A Week in Pictures...

So I've been a little MIA and I'm not sure it will get better anytime soon. I'm going to try really hard because I started this blog to keep up with Emma and Brooks. But while I'm getting adjusted to life with 2 I might be a little slower at posting. We are all doing great and adjusting really well. I'm sure it could be worse and I'm sure it could be better but I really can not complain at this point. The only thing I can say is my days are still going by really fast yet I there are times I look back and say what did I do today to make it go by so fast? When I'm holding Brooks I feel like I should be playing with Emma, when I'm playing with Emma I feel like I should be holding Brooks and when I'm doing neither there is always a chore waiting to be done. Amy called me this weekend and asked me what I was doing and I said cleaning house, she said aren't you supposed to be resting, and I laughed. There is no time for that with 2. With 1 you can get away with it but not now. It's ok though, I wouldn't trade it for the world. Anyway, I will quit rambling and post some pictures! Here you go!



Here is a present Brooks got Emma after he got home! :)







Here is Emma reading Brooks a book in her bed. She covered him up with her pink blankie. I'm sure he'll love that one day!! He doesn't stand a chance with her.







He started getting fussy so she stopped to hold his hand and tell him it's ok! It was so sweet!



Here he was supposed to be watching football with daddy but you can see he doesn't understand it's importance yet! :)



These are just a few of the pictures we have of both Emma and Brooks. I have more on the big camera that I will try and post soon as well! These were all from my new little camera that Ben gave me in the hospital. It was such a sweet and thoughtful gift. I had been wanting a camera for my diaper bag forever and now I have one!

I hope you all had a great weekend! Thanks so much to everyone for checking on us. As I get more adjusted I'm sure I'll get better at communicating with the outside world again! :)

Morgan

Meet Baby Brooks...

Here is a picture of our sweet baby boy! He looks a lot bigger in this picture then he is to me!



He was born on Wednesday, November 4th at 1:27 p.m. He weighed 8 lbs 6 oz and was 20 inches long. He's as sweet as can be just like his big sister. I'll post more pictures later.

Here is Big Sister Emma meeting Brooks for the first time!



Kissing mommy!



Kissing Brooks...so sweet!



Thank you all so much for your calls, emails, texts, etc. If I haven't gotten back in touch with you yet I promise I will! We feel so loved!

Ben, Morgan, Emma and Brooks!!

Tomorrow is the BIG day!!!!

I thought I would have lots of time to post today and even include some pictures but the time just got by so fast. We are scheduled to be at the hospital at 6:00 a.m. Hopefully everything goes well, smoothly and fast! :) I will update when I can and hopefully have a picture or 2 of Brooks to share when I do! We've had a good weekend and I've had 2 great days off with Emma. I have been a little under the weather but all is good. I hope you all have a great Wednesday and say a quick prayer for us that everything goes well! Thanks so much to all of you for calling me, emailing me or texting me! You definitely know how to make me feel special and loved. You don't know how much you each mean to me!

Morgan

Halloween Pictures

I hope everyone had a great weekend. I know we did. Here are some pictures from Halloween night!

Our little ladybug ready to go in her wagon with her baby!



Getting some candy!



Davey, Leann and Mallory came over to go trick or treating with us. Here is Mallory!



Here is the back of Emma's costume, I thought it was too cute.



Here is a few from the other night when we went with Shannon, Blake, Harper and Henley to the Fall Festival at Clearbranch. Harper was so cute, she was dancing!!



Emma and Harper checking out the music!



Hope you all had a fun Halloween!

Morgan

Doctor's Update

I went for an ultrasound yesterday and they estimate Brooks weight to be 7 lbs 12 oz. That is great news because we are not scheduled for a c-section. It can be off anywhere up to 1 lb but she feels like we're good to go. So with that being said we are scheduled to be induced Wednesday morning. We have to be there at 6:00 a.m. Say a prayer all goes well for us!! We are very excited about finally meeting our little man. I hope you all have a great weekend! I'll keep everyone posted next week.

I'll be back with pictures of Miss Emma Bean later and some pants I made her with the help and patience of Shannon!

Morgan

Boo at the Zoo!!

We went to Boo at the Zoo Sunday night with Shannon, Blake, Harper and Henley. I don't know if I've mentioned yet but we are so GLAD our friends are back in Birmingham. We love them so much and Emma and Harper haven't missed a beat and I think will be best friends. It's so cute to see them together the more they are around each other on a regular basis the better they do! I didn't get many pictures but here are the ones I did get.

Emma and Kermit (she was too busy checking out everyone around her)



Emma, Kermit and Harper (Harper wasn't too sure about him)



Here we are getting started on the carousel. Shannon and Harper are right next to us if you can make us out! Emma was such a big girl and rode by herself while I stood next to her because me, my belly and her weren't going to fit. Emma and Harper both LOVED it.



Here's Emma waving at daddy! It was moving at this point so it's not the best picture.



She loves her daddy!! Hugging daddy!



This was Ben's attempt at getting her to make a scary face with him!



This was an animal show we saw while waiting on the hayride. I had to get a picture of the snake.



Here is a close up! YUCK!! I'm terrified of snakes and she was right in front of me. After I took it I looked at Ben and told him I was glad I didn't make the snake mad with the flash because he could have easily bitten me.



This is the only shot we got on the hayride with them both.



And here we are 1 more time on the carousel! Emma LOVED it. We'll have to go back soon!



I hope your all having a good day! I'm finally finished wrapping up our weekend. I'll have more pictures to share soon. We went last night to a fall festival with Shannon, Blake, Harper and Henley for them to trick or treat and I know we got lots of cute pictures of them dressed up. I just haven't had a chance to look at them!

I'll be back tomorrow with an update from the doctor!

Morgan

38 Weeks...just 1 more day of work!

Wow, I'm really already at 38 weeks and already looking at my last day of work for a while. When I say this pregnancy has flown by, that's a HUGE understatement. I still remember that Sunday afternoon on March 1st when I took the pregnancy test and it said positive. I remember all the wide range of emotions I had. I was so excited, scared, overwhelmed, shocked, you name it. It was pretty much all the same feelings I had when I took it with Emma. It's a surreal moment that's for sure. I won't get completely sappy this time but I can't say it won't happen before he gets here or after. Like I said lately I've had so much going through my head just trying to process it all is a bit daunting. So moving on, here is my belly picture for this week. I will do another one when I go into the hospital and post it at some point.



Like I said earlier tomorrow is my last day for a while and so my co-workers want to go to lunch and they know my FAVORITE place down here is Newks so we're going to Newks. As they put it, it's my soon to be last real meal. I laughed and agreed because once he comes out boy do I have some shedding to do! :) So I'll go tomorrow and enjoy every bit of my chicken salad sandwich I get knowing I won't get to have them quite so much in less then a week!!

Now I'm going to attempt to wrap up the weekend post I've been doing all week!! Sunday we decided to carve our pumpkins with Emma. She had a good time and we got some cute pictures. Here they are!

Getting ready to help daddy! As you see Papa Bear and Iggy (who is in her arms) have to go everywhere with us like I've said before.



Although she quickly realized to really help she'd have to put Iggy down.





She's checking out just exactly what she's scooping out!



Showing daddy, just where to carve the pumpkin at!



Here she is so excited about the eye!



Miss Hollywood (we had to change pants because we got something on them and she's a bit OCD like her mommy!)



Here she is with Papa Bear, the pumpkin (she told daddy she wanted the eyes to be triangles, the nose to be a circle and him to have 1 tooth...so specific) and Iggy Pop!



Then she wanted to move and do a picture on the slide!



And here she is with the other pumpkin that says Emma (notice Papa Bear and Iggy)!



Ok I lied, I won't bore you anymore today with pictures and I really will finish up the weekend tomorrow with a few pictures from Boo at the Zoo! Hope you all are having a good Wednesday!

Morgan