Does Baby Morgan Cox Look Like Baby Dan Cox? You Decide!

Baby Dan at 3 months old with mom and dad, Marie & Jerry Cox



Here is baby Dan at 1 month old with Grandma Goforth and Ellen.



Baby Dan with Dad, Jerry Cox 11-29-72 at 4 months old


Baby Dan Cox Christmas 12-25-73

Building Morgan's Sandcastle

I read something very insightful in my LLL magazine today, and I thought that I would share the concept. Everytime I understand Morgan, it's like little grains of sand. Nothing much in itself. It's only in time that it grows and one day it'll make a big sandcastle. Right now it grows in tiny amounts. Each little grain adds to it. There is a great deal still to discover about the the way we mother and how it influences our children. Mothers and grandmothers probably continue to question and learn about their children all their lives. Surely all of us must have found some "little grains of sand." If we look after our little grains, hold them carefully, and make sure that they don't drop from our hands back onto the amorphous beach of unsorted grains, we have an opportunity to contribute to a large sandcastle.

Oh, and here's Morgan's photo after his mid-day bath today when he pooped ALL over himself, our bed, his changing table and me. Ahhh... the joy of motherhood!

Morgan Has Learned to Grab Things With His Hands!

Morgan loves his play mat. Thank you Greg & Bethanie. Today we reached a big milestone! He learned to grab the toys with his hands. This is huge because it means that he is learning that his is his own person... not part of mamma. We think that it also means that he will be able to entertain himself for short periods of time. Maybe I can actually get something done around here. I actually got TWO showers yesterday. That's a huge milestone for a new mom. HUGE

Video of Morgan at 11 weeks

It's official! Morgan is a thumbsucker!

... and we are thrilled! See, you can't lose a thumb. So, it will always be there.

New Moms Meet for Fun!

It's unreal the number of new mommies that we know. So, I decided to invite a few over to the house for the afternoon. It was so much fun hearing everyone's experience with motherhood. There are actually 6 more new babies that couldn't make it.

Chick Magnet

Morgan is getting so big! He was only 6 lb 11 oz at birth and initially got down to 6 lb 2 oz. We went to his 2 month checkup for his shot and he's now at 11 lb 11 oz! What a big boy! The first couple of months have really flow by. Baby Morgan REALLY loves to cuddle and doesn't like to be put down... ever. We had to work through that and now he is learning more "independance". Dan and Martha are back in the swing of things. This parent stuff is fun!