Mary Alice - one week old

Mary Alice Pictures

Here are some pictures of our new addition. Mary Alice is proving to be a great baby. She has been eating and sleeping so well. We really could not ask for more. Morgan came home from a long weekend at Nana and Pap's today. She has been very sweet to her little sister so far. She doesn't pay her a whole lot of attention, which is just fine by me. I would rather her be indifferent than jealous! But she has given her a few sweet kisses and seems geniunely concerned when she cries. Let's hope the love continues!

Welcome Mary Alice Trusty!

Mary Alice Trusty was born at 1:45 this afternoon (Feb 17th). She weighed 7 lbs 8 oz and measured 20 1/2 inches long. She's absolutely perfect! Thank you for all your prayers!

Here We Go!

We will welcome our second daughter some time this week. The doctor is going to induce me by Thursday, the 17th if she hasn't come by then. So keep us in your prayers! Morgan still has no clue what's coming. We talk about the baby and read "big sister" books every night, but I can tell she doesn't quite get it. I know she will be a great big sis though. Below are some pictures taken within 4 days of each other. One is in the snow when it was 20 degrees on Thursday, the other is today in the front yard when it was 65 degrees! She was not a fan of the snow by the way. It wasn't the good kind anyway - crunchy instead of powdery. Hope everyone has a good week!

Morgan Lately

Morgan is enjoying her last few weeks as an only child. She and daddy were playing "wonder pets" the other morning. I guess some poor animal was stuck in the dryer and needed saving. Such a cutie. We also soaked up some amazing weather this weekend with a picnic in the park. It was in the 70's here folks! In January! Morgan loves the park and had a blast running around and petting everyone's puppies. The girl still loves an animal. It's rained non-stop today, so we've watched our new favorite "The Fox and the Hound" twice. Such a depressing movie, but Mo sure does love it!

Our Newest Niece!

We went to visit our new baby niece Lauren this weekend. She is totally precious, and Morgan couldn't have been more unimpressed. We were very eager to see her reaction to the baby, but she pretty much just gave her a little look, said the word "baby", and then went about her business. I held the sweet thing for about an hour, and Morgan could have cared less. Which is not a bad thing, but we'll see how it plays out when it's a baby inside our house and I don't put her down for several days in a row! Anyway, meet the beautiful Lauren Celeste Trusty. She was a complete angel the entire time we were there and it made me very ready to meet our sweet girl (less than 5 weeks to go)!

This is Morgan and John Reed receiving the tickle torture from Uncle Reed and Matt. They were pretty cute together even when just watching the tube. Sorry the other pic is sideways, can't figure out how to turn it :)

Morgan's Big Girl Bed

I finally mustered up the courage to let Morgan sleep in her big girl bed last night. I've been putting it off for a while .... and for good reason. We had to move Morgan to a new room so the baby can have her old room. We fixed the big girl room up with old toys and all her new Christmas toys. She loves the room, just not so sure about sleeping in the bed. She kept crawling out and playing with all her toys in the dark. How she could see what she was doing is beyond me. She has amazing night vision. However, once she finally tired out and went to sleep, she stayed in the bed till 7:00 this morning. Matt was the first to hear her and ran to her room to find her opening her drawers and pulling out her baby dolls! So we just need to work on the going to sleep part. I can't believe my sweet girl is growing up!
For those of you who know Morgan, you know she hates an accessory. We don't wear hats, scarves, gloves, costumes, swim floats, nothing outside the normalcy of every day clothes. Well, this week, she has finally started showing interest in all her dress up clothes. I know Aunt Sissy will be proud! This is her playing "Princess and Frog" last night with her crown, boa, wand, and some heels you can't see. She's super cute!

Christmas 2010

Morgan had a great Christmas, her last as an only child. She got to play with all her cousins and got lots of presents. The child has opened a present every day for about 5 consecutive days, I'm not sure she's going to be able to cope once they stop coming in.








This last picture is Morgan at her school play. She was a sheep. She kept the ears on for the beginning but naturally she took them off after her grand entrance. The girl can't stand an accessory.

Keeping Busy

We've been getting creative with things to do in the house during all this cold weather. Cee came this weekend and built Morgan a tent. She likes to crawl inside and read her books. Morgan also assisted me with baking some cookies this afternoon. She actually made more of a mess than anything but we had fun! Once we made it to the chocolate chip step, she kind of forgot about helping me mix and just started eating the chips. That's my kind of girl!

Thanksgiving and Birthday!

We had a great Thanksgiving in Greenwood this year and a lot of fun at John Reed's 2nd birthday party. My pictures didn't post in order, and I can't for the life of me move them around so I'm sorry. I used to be able to drag them to whatever order I want, but they won't drag anymore nor can I cut and paste. Does anyone know a way around this? It's driving me bananas! Anyway, we hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving.

John Reed on his birthday present. He LOVES tractors. LOVES to drive :)

So cute opening his presents. His face was priceless!

Morgan taking a break from some Thanksgiving play in the yard.

The kids (Johnny included) playing with Baxter the dog.

Singing happy birthday to John Reed.

Morgan taking a quick cat nap on the couch in the midst of holiday decorating.

Morgan's favorite room at Nana and Pap's - the shower.

Tree hugger.

Sweet cousins holding hands.