Where to Start?

It's been so long since my last post and so much has happened, I don't even know where to start!

Today, our little Morgan is 3 months old - weighing in at 12.8 pounds, smiling, cooing, starting to grab at things, holding her head up by herself, staring at her fingers, chewing on her fists, enjoying sitting up, still spitting up. It's been amazing to watch her grow and change and I woke up one morning, looked into those blue eyes, and saw a little person instead of the "blob" that I brought home from the hospital! The bridge of her nose wrinkles when she gives a huge smile, her mouth makes an "O" shape when she wants her binky, she loves to have her legs moved in a fast running motion, and she hates her bottle.

We moved into our new house about a month ago and we like it! We even found renters for the other side of the duplex, which is great. We've learned several lessons since becoming home owners: 1) No deal is done until the money is in the bank, 2) The project list never seems to shrink nor is there sufficient funding for all the projects, and 3) Accounts for water, electricity, and gas must be placed in our name or service will end. We learned lesson #3 the hard way - our gas was turned off on 5/14 and I called out the furnace service man to fix the furnace....turns out you need gas for the furnace to work! We spend the weekend in front of space heaters but made it through!

And we got a dog. Not officially, but he's been here for almost 2 weeks. Do-do, as I have been calling him, is a 9-month yellow lab cross who came to Chadwick's clinic a sick pup. In October, he ate a rock and needed surgery. In late April, he ate a rock and again needed surgery. His owners couldn't afford to keep putting the dog through surgeries to remove rocks and gave him up to the clinic. We did surgery and took him home. He is a big dog for our little house, but he does well with the cat, loves Chadwick, and is a pretty good boy. So far, no rocks have been consumed. We'll wait and see what happens. He stresses me out, I'm not gonna lie, but it's getting better.

Morgan, Chadwick, and I flew home to Albuquerque to be with my family for Mother's Day. It was really special to be able to spend my first of these days with my own mother and grandmother. Morgan and I were there a total of 10 days and it was wonderful to spend time with family, see old friends, and have everyone fall in love with my baby girl. I'll post more pictures later, but here are 4 generations!