Our New Arrival!!!

Our Sweet little Payton Morzelewski has made her appearance!!!

She was born on March 1st weighing 7 pounds and 20.5 inches long!

We are finally home to post some pics, what a relief :-)

We were a bit suprised that she came into the world so early, being that my actual due date wasn't until around the 24th of March. I was scheduled to have a c-section on the 13th, but I guess Payton had her own plans :) We were out to dinner celebrating Morgans birthday when I started having contractions. We stopped by the hospital on our way home to make sure that everything was okay, but once I got there my contractions were so close together that they decided to keep me there! I was in complete shock; as most people know I had fully planned my schedule up until the day of my scheduled c-section! I was so positive I wouldn't go into labor before then! We checked in to the hospital around 8:30 p.m. and by 11:52 p.m. we had our sweet little girl! We couldn't be more thrilled!

Kaden was asleep when we got to the hospital and was knocked out cold throughout most of the night. Too much excitement I guess

James got to wear this sweet outfit into the operating room, when did they do away with the scrubs?

Payton had to spend the first 22 hours in the NICU so I was soooo anxious to have her all to myself!

Kaden love his little sis! All he has talked about for the past couple of months has been giving her a binky, rocking her, giving her kisses. He is so sweet.

Jenny and I together in the hospital! Bo was born only 3 days after Payton, so I made my way down to Jenny's delivery room to cheer her on...

Jenny was only 4 rooms down from me, so we got to spend a day in the hospital together before I went home! Di was also there to deliver Reese the same day as me, she was only a couple rooms away too! I guess it was a popular time for babies!

Payton and Bo

Finally going home! 5 days in the hospital is plenty for me!

Mmmmmm, Apples

My living room is a bit of a disaster area right now! We sold our couches and they came and picked them up last week, but our new couches are yet to arrive! I took advantage of the open space and let Kaden set up his tent/tunnel set to play in. He then pulled out all the toys to toss into the tunnels. What a mess....well I let him have some apples with caramel dip yesterday while I was getting ready. When I came out a couple minutes later I couldn't find him, but then spotted one of the tunnels standing upright. I peeked in and found this! He was being sneaky because he knows he isn't supposed to eat anywhere other than the kitchen. Little stinker...

Kaden, the Artist

So last night I went and picked up some pink paint to test out a color for the nursery. As I was brushing the color on the wall Kaden was obviously interested and wanted to help out, so I made the mistake of letting him take the brush and painting a little bit on the wall.....and leaving the paint (the lid closed of course) on the floor in the bedroom. This morning James walked in to find that Kaden had pried the paint bucket open and proceeded to paint all over the walls and doors in the nursery, down the hall, the bathroom and his bedroom. Not to mention a huge portion of the CARPET, the brand new WHITE rug I just bought for the nursery, the shelf, several of his toys, our dog Mokie and himself. I felt bad getting mad at him, it really was my own fault for leaving the paint out, and plus he was so proud of himself! Needless to say, we were able to get the paint off the walls, though most of the toys went in the garbage. I was lucky to find a carpet cleaner that was nice enough to come out within 25 minutes of my desperate phone call. I'm sure I am yet to find many marks of this artistic adventure, but for now....disaster averted

Poor Mokie.... you can't see it from the picture but he has paint all over his back

This wall actually got the least of it but I didn't pull my camera out until most of the paint was cleaned up

Yuck
Thanks Kelly's Deep Clean!

Farewell 2007....

Each of these pictures is a memory that I will always remember!

-Kaden so cute in his high chair and bib

-The "swimming lessons" that Kaden took with Ava, Rylee and Lexi

-Kaden falling asleep with a Diet Coke in his hand (aren't I the best mother?)

-Building our first home

-Going to the Jazz games with Kaden, plus his obsession with the Jazz Bear

-Lake Powell! Too many fun times to count!

-Our Carribean Cruise with our wonderful friends!

-Bobsledding in Park City with my family just before the boys left

-My 2 wonderful brothers getting their mission calls and leaving us for 2 years!!!!

-Les Mis with my mom and sisters

-Losing my Grandma who I LOVE so much!!!!

-The fourth of July

-Our trips to the Zoo

-Kaden's first time on a horse

-Taking Kaden on the tube for the first time

-Visiting the Pumpkin Patch and letting Kaden pick out his pumpkin

-Finding out we are having a GIRL!!!!

-Cancun with my Family

-Kaden's Superman costume, Halloween and his 2nd Birthday party

-Riding the "Polar Express"

-Keeping Kaden up til midnight on New Year's Eve to have him wake up four hours later ready for the day!

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year! 2007 has been a great year for our family, with a lot of changes. We have spent many wonderful times with our family and friends. We moved into our new home, Kaden turned 2, my 2 brothers left on their missions, we found out we are expecting a baby girl in March, and countless other great memories and adventures! I am so thankful for my family, I want James and Kaden to know how much I love them!!!!! We are so excited to see what 2008 will bring!

New Year's Eve at the Wright's

Pregnant Girls! I know you can barely tell Kira is pregnant but she is due in like 5 weeks! Not fair.....

Kaden and Ava shared their New Year's kiss :)

Merry Christmas!

We had such a great time this Christmas with our Big 2 year old who was finally old enough to appreciate opening presents and get excited about Santa coming! Kaden was so excited to come out to see what suprises Santa had left for him. So we spent the morning at home then headed over to my parents house to have breakfast. One of the best parts of the day was being able

to talk to my 2 brothers who have been gone about six months now!!!! Greg who is serving in

Lima Peru, and Jordan who is serving a sign language mission in Rochester, New York! We miss them both so much and are so proud of them! I was a little bummed though because Kaden was a little too grouchy after his nap to talk to Greg. He had warmed up a bit by the time Jordan called though, maybe got 1 minute of talking in. Oh well, there is always Mother's Day :)

We spent the afternoon at the Morzelewski's and Kaden had a chance to play with his cousins.

We are so thankful for such great family and friends and to be able to spend our Christmas together!

The Polar Express

Last night we rode the Polar Express (aka, the Heber Creeper) with the Morzelewskis. For those of you who have never experienced this, I would say it was worth the drive to Heber but only because it was great for the kids! (Don't go if you don't go with kids). The train goes about ten miles an hour, which was fast enough to make it about half-way across Deer Creek Resevoir, then you turn around and come back. We were going to put Kaden in his Christmas p.j.s but once we got up there it was soooo cold outside, and fairly cold inside the train I didn't dare change him. It was a great time with the family and the kid's had a lot of fun, I am sure we will do it again next year!

Josh, Dan, and Dan's girlfriend Amber with the boys (Kaden, Alex and Braxton)
They served cookies and hot chocolate to everyone......

They read the story of the Polar Express and Mrs. Claus visited the kids....

They told some really bad jokes.....

Once we got to the "North Pole" (I think it was a house with Christmas lights on it)
Santa was standing outside waving to the kids....

The Conductor came around and punched the kids tickets....

And Santa visited! He even knew all the kids names! (nametags)
Kaden is terrified of Santa if you can't tell from the picture.

Santa gave each of the kids a silver bell to take home.
You will need to read the story or watch the movie before you
go :)

The Jazz, The Heat and The Egberts!

The Egberts took us to the Jazz game last night, so Kaden and Rylee

got to sport their matching D-Will jerseys! We had so much fun, Kaden was

way into the Jazz Bear (what's new) and Rylee showed off her moves every time

the music came on. They shared popcorn and sour patch kids, and Rylee tried to

get a little personal with Kaden : ) Thanks guys!


Cuties!

Mel Faye's Shower!

We had Mel Faye's Shower this weekend, it turned out great!
I am so happy for Mel and Ryan...it's about time! ha ha ha, just kidding Mel!
It was so good to see my long lost friend Mel Marie, I can't believe it had
been 2 years! Way too long! Everyone enjoyed the gift Mel Marie brought.....
you know if you were there ; )

Kaden had fun too, first he stuck his head in the chocolate fountain,
then made everyone play imaginary baseball with him,
and Ryan took him out to play in the snow. He loved that of course!
Congrats Mel, Love you soooo much!

What a mess, if you look close you can see chocolate stuck in his hair