Ok for real this time...

Us at Christmas, apparently the kids were looking at something or someone to their right..lol

I am going to update once a month... for real this time.. lol its been since march!! Oh my has it been along time... but in all seriousness we want to keep our blog updated so I am going to put it on my calendar to update and remind me of my update....

So since then we have a new home, a new car, a new job for bj and a beautiful new baby girl!! London Emmarie Miller!!

I Guess we will start with an update on her... She was born on 10/20/2010, an afternoon baby that came very fast into this world... as i dialated from a 7 to a 10 in one contraction..She was born at 6lbs 1oz and 18.5 inches tall... She had lots of trouble gaining weight(As do all of our babies) And she was hospitalized for a week for failing to thrive... she did end up gaining the weight she needed to night, God showed up and miracles happened... she is sooo adorable, and we are so in love with her... she is 3 months old in two days, and she is almost 10 pounds... here she is all chunky and adorable now... Just last week she caught the flu and was hospitalized again because she was having trouble breathing through all her coughing... and her reflux...

She is ok now... there is a quote from bruce almighty that says God doesn't just give you patience, He gives you the opportunity to be patient... I think that rings true for alot of things... One of the hardest things we have to do as parents is trust God with our kids... The Lord has given us plenty of opportunities to trust Him with them... We do, It is still hard but we do... They are His, and He has given them to us to take care of, and to mold and teach... Our prayer is that we glorify God in our job as parents...

Onto the next child... Ella mae is our middle child who is now 16 months old!!!

Ella has just begun walking on a regular basis(Praise the Lord) It makes my life a little easier, when I don't have two babies to carry... I am pretty positive this makes her a big girl! She is definately on her own pace with everything... But then again i have to remind myself not to compare my children, because Brodin has always been ahead of the game and the norms.. She loves her new little sister, and tries to be loving, but most of the time ends up smacking London... Brodin and Ella have their own rooms and their own toys now, but spend most of the time playing together... normally they play well together... they are still working out sharing and realizing that their toys are only their toys if they are in their hand.. once you set it down its fair game! :) Ella is so very musical.. we can tell that this is a gift that the Lord has given her, we can already tell that she is singing with different tones, and rythyms... :) She is definately a daddies girl and will scream at BJ if he doesn't pick her up right when he walks in the door...

Our third and oldest child is Brodin who is 2 and a half years old now!! Where has the time gone?!

He daily makes me smile, as do all of my children... He tells me things like "Mommy I love you to the moon!" and.. "Mommy your a beautiful Hunk!" How can I resist, I kiss those cute little cheeks every chance I get... He often gets mistaken for a 4 year old because he's so tall and his speech is that of a child that is way older... I love him, I pretty much count myself blessed to have 3 of the best kids ever... and cutest might I add! :) Brodins number one accomplishment this month is that he is officially totally potty trained! And he stands up like a man to pee... lol I love it.. saves us about 50 bucks in diapers every month! He was sooo easy to potty train.. He just got it.. and now doesn't wear pullups at night... hoping that he doesn't regress at all..

Onto BJ and I... BJ works for Horizon Airlines right now 20 hours a week at night to keep our flight benefits, and during the day works for West Corporation as a call center representative...40 hours a week... needless to say he is busy working hard for our family, and we appreciate it! On top of that we recently took over leading a life team at our church... we are humbled when God wants to use us for his plans! We have a great group, and love seeing God work in and through them already... Jesus is so neat in the way He brings people together...all for His purpose and plan! I am of course a busy stay at home mama... which has its daily challenges but I also am serving the Lord by serving on the womens ministry leadership team... I know God has so much to teach me through this, and when I feel incapable, He reminds me that He is my strength... It has been hard for me to be late to almost everything, we still haven't gotten in a groove.... does that happen?? I sure hope so.. LOL!! We are submitting our application to Shepherds Staff Missions Facilitators... if we are accepted they will be taking care of all of our finances while we are on the mission field, and we are going to start fundraising... we know and trust God completely that He has called us to Lima, Peru, and so he will provide for us... Ok so this has got to be cut off but we will post more next month.... For real this time :)