Carter Daniel

I have fallen behind in keeping ya'll updated on Carter. In my defense though I have a VERY ACTIVE 9 month old who is into EVERYTHING and Carter continues to grow daily. Things are still going well with Carter. I have made it to 33 weeks with no blood pressure issues yet. I am miserable by the end of the day especially on the days Natalie really is into everything and I am having to chase her down. My doctor is very pleased with the progress we have made this pregnancy and still has me on 2 week appointments. By this point with Natalie I was going weekly not to mention she was born at 34 weeks and well that will be next week so if I seem to be on pins and needles its because I am a nervous wreck. I am further behind on having everything ready that I was with Natalie. I said that I was going to be better prepared this time but between building a house and keeping up with Natalie I just can't seem to get things for him done, plus we don't have a whole lot of room to put things in the trailer. (We hope to be in the house by the middle of October which is cutting it close.)
Thankfully, Katie threw Carter a baby shower this weekend for family. It was perfect. Carter now has enough clothes to get him home if nothing else. Things are starting to come together for him as the day quickly approaches. It was nice getting to see everyone and watch the babies play. They had a ball and I don't know about Kynlee and Will but my child was exhausted.

I see TROUBLE wrote all over their faces :)

Natalie was excited to see Will

As long as things continue to go well, Carter is set to arrive October 30. Although we are not where near prepared for him we are ready to meet him and complete our little family. :)

Natalie: 9 months

At 9 months you:

• weigh 19lbs with clothes
• are 26in. long
• wear size 3 diapers and 6-9 month clothes; we need 9 months for length

                                                 

                                      

• have mastered the army crawl and are starting to crawl more on your hands and knees

                                     

                                     

• are pulling up on everything you can get your hands on

                                                        

                                        

              

• have started eating table food
• are cutting 3 teeth at 1 time which will give you a total of 4 teeth
• wave hi and bye
• can say "dada" like it is going out of style, you have said "mama" but nothing like you say "dada"
• can also say "hey"
• have started giving hugs and kisses which melts our hearts
• are fully aware of your surroundings
• love to be outside
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

House Update

A lot has happened on the house since my last post. As far as the outside goes we have shingles and are just waiting on the siding. On the inside we have the plumbing, wiring, and air conditioner duct work. Once all of this was finished we were at a stand still for about 2 weeks.

They finally showed back up this week and we got insulation and sheet rock. 

The kitchen after insulation

The living room after insulation

The duct work in the ceiling for the air conditioner.

Once the sheetrock went in, things really started to look more like our home.

Looking into the dining room from the kitchen.

The kitchen and garage door entrance

Looking into the living room from the kitchen.

Bedroom 1/Playroom

Bedroom 2/Carter's bedroom

Bedroom 3/Natalie's bedroom

Bedroom 4/Master Bedroom

Garage

(They ran out of sheetrock in the garage but that will be finished as well.)

*As of today, the sheet rock has been mudded. Hopefully next week we will have paint on the walls. :)

8 months 1 day....

And we get our first tooth.

I have been expecting a tooth since she was 3 months old and we finally have one. I felt her gums this morning and had just told mom I didn't feel anything but her bottom gums felt different. Well I went to change her diaper around lunch and I seen something shinning. There it was her first pearly white. I tried to get a picture of the tooth but she wasn't having it plus it's pretty hard to see. This picture shows what she did all afternoon Tuesday. She was checking it out herself. If she wasn't sucking her bottom lip she was sticking her tongue out rubbing it across the tooth.

Natalie: 8 Months

At 8 months you:

• weigh somewhere between 17-18lbs I am guessing.
• wear size 3 diapers
• wear 6-9 month clothes
• said "dada" on July 14 while we were on our way to the beach
• sleep all night for the most part; teething has not been our friend at night some nights
• are a good sitter now and are working on crawling although you are more interested in pulling up
• love Kirby
• know how to melt mommy and daddy's heart with those big blue eyes
• absolutely love Mickey Mouse, when he comes on T.V. you get so excited and will stop what you are doing instantly even if we are in another room
• love to be outside

I adore the leg rolls

You love to play in the grass

We have had a great summer together and I am not looking forward to it ending and my girl going back to daycare full time. Things will be a lot different next summer with 2 little ones but we are excited.

Update on brother: He is growing right on track. He has a new name for now, it is not in stone and can still change again. :)

Carter Daniel will join our family this Fall and we are ready to meet him.

Our Future Home

The future home of the Morrison's

Grading began in May 2014. Daniel's brother Chris did the grading for us.

House pad

Driveway

**Side note-I fell behind on the picture taking. I missed the footing and pouring of the concrete.

After we graded we were kind of at a stand still. They finally came and laid off the house and poured our footing. Then the concrete slab came and we did some more waiting.

Finally on Wednesday July 30 the framers showed up ready to work.

The following pictures were taken after just 3 days worth of work.

Standing in the front door. This will be the living room and the kitchen in the very back.

Standing in the kitchen looking into the dining room.

The hallway off the living room headed toward the bedrooms.

The back of the house.