*meeting sophia*

~proud papa.

This past week has been a complete roller coaster of emotions, some anxiety, so much fear and utter bliss and relief. For those that don't know, we welcomed Sophia Rose Miller into this wonderful world on Tuesday, April 3rd. She was 6 lbs 15oz, 19 inches long, and a FULL head of hair. So many people thought we were crazy to wait to find out the sex, but I truly think the surprise *party* was one of the most amazing moments of my life. We were 99.9999999% certain it was a boy, and the Dr gave Chad the honor of calling it. His shaky and surprised voice saying "It's a Girl" will be something that I will never forget. In that our moment, our world completely changed.

There were some questions about her health moments later that sent us into a few sleepless nights of panic, and i won't go into it too much as I am writing this very very fast racing two lil ones who are in nap mode. To be brief, one of her ears looked a little different than the other, which made the Dr question if something was wrong with her kidneys. Who knew the two were connected? They did an ultrasound on her kidneys and saw that something "was not right". That is basically all the info we were given. That same night she failed her hearing test, which just added salt to the wound. We had a procedure done the following day with the urologists and were relieved to find out that right now, it looks like everything is functioning and fine. She also thankfully, passed her second hearing test. Thank you everyone for your prayers and positive thoughts!

Kaden is loving being a big brother, giving her tons of kisses, asking to hold her all the time, and checking to see if she has "growed". When we were at the hospital, he would order us to do different things, "she wants her mommy, here her mommy".

Sophia is not only the most amazing blessing, but she is so calm and peaceful. she shares a bday with a friend of mine who I refer to as "Om girl", so it appears she may be my sweet "Om baby". My heart is runneth over with love for her.

Thank you everyone for all your sweet thoughts, words, calls, texts and just for being such incredible friends and family. We are so blessed!

Much Love,
Mama Miller of two.

~the *before pic* the night before.

~here we go....

~It's a girl??!!

~kaden's first thoughts after meeting baby sis, "she dis big".

~proud big bro holding her for the first time.

~proud mamaw.

~snugglin with Uncle Bri.

~chatting with big bro and papaw.

~gorgeous flowers from my brother's fam! So brightened up a rough day when we were in the dark with all of the tests.

~and then there were four.