UPDATE Damn pregnancy hormones, Lauren just cannot make up her mind. Well, after a lot more thought, induction has now been scheduled for tomorrow, Friday September 29. After all, what is a few more days, right? Right? Anyone?

News from the doctor's visit today: if Peanut doesn't come on her own, we will be inducing next week. At that point Lauren will be over 41 weeks and all the baby will do is continue to grow so they want her out next week. Lauren is now 2 cm dilated but still 70% effaced. The doctor did an ultrasound and the baby looks good. We saw a hand and foot, and the baby is breathing which is a great sign. No gender confirmation, unfortunately. The doctor is very happy with how the baby looks, she says Peanut is doing great. Lauren also had to do a stress test where they hook a monitor up to her belly for 20 minutes to monitor heartbeat and movement, etc. and the doctor is very pleased with what she saw there, too. So the big dilemma was when to schedule induction. Once hit with the reality, Lauren got a little skittish. The doctor would still like to see Lauren go into labor on her own, as would Lauren and Aaron, even though if she were in extreme discomfort Lauren could induce as early as tomorrow morning. While Lauren would like to see Peanut come tomorrow, she would rather it happen on its own. The doctor feels the same way, so after a lot of thought Lauren and Aaron have scheduled Peanut to be induced next Wednesday, October 4, if she has not already arrived. We will go back for another stress test on Monday to make sure Peanut is still doing well if she hasn't already arrived. So now we are just hoping that since Peanut has a deadline she will decide to come along on her own rather than be forced out! As always, we will keep you updated as to any progress on that front.

Baby Watch `06 continues another day.... Well we are now in +3 days past the original due date. Lauren is continuing to feel pressure and still uncomfortable. Lauren and Aaron have been walking so much it seems like they are training for a marathon. We have another doctors appointment this afternoon so hopefully there is some good news and things are continuing to progress on there own. Once we return from the doctors we will update everyone.

Baby Watch `06 continues again.... Well we are now in +2 days of the due date and still waiting patiently. Everything is still normal and Lauren is still uncomfortable and having a hard time sleeping. Lauren had her first baby dream last night, so maybe that is a sign and the baby will be here this week ( one can only wish ) Well Lauren has a Dr. appointment tomorrow so we will keep everyone updated on what was said........

Baby Watch `06 continues. We are now in +1 days of the due date. Aaron is starting to think that everyone is right about the first child always being late. Lauren is feeling a lot more pressure and cannot really tell if they are contractions or just the baby moving in a funky way. Aaron believes they are contractions but has no clue. We are extremely anxious at this time for the arrival of our peanut. As you can see we have been giving an update daily and will continue. We have started another poll survey.

When Will Peanut Arrive
	Week of Sept. 25, 2006
	Week of Oct. 1, 2006

Special Thanks To Michelle Kane For The Idea

Lauren and Aaron would like to thank everyone who participated in the name poll. We have received a lot of great feed back and truly thank everyone. Unfortunately the name will be under a strict silence until our little peanut is here. Here is the final results of the poll.

Jordyn Hope Miller 38% 8 Votes
Savannah Hope Miller 33% 7 Votes
Hayden Sienna Miller 5% 1 Votes
Hayden Hope Miller 24% 5 Votes

Please stay tuned for more information........

CRUNCH TIME.......... Well we just got back from the doctor visit and there was good news. The baby has dropped over an inch since the last visit and Lauren is dilated over a centimeter, which is nice. The doctor is hopeful that the baby will come within the week. Aaron on the other hand is starting to see a pattern here that peanut is going to follow in her moms footsteps of never being anywhere on time. Geez this is going to be fun :) Well we are scheduled for another appointment on Thursday to see the progression. We are keeping our fingers crossed that peanut will be here this week.

WOW today is the estimated due date. Unfortunately there is only about 5% of women who actually deliver on there due date, so we are hoping we are in that percent. Lauren and Aaron thought they would never see this day. We are so excited. As of yet still nothing much to report from the front, Lauren is very uncomfortable and has a hard time sleeping. This weekend we did a lot of walking trying to get things moving along. We have a doctors appointment this morning at 11:30 so hopefully we will have some good news. We will keep everyone updated once we get back from the doctors. Remember today at 6:00 pm PST. The name poll will be closed, so get those votes in.

1 more day until Peanut's due date and we are getting very anxious. We did lots of walking yesterday hoping to get something going but so far nothing, just a few sporadic contractions. We have a doctor's appointment tomorrow and are hoping to hear some good news, and of course we will keep everyone posted. We thank everyone for participating in our name poll, its so neat to see what everyone thinks and will make a great addition to the baby book when we print it out. Once again everyone please get your votes in for your favorite name, as tomorrow 9/25/06 the polls will be closing at 6:00 pm.

2 days now until the due date and Lauren seems to be doing really well. Lauren and Aaron have been doing a lot of walking trying to let gravity perform its magic. We appreciate everyone participating in the name survey. Still not sure on a name but its fun to see what you all think.
We put the car seat into the car today so now we are truly ready for Peanut's arrival. We put the pack'n'play in our room earlier this week and it has its sheet and everything on it - we were hoping that would encourage Peanut to come out but so far nothing.
Lauren had a doctor's appointment this week and things are still looking good. She had a contraction while the doctor was measuring her belly so now she knows what they feel like. She has been feeling them since then so that is another good sign.
We can't wait to meet our Peanut!

Well 3 days left until the due date. As you can see from the title above we are still not sure on the name we will choose. We have some names picked out but continue to go back and forth and cannot decide. We are in the process of putting up a polling survey to see which name our families and friends like best. Stay tuned more to follow.

Which name do you like the best?
	Jordyn Hope Miller
	Savannah Hope Miller
	Hayden Sienna Miller
	Hayden Hope Miller

Just a quick update, not much to report. Lauren went on maternity leave starting last Wednesday and got some cleaning and laundry done but is now very anxious for Peanut to debut. Last night we could feel a foot up near Lauren's rib and Aaron felt it and tickled it, and the foot kicked back! Peanut was "playing" with her daddy and Aaron was so excited. It was a really special moment.
At Lauren's doctor appointment last week there had been no change and now we are a week away from her due date so any day now we are hoping to meet her... and decide on a name finally!

Well, now we are really undecided on a name. We like Hayden and Jordan, and Savannah. Guess we will just wait and see! Lauren had her 37 week appointment this week and is now 70% effaced and about 1 cm dilated. We know this doesn't mean much but we are hopeful that this means things will get going sorta soon. Lauren is doing well but is increasingly uncomfortable, though it is slightly easier to breathe these days. Her last day at work will be next Wednesday but of course she would love to go out earlier. We still have to wash all the clothes, blankets, etc. we plan on using right away and Lauren still has to pack the hospital bag but we are in good shape and are anxiously awaiting our Peanut's arrival. Our church is throwing a baby shower for us this coming Tuesday - this one is girls only and Lauren is looking forward to spending time with them. That's about it for now, more soon!

36 Weeks!
Well, only about 4 weeks until the due date! We are going to the doctor every week starting this week, and so far the head is down, the doctor can feel it, and Lauren is about 50% effaced. Progress!
We also started the childbirth series at the hospital - finally. Lauren is the first one due in the class, most of the others are due October, November and even December and she has the smallest belly! Aaron finds this worrisome, Lauren figures she is just carrying more in her middle, but all in all the baby is healthy and there is no need to worry, some people just carry the weight differently. The information is a bit overwhelming and scary - um, epidural, thanks! - but they did do a relaxation exercise and gave a cd talking you through it and Aaron really liked that. They gave us a bunch of worksheets with tips, etc. so we will have to read them over and probably pack some in the bag we will take to the hospital.
Other than that, the room is just about ready, and is looking great. We have to wash the blankets and things we know we will be using right away so that is a project for the next week or so and then Lauren will pack her bag so that it is ready to go. At this point, Lauren is still working and hoping to make it a few more weeks though she is ever more uncomfortable. The baby is making good progress growth wise and if you look at the right moment you can see the blob move! Aaron read that the baby will move away from a flashlight or a frozen/cold spoon when put up against the belly so we tried it last night and finally, he got to see the baby completely move positions. It was very exciting, and we may try to do that a bit more often in the next few weeks or try the flashlight.
Oh, and now we are really not 100% decided on names. We are going back and forth from Hayden to Savannah, but there is always the chance we will see something else we like before she debuts.

Lots to catch up on this week. We had a doctor’s appointment this week and all is looking good. The doctor said Peanut is in the correct position (head down) so that is good, and she is growing very well. The next appointment will be in two weeks and then we go to weekly appointments. Heartbeat still sounds strong and everything is going well.
We had our shower this past weekend and it went really well. Thanks again to Pam, Kelly, Kristin and Lauren’s mom for helping to put it all together. We ended up with a pretty big group and though we feel really bad that we didn’t get to spend a lot of time with everyone, we hope everyone enjoyed themselves because we did. We got a lot of great stuff – overnight Peanut’s room transformed into something that looks like a baby’s room. I will post some pics of the shower when we get some. Thanks again everyone who came, we had a great time.
In other news, we have already attended two classes at our hospital: the maternity tour and childcare basics & car seat safety. The tour was really helpful because they showed us the process of where we go when we check in, etc. Reality! The facilities seem nice and we really like that they keep the baby with you basically all the time, except for morning check-ups. Childcare basics taught us how to swaddle which seems like a miracle if its done correctly. The guy in the video just wraps up these screaming infants, picks them up and holds them on their side and instantly they stop crying. Amazing. Hope we can figure that one out! We got a lot out of the car seat safety portion. They were very knowledgeable and will even inspect the car seat once we put it in which we will definitely take advantage of.

You may have noticed we have changed the title of this blog (again). We have come up with another front-runner for our Peanut's name. We are still considering Hayden, and nothing is definite until we actually meet her, but for now we think we like Savannah Hope the best. But, as I have said before, we have 2 more months so we might come up with something we like even better by then. Stay tuned!

Here are a couple of pics from Hawaii from the digital camera. A lot of the ones with Lauren in them did not turn out the best so we will wait until we get the disposable cameras developed in the hopes that there are some better ones. This one you can see a bit of a belly there. The next is the gorgeous scenery we looked at all week (oh, to be back!), and the last is of a sea turtle that we actually swam with.

Ok, we are bad so we'll try to catch up on everything in this one post. Peanut is growing a lot and everything seems to be on track. Lauren feels movement and kicks every day, and can even see her stomach pulsating when Peanut moves. Aaron got to feel a good strong kick the other day so now he knows how it feels. Lauren had to take the glucose test to check for gestational diabetes, which came back abnormal so she had to go for the 3 hour test. This meant fasting from dinner until the test was over and getting blood drawn 4 times over 3 hours. Not to mention sitting at the testing place for 3 hours! But, the results came back fine so we are in the clear on that one, too.

We actually just got back from Maui and had a great time. The weather was beautiful and we had lots of fun. Lauren (or maybe just Peanut) got a bit seasick when we took a snorkel trip to Molokini and then Turtle Town, but Lauren did do the snorkeling at both places though she ended up "sicking up" in the ocean. It was really pretty and we had a good time, just wish it could have lasted longer. We will try to get some pictures up in the next couple of days once we have a chance to go through some of them.

We have also created a registry for baby items - we spent 2 hours registering one night at one store! Lauren's bridesmaids, Kelly, Kristin and Pam have generously offered to throw her a shower so that is coming up as well and should be fun. We are in the 30th week this week so about 10 more to go, we just can't believe it. We have also started clearing our spare bedroom, getting it ready for not only Peanut, but for Gavin who will begin overnight stays with us this weekend. We have been in our place for a little over 2 years already and we are just now finally organizing and making the spare room livable! The "theme" will be hawaiian/surfer, which will work well for the baby and for Gavin, and things are moving along though we do have a bit more to do, and then get the baby furniture. All in all, though, things are moving along!

Well, we saw the doctor this week, and sadly no picture but everything is still going well and we did hear the heartbeat. And our childbirth class got cancelled on the first Wednesday we were supposed to have it. Kristin and Lauren got there after rushing from work only to be told the class didn't have enough couples to have it continue. So now we are looking at other options.
The belly is growing steadily, sorry for no pictures yet but we really will try to take some and put them on soon. There is lots of movement in the belly, and Lauren tries to catch it when it starts by putting her hand on her stomach but she usually just misses it, though a few times she thinks she actually has felt it outside. She's an active kid so as she gets bigger we are sure we will all be able to feel the movement.
Other than that, we are making some progress in choosing themes for the room, choosing other accessories and deciding a date for the baby shower - thanks in advance to Aunt Pam, Kelly and Kristin who have so far generously offered to be a part of putting a shower on. We have not actually started a registry yet but will probably do that at the end of the month.

Oops, as you can see by the date, this was supposed to go up mother's day - two weeks ago!
Lauren got more preggy clothes for mothers day, and she is very excited about it. In just a few days, her stomach really started protruding. What looked like a bloated belly on a Friday was a definite bump by Sunday. We have taken one belly shot but Lauren is not happy with it so we will try to post one soon, even though we are already half-way through!
In the past few weeks, the activity in the tummy has majorly increased. The other day Lauren got a few good hard kicks, and is feeling lots of fluttering. Basically every day she feels some movement. Lauren has also begun sleeping with a body pillow because she is quite uncomfortable these days sleeping, and since she can't sleep on her stomach that seems to be helping. We also signed up for lamaze/childbirth prep classes. They actually begin this Wednesday. Yes, it seems early, but they recommend signing up 3 months prior to your due date, and we would miss one class of the next session which begins at the end of June so they told us to sign up for this one. It is 5 weeks long. Sadly, Aaron will miss the first class because he was informed last Thursday that his work needed to send him out of town for a repair - to Denmark! He left Sunday and will come home this Thursday, but Lauren's oldest and greatest friend Kristin has graciously offered to go with Lauren - thanks, Krist! So, that's about all the news I can remember for now... we have a doctor's appointment next week and we are crossing our fingers we get another picture!