Morgan's Four Month Stats and some things about the boys to share

I completely forgot to post these after his appointment. It was July 25th and he is huge! He is now 17 lbs 13 oz and 28 inches long!!! He is off the "curve" (still on the chart) for his height and at the very top of the "curve" for weight. So he is proportionate...just a little taller it sounds than weight, which is just how it should be. He's huge though! We have all of Mason's clothes still because we figured Morgan would be able to wear them considering they were born a little more than two weeks difference at the same time of year. But NO, Morgan is huge. Mason always fit into clothes for his size and was usually towards the bottom of the range. So in a 3/6 month he could start wearing around 3-4 months and wear until he was past six months. So all of our 6/9 month clothes are fall and winter. Nope, not Morgan. He is four months old and already in 6/9 month clothes. Some of those are even a little snug! Looks like we will be buying more clothes that we had planned. Oh well, he is happy and healthy and that's all we can ask for. Plus, what Mom doesn't like shopping for her babies???


And on a another note, Morgan now constantly rolls over from his tummy to his back. Every morning when I go in to get him he has flipped over. If we goes down for tummy time, he flips himself right over. It's pretty exciting!

One more thing...Mason seems to have taken an interest in taking care of his little brother. The other day I was in my room putting laundry away when Morgan started fussing from his bouncy. I only had a few more things to put away, so I hurried up and got it done and then went to tend to him. Well in the short time that that took he stopped. When I saw why it melted my heart. Mason had gotten Morgan's bottle and was feeding him while Morgan was in his bouncy seat! It was adorable. Another not so exciting thing (but still cute as long as I can prevent it from actually happening) is Mason wants to pick Morgan up. Luckily every time he has tried, I have been right there, so he doesn't get his hands completely around him. But it's still cute. I guess being a big brother isn't so bad after all.

My first "kidism"

When Mason hears Morgan crying he usually looks at me to tell me that Morgan is crying. Well yesterday Morgan started fussing and Mason looked at me, so I asked him what was wrong with him. Mason looked at me and says, "Broken" I thought it was so cute that he was telling me that he was broken just because he was crying!

1 week until Vegas

Next Monday we will be off to Vegas! While I am excited, I am still freaking out. A little more anxiety each day. I wonder if I am going to be able to do this. We will go and have a good time, but I already know that the flight and probably first day are going to be horrible for me. But oh well, I know it will be fine.

Enough of that. I have so much to do this week. I have to/get to go shopping for clothes for our trip and the dreaded bathing suit.....blah! I did not get down weight loss wise where I was really wanting to be, but I did lose an additional 22 pounds since I really buckled down and got serious about it. So I am happy with that and plan to keep on trucking along!

I am also going to try to lots of fun stuff with Mason, because he is a good kid and deserves it. Plus, yes I am feeling guilty.

I think it just hit me that I have to leave my kids to go on vacation without them...

I was thinking last night about this. I am going to be leaving the kids for three nights/four days....was I CRAZY to think I could do this without some medication??? How did I so easily forget crying on the way to the hospital to have Morgan because I was leaving Mason for two-three nights? Why was I thinking this would be possible? So yes I am FREAKING OUT about leaving the kids. It's not that I am worried about their safety. My Mom is coming in town to stay with them, so that's not it. I am worried about what they will be "thinking". I mean how scary it must be for a two year old for his Mom to be gone. In his life (two years and will be four months when we go) I have left him for a grand total of 6 nights. Three of those nights were when I was in the hospital to have Morgan. And I do still remember how hard that was on him. The other nights were short at that. We left in late afternoon and were home by 10 am the next morning, not even a full 24 hours. And then there's Morgan. What will he be thinking? I am his primary caregiver. Will he adapt well to a new person? He is such a mama's boy with certain things, is he going to be alright with all this? How will Mom handle two mommy's boys? She will be fine. She is an awesome Mother and Grandmother, she will do great. I am sure the boys will be fine. But how will I be? I am quite attached to these boys, I am sure I will feel like something is missing the whole time we are gone. I am not sure how enjoyable leaving will be, but I am sure the vacation will still be fun. I am just freaking out.....

Morgan is 4 months old

I can't believe it has been four months since I had Morgan. Time has flown by and I already know that before we know it he will be one. I was looking at some pictures from when he was first born and he has gotten so big! He has also lost some hair. I didn't realize that until I was looking at the pictures. He has done so many things in the last four months, he giggles, smiles, sleeps well, will roll from tummy to back if given enough room and time, has found his hands, and has tried cereal. He also loves his big brother. If Mason is around, he looks up at him and just smiles. Most of the time Mason is oblivious to the fact that Morgan is even looking at him, but Morgan will still be smiling at him. Morgan is kind of getting the hang of rice cereal. I'm not sure he's real sure about it yet. But for now, we are just "playing" with it and getting him used to it.

We have adjusted quite nicely to being a family of four instead of three and can't imagine our lives without Morgan here! I guess 6 months is right around the corner....where does the time go???

Giggles, vacations and a wedding...

Morgan is now a giggler. He is ticklish, and will immitate our laugh with his own baby giggle. It's so funny and cute when he does it. He is a very happy baby and we have been blessed with two happy and healthy children. I just gave Morgan rice cereal for the first time today. He actually took to it rather well. He turns 4 months on Saturday, and while I planned on waiting, I think he is ready for it. So we'll see how this works out for us. I'm sure it won't be a constant yet, but we will play around with it for the time being.

Our vacations are coming up quick and we are sooo ready! Only 18 days until Vegas and 26 until Florida! We have our tickets bought, activities planned and now all we need is for the time to get here so we can go!

Ahh, weddings. Jamie and Steven are getting married in less than a month. We just had Jamie's bridal shower on Saturday and it went very well. Aunt Virginia and I threw it for her and we had a great time putting it together. Next on the list is the bachelorette and bachelor parties. Us girls are having ours first, then the guys are doing theirs the next weekend. It will be fun and a nice way to send us off onto Vegas. When we get back from our trip to Vegas the wedding will be two days later. We are excited for Jamie and Steven and can't wait to see the ceremony and how pretty everything will be.

Well, that will have to be all for now. Mike just left again for three days, so the kids and I are going to be back into our routine of just the three of us. I guess it's something we will have to get used to. Luckily though this time is only three days...not bad at all. It's funny how I know he won't be home tonight, so I already feel like he's been gone. But he would normally be at work right now anyway! Funny what your mind does just when there is different circumstances!

The future

I know that we don't even have our house on the market yet, but we know we are moving. I am getting very excited about what the future has in store for us. After my last post Lindsay wrote me a comment about camping trips and beach trips with our kids and our families and it made me so happy to even think about that. I am so excited that our kids get to grow up with so many kids around their own age and around all the family activities that my own family likes to do together.

I really need to update more often

It's been a while since my last post (or at least it seems that way). We have been very busy and things are just now starting to settle back down.



First Susan flew in to visit us. That same night Mike got home later in the evening. The next few days were very hectic and busy. We took Susan to the touristy St. Louis places and had a lot of fun. We finally made it on a brewery tour at Budweiser and thought it was really neat. We also went to the Arch and Grant's Farm. We realized that we really do need a bigger vehicle, but are going to tough it out for a while with the one we have. We had to take two cars over to St. Louis, which with gas prices wasn't really our favorite thing to do. But we had fun, and it was all worth it. Having Susan here made me miss home even more. I have truly missed my friends and forgot how great it was to just sit and talk. Susan left on a Monday and I relaxed at home with the kiddos for a few days before we started our 4th of July weekend running.



It was very nice having the 4th on a Friday this year. Mike had Friday off and we went to Charlie and Betty's for their yearly party. The weather was perfect and we were able to keep Morgan outside all day without him getting overheated. Mason and Mike went swimming. We were planning on putting Morgan in but with the nicer weather (meaning not blistering hot like it usually in on the 4th) and recent rain, the pool was a bit too cold for him. So Mason and Daddy had a blast playing in the water. After Charlie and Betty's we went to Jason's parents house and finished off our night there. They had invited someone who purchased a ton of great fireworks. After the fireworks were over we went home and crashed. The next day was our nephew Logan's first birthday party. We ended up getting there a bit late because Morgan was napping and with all our running the previous day we thought it best to let him sleep. We ended up staying at the party (which was at Jamie's parents house) until dark and Steven set off some of his fireworks that he saved for Logan. Unfortunately Logan didn't make it for the fireworks, the poor little guy was too tired and fell asleep before they got started.
Then on Sunday we went to Logan's Roadhouse for Logan's birthday lunch since that was his actual birthday. We then ran all over doing some shopping and ended the night back with Steven and Jamie and their house. Both of the boys handled the running very well and we managed to have a great time with everything we did. Our weekend was very busy, so we enjoyed a very nice simple day here at home today.

Hopefully we won't be quite as busy in the near future and I can keep up on this more frequently. Hope you have enjoyed a day to day rundown of our lives over the last week!