Birthday wishes and newborn pics (preview)

Aria shares a very special birthday month with her Uncle who is serving a mission in Portugal.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY Elder Walter!!! We love you :)

I promised him pictures so here they are. We love you Elder Walter!!!

So Beautiful!

Aria at the Piano

I love this one the most!

Okay, she is so cute! I want to eat her up!

A new addition on a Beautiful Easter Weekend

Derek worked out in the garden till 11pm on Thursday night. I couldn't figure out what was so pressing, but I figured he was just nervous about baby sister coming the next day and needed some time to relax. A few minutes before 11, he came in.
"Loll,  come check out everything I just finished. It looks awesome and there is a little green tomato on one of our new plants! Come check it out!"
"Derek, there can't be a tomato, you just planted them. Besides, I can't see anything! It's too dark outside."
He quickly pushed aside my excuses and said that we could use his phone light...lol... where would we be without technology.
"Derek, there aren't any tomatoes out here, but wait..."

There, underneath one of the plants, was a little white box. Not a tomato, but a ring with the April birthstone for our baby girl. What a fitting way to mark this milestone (the beginning of our life as a family of four) in a tomato garden reminiscent of our engagement almost 3 years ago. My husband really is amazing. I am so Lucky!

My heart was so full that night that I hardly slept, knowing that it would be just a few hours until we would be in the hospital anxiously awaiting our baby girl.

Maxson was tucked into bed and dad was scheduled to come over early so we could leave (What a wonderful Papa he is!). All the anxiety seemed to well up inside me and sleep was a long forgotten dream. So I lay awake trying to think of a name for little peanut and still nothing fit so I  moved onto the list of things I still needed to get done and imagined myself just letting it go. I mean seriously! What can you get done in the early hours of the morning when you have to be up by 4:30am to go to the hospital anyway? Finally, the hours ticked away, too quickly for sleep and too slowly for my excitement. We arrived at the hospital and checked right in and started the possibly long process of induction... luckily for us it wasn't nearly as long as with Maxson, who decided to come 30 hours after we started his induction :) Little stinker! Less than 12 hours later at 4:28pm, I was holding in my arms the most beautiful little baby girl I have ever seen and she is all Mine! 10 fingers, 10 toes, a perfectly shaped head, long arms and legs and a wonderful little cry.... just perfect in every way. Derek held my hand the whole time and slept on the awful hospital couch so that he didn't have to leave me. Now that is love. After some deliberation and a sweet baby in our arms, we decided on a name that just seems to fit, one to remind her of how beautiful she is and where she comes from. (You see, she is named after a very special lady that I love very very much, my mom)
So without further adieu, I give you our little princess

Aria Margaret Morris

6lbs 15oz; 20 inches long

Looks like her big brother! So perfect!

So tiny in her carseat!

Mirror, Mirror!

Maxson spent the weekend with Grandma and Papa Craig and Grandma and Grandpa Morris. I would say he missed us very little.

What do you think? Between both of those homes, our son is loved very much. Here are a few pictures of my little boy on Easter.

He is growing into such a handsome little guy, but he is still my baby (at least for a little while longer).

Now, I just have 2 babies. That makes me crazy and happy so I guess I am happy-crazy and I am okay with that.

updates (per Danny's request :))

I just love these boys in my life. How did I ever get so lucky? Somebody pinch me!

This was the precursor to a valentines day card Derek made:

 Yes! I know! He is handsome as all get out!! And he is such a little man. I can't believe how much he looks like his Daddy. 

So Max and daddy have several things in common aside from just looks :)

They both love the kitchen

Daddy knows what what makes Mommy smile :) That's right! a clean kitchen

Maxson just loves to climb on everything!!!

Oh and to pull things out of the kitchen cupboards

 

And to climb into the cupboards (once he has made a spot for himself)

 

And when he is done with the inside cupboard climbing, he changes it up a little and scoots the stools all over the kitchen

So I am so glad I found this wonderful place for kids to play at the Youth Museum in Mesa

 

Max is in Heaven!

 One more thing that Dadddy and Max love is being Outside!

I love this picture on this hog. Max is like " Whatever, mom! It's too early to be taking pics!"

 Goodness, my guys are goodlookin'!

Oh yeah, and one last thing. Around here, we like the dirt! :)

Well thats all for now... enjoy the pics

Merry Christmas to ALL!! (Christmas photos and letter)

 Dear Family and Friends,

We feel tremendously blessed this year and so grateful for the family and friends that we call our own. Thank you for putting up with our craziness and loving us always.


Derek has been so busy this year (I don't know how he has done it). He finished up the training program at work and will be starting his permanent position sometime in January. It might mean a tweek of our schedule, but we are excited.

He graduated on Thursday with his Masters of Science in Civil Engineering... a feat that was in and of itself amazing!!! We are so proud of him.
I couldn't even begin to explain what his thesis was on as it is well above my head, but since it will be humorous to him, I will try. :) Basically (though not really), he took a design model for measuring the heat transfer of concrete and made an even better design... (Here, he would tell you that it isn't perfect and it needs more work added to it... but that is for another Masters Thesis). He used many equations of numbers that I couldn't possibly describe and so I will leave it at that.

All I know is that I love to have an engineer in the house. My pictures hang perfectly even on the wall, my shelves are straight, and I know that when he does any task (especially the dishes) it will be done in the most efficient meticulous way that only an "engineer" could come up with. I feel tremendously grateful to have him in my life.

As for me, I am a happy wife and mother to my amazing husband and adorable kid... I mean look at his face.

Wouldn't you like to wake up to that smiling at you in the morning. I am the luckiest girl in the world. I am working registry for Banner Cardon's center and when I get the shifts, I love it. Pediatrics is the best place in nursing as far as I am concerned. :) We have been so busy this year that it has flown.

We moved into a "new" (to us) home is an exceptional ward and close enough to everything and everyone we love.

I am so grateful for my little family and for the chance I have to be a mother to such a great little kid... speaking of....

Maxson is the joy in a long day. He is almost always content, unless he is tired or hungry.

He loves to be outside whether it is in a stroller on a walk or being pulled behind in the bike trailer or just going down the slide at the playground.

Give this kid five minutes outside and he will be happier and busier than you could have imagined... be prepared to run cause this kid is FAST!!!

He just started walking, opening/ shutting the doors and getting into everything that used to be out of his reach :) We love him
and think he is the greatest thing to happen to us.


Our newest news is that we will be adding a little girl to our family in April and are excited for the adventures that will come as a family of four. We love you all! Thank you for supporting our family and for being there when we need you. We are so blessed this Christmas!

Merry Christmas to ALL!!!

With Love,
The Morris Family

So much to say... so little time :)

It has been too long since I updated my blog and I suppose I should be better, but with a 14 month old whose new favorite thing is to crawl on my lap and attack my laptop.... it's a bit difficult to type anything other than s;dhgoivndkjv khdgoibvn knv ......  lol.... SO needless to say, I am a bit of a slacker. Max is napping now and my hubby is content to sit beside me and do his thing, while I do mine.... so here it is without further adieu... an UPDATE. (especially dedicated to Danny who called me out on my slackerness.. :)) 

We are adding another to our little family... a baby GIRL!!! That's right! I am finally going to have a little girl in my life!

I remember begging my mom to have a little sister for me, and then she got pregnant and I was sure it was a little girl just for me. Ah, but there was a different surprise in store! Instead of a little girl, it was a little boy... and he became "my baby" from the day he was born.

My Dannyboy was my buddy, and I coddled him and did whatever he wanted me to do. He has grown into a young missionary who I admire and love. His heart is so big and he has an award winning smile! And he was born on April 15th 1991. I was 9 years old. My sweet little girl will also be born in April (of 2012) and I am glad she will share a birthday month with my Dannyboy.

She is healthy according to the ultrasound and already moving like she's ready to be here! Derek and I are so excited to meet her. I can't wait... but I guess I don't have a choice :)

My Maxson is growing up so fast. He loves going down the slide at the park and up the stairs at Grandmas. He is becoming such a big boy with a look all his own.

He climbs on EVERYTHING including the piano, the table, the bed, the couch and much more.

He hasn't fallen quite as much as I would have thought he would by now with all the obstacles he likes to tackle, and I am thanking my lucky stars for that!

He pulls everything out of my cupboards and especially love the dryer. He will put his face up to it when its on and just leave it there to feel the vibrations.

 He hates for anyone to play the piano without him on their lap in the middle of it all. Daddy is the only one who can accomplish any practicing that way. I usually just end up letting him pound it out and then going for a walk.

Max is a good helper when we go shopping. Sometimes I end up in the check out lane with items I am sure that I did not put in the cart :)


Derek is graduating with his Masters in just 5 days! I can't believe it! I am so proud of him.... it has been a long road and he has accomplished a huge feat.

So we are doing well as you can see. We love our new home. We feel extremely blessed and grateful for the families we have and for our little growing family.

until next time,
L