Bath Time, Play Time, & Sick Time

My mom has been coming over and helping me through the day so I can be off my feet. I have already overdone it. I feel so horrible during pregnancy, that afterwards I am ready to tackle a lot more. Well, I found out the hard way this time, but am doing much better. Anyway, the LONG story SHORT :-) My mother has been a huge blessing and the first couple of pictures are of her giving Morgan a bath and dressing her. Between her house and mine, she has done a boatload of laundry - around here, changing sheets seems to be the normal thing to do every other day! haha
I couldn't resist taking a picture of Landon playing with his blocks....with a little too much showing down there! Kids bring so much laughter!
The other picture is when Ethan was really sick. We passed the time until Nana Clemens came over to help us by singing.
Thank you to those who have been concerned about Morgan. Shawn went to the doctor's today and all he has is the flu....so we think that is what has been at our house. I only have a runny nose and a fever at times. Morgan is fine so far. Luckily, it is possibly the only thing here is the flu, because when Scott and Kristina brought Makenzie home they were told to stay home and away from public places because there was something way worse than the flu going around. I am thankful some of us are on our way to recovery.....except the whining afterwards because everyone is so drugged :-) and tired is a major interruption!
~~~Have a great one~~~

Happy Valentine's Day....

....from our house to yours! Things aren't going to smoothly in the "sick department". Ethan had only been awake for 5 minutes and puked on the couch. (then again 15 minutes later..we made it to the toilet that time!) Landon had a very high fever today and Ethan seems to be doing better. Shawn is in worse shape and now I am running a fever. Please pray for us! I don't want Morgan to get sick!
Well, enough about the bad news in our life. Tonight we had our Valentine meal. I made heart shaped cornbread and cupcakes. Ham and green beans were on the menu. Mmm....scrumptious.
~~~Happy Valentine's Day~~~

In SICKNESS and in health.....

This phrase in the vows at your wedding is much harder for the women to obey than the men. The men can handle us whining but when a women hears a man complain...oh my!
Shawn has been sick since Sunday afternoon. The flu got him! He said he has never been this sick in his life. Monday evening he called his mom to see if she would take the kids overnight so he could sleep. Well, halfway through the night I spoke up: "Maybe I should have had your mom take care of you and I could have kept the boys!" Ahh....a sick man is not a good thing. Granted, he did have to listen to me throw up for how many months while I was pregnant, and then complain about back pain, etc., but.....:-) :-) :-)
We went to our church Valentine Banquet at Johnny Carino's (Italian) last evening. It was a relaxing evening. The first two pictures are from there. Do you like the "house" Shawn and I made from graham crackers and peanut butter?! Some of the couples had some great looking houses. Our roof finally collapsed, making it look like a country shack.
The picture of the boys is of them watching Hobe Sound Campmeeting. They enjoyed the music, but lost interest before the sermon. Ethan asked, "Are we in church?"
Well, I am hoping to get some sleep today. I was up for 2 hours in the night with Morgan - she did great before and after that - and Shawn was up with the boys at the same time. Ethan is running a high fever and is very sick and Landon in cutting teeth! You are more than welcome to say a pray for this household! Mommy and Morgan do NOT need to get sick!

First Sunday ~ Four Days Old

Morgan went to church this morning. We got out the door all in one piece, can you believe it? After church, my mother-in-law had fixed us a fantastic Sunday dinner. Thanks, Sheryl!

My Father's Findings

It was so nice to be able to have my dad around the hospital for the first couple days. He just brought his laptop, set it up on my table (or his lap) and "went to work". Of course, he did make time to cuddle Morgan.
Anyway, if you know my father at all, :-) then you know that he loves dates and times. So, he checks every kid I have to see whose birthday they "stole".
Let's take a look at what he has found:

January 8th, 2004/Ethan Chandler - Born on Elvis Presley's Birthday and on his Aunt Emily's!

March 29th, 2006/Landon Reese - Cy Young (famous pitcher) and Sam Walton (Wal-mart Founder)

February 6th, 2008/Sarah Morgan - Ronald Reagan and Babe Ruth
~Dad said that she just might turn out to be a combination of a Republican movie star actress and baseball player~

Hair Heaven

My mom and I had so much fun seeing what Morgan looked like with all different kinds of cute hair bows, bands and headbands....enjoy!

Morgan Has Arrived

Sarah Morgan Clemens
February 6, 2008
7:32 a.m.
8 pounds 8 ounces
21 inches in length

Yeah! We are so glad Morgan has made it safely into this world! We just got home a couple hours ago (after a quick bite to eat at Cracker Barrel!) and I have unpacked and just soaking up the quiet time until my mother-in-law brings the boys home. Shawn is out in his office trying to get some work done and Morgan is sleeping. My mother and sister were here to greet us and had a Crockpot of soup and homemade rolls rising in my kitchen! Talk about a great thing!! Thanks, mom!

12:21 a.m. on Wednesday morning I started counting contractions. After having contractions 5 minutes apart or less, (for 2 hours) I finally called the doctor. He said to come in. Luckily, I had just cleaned my house Tuesday, so everything was ready. I even made sure all the beds were made before I headed out the door. So nice to come home to a clean house.
We made it to the hospital fine and they got me all settled in...for what we thought would be awhile. 10 hours labor with Ethan, 6 hours with Landon. We were hoping for less this time.
Sure enough, every time they checked me I had dilated more each time. 4 hours and 4 pushes later, I had my baby girl in my arms. The nurse told me: 7:20 I called the doctor in. 7:25 he came and checked me and told me on the next contraction you can push. 7:32 baby Morgan was here! Ahh...what a blessing that was! A perfectly healthy baby. Her score was 9/10! She had just a little bit of blue on bottom of feet that was gone in 5 minutes.
The boys love her. Ethan said, "She looks like an angel!" He also hopped up in my hospital bed, laid back and said, "My belly's not getting bigger!" He also asked me, "Are you going to make another baby?"