He's over there... and I'm over here

Before I begin you need to know that I am doing this post while using dial-up. If you could please bow your head and give me a moment of silence. And maybe just a little bit more considering how long it takes to load a page....

Being on dial-up means I am back in Emmett. Yes, this is Rachel writing. The funny one. Ha. Ha. ok, maybe I wouldn't be so cocky about it if Brett hadn't purposely taken my name off of my prevously bloggings. He said he wanted to get "credit" for it if someone found it amusing. However, it's not really that hard to tell if I am writing. Just look for the spelling errors and improper grammar. Those would be mine.

Brett is doing well if you haven't got his emails. He just had to decide on a code name for himself. We got a few good suggestions, including Knifey Boy, Brad Milb, and Sylvester McMonkey McBean. They were all good, but we will be naming our child the last one, so we can't use that. So Brett settled on Hoosier. He went to Indianna on his mission and he sure loves that basketball. So let it be.

As far as baby news it's been a long week for me. I had some issues last week and thought I had miscarried. At that point I was 11.2 weeks. At first I thought everything would be ok, but the second night I just was confident I had lost the baby. So my awesome dad came to my tearful rescue. He set me up at this affordable clinic and they were really nice. The nurse who helped me didn't downplay any of my fears and then proceeded to check for a heart beat. And there it was. It was so exciting. I think my excitement startled the baby because his heart was beating so fast. It was like a little hummingbird. I was so excited I just started crying. The nurse laughed and said "Oh he's a healthy one!" Note she said he.

I feel like it's a boy. My sister-law Brittany hooked me up with a Chinese calendar which predicted that I am having a boy. But then again, I can't remember the last time I got good advice from a fortune cookie. But just because Panda Express doesn't get it right, doesn't mean a Chinese Calendar can't. And it was on the internet... so that means it's true.

Obvioiusly I won't mind a girl or boy. They both have their ups. I even painted the baby's cabinet light green, so not to be biased. Everybody likes green.

Sorry this is long. That is, if you've made it this far down the page. If you have- Good for you! Pat yourself on the back. You are a friend of the Milbs.
I will now list everything I did today... just kidding but seriously EMMETT IS SO BORING!!! The quiet is nice, but all my friends have married and moved away. I'm trying to fill my time, but .... but.... I miss having a job! I said it! It's true I like working and I don't know what to do with my time while waiting for Brett to move around.
So far I have repainted an old cabinet for the baby, started learing "Let it Be" on the guitar, I have started a painting using Jerry Yarnell (he is the modern day Bob Ross -for those of you who aren't familiar), played Guitar Hero 6 times, watched everything on the TLC channel, baked banana bread (and then fed it to the dogs because no one was home)...

wow. I am a sad old woman. let me know if you think of any projects i can do. I think my next project will be crocheting myself a straight jacket.

I do like my family though. This has given me some time to connect with Malcolm (my youngest brother) which is rad because I left home like 6 years ago and he was barely 12. My parents are pretty chill. My mom works herself to the bone at this boys home during the day, and my dad is taking a hiatus from the working world until Mal graduates. Then my parents are thinking of moving to Alaska.... or at least my dad is. He took my mom there this weekend... and I don't think she was impressed. She tried to convice me that it looks just like SLC. (For those of you who don't know, she's in love with Utah, the promised land and is dying to move back. I don't blame her, i love it to... but seeing different places is fun). Anyways, she said "Alaska has pretty mountains, but the Wasatch mountains are JUST as pretty if not PRETTIER... except they don't have those huge blue glaciers.. but they are still prettier." Oh mom. You kill me. And then she went on "...and Alaska has the ocean on the west.. and that's JUST LIKE the Salt Lake- it's on the west side too."
To sum it up, my dad will have a rough time moving her there. Oh yes, she also decided she's all the sudden afraid of flying. Oh Mom. You kill me.

Until next time,

The long winded blogger.

Stockton Knew First... by Rachel

Kids say the darndest things. The are also really good at "telling it like it is". Well, I love my Stockton, and boy-oh-boy did he make me laugh when I was in Georgia.

Let me elaborate...

So Stockton is an active boy- all over the house-bouncing off of the wall, climbing on Brett, giving excessive hugs. And while I was in Georgia I got in the habit of wearing multiple layers of shirts (like 2-3 layers). Well, Stocky, without explanation kept coming up to me and peeling up the layers of my clothes. I just laughed it off until, about the third time I finally said "Stockton! What are you doing!" And he looks up at me and says- "I wanna see where the baby is!"

Ok don't judge me, but I was a little upset. I'll be the first person to admit I have some extra insulation around my mid-section. Hey- it gets cold in Idaho! I just laughed it off and told him there was no baby.

I was wrong. Little did I know I had a cute little shrimp-looking zygote in me. Hurray! As these last couple weeks went by I began having weird symptoms- including nausia (which I am experiencing right now) and finally whipped out the EPT which didn't let me down (for once in it's life!).

We're Pregnant!

I'm only six weeks along- but I am just very very very excited. This baby is already showing us how smart It is (yes i called It "IT"). Our family Health Insurance doesn't start until January 12th. And my mom advised me to wait 10 weeks to go in to see the doctor, because #1 they can't do anything until then #2 and only at that time can they hear the heart beat. The baby must have known because it's tenth week will be the week of Jan 13th. What a smart baby I have.

Thats right, I'm bragging. My baby is very financially savvy.

Look how cute Brett is with kids...

I feel like its my birthday... so I this picture of me and Malcolm.

Well I wish I had a picture of the baby but oh well. Soon enough I will have way to many.

And we might end up updating the blog more than once a month :)

The Devil Went Down to Georgia by rachel

Ok the devil may not have gone to Georgia, but Brett and I did. Boy howdy was it pretty. Trees, trees, trees. And pretty trees for that matter. Steph's neighborhood looks like it came out of a story book. I love love love everything there. We didnt go to Atlanta, but we had quite a good time. It was especially good for me to spend time with the kids because I've hardly said boo to them before.

And yes, I've fallen for Jorja. I mean, I knew she was cute before- but I didn't really KNOW KNOW. Like the time I was sitting in the van with her while everyone was outside waiting for Mike's homemade rocket to go off. She is sitting there wide eyed in her car seat as the rocket goes off. Suddenly she turns to me and screams "what if the rocket falls on the car!" I assured her we'd be ok, but she continued "oh no! oh no! the cars gonna light on fire- and the Porge is in the car! Oh no- The Porge! The Porge!" For those of you uneducated in Jorja-talk "The Porge" is herself. This girls is too funny, too cute.

Maysen is growing up so fast. For those of you who don't know she's in her Senior year of college and graduating Valedictorian. Maybe not, but it seems like it. Stockton is such a sweet heart... and was way nice to me. Preston is too cute for words, so here is this picture.



Oh and I suppose Brett and I were in Georgia under the guise of helping Steph, but that is a lie. She's one tough cookie. She and Mike hardly had us do anything. Oh well. Steph is happy and healthy. And I am excited to visit them in Feburary before I can join Brett in Alabama. Yee haw!

For your viewing pleasure...

Mike's insane tech skills produce a fun weekend activity...

Porj poses as one of her favorite anphibians...

I thought this was kind of artsy...

Halloween Birds

Halloween was up to its old tricks again. I told Rachel a while back that I thought it would be really funny to be Big Bird for Halloween. She made it happen. Quite the little craftswoman. And I was right, it was funny to be Big Bird. It was a little scary for my 2-year old nephew, Lincoln. He wouldn't come near me. Big Bird is so misunderstood.

Rachel had a cool peacock costume but it didn't show up as well in the pictures. It's probably from being overshadowed by the giant, yellow head. If you look closely you can see her tail feathers.

This is a dog.

May I have your attention, please?

We've been handed down our assignment. The call came around 4:00 pm on October 8th. The Major asked if I had time for the call. I didn't tell him that I have no job and no responsibilities, I just told him it was a good time. He said we could choose between Travis AFB in Fairfield California, or Whiteman AFB in Missouri. So we chose California.

We're pretty excited about it. We'll about about 50 minutes away from both Sacramento and San Francisco/Oakland. I'm planning on going to as many baseball games as I can. This will be the closest I've ever lived to a baseball team, and now there are two teams within striking distance. So that makes me happy.

The base seems real nice, from what we can tell. It's a large one, and is apparently the best base to do the "space-available travel" from. Apparently the Air Force is always flying places. Makes sense. And they don't like to have empty room on the plans. So they allow military and their families to fly free (outside the continental U.S.). And it seems the Travis AFB is the main base to do this from, if your heading out Pacific way, like Hawaii. Anyway, I don't know a lot about it, but I'll have to find out. Also, I really wanted a base with a golf course. I think most of them have them. And this one does, they let you play 9-holes for 5 buck's and 18 for 11. So that's obviously awesome. Too bad I'll have to work sometimes. And too bad I'm really bad at golf.

Speaking of golfing, I'm going tomorrow with John and my dad. No betting please.

John and I had a 3-point contest and John beat me...repeatedly. We'll get him next time though. At one point John and I had both made 12 in a row. There were other, not-so-good moments as well, but we'll keep those ones quiet.

My Dad and I tried to change John's flat tire yesterday but couldn't do it. We stripped the lug nut and made a mess of the whole rusted process. Dad had to call triple A. My Dad said last time he had to call triple A for a flat tire they sent some girl out and she changed the tire for him. He said it was embarrassing because it was right next to the school he was teaching at, and all of his students would drive by and see this girl changing my dad's tire.

Also, if you are looking for a fantasy football tip this week, play me. My team has pure bye's and injuries. I'm hoping for a defensive battle.