Luke Jeffrey!

Luke Jeffrey Miller has joined the world!

Hooray!!!!
Here's a super-duper picture loaded blog... :o)

Our precious son
Just born!
Stats: 6 pounds 14 ounces (exactly 1 pound more than EmJ)
20.25 inches long
Born August 14, 2009 at 8:26pm

Daddy holding his SON!

Cleaned up (with a crazy long cord before they cut it more!)

BIG SISTER!!!

EmJ got to come see Luke right after he was born - she was absolutely giddy about him! She is doing so fabulous with him being home too... she just adores her brother!

Cousin Janae :o)

Nana with the kiddos

Cousin Jonah - he is so excited to have another boy around!

Papa and Luke

Resting... being born is hard work!

Mom and Luke

Super proud daddy!

Daddy's hand - Luke is yawning, not screaming :o)

Uncle Bob and Luke

Lots of fabulous people came to see us in the hospital... thank you so much for coming! And lots more people will be coming to visit soon... Grammy and Grandpa Greg, Aunt Stacey, Grandpa Reg and Grandma Tracey, Uncle Drew and Cadence... we can't wait to see you guys!

Hanging out with Kimmi! (She flew in just to see Luke! Yea!)

Daddy, Mommy, and Luke Jeffrey

Our super cute going home from the hospital outfit... which Luke promptly peed in right after this picture... awesome.

Going home outfit #2 :o)

Let's GO!

This morning... precious siblings...

We are so blessed and are just loving our family of 4!!!!!

EmJ and Luke's Room! :o)

Here are a few pictures of EmJ and Luke's room...

Yep, it's a KU theme... are you surprised? :o)

We decided on KU cause we didn't want it to look like a nursery since they are sharing a room and EmJ already loves the Jayhawks and obviously Luke will too. :o) Plus, EmJ's favorite color is blue so she was excited just to have her room painted! Jeff painted their room while EmJ and I were in Oklahoma - he did a fantastic job!!! What a fabulous daddy (and husband)!
Their names... obviously :o)
EmJ's bed (for those of you who know the room, it's in the same place it's always been - the south wall)

Luke's crib (with AWESOME crib bedding I found online - love it!)
(fyi: the north wall)

EmJ being excited about her cool room!

(Don't worry, Mom - she still uses the awesome Backyardigans blanket you made - it was just in the washing machine when I took this picture!)

3 Jayhawks I drew/painted for their room. I have one left to finish and then we'll frame them and hang them up.

The changing table Jeff's grandpa made is against the east wall under the window (next to the closet). Their closet is huge, so we used some space in the back for drawers, etc. and moved the play kitchen stuff inside the closet (we took the doors off). EmJ really likes it and it opens their room up a lot!

And a belly picture... 38 weeks! Getting so close!

One more - just cause I thought this picture turned out super cute. :o)

a very fun day!

The other day we had a very fun day with Nana, Uncle Eddie (Nana's brother), Auntie Amy, Janae, and Jonah. We went to a super fun park to play and eat lunch and then we went to Gateway for some mini-golf, go-carts, and tons of fun! :o)

EmJ swinging at the cool park - isn't Colorado awesome?!
Just hangin' around
Golfing with Auntie AmyFiguring it out...

Nana helping EmJ :o)

Janae, Jonah, and EmJ... good times!

After about hole 7, EmJ was pretty much done golfing... so she found other ways to entertain herself... :o)

She played on this hole for awhile (there wasn't anyone around us, so she could just play) - this is one where you hit the ball in a hole and it goes down a tube toward the real hole. EmJ would drop her ball in...

and then search for it below. I love this picture!!

In front of a cool house on the golf course - she obviously thought it rocked!

With Janae and Jonah in front of the awesome gorilla!

Woo-hoo... GO-CARTS! EmJ was big enough to ride in the kiddie ones, but the guy who worked there had to sit on the side and help her drive. The concept of the gas and the brake are still a tad beyond her :o) She loved it!!!

We also played some fun video games, did the human maze, and even got ice cream when we were finished... what a super fun day!

summer fun!

Just a few pictures of some random fun we've been having! :o)

Playing outside with moonsand
So fun!
Playing in the sprinkler :o)

I love her face in this one - hilarious!

And of course, trying to drink from the sprinkler... I definitely remember doing this as a kid!

Fishing with daddy... check out her face - SO excited! :o)

Daddy and EmJ caught 4 fish this day - here's the biggest of the day! Good times!

Grandma Chuck was just out here for the weekend and EmJ got to spend a special night with just Grandma at the hotel - she had a great time!

Chloe and Ireland are here for a super quick visit too, so we've hung out with them some and EmJ has been in heaven getting to play with her best friends!!!

I'm still pregnant :o) - 37 weeks today. Things are looking great, so we're just waiting for Mr Luke to make his grand entrance...

:o)
We'll keep you posted, of course!

I was wondering when this would happen...

The other day EmJ was playing and said, "Hey mom! I have a baby in my tummy too!"

She says that a lot, but I looked at her and sure enough, she had a "baby" in her tummy! Ha! I knew this was bound to happen... too funny!

With her "baby in her tummy"

...and holding her baby :o)

I've been horrible at taking pictures lately - sorry! We've had lots of fun recently playing with family from Hawaii, swimming, dancing (we went to a wedding - I forgot my camera but I'll try to get some pictures other people took - EmJ ADORED dancing... it was awesome!), and all kinds of fun stuff. I'll try to be better at taking pictures! Hope you all are having a fabulous summer so far! :o)

our 4th and some swimming :o)

Just a few fun pictures to share... EmJ on the 4th of July waiting for the fireworks
Our family :o)

We bought this swimming pool to keep at my mom and dad's house and it has been fabulous! Clearly EmJ LOVES it!!!

"Swimming like a mermaid"

One last cute pool picture!

33 weeks...

Luke sure is getting big! :o)