Samuel Joseph Mills

This is our new addition to our family. He entered this world on April 10th at 11:18 PM. He weighs 8 lbs 11 oz and is 20 inches long. I'm so happy he's finally here. :)

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So I'm just sitting here at the U waiting for Mike to be done with class. I'm at a loss of what to do. Since I've stopped working I've tried to keep myself busy. I've cleaned, read, played sudoku, surfed the internet, gone to Liz's house, and sometimes have just sat and stared at the walls. I think I've come to a standstill of what I can do now.

I've finished the series I was reading. I've run through all my sudoku books (plus I got tired of it), I'm sick of cleaning, you can only surf the internet so much, and staring at the walls, well you know how boring that can be. Going to Liz's hasn't exhausted its limits yet luckily.

But I guess that's why I tried coming up to the U today to have a change of scenery. Granted I'm still just sitting around waiting, but at least here I can watch people and make fun of them in my head. ;) Too bad Mike isn't here to join in the laughter. :) It's pretty hilarious what some people will do when they think no one is watching.

Anyway it's kind of ironic when you sit down and think about how much waiting we do in life. Not only am I waiting for my little Samuel to finally make his GRAND entrance into this world, which I'm sure that's what he's waiting for, but I wait for my doctor appointments to arrive, and then you wait in the waiting room, in the grocery line, in traffic, for a new movie or book to come out, for an event to start and last of all I always wait for yet another contraction to come on. In the midst of all this waiting we find things to entertain ourselves with. You've already read my list of what I've done, and yet we still get to wait and we always get through it. That waiting period always ends sometime for that certain thing, but then it starts all over again with something else. So since I've been waiting all my life with many things, then of course I'm going to be able to wait for my beautiful baby boy to be in my arms.

Oh how I LOVE these waiting games.

Update

I was just thinking about putting a picture up of what I look like. I was going through my pictures and just laughing at my progression. I used to be so SMALL!!! That ain't the case anymore, but it's all for a good cause. I wouldn't have it any other way! :)

The Waiting Game

So I've been getting contractions every once and awhile since Friday the 27th. My due date isn't till April 9th, I went to the doctor today and everything looks really good. He says, "Well, you could have him tonight or even in two weeks." Boy is that encouraging and discouraging. I wish I could just walk in there and say, "Take him now!" No, I'm not really that way, but I just get so anxious to finally hold him in my arms. I feel so close and yet, I have no idea when he will decide to come.

So I sit here playing the waiting game. Waiting to hold him, waiting to kiss his nose, waiting to hold his little hands, waiting to look at his face, and of course waiting for the contractions to get closer and closer and obviously more and more painful.

So, since I have no choice, I'll just sit here and continue playing my waiting game of seeing my son.

Will This Ever End?

I keep getting bigger and bigger everyday, but alas my little one is still not here. I still have 2 more months of growing bigger and bigger. I guarantee I probably wont fit through the hospital doors, which means I wont even fit in my own car, which then means I guess I'm having my baby at home! :) nah, just kidding. I'm not that big, but man I feel so big. I don't remember Liz ever being this big with Ansley. And Erin? Yea right. She was a little twig the entire time!

I was just thinking about it today because my dad walked by me and said, "WOW! You're looking really pregnant!" Well duh Dad, that would be because maybe just maybe I am. So then he goes on to say, "I'm glad it's you and not me." Well I think I'm glad it's me and not him either. I don't know if he could handle it. He wouldn't be able to run, or travel a whole bunch, and it would honestly be weird to see him with mood swings. haha :)

Anyway I just wanted to write out some of my feelings about my pregnancy. I have loved every minute of being pregnant, other than the times I've been in the hospital, but still I love the fact that I'm pregnant and I'm going to be a mommy soon. I love feeling him move around, which he does nonstop, and I'm beginning to think I've been feeling his foot and elbow a lot lately. He likes to play games with me. You've heard about some of them in previous blogs. He will punch away, and I'm sure he's doing it just to get my attention, because once I put my hand on my belly he'll stop and be content. He just wants to know I'm always thinking of him. ;)

The things I will not miss though would be:

1. The bathroom breaks about every hour.

2. Back pain.

3. Restless Legs.

4. Not sleeping (feeling tired).

5. All day sickness (1st 4 months).

6. Feeling a little queasy in the mornings.

But you know honestly those things aren't that bad when you know they're just temporary and so these things will not keep me from wanting more kids. Yes, I said it. I want more kids. I don't want just one child.

So, I anxiously await April 9th, that is if he comes then, so that I can finally hold my baby boy in my arms. I love my little guy!

Baby Rhythmic Dictation 101

As Amanda and I are anxiously awaiting the arrival of our little Samuel, we have discovered a way of "interacting" with him. A few months back, Amanda was really excited to tell me that, as she was laying in bed, she poked her belly and Samuel kicked in response. She tried again and received the same result.
Well, this morning I was in the living room working for a few hours before taking off to school. I then heard a little giggle from the bedroom and shouted back to Amanda to find out what was going on. A few seconds later, she came out to where I was with a big grin on her face and proceeded to tell me the source of the giggling. She was playing her little game with Samuel and got an idea. Rather than just poking once, she tried poking twice. Surprisingly, he kicked twice in response! She then poked again 4 times in a rhythmic pattern and, once again, he responded in the same pattern.
What can I say? Gotta start that musical training early!

Some Rambling Thoughts

So, we were looking here and realized that we haven't posted anything for over a month. Samuel is continuing to grow and he's as active as ever. Amanda feels him moving all the time and I try to feel it every so often as well. Not only that, she's been able to see the movements as well. She's loving this time that she gets with Samuel, but can't wait for the time that she can actually hold him and see his face.
Another bit of exciting news for the Mills family is that a piece of music that I arranged a couple of years ago is going to be published in the coming months. It's a violin solo with piano accompaniment of the primary song "I feel my Savior's love" and the hymn "Our Savior's Love." I feel so blessed to be given such a talent and now to be able to share that with other people! Hopefully this will bring many more opportunities in the future.
Oh, and Samuel says hi! :)