The Miller Adventures

New Blog Address

2011-03-03T10:22:00.000-08:00

You can now find us and pictures of our new baby on our new family blog.
www.themillermaniacs.blogspot.com

Hello Air Force

2011-02-17T20:23:00.001-08:00

Travis and I decided to do his schooling throught the Air Force and he got sworn in today! He was sworn in as a 2nd Lieutenant and will be a Captain once he is out of Med School. So he is already ranked above people that enlist normally and they already have to salute him! :) The Air Force will be paying for his tuition and fees, plus giving us a monthly stipend to live on. We are doing a 3 year scholarship so all that is required of us once he is out of Med School is for him to work as a doctor on an Air Force base for 3 years but he will be getting paid for it. I think it will be a really fun adventure for us to be able to do this and meet all sorts of people. It will be fun to see what base we end up on for 3 years!

TWO snow days!!

2011-02-02T12:29:00.000-08:00

I moved to Texas to get away from snow....but it seemed to follow me! Only difference is if it sticks at all here EVERYTHING shuts down!! Trav's school was cancelled yesterday and today...he might be a little stressed cause he has a test on Monday and has to learn everything on his own now...but I think it's been great that he's been forced to stay home with me for a couple days!! We've slept in, cooked dinner together, played games, AND he helped me clean! It feels like I'm actually married for once! :) It's just hard to believe that it was 80 degrees on Saturday and now we have this....but luckily it's supposed to be back in the 60's this weekend. Talk about bipolar weather!!

View outside our bedroom window on snow day #1

View outside our bedroom window looking the other way. That hill is our only way out and it is solid ice...so we are trapped at home for a few days until it melts. It has been pretty entertaining to watch car after car try to make it up the hill and get stuck like these ones or slide all the way back down.
Snow day #2 and more cars stuck. You would think if you saw other cars stuck you wouldn't even try! Maybe since the ice is still here Trav's school will get cancelled again tomorrow and he'll be forced to spend another day with me.... :)

Slowly getting there.....

2011-01-28T16:34:00.000-08:00

To stay on my moms good side I had to put another prego picture up! 34 1/2 weeks down 5 1/2 more to go!! Please notice my favorite part of the whole picture is that I am wearing capri's in January because it was almost 80 degrees today!!!
My doctor had me get another sonogram this week. I have measured a week behind for a couple months but it stayed consistent so he didn't worry. But then I didn't grow any from my appointment on January 3 to my appointment on January 21 so that put me 3 weeks behind so he wanted me to get the sonogram done to make sure the baby is still growing properly. I got the sonogram done this past Wednesday (34 weeks along) and my stomach measured at about 31 1/2 weeks but the baby measured at 36 weeks!!!! The sonographer told me that I'm an oxy moron and that my stomach is pretty much 4 1/2 weeks to small for my baby...that explains why I can feel every little thing I guess!! He said my doctor might be moving my due date up because of the size of the baby. She is already around 6 lbs according to the sonographer!! I meet with my doctor on Monday and he'll give me the rest of the results...keeping my fingers crossed that I might get lucky and have her early!!

8 1/2 Weeks To Go!!!!!

2011-01-05T10:10:00.000-08:00

I've made it to 31 weeks and I'm starting to see my doctor every two weeks now!!! I woke up yesterday morning and it really hit me that I'm going to have a baby here soon! So...I decided it's time to start buying things for her to come home to. Because I'm so excited about the things I have been getting I figured I would give you all a preview of what I have for her so far....

This is the crib I got....I happened to find it when it was on sale so I got it for less than the other crib I was looking at and I like this one tons more!

I really didn't want to do her room in all pink if I had to be going in there every day so I was looking for more purple colors to do it in...this is the nursery set I finally decided on!

And last but not least, this is the stroller and car seat I got. The picture doesn't do it justice...the green and blue are very bright in person and it is very cute!

That's all I have for now! The crib and bedding will both be here next week so maybe once I get it all put together I will take some real pictures! Now all I need to find is a dresser to put all the clothes in!! That will be it for the big stuff.

Needless to say I am getting more and more anxious every day!! We still have lots to do and lots to buy before she gets here though!

Thanksgiving Break

2010-12-01T07:40:00.000-08:00

A typical day for Travis is waking up at 6 or 6:30 (or 5 on a test day), getting ready and heading off to school, coming home for about a half hour around 5 for a quick dinner, and then studying at the library until 11 or 12 and coming to bed after I'm long gone sleeping. Really we only see each other for that short little time that he's home for dinner. Saturdays he will usually sleep in a little bit and he'll help me with anything I need..but then it's back to the library for a full day of studying. For all of October and November he had two tests a week....and these aren't just any tests...these are study every second of the day and night and pray you can pass tests. There isn't even time to celebrate a test being over because the second he was done with one he would start studying for the next one. Needless to say...we were ready for an extra long weekend! Sorry there are no pictures...I'm pretty bad about taking them.

We had our Thanksgiving dinner the Sunday before Thanksgiving. I'm in a wives club at Trav's school (SAA) and they put the dinner together. They provided the turkey and ham and everyone else just brought the sides. It was SO good! I had been craving Thanksgiving dinner for a month and a half and it was well worth the wait! Now I just need to get to my next craving which is Christmas Eve dinner of honey baked ham, funeral potatoes, etc!

Wednesday Travis had school until noon but then the nice break started! He came home and fixed dinner and we actually got to sit down together and watch a movie that night! That never happens, I'm usually to exhausted by the time he gets home or we have other things to do. The baby seemed to know Travis was home cause she was especially active that night! Travis got to feel her all night long which he never gets to do since I'm usually asleep when he's home.

Thanksgiving day was just a relaxing one for us. It was actually a little cold here...I think it was in the 50's...so it felt a little bit more like Thanksgiving. We decided to go to Golden Corral and it was probably the best choice ever! We had steak, ham, chicken, pot roast, and of course turkey! Why stick to just turkey when you can get everything else with it??

Friday we went to the mall and walked around. There of course was SO many people there...but I loved it! The whole mall was playing Christmas music and they even had a band walking around with Santa playing Christmas music! And since it was back to being really warm here we enjoyed some smoothies. :) Travis made dinner again and then he went off with the missionaries. He goes out with them quite a bit when he has time to. One family they visited was hispanic and they were pretty impressed that Travis could pray for them in spanish. The dad of that family ended up coming to church with us on Sunday.

Saturday we spent the morning cleaning. Travis was good enough to scrub our shower for me since that's the one job I can't do anymore! And of course the BYU/Utah game was that day and Trav's life would end if he missed it...so we went to the house of a couple in our ward for the game. It was a perfect game with cookies and pizza...until BYU lost!

Really we didn't do anything exciting...but it was a nice breath of fresh air to actually spend time with each other and go to bed at the same time. Monday brought us back to reality and Trav has been back to studying late. He has a presentation that he is doing today, 3 tests next week, and 2 tests the next week. We sure have learned how relentless medical school is...but it will be so worth it in the end! It just makes us appreciate the little time we get to spend together even more! For now, we are just counting down the days until we are back in Utah for Christmas with family!!! Travis will have a whole TWO weeks off from school and studying!!! He has to shadow a doctor for a couple days while we are in Utah...but that won't be anything bad. I plan on taking lots of pictures while we are there so hopefully there will be something to show in the next post. :)

As for me, I just keep myself busy with things around the house and cooking this baby! She is still doing great and she lets me eat whatever I want now!....except spaghetti! I can't believe I'm already six months!! I'm getting more and more anxious to meet her....I can tell she already has quite the personality so it will be interesting to actually see it! When I get back from Utah I will start seeing my doctor every two weeks....it will start to go by even faster I'm sure!

Halloween Party!

2010-10-30T07:48:00.001-07:00

Last night our friends in our ward had a Halloween party. It was SO much fun!! We didn't want to spend money on costumes...and I am no where near crafty enough to make some...so my sister in law Jenny gave us the idea to go as each other! Travis played my part a little to well. He had the pregnant belly, my basketball shorts (that I constantly wear around the house), my pink slippers, and he waddled around complaining of his back hurting and how hungry he was! I just wore black pants, his shirt and tie, and his doctor jacket and stethescope. To top it all off we even switched wedding rings since we have the same ring size (I'll never stop giving Travis a hard time for his small fingers)! We never thought we would win anything but sure enough we won best couple costume!
The place we had the party was SO awesome! A couple in our ward own this property called Buffalo Ranch. You drive in the through the gate and drive past a small lake, then after the lake is their HUGE house, then behind the house is another sort of guest house type of thing and that is where we had the party. The patio of this little guest house had a fireplace and cool lights everywhere. We had the party out on the patio cause you know...it's Texas and we can still party outside at night...it only got a little bit cold. THEN behind that little guest house is a little office building where they work from and behind that is a HUGE barn where they keep all their horses. They raise cutting horses and I think she said they just started raising reigning horses as well. Pretty much their property is so much fun and I wish it had been light enough outside to take pictures of! Some day I'll get my amazing home and ranch!

Growing Pains

2010-10-27T14:57:00.000-07:00

Last night I could not sleep to save my life!! My stomach was SO sore! It was like I had done an intense ab work out! Then I woke up and found my stomach was twice the size as it was when i went to bed...it must have been hard at work all night! I text Travis and told him but I don't think he really believed me until he got home and saw for himself. He told me at least people will know I'm pregnant now instead of just looking like I've got a gut. What a sweetheart he is... :) As much as I hate pictures of myself I'm posting one for all those back home! I'm 21 weeks now...next week I will be 5 months and I'll have another doctors appointment! I'm slowly getting closer and closer to having her here!

We are having a......

2010-10-13T12:36:00.000-07:00

GIRL!!!!! My sonnogram was today and we got a VERY clear shot that it's a girl!! Travis was able to take some time off class so he got to actually see her and hear the heart beat for the first time! All the organs are looking very healthy and she is measuring perfectly for how far along I am....which is 19 weeks! We are soooo excited and can't wait to start buying stuff to finally fill our empty spare room!! She has also been turning into quite the little kicker....it must come from her soccer playing daddy. I've been starting to be able to tell the difference between a kick or if it's just her rolling around and it's so much fun! I can't wait for Travis to actually be able to feel her! This is her looking up at the camera with her hands up by her face on both sides. I love her little alien looking eyes!

Side view of her cute little face. :)

This one kind of uploaded blurry and you can't really see the writing but it's the picture showing that she's a girl.
Last but not least here is my baby bump at 19 weeks for all of you that have been asking for a picture. Sorry it's so awkward but I had to take it myself and I didn't want my face in it...I'll have to have Travis take a better one sometime.

First Doctor Appointment!!

2010-09-02T08:14:00.000-07:00

I'm 13 weeks and I finally made it to my doctor!! He said the baby is looking perfectly healthy and strong!! It was so much fun to be able to finally see it and see the little heart beating away. For some reason I had this fear walking into the appointment that they would do the ultra sound and not find anything and that it was all in my imagination...but nope!! Right when he put the thing on my stomach a little baby popped up on the screen!
My doctor is amazing! He is a professor at Trav's school and he really takes the time to sit and talk with you and answer any questions. He made me feel like I was his first patient ever because he was so excited about every step we were doing in the appointment. He just kept telling me how amazing it is to have kids and that I will never regret doing it!! He also said that he really believes in the miracle of having babies naturally so he won't suggest a C-section unless I absolutely need one...which I love!! He also said that if he's not at the hospital he will usually just let the on-call doctor do the delivery but since Travis is a med student he WILL be there for my delivery. He said he really likes to be able to support people going through medical school wether it's doctors or nurses and so he likes to give those people extra special treatment. :)
I also found out that I lost 10 pounds from the constant throwing up I was doing (thank goodness I'm past that!) so the doctor said he would be more happy if I gained around 35 pounds instead of the 25 he usually tells people to gain. Fine by me!!! I'll just eat my little heart out and enjoy every second of it!!
Travis and I are already so in love with this baby!! And as you can tell from the picture it is already adorable....it will have everyone wrapped around it's little fingers in no time!!
Well I'll have my next appointment October 7th and have my major sonnogram done so hopefully we'll know what gender it is next month!! We'll keep you updated!

BIG Changes!!!!

2010-07-29T10:30:00.000-07:00

I know it has been a while since I last posted and a lot has happened!! Since the last post we got married, got pregnant, and moved to our new home in Fort Worth, Texas!! Our wedding was amazing!! It was so good to have ALL our family there together! The whole day was sort of a blur and I don't even know what was served at our reception, but I couldn't have asked for a more perfect day!

And yes you heard me! We have having a baby March 5, 2011! Our plans originally were to wait 6 months-1 year-1 1/2 years....basically it was still up in the air. But a month after we were married I got a VERY strong feeling that someone was waiting up there for us and we needed to get our family started. Travis of course freaked out at first...like any man would...but after he prayed about it he agreed that it was time. At least it will give me something to do while he's in school!

Last of all, we finally made the 22ish hour drive to our new home in Texas. What a fun drive that was!! No one bothered to tell me you get car sick when your pregnant! Luckily we had both our parents help us move here so I didn't have to do to much work! Travis had orientation July 19-23, had his white coat ceremony July 24, and he started his classes July 25. We have already met some really nice people here...mainly people Trav goes to school with. There are 3 other LDS students in his entire class so we'll be with them lots I'm sure.

There are lots of fun things to do here....if we could do them! We live 15-20 minutes from six flags, the cowboy stadium, rangers stadium, and a huge water slide park. And we are about 5 minutes from the Fort Worth zoo and downtown Fort Worth. You just have to be willing to brave the heat and humidity to go do those things....oh...and it would help to not be on a med school budget or be pregnant! I'm sure we'll at least make it to six flags sometime in the 4 years we'll be here!

Well that's all the updates I have for now! I'll try to get pictures up soon of our townhome! For now you can just enjoy Travis in his new white coat!

ENGAGED!!!!

2009-11-16T07:41:00.000-08:00

So many people have been asking for the engagement story so here ya go!

On Friday (Nov. 13th) Travis picked me up from work so that we could go spend the night at his parents. We were going there to go to the Temple to do their family names and then he also had to help his dad pour concrete on Saturday morning. After we went to the Temple Travis said we should go out to eat dinner because I got a new job and we needed to celebrate. We went to his house and showered and got ready and then got in the car to go. Then Trav said "I think we should go to the store before we go eat so that we don't have to go after and we can just go straight home." Right...I was starving so of course I told him we should just go after. But he wouldn't listen. So we went to Target, I hurried and got what I needed, and wanted to hurry and leave. But Trav thought it would be a good time to look at TV's. I of course got mad again because why would we want a TV from Target?....and I was hungry! So I finally got him to leave and when we got in the car he said he forgot his wallet and we needed to go get it at the house. When we got back to the house I walked in and there was a candlelight dinner with Olive Garden and flowers that his brothers had set up for us. I then realized why he was being so difficult! So Travis took me over to the table and told me he wasn't going to make me eat before doing it. He told me all his feelings for me and how much he loved me and then said "well I guess there is just one thing missing," which is when he got down on one knee and pulled out my GORGEOUS ring! And here we are engaged now!! Travis enjoyed the Olive Garden but as hungry as I had been I seemed to lose my appetite! I was too excited and shaky to eat...so he ate and I called family! After it was all said and done I started asking questions like when he got the ring and when he talked to my dad. Turns out he talked to my dad that day right before he picked me up from work so that my dad didn't have time to blab! Haha. Even though I was expecting to get engaged sometime he still managed to surprise me! I had no clue it was happening until I saw the table all set up! We didn't have a camera so I didn't get pictures of the table or anything....but just believe me that it was amazing!

Our wedding will be on April 24, 2010 in the Draper Temple. It is the day after Travis graduates so we will be extra busy that week! I can't wait though! I'm the luckiest girl alive to get to spend the rest of my life with Travis!! Now to make things perfect it would be nice to find out where we are going to live. So far he has been accepted to Iowa, Michigan, and Texas...we still won't know about the U until March or April. But we will keep you updated! :)

Much needed update! :)

2009-09-24T11:50:00.001-07:00

Holy freak life has been so busy!! But I thought I'd catch all of you up on the amazing adventures I have had!! First of all...my amazing boyfriend, Travis took me to California for a weekend to visit his sister and her kids. It was SOOO much fun! Travis's brother-in-law works as an accountant for Disneyland so we got into Disneyland AND California Adventures for FREE!!!! It was soo much fun to spend time with Travis's sister and her adorable kids! And of course...we had a day at the beach too. :)Then the weekend after we got back from California Travis took me to the Jimmy Wayne/Dierks Bentley/Brad Paisley concert. He got me the tickets for my birthday clear back in July but we finally got to go!! Our seats were SO close so it was a lot of fun! They were so entertaining and we were laughing the entire time!! So worth going to!!!
We had some pretty good times. Now we are both back to reality with work and Trav at school. He is graduating this April with an Economics major and then heading to Medical School next Fall. He is doing all his interviews for medical school right now so it's been a little stressful. He interviewed at University of Utah but won't find out if he is accepted until MARCH! Pretty lame. But in the meantime he has more interviews with Texas and Iowa so far. I'm pulling for the U...but we will see what happens! Pretty much he is the best thing that has ever happened to me so I will follow him wherever he goes! :) Well love you all and hope you enjoyed the update!

Swing Dancing! :)

2009-02-13T12:19:00.000-08:00

For those of you that don't know...I'm a bit obsessed with Country Dancing. I go every week in Provo and I LOVE it!! Sometimes it gets a little intense. For instance, last week I was doing a lift where I stand right in front of the guy and he gives me a boost and I do a back flip over his head. We did fine the first two times...but the third time ended badly and I ended up with two broken fingers on my right hand and a hurt ankle. SO worth it!!! It was just hard to not go dancing for a week! But I toughed it out and went anyways last night. I usually like dancing with the instructor, Ed. He coached gymnastics for a few years so I trust him lifting me. Here is a video of us just messing around with some lifts. As you can tell...it's still a work in progress :)

This next video is of me and some guy Ed made me do some lifts with. I'm not sure what his name is...but he is good!

Missing Summer

2008-12-24T12:16:00.000-08:00

I am definately a summer person and I have missed it like crazy with all this cold weather!! So I decided to post some pictures from Lake Powell last summer to help me get by. Only 5 months til we get to go again!!! Enjoy!
Cliff Jumping :)

Home Away From Home

Wimpy Jump
Lake Powell Sunset :)

How life is going...

2008-12-08T10:46:00.000-08:00

I haven't posted in a while (thanks to Charity for giving me a hard time on it) so I figured I'd catch you all up. I moved back to South Jordan last week and got my old job back at Legacy..I love it! And this week..if all goes well with testing..I will officially be an EMT..I can't wait!!!! But through all the stress and hecticness I did manage to find time for people I absolutely love so here are some recent pictures...minus Brad and Jenny since they decided they were to good for us over Thanksgiving ;)

Since it is the season of saying thanks...I want to say thank you to a few people. First I want to say thank you to my parents...they are always so willing to help everyone and they accepted me back with open arms. They continue to give all the time and they have taught me SO much. Also to my brothers and sister (in-laws included), they each have their own strengths and I love watching them and learning from them. You all mean the world to me! Thanks again to you all...you are what made me who I am today!

High School Memories

2008-10-02T16:30:00.000-07:00

High School Tag:

1. Did you date someone from your school? Yup I sure did
2. What kind of car did you drive? Nissan Altima
3. What was the most embarrassing moment of high school? I'm not really one to get embarrassed
4. Were you a party animal? My house was definately the party house
5. Were you considered a flirt? Ya haha
6. Were you in band, orchestra, or choir? Yup....choir
7. Were you a nerd? Far from it...haha
8. Were you on any varsity teams? Nope
9. Did you get suspended/ expelled? No...I never get caught for things
10. Can you still sing the fight song? If I heard it ya
11. Who were your favorite teachers? Whitney and Applegate
12. Where did you sit during lunch? Whever really
13. What was your school's full name? Bingham High School
14. School mascot? Melvin the Miner
15. Did you go to Homecoming and who with? which year? Yes with Brian
16. If you could go back and do it again, would you? No way...I loved high school but I'm ready to be where I am
17. What do you remember most about graduation? How freaking long it was!!
18. Where did you go senior skip day? Out to breakfast with friends
19. Were you in a club? No
20. Have you gained some weight since then? Not since high school
21. Who was your prom date? Brian
22. Are you planning on going to your 10 year reunion? Depends on where I am
23. Looking back, what advice would you give yourself? Get more sleep...