Christmas Part 2 (In Mississippi)

After spending a few days in Alabama with all of Chads family we ventured back home Christmas Eve for our Christmas Eve service at church.

After Christmas Eve service at church we headed home and just enjoyed the rest of the day with our family. Morgan decided that night that she didnt want to sleep much because she was waiting on Santa of course.

Christmas morning we woke up and had all our family over for sausage balls, cinnabon cinnamon rolls and cream puffs-yum!

 Morgan of course had to play in her jumper since of course that is by far her favorite thing to do now!

After everyone eating Morgan got a head start on her gifts while everyone sat and waited for her of course since she was the star of the show for the day!

 with my mom and my grandmother helping her open her presents while mommy took the pictures

her little laptop because she will definitely be a techy baby since her mommy and daddy both work in technology.

getting a hold of this opening presents thing

playing with some of her new toys

family picture by our maroon and silver christmas tree

us with my 2 brothers-BJ (23yrs) and Austin (13yrs)

After Christmas morning was over at our house we headed over to my grandmothers (Morgans great grandmother) to enjoy Christmas dinner that she had fixed for everyone.

Morgan with her great grandmother and Aunt Sherri (my moms sister)

Morgan with her great grandmother

her 2nd outfit of the day that says "babys first christmas"

Morgans gifts that she got from her Aunt Melanie (BJ's girlfriend)

all her gifts from Christmas morning-a blessed little girl

If you want to see all the rest of the Christmas pictures (107 pictures) click here

Christmas Part 1 (In Alabama)

This will have to be in two parts because I have too much to write for just one post. We have Christmas in Alabama (part 1) with all Chads side of the family and then Christmas in Mississippi (Part 2) with all my side of the family. Stay tuned tomorrow for Part 2 and then hopefully before I go back to work her 7 month post as well.

Tuesday December 21 was a half day for Chad and I and after we got off work we headed up to Alabama and we were there until December 24 (Christmas Eve).

Makayla loves to feed Morgan her  bottle

 Paw-Paw Bob and Morgan. They sure do have fun together

Morgan likes to give funny looks to Maw-Maw Martha

Morgan couldnt go that many days without her jumper so off it came. This thing is so worth it-best investment ever!

Morgan with her cousins Lauren, Makayla, and Collin

All the girl cousins-Lauren, Makayla, and Morgan

Daddy, Mommy, and Morgan-the best one out of all of them

Aunt Cindy thought it would be funny to put a bow on Morgans head (Morgan is one perfect gift!)

Uncle Tony and Morgan

Morgan opening her first gift-she didnt have any problems figuring out how to open the paper

ready to dig into the presents-it sure was fun she thought!

daddy helping out a little

Makayla feeding Morgan her pears and mangos (Morgan sure does love Makayla and she sure was a good helper!)

Collin and Morgan-what a good helper

Video of her fun

6 month comparison

I was putting together this comparison and it just amazes me how much she has changed. Ive uploaded a ton of pictures to our me gallery (link on the left side if anyone is interested in seeing all the tons and tons of pictures.

A Theatrical Debut

Little Miss Morgan made her theatrical debut this morning, as one of several angels in her daycare's Christmas production.

So it wasn't The Shawshank Redemption, but it may have been better than Glitter.

All of the kids worked really hard on this production, especially Morgan, whose part included Mommy enthusiastically carrying her on stage while Daddy watched from a distance, with camera in hand. Grandma and Grandpa made an appearance, too. While on stage, Morgan was a perfect angel (pun intended).

The post-production party doubled as a birthday party for Jesus, and we were allowed to mingle with the stars. And the shepherds. And the sheep. And you know, I'd like to think that there is delight in the throne room of Heaven when the sounds of children singing "Happy Birthday" to Jesus is heard.

6 Months

Wow half a year has gone by and I'm still in amazement of this beautiful little girl that I fall deeper and deeper in love with every day! Im only a few days late on her 6 mth post.

Weight: 15 lbs  (35th percentile)Height: 26.5 inches (80th percentile)

Head: 16.93 inches (69th percentile)
Clothes: 3-6 mths in most, can still wear a very select few 0-3 months, 6-9 months in pajamas.
Diapers: wears size 1-2 diapers (how Sams sells Pampers-has fit into these since 6 wks old)
Sleep: her sleep has been all over the place, she doesnt like to sleep through the night anymore. Usually sleeps in about 4-6 hr stretches, but has been as little as 2-3 a lot of nights lately. Im hoping that soon she will get back to her sleeping through the night. She sleeps for a grand total (with naps) for about 9-12 hrs a day.
Feeding: breastfeeds in the morning and at night, then formula 3X a day at daycare (5-7 oz)-her formula intake varies ever since she has gone to solids she just isnt as hungry.

Solids: Favorites-apples and pears. Likes-pears, apples, sweet potatoes, carrots, peaches, squash. Dislikes-peas, bananas, cerealNaps: they seem to vary greatly but most times nothing over an hour even at daycare.

loves playing in her bouncer

• went through Infant baptism
• loves playing with her feet and trying to eat them too
• watching Baby Einsteins is fun
• you are becoming an expert on rolling over now

• you rolled over in your crib the first night
• loves to give kisses to mommy and daddy and will open her mouth and hold out her hands to give a hug-so cute!

• love paper and will fight to get that paper
• love to sit at the table on mommy's lap and think you are such a big girl
• even when you are crying all we have to do is pull out a book and you instantly stop
• you love trying to grab for mommy's phone-its so much fun you think:)
• you love trying to grab for the remote 
• you do not like to be put down and will cry until someone picks you up 
• when you wake up from your naps at home you only want your mommy or daddy and no one else will do

• tummy time isn't as bad as it once was

• sitting up is getting better and you have almost gotten it down but still need a little help
• drool seems to be all over the place and you sure do wet your clothes with all the drool. I think teeth will be coming soon.
• you love your baths and love to splash and kick in the water
• you really only want your paci at night or naps
• peek a boo is one of your favorite things to do and its so much fun to watch you laugh as hard as you do with it
• looking in the mirror is so much fun and you stare at yourself wondering who that cute little baby is

celebrated her first Thanksgiving with a trip to Alabama

 

• got to witness her first Black Friday trip to Birmingham, Alabama (we didnt go to the early bird shopping) for her 2nd night in a hotel room
• makes some loud pitch noises that are so cute
• love standing on your legs and putting weight and jumping-so much fun for you
• can hold her own bottle pretty easily
• mommy got a carrier so you can be in it when you get super fussy