Our favorite little peanut butter cup

Exactly one week ago we had some major excitement around here! Little Reese Miller came into the world and Nate & Lori became parents! She was about 2 weeks early, so it was a bit unexpected and very exciting. Here's a very brief look at how it went down, from the Aunt & Uncle point of view. ;)

Thursday was Lori's birthday. I had made an oreo cheesecake for the occasion and after a busy day downtown, Joe and I were awaiting the call to come on up for cake & presents. When it came, Nate mentioned that Lori had been having contractions all day, but wasn't ready for the hospital yet - so we hurried up to get the party started.

When we got there everyone was helping Lori time her contractions and wondering what the heck 8 minutes apart could mean!! We enjoyed the cake and then I went with Nate & Lori on a walk around the neighborhood to see if she could get things moving. By then it was pretty obvious that Lori & her baby wouldn't be sharing a birthday (thank goodness) but why not have her come on out the next day?? The walk seemed to work. When we got back I went through the book on labor and delivery and reminded Lori of everything that was and would be happening to her, while she laid on the couch in pain. After we left, things really got going so to our surprise we soon had a text message letting us know they were on their way to the hospital!! I couldn't believe that I was just going to go to bed like normal while Lori was going to go have her baby. So crazy!!
Little Reese was born at 6:15 the next morning and things went perfectly (minus all the stuff that pretty much every woman has to go through, like it or not). We couldn't have been happier! That night Joe & I went to the hospital to meet our new niece. She was just as precious as can be! Joe LOVES holding her and of course so do I.

And just for fun, we brought along her first gift of Reeses Pieces and Reeses Peanut Butter Cups (well, they were mostly for the parents, maybe Reese can get a little taste through the milk). I'm sure there will be many, many more of those over the years - so good thing they're delicious!!

And she even kept her eyes open for this last picture - impressive! Way to go Lori and Reese (& Nate). We are so thrilled for you!! Your little cousin will be here in just about 4 months and you can show him the ropes!