We're Expecting!

Merry Christmas! On Christmas Eve, we finally started telling people, starting with our family, that we are having another baby!  It's been so fun sharing with all our friends and family, and seeing the varied reactions.

But I want to share the rest of the story too.  As some of you know, we've been trying for a while. With Theo, we got pregnant right when we wanted to, which made the waiting for this baby more frustrating and disappointing.

And when I say waiting, I mean trying for nine months, maybe longer.  I know it's nothing compared to what some people go through, and now I have a greater empathy for them.

Anyways, about three weeks ago, I started feeling off.  A voice in the back of my mind said, "maybe you're pregnant!" But I would push that thought away as hard as I could.  I'd thought it before in months past, and it made the reality of not being pregnant even more disappointing.  So this time, I wasn't about to fool myself.

Soon, though, the morning sickness kicked in. I'm afraid Theo got to watch a lot of TV while I just laid on the couch, immobilized by feeling yucky. This was a Monday, and Corbin's last day of the semester was Tuesday, so I only had to make it alone for so long.  I was beginning to believe I was really pregnant, but I was still cautious. 

On Wednesday, Corbin came grocery shopping with us, and I threw a pregnancy test in the cart. I wanted to know if I was sick for a fun reason, or if I needed to see a doctor right away.

The plan was to do the test the next morning, but I was so excited (and hadn't been sleeping well anyways) that I woke up at 2:30 AM and knew I wouldn't be able to sleep if I didn't know. So I took the test, came back to bed to wait the two very looong minutes, and went back to check results.

This was the kind that has a minus sign for not pregnant, and a plus sign for pregnant.  The vertical line was very dark, but the other was super light.  Corbin ended up coming in the bathroom to help me interpret the results, before we realized that the dark line is the one that indicated pregnancy anyways.  We felt pretty silly about not getting it.  That's why they don't tell you to take the test in the middle of the night, I guess.

Yay!  A baby on the way!

We decided to wait til Christmas time to tell everyone.  That was a very long two weeks of waiting!  But this is how we told most of our family:

"I am making a gift for you (some people got it right then),  but it won't be done until July or August (most everyone got it here)."

Corbin took the ruse awkwardly long with a few people, causing me to yell into the phone, "We're having a baby!!!"

It was a pretty fun Christmas activity!

I want to give Corbin the biggest shout out imaginable.  The timing on my morning sickness has worked out nicely (maybe God had that in mind when he made us wait). Corbin finished his semester right when I started feeling sick, and won't go back to school until the end of my first trimester. That means he gets to spend his 5 week vacation taking care of an energetic two year old, an invalid wife, and most of the house work.  I feel really lame not being able to help much, but Corbin has done an amazing job taking care of us. He does it without a word, and usually with a smile.  He's a wonderful husband and a wonderful daddy. 

I'm so glad we get to start this journey all over again! Let the adventure begin!

December, you snuck up on me!

Wow, it's been far longer than I thought since I've posted something. But I hope to make up for it!

December has been awesome. Corbin finished out the semester and we've been relaxing at home for over a week, now. Something I've learned from school breaks past is that Corbin is a home body. He is so busy during the semester that all he wants to do is stay home, record music, catch up on sleep, etc.

It sort of conflicts with my vision of how breaks go, which is us going out and doing things as a family. So when I would say, let's play in the snow together, and Corbin says, no thank you, I would just resign myself and none of us would go out. But not this break! If Corbin doesn't want to come out with us, I still need to go out.  I am realizing more and more that I need time around other adults, and I need to have adventures out of the house.  Theo too, cabin fever overwhelmed during our week of being snowed in.

What I'm saying is, I love having Corbin home to help with Theo and around the house.  He has been a lifesaver!  But I also need to feel ok about leaving him behind when he wants to be left behind. I think that will be good on many levels, or else the five week break could get very long.

We took the side off Theo's crib, and he has been doing great! For the most part, he will stay in his bed and sleep after I've rocked him and sang to him a little.  But sometimes, he doesn't.

Yesterday, he was supposed to be taking a nap, but every time we put him down and left the door cracked, he would come out.  Imagine a sleepy eyed Theo, bursting into the room and saying, over his pacifier and with a sleep-croaking voice, "Ta daaa!"  He did that to us a few times, and although it is very cute, the man needed to sleep!

So we put him down again, and this time shut the door.  What ended up happening was Theo knocking on his door for a while, then falling asleep next to it.  I'm pretty sure he slept at least an hour on the floor.

Then last night, he did the same thing.  When Corbin opened the door after an hour, he had to slowly push Theo's sleeping body out of the way so he could get in to move him. So sweet!

One of my favorite things I get to do each week is explain the Sacrament to Theo during church.  When the bread and the water are being passed around, I whisper in Theo's ear about how we take the Sacrament to remind us of Jesus, and the beautiful sacrifice he made for us.  Then we talk about how Jesus loves us and wants us to be happy.  I love getting to review it with him every week, because it's a great review for myself too!

We went to the mall to get a Christmas present for Corbin, and ended up playing for almost an hour on the coin operated toys.  Did we even use coins? No, who needs them!  Below, he's sitting in a little ice cream truck, and he served me lots of ice cream from the side window.  He's a good business man. 

We're so excited for Christmas here at the Miller home! Stay tuned for our special Christmas edition of the blog!