What a beautiful morning!

[marvellous]

Now if you could just hang on for 11 more days....

Congrats you two...

[SaltLick]

Man the big moment has arrived. Hmm contractions started yesterday, the baby must be here by now? So congrats to the both of you for getting married and having the baby!

[scott_araujo]

Crossposted from BNB Mike on the Cierra preggers pool thread:

Just got a text:

Rowan Noah Miller

9/29/08  10:48 pm

7lbs 4 oz

Congrats to the Miller's   

Yeah, congrats!

Scott

[Nitewaif]

Congrats you two!!!   

[Joshua]

Congrats

[ryandalling]

Mo - Get your ass on here and post some pictures. 

[Visolara]

ok guys, its been a long few days.

Hard to believe Cierra's water broke Saturday night/Sunday morning at about 1:30, and we still managed to get married Sunday morning.  She didn't start getting contractions till about 3AM Monday morning.  They progressed throughout the day, and mid to late afternoon they became for consistent.  We headed into the birthing center at 6PM and settled in.  About 7 to 7:30 we started getting ready and got in the tub.  Less then 4 hours later little Rowan showed his face.

Cierra is an amazing woman, she handled this with flying colors.  I can't even begin to describe the strength she has.  The delivery was surprisingly fast for a first time mother, and it was completely clean (no blood).  The midwifes all commented on how "picture perfect" this delivery was.  For reference, another couple there was in 56 hours of labor, and had difficulties (the baby was to big for her).  They are ok, and they had a healthy baby girl, but they had been there 2 days longer then  us in active labor.  Wow!  We felt kind of bad talking with them about our 4 hour labor. 

Jed and Liza along with Cierra's mom were there for us.  It was really nice to have this birth with only family, and some of our friends there with us.

We are home now, so if you are interested in stopping by, please just give us a call and make sure Cierra isnt running around naked trying to toss a boob into the kids mouth. 

Anyways, here is what you all have been waiting for, some peectures.

Rowan after he just came out.


We hung out in the tub for about an hour after he was born, waiting on the placenta to come out and for him to finish circulating its blood.


Me and Rowan in bed.


Cierra and Rowan hanging out in a chair.


Cierra and Rowan on the bed


Me, Cierra and Rowan.  The new Miller family. 


Another family shot.

[duc_fan]

   I would imagine it's been a very long last few days!

Only 4 hrs of active labor?  From what I've heard other moms say, that's pretty amazing for a first child...

Congrats again on the brand-new Miller family!    Can't wait to see the new little one!

[jdubbs32584]

Congratulations guys!!

[Visolara]

Thanks guys!

The first night we were amazed at how much Rowan slept, and how quiet he was.  I was beginning to think we had some miracle baby who didnt cry.  WRONG.    You see, the first day he didn't know what hunger felt like, he was never hungry before, well day two, he started getting hungry, and the second night was really painful.  We were up most of the night last night trying to get him to feed, but thats not something he really knows how to do yet.  He is learning just like we are how to breastfeed.  Its funny, he knows where the milk comes from, he can smell it, but he has no real idea how to make it work. 

Anyways, its been awesome, and a huge learning experience for us all.

[desmosome]

That is so beautiful.... i am happy for you all...

[ryandalling]

Thanks for the pics... although that is way more of Mo than I wanted to see    Cute baby. Congrats again!   

[scott_araujo]

Beautiful!  Beautiful!  But please, no more pictures of Mo in the tub 

Scott

[TiNi]

he's a cutie

congratulations guys!!

[Mother]

hahaha

I saw all those sentences strung together from maurice and figured

Race Report

 


you know...it actually read like a race report

in fact...

Cierra is an amazing racer, she handled this with flying colors.  I can't even begin to describe the strength her bike has.  The race was surprisingly fast for a first time rider, and it was completely clean (no crashes).  The officials all commented on how "picture perfect" this race was.  For reference, another team there was in 56 hours of racing, and had difficulties (the bike was to big for her).  They are ok, and they had a healthy second place finish, but they had been there 2 days longer then  us in active racing.  Wow!  We felt kind of bad talking with them about our 4 hour race...