The playscape

Yup... this is happening. Finley doesn't even know it. I called in for reinforcements (my father-in-law) right after we ordered it since it called for 24-36 hours with two moderately skilled professionals to put it together. Of course, my FIL said he would be here and to let him know when it would arrive. I haven't sent him a picture yet, do you think he is going to change his mind? I'm willing to bet this playscape comes in about 8,000 pieces. Awesome! To me, it looks like a little girls playhouse. I.CANNOT.WAIT.

Landry 7 Months

My Sweet Landry - 7 Months

Weight - 18 lbs. 13 oz.

Here is Finley's Seven Month stats

- Wear size 2 diapers during the day and 3's at night
- Wear size 6 & 9 month jammies
- Over the last week you have been eating 5 1/2 oz at each feeding every 3-4 hours
- Most days you are eating cereal in the morning, fruit for lunch and veggie for dinner
- Eating just about ALL types of foods - momma is even making some of it fresh from the garden
- LOVE fresh BANANAS - CAN'T.GET.ENOUGH
- Bedtime 8pm
- Can't keep them those toes out of your mouth
- You are laughing and babbling so much
- Sleeping really good - 10-11 at night. AWESOME, right
- You also love for the blanket to touch your face
- Tummy sleeper all the way
- Mastered sitting
- Even started to get on your knees...EEK!

You are just an absolute blessing to us and your face just lights up any room! We did see a pediatric surgeon about your belly button bulge and surgery is scheduled for July 22nd. It's a cyst inside the belly that will not go away on its own. The Dr. could not reassure us that it would not get infected over time, which if it did it would not be pretty. Then we would be facing two procedures. One for draining & healing and the other for removing it.Every time I think about my little baby girl undergoing anesthesia makes me teary eyed! More to come on this story later.You always keep your daddy and I on our toes! You seem to smile at just about anyone. Whereas, your sister DID NOT! We love you to the moon and back baby girl!

You know you are a fireman's wife if...

You know what IFSTA, IAFF, SCBA, WSFTA, and ARFF stand for.

Your Husband's wardrobe looks like this: non-descript bottoms paired with any navy blue shirt/sweatshirt with a fire department logo on it.

Your Husband's haircut is "nice and tight". So are his buns.

You've eaten more gas-producing foods in a 24 hour period than any sane woman should (unless she's a firefighter).

You know the difference between a police siren and a fire siren.

Your kids think the fire station is "Daddy's house" or "Where daddy hangs with his friends"

You know that all of your smoke detectors work.

Your Husband will not let you near the BBQ pit.

You can make 4 dozen cookies without a recipe in 1.5 hours flat and have them delivered asap.

You know that you always have a team of highly-trained ems professionals at the ready (you know, in case a baby falls down the stairs or something).

You know that it is faster and waaaay better to take the ambulance to the hospital (NEVER go it solo, and actually WAIT in the waiting room!).

Your single friends are always asking "are there any single firemen at Hubby's work?".

Your children can make good use of vacuum hoses and rubber gloves.

Everybody knows a Firefighter, and will assume that you know them too.

You find it hard to sleep when your Hubby is at work.

You get severely angry when people don't pull over for firetrucks and ambulances.

You've held more birthdays at the fire station than should be allowed.

You get to listen to stories about fires, mva's and in my case, sprinkler systems.

You've seen Backdraft 40 million times and Ladder 49 10 million (but who can get sick of staring at Joaquin Phoenix and John Travolta?).

You've had some of the best holiday meals at the fire station.

You've lost all sense of what a "weekend" really is due to your husband's crazy schedule.

Your husband gets to go on field trips & preschool once in a while.

All of the teachers want your husband to "demonstrate" his skills for the class (yeah, right she just wants to see him in his bunker gear).

You feel like the luckiest girl alive when he comes home off shift and sends your heart a-flutter.

Happy Father's Day to 'OUR' favorite Firefighter! 
We love you!

We love our Fire station Family Fun Day's!

Happy Hump Day Y'all

My first daughter has this crazy love (I must hug) for every.single.stop.sign.we.see. 

Landry talking up a storm at the HEB.

I guess I would call this... Naked Radio Flyer Tuesday at the Morris house. 

Look at those beautiful lashes! And those cheeks, I could just squeeze em'.

Happy Hump Day! 

RIP HFD Brothers & Sisters

As I sit and think about the Houston Firefighters who lost their lives this last week in a horrific Motel fire and as a wife of a fireman, you can't help but let your mind go there. No matter how hard you try not too, it still happens. It's just that horrible gut wrenching feeling -

Along with this comes the opportunity for other brothers to pay it forward. While HFD would like to attend the services of their fallen brothers and sisters they need extra help. This is where firefighters from around the state and / or nation can offer their services.

So yesterday I received the call that Jeremy would be headed to HFD for an 18 hour shift at the most. I can't quite understand why I was more nervous this time about him reporting to duty at another fire station than his own. As his wife, I cannot help but worry. I know that everything will be fine, but those fallen firefighters that were lost last week, their significant other thought it was just another shift day for them as well.

So tonight I will pray that our RRFD firemen will report to duty at HFD and return unharmed in less than 24 hours. It's just another one of those times us wives have to deal with. But I can say, I 100% support and respect his decision to help out when given the opportunity. I mean the excitement in their voice is priceless.

It's because each of these babies (minus Landry) that I pray every.single.night that our daddy's come home at the end of every shift. 

We love our first responders!