Matt & Emily's Wedding

Mason and I were planning on going to his cousin Matt's wedding but then we got the news that his mom and grandma were sick and we were planning on going to his grandparents as a halfway point down to the wedding in Carlsbad, CA. Because we didn't want little Max getting sick we decided against going to his grandparents for the night. We were debating on even going to the wedding since it would be a 2 1/2 hour drive with Max and with maybe sick people there. So Saturday morning we were thinking of not going, then last minute we decided to try it. so we quickly packed up and got ready and headed out. Max ended up being very good on the car ride down and it was so nice to see everyone. we got a picture of the four generations with Max, that was really neat. And one with all 5 M.C.M's. I didn't get a chance to take a picture of it but Matt and Emily's wedding photographer did so hopefully we can get a copy. I am sad we didn't get to talk to the happy couple because we were visiting with people outside and before we knew it they were off on their honeymoon. Afterwards we went with Masons family back to his grandparents(I guess it wouldn't have hurt to go there in the first place) and spent the night there and headed home on Sunday. So it ended up being a nice weekend being able to see family and show them Max for the first time.We didn't get any pictures of Matt and Emily but plenty of Maximus :)

5 weeks old!

Max is five weeks old today, I cant imagine life without him now. It has only been five weeks but feels like he has been here longer and yet I cant believe he is five weeks old and he is getting bigger and bigger. I cant wait till he starts to laugh and coo more but at the same time I don't want him to get so big. He loves to sleep on my chest and I just love it too, he always grabs my shirt with his little hand and I love it! So he and I had a great hour nap yesterday and here is a picture I love that Mason took of us.

Olá do Brasil

Mason's boss' wife is from Brazil so they went there for a month and when they came back they brought Max the cutest little outfit from Brazil. So to say thank you I took some pictures of him in the outfit and sent them a email.

Photo shoot with Mommy

When we got Max's newborn pictures taken I wanted more natural poses then what the lady did, I mean we got some great pictures of him but I wanted to try and see if I could get some good pictures of him more natural. So here is a few of my try at it.

Grandma is here, and Max's first bath

Mason's mom came out got to come out the 26th of March so Max was 8 days old, she was there for his birth but she had to leave the day after so it was nice for her to be able to have her time with him. She was an awesome help and it was so nice to have her here. She gave Max his first bath in the sink and took him to get his newborn pictures. So here are some pictures with Max and his grandma.

Max on our way to get his pictures taken

His first bath!

Max and Grandma

Time with Nona

My mom got to stay with us for a week after Max was born and was such a big help. Max would fall into such a deep sleep in her arms and she made us some delicious meals. Max loves his Nona.

Max comes home

So after our 2 day stay at the hospital Mason and I were very ready to take our baby home and be in our own bed. We him all dressed in his going home outfit, I got wheeled out to the car and we drove home with our new little family. It was so nice to finally be home and not be pregnant anymore and have Max in my arms. The first night went great Max is a good sleeper at night, so we just wake up about every three hours change his diaper and feed him.

All ready to go home, holding Mason's fingers

Chillin' at home

Maximus Conway Morris is born

We welcomed our beautiful baby boy on Wednesday, March 17th 2010 at 6:02pm. He weighed 8 pounds 15.7 ounces and was 20inches long. I started having contractions at 12:00am, we went to the hospital at 2:00am. I was contracting but not dilating so they gave me a slow drip of pitocin and then some morphine to help me sleep. I started dilating and after a lot of contractions and holding back the incredible urge to push I was at 10 and they moved me into the delivery room and I was ready to push him out. After an hour of pushing(felt like 10 min to me though) out came my adorable sweet baby boy. He knew mine and Masons voices right away, Mason said "Hey buddy it's your dad" and he turned right to him and looked at Mason. I could not believe we had our baby I was so out of it after all the labor. It was nice to go to our hospital room and rest and look at our gorgeous little baby.

Daddy and Max, getting all checked out by the doctors

Mommy and Max

Max with Nona

Dear Baby Maximus,

I AM SO READY TO HOLD YOU MY SWEET BOY!!!

California Baby Shower

On Saturday February 20th Mason's Grandma, aunt, and Mom threw me a baby shower. It was so much fun, we had it at his grandparents house and Mason's cousin Melanie made a wonderfully delicious cake and was in charge of the games. We played two games one where they guess my belly size with string and the other one was we wrote down everything you need for a baby. It was so fun to be around Mason's family I always love it. His aunt Ann made yummy panini's and a great salad along with chocolate dipped strawberries . It was so wonderful and we got pretty much everything else we needed and lots of clothes! So it was so awesome. Thank you to everyone for the wonderful gifts and food :). Mason and I are all ready for our little Maximus to come, we have his changing area ready and all his clothes are washed. Only 11 days till his due date and we only have one more doctors appointment. So now that everything is ready I am just ready for him to come...but I will try and be patient I am sure these 11 days will go by quickly, hopefully.

36 weeks and 5 days

I am almost at 37 weeks, so only about 3 weeks and 2 days till our little Max is due! I am getting so anxious and excited. I feel a lot more pregnant and pressure, and I feel like a waddle everywhere now :) Max is still moving a lot doing little waves in my tummy once and awhile and poking out his little limbs. Mason and I have been to 2 classes already at our hospital one on Breastfeeding, which I love how our hospital is all about 100% Breast feeding. Then one about Labor and Delivery which I already new most of it but it made me a little nervous but as long as I keep thinking I get to see my little baby boy after going through it I don't care what I have to do. We also got to take a tour of the hospital, that made us both really excited. The hospital I will deliver in is really nice and close to us so I love it. we only have 3 more doctors appt. till he is due! I am also excited for my baby shower out here in California on Saturday, hopefully we will get some more stuff we need and then we can get the rest and be fully ready to bring him home.

New Clothes for the Max

So yesterday Mason dropped me off at the mall before he headed back up to work after we had a nice lunch at home together. We have a really nice big mall right near us. I walked around for awhile and of course just spent the time looking at baby clothes. I went in to the store Naartjie where I always seem to find something cute because I feel like they have more unique things. I love looking at their sale stuff because they have the cutest t-shirts that are usually only around $5.99 on sale. I ended up getting him two shirts and a hat. Whenever I buy clothes for him I just imagine holding him and it makes me so excited! While I was sitting waiting for Tresa a cleaning lady came up to me and asked me when I was due, I told her and she told me about her grand daughter who just gave birth naturally and wished me good luck. She was really sweet. Now that I am so big you could not mistake me for not being pregnant a lot more people will ask me when I'm due and say congrats more, I like it.

Then I met up with Mason's sister Tresa(she walked there from seeing a movie) and we walked around a bit then walked home. So here are the adorable shirts and hat I got for Max: