Morgan Baby #3!!!!

Many of you may not have known that this past Saturday, January 26th, we welcomed baby number 3 into our family. The labor was intensive and lasted most of the day and late into the night on Saturday: Mother, baby (and Father) are all doing fine. Her weight has 125 lbs. 0 oz. and we named her Ebaylita. I have included some pictures during the labor process (beware if you are squeamish).

The girls have adjusted nicely to her. The morning after we brought her home, Jenna looked up at her with adoring eyes and said, "Where'd we get that huge thing?" Ah, music to a mother's ears. And in case you were wondering about the strange origin of her name, we named her in homage and out of gratitude to my ebay addiction (that being the reason we were able to afford her...our health insurance wouldn't cover it, can you believe that? They really stick it to ya!)

The Ultimate Gift (No, not 1 billion dollars)

So, I'm just going to brag about Matt for a bit, and since he never reads my blog, he'll have no idea what I've said about him and no need to be embarrassed.

Most of you know that I was in Utah this past week helping my little sis plan her wedding that is coming up in March. I took Brooke and left Jenna with Matt (and various others) for the week I was gone. I had a lot of fun in Utah and ate out at all of my favorite places, but I was ready to come home (mostly because I was severely sleep deprived). Anyway, we got home from the airport at around 4pm and this is what I found: Matt had given me the greatest surprise I could ever ask for...he had organized all of the closets in the house! Now don't be me wrong, they were organized before, but he went out and bought new organizational things like Tupperware containers and cabinets with drawers and totally re-did all of my closets. He even organized all of my clothing according to style and color on the hangers!! He organized the laundry room, the computer room, our walk in closest, Jenna's closest and rearranged the kitchen cabinets for "maximum efficiency." And on top of that, he painted the bathroom (a project I started and never finished about 3 months ago). Okay, so enough bragging. But all I have to say is, he knows my love language for sure! Nothing could have made me happier and I'm sure for him, nothing could have been more painstaking and torturous!

Jumping for Joy

So this is me. Well, not literally. I would never actually let someone photograph me wearing overalls (although I will admit I have been known to wear them in secret...during pregnancy). But figuratively anyway, this is me. Matt and I are both jumping for joy because Brooke has started sleeping through the night. Some time ago I began doubting this day would ever come. I had visions of myself, stumbling toward Brooke's bedroom at 3am with a pack of fruit snacks and a Go-gurt in my hands, offering my 4 year old a late night snack. Luckily (at least I hope), this will not be the case.
There is something about the human psyche at 2, 3 and 4am that is somehow subhuman. And things you would never ever consider doing in your rational, fully awake state, you find yourself contemplating as not such a terrible idea. Like, for instance, when I considered sticking Brooke in her car seat, driving around until she fell asleep, and then leaving her out in the car till morning (with the car running of course!) At 2am I thought this was a brilliant plan, until that rational and awake side of my brain started screaming that something like that would land me on Montel Williams for sure. And I'll do anything to avoid Montel, so I thought better of that plan.
Well, now that irrational and crazy side of my brain will be laid to rest, literally. And my craziness will have to find new ways to resurface during the business hours of 8am-11pm. After that, I'll be in dreamland (where the real crazy stuff begins!)

Mommy Daughter Date

Jenna has been having some...problems...lately with pushing/hitting/head locking/stealing toys, and the like. So, among many other things I'm trying to do to stop this, I decided that maybe Jenna needed some more one on one attention. Even though she is really young (2 1/2) she is easy to have rational conversations with and usually she seems to "get" things pretty well when I just sit down and talk with her. So...I decided we'd go to one of her favorite places. It's called Goldilocks and it's a hair salon for kids. She loves it there because she gets to sit in a Barbie convertible and watch movies while they do her hair and then in the end, she gets a huge sucker and for her, life is complete. This worked great because she really needed a hair cut anyway. We talked about a lot of things and I hope that maybe some of my lectures about being kind to our friends sunk in. Afterward, we went to McDonald's and it was a pretty good afternoon.

Before

After: I think she looks so grown up w/ her little bob!!

**One minor tragedy I must report: I don't have any pictures during Jenna's hair cut because as soon as I got out my camera at the hair salon...horror of all horrors...I dropped it on the tile floor and jammed the zoom lens! I was freaking out. Luckily, one quick trip to Columbia Photo and an easy fix later, and I have my baby back safe and sound. :)

**One happy thing to report. Many of you know that Matt is quite literally ALWAYS sick. He is always coughing, blowing his nose, getting ear infections, infected eyes, soar throats...the list goes on. Basically, he hasn't been healthy since I've known him. Anyway, after many doctors and transfers to different specialists, at his most recent appointment with the Sinus specialist, he diagnosed Matt with Sinusitis and scheduled him for surgery later this month. We are SO HAPPY! Normally you wouldn't really be happy about surgery, but this has been such a problem and such a long time coming that we are totally stoked!