Thursday, December 13, 2007

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    My cute grandpa

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    My sleeping beauty, she is out cold. No problems getting her to sleep tonight!

    Wow, what a week. Jeremiah is done with finals but I feel like I never see him he is so busy with work and christmas parties that sometimes he doesn't come home until after 9:00. Hopefully things settle down for him, at least someone is having good meals. I never feel like cooking Especially being pregnant that I just have salad, cereal, or sandwiches. I am debating whether or not I should give up on afternoon naps for Morgan. Part of me just doesn't have the heart to give it up, it's selfish but I enjoy the alone time a chance to breath. But the problem is she isn't going to bed at night. It is such a battle getting her to sleep. Last night she didn't get to bed until 12:30, it made for a long night. I love being a mother but their are some days in which I feel like she has more control, or I just want to give her the control because I feel like I don't have the strength to put her in time out again, or tell her no. But somehow I find the strength I remind myself that I am the parent, and she will still love me. It is fun to watch her get so independent but at the same time it is hard. She is just like me that she gets so Frustrated if she can't accomplish the task that she is working on, and she doesn't want my help. I guess that I am getting a taste of my own medicine.

    Tonight she head bang me and I had to put her in time out, and she was crying and I was crying. It was not a pretty sight. But there are always those tender moments when they come up to you and stroke your cheek and show so much concern even for a two year old that it melts your heart. Today I gave her the option of having quite time in her room, it worked for about 45 minutes but she wouldn't sleep even though I knew she was tired. But I didn't enforce it I would rather her go to bed early tonight, which I just put her down, she feel asleep on the floor at 7:00pm, right after she gave me a smile. I tell you when they get tired, there is no reasoning with them, but after 3 times in timeout and putting on her favorite movie the polar express she relaxed and feel asleep.

    On the other side of things, it fun watching morgan get independent, but it is hard to see my grandpa become so dependent. He is at the V.A nursing home with alzheimers. On wednesday Jeremiah called me and told me that he had a heart attack or a stroke and they didn't know how much longer he was going to live. So far he seems to be hanging on. He always seems to have a smile on his face. I have a deep love for my grandpa, he always had a way of saying just the right thing. He was a flatter, and a good one at that. I know that when it is his time the lord will take him.

    Well all in all everything is great, I miss having a christmas tree though. Since we won't be her for christmas we decided not to get a tree. The only thing that seems to being calming my nerves is my weekly dose of water aerobics. I always hate when I have to miss it. It is so refreshing ecspecially when I am getting so big that the its hard to motivate myself to do anything else other than light aerobics. Well I probablly should go spend some time relaxing.

Saturday, December 8, 2007

Morgan's Birthday

My family is great. It really meant a lot to me that everyone would come up here and celebrate my daughters birthday. It has been quite the week. Morgan loved seeing everyone, and loved her presents. I guess the bad think about having a christmas baby is that you have to be creative, so morgan can have some toys on her birthday and christmas. I am sure that are apartments is going to overcome by toys. Honesty moment, I am ready to be done being pregnant. I love the miracle of life, but I don't love being pregnant. I guess that I am jsut nearing the end and starting to feel big. Oh well 12 weeks and 4 days. We still don't have a named picked out. It seems crazy that boy names are so hard but they are. I had Morgan's named picked out before she was born. I am sure we will figure something out. If anyone has any suggestions pass them on.

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Thursday, December 6, 2007

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    It has been quite busy the last couple of days with morgans birthday. I always have great plans and then at the last minuite I am scrambling to get everything done. Morgan has been sick the last couple of days, you would think she would sleep more, but no she is sleeping less. At least she is sleeping all the way throught the night now. Well she loved her birthday, she refered to it as "Happy Day", although it wasn't the happiest day. I think she fell down 6 times. I think that she is proud to be a two year old. It is so fun being morgan's mom, we had her 2 year old pictures and I wanted to really curl her hair so I decided to use rags, it works. Well 13 more weeks and we will welcome another baby into our arms. I am getting scared to have another C-section. Maybe its because I have a new doctor, or the thought of being cut open again scares me. It can't be as bad as last time. At least I will have my family around for support.

Monday, December 3, 2007

Birthday Boots

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    Morgan is showing off her new birthday boots. She loves them! She would sleep in them if she could. She loves being able to put them on her self. She is also showing of her new shirt. Can you believe that it is a 5t. She has extra cushion around her middle just like her mommy so her shirts always ride up, and she grows out of her clothes so fast so her daddy decided to get her a 5t shirt. Its a little big, but she looks like a little holiday candy cane. She is also a big cheese when it comes to taking pictures. She is probably so used to being in front of the camera becuase her mommy is always taking pictures. Last night was a long night. She got up about 6 times. She wasn't feeling good, so by the end she ended up sleeping with us.

My Cute Little Family!

Monday, 03 December 2007

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    My cute little family excitingly waiting for number 4 to come.

Sunday, December 2, 2007

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Well this girl makes my day. She loves to play in the water and pretend to cook. She is such a good helper, she is so good that she even takes mommy and daddy plates to the sink. She just melt my heart when she tells me that I'm pretty, ecspecially when I pregnant and not feeling cute. Lately she has been running to Jeremiah and I and giving big random hugs. It such a joy being her mom, and Jeremiah is such a great dad. He really takes good care of his girls. Morgan has been binki free for a week now, go Morgan. She is also starting to run to the toilet when she needs to go pee. I have to admit that I am getting nervous about having another baby. Maybe it is just the unknown, and trying to teach and discipline two children. But I am sure that it will be great.