34 Weeks and an ER visit

The belly



after my dad left we got the nursery all set up. Its crazy to think that this little one could come as soon as Two weeks!! I didnt realize how close i was to the end until my doctor told me that if I go into Labor in 2 weeks they wont stop me.... Scary/exciting thought!!!

in other news, on Monday the 26th I went to work at 8:30 only to be a patient in the ER by 8:45 =/ I had started my day and already it was crazy and in an attempt to sit back down in my chair to check a patient in, i missed the chair (it had rolled back) and i landed right on my tailbone. It hurt alot and in all honesty i was bawling like a little school girl. my co worker kept asking if i was alright and the only thing i could squeak out was "i want my mom". in my defense my thought flow was this
1. OWWWW!!
2. ah, crap i'm pregnant and just fell down
3. Is Dimiti OK?
4. What if he isn't and because of this fall i loose him....Ricky is at home and I dont want to be alone when they tell me something is wrong.....
5. I want my mom with me till Ricky gets here....

Luckily the Doctor was just in the other room and heard me fall so she came running and from there was able to orchestrate how to get me off the floor....i felt pretty awesome with everyone standing around me telling me not to move and that they were getting a backboard, doppler, and calling Ricky. My pride was pretty much shattered at this point and i just wanted to make sure that little one was OK. They eventually got me to the ER and started to Check on Dimitri. AS far as we can tell he is totally fine and we dont even know if the fall even phased him. They monitored me for about 2 hours. We arent able to xray because of the pregnancy but because the treatment for a bruised/broken tailbone is the same im not worried. Doctor thinks i just bruised the bone and doesn't think that i fractured it, but we wont know for sure. So for now I just have a really sore purple and blue bum. Dimitri has been just as active as ever and we both are doing fine =) If anything we can honestly tell him he was dropped on his head as a little one.....

Papa!

My dad was able to come out after his trip to Denver and spend the weekend with us. We all enjoyed spending the weekend together. While he was here we went to the Dinosaur mueseum in Vernal before taking my dad out the the dinosaur quarry and showing him Josie's cabin. Tavan loved going to see all the Dinosaurs and is still talking about it. My dad took a lot of pictures but i didnt take very many here are a few of the ones that i did take though



Ricky, my dad and Tavan


Dad and Tavan


my dad left early Sunday morning but not before he left us messages with Tavans sidewalk chalk. This one was my favorite!

Twin Falls

Our drive to Twin took longer than expected because Idaho was Idaho and there was snow, slush, rain and wind everywhere. We had to stop along the way for a bathroom break and Tavan thought all the windmills outside of American Falls were awesome so we checked them out too


Tavan and my Grandma. We took a picture with Grandpa but with my grandmas camera, so I dont have a copy of it.



Tavan loved his visit with my grandparents and i think they enjoyed it as well.

Finally it was time to start our drive back to Colorado and Tavan was excited to come home and see his daddy.

Dylans Farewell

While Ricky was home finishing the bunk bed, Tavan and I went on a little road trip. My cousin was having his farewell before he left for his mission to Honalulu, Hawaii and i wanted to go see him before he left. We ended up leaving Friday after work and driving to Provo (dropped off Sophie at my sisters to be bred), We got up early on Saturday and drove to Idaho Falls to do some shopping and visiting before the big event on Sunday. After the farewell, Tavan and I drove over to Twin Falls to stay with my Grandparents for a night. It was so nice to get out of town, and traveling with Tavan by myself, pregnant, was not as bad as i thought it would be. I am so glad Tavan is an amazing traveler...I feel like I could take him anywhere with me without it being a big fiasco =)

Its from the side, but here is the Stace Duval Family! I miss living 5 min. away from these guys


Cousin love.....


the Cindy Stults family members that came


after that it was on to Twin...

Beds!!!

Have I mentioned lately how AMAZING my husband is??? He seriously amazes me all the time. Shortly after we found out we were having a boy, we began looking for bunk beds. We figured we may as well bite the bullet and purchase them now rather than down the road. We did a lot of looking around but couldn't find one we liked that was for a decent price and would last through two Morgan boys. We mentioned that we were on the look out to one of our friends, who ended up telling us about a website with tutorials for almost everything (seriously its addicting...there is so much on there). We went home and checked it out and found a bunk bed tutorial that we both liked. AFter thinking it over for a day or two we decided that we would build/modify the one online and by the next day the lumber was purchased. It took a while to build, stain and we still arent all the way finished with them, but Ricky did such an awesome job!!! He and his friend, James Hazelbush, built the frames. Ricky and I stained them. Then Ricky and Shane Aplanap set them up in Tavans room. We still have to add the upper rails and ladder but left them off for now. Tavan is a climber/ jumper so we don't want him climbing and jumping on the top bed....so for now its just the bottom.Tavan absolutely loves his "big boy bed" and loves to show it off to people who come over. Here are a few pictures of the whole process.


This is just half the lumber it took. Thanks again to the Hazelbush's for letting us use their house/shop to build in!



From lumber pile to Headboard/footboards



headboards to beds


unfinished to stained....


it looks funny right now with just the one bed, no upper rails, or a ladder but I am loving that Ricky did such an awesome job and that his boys will get to sleep in a bed that their daddy made for them. With any luck (due to the modifications James and Ricky came up with) the beds should last for most of their childhood :)

Warmer Weather

The past few days have been so nice here in Rangely that we seem to always be outside. Ricky has had the last two days off and so we have been spending a lot of time at the park and on walks with Tavan on his bike. I have been wanting to set up the trampoline, but I just know that as soon as we do, it will snow. Our neighbors have theirs up and it taunts me every now and then, but for now we just go to the park. =)

Tavan loves to ride on his bike now and thinks its fun when he tries to steer it.


I'm pretty sure Tavan asks to go to the park at least 5 times a day. His favorite thing to do is go down the "swa-lydes". He runs and doesn't even stop to sit down just runs until there is nothing underneath him and slides down on his bum...its pretty amusing.



Tavan has a little girlfriend that he loves to go to the park with,and she slides down on her belly. Ever since then Ricky has been trying to teach Tavan to go down on his belly but it hasnt caught on yet (thank goodness). Its pretty amusing to watch Ricky try to go down slides built for little kids =)

Tavan likes to"Race" down these slides with mommy. only thing is, he doesnt quite understand the concept of racing so I always win... but shh don't tell him that


stopping for a quick smooch in the park.
have I mentioned lately how much I love this man? He is so perfect for me =) He has almost finished staining the bunk beds and i will post all about that when he does. Staining has taken forever because we can only do it on days when there is no one out at the shop to kick up dust, and when Ricky has days off. So hopefully this weekend while Tavan and I are in Idaho and Rick is home, he will get them all finished. They look so good already and I can't wait to have them finished =)


Tavan swinging =)


Ricky on the lady bug

30 weeks!!!!

has this pregnancy gone by super fast for anyone else? I still honestly think that I am just barely in my second trimester, but im not. On Wednesday I hit the 30 weeks mark and it hit me....should this pregnancy go like Tavans did...Dimitri will be here in 7 Weeks (6 1/2 to be exact!) That is so soon and even though we have everything, I don't feel ready for it yet! Everything is going great and I start to have my appointments every two weeks now. I am only "done" being pregnant at night. My body structure is not made for all the pregnancy weight and so I have been having some pretty painful hips. It seems like I night I can barely roll over without Ricks help and in the morning I am just a stiff board, but after some stretches and my occasional yoga i feel better :) Dimitri gets the hiccups often. They are tiny and come very rapidly. Its an odd sensation but Ricky thinks its funny. Half the time the hiccups scare the poor little guy and each time he hiccups, he kicks...so on one side of my belly we have "hiccup" and the other, we see a foot kick or whole belly jumps. Sort of amusing....slightly painful..

In other news, we started potty training with Tavan last week. We haven't really "cracked down" lately (thats next week when I don't have to work at all) but he knows enough to tell us when he has to go and whatnot...and he is doing awesome!! I am so proud of him, but sad that my baby is growing up :(

Also, this weekend (at this very moment in fact) Ricky is working on building our boys bunk beds! I am so excited. As soon as we knew we were having another boy, we knew bunk beds were in our future and since Tavan needs a bed frame now, we figured we may as well just get the bunk beds now. WE looked around online and in some stores but we just couldn't find beds that we liked (sturdy enough for 2 Morgan boys, good quality, etc...) After looking online I found some bunk beds on Ana Whites DIY website and after talking to Ricky we decided that he was going to build them and in the process save about $300.00. We are pretty jazzed. Another bonus is that we still have A LOT of stain left over from when Rick refinished Tavans cabinet, so everything in the boys room will match perfectly (pet peeve of mine). Rick is pretty excited to build his boys beds but mostly to do some wood working. He loves to build things so it will be good for him :)I will post pictures of the project once its finished.

Happy 28th Ricky!!!

We have lots of birthdays in Feb!!!
on the 25th Ricky turned 28! WE had close family and friends over for some cake and ice cream that night and just visited. We spent the Thursday before down in Junction to spoil Ricky and get his CDL renewed so we decided to celebrate with just us then.
Ricky had to work day shift at the mine (6a.m.-4p.m.)on his actual b-day, so i surprised him after work with some Ribs for dinner. They are his favorite and I have never made them before , so Saturday morning i looked up a recipe, went to vernal and got what i needed then whipped some up in the crock pot, just for him..... I had my family come over early since there was more than plenty for them and the ribs turned out pretty decent if i do say so myself =D
I meant for someone to take a family photo of the 3 (ok 4) of us but that didnt happen :( Its ok though because we have had a lot of pictures taken recently with Jasons farewell and whatnot....Here are 2 pictures I did take from that night though :)


Tavan helped me set up and get everything ready during the day. He even went with me to the store to help pick out the paper plates and what not....so yes, Ricky did have Mickey Mouse plates...but he rocked them!!




I love you Ricky!!

Happy Birthday Mom!

My mom celebrated her birthday on the 21st of Feb! We both had to work that day so we spent the evening at her house for dinner and had some cake.

I love my mom so much i can't even begin to explain it. Happy Birthday mom!