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Halloween 2011

This year my boys dressed up as Curious George and The Man in the Yellow Hat.

This year was James' first time Trick-Or-Treating and we kept it simple and stuck to the shops on Main Street. James thought it was pretty cool to see all the other kids in costumes and got just enough candy to send him into a nice long sugar induced coma.

3 Months

Our little guy is 3 months old! Where does the time go? He's entering the "fun" age and we just love it! He's slowly getting stronger every day, but still hasnt rolled over (James did at 3 weeks) and sitting up on his own looks like it will be a while, (James- 3- 1/2 months).  I'm perfectly happy with this and know  all little babies are different, plus I dont need another mobile child any time soon.    So for now I'm enjoying our cuddle time. Noah is very curious, and loves to be held standing up so he can look around the room.  He is quite the "talker" and even has started to laugh, I love baby giggles. He loves James, and smiles when he's around. That is until James starts to bug him with too many kisses and and an extra squeezie hug.

James is saying and learning new words every day and I am thrilled! Things go much more smoothly when communication is easier. He's such a sweet little boy and makes us laugh all the time. He loves music and his two favorite songs to sing right now are "The Scottsman", Utah State's fight song, and Last Friday Night by Katy Perry. Yep, James Looooves Katy Perry. 

Other than the boys, same ol' same ol' for Matt and I. Matt is working very hard and enjoying his job and I am busy at home. Next weekend is Halloween, so I need to get cracking on costumes for the boys!

9 weeks old already?!

I've been seriously lacking some updates on here, so here's a brief post to catch you up.

September 4th we had Noah's Blessing

My smiley little guy, just love this goofy smile

 We played with some home made play dough

Brotherly Love

Went up to Grandma and Grandpa Eddy's while Daddy was in Arizona, 

James is being followed by Cali because he's covered in Peanut Butter

James loves the dogs, Cali is so good to let him love on her

 maybe too much time around the dogs....

 Look at that smile!

 We came home on a friday night, then went back up Sunday morning to visit Matt's mom in the hospital, we're so glad she's doing better now and is back at home.

Tuesday we went up to Bear Lake to take some pictures of houses for insurance purposes

 Wednesday I got my wisdom teeth out, bruising is bad, still swollen. Went back up to Idaho Falls to recover so Matt could work. 

 Came home Saturday for Homecoming and Matt's Dad's surprise 65th Birthday...forgot the camera : /

But at least I have this cute picture of our little guy!

and then there were four

Depending on the hour, I'm either thinking....

"It's already been two weeks?!"

or

"Has is only been two weeks?"

The first week was full of visitors and was super busy. Our freezer is still full of meals from all the awesome people who brought dinners, which has been very nice considering there are still some laundry items that haven't made their turn to the wash for the last two weeks. Yet I'm doing laundry everyday. Newborns dirty way more laundry than toddlers do.

Last Sunday (the 31st) was my birthday and my Grandparents came up for lunch. It was so nice to have them over to spend time with James and meet Noah.

That night my parents and some siblings came over for dinner, I think it was the first time since I was a teenager I've spent my actual birthday with them. Crazy how time flies!

(James on Merlin Olsen Field)

James went up to Idaho Falls with my parents for a few days, and had lots of fun. I cried for a while when he left,  (it was the first time he'd been away from me for more than 12 hours and more than 5 minutes away)  but it was nice to only have to worry about keeping one child clean and fed.

James loves his little brother and smothers him with kisses. Whenever Noah cries James asks "What's wrong?" and tries to "help".
It's pretty cute most of the time.

Noah had his 2 week check up yesterday and is doing great!
Weight- 8lbs 3.5oz  55%
Height- 20 1/2 in.   75%
Head Measurement 14 1/4 in. 50%

So as exhausted as I am, I'm enjoying all three of my guys.

But I definitely wouldn't start asking when #3 is coming, I might kick you.

Noah Michael Morrissey

After my doctor appointment last wednesday, I was pretty excited about the prospect of meeting my new little baby soon. I even started to bleed a few hours after that appointment, which had me freaking out a bit since Matt wasn't due to be home until late Thursday night. I started looking up flights, trying to find a way for Matt to get home.  No luck, which turned out ok because I couldnt get a hold of Matt anyway, and my mom who was there helping out ordered me on bedrest lol. The bleeding stopped and there was no need to worry.
Thursday I started to have contractions and had them for about 2 hours. Matt was in the air at the time and I was beginning to think he'd have just enough time to get to the hospital from Salt Lake to be in the delivery room. My bag was packed and my Mom, James and I went to Walmart for some last minute things....and the contractions stopped. Apparently this little man likes WalMart just as much as I do. Friday came and went without anymore contractions, as did most of saturday. There were a few that night, but not enough to go to the hospital.

Then Sunday came, and I was losing hope of delivering that weekend. Then around 5:30 I started to contract, we timed them and although there was no pattern, the pain was getting worse and didn't stop. So at 6:30 we checked into Labor and Delivery. Luckily my doctor was at the hospital, checked me himself and told the L&D to keep me. I was at a 4+, and at 7:30 he broke my water...which didn't hurt at all compared to last time.

I still wasn't in too much pain but had them call the anesthesiologist just in case. He rushed right over, maybe a little too rushed because he got pulled over on the way to the hospital. This time around the epidural went in easy peasy and I was able to feel its effects right away. At 9:30 I was between a 4&5, so they started the oxytocin, and at 10 I was just a 5 so they upped the dosage. I started to feel lots of pain because turns out I was going through transition, wish I would have had the nurse check me because I pushed the epidural again and guess what...at 10:50ish I was at a 10. So it was time to push and once again I could not feel hardly anything.
At 10:59 I began to push, and at 11:21 our newest little addition to the Morrissey Family was born.

Our healthy baby boy measured 6lbs 13 oz, and was 19 inches long.

Everything went so smoothly, I couldn't have asked for a better delivery. Between pushes Matt and I were talking/ joking with Dr. K and the nurses, and only pushing 22 minutes was the greatest relief! Especially since I pushed over an hour with James.

We've named him Noah Michael Morrissey

James adores his little brother and so far things are going great between the two of them.

I'll have to get a picture of Matt and Noah on here as well, since it was just the two of us in L&D I spaced getting a picture of those two!

Thing 2 update

I'm between a 3 and 4, 80% effaced still. Doctor think I'll go into labor this weekend!

Three and a half more days

Matt is off to Denver until Thursday night. Thursday night cannot come soon enough. I don't know how single moms do it, or military wives for that matter. I guess one day at a time. I am so glad this is the last week of training for Matt and he wont need to go out of town again until mid September. It would help if I weren't so very much pregnant.

This past weekend contractions have been playing tag team with Braxton Hicks, making for late nights. Last night I was up until 2ish breathing through the pains. The night before was much the same, which made 9am church a no go. This morning was full of sharp pains to the cervix and lower back pain, I was just crossing my fingers it wouldn't lead to labor. I'm trying to hold out for Thursday night, or Friday morning. We'll see how its looking down south on Wednesday. My mom is coming down tomorrow night, thank goodness! It will be nice to have adult company while Matt is gone, as well as extra hands to help. I told her she had to be here before Wednesday morning because I am not about to bring James to another doctor appointment. He's fine for the first little while, but once we're in the back room waiting for the doctor his time is up for good behavior. This last time was pretty funny however, when the doctor started to examine down there, James pulled up a chair so he could see what in the world they were doing to his mom. Another reason I'm not bring him to any more appointments. He's getting almost too old to have such memories lol.

This past weekend we took it easy. Last night we walked around the neighborhood, then went up to USU and walked some more.

So cross your fingers that this baby will stay put until Matt is back home. After that put all your thoughts into  him coming this weekend!