Sleeping Baby

Morgan is such a good baby (so far). It has not been difficult at all with her. I had too much fun playing photo shoot today. Its hard to resist when she looks so cute just lying there. I like to stay home the first month and not take babies out unless I have to. So today was Sunday, all the boys went to church and we had three hours to just play.

Our Favorite Nurse

We would like to pay a special tribute to a great nurse, member of our ward, and fantastic friend. Adalia lives in our neighborhood and is a member of our ward. She is also a nurse at the hospital where we delivered. As many may know, being in the hospital and giving birth is a very emotional and stressful time. However, when we found out that our friend Adalia was a nurse at the hospital where we were to deliver, we were very excited. She made it possible for us to have our own private room, and was one of the first smiling faces we saw after the delivery. She also elected to be our postpartum nurse and was there with us up until we went home. We enjoyed having her check in on us and the baby when she was making her rounds, and coming in just to hang out and chat when she had some free time. Adalia and her entire family of a great husband and three beautiful children are great friends. Thank you again Adalia for all you did!

Morgans 1st Week

With this being my first girl it was really weird to see her in a bow. It just didn't look right for the first few days. Now.... I love it and can't wait to dress her up even more when she gets a little older. We were on our way to her first Dr.'s appointment. Everything checked out fine.

Here we are just trying to show how tiny she is in comparison to us. Who can resist cute baby feet?

Morgan's first bath.

The Boys & Morgan

This is when the boys first meet Morgan. Cole immediately wanted to hold her and kiss on her. Carson was interested for a minute then moved on. They are both being really great with her, especially Cole. Every morning he comes into my room and wants to check on her. I have to be careful with him because he wants to help out so much and doesn't understand how careful we have to be with baby's, but he is learning.

Carson is so sweet. He has shown no hard feelings towards her about taking his "baby" title away. I think he likes that he is a big brother now too.

I love this picture. She is smiling and Cole you can just read on his face how he adores her. It makes me really happy to see the boys just taking to her like they are. (Hopefully, this will keep up.)

Michael has been so wonderful through this whole thing. He took off the whole week so he could be home to help out and has he ever! Today he took the boys to the zoo for a daddy son day. Isn't he great?

Baby Morgan's Big Debut

I am very happy to report that Morgan Ann Pressley was born on September 12 at 2:40 pm. We checked in the hospital at 5:30 am and by 10 am they broke my water and from that point on everything went very quick.


I have been happy with my weight gain this pregnancy but that did not mean that I had a small little girl. This little one came out weighing a whopping 8 pounds 2 ounces and was 19 1/2 inches long. Needless to say, I was very relieved when she was out!

Of course all of this didn't come to pass without a little drama. Renown, the hospital, called us that morning when we were going in and told us to stay home because they didn't have any room. I of course was very upset to hear this because Shelly Egbert was already at our home at 4:30 that morning and I was ready to have a baby. Michael and Shelly both said go in anyway and that is exactly what we did. And thank goodness we did because they were able to squeeze us in.

I am so happy that Heavenly Father has given us this little girl. It has only been a few days she has been with our family, but already I am completly in love with her. I am so thankful everything went well and she appears to be healthy and beautiful. I am excited to watch her grown and develop and see what kind of personality she will have.

Pregnancy Photos At 39 Weeks

I hate to post these, but this is real life now and I want to be able to look back and see how I was in all my "glory". I started at 118 pounds and to date I am 144 pounds and I still have a week or more left. My due date is Sept 16th and if my Dr. has mercy on me, hopefully, it will happen soon. (I don't think so though.)
Side view is a bit alarming for me only because it looks so HUGE! (Maybe I should stop wearing tight shirts.) Isn't my little side kick cute? Always has to be in the picture too.

So Michael and I had a little excitment last night. I experimented with a little castor oil and found out that was a big mistake. I took it at 6:43 pm and it kicked in at 10pm with the natural results. However, at 12:30 am I awoke to intense back pain in my left side that would not go away. I called the nurse and was told to come into the hospital. I also had to call Mike at 2:00 am as he left me abandoned in my time of need so he could go camping (actually he and Cole were in the backyard asleep in the tent). So at 2:00 am Mike and I had to call for a babysitter and drive the 35-40 minutes to Reno. We were there till 7:00 am and then got the boot. I only progressed to a 2 while there and baby was stationed at -1 and no other progress was made.

I have no idea why I am being so impatient this time. I don't remember it being this hard with the previous two. So my focus these last remaining days is to just be okay with where I am now. Because the little trial run this morning defintly reminded me that labor is NOT fun and why rush it if its not time.

Lunch At Chuck E Cheese's

We have been trying to go out and do more fun things with the boys before there little sister arrives. This day we went to Chuck E Cheese, which Cole loves. Carson is very different from Cole in the way that it takes him more time to get comfortable with things. It took him a good 15 to 20 minutes to warm up to the place. Once we ate some pizza Carson stopped being so shy and wanted to go play with basketballs.


Cole was a little scared of Chuck E. but still went and had his picture taken. He told me later that he knew it was just someone in a costume.
As you can see by this picture Carson got way into the place and was willing to try new things.


As I look at these pictures and see how much fun we had that day it just reinforces what I already believe to be true. My greatest joy in this life comes from my family. Mike is such a great father and husband. And Cole and Carson are a handful but they are worth it to me. I hope I am always able to keep things in the right perspective...the eternal perspective.