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I've been wanting my own blog site for ages now! I read my moms this morning and realized, what a perfect site to start writing!

So... I now introduce to you, Miller Baby! Or Baby Miller, little bean, Toaster Stroodle(my personal favorite)... This is our child, our unborn, now 4 month old child! We have no idea whether this little blessing is a little boy or a little girl, and frankly we dont mind either way!

I've spend a lot of time recently studying what my baby looks like, whats new in it's quickly changing life, and what sorts of things would it want mommy to know, if it could tell me?
I often find myself giggling as Bryce, my husband, uses my belly button as a megaphone, or a nose rest, to communicate with his baby. His beard continuously tickling my tummy with every word, he tells his baby all about the world. What the kitten and puppy are doing, what exactly IS a puppy and a kitten, he tells baby miller to stay safe and healthy, and please stop making mommy so sick! I truly adore his heart, he so desires to be part of this pregnancy and know his baby! He prays for Baby Miller every morning during our "lap time" that i've so come to enjoy.

We take the last ten minutes before he leaves each morning to snuggle up in our favorite chair and talk. We talk about how the Lord has blessed us with a beautiful home, plenty of food, wonderful neighbors, vehicles, and especially our family. Then we take the next few minutes to take turns praying for each other, our loved ones, our baby, and that we would be able to give the God of all creation some smidgen of the glory he deserves that day.

Do you know many couples like this? I honestly dont mean to brag, but i wake up each morning knowing exactly how blessed and lucky i am to have a man who challenges my faith every single day. He lifts me up, he shares with me, he gives unabashadly that i would have more, he sacrifices time and energy for me, and he works through problems and conflict immediately. We've never yet gone to sleep angry, and we've never yet woken angry, and we've never yet slept anywhere but our bed together. He loves Jesus more than he loves me, and he holds his relationship with the Lord in the highest regard. We get to live our whole lives devoted to Jesus! I dont know very many marriages where the man surrenders their entire lives to the Lord! I LOVE our life together. I love that he gives everything he haves, even if it leaves us eating rice. I love that he dreams of the Kingdom of heaven, he seeks to give glory to the one true God, and he gives me more love than ive ever imagined! A love quite similar to that of the Lord.

So, as i've become the baby factory, creating a little one inside myself :) I've learned so many things already. Take life with a grain of salt, cause sometimes you just dont feel well, and sometimes you just have to suffer through it and let the world believe you're doing great! It's okay to show a smile even when it hurts, because frowns are contagious, and sick is no excuse to feel sorry for yourself! I have given more energy, more food, more sleep, more feeling good days, than i ever imagined to this little one, and i feel so blessed to do it! Even when it HURTS, and by golly if you've ever been pregnant you KNOW how much it really does hurt sometimes. The skin stretches, itches, you cant sit normal because you feel like theres a rock inside your stomach, so you're full but you're starving!

Life is so full of wonderful surprises, just when you think you've got no hope, or you've got it figured out, you dont! Bryce always tells me his favorite quote, If you want God to laugh really hard, tell him YOUR plans! This line really makes me think, how true is that! When i think i've got what i want all worked out, he throws me for a loop and a wonderful surprise in the end! What a blessing!

I hope this sunshiney day fills you with hope, the Lamb of God is returning soon!