Second Baby Hugeness

I'm suffering from a condition known as second baby hugeness.

Ok maybe it's not a legitimate medical condition, but either way, I've got it.

I'm 15 weeks today (yay!). Here I am:





Pretty sure that was me at like 7 months last time! Oh well. Looking pregs is exciting, and I know I'm one lucky lady to have a little fetus in me.
(Thank you to Joshie for taking the pics! You da best.)

Goobs had fun outside! Little cutie.

You know you're pregnant when...

you get teary to Lupe Fiasco...










...he WAS singing about kids in the ghetto, but really?

Looky Looky

So this is way random... but I can't sleep (so frustrating!) and this seems like the right thing to do:
Post some more pics of Christmas morning and such that I got from my mom.

First, look how cute my parentals are!



I love them, and I love how much they love each other.

Here's the whole little Christmas clan. Not super flattering for me, but ya know... I like us.



Checkin out the sing-a-ma-jig...




Big boxes are exciting...



Rasta monkey hat, courtesy of Aunt Amanda. So cute, ha...



SWEET headphones from Uncle Eric (along with the sing-a-ma-jig)...we were more than a little excited...



Hangin with the pops, waiting for church...



Who couldn't use another little taste of Christmas again, a couple weeks later?
Hope you enjoyed.

Doc Appointment

I had a second doctor's appointment on Wednesday. You really look forward to appointments when pregs- I mean not ALL aspects of them.. but the exciting outweighs the annoying/uncomfortable. Mainly they are great because you can hear that amazing heartbeat and KNOW that everything is alright. Especially at this point when you can't feel the little one move quite yet. It's always reassuring to hear that lovely sound.
It went really, really well. Blood pressure is great, they said my weight gain was great (although I cringe at my weight even though I've only gained like 2 or 3 pounds since being pregnant- I'm just starting off heavier than last time. By too much. My goal is to weigh the same as I did at the end of my last pregnancy at the end of this one. Does that make sense? I gained 40 lbs last pregnancy, hope to only gain 30 lbs this time. Anyways, hoping that sharing this will make me more comfortable with it!)
aaand the best part was the heartbeat.
Dr. B (he's great) got his little machine (a dopplar?) out and was genuinely surprised at how he could hear it as soon as he put the device on my belly and at how strong it was. He says he usually has to search for at least a few seconds to find the heartbeat at 13 weeks and that it was very strong and very healthy. It was just really nice to hear.

February 9th we get to find out the gender!! Yay!! SO excited for that.

New!

Look at my pretty new blog! Thank you Fairy Blogmother!

A Few of His Favorite Things

I know I just did this super recently, but I want to do it again! I've gotta tell you about the things that Morgs likes doing lately.

Recently he just started being all about putting his toys and things on shelves and surfaces... It's so cute! Everything on the table and couch, he put up there.





He likes to randomly hold stuff as high as he an above his head and look up... I don't really get it, but I enjoy it...



He loves to play in his carseat... I love the creepy look I caught him with...



He likes to rough house with mom and dad...



He enjoys nibbling on an occasional Christmas light...



Other random and adorable pastimes that I NEED to get a picture of include pointing at things- random things like the wall and ceiling- and crawling around with something in his mouth like a puppy.

He makes me laugh every day.

Christmas Weekend

Hey. A few things.

Christmas was so great! It was completely awesome having my mom and dad here. They are so fun and loving and supportive and great. I'm sooooooo lucky. SO lucky. I'm glad they came all that way just to be with our little family. Morgan wasn't too sure about them at first- he's gotten a lot more shy lately. But I think by the end he was really warming up to them. He decided he didn't like them in his room at night, but other than that they got along so very well :).

Josh worked both Christmas Eve morning and during the night (Like, NIGHT night- 11pm-7am). So I would have been kinda lonely without my parents! But it's good that Josh was bringing home the dough. Time and a half ya know.
Anyways, the morning of Christmas Eve- when Josh was working- we went on a little walk in the canyon. It was great! I love taking morgan out into nature. I know he enjoys the change of scenery. I didn't really expect snow and ice on the walkway and totally wore the wrong shoes- my stylin' rider boots have NO traction- but that's ok. I made it somehow. It was a beautiful place with a frozen waterfall and a little frozen pond.
I loved seeing my dad show him everything. It was the cutest!







Christmas day was relaxed and wonderful. Church was filled with great musical numbers and Morgan was so good. We didn't open presents until both Morgan and Josh woke up from their afternoon naps. Everyone was SO generous with us... we really have some kind and amazing people in our lives. Morgan wasn't as into all the paper and boxes as much as I thought he would be. He was actually more into the toys! We didn't wrap the little wagon full of blocks we got him and he went right for it and totally wasn't interested in anything else. Not even the santa hat that my mom put on his head! Usually he would pull that thing right off! But he didn't even care because he was so into his toys. I did HORRIBLY at taking pictures of the morning... sad! But I know that I was enjoying the moment. I was so excited for him to see all his new toys. He got this awesome wagon/walker thing the he can push around while he walks. He does so well with it- I HAVE to post a video with him using it soon. It's so cute to see him walking with it. He's been doing great walking around wherever he wants in his other walker now but this one is different because it takes a lot more strength and balance. He's so close to walking by himself, it's scary!
AND JUST LIKE 10 MINUTES AGO HE STOOD BY HIMSELF FOR A COUPLE SECONDS! Ah!

Here are the only pics I took of the morning...






Uh, let's also point out that Morgan turned ELEVEN months old today!!!! Whaaaat?!

Ok I know this is getting long! I better stop now. I hope everyone had a lovely Christmas and a Happy New Year!