The MORTONs

2012-01-24T08:02:00.000-08:00

Here is our video on Christmas morning with JaydeeBug. Christmas was seriously so much fun this year with him. He's hilarious and was so excited :)

CHRISTMAS MORNING

SORRY :(

2012-01-23T18:44:00.000-08:00

So I feel so guilty for neglecting my blog for so long.. so sorry for all of the posts but I got my pics up to date from August 2011 to Christmas 2011. I'm going to get better at keeping my blog up to date from here on out, I really want it for all of the fun memories and so I can share OUR crazy and adventurous life with all of our friends and family. Hope you enjoy looking back at our memories as much as I did.. I about died when I posted the August pictures and seen my little Jaydee bug so TAN and BLONDE.

Christmas 2011

2012-01-23T18:17:00.000-08:00

Christmas 2011 was SO MUCH FUN!! Jayden was a blast this year. He hated Santa Claus but loved everything he had brought him.

My HANDSOME little guy

Night before Christmas

our "SELF" taken FAMILY PHOTO :) haha I was so sad we didn't do a Christmas card this year.. we'll definitely be sending out one next year. I LOVE CHRISTMAS cards!

What Santa brought this year

This was his favorite (of course it's Toy Story)

I also made RED and GREEN Christmas pancakes for breakfast

For my Birthday..

2012-01-23T17:56:00.000-08:00

For my "27th" Birthday ;) we went to the Bluebell Corn Maze, it was such a beautiful day so sunny and warm. It was a lot of FUN and Jayde had a great time doing what he does best and that is being WILD!

Jayde knows how to get his daddy to do anything he wants.

He absolutely LOVES slides. This one was probably his fav that day.

Jayde and his cousin Gavyn

He's just so HANDSOME!

2 YEARS..

2012-01-23T17:23:00.000-08:00

October 14, 2011 marks the 2 year mark that my sister/BEST FRIEND past away. I miss her every single day.. there isn't one day that goes by that she doesn't cross my mind. I love her so much and wish she could be here to enjoy my son as much as I do. I know that her and Jayde would have been the BEST OF FRIENDS and enjoyed each other to the fullest. Jayden seriously reminds me so much of my sister (his AUNTIE) in every way. He is such an entertainer as my sister was and the more attention you give him the better it gets :)

We go up to the cemetery every year on the day MarShel past and let the nieces, nephews, and the little cousins write a little message on the balloons and send them off to Heaven for their Auntie.

I LOVE YOU SO MUCH MARSHEL!!

I truly have the most amazing family (also on my dads side, I know they would be right here with us if they lived in Vernal :) ) They are all so supportive and we're all so close with one another. I love you guys so much and thank you for always being there for us.. You mean a lot to me and I feel so blessed to call you FAMILY <3

my amazing cousin Brooke made all of the darling little pumpkins.. like I said I have AMAZING & SUPPORTIVE Family!!

2012-01-23T17:02:00.000-08:00

Jayden LOVES the park and I LOVE that he is big enough so he can actually run around and enjoy everything. Jaydee's most favorite is the slides he loves to go down and climb back up them.. he's such a monkey.

The end of our Summer 2011..

2012-01-23T16:51:00.000-08:00

I know that I am extremely behind on blogging but I'm going to do a little catching up so please enjoy all of my last years posts ;)

We LOVED summer time and now looking threw these pictures I can't wait for summer again. We enjoyed the outdoors in our backyard more then anything. Jayden loves his little slide and just being able to run WILD.

We closed up summer time by one last lake trip with the cousins. It was so fun to just watch the kids play with each other and enjoy the warm sun :)

Jayde and his cousin Gavyn playing together in the mud hole I dug for them, haha It's so fun having kids you get to enjoy the simple stuff again, haha

He's such a TANK I love him!!!

Jayden singing away

2011-11-08T14:13:00.000-08:00

I know that I haven't blogged in forever but I promise I will post some pics soon and catch everybody up on our crazy life with our little toddler. I just had to post this video I tapped of Jayden last week, he is such an entertainer just like his aunt MarShelly. Jayden loves to sing and dance to anything and everything. We love him so much!

My favorite part is when he noticed he sat on Woody and pulled him out and says "Oh.. Saweey" and then kisses his hand. This little boy is OBSESSED with Toy Story and loves his Buzz and Woody so much.

July

2011-08-10T20:58:00.000-07:00

So I can't believe I don't have very many pictures from July :( I wish I could get more camera happy but I always feel like I'm busy taking care of my baby and chasing him around. These pictures are from the 4th of July. I didn't get many from the fireworks cause Jayden wasn't quite sure about the big and load ones so he just wanted his mommy.

May/June

2011-08-10T20:44:00.000-07:00

I know that I am so far behind on my blog so I figure since I've got a lot of pictures I'll do two months together just to catch me up. We really haven't been up to much just enjoying the little summer we had. Jayden and I spent a lot of days at the waterslide (which I didn't get any pictures of that because it always seemed so crazy while we were there) We've had some great lake days and just swimming parties with our cousins in our own back yard. Here are a few pics from May and June... Jayden is getting more and more fun every day. He's just getting so big so fast.. we love him!!

Memorial Day

Welcoming my new niece Kemery MarShel Erickson

Doing some golfing with the fam!

Jayde loved driving the cart.

spending a lot of time with cousins.

doing a lot of swimming

Grandpa Davids Birthday & Egg Hunt..

2011-04-24T21:16:00.000-07:00

On Saturday we celebrated Joeys Dads 60th Birthday and had an Easter egg hunt. We BBQ'd some steak, crab claws and lobster along with many side dishes ;) it was delicious and by the time all of us left we were sick to our stomach from stuffing our faces all day... But we definitely had a good time just hanging out (of course). Here are a few pictures from our fun filled day over at Grandpa and Grandma Mortons

Daddy and Jayden before the race to start looking for eggs.

All of the MORTON Grandkids (this was before the egg hunt)

He loved finding the eggs!

Thanks Grandpa and Grandma Morton for the fun filled day. Wishing you the BEST 60th BIRTHDAY ever Grandpa Dave.. WE LOVE YOU!!

Dying Easter Eggs...

2011-04-24T20:59:00.000-07:00

We died our Easter eggs on Friday.. again we just love spending time together as a family and watching the kids get creative with their eggs. We had some lunch, visited and just let the kids play. I didn't really let Jayden in on the dying the eggs because he is just becoming such a boy and grabs everything and is just EVERYWHERE so I thought we should skip this year and we'll try it out next year ;)

I gave Jayden a cupcake and set him by he table so I could get a picture of him with the eggs.. it wasn't long after he started grabbing all of the paper and ripping it off the table.

We had so much fun hanging out and dying the Easter Eggs. Thanks Aunt Sandy for letting us hang out ALL day... I sure do enjoy just hanging out. Love Ya!

The PARK...

2011-04-24T20:35:00.000-07:00

I let myself get behind on my blogging so I'm going to play a little catch up on what we've been doing..

So the ONE nice day that we had here in Vernal.. why I say this is because after that day I feel like it's been awhile since we've had that nice of a day. But we got together with my aunts and all of my cousins and literally spent the entire day at the park, it was SO FUN :) We had so much fun just hanging out EATING and just watching the kids play. Jayden LOVED the swings and all of the slides. If this kid is outside he is Happy. Here are a few pictures of our day at the park....

Loves the swings

Jayden with his cousin Gavyn.

These next three pictures cracks me up... Jayden hates the grass so he crawled into this umbrella and just crawl in circles. We love our Jaydee bug to pieces.. he is so much fun!

Truckin' around..

2011-03-17T12:33:00.000-07:00

Joey and I got Jayden this little tikes Truck for his birthday.. he LOVES it! We've went on a few walks while the weather has been so nice, he loves the outdoors and would cry if I would stop so we would go a little farther, haha.. I know I say this a lot but WE JUST LOVE HIM!!

Jaydees 1st BIRTHDAY...

2011-03-17T11:47:00.001-07:00

It's was Jaydens 1st Birthday March 11th. We went to the Rec-Center for Cake and Ice-cream and then went swimming. Jayden seemed like he had a blast on his first birthday. He loves the water and he just DUG into his cake, it was a total mess after he was all finished with it. I can't believe how stressful birthdays are.. by the time Jaydens was over with Joey and I were WORN OUT, haha.. He is just getting more and more fun and learning new things everyday. He is all over the place and into everything. We love our SON more then anything and can't imagine our life without him in it.... He brings so much JOY and HAPPINESS into Joey and I's life!

Here are a few pictures from his party.. I kind of posted a lot of pics but I couldn't decide so enjoy :)

COOKIE MONSTER CAKE

Just wondering why everyone is singing to him..

Slowly but surely diggin in..

The beginning of a disaster, haha

Jayden absolutely LOVES the water.

He's getting to be such a big BOY!!

HAPPY 1st BIRTHDAY JAYDEN!!

7 month pics...

2011-02-09T13:51:00.000-08:00

I know these are a little late but I wanted to share them because I'm in LOVE with my baby boy, he is so handsome!! So here are a few of his 7 month pics..

To COOL...

2011-01-31T15:44:00.000-08:00

Jayden rockin his new shades!

Jayden 10 months...

2011-01-30T09:39:00.000-08:00

So my sweet little baby is now 10 MONTHS and I seriously can't believe it! His New Years resolution was to start crawling and he did accomplish :) Joey and I have been waiting for this moment and now we take that all back, haha. NO Jk-ing we love that he is mobile now and can follow us anywhere but this little guy is into EVERYTHING. Jayden is getting so big so fast, his little personality is just coming out more and more and he is hilarious! I didn't go and get him weighed this month and I'm ticked about it because I was doing so good. We've just been staying away from everyone and everything with all the sickness that is going around. Jayden is still a chunk and so loving he'll sit on your lap for ever and just let you love on him and cuddle him to pieces.

Here are just a few random pictures of Jayden during his 10months mark....

He tears this apart every single day and if you know me I'm a very organized person so this drives me crazy but it's not even worth picking up until he goes to sleep.

He LOVES his binkies :)

He no longer sits in this little chair but he loves to splash in the tub! He absolutely loves bath time :)

Jaydee and dad watching TV. He'll just sit and relax in that chair for quite awhile.

We LOVE YOU Jayden!!

Can't believe I'm starting to plan for your 1 YEAR birthday party.

Christmas Eve & Christmas 2010

2011-01-01T17:39:00.000-08:00

For Christmas Eve this year we just went down to my parents and had a relaxing night just visiting and eating :D Jayden got to open his Christmas jammies that night and by the look on his face I really think he liked them, haha. Joey and I just love our little boy to pieces, he is so much fun! I didn't really get a lot of pictures from Christmas Eve but here are a few to share.

Chirstmas morning I video taped more then took pictures and I'm wishing that I would have done both. Joey talked me into letting Jayden sleep with us Christmas Eve.. I hardly ever let him sleep with us because I don't want him getting use to that idea. So Christmas morning we got up and brought Jaydee out to see what santa clause had brought him and this little farm was all that he was into, he could have cared less about opening up any of his other presents, but this year for Christmas he got this little farm (which he totally loves) a little radio flyer thats shaped as a jet and just a few other little toys. Christmas totally rocked this year for Joey and I as soon as we put Jayden down for the night we got all excited :D Christmas really is so much more fun when you have kids, even though Jaydens not going to remember this Christmas.. I know I will!!

after we opened our presents we went up to Joeys mom and dads and I swear I took some pictures but come to find out there wasn't a single ONE on my camera! (so upset) But we just got to hang out there for a while and open more presents which totally rocked. Jayden got a new blanket from Grandma and Grandpa Morton and his mom and dad totally got hooked up as well. Later that afternoon we went to my mom and dads and had even more presents to open. Jayden really did get hooked up with some fun stuff and I know that he'll really enjoy them. Here are just a few pictures from Christmas Day down at my mom and dads. I so want to get more camera happy so that I have all the fun memories.

The boys shooting clay pigeons!! NERDS :D

I hope everyone had a very MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

Jaydee 9 MONTHS...

2010-12-19T12:39:00.000-08:00

Jayden is 9 months!! These months just keep zipping by. Jayden is getting more and more fun and so entertaining. His little personality is just beaming threw more and more :D Joey and I can't get enough of our little guy. Heres just a couple of pictures I got of him...

Jaydee @ 9 months is weighing 28lbs. 2oz and is 29 1/2" long

We LOVE our CHUNKY MONKEY!

Jaydee and Bryan.. He loves his Bry Bry!

SANTA CLAUSE!!

2010-12-19T12:32:00.001-08:00

I am so excited for CHRISTMAS this year... it'll be Jaydees FIRST Christmas

We went down to my moms church and seen santa, haha Jayden just looked at him like who are you? he just kept looking up at him and then back to mom :D I can't say enough how much I love being a MOM and being able to enjoy these moments with my baby.

Santa and Jayde

This is Jaydens cousin Payton, haha she was hilarious because she couldn't get to Santa fast enough and as soon as it was her turn she was FREAKED and didn't want to have anything to do with him.

Thanksgiving 2010...

2010-12-19T12:07:00.000-08:00

I know this post is LATE but I'm doing a little catching up of a few events we've been doing. This year for Thanksgiving we went to Joeys family and ate. We had a lot of fun and it's always entertaining :D Here are just a few pictures that I got from the day, I always take my camera with me and then I forget about it... SO FRUSTRATING!

Jayden and his cousin LILLY

Aunt Gill with baby ALEX

This is Maegens suprised HAPPY face, hahaha

Grandpa Dave was reading us this story, he thought it was pretty funny and felt he needed to share it.

Suzy and Maryanne.. SISTERLY LOVE

The GANGS all here!

HAHA Daves face.. he really does love us!

Jayden hanging out with DA-Boys!

Boys watching FOOTBALL!

You had to concentrate to get the ball to float and to move it all around the board, haha it was a big hit.

haha.. it was intense!

Happy Thanksgiving 2010

Jaydee 8 MONTHS...

2010-11-22T20:46:00.000-08:00

I know I'm a little late but my BABY is 8 months :( I don't know where all the time has gone but I feel like I'm so close to having to already start planning his 1 year birthday party!! Jayden is just getting more and more fun and his personality is just a growing :D Joey and I are having so much fun being parents and couldn't imagine our life with out our boy. We love you Jaydee bug and you've brought so much JOY and HAPPINESS into both of our lives.

@ 8 months Jayden is weighing 26lbs. 10oz. and is 29" long!

1 of jaydens many funny faces he makes. He's always doing the funniest things with his lips.

getting SO CLOSE to crawling.. he wants to move so bad but seems to need more upper body strength to hold himself up still.

He seriously is THE MOST HAPPIEST little boy!

He is always squinting... HILARIOUS!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!

2010-10-31T14:06:00.000-07:00

My INCREDIBLE HULK!

showing his muscles

Jayden and Gavyn

This year was Jaydens first Halloween :D it was fun! He did really well with his costume and was so good the entire time trick or treating. We started out going around to family and friends and ended at my aunt sandys house that she of course had all set up and WARM with dinner ready and more treats. It was a fun Halloween and I just love getting together with all of my family.

Carving PUMPKINS..

2010-10-31T13:46:00.001-07:00

On Friday night I had my family come over and we carved pumpkins, ate soup, and then went down to the pumpkin festival in Jensen. I LOVED the festival down in Jensen but we'll definitely head down earlier then we did this year. The TRAFFIC was NUTS going down, I seriously have never seen such a thing in VERNAL UTAH :D But it was worth it, I thought that it was so much fun!

some of the "GANG" us adults definitely had a better time carving the pumpkins then the kids did :D haha..

I probably picked out the hardest pattern for Joey to do but it turned out GRRrrEAT!

Thanks babe!

beautiful mom carving her pumpkin

Our AWESOME pumpkins.. I had Joey carve the TRICK or TREATING one. It was definitely a challenge but it really did turn out good.

Thanks everyone for coming over and for all of the good food. We'll definitely have to make this an every year deal :D I love you guys so much!

Erickson Halloween party...

2010-10-31T13:33:00.001-07:00

My sister in-law Diane always puts on a fun little HALLOWEEN party for the kids.. She is so amazing and so creative. The kids had so much fun and the games were a blast! I can't wait until Jayden is up and running around with all of his WILD cousins :D

Here are just a few pictures from the party.. I always get so disappointed in myself because I wish I was more of a CAMERA HAPPY person. Hopefully it'll get better when Jayden can actually move around himself.

THANKS AUNT DIANE FOR SUCH AN AMAZING PARTY!!

all of the grandkids except for KyLen he was sicky :{

Payton and Jaxson

Kaysia, Jayden, Aunt Heidi, and RyLee

Grandma getting in on the FUN :D

pin the NOSE on the pumpkin

WE LOVE HIM...

2010-10-31T13:25:00.001-07:00

I cannot tell you all how much we love this little guy! He seriously brings so much JOY and HAPPINESS into our lives :D these are just a few pictures I took of him a few nights ago.. I just LOVE him so much I had to post!

I dedicate this song to my sister MarShel...

2010-10-28T14:51:00.000-07:00

(these are the lyrics to the song on my blog page sit back listen and read the lyrics... )

If I die young bury me in satin
Lay me down on a bed of roses
Sink me in the river at dawn
Send me away with the words of a love song
oh oh oh oh

Lord make me a rainbow, I’ll shine down on my mother
She'll know I’m safe with you when she stands under my colors, oh and
Life ain't always what you think it ought to be, no
ain't even grey, but she buries her baby

The sharp knife of a short life, well
I’ve had just enough time

If I die young bury me in satin
Lay me down on a bed of roses
Sink me in the river at dawn
Send me away with the words of a love song

The sharp knife of a short life, well
I’ve had just enough time

And I’ll be wearing white when I come into your kingdom
I’m as green as the ring on my little cold finger
I’ve never known the lovin' of a man
But it sure felt nice when he was holding my hand
There’s a boy here in town says he’ll love me forever
Who would have thought forever could be severed by

The sharp knife of a short life, well
I’ve had just enough time

So put on your best boys and I’ll wear my pearls
What I never did is done

A penny for my thoughts, oh no I’ll sell them for a dollar
They're worth so much more after I’m a goner
And maybe then you’ll hear the words I been singin’
Funny when you're dead how people start listenin’

If I die young bury me in satin
Lay me down on a bed of roses
Sink me in the river at dawn
Send me away with the words of a love song
oh oh

The ballad of a dove
Go with peace and love
Gather up your tears, keep ‘em in your pocket
Save them for a time when your really gonna need 'em oh

The sharp knife of a short life, well
I’ve had just enough time

So put on your best boys and I’ll wear my pearls

When I listened to this song I started to bawl this is seriously the best song ever and I wish that it would have came out sooner :{ I would have loved to have this song on my sister video! I love her so much and I know that she is in such a better place and so much happier... I can't wait to see her again!!

I LOVE YOU SO MUCH SISTER!

Bluebell Corn Maze...

2010-10-18T08:29:00.000-07:00

Jaydee Bug and Dad!

The boys going down the slide =}

COW TRAIN!

Ramsey was so pumped for this ride it was hilarious. I was trying to get a picture of him and he would look at me for only a second and then check out the cow and say cheese, haha. I kept telling Danny to get in so that I could get a picture of the boys with their dads but Danny had a hurt knee and figured he wouldn't be able to get in there.

I love to watch Joey with Jayden, he really is such a good daddy and he just loves him so much, never in my life would I have ever thought I would have seen Joey getting into something like this or the SLIDE =} Jayden will get DADDY to do ANYTHING!

and their OFF...

We went to the BlueBell Corn Maze on Saturday with Joeys brother Danny and his boy RAMSEY and my cousin in-law Zeke and his little one GAVYN, it was so much fun and the boys had a blast.. well until we got lost in the corn maze and we had all three of them bawling, haha.. it was classic. But we did finally find ourselves out of the corn maze, it was fun. I can't wait till Jayden is up and running around with his little cousins.. it's going to be fun to see how he'll interact with all of them and just watching him explore things on his own! Here are just a few pictures of the day, I really wanted to get a lot more pictures but you all know how guys are with pictures and well I was the only girl SOOOOO..

1 YEAR...

2010-10-17T15:17:00.000-07:00

My sister in-law Diane brought these "I LOVE YOU" balloons for all of the kids to send up to Aunt MarShel

Thanks DIANE =}

"The GANGS all HERE"

THANKS FOR ALL OF THE LOVE AND SUPPORT YOU GUYS!! WE LOVE YOU SO MUCH!

October 14th marked the 1 year mark since my sister MarShel passed ={ somedays I can't believe it's been a year and somedays it seems like it's been forever. There isn't one day that goes by that I don't think about her, I miss her so much and my heart just hearts watching my baby grow and my sister not being here. I know that she would absolutely love him and they would have been the best of friends! I'm so thankful for all of our supporting family that we have been blessed with. We hung out Thursday at my aunt sandys' house ALL DAY and I wouldn't have wanted it any other way. It's nice to be with the ones you love the most at the most hardest times in life. I love you Aunt Sandy and thank you so much for having us ALL over at your beautiful home ALL DAY and putting up with all the wild children =}

We miss you so much MarShel and can't wait to see you again..

LOVE YOU!!

7 MONTHS....

2010-10-17T12:35:00.000-07:00

Here is Jayden at 7 months =}

I know I say this all of the time but honestly we love this little boy more then you will ever know. He is so AMAZING and so much FUN! He is learning so much and catching on to everything around him =} He is getting so big! at 7 months Jayden weighs 24 lbs. 12 oz. hahaha he is such a chunk-a-monk and that's pretty much what all of his little cousins call him, haha we love it!

I know I posted a lot of pics but I couldn't decided.. I just love him so much!

B A N G S...

2010-10-05T12:53:00.000-07:00

My NEW DOO...

OCTOBER????...

2010-10-01T09:18:00.000-07:00

I cannot believe that OCTOBER is already here..? But FALL is here and I LOVE it. I love everything about the fall, the cool/fresh air, the changing colors of the leaves and most of all the HOLIDAYS that follow... I seriously can't believe that this year only has a few more months! I'm hoping by 2011 I'll be having a post ONCE a MONTH =} won't that be awesome and FUN.

Well here are a few things I'm looking forward to this month...

*my baby is going to be 7 months.. I'm most excited just to see how much more he'll learn =} I love watching him grow and discover new sounds, it's the cutest thing.

*my BIRTHDAY, hahaha I'll be 26 this year and I can't believe it! I'm getting so OLD and I feel it =} I'm hoping that this birthday will kind of more feel like a birthday again. Last Year my sister passed away the day before my birthday and honestly it was the worst birthday ever!

*HALLOWEEN!!! I love this holiday even though we don't really do much I just love the decorations and all the fun costumes that you see. Also, it's the first Holiday of all the OTHER FUN holidays to come!

(not looking forward to this but it's happening)

*October 14th will be 1 YEAR since my sister passed away! WHAaaaT?? I honestly cannot believe this, it still fills like she's only been gone a few months. I miss her more and more everyday and just wish I could see her again! I LOVE YOU MARSHEL!

GrandKids...

2010-09-20T10:03:00.001-07:00

I just got this cute picture of all the grandkids and felt like I should post it, haha it's definitely not easy getting a good picture of all of them and I thought this one turned out pretty good =} They are all getting so big, I love all of my nieces and nephews so much they are just getting more and more fun and hilarious.. they say the funniest things!!

6 Months....

2010-09-18T08:46:00.001-07:00

Jaydee-Bug is 6 MONTHS!

I can't believe my BABY is 6 months old already, time really is going by to fast. Jayden is getting more and more fun every day. He is our bundle of JOY! Here are a few things that we are loving about Jayden at 6 months...

1) Jayden is a chunk!! at 6 months he is weighing 22lbs. 15 oz. (so pretty much 23lbs.) and is 27" long. =}}

2) He LOVES his mommy, haha this is probably my most FAVORITE thing right now with him, Joey not so much he gets so annoyed.

3) He loves his rice cereal and his veggies, he gets so excited when he sees his food.

4) He is sleeping until 6am eats and goes right back to sleep until 9 - 9:30 =}

5) He's only rolled over a few times but he gets all the way onto his side and then decides he doesn't want to flip to his tummy. (he doesn't love his tummy time)

6) He loves to jibber jabber he is a noisey boy and I LOVE IT, he is always making new sounds and will try to mimic whatever you do... I love to just sit and listen to him and watch him try new things with his mouth!!

UPDATED!...

2010-09-05T13:53:00.000-07:00

So I know.. I know.. I've been totally slacking on the blogging and I'm sorry. To be honest I really don't even have a good excuse ={ I've been slacking with pictures even and I'm so ashamed of myself, I know I'm totally going to regret when Jayden gets older for slacking so I'm turning over a new leaf. Hopefully I'll be blogging more and more with how many MORE PICTURES I'll be taking =}

Love you to all.. and much much MORE to come!

Jaydens first Haircut..

2010-09-05T13:45:00.000-07:00

So Jayden mohawk was getting pretty long so we decided to give him a quick trim. He didn't love it so much but he got over quickly like he does with everything else, he really is such a trooper. Here are a few pictures of the before snip snip....

BEFORE..

AFTER..

His hair looks so much better and it made it look even thicker. Oh my goodness I am obsessed! He is so much fun!!!

I LOVE YOU!

Jack Johnson..

2010-09-05T13:40:00.000-07:00

Jack Johnson Concert!!

First off I would just like to thank my WONDERFUL husband for letting me get these tickets to the Jack Johnson concert!! Here are just a few pictures of me and my cousin Samantha at the concert. It was so much fun and the USANA is the bomb for concerts, I have know idea why I've never been there before, but it was AWESOME!

Jayde 5 months..

2010-09-05T13:33:00.000-07:00

I can't believe that my baby is 5 months old. Time is seriously going by way to fast! We LOVE our little guy so much and enjoy watching him grow and learn new things.

Here are a 5 things I'm loving about my little chunk-a-monk::

* He weighed 21lbs at his 5 month mark and was 26" long =} he's just a growing.

* He smiles at EVERYTHING now he is just the happiest little boy.

* He just loves his mommy =}} big grin from ME, haha if I walked out of the room he is starting to cry for me, I love it but Joey doesn't so much enjoy it.

* He gets so excited when Joey walks in the door from work.

* Jayden is so chunky that we just passed the 6-12mon. clothing and went straight to 12 months, haha.

I seriously cannot begin to explain how much this our BABY just fills my heart so much, I honestly can't begin to think what I ever did without him, he is so much fun and so happy. We LOVE you Jayde-bug!

Jayde with his dad...

2010-09-05T13:31:00.000-07:00

I just loved this picture of Joey and Jayden so much I wanted to post it on my blog. Joey and I are having so much fun with your little (chubby) Jayde-bug. He is getting more and more fun and we are just loving every moment with him.

Rice Cereal...

2010-07-22T10:21:00.000-07:00

We started feeding Jayden rice cereal in the mornings and at bedtime. He seems to really enjoy it and we can't seem to shovel it in fast enough, hahaha.. OMH!!! I LOVE HIM.

Joey is seriously the BEST DAD.. he does everything and is so helpful =}} I love you babe and appreciate everything you do for our little family. WE LOVE YOU!

BUMBO...

2010-07-22T10:17:00.001-07:00

HAHAHA... I just loved this picture so much I had to post it. I love sitting Jayden in his bumbo and he quite enjoys sitting in it. I love how observant he is anymore. He'll just sit in that thing and look all around and watch our dog bryan where ever he goes.

Jayden 4 months....

2010-07-22T10:06:00.000-07:00

I can not believe that my baby is already 4 months old. He is just getting so big and so much fun everyday, Joey and I just love him to pieces. I was really nervous for his 4 month shots cause a lot of people told me that its usually the hardest but Jayden did AWESOME.. he is such a tough little guy he only cried for a few seconds and then he was over it. Jayden at 4 months is weighing 18lbs. 110z. and 25 1/2" long.

These are just a few pictures I got of him on his 4 month mark =}

Jayden is just getting so big. He hasn't quite rolled all the way over yet, but he will get on his side and then has a hard time getting his bottom half the rest of the way =} he's sat up a few times on his own for a few minutes. I just can't believe how much he is learning. Jayden is eating rice cereal in the morning and at nights. He still is sleeping threw the nights and starting to fight to take his naps during the day ={{ wah wah wahh. He is just so much fun, we love when he just laughs at us and really shows his emotions.

Time is definitely going way to fast..

4th of JULY....

2010-07-22T09:41:00.001-07:00

So.. I'm a little behind on my blogging so here is our 4th of July. I can't believe I didn't get very many pictures, this is my favorite holiday and I'm so disappointed in myself ={ But this year we went up to celebrate with my sister, she loved the 4th of July and looked forward to it every year. It was fun to just go up there relax and hang out as a family. I know I say this in every post but I miss my sister so much and I still just can't believe that she is actually gone.

Here are a few pictures I got on the 4th...

the nieces and nephews

My babys first 4th of July

Jayden actually enjoyed the fireworks he totally just layed back in my arms and was amazed and the boom and all the colors from the fireworks. He really is getting so big, he just gets more and more fun everyday. We just LOVE HIM!

for you GRANDMA...

2010-06-30T13:34:00.001-07:00

My mom bought all of the grandkids a t-shirt from the zoo and I just had Jayden in it today so I thought I would snap some pictures for her sportin his sweet ZOO onsie, we love it Grandma THANK YOU.

Jayden is seriously getting so much fun, he smiles all the time now and just giggles. Ahhhh... how I love this sweet bundle of joy =}} I love you BABY.

Happy Fathers Day..

2010-06-30T13:28:00.000-07:00

Happy Fathers Day to my wonderful husband and DADDY. It's Joeys first Fathers Day and I just want to shout out that he is really the most amazing DADDY to Jayden and his little boy just loves him. We really didn't do much for Fathers Day this year after the fun filled weekend Jayden and I had we were seriously just so worn out, so we just relaxed and hung out with dad and then went down to my mom and dads for dinner.

I know this is a little late but I'm trying to catch up.

Salt Lake trip with my family...

2010-06-30T10:22:00.000-07:00

a couple of weekends ago my sister in-law Diane had a hole fun filled weekend planned out for us.. we went to Salt Lake and went to the Hogle Zoo, a Jungle Gym place, and "This is the Place" it was so much fun and it definitely was a very busy weekend at that. By the time Jayden and I got home we were worn out. Here are a few pictures of us at the Zoo and "This is the Place" I didn't get as many pictures as I wanted this weekend but it seriously was so much fun. Our hotel that we stayed at was freaking SWEET, it had a waterslide that went outside of the building and then back in to the pool inside. We didn't get back to our hotel till late that night so Jayden and I didn't swim to long, he was tired and it was his bedtime but we enjoyed it while we could.

waiting in line to get our tickets.

all of the GRAND-BABIES

The GANG

Aunt Nicki bought the boys these motorcycles and they absolutely LOVED them, haha. They played with them the rest of the trip.

These last few photos is us at "This is the Place" it was so fun and the kids really enjoyed it.

Grandma and Jayden on the train

riding PONYS

the kiddies at SCHOOL =}

We had all the boys in the same jammies but we were to late to get Jaxson in this one..

Jayden 3 MONTHS...

2010-06-16T19:06:00.000-07:00

Here's our little Jaydee bug at 3 months. I cannot explain or express how much I LOVE this little guy and how much HAPPINESS he brings into our lives. He is getting more and more fun everyday. I seriously am going to try so much harder to get more pictures of our everyday life with him... I'm not as camera happy as I would LOVE to be and I know I'll be disappointed if I don't fix it now. SOOooo... I took Jayden into the doctors office just to see what he is weighing in at and he is 16lbs. 7 oz. and 24" long. He is such a chunk-a-munk and we LOVE IT!

Here are a few things JAYDEN is doing.......

* He sleeps threw the night.. wakes up at 6am eats and back to sleep until 8:30am - 9:00am =}} mommy and daddy LOVE IT.

* He's found his voice box and has so many new sounds.

* He loves his baths.. he just kicks and screams the entire time.

* He's so chunky you can't help not to just squeeze him and love on those cheekies.

* He LOVES to suck his thumb.. it's so cute I have to let him do it.

* He still loves his binky when he's ready to take a siesta.

* He doesn't love his belly so much, but if you get on yours and pump him up he'll usually stay cheered up for a little.

I just feel so blessed to have such a good baby and just to be able to have him in my life. I know that my sister MarShel would be so proud of Joey and I.. and Jayden of course, they would have been the best of buds, she would have LOVED him. I miss her so much and it gets harder and harder everyday, especially watching Jayden grow and learning new things. I just wish she was here to experience this with me, she meant the world to me and was my best friend. I just wish I could see her again and see her with my baby. We miss you Aunt MarShel and we're always thinking about you! Lots of LOVE....

SWAGGER WAGON

2010-06-03T22:25:00.000-07:00

I've heard about this video and I finally got to watch it and thought that it was HILARIOUS!! ENJOY..... =}

Lake Powell w/ the MORTONS

2010-05-31T15:34:00.000-07:00

We got to go to Lake Powell this last week with Joeys family, it was a lot of fun except for the stupid wind. It was such nice weather and even the wind was warm but it was seriously so annyoing. Jayden did really good traveling and sleeping on the boat, it didn't seem to bother him at all. I was so nervous the night before wondering how well he was going to do but he couldn't have been a better baby =}} We just love him so much and are having so much fun with him. Here are just a few pictures of the trip, I wish that I would have taken a lot more but I'm seriously not as camera happy as I would love to be.

On the road.

Daddy driving us very safely to Lake Powell

mommy and Jadee just hangin out.

haha.. I love his cheekies

My little FAMILY =}

He didn't like the cold water so much

Hangin with the cousins

Just relaxing with daddy

..BATH TIME..

TEAM MARSHEL

Look at his yummyness =}}

the house boat.... and Danny =}

Me and Megs taking pics of each other

My FISHERMAN

Our Bed-Room

Memorial Day 2010

2010-05-31T14:59:00.000-07:00

Here's just some pictures we took this memorial day.. it was a little different having my sister to go and visit, I miss her more and more everyday!!

BUDS

(for the moment anyways)

SPIRIT FINGERS!

(cousins Bryce & Candace)

We're missing Brett but the sibilings

MOM & DAD

our PYRAMID

all of the cousins

The BOYS

CLICK take a PIC

The GIRLS

My FAMILY =}

4 Generations

My little family with Grandma Erickson

My Grandpa Erickson

Jadee and Dad

Jayden with Great Grandpa Erickson

WE LOVE AND MISS YOU MARSHEL!!!

just a little randomness from a PROUD AUNT!

2010-05-11T13:12:00.000-07:00

I was just looking threw my pictures today and found these great pics of my nieces and nephews. I just want to shout out how proud of an AUNT I am of these beautiful and handsome little kiddos, in my eyes they are the BEST. They are getting more and more fun every year, they crack us all up. I can't wait until Jayden is big enough to be able to run around and play with these guys.. he has some very good examples to guide him in his growing years =} haha.. I really am so proud of my brothers and sisters and their spouses for raising such GREAT kids. Can't wait for Jayden to become BEST FRIENDS with his cousins =}

Jaxson, Kylen, Kaysia, Payton, and RyLee

RyLee, Kylen, and Kaysia

Jaxson and Kylen

Jayden 2 MONTHS..

2010-05-11T12:53:00.000-07:00

I can't believe that my BABY is already 2 months old today. He is getting so big way to fast, time needs to S L O W down a bit. We went to his doctors appointment today and got his shots ={ it was so horrible but he only cried for about 3 minutes and then was over it, I'm so glad Joey was able to go with me I couldn't do the holding down and watch them poke my baby, daddy did a good job at that and then loving on him when he was finished. Jayden is weighing a woppin 13lbs. 7 oz. and he is 23" long... he is growing so fast. He is a healthy little boy and everything is looking GRrrEAT. I know I say this in every post about my sweet Jaydee bug but I seriously feel so blessed to have him in my life and to be a MOMMY, it just brings so much joy and happiness to me and I just can't imagine my life without him.

These are just a few pictures we took today on his 2 month mark, his poor little legs with his sweet Looney Tunes bandaids on.

Poor chubby legs ={

These two are going to be BEST BUDS when Jayden gets big enough to run around and play with him.. Bryan already loves him so much and is always so concerned about him.

My BOYS! I have so much love for these three!

(Bryan looks so annoyed, haha I love him)

I love being a MOM!

2010-05-07T21:20:00.001-07:00

I cannot express how much I LOVE being a MOMMY! This little guy brings so much JOY to my life and to my wonderful husband and DADDY, Joey helps out so much and Jayden just loves him. These pictures are just a few days before he hits his 2 month mark and I seriously can't believe that he is already 2 months ={ time really does go by so fast. I love him so much and he is just getting more and more fun. Jayden is such a HOSS.. we seen a baby girl that is one day older then him and she was TINY still and didn't even fill in her car seat halfway. At 2 weeks Jayden was just shy of weighing 12 lbs. I'm guess by his 2 month appointment he's a good 13-14 lbs. He is so chubby and I LOVE IT, he is so CUTE =}} I'm so excited that this is my first mothers day, we are blessing Jayden on mothers day so it's just going to make it that much better!! I love being a mom so much I can't even imagine my life without my little guy, I feel so blessed.

Here are a few things that I am LOVING right now with my Jaydee BUG....

*He has been sleeping threw the night for the last 4 nights.

*He is already a mommas boy... we love each other so much and have so much fun together.

*He smiles at everything and just coos all the time now, I LOVE IT!

*He loves his dog Bryan.. everytime he gets in his face he just grins and gets so excited.

*He absolutely LOVES his binky.. (PROPS for this mom for sure =})

MOMMY AND DADDY LOVE YOU SO MUCH JAYDEN!!!

It's Here....

2010-04-14T15:17:00.000-07:00

6 months today my Hero, my Best Friend, and my Sister was taken from me. I miss her so much and it feels like it is only getting harder the longer that she's gone, I don't ever want to forget the way her voice sounds or anything about her.. but I know that she is in a way better place and feeling 100% again. MarShels headstone got installed today (4/14/2010) it really is so pretty and I'm so glad that it's finally here.. my mom did a good job on picking it out and I love the saying.

Missing you so much everyday sister.. I love you!

Jayden with his guardian ANGEL

Me and Jay-de bugs with our HERO

WE MISS YOU MARSHELLY!

LOVE YOU ALWAYS AND FOREVER

Jayden 1 MONTH

2010-04-14T15:05:00.000-07:00

Jayden 1 month.

I can't believe that it's already been 1 month since my WILD and EVENTFUL experience and my life becoming so much better =} I honestly can't imagine my life without this sweet baby boy, we love him so much. Here are a few things I'm loving about Jayden so far:

1. He only wakes up one time during the night at about 3:00am and doesn't wake up again until 6:00am

2. He is really starting to smile so much more and can react to his daddy and I.

3. I love when he coos and starts telling Joey and I stories.. it really is the cutest thing.

4. I love how wild and crazy he gets with his arms.. he loves to move them all around.

5. He loves to just lay on his back and stretch. But you have to be in his sight or he thinks he is being ignored. (oops.. we might already have him spoiled, hehe)

6. He loves his binky. (props for mom =})

7. He loves going for drives but hates his carseat. As long as were going he's okay with it.

8. He is honestly just a good all around baby!

We love you Jayden!!

MY NEW LITTLE FAMILY!

2010-04-06T11:19:00.000-07:00

I feel so blessed with my new little family and couldn't be more happy, I love my baby so much and he couldn't be more perfect.. he really is such a good baby. These are a few of Jaydens newborn pictures.. my sister in-law does such a good job. I'm so pleased with all of the photos we did and I'm so glad that they turned out so good. Jayden wouldn't sleep threw anything so he was literally dealing with us the entire time with what we wanted to do with him, I couldn't be more proud of my little baby and how good he was during his first little photo shoot. Joey and I love him so much and couldn't imagine our life without him, he is so much fun.

Thank you so much Tiffany.. I love all of them =}

his daddy loves to swim and is such a fish so I thought it would be cute to get one with his daddys goggles.. I think it turned out so cute.

Joey is a HUGE football fan.. I love both of these photos and really couldn't decide which on to post so I decided to put the black and white and color one on here. Jaydens beanie is the 49er's colors (that's his daddys favorite team)

I ABSOLUTELY love these 3 photos with Joey.. they are so precious to me!

I LOVE HIM!!!

I've been having a really hard time lately now that Jayden has arrived. My sister MarShel would have been so proud of her new little nephew and just seeing her baby sister as a mommy.. It breaks my heart and hurts so much that my baby will never be able to really get to know his aunt MarShel and how perfect of a person she was. I know that he would have loved her so much and they would have been so tight. I miss her so much and it definitely isn't getting any easier.. it gets harder the longer that she's gone.

I LOVE YOU SO MUCH MARSHELLY and I know that you would have been so proud of me and my little baby.. I miss you like crazy and wish so badly that you could be here with us and in good health. I can't wait to be able to be with you again.. stay close, I need you!

Jayden 2 weeks...

2010-03-27T18:20:00.000-07:00

Jayden J. Morton

* 2 weeks *

Jaydens little smile.

OoH. (face)

I can't believe my little baby is already 2 weeks old. I seriously never thought that I would forget the birthing experience but now I look back it honestly and truly wasn't that bad and I could definitely do it again.. NOT anytime soon but a few years down the road for sure =}

Mommy and Jay-de bug!

I love my little baby =}

Daddy and Jayden.

loving on my baby.

Mommy with her boys!

JAYDEN HAS ARRIVED!!!

2010-03-27T14:48:00.000-07:00

Jayden Joseph Morton has finally arrived.. here is our story. At 40 weeks I still hadn't had one contraction. But at my dr.s appointment I wasn't dilated at all... I actually was still pretty closed up ={ so he decided if I didn't have him by March 9th on my own we were going to start me which by then I was 41 weeks. We went in at 6:30am and they put these pills up in my cervix to help thin them out (because literally my body wasn't doing anything on it's own) so we did those twice and they were helping but not really doing anything to get me dilating so they put me on the PIT and it got me contracting but it wasn't doing anything for the dilating part.. at this point I really was starting to feel really uncomfortable about the PIT and baby Jayden didn't like it so much either, his heart rate started to go really high so I finally decided that I didn't want to be on the PIT anymore and to take me off. During that my doctor came in and he gave me a few options to break my water or let me go home and relax for a little and see if I would continue to contract on my own, which baby Jayden was still pretty high and Doc, my mom, and myself (Joey really was leaving everything up to me just with the feelings I had about everything which was nice, he really wasn't in a hurry to get our baby here either and he wanted us both safe and healthy) but we really just didn't feel comfortable with breaking my water at this point.. SOoo we were waiting and watching baby for a little while longer and he kind of flat lined on us a little so my cousin Candace (who was my AMAZING nurse) didn't want to send us home because she was worried about baby and I so we just ended up staying the night and kept a monitor on baby Jayden. Well Wednesday morning the nurses that were there called Dr. Anderson and told him that the baby was doing fine and I was fine so he said to just send us home and wait for a couple of days and see what I do on my own and if nothing happend he was going to break my water Friday. Well we get home Wednesday morning around 9am and I took a hot bath and took the longest nap EVER and just really relaxed. I kept contracting on my own and by about 7ish or so they started to get stronger and about 3-5 minutes apart well I thought I would just toughen them out because I really just wanted to be able to sleep in my own bed for the night and I really was feeling bad for Joey because he gets so anxious and doesn't really love just sitting around so I wanted him to get a good nights rest. Well about 10:30pm I decided that we'd better get back to the hospital because I could barely even breath threw these contractions anymore. So we get there and let me just say that Tuesday I had that hospital pretty much all to myself and by the time we got back Wednesday night they didn't even have a room to put me in so we had to wait in the waiting lobby until they got a room ready for me ={ which I was getting so pissed because by this point I honestly could not even breath threw the contractions anymore AT ALL. They got me a room and they checked me and I still was only dilated to a 2-3 not quite a 3 yet and they called my Dr. and we decided to get me the epidural and have him come in and break my water.. I was so scared at this point because I knew that the baby was for sure coming and I was about to go threw the most unforgettable experience. So the epidural was AMAZING and I would never EVER consider having a baby without one =} they are seriously the best thing ever... but anywho I got the epidural around 3 or 4am and my doc came in at about 6am to break my water and I had dilated from a 2-3 to a 9 so he breaks my water and I was pushing by 7am. After a long 2 hours of pushing baby Jayden was almost there and I swore I couldn't push anymore (crazy how much pushing like that can just wear you OUT) but I was exhausted and just kept saying that I couldn't push anymore but my nurses and dr. just kept pumping me up and saying that he was almost there just one more push so I took one big deep breath and BABY JAYDEN was out and healthy =}} it was seriously the most craziest, emotional, breath taking, best experience ever and I couldn't have been more happy that he had arrived and neither could daddy. I'm so glad that I had my mom in the room with Joey and I because Joey was taking care of our baby and my mom took really could care of me and of course I just wanted my MOMMY, hahaha.. (Thank you mom for being there with us your such an amazing MOM, I LOVE YOU!)

Jayden Joseph Morton

His very PROUD daddy!

My little family with our amazing doctor.

(don't focus on myself, I was SOO swollen, YUK!)

We are seriously so happy and excited that he is finally here we couldn't imagine loving him anymore then we already do, he is so amazing and such a good baby already. We love you BABY JAYDEN!

Jayden

bathed and ready for bed.

Daddy and Jayden

My little family! =}

40 Weeks...

2010-02-28T12:55:00.001-08:00

I know these aren't the most attractive photos but I just thought I would share that I made it to 40 weeks and still no baby ={ I am so ready to be done being pregnant... my pants know longer stay up, I'm constantly pulling on them.. My shirts are all getting to short, hahaha my gut just hangs right on out and I'm so sick of the swolleness and feeling. I'm just ready for my clothes to fit again and just getting my body back into shape and feeling good about myself because that has all definitely gone. We are just getting so impatient and can't wait for our little guy to join our family. I'm so ready to get this crazy experience over with and to hold my bundle of joy.. I've been thinking so much about the labor part and just having the craziest dreams, the longer I have to wait the more sick to my stomach I get just thinking about where this baby is coming out of and the hole process of it. I know I can do this.. I'm just so scared/nervous. Well we will let everyone know when Jayden arrives.. hopefully it's sooner then later. We go to the doctor tomorrow Monday, MARCH 1st and we'll see what he says and if I'm doing a little something. I honestly don't feel any different so I'm hoping for some good news. We'll talk to him and see what he thinks we could do to maybe get this delivery going a little bit at least. Love you all and hopefully our next post will be pictures of our baby boy =}}

33 weeks...

2010-02-12T13:29:00.000-08:00

Here are my prego pics at 33 weeks. They turned out way better then I thought they would, haha.. I definitely don't feel very attractive but I'm glad that I got them done =} thanks for all the convincing Tiff, you did such a good job.

WHO DAT?....

2010-02-07T19:17:00.000-08:00

2010 SUPERBOWL CHAMPS... NEW ORLEANS SAINTS!!

Happy FEBRUARY..

2010-02-01T09:45:00.000-08:00

I'm so excited that it's February, so many things I'm looking forward to this month...

* FOR OUR BABY JAYDEN JOSEPH MORTON TO ARRIVE!!....

hahahaha... that is seriously all I'm looking forward to this month =}} bring on February.

(more maternity pictures coming soon)

2010-01-01T11:59:00.001-08:00

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year to everyone.. Hoping 2010 brings more happiness and health.

What I'm looking forward to this year...

* Jayden Joseph Morton to arrive, we can't wait to bring him into our family.

* More blog updates, with pictures!!! =]

* Better health for all.

* Getting my body back into shape.

* Eating healthier.

* Getting back into the grind of church every Sunday.

* and getting ourselves worthy and ready to go threw the Temple.

New Years Day..

2010-01-01T11:01:00.000-08:00

New Years Day was pretty fun. We went up to Joeys parents house and just hung out all day, we played outside and when it got dark and cold we moved the party inside. The boys were having so much fun riding their sleds and jumping them. I thought I would take Joeys sled for a little spin but didn't last long.. decided that it was to bumpy for this pregnant women. I don't know why I didn't get any pictures from the party inside.. it was just kind of crazy, everyone was playing games the kids were running around being WILD and CRAZY, coloring and EATING lots and lots of eating. Diane had a great idea and had us all go outside and let balloons go into the sky wishing our nephew Tyler a Happy New Year, I wish I would have gotten a picture of that.. it was cool. We had a really good New Years and wish everyone else a Happy New Year We're hoping 2010 can only get better =} Love to all!! BRING ON 2010!!

my Hubby jumping his sled

Joey and Bryan

Joey taking our baby for a ride

Matt pushing Diane

David, Joey, Danny, and Mickey racing

Joey, Danny, and Mickey lined up

My baby Bryan

Mickey jumping the sled

Danny jumping his sled

mother in-law Diane, Me, and Megs

Father in-law Dave

My handsome Husband

Diane making a snow angel

Da-Boys

(Mickey, Ryan, Joey, Matt, Dave, and Danny)

Mah and Pah in-law soon to be new GRANDPARENTS

getting the hill prepped and ready to jump

Mickey on the New Holland

Uncle Joey, Ryan, and Uncle Matt

Danny getting pulled behind the snowmobile

Dave pulling Diane, haha.. so funny

Brotherly LOVE.. Danny, Joey, and Matt

Joey and Matt

Pretty MEGS!!!

Diane getting ready for take off

Megs and Matty

Hubby riding his snowmobile

David E being a kid

She was sledding down the hill

getting ready to take on the hill, haha

Christmas Day.

2010-01-01T10:04:00.000-08:00

Joey and I have had a very rough year, we both have lost someone so close to us. My sister MarShel passed away October 14th and Joeys nephew Tyler passed away December 23rd. So we seriously just tried to make the best of the holidays. I just wanted to post a few pictures from Christmas.. I totally spaced taking any pictures up at Joeys parents house but we really didn't do much we just kind of sat around, relaxed, opened a few presents, and just talked about our memories of Tyler ={ seriously this Christmas couldn't have been any worse. Then later Christmas day we went down to my parents house and my family was sledding down this huge hill that my dad has behind his house and he had it all prepped up and ready for sledding. I couldn't believe how many times the little kids actually went down it.. I'm not kidding this hill is huge and you get going so fast but they were loving it. My niece RyLee (2) even got ran over by the tube and she still wanted to go down again, haha it was hilarious and so cute. Here are a few pictures of our sledding day. I was so sad that I couldn't join in on the fun...

my SILLY dad.. he is such a kid at heart

TAXI service

boys getting ready for ROUND 2

Leif snowboarding down the hill.

Brett posing.

and they're off..

My Dad, Brother Brett, and Brother Leif

Brett getting strapped in.

The TAXI service

This is the tube RyLee fell off and got ran over by, haha.. she's so tuff!

Leif with Kaysia, Kylen, and RyLee

Leif, Kylen, and RyLee

Leif with the kiddies

My Baby Bump...

2009-11-18T11:07:00.000-08:00

25 weeks.. I feel a lot bigger then what these pictures show. Joey and I are getting so excited for our little boy to get here. I've got his room completely painted and my furniture should be done by the end of this month =] so I'm getting SUPER excited. I honestly can't believe how fast my pregnancy has gone and I couldn't be happier about it =}

My HERO, My Best Friend, My SISTER....

2009-11-16T11:13:00.000-08:00

I know it's been ONE month now that my sister passed away but I just wanted to do a little blog on here and let everyone know how much this WOMEN meant to me and how much of an inspiration she is. My sister MarShel battled cancer for 10 years and she was one TUFF cookie threw it all. My sister was not one to complain and if you were to talk to her in the last week of her life you would have thought she was doing great. MarShel was my biggest HERO and my very BEST FRIEND we did a lot of things together and our age difference never mattered... we are 10 years apart and she let me do everything with her... hanging out with friends, staying with her in Salt Lake when she lived there, going on trips.... we were always having good times. I know that she is in a way better place and is feeling like herself again.. but I miss her terribly. It breaks my heart that MarShel won't be here when our baby arrives in February but I know that she will be right there with me helping me threw it and making sure that he gets here safely... I just hate the thought of not being able to have ONE picture of my baby with my biggest HERO in my life and someone that I looked up to A LOT! But I could go on and on with memories of MarShel and how much she really meant to me. I just wanted to post a little something on my blog of her.... I LOVE YOU SO MUCH MARSHEL AND MISS YOU TERRIBLY!!! I CAN'T WAIT TILL WE CAN BE TOGETHER AGAIN... LOVE YOU ALWAYS AND FOREVER!

Just trying stuff out...

2009-11-14T16:04:00.000-08:00

Well everyone I'm so sick of my blog being so plain and BORING that I just decided to try a couple of things out to see how I could get some pictures on this thing... I needed to see if it would work and no it's not the easiest way but it will have to do until I get me a program for my damn computer =] This is a picture that was taken at Bear Lake this year.. My Erickson cousins from Salt Lake had rented a cabin near the lake and invited us other Ericksons to join in on the fun so my brother Leif his wife Roxanna and their two kids all piled up in my car and hit the road. It was so much fun even though I was still pretty sick at this time being pregnant and all but we made the best of it. I love my family so much and I'm so grateful for all of them!!

I will try and get some pregnancy photos on here next.. I just wanted to try this out to see if it will work. PICTURES COMING SOON!!!!!!! YaHooooooo.

Boy... OR Girl... ????

2009-09-03T19:01:00.000-07:00

Well everyone Joey and I are having a BOY. We couldn't be more excited.. I was kind of thinking I was having a girl after everyone kept telling me that that's what they thought we were going to get, I was also hoping for a girl because it would have been the first MORTON girl, none of Joeys brothers have girl all they can get are boys. Joey was on cloud nine as soon as she said that it was a boy and it definitely didn't take long for her to say that it was a boy either.. just a few seconds after she started looking around his legs were spread wide open and we could see his little jewels =] We can't wait for him to get here!

We're Expecting!

2009-07-08T11:24:00.003-07:00

Well everyone Joey and I are having a baby. We just found out today that we're due February 28th. We couldn't be more happy and excited but at the same time we are both a little scared. I have been so sick for a week and a half now, it's just such a different sickness then I have ever experienced. I just feel so blessed that this happend to us when it did. I couldn't imagine having my baby without my sister here with me.

Still needing my program.

2009-02-17T09:30:00.000-08:00

Hello Everyone. I'm so sorry that I haven't updated my blog in a VERY long time, I'm still needing a program for my Mac computer and as some of you may know they are SO EXPENSIVE so I've just been kind of waiting patiently. I'm going to try and just keep up with the things that Joey and I have been up to (which isn't much) and then I'll add pictures as soon as I do get a picture program.

Joey has just been working.. this last week he had to work a few days till 2:00 am or later, there was one night he didn't get home till 5:20am it was horrible and to add on top of that he had such a busy day that entire next day, so he was pretty worn out by the end of the night. Hopefully those late nights turn out good for the guys =] Joey really loves his job, he works with his really good friends so I'm sure that helps out a ton. He is now working 14 on - 7 off and I really enjoy it and I'm sure he does as well. On Joeys days off we try and do as much as possible, he really enjoys going snowmobiling or going down to my parents and having a shootout with my dad (they are hilarious, my dad is such a kid) they get so into it.

For me, I just enjoy being the loving housewife that I am =] I don't really do much but I really do enjoy it. I've really gotten into working out and losing the weight that I had gained after Joey and I got married, which was way to much and I let it get way to far. But I'm back down to a weight where I feel way more comfortable and I really don't mind working out as much as I thought I hated it, haha. We have also been working very hard on bringing a baby into our family but that isn't looking so good on our end. I'm going to go out to a specialist in Salt Lake and see where or what he thinks we are going to have to do to get us pregnant. I hope it turns out for the better, I've been having a really hard time.

So that is about all that Joey and I have really been up to, we really are not that interesting but I will try and do more posts as much as possible. We love you all!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

2009-01-01T10:52:00.000-08:00

2009! Happy New Year everyone. I hope everyone had a safe and fun New Years. I can't believe 2008 is already over but I'm ready for a new year and a new start on the things I want to get accomplished before the end of this year =]

Pictures will be coming to my blog soon. (fingers crossed)

I love you all and I hope this New Year will bring much Joy and Happiness to you all.

Coming Soon!

2008-11-30T12:22:00.000-08:00

I've enjoyed looking at everyones blogs and seeing how big all of the kids are getting and just what everyone has been up to. I really want to get one going for Joey and I, but I'm needing a program for my computer so I can start putting all of our pictures on here. I told Joey that is one thing I want for Christmas is a photoshop program. So maybe by next year we will have a blog up and running. Love you all and HAPPY HOLIDAYS!