Picture overload....of Jaquelle, but their cute

Jaquelle is getting so big! Today at her 2 month appointment she weighed 12 bls 10 oz. So looks like she's healthy all except for her BM's. You see she only poops once every 10 days! Weird huh? And let me tell you, it just stores up in there cause when she does poop it is like never ending poop fest. If we dont catch her grunting in time, it will be up to her chin. Sick. But I tell you those days that she poops we all have a mini poop-party where we dance around and sing "Every party has a pooper thats why we invited Jaq, party pooper!" That song takes on a whole different meaning now. Anyways but she is doing great and I love it cause she's starting to smile and (knock on wood) I think the collick is slowly subsiding so perhaps there is a light through that tunnel or at the end of it, or however the saying goes. So thanks for all your advice.
Seth on the other hand is getting crazy! I think the jealousy might be sneaking in. Whenever we lay a blanket down on the floor for Jaquelle or in the swing he hurries and lays down on it. And if we go to put her in her vibrating chair and he didnt get there in time to snatch it from her sometimes he just sits on her. But the weirdest thing he does is in the car. When we put him in his car seat first and then go around the other side to snap Jaquelle into her car seat base (which is right next to Seth), he always has his hand on top of the her car seat base. So naturally we tell him to move his hand cause Jaquelles carseat will smash his fingers but he admittantly wont move his hand. So once I gently put it down on top of his hand and still...nothing. Then one time Cordelle was trying to put Jaq in quickly and forgot about this weird habit of Seths and he really did smash Seth's finger under her car seat. But even remembering how much it hurt doesnt deter him from keeping on doing it. Cause everytime its the same thing. Weird. Well I guess if he's trying to get our attention he gets it so, mission accomplished. Still though, why would he do that?
Anyhow enjoy the photos of Jaq from the last month.

A busy Weekend

Wow, its been like a month since I posted. How lame. Well nothing much has happened until this week anyways. Thanksgiving was fun but we literally ran from one thing to the next the whole time we were up north. We had dinner with a friend of Cordelles from High School, went to two movies (Bolt, and Twilight), hung out with my sister Krista and her kids, had Thanksgiving with my family, had Thanksgiving breakfast with Cordelles family, hung out with his 3 brothers, hung out with Tallie, played Rock Band with Brett, visited with Dave and Laura (who we hadnt seen in a while) and lastly squeezed in watching Wall-e with my parents. Seriously it was crazy. But it was fun to see everyone. Here is a picture of all of us getting a ride in Cordelles dad's newly restored Model T Truck and Model T. (I guess Jaq isnt in it, she was sleeping). And then I threw in a couple of pictures of Cordelle and Seth playing in the back yard and Jaquelle in her swing at Grandma Morris'.

A blessing

Halloween...about a week late

This year for halloween we recycled Seths kitty-cat costume and had Jaq dress up in it, she was cute but she slept through the whole event. Lame. Not that I wanted her to peep up and have her first words be "trick or treat" or "more candy" or something but still, Halloween, I found it is much more fun with a toddler. Seth was a dinasour. Not cause he asked to be one but because it was on clearance last year. Even still it was a shock to me when I got it out to dress him up he started crying and wouldnt come near it, let alone dress up in it. I couldnt believe it. Its not like we went cold turkey on the whole dinasour bit either. We were prepping ad pumping him up for weeks about how cool dinasours are and what sounds they make. Id even make Cordelle get down on the floor and imitate dinasours daily with him (although his dinasour imitations really could gave resembled a horse like cat or some sort of a dog-bear, so I'm sure this didn't help much). I should have just rented Land Before Time. Those were some cute dinasours...nothing like this costume. Come to think about it it was pretty scary looking. Long story short, I had to bribe him into the costume and once he couldnt see the dinasours head he was cool with it.
Cordelle and I dressed up as well. We took boxes of cereal, hung them around our necks, stuck plastic knives in them with fake blood dripping down and told people we were "Cereal killers." (See pictures) Thank goodness for last minute google searches. Oh yea also I made these wicked sweet chocolate cupcakes that had eyes, and legs coming out of them (chocolate licorice) to make them look like hairy spiders. Well I was really excited to show them to Seth cause I thought he'd have fun eatin them. But once again I was wrong, but this time it wasnt my fault. Cordelle (being the mean father that he is) took one up to Seth and said, "Seth look at this HUGE spider" after which he lunged it from his hands into Seth's face and growled. Needless to say Seth screamed and would not come close to the spider cupcake, the table, or even the kitchen after that. Matter of fact even after we showed him that it was candy and cake, he just freaked out watching us eat it. Days later he still wouldnt touch the chocolate licorice remembering them as spider legs. Dang Cordelle ruined my Halloween mother of the year moment. It was supposed to be such cute idea too. Really it sounds like we just freaked Seth out the whole holiday, but he realy had a good time! (I think).

Too darn cute not to post

Seth got some desperately needed new Sunday clothes and was kind enough to pose a second so I could snap this picture. Doesn't he look handsome? And this picture of Jaq is one of the only ones I have of her eyes open. Because if she's not sleeping or eating, she's crying...which never makes for cute pictures. Pretty sure she's collicky, which my friends, has not been so fun. Any of you had collicky kids? Any good advice you want to share? At this point, Im taking anything I can get. Even the other day someone said cartwheels would help (for me not the baby) and in my sleep-deprived, half insane mind I thought pretty seriously about attempting one until I thought, "Thats just plain rediculous!" Still though, any suggestions?

PARK IT!

This saturday we just had to get out, so we took Seth to Park Discovery. I dont know why they dont just call it Discovery Park. Lame. Anyways it was way nice, I am hoping that luck will prolong fall just a little longer before I am banished to my dungeon home with a toddler and a newborn all winter. Yikes.

Cousins!!

A week after Jaq was born my sister Krista and her kids came down and it was so fun, especially for Seth who couldnt stop hugging Mason the first night they were here. Mason and Seth had a sleepover that lasted only a fraction of the night but it was fun. It was so nice to have my sister here to just talk and hang out with instead of using all my minutes calling her 3 times a week! Ah, I wished we lived closer! (Thanks Kris for entertaining Seth and for the dinners, you're the best! )

It begins

So I have a lot of people ask me how Seth is doing with a baby around so I thought I'd share this funny story. Generally, the most attention Seth has given Jaquelle is a worried/concerned look when she is full out crying, or he wants to hold her for 1.2 seconds and then wants to put her back in the swing without help...dont worry we dont let him do it alone. Or he runs up to her gets right in her face and says "Hi baby" over and over again. So pretty cute, I thought. Pretty harmless and as for the jealousy factor....well it really hasnt even been one, so that was a big sigh of relief on my part. But the other day I was getting ready and once again I heard Seth saying "Hi baby" over and over again and I thought to myself I really shouldnt leave him alone with her in the same room, so I went to check on them. Jaquelle who was sound asleep in the crook of the couch was kind of fussing and moving around a bit. When I got closer I saw that seth who had been snacking on some cinnamon toast crunch cereal had pried open Jaquelle's mouth and stuck one in it while she was sleeping! Of course she being, what, days old, I was like BLA, Seth what are you doing? We then had the talk that NOTHING gets put in the baby's mouth. Why he picks this time to begin sharing is beyond me. I just thought to myself...here we go, life with two begins.

Drum roll please....SHE'S HERE!!

Wahoo! So Friday morning (Sept. 26th) at 9:57 I finally had Jaquelle Lynn Morris. The whole birth this time around was like night and day to Seth...short and relatively painless. All I can say is my new best friend is Mr. Epideral. Dont know how some of you do it without it. Anyways, yea, this time it was a really cool experience and she came out in just 3 pushes! She weighed 7 lbs and was 19.5 inches long. She is just beautiful and get this...she has a head full of hair (dont know where it came from cause I was bald till I was two but I love it!) And I think I can spot dimples on those cheeks too. OF COURSE I posted pictures...but hospital pics are always weird so more will be coming.

Grannie Annie and Jaquelle

Then the next day of course was Cordelle's Birthday! We spent most of it in the hospital still, but finally we got home in time for a big Spaghetti Dinner (Cordelle's choice) and cake and ice cream. It was fun and crazy all at once! ( Thanks for being so much help even though it was your b-day Cordelle!) He did get to watch endless hours of college football at the hospital so he was probably pretty okay with the way things went that day.

Two birthdays right in a row! Jaquelle and Cordelle...Ha they rhyme, how trite. Alright better go, looks like sleep deprivation is taking over to craziness.
Pics of the cake thanks to my awesome mom and my little bro Scott!We didnt have 28 candles so we had to improvise with candyCassidy (Cordelle's neice living with us), Grannie Annie, and Us

Very Prego

So sorry I look nasty but I thought I'd put a picture of me and my big 'ole belly at almost 39 weeks (It seems to be the trend while your prego)! Usually I avoid the camera at this stage, actually I dont think I have any pictures of just me while pregnant. Hum...probably better that way. So any fun or fabricated wives tales as to how to go into labor? I love to hear these, cant say I buy any of them but it makes me laugh.