I love my life!!!

I had some time on my hands this evening and I took full advantage with Brayden at the in-laws, Gabriella in bed and Brian on his way home from being out of town. I just had some cute pictures of the kids from this week I had to share. I am so blessed with the family I have been given and I am truly in a wonderful place in my life.

Gabriella taking a bubble bath at Cici's house


Brayden @ 12 weeks

Just have to also share 3 month old pictures two of Brayden and then I found Gabriella's. You decide if they look a like, I still can't tell, except the noses are exactly the same. The definitely are related though! Oh, I love my kids so much!!!

Brayden 3 month picture

Our Time & Fun Times

Even though our kids keep up busy I am happy to say that we still get a little bit of time for ourselves and family fun time. Last weekend was a fun filled weekend with the concert @ the Marietta Square, Friday night, the Steeplechase on Saturday and the Taste of Marietta on Sunday. Friday Gabriella spent the night with her Cici and Brian, Brayden and myself went to the concert. This was Brayden's first concert. It was a fun band that played songs from Motown. It wasn't as exciting as Gabriella's first concert which was Ludacris at Centennial Olympic Park.

Brayden slept through most of the concert

Saturday was a kid free day. First time since Brayden was born, we had one other night in April to celebrate our anniversary, but this was the first time to have him spend the night. Brian and I enjoyed the day at the Steeplechase. We had a great time, hot, but great time.

with Brian

with Lindsay

with Elizabeth

On Sunday we had a nice family outing at the Taste of Marietta and then goofed around at home.

Does it ever end?

Every time it seems that I am updating this blog, Brayden is sick. Still sick with Bronchitis. He was getting better with his breathing treatments and once those ran out he became congested, again. We went to a follow-up appointment this past Tuesday and they sent us to the hospital to get a chest x-Ray. We will learn the results by Monday, hopefully. Even though he is sick, he is happy and a sweetie.

Brayden @ 11 weeks, I hope his eyes stay blue!

Today, Friday, Gabriella woke up screaming at the top of the stairs at 4 AM. As soon and I got to her she vomited all over the place and continued to do so every 30-45 minutes until 4 PM today. No nap, no food and a little bit of liquids all day. Thank goodness for our support system, I called Fay around 7 AM and she came and picked up Brayden so he wouldn't catch whatever Gabriella had and I could take her to the doctor. I am so happy that we decided to live close to our families, I don't know what I would have done if Brayden had gotten this bug. Gabriella doesn't have the flu, thankfully, at 4 AM I was thinking "do we have the swine flu?" She doesn't, whew!!! Oh yeah, Brian was out of town this morning with work so of course when Gabriella was up sick, Brayden decided it was time to eat at 4:30 AM, fun times at the Morris house.

2 Month Well baby...sort of

Easter Sunday, on our way back home Brayden, started to sound congested again. On that Tuesday we had his 2 month well baby check up, technically he was 10 weeks old, but that is when we scheduled his appointment. His stats were weight 14 lbs 1.5 oz and 24 1/2 in. Over 95% wt. and 92% height. Amazing how I have large babies! Well, he still had a heart murmur so we went to see a cardiologist the following Monday. Everything turned out normal, there is still a valve that hasn't fully closed, which is suppose to right after birth. Brayden's is taking a little slower than average and it is about to be completely closed. This is what is causing the irregular heartbeat. The cardiologist said everything else is great and it should be gone by the time he is 6 months so we will see him in about 4 months. Brayden's congestion has worsened and now he is on breathing treatments 2-3 times a day, back to sleeping in his swing and getting his nose suck out twice a day. I feel so bad that he has been sick for close to 10 weeks. Can you imagine? He is a trooper and has stayed happy for the most part.

Brayden @ 10 weeks old



Brayden and his treatment

My parents just renovated the upstairs part of their house so that my grandmother could move in and have her own space. She is 83 and my dad insists that when she comes down the stairs she has to ride one of those chairs that are on rails. She isn't too fond of the contraption but does it any ways, Gabriella discovered this new ride and she loves it! She is allowed 2 rides per visit.

Easter & The Beach, again...

Goodness, it has been a while, which I know that is a common phrase when I post.

Gabriella was on Spring Break from Preschool so I enjoyed having her home everyday and I took full advantage of getting her potty trained, which was some what successful. Since she was home from school for the week she also wasn't bringing home bugs and Brayden was feeling much better.

We were fortunate to go back to the beach Easter weekend with Brian's dad, sister & brother in-law, Cooper and the kids. At first I was hesitant about going out of town for Easter, b/c I really wanted to go to church and do the traditional family day with lunch and egg and I wasn't sure if the Easter Bunny would find us in Florida. Well he did and he was nice enough to make a visit on Saturday.

Gabriella had a blast as usual, she did great for not having a friend to play with, she missed Olivia this time. The weather was superb.

The week before Brayden started sleeping in his room and by the second night he was sleeping through the night. When we go tot the beach with an our time change and all 4 of us sleeping in one room, he woke up at 5 each morning we were there.

Brayden chillin' on the beach

Gabriella playing in the sand

Gabriella let Brian bury her in the sand

The Easter Bunny found us!

Brayden smiling as usual

5 Years

Brian and I just celebrated our 5 year Wedding Anniversary on Friday, April 3. I can't believe how fast time has flown by. These past years have been some of my most life changing and wonderful years of my life and I got to share it all with Brian. Brian and I have technically been together for 11 1/2 years and they keep getting better and better. I love him with every ounce of my body. He is my best friend and the most amazing father.



We enjoyed the weekend by celebrating with a few friends and opened the bottle of wine that our wedding guests signed. The wine was excellent, well that is what everyone had told me, I am not a red wine fan, but I did try a little bit. To make it a fun evening, some of the girls wore former bridesmaid dresses and a couple of the guys dressed in tuxes and suits. Brian and I are very fortunate to have fantastic friends and family to share our special occasion.

9 weeks already!

Brayden is 9 weeks old today. He had spent 4 weeks with a head cold, but he is finally better...YAY! He spent his first night in his bedroom Sunday night and he did fantastic. Brayden sleeps from 7:30-8 PM until 4:30-5 AM. Not too bad. Hopefully now that he is in his room he will be sleeping through the night soon. He is smiling ALL the time, especially when Gabriella is talking to him. He is also cooing and gurgling at us. I had forgotten how great this age can be. I get so tickled watching him grow every single day. We are so lucky because he seems to be a really laid back kid. He loves sitting around and watching his family.




7 weeks old