Happy Birthday, Sweet Abigail!!

We celebrated Abigail's 2nd birthday on July 26th!! It's hard to believe that my baby girl is a big 2 year old! Abigail loved having everyone sing "Happy Birthday" to her and she had fun opening presents. Of course Samuel was more than willing to help his sister open her presents. Laurie made a cute dog cake which was very yummy.

It amazes me how quickly Abigail has changed over the past two years. She is saying so many words! And she is saying a lot of phrases. When she wants me to pick her up she says, "I hold you." :) It melts my heart every time. When she sits on my lap and we read together she still likes to suck her thumb and play with my hair with her other hand. She is my little cuddle bug. She is also very gentle with Humility and likes to help me pick out what she will wear every day. She likes to point to different parts of her body and name her eyes, nose, mouth, etc. She loves to have her mommy time, but she is also independent. She wants to put on her clothes and shoes all by herself. Another favorite phrase she says is, "I do it." It is amazing to watch her learn how to do things on her own. She is also very smart and tell me things that happened in a movie that we just watched. I'm sure she learns a lot from playing with her big brother. She is Samuel's biggest fan. She is always willing to join in whatever new game he has thought up. When Samuel brings out his guitar she is always ready to dance. And she is ready to say "cheese" when someone wants to take her picture. And she likes to say "hi" to strangers when we go for a walk. Abigail brings so much joy to my life and makes me smile everyday. Each of my children is such a precious gift from God. I never could have dreamed up a better life than this.

Delight yourself also in the Lord, and He will give you the desires of your heart. Psalm 37:4

Samuel's swim lessons

Samuel went to swim lessons for the first time, July 23-27. He was in a class with five other 3-5 year olds. The first couple of days he did not want to put his head under water or do the group activities. By Thursday and Friday he did everything with the group and was putting his head under the water! We are so proud of him!

Humility's 1st Week

Humility Faith is here!

Humility Faith Morris was born Friday, July 6th at 12:22pm. She was 6 lbs. 12.5 oz. and 19.5 inches long. I woke up with contractions around 5:30 that morning and labored at home until about 10:35am. My contractions were not very consistant in that they were sometimes 10 minutes a part with the next one being 5 minutes a part. But we decided it was time to go the hospital when I felt like I needed to push! I was thankful the hospital was only 10 minutes away. We got to the hospital at 10:45 and we are thankful she came into the world with a smooth labor and delivery with no complications. Throughout my pregnancy I had been praying for a quick labor and delivery. And it went a lot faster than I had expected! Right after Cody cut the umbilical cord they laid her on my stomach and she peed and pooped on me! We were happy to find out everything was working well in that department. :) They usually check the weight and measure the baby right after a baby is born, but because they were so busy with other mothers giving birth we got to cuddle our new little one for about an hour. I'm glad we got to have that special bonding time right after she was born.

We love our new little blessing from God. Humility makes the sweetest baby noises and loves to cuddle. Samuel and Abigail love to help take care of their little sister. They like to hold her and give her kisses. They also like to bring stuffed animals for her to look at. If I have Humility laying on the floor Abigail likes to bring her a blanket. Samuel likes to help me change her diaper and change her clothes. It is very fun to watch them interact with their baby sister.

4th of July

California

On our way to California we stopped to see Ashley in Tempe, Arizona. We had dinner at a fun Italian place called Oregano's. The kids play with pizza dough while we waited for our food. :)

Too tired to finish her lunch. 

Abigail being friendly with the girls in our row at the River Cats game.

This Dinger Dog was a foot long! We were able to split it four ways between Cody, Abigail, Samuel and myself.

These pictures are from Memorial Day, Samuel's camping trip and Mother's Day. (You can click on them to see them better.) I know I am really behind in posting these, but we have been busy getting things ready for the baby. I am 39.5 weeks now and we are excited to find out if this little one is a boy or a girl! I had an ultrasound done last week and the baby's head is down very low and is getting ready for departure. :) I told the ultrasound technician at the beginning that I did not want to know the sex of the baby. He said he could tell the sex of the baby and then asked me 3 times during the ultrasound if I wanted to find out. He asked me if I had any questions and before I could speak he said, "You want to know the sex of the baby? Haha, just kidding." He made me laugh, but I declined. I feel very blessed. Morning sickness ended after the first trimester and since then I have had hardly any discomfort during the pregnancy. I still enjoy walking, taking an afternoon nap with the kids and having the occasional mid-night snack. :) 

Camping at Ice House

Samuel ready to go fishing. They didn't catch any fish, but he said he did catch some pine needles. :)

Mother's Day