Miller Moments

June 29, 2012

Baby name !

We can not wait to meet our new baby sister...
Ella Mae !! :)

June 4, 2012

Guess who's riding a two-wheeler ? !

Way to go Ethan !

May 8, 2012

Well, we have hit the half way mark ! So exciting. Everything looked great on the ultrasound today. Lord willing, coming late this September we will be welcoming another healthy baby girl into our family ! And I have to say we are all more than a little thrilled about this ! Thomas said that now that he knows what the baby is we can start talking names. I have a few in mind...I hope he likes at least one of them !
Name to be announced when we come to an agreement. Could be a while. *wink

19 weeks 4 days along

Little baby body

Hello everyone

Sweet profile

May 3, 2012

Love pink !

Lyla jane decided to paint her toes on her own...you can imagine what my bathroom looked like! Here are her pretty tootsies after a good scrubbing in the bath! She had pink polish on her legs, arms, belly and in her hair! Wild child :)

A bunch of blessings!

Lyla Jane (2), Elijah (7), Nathaniel (6), Ethan (4), Judah (2), Josiah (2), Joshua (4)

Abigail Sconyers and baby Miller coming this summer

I just love this picture ! This is the Miller and Sconyers bunch. Seven of 'em. And you can add two more this summer. We met the Sconyers about 8 and a half years ago. A couple months before Thomas and I got married. They were weird(they didn't want kids and Adam had this really long thing growing off his chin). So were we(we wanted a dozen kids and well, you all know Thomas !). Notice they now have more kids than we do ?! Yep that was God. Anyway, we were fast friends, hanging out almost nightly playing nascar(the guys) and eating ice cream. An occasional outburst of "You can go to bed now." or "You're obnoxious !" would enter into conversation with enough heat you think someone would be hurting, but it always rolled off every ones shoulders. Since then, the Lord has given us Millers four sweet babies, three into this world and one in Heaven. And He has given them Sconyers four. We Millers also moved to the other side of the state. We stopped hanging out every night after babies came into the picture. We have had the best times and the worst times. And by God giving us each mercy and grace and love and forgiveness for one another, we have made it through with a friendship that is stronger than most. And I love that no matter how long it has been since the last time, we can always pick up right where we left off. Now if the Lord would just call the Sconyers over to eastern WA or even ID....Well, I can dream can't I ?! Anyway, ever wonder what the term "best friends" means? Well, we are so blessed to have a couple of those, and these Sconyers definitely fit the bill ! Can't wait to see what the Lord has in store for both of our families.

April 7, 2012

Baby Miller

15 weeks...

March 14, 2012

Baby's first (identifiable) photo

11 weeks 5 days along. Our dear little peanut..

March 5, 2012

Recent pictures..

Our 8th wedding anniversary.

Lyla Jane. Snow time.

Ethan Landry.

Park. Sunny but SO cold.

Me. My biggest and littlest.

Janie.

Elijah boy.

Turned 7.

Ethan swinging.

March 3, 2012

God. A giant?

The kids have been asking so many questions about God lately. It has been very amusing. Elijah and Ethan have been saying how big he is. In Ethan's head this translates = giant. Lyla believes he can fly and pick us up with his strong muscles. Ethan says that he would like to ride on God's shoulders, but we wouldn't be able to climb ALL the way up there so God would need to reach down and pick him up and set him up there. Then Ethan asks me if God has toenails? Elijah says, No way. I told them that the bible says we are made in the image of God and that I think we must look something like him. Elijah says Oh yeah. God must have toenails. To which Ethan replies, Well he wouldn't need any toenail clippers. Cause he's God! All he has to do is schick them off with his hand. Ethan also thinks very intensely about how God squishes things with his enormous finger. I love how they think about God and I love all the questions. I also love the images they come up with. Oh, to have the faith of a child.

February 9, 2012

7 weeks and counting...

Due September 28th and oh so very excited!

January 9, 2012

10 Point Manifesto for Joyful Parenting by Ann Voskamp

1. Today, I will make our home a house of prayer. I will pray at set times. And I will invite our children to come move into an interior space that lives with God.

2. Today, I will transfigure all things into beauty, and I will refuse to see anything else.

3. Today, I will not have any emergencies. There are no emergencies! Only amateurs hurry.

4. Today, when stress mounts, I pray to dismount it with gratitude. My stress management plan will be intervention with verbal thanks. I can only feel one feeling at a time, and I choose to give thanks at all times. Fight feeling with feeling!

5. Today, I will pray to speak words that are only STRONG words, words that make these children feel strong. Grace words. Grace is the only non-toxic air. All other words I breathe are death words.

6. Today, I will pray to be consistently consistent. I will create safe rhythms that our children can find security in. I will create daily ceremonies because everyday we are CELEBRATING the gift of now!

7. Today, the moment when I am most repelled by a child's behavior, that is my sign to draw the very closest to that child.

8. Today, I will hug each of my children as many times as I serve them meals -- because children's hearts feed on touch. I'll look for as many opportunities to touch my children today as possible --- the taller they are, the more so.

9. Today, my priorities will be all Things Unseen.

10. Today, I will laugh! And I will let the little children laugh! I will create a culture of JOY!

http://www.aholyexperience.com/10-points-of-joyful-parenting-printable/

January 2, 2012

I have a God given purpose in life...

I am re-reading Created to be his Help Meet, by Debi Pearl. I don't agree with everything the Pearls say, but I LOVE their insight on child training and marriage! I would recommend this book to almost every woman I know. Today I was reading all about being sober as a wife.

To be sober: To do one's duty, be moderate, self-controlled, thoughtful, and to learn to make wise decisions and judgments.

And wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of thy times, and strength of salvation: the fear of the LORD is his treasure. Isaiah 33:6

Some things that really stuck out to me personally are...

PLAN AHEAD!

SIMPLIFY!

PLEASE MY HUBBY!

Traits of a good help meet

A good help meet provides an oasis for her man.
She fixes meals that please him; she does not cook to suit herself.
She plans and prepares well ahead of time.
She exercises self-discipline.

"As wives, our life's work should be to perfect how we may please our husbands."

"...resist taking offence, and never give our husbands a 'piece of our mind'."

(That's a VERY tough one for me!)

A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones. Proverbs 12:4

This was the "Getting Serious with God" part of the book. A wonderful challenge for any Christian wife!

Think of an occasion in the recent past when you became angry or were hurt because your husband responded in a way that you felt was wrong. Keep in mind that the other side of the coin of being angry is being hurt. It is one and the same coin, and it buys the same results: a bad marriage and a strained relationship. How different do you think the end of the struggle might have been if you had kept in you mind that your job was to please that man? Write your own story. First, write the one that ended in a big fight, and next, write the story as it should have ended. Remember, he doesn't have to be right or kind for you to react in a godly way. This exercise will help you see the rationale for honoring your husband in a different light.

"Your relationship with your husband is the single most important role you will ever play. If you fail here, then you have failed at your life's work and have missed God's perfect plan."

Are you married to a man who can be a rude, insensitive jerk? Two wrongs do NOT make a good marriage...

I pray this was a blessing to you as it has been for me. I am very much in love with my husband, and I want a glorious marriage. That will only come with God's help and hard work. I cannot be my husbands 'Holy Spirit', all I can do is my best as a christian wife, mother and friend. That means for me, putting aside hurt feelings and anger and choosing to do what is right in the Lord's eyes. Will it be hard? Most definitely. Who said life was easy?! :) I am so thankful for the bible, and Jesus coming and experiencing life as a man for me. He now knows every emotion and trial known to man and can petition God the Father on our behalf. I don't have to go through trials on my own, PRAISE BE TO GOD!

December 12, 2011

Randomness

Woke up feeling worse.
Watched Survivor on Hulu.
PBJs + veggies for lunch.
A dear friend had her sweet baby boy today! Welcome Matthew!
My husbands boss quit..
still waiting to hear if he gets the promotion.
Trying to resist all the cookies in my house, sugar is so NOT good for me right now.
Elijah happily flying through his schoolwork on his own today.
Ethan and Lyla Jane sleeping peacefully.
Had such an amazingly fun time crafting with some more dear friends..
and now I can't stop thinking about it..
and I really want to do it all the time..
and I think I NEED a sewing machine!
Working on box #2 of tissue since Sat..
hoping my nose decides to stop running so I can re-invite our friends over for a playdate later this week and make it to church and both bible studies and finish up some more Christmas shopping :)
So, so excited to see our friends and family this Christmas..
praying it doesn't snow too much before then.
ONLY 13 DAYS TIL CHRISTMAS!!!
LOVE listing to the playlist on this sweet friends blog.
Lyla Jane keeps referring to herself as 'Mr. Hayden'...
no idea where it came from but it is hilarious!
Talked to my cousin Cody yesterday for the first time in years.
Really loving these freezing days when the sun is brightly shining.
Hoping for some snow...
but not too much.
Have slowly been reading Created to be His Help Meet again..
So many good things in that book.
Almost finished with Christmas cards..
just need a few more addresses and lots of stamps!