Sweet Morgan

I feel remiss in not having blogged for most of Morgan's life.  Poor thing!  She hasn't been neglected AT ALL.  She just joined a family that has a lot on its plate, and she added to it exponentially (in a GREAT way).  So here's where Morgan's at these days, and Monkey too.

Morgan is 16 months old.  She has been walking for.EVER!  She started in March/April, 2012.  I have a video of it dated April 5, so yeah, sometime around then.  Overachiever!  Solidly before her birthday on May 24.  She has a mouthful of teeth, and a few more are currently making their way in.  She says about 25 words right now, including:

• Mommy
• Hi
• Daddy
• Doggy
• Thank you
• Hello
• Bye Bye
• Milk
• Shoes
• Nana
• Poppy
• Brother
• Momo (her nickname)
• Vivi (her BFF at school)
• Water
• Cheese
• Please
• Poo poo (and pee pee)
• No
• Mine
• Ball
• Baby
• I love you...

She is the cutest, sweetest, fiestiest little thing.

Spencer is the biggest love bug sweetheart you will ever meet!  He loves to give hugs, tells me he loves me and gives me a hug for no reason, and is an all around doll.  His teachers report that he is sweet to the other kids at school.  He is always looking out for his little sister, letting me know when she's crying (because, you know, I can't hear that for myself!), and bringing her whatever she needs.  He also shares pretty good with her considering she always wants to play with whatever he is playing with!  He is doing great with swim lessons and tumbling lessons, and he'll start up with Tball as soon as the weather is consistently cooler.  He has his moments of stubborness and grumpiness, but they are truely far and few between.  He has an inquisitive little mind, and is always surprising me with what comes out of his mouth!

And there you have it. 

Horrible Blogger...Busy New Mommy!

OK, so I have been awful at keeping up with the blog lately. I apologize! To make up for it, here are some videos of Monkey having fun at the All-Star Fan Fest yesterday - we have a budding baseball player in the house - as well as some still shots of Morgan (she doesn't do much yet).

Just 'cuz

2 week check-up

All's good in the world of Morgan! We had her 2 weeks appt. today, and everything looks great. She is gaining weight EXTREMELY well (weighing in at 8 lbs, 3 oz. today) and seems to have no problems whatsoever :) Some new pics to celebrate!

Morgan Elizabeth Has Arrived!!

Baby #2 made her appearance into this world on May 24, 2011 at 7:51 a.m., weighing in at a whopping 7 lbs, 9 oz. (almost a full lb heavier than her big brother) and 20" long. She has dark-ish hair, and steely grey blue eyes. She is perfect in every way, shape and form. She's not quite a week old yet, and she's been such a great baby. She sleeps pretty good at night, getting up at around 1am and again at 4am for some grub. She is fairly low-maintenance during the day too - hardly cries unless she's hungry. Her one fault, if you can call it that, is that she likes to be held. A lot. But hey, I'll oblige!

Big Brother is AMAZING with her!! He loves his "baby sister." He brings her toys, always asks about her if he can't see her right away "where baby sister at?" is a favorite of his. At bedtime, we all put him to bed: Daddy carries him, and Mommy and baby sister go in to say goodnight. He gives her kisses and tickles her toes. It's adorable. I couldn't be more blessed with such a good son/daughter combo. I hope they stay this way forever :)

Mommy is doing well. I ended up with a repeat c-section, which was what we had planned. Turned out to be an excellent option as I apparently had a "window" in my uterus that could have caused a rupture if I had labored with her at all. So, all in all that was a good call! Recovery this time has gone much easier as well. I was only on very limited pain meds, and didn't really need much stronger stuff. I was walking the floors way quicker than I did after I had Spencer, and I feel pretty good now. I'm off of all pain meds! Woo hoo!! Now, to start thinking about losing this excess baby weight...

Of course, here's what you all are waiting for. Pictures!!!

On our way to the hospital. 39 weeks preggo to the day.

Prepped and ready to meet our little girl.

Sweet baby kisses...

First family shot, minus 1.

First REAL full family shot!

Getting ready to head home...

Finally...home sweet home!

Other Easter Pics

Easter Sunday we went to church, then went to our "new" house and had an Easter egg hunt in the yard. We spent the afternoon with family at Gladys and Joel's house with a fairly crabby monkey who had a late nap in the car on the way out there. Nevertheless, it was a good time! Here are some pictures from the day. Oh, and we had a birthday party for Ava (who is 4, and Spencer will tell you that Ava is 4) at Pump It Up. You be the judge of who had more fun, Monkey, or Daddy?
Hunting for eggs...

A pink one (his favorite color).

Looking for eggs.

Easter Pictures!

Professional Easter Pics...non-professional pics coming soon...