Short update

I am going to be updating slowly as I sort through pictures and get organized from the holidays. The kids & I spent almost 2 weeks at home in Dallas visiting family and playing. We headed up there early to see Amy and Ava. We met my parents and Amy at my grandparents' house in Corsicana. This was wonderful as my grandparents got to see all 3 great-grand babies at once and get a picture with them. It was so great to get this picture as I know my kids will treasure it once they get older. We ate lunch together and then headed to my parents' house with my Dad in the car. As we were driving to meet my parents I was preparing Micah for everything and told him that we would see G.G. & Grandpa and that Grandpa would ride back in our car. He said "Oh no, there's no room for him." A few seconds later I heard him saying "We can move my shoes back there, my jacket up there..." I quickly realized he was figuring out where we needed to move things so that my daddy would have a place to sit in the car! That kid just cracks me up, he loves his Grandpa so much he had to make sure we had room for him.





I loved meeting Ava and seeing Amy. Ava is the perfect blend of my brother and Amy...alright she's mostly Matt with Korean eyes. She is absolutely adorable, I'd the cutest baby ever but I think Emerson would have an objection! Ava just loves being held and cuddled and was just starting to intentionally smile. We got the chance to take the 3 kids to have their picture taken together and much to my surprise they got cute pictures of all the kids and my 2 by themselves.

Here is a cute one of the kids in their Christmas jammies.

I love this one of my kids! I didn't think Emmie could do it but I love it, I only wish Emmie didn't have those pacifier marks.

I am hoping to get one of these each year to see how quickly they're growing...I'm glad Emmie learned to sit up so we could capture this!

I needed proof he would kiss and does love her! I'll be going through more pictures as we were very busy with play dates and friends and I'll be updating soon!

Look similar?

My dad has been telling me for a few months that he had a picture of him watching tv on his head like Micah...well here it is. They look so similar it's unbelievable! They are almost the exact same age in the picture.

He's allergic to what?

Well, we found out the hard way today that Micah is allergic to cashews! Zac was eating nuts and shared one (1) with Micah. Micah started rubbing his nose and asked for a drink of water but didn't seem to have anything wrong with him. We needed to run an errand for the last part of a Christmas present and were about 15 minutes from home when he started coughing and throwing up in my new car! Of course he started crying after getting sick and we turned around and headed back home. By the time we got home and I could check him out, he was breaking into hives on his face and his mouth was starting to swell. We made the decision that I would take him to ER to make sure he was okay. We put his backup car seat in Zac's car and off Micah & I go. He got sick a few more times in Zac's car and he face was covered in hives and his eyes were swollen by the time we got there. They immediately checked his blood oxygen level, which was 95% so we waited a few minutes until they called us back. By this time the Benadryl I had given before we left home was working and the swelling was going down. We saw the doctor and they gave him Epinephrine to help the reaction. They listened to his breathing and were pleased with how he sounded. We were sent home with an official diagnosis of Hives from an allergic reaction to cashews. We're supposed to give Benadryl for the next 3 days and if the rash doesn't get better or gets worse again they gave us a prescription for a steroid.
He seems to be his old self again, we're thankful that he is better and it didn't turn out any worse. All this craziness happened from ONE cashew, thank you God that Zac only gave him one. We're headed to Dallas tomorrow to start our visiting with friends and family and our early Christmas celebrating...we're all so excited!!

Christmas tree and a blog

Christmas tree
Originally uploaded by zac.morton

Here is our Christmas tree this year! The ornaments are not evenly placed as Micah moves them and the most important ones were placed out of his reach. He feels the need to "work on the tree", and I have no idea what this actually means except he touches the tree and makes everything shake.
On another note, we bought a new car this weekend for me and it has an mp3 input and I love it! It makes listening to my mp3 player so much easier and clearer. I will never buy another car without one!
We're headed to Dallas on Monday to spend time with friends and family, we get to see Amy & meet Ava and I'm so excited!!

Baby legs

More baby legs
Originally uploaded by zac.morton

I have been wanting something called Baby Legs for Emmie and I finally ordered a pair with Christmas presents and I LOVE THEM!! The first pair she got is the Neapolitan and they're adorable. Here she is modeling them this morning...Ignore the red spot under her chin, I've been trying to get it to go away but it's stubborn, it's a dry patch in her neck rolls! It's kind of funny because she's tiny but she still has neck rolls! As you can see, she's doing great at sitting up, she loves sitting and playing with a few toys and watching crazy man Micah run around.

And now a few of Micah playing in the backyard. He didn't want me taking his picture but I won!! He's growing so quickly, I can hardly believe he's already 2 1/2 years old, I just keep wondering where the time has gone.

More photos

Here are a few more photos from the past week. As I mentioned, Emmie's favorite thing is watching Micah play with his race track...here she is.

Check out how far over she's leaning so she can see!

Here we are at the park...Emmie loved watching Micah swinging so I decided to put her in the swing too!

Micah loves the bridge at the park and I love this picture! He's getting so big, he plays at the park by himself so well.

Hey give me that scarf

Hey give me that scarf
Originally uploaded by zac.morton

Emmie is doing great and learning to situp. We got out this snowman as part of our Christmas decorations and she loved looking at it and playing with the scarf and nose. She is 6 months old today and is such a sweet, good baby. We have her checkup tomorrow so I'll know how big she's gotten tomorrow. Micah is finally acting like he knows she's alive, I think it's because she can finally sit up and interact with him for short periods of time. Her favorite thing right now is watching Micah race his cars.

She's still practicing sitting up!