Ava Sophia Morgan is finally here!!

Ava was born on September 20, 2008 at 10:33 a.m. She weighed 7 lbs 2 oz and was 19.5 inches. They induced me at about 8:00 that morning and my labor could not have gone better. It was so easy (thanks to the epidural) and the nurse said it was the fastest she has ever seen. I think I pushed for about a minute and a half total! Ava is such a doll! We love her so much already. Bella loves her little sister and is so sweet with her. We just feel so blessed to finally have our healthy baby girl here to cuddle.

Our sweet baby girl!

Mommy holding her for the very first time!

Our family just hours after her birth.

Ava sound asleep in her "crib".

Bella was pretty excited to finally be able to hold her baby sister!

Daddy and Ava

Bella helping Ava

Grandma and Ava

Grandma and Grandpa loving their newest grandchild.

Grandma Morgan...Ava is number 20 on Devin's side!

Grandpa Morgan meeting Ava

Crystal

Nick

Nate

Summer Projects: Before/After

So my husband is the greatest ever! We built our home in Eagle Mountain just two years ago this summer, and I already decided that I wanted to redo a lot of the flooring and all of the cabinets. (In my defense, we didn't upgrade these very much because I knew that if we stayed more than a couple of years I would want to update them anyways.)

Devin has been so awesome and worked so hard all summer doing projects from my many lists. He is getting to be quite a pro, especially at laminate. Devin pretty much did all of the laminate himself in our kitchen, family room, entry, and 2 1/2 baths. We also refinished all of our cabinets in the kitchen and bathrooms white. We all pitched in with this, but a special thanks to my mom who painted the majority of the frames and my dad who sprayed all of the doors and drawers like a pro! I love the new look. Now I just really need to start decorating. Anyways, here is a look at some of the before and after pictures that I took.

"Before" Family Room

"After" Family Room

"Before" Kitchen

"After" Kitchen

Stay tuned because I am hoping to have a new post with our baby girl coming soon!!

My Girls Weekend

A couple weekends ago, I was lucky enough to go with my best friends from high school to Park City. We shopped a ton at the Outlets (I got some way cute stuff for the new baby) and we stayed in a hotel overnight for a sleepover (although we didn't sleep much). It was so fun to reminisce and laugh about the good old days as well as keep updated on all our current lives. It is so hard for me to ever leave Bella, but I think that her and Daddy had some much needed quality alone time. I am just so lucky to have such amazing friends. I truly think that we will all stay close forever. And P.S. I am HUGE in all these pictures!