Caitlin Mae Morgan

Caitlin was born February 21, 2010 at 8:04 pm. She weighed 6 lbs. 13 oz. and was 20 1/2 inches long. She is precious!

I was induced earlier that morning, with Pitocin started at 11 am and things progressed rather slowly...I am not patient and was kind of bored but enjoyed the resting while I could. They checked me at 7:00 pm and I was only dilated to a 4 but contractions were strong and really close together--I was feeling the pain! The pain got worse and I remember telling Andrew, "I don't think I can do this" minutes before announcing that I needed to push at 8:00 pm...the staff thought I was joking because they had just sent everyone to lunch...until they checked and sure enough she/I was ready! At that point it all happened so fast. The hospital staff was scurrying to get everything in place and less than four minutes after feeling the "urge" she was here!

Because the doctors were initially worried about her size I didn't get to hold her for almost an hour while they assessed and Andrew help bath her. She is healthy and a great eater so far.

My first time holding her.

Compared with labor with Carson this time was much better and once things got going super fast. Last time I pushed non-stop for almost two hours and was swollen, puffy and worn out. On our way home yesterday Andrew commented on how much better I look than last time, I am glad he noticed!

Carson is enjoying having a little sister. When he came to the hospital the next morning to see her for the first time he was given a present from Caitlin, a play-doh set with which he played with most of his visit there and all day at home as well-with the gift he was won over. He has also been a good helper only needing a few reminders of gentleness when he tries to honk her nose and pry open her eyes to "hake up!" and several "please don't jump on the bed near her head"

Father and daughter, I love it.

We are in love and definitely have our hands full now!


We will post more picture soon...yes we are like the paparazzi!

Oh, baby!

After another NST and an appointment with the doctor yesterday I am scheduled to be induced Sunday morning, this Sunday as in less than 24 hours from now-crazy! Their reasoning is IUGR basically they think the baby is a pip-squeak who will grow better out rather than inside incubating. I am nervous about being induced and worried that it will make my labor super long because with Carson it all happened pretty fast and I was hoping that labor would progress speedily again so that I could endure the pain and wouldn't have to get an epidural so we'll see how that goes. Wish is luck! Next time you hear form us we'll have another one of these:

Our sweet baby Carson. Man, time flies!

'Nother One

As mentioned previously, Thursday is our library day. With the weather being uh-mazing we took the extra time and walked there and back making a pit stop at the park on our way home...oh how I love California! After Carson's nap all he wanted to do was read so we read ALL of the library books (a total of 11+2 from home).

Some of them where quite long and we sat on the couch for almost two hours. At "the end" of each book his request was unwavering, 'nother one." Much to his chagrin I eventually said that I was done reading so he started flipping through the books again alone.

Showing off "mine own flashlight," which he thinks it's pretty cool!

I have been reading to him ever since I can remember, at the time he was really small (like months old) and wasn't asking to read-yet but I secretly hoped that he would love books as much as I do and I think he does!