. It was so much easier than natural labor with Molly. However, when it came time to push it was the worst pain I could ever have imagined. Pretty sure 8 lbs 6 oz is the biggest baby I can have, and that's what he was. Now our little Wes is 3 months old and over 15 lbs. Here's a timeline in photos to show you how he has grown.

Birthday!

1 Month Old

Sporting his Bobcat "muscle man" shirt- 2 Months Old

3 Months Old - already almost time for a hair cut!

Snow Day Fun

When it snows a couple inches or more around here, pretty much everything is closed. I used to think this was ridiculous, but they are just not prepared to take care of the roads and nobody has snow tires, etc. so it really is for the best. Plus, who doesn't love a snow day! Molly & Luke had some daddy-daughter bonding time and made a snowman and went sledding. It was really cute & they had so much fun. Molly has been talking about it ever since!

Fun in the snow.

The snow wasn't quite right to make a snowman but they did their best.

Christmas Pictures

Christmas already seems like it was so long ago--and really, I guess it was. We have just all been trying to get the house ready for baby brother and fighting the flu so bad that I haven't gotten a chance to update the blog. So here is a summary of our Christmas through pictures.

Baking cookies for Santa.

Opening presents at Matt & Emily's house on Christmas day.

Molly waiting for Santa on Christmas Eve after we returned from church.

Molly got to open 1 present on Christmas Eve and she chose one from Grandma Leila. A "baby jaguar" (like in Go Diego Go) vest and a singing reindeer. Way to go Grandma!

We all had a nice Christmas and although we didn't have to go through the stress of traveling, it didn't quite feel like the holidays without it. I guess that has become a part of our lives and probably always will be, as I sure was missing everyone back in Montana.

Our New Niece

 The first of the new Miller babies has arrived! My sister-in-law, Emily, and I were both about to "pop" at Christmas. However, she was about 2 months closer than I am.

Me at just over 29 weeks & Emily at about 37 weeks.

Our new niece, Sage Lorena, was born last weekend & we went to visit them in the hospital. She's just perfect! Congrats to Matt & Emily and we can't wait to watch Sage grow up.

Remembering how small a newborn is.

Not even a day old yet!

We hope that they have all made it through the first week okay-it only gets easier from here! (for the most part anyhow)

Story Time

Molly & I have been attending story time at the local library for a few months now. It's just for 2 year olds and they start with a song and dance, read stories and then finish with a craft project. Her most recent creation was an advent wreath. She glued 24 leaves on a wreath and then I numbered them 1-24 for her. The purpose of it being you could take one leaf off every day until you get to Christmas. Molly decided she was not taking apart her wreath though, so it's just for decoration.