Ridge J. Miller

January 29, 2009

7 lbs. 3 oz.

19 1/2 in. long

Born 6:29 am

He's already here! I went to my 38 week appointment on Tuesday the 27th and everything looked great, except for the fact that I hadn't made near as much progress as was wishing for. We scheduled an induction date for today...February 4th! However, Ridge is a typical Miller boy and has a mind of his own. On Wed. night I started having very random contractions at about 8 pm. By 11:00 they were about 8 minutes apart and I was waiting for them to stop at anytime. By 1:30 am they were about 4-5 min. apart and getting stronger. I decided it might be time to wake Justin, and at 2 am we started our 35 min. treck to the hospital. On the way there they became 2-3 min. apart and very strong... and I was still waiting for them to stop. When we arrived at the hospital I was dilated to 5 cm and things moved along very quickly. Dr. Nance came in the room at 6:26 am, I pushed 2 1/2 times and baby Ridge was born at 6:29 am. We are so excited to have him here and are once again amazed at the unconditional love we have for this little boy!

We love this baby boy!

Kenli loves her new baby brother and is VERY helpful. We have a lot of teaching to do about what we can and cannot do with baby brother. We've already had to teach her that he cannot go to the bathroom on the potty like her! She's so cute with him and is quite the little mommy!

A bright eyed moment! We've tried so hard to catch him with his eyes open and finally did it.