Happy New Year

Todd and I love to go to bed early on New Year's Eve. We try to downplay it so that our boys don't know that they might be missing out on something. It always feels good to get up on time on New Year's Day and get lots of things done. And, we really had a lot to do to get ready for the arrival of our new baby. She had different plans.

I spent all day New Year's Eve wishing that the contractions I was having weren't happening and that they would go away. But, that didn't happen and we decided to go to the hospital at about 7:30 p.m. We did get a little nap sometime around midnight but at 4:29 a.m. our cute little Morgan Elizabeth came into the world. So, we were up all night long and went to bed sometime around 7:00 a.m. She was the first girl born at St. Mark's Hospital in 2009 (3rd baby). She weighed 7 lbs. 3 oz. and was 19 1/2 inches long. She has a lot of hair and she is doing really well.

Kira is still pretty happy with the new doll that she thinks she got. She wants to hold Morgan and put in her binky all of the time. The boys love to hold Morgan but they would also rather play their Wii or wrestle. Morgan and I were at Jonah's baptism the day we came home from the hospital. We thought it was planned well in advance of having the baby but two weeks apparently wasn't far enough for Morgan's early arrival.

Christmas

December came and went way too fast. I knew it would but I still wasn't prepared. Christmas was good this year. We got a Wii for Christmas and that has provided many hours of fun. Kira got some dolls and animals so she is still happy with that.

Jonah's birthday was the day after Christmas and it was pretty uneventful. We went out for pizza and he got some more presents. No pictures, of course. We are the worst at that.

Here is a picture of Kira with one of her dolls. Kira was an angel in our ward nativity program. However, she absolutely refused to cooperate and instead spent the whole program trying to steal the baby Jesus doll.

We've had tons of snow. And, the boys spent most of their school break playing outside in it. They built forts and snowballs and tried to sled down the little hill in our front yard. Also, here is Jonah with his dad at his baptism.

We hope you all had a Merry Christmas!