Emma is so sweet...

Emma has been talking about "Baby Brooks" (as she calls him) all week because we started painting his room and she's just fascinated watching. So this week Ben told her she could feel mommy's belly and feel Baby Brooks. She tried and we got the camera out and she ran off. So last night we were going upstairs to see what progress Ben had made and she stopped on the steps turned around and put her hand on my belly and said Baby Brooks moving mommy? It was so cute! I don't know how I'm able to fall more and more in love with her everyday but I am. It TRULY amazes me!

The week is finally coming to an end (thank goodness) and I'm thrilled. We have another wedding this weekend so our weekend is consumed with that. I thought I'd post this picture today I forgot when I posted beach pictures before. I love baby feet though!



Happy Thursday!

Wedding Pictures and 24 Weeks Picture

What a week it has been! As you can tell I'm a little behind in posting. Friday we headed to Florence for one of my best friends wedding. To give you a little background me and Leah (the Bride) have been best friends since 8th grade! The rehearsal was at 6 followed by the dinner and then the wedding was Saturday at 4:30. Everything turned out beautiful, however, I wasn't very good at getting pictures! I was too busy helping with anything and everything they needed. Unfortunately I didn't get any of the bride and groom together! As I post this, they are living it up in Jamaica and have been on my mind all week. I'm so jealous. Hopefully we'll make it back there again one day! (Side note: If you ever can go to Jamaica I highly recommend it.) Anyway here are the very few pictures I got.

Leah (the Bride) - she didn't know I was taking this and I didn't get another one by herself! But you can still see she how beautiful she looked!



Here is myself and Leah!



Her colors were bright pink and green by the way. We started out with bright pink dresses but because me and Amy are pregnant they didn't work so we ended up with green dresses and the guys had bright pink ties. They gave us lots of grief over that too (the men)!

Here is Amy (another one of my best friends) and Leah (the Bride).



This is me and Amy and our pregnant bellies together. I'm due in November and she's due in December, she's just 4 weeks behind me.



And last but not least here is my 24 week belly picture!



Of course I can't end the post without saying that some of our other very best friends are moving back home from Chattanooga. We are beyond excited about this. That is really probably an understatement. Blake and Ben have been friends for years and Blake and Shannon got engaged and married at the same time we did and me and Shannon became instant friends because of it too. They are Emma's godparents and we are so thrilled they are coming back home. Harper and Emma are just 3 months apart so I'm glad they will be able to be the friends we wanted them to be.

I'll end it there, I hope you are all having a fabulous week!!

Morgan

Happy Friday!

This is just a quick post to let everyone know me and Brooks are doing good. I went for my checkup today, the heartrate sounded great and the doctor is pleased with everything thus far. I have to say it's all flying by. I go back the 13th for my dreaded sugar test. Hopefully that will go well and we've scheduled a 4-D ultrasound for August 28th. I can't wait!

In other news we took the front of Emma's bed off Sunday when we got back from the beach and she's done pretty good. I'm glad we went ahead and did it because they called today to say her new furniture is in which sent me into a panic! Luckily we put off delivery (they wanted to deliver tomorrow) so that bought us a little time. This weekend is busy, busy with a wedding I'm in so there was just no time for furniture being delivered. Also we haven't done the first thing with Brooks room and I'd really like to have it painted before we move her furniture in there for him. So a lot of things to do in the coming weeks for sure but I don't think we ever stop so we should be used to it by now!

I hope everyone has a great weekend and hopefully I'll be back Monday with great pictures from one of my best freinds weddings!

Morgan

Belly pictures...

So some of you have mentioned I should post some pictures of my ever growing belly on here. I finally decided I would attempt to do that. My plan is to try and do it every week from here on out, we'll see if that happens! So here is last week and this weeks pictures. I am 23 weeks today and near the end of my 2nd trimester which is so hard to believe. Brooks is moving quite a bit these days which is always an awesome feeling!

22 weeks



23 weeks



And of course I have to post pictures of Miss Emma Bean!





Happy Wednesday!

Morgan

P.S. I think all my pregnant friends should do this as well no matter how far along you are! :)

Beach Pictures

We left for the beach bright and early on the 4th and came back this past Saturday the 11th. We had a blast and it went by way too fast as usual. Here are some pictures from our trip, there are so many good ones. Hope you enjoy!



Here she is lounging back playing with her camera.



Say cheese daddy...



Here we are sharing our "virgin" pina colada...definitely not the same but it was still good!



Miss Sassy!

















All done with my photo shoot mommy...



There were just way too many good pictures, I haven't even gone through half of them. Once I do I might post more but I figured that for now that was good. We had a great time and so did she as you can tell. The entire way home she kept telling us she wanted to go back to the condo... I told her mommy did too!

Happy Tuesday!

Morgan

Emma can ride her tricycle!!!

For her first birthday, Ben's dad, gave her an Auburn tricycle. It's so cute. Well I found out week before last she can actually ride it now. I had no idea. Of course I am so proud of her! Here are a few pictures of her riding it, this was right after bath one night.





And she's off...





I hope you all had a great 4th! We did, we just got back from a week at the beach so I will be posting lots of pictures this week from our trip.

Morgan

2 Year Checkup...

So yesterday we finally had Emma's 2 year checkup at the doctor. He informed us she was as healthy as can be which we didn't have any doubt about. She however didn't like him at all. He went to check her breathing on her back and her chest and she screamed the whole time. He's so good with kids though he started turning the light off and on in the room to calm her down which it did work a few times so he could hear her breath. After the first few times she wasn't impressed anymore and said turn the light on. We said turn the light on what and she said (while sobbing) turn the light on please. We had to laugh. Then he tried it again a few more times and she said leave it on. We laughed again. When he was finished checking her and telling us she obviously had a GREAT set of lungs, he said there was no need to ask if she was developing and talking normal. He said he was very impressed with her turn the light on please and leave it on and we should be very proud, which we are! This however doesn't even scratch the surface of her ability to talk and communicate. Literally everyday she's saying new things I had no idea she even knew and using them in the right context. I'm always impressed with her and always proud, what mommy isn't! As for her stats, she's 28 lbs (how I'm not sure because she eats very little but this puts her at 75% for weight) and 36 1/2 inches tall (97% for height). She's still so tall which we already knew. We're not sure where she gets it from considering her great grandmother on Ben's side is the tallest female we know of (he informed us it had to do with the females in our family not the males, not sure if would be different if she were a boy). Our doctor just thinks she'll grow all at once and then at 12 plateau. Most of you know though she's consistently been 95%-97% for height though her entire life. I think we've determined she will definitely be taller then me and that's all I wanted! :)

As for pregnancy related news, Ben felt Brooks move last night for the first time. It's always fun that first time you feel your baby move inside or your spouse does. I've actually been feeling him for a while now and in the last few weeks I feel him more frequently during the day. So the saying is true with your 2nd you feel them much sooner. I was around 20 weeks with Emma before I felt her move and 24 weeks before Ben felt her, yesterday I was 20 weeks 6 days and he felt him. Truly amazing!

And what's a post without a picture of our sweet precious girl! Here she is doing her belly shot, even sticking it out for extra effects! Gotta love it! :) I have a belly book where I take a weekly photo of my growing belly, she's very observant and decided to show us hers!