Anymore Advice?....

I am getting more anxious, excited and nervous as Eva's due date gets closer! I got some great advice from Amy Ricks and Ashton! Thank you so much you guys! If anyone else would like to share some of their baby wisdom and knowledge with me that would be awesome! So, if anyone has advice for me please feel free to let me know! Thank you!
Love,
Morgan

More pregnant pictures!

We took more pictures because I thought I looked a little better today plus it was such a nice day and it looks pretty with the leaves changing colors. I don't think you can really see how big my belly is because of the way my shirt was hanging. We also got Billy in the picture this time. I haven't put Billy's picture up in a long time. I hope you guys enjoy them and are doing well! Oh yeah I also took a picture of the new frames we just got to put in her room! They are so cute and I can't wait to put her picture in them! Our walls have ugly spots on them because people that lived here before we did tried to cover up nail holes with a tan color instead of white (which is the color of our walls) and the ugly spots show up really good in our pictures so it makes her room not look as cute. Oh well, I'm just going to keep decorating it!
Love,
Morgan

My big belly!

I forgot to take a picture of my big belly last week so I apologize! I am 37 weeks now. I have a doctors appointment tomorrow morning so hopefully I'll get some good news and find out everything is going well and moving right along. I'm going to have Billy take a few more pictures of my belly tomorrow too and hopefully we can find someone to take both of our pictures so Billy can be included. I don't think I've put hardly any pictures of him on our blog in a while. It's been getting colder here but nothing too bad...what do I know, I'm always hot. It's beautiful outside too so maybe we will take our pictures outside. It's prettier out there than in our apartment. I keep having those braxton hicks contractions and once in a while I have a real one that is pretty painful and long. I'm not looking forward to more of those. I look pretty bad and need to go to a salon soon! I just keep rambling now and I think it's because I haven't been getting a lot of sleep. Sorry about that! I hope everyone is doing well and I will update the blog some more tomorrow! I really miss and love you all!
Love,
Morgan

Pictures of her room.....

We finally put stuff up in her room to make it look a little nicer for her. We aren't done there are a couple of really cute frames I want to hang in there too. My cousin Bretts wife Amy gave us these cute letters that spell out her name so I decided to paint them pink and we finally hung them on the wall. I'm so glad she gave us those! I have a friend that gave us the white storage hanging thing which is really cool and convenient to have! Our apartment is old and I hate that you can see where us or the people that lived here before us covered up nail holes. But oh well, it's big and cheap and that's good for us! Once we get everything cleaned and put together in her room I will take another picture of the final project! I can't wait to get it all done! Also, we got a couple more presents which was awesome! My Aunt Donna gave us alot of really great things like a swaddle wrap, diapers & wipes pod, a little comb and brush set, a cute pink crate so we can put her toys in and some avent pacifiers! She is so great! Also, Candy Wakamatsu gave us some baby tooth and gum cleanser, an oral care set and orajel! Thank you so much for all the wonderful things for Eva! I hope you all are doing well!
Love,
Morgan

Advice....

Hi again....I would really appreciate any advice that anyone has for me and Billy! It could use alot...so if you guys have any advice for us please let us know! Thank you!

Counting down the days.....only 26 more!

I really hope that this last month goes by fast! My next doctor's appointment is Oct. 23 so hopefully he will have some good news for me.....like me dilating at least a little bit or something. Today I've been having alot of the Braxton Hicks contractions and they are not very comfortable but I'm pretty sure the real contractions are worse. We are hoping that Eva comes on time and isn't late....but we will see. So, we might not have alot of family out here when she's born but we do have some. We have Tommy & Kira, one of Billy's older half brothers and his family, Brett & Amy Ricks (my cousin), my friend Brittany (from Williamsburg), and a few more of our friends! It will be fun! Then my mom is coming out here from Nov. 12-21 and Bay comes out from Nov. 22-30. It will be nice to have some help for a little while! I just can't wait for our little family to grow! It's going to be so much fun having Eva and learning how to be good parents. It will be great for Billy and I to do this and to do this on our own. Billy is going to be a great dad and I can't wait to see him holding Eva for the first time! I will probably cry....alot! I just can't wait to be a mom! We still have so much to do and so much to get for her....it's just hard to get alot done with a big belly in the way. I also want to just say thank you to everyone who have been playing the online baby shower games and making comments! It really is alot of fun to read peoples' answers and comments and I really appreciate all of you guys participation! Please keep enjoying the blog and the games! I miss and love you all!
Love, Morgan

36 weeks!

Yes I am 36 weeks now! I will not be surprised if I have her a little after her due date. The last 2 times I have been to the doctor he has told me that she is measuring out small and this last time I went he told me she was measuring out at 33 weeks but he said that my due date is still Nov. 7th so hopefully she will come then and not after. I'm just getting really impatient now because I'm just ready to see her and hold her! I just want to have my baby! But I don't want her to come too early. I'm having those braxton hicks contractions all the time and last time I went to the doctor he said I hadn't dilated at all yet. Oh well, maybe next time I go I will have dilated a lot...hehe! Also, I might have over did it yesterday. I went through and cleaned our whole apartment and went through and organized stuff and by the end of the day I wanted to cry because my back hurt so bad. Then when I woke up this morning my hands hurt. They have been sore and achy all day but they were only a little swollen. I'm assuming the circulation just isn't very good today or something. They are still hurting so I guess if they continue to hurt by Monday I'll call and ask a nurse what's going on.....I hope I'm not over reacting or being paranoid! Has this happened to anyone else? If it has please tell me what is going on! Well, I hope everyone is doing well! I love and miss you all!
Love,
Morgan

Baby Shower!

So, I have a Wonderful sister in-law...Kira Jackson! She threw me a great baby shower today! I don't know very many people out here but we still had a great turn out! Kira decorated and had us play some really fun games....one was a memory match game which was a lot of fun and another one was a really fun game where she put us on 2 teams and each person had close their eyes or use a blind fold and dig around a bowl of rice and get out as many tiny safety pins as they could. It was a lot harder than I thought it would be because it all felt the same. Our team won with no help from me....I only got 3 pins out but everyone else did awesome and got a ton of pins. She also had cute pink cards for people to leave me advice and a fun cross-word puzzle to do! The food was great too! Her Aunt made some really good home made chicken salad....I probably could have eaten about 10 of them! Everyone got me some great gifts for Eva! Kira, her sister, her Aunt & her mom got me diapers, wipes and a cute, purple Bumbo seat! I got lot's of cute onesies, outfits, sleepers, toys, caps, health care items, a gift card and a fold up bath tub! My cousin Amy Ricks got us a kit so we can have Eva's handprint forever, cute onesies and letters to hang on her wall that spell out her name! It was great! Thank you everyone that came and Thank you for my gifts! And a huge THANK YOU to Kira for throwing me this awesome baby shower! I didn't think I could get more excited about having Eva than I already was but this just made more excited!
Love,
Morgan

Me at 35 weeks pregnant!

Hey everyone! So we finally took another picture of my belly. I am 35 weeks pregnant! It's getting so close to my due date....I can't wait! Eva is kicking me all the time and keeping me nice and uncomfortable too. I can't wait to see her and hold her. Billy put her car seat in the car yesterday so that was exciting! We are almost done cleaning up her room....we still don't have it decorated though but I guess it's more important that it's clean and ready for her than if we have it decorated right now. I hope everyone is enjoying the online baby shower Amy is hosting for me! Don't forget she is going to give prizes out to the winners of the games. Well I hope everyone is doing well and enjoy the baby blog! I can't wait to put up pictures of Eva!
Love,
Morgan

Cute frame....

Okay I went to Babys R Us yesterday to get our neighbor a gift because her baby shower is today. While I was there I just happened to come across a very cute frame. It is an ultrasound frame that is white with pink baby feet on it and it says watching you grow....loving you so! We put the ultrasound picture of Eva's little nose and lips in it. We never got a full body ultrasound picture because she has never been in the right position to do so. Oh well.....it's still so cute and I love it! Hope everyone is doing well!

Love,

Morgan

How Exciting!

We got some packages this past week from Babys R Us and we were so excited! We got a baby bath, baby wash, a faucet protection, swaddle wrap, burp cloths and receiving blankets....all from Aunt Luana! It was so nice of her to get us all of these cute baby items! We really Appreciate them! We also got a very cute diaper bag that matches perfectly with our infant carrier and stroller from Alison! It has two side pockets that are insulated for bottles and a changing pad with pockets to put diapers and wipes! We absolutely love it all! We got some adorable socks from my cousin Julian! They are so cute! Billy's mom got Eva some cute little boots and my mom got her some cute little sneakers and head bands and Amy made her a couple of cute little bracelets and I got her some cute little shoes from China Town in San Fran., CA! They are all so adorable! We are really excited about getting all of these things and really Appreciate it! I can't wait for baby Eva to use them! I've already washed everything so they are ready for her to use! Thank you so much you guys! We love you all and miss you!

Love,

Morgan, Billy & Eva!

Let the Games Begin

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