Welcome home baby Liam!

Yes, he is finally here!!! Liam Alexander Morris was born on May 24th at 13:53pm, weighing 8lbs 13oz, 20in long. Yes, I got my wish for a smaller baby!!! :) And boy, it was much easier this time.We went to the hospital on Thursday morning for a scheduled induction. I wasn't due for another week, but my OB decided it would be wise not to wait that long since Elliot was quite large. They broke my water at 8am, and I was already at 4cm at that point. Then the nurse sent me for a long walk, but that didn't do a thing. So I was put on petocin at 10am,got to 6cm in just one hour. Then the epidural did its magic!!! I was complete by 1pm, the doctor got everything ready, I pushed for about 20 min and he was here! Yes, it was that easy! Now comes the hard part - taking care of a 2 year old and a newborn!

Updates

This one will be the last post today, I promise.
First of all,just in case you were gonna ask - NO WE DO NOT HAVE A BABY YET!!!! I have been dilated for about 2 weeks now, but no signs of actual labor yet :( Or at least not that I have noticed. And it's all new to me, all those contractions, and lots of pressure, since I was induced early with Elliot. So, really, I don't even know hat to wait for. I am going to see my OB today, so we'll see. I hope he's going to send me to the hospital right away, but it's just my wishful thinking :) Justin, Elliot and I are doing 5 mile run/walk/stroll this Saturday, so I am hopeful it will get things going. I know, I know, I am crazy for doing this being pregnant! I actually have been a lot more active this pregnancy and loved it.

Elliot is getting to be more and more defiant each day. Which drives me crazy sometimes, but he is so cute!!! Terrible twos I guess. This last week he decided to be more independent!!! He wants to do it all by himself, so dressing, potty, and even car rides has become more difficult. It takes him forever to put his pants and shoes on, buckle himself into his car seat, even make his own food!!!

Weekend Project # 2

This last weekend we were working on our front yard. The lawn was in pretty bad shape when we moved in. Well, it's still not the best looking, but we are working on it. There was also a big dirt spot, so Justin and I tooka trip to Lowes (yes, we do have one around here believe it or not!!!) and $150 later we had our landscaping all done.

Before

After

Unfortunately there were no sod at the store, so we have to wait a few weeks to see the grass there. Oh well. And I just noticed that grass does look better already! It's amaizing what a bag of fertilizer and regular watering can do in such a short time!

Weekend Project #1

I was meaning to post this a couple of weeks ago, but it gets busy around here. Anyways, we finally got our dining room repainted. Here's before and after photos.

Before

After

After

Now it just needs a bit more decor :)) That will be my mission for our next trip to civilization :)