Riley's Birthday Party

Morgan's cousin (Joey's sister's daughter) Riley turned 9 last week! We celebrated at her house for the afternoon with tacos, lots of nummy desserts, and lots of fun.

big cousin Avery, Joey, and Morgan

They absolutely melt my heart. Avery is always sooo excited to see "MY BEBE COUSIN MORGAN" They are about the same difference in age as me and my older cousin so I hope they will be as close as we are :)

"Cousin Picture"...well they made it all in so I'd call it a success! ha

Riley with Morgan, Devin, Chace, and Avery

5 Months Old!

These last five months have flown by and I have absolutely loved every second of watching my baby girl grow!
New tricks she learned this month include rolling over, and over, and over...until she gets stuck against a wall or couch.. :)
She got another new tooth last week so now both of her bottom ones are in. I didn't have any teeth until I was eight months old!
She loves jumping in her Jumparoo. Don't know what I would do without that thing! She is also very entertained by her exersaucer and anything she can chew on!

The Wizard of Oz

Last night my mom, my sister, my sister's friend Eva, and I all went to see the Wizard of Oz at Lakeville South. My cousins Teagan and Mark were munchkins in the play so it was fun to see them! Everyone was so adorable!

 

 Britt, Jenny, Teagan, Me, Mark, and Allie!

Mankato!

Last Friday was my best friend Lauren's birthday. Morgan and I drove down to Mankato for the afternoon to celebrate and go out for dinner. She also lives with two of my really good friends from HS Brianna and Britney, so it's always so much fun. They have lived in the same townhome since sophomore year, but now everyone's graduating and the townhome is up for sale :( very bittersweet knowing it was be my last time hanging out there so many fun times that past few years!
 There was a kid's consignment sale at the hockey arena there on that night..how convenient! Morgan had a blast with the girls while I was out shopping.

Not cooperating for her first pedicure! ha

Morgan and Brianna

Morgan and the birthday girl!

Morgan's first lime.. so cruel..but so funny

(right after this she spilled Brianna's full margarita all over the table..I guess we deserved it hehe)

Yes, we are matching!

I bought my dress a couple weeks ago and then last week while bored in Rochester at Target I came across this dress for Morgan and just had to get it! The flower was originally for my hair but it's much cuter on her :)

Twins Game!

Last week my dad got some free tickets to the Twins game. Me, Morgan, my dad and my friend Brittney all headed up to Target Field. It ended up being a gorgeous day and a really good game.. we even won!!

Morgan slept through the first few innings

Grandpa and Mo

Brittney and Mo

My favorite pic of the day!

I don't splurge on a lot of things for Morgan but this cute little hat was worth the 18 dollars!

Easter

We started off the week with a trip to the Easter bunny at the mall in Rochester.

Group projects are a pain in the butt for school this semester! I live an hour and half away from campus and everyone else has full time jobs. So basically I had to sit around all day and wait to meet with my group until they were all off work. Conveniently my mom was on spring break so her and Morgan got to come hang out with me! So of course we had to do some shopping and see the Easter bunny at the mall.

Just hanging out

On Easter Sunday we went out to church and then over to my great aunt and uncle Vicky and Larrys. It was wonderful as always! Just a few pics to some up the day and then momma needs a nap.

4 Months Old

On St. Patrick's Day Morgan turned 4 months old! We had a doctor's appointment on Tuesday with her normal pediatrician, but somehow our morning nap went longer than usual and we missed it. Luckily the new Park Nicollet in Lakeville had a bunch of openings so we were able to reschedule for later that day.

Her Stats:

Weight 13 lbs. 7 oz  44%

Height 24 1/2 inches 58%

Head: 13 3/4 inches 86%

Just a peanut!

She did amazing during her shots, just a little screaming, and all night she was playing like usual!

She was a lot fussier the next day but I think it had to do with the fact that her first tooth is poking through!

A look back at the last four months!

 1 Month old

2 months old

 3 months old

 and 4 months old!

St. Patrick's Day

St. Patrick's Day is extra special now in this house because Morgan is Irish! My friend Kelsey's grandma was the grand marshal in Le Center's parade so she invited us to come join her family's parade float to celebrate Morgan's heritage. It was a gorgeous day and perfect for a parade and celebrations!

With grandma before we left for our adventure

Morgan and Kelsey

 Kelsey, Me, Morgan, and Kelsey J. 

 The parade wore this girl out!

The Legion was the place to be! They had the street blocked off and everything since literally the whole town was downtown celebrating. So. Much. Green.

It turned out to be such a fun day! Thank you so much to the Selly family for making us feel at home and like part of your big crazy family! So much love. We can't wait for next year.

Florida!

Last Saturday my mom, Morgan, and I left for Ft. Lauderdale. The week was my spring break, but not my mom's so we just planned to stay Saturday through Wednesday. It ended up being the perfect amount of time. I wasn't really nervous for Morgan on be with on the trip, but it was a lot harder than I thought it would be. The nice part about traveling with a stroller is you get to cut in front of all the people in the line for security, but it's so much more work to get through all the xray machines, metal detectors, and a new one...the liquid detector thingy to check my breastmilk in her bottle. oofda.
Morgan did really well on the plane ride down there and slept almost the whole time.

me and Morgan about to board her first plane (My mom still hasn't quite figured out how to take a good picture on my iPhone)

Grandma Judie!

Unfortunately the plane was overbooked, so we couldn't bring her car seat along so my momma held her the whole time.

After a few shuttle buses and vans we finally made it to the car rental place and drove a little ways south to Sunny Isles Beach, about half way between Ft. Lauderdale and Miami. It was a nice little Days Inn (and right next to a bunch of huge Trump tower condo skyscrapers!). We went out to eat and then got Morgan a crib and called it a night. I will add that Morgan is usually an amazing sleeper. I thought it was normal for all babies to sleep through the night every night since 7 weeks but apparently not.. But throw in a bad cold and a strange crib she's never slept in and poor baby was up two different times just miserable :( 

The next morning (which was not very early since we were up all night, we were an hour ahead, plus daylights savings time that night) we went out for breakfast and then got our swimsuits on! I was sooo excited for Morgan to wear her new swimsuit and try out the pool and the ocean for the first time.

.We asked for a first floor room in our hotel so we didn't have to deal with the stroller and stairs, and our room ended up having a back door that lead right out to the pool and had a nice little patio. That was sooo nice!

She didn't share my enthusiasm with the water, but she didn't scream either

First time at the beach and in the ocean!

 

We had a little tiki hut so Morgan could chill in her stroller while me and my mom got some sun. It was breezy all week, which was great so we didn't get too hot.

The next couple days we just hung out by the pool, walked around, and went out to dinner.

Morgan's new baby cousin Reese let her borrow her new swimsuit! I even had some flip flops to match! For whatever reason when I was pregnant I thought Morgan would be HUGE and never fit into newborn clothes, newborn diapers, or newborn flip flops, but once again I was wrong and these flip flops are still big on her!

So pretty

 Dinner at Tony Roma's Steakhouse

 Bored of eating out so much!
 

We stopped at the Aventura Mall only a mile away and quickly realized we weren't in MN anymore! I felt underdressed wearning shorts,a tee, and flip flops! I think the store with the least expensive clothing was Hollister....We checked out a little boutique with kids clothes and boy would it be fun to be rich and fabulous! A precious little Dolce and Gabbana outfit... $525 dollars..no big deal. It was an indoor mall so we weren't there too long since we didn't want to miss out on the gorgeous weather. 

Our last full day in Florida we decided to venture down to Miami to an outdoor mall right on the marina. My phone said it was 9.8 miles away....well an hour and half later we arrived. 

The view from our table at Chilis. (Yes, Chilis. I would  eat there everyday if my bank account would allow it.)

We shopped for a while and just enjoyed the atmosphere for awhile but then it was time for Morgan to eat. Since Morgan was 8 weeks old and I started back up at school/work I have been pretty much exclusively pumping for her. Some people think it's a lot more work, but I think it's so much faster and easier. Sometimes it's more difficult to find somewhere to pump than just breastfeed because of the need for electricity! But we found Victoria's Secret has an outlet right outside of their dressing rooms ( I have pumped in stranger places, like the vault room at the Orpheum Theater). Unfortunately this is where I realized that somehow my pump had broken. I was not a happy camper to say the least. I thought it would a better idea to take the freeway home. BAD IDEA. I don't like driving on 35 during rush hour, and this was 8 lanes of sheer madness!

Long story short we made it back to the hotel, my mom found me a screwdriver, and I'm not sure what I did but my breast pump starting working again and that's all that matters. 

On our way back to the airport we stopped at a public beach in Hollywood to snap a few more pictures.

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 Snoozing in her car seat on the flight back. Wish this would have lasted longer.

Entertained by my headphones

Overall it was a pretty successful trip. A big thank you to my parents for my buying my ticket :) It wasn't a typical college student's senior spring break but it was perfect for us.