Idaho / Park City

Here are a few pictures of our trip to Idaho and Park City in February. Aria loved the snow in Utah and wanted to share it with her friend Henley Madsen. Henley is already well adjusted to the snow, but that didn't stop Aria.

Also is a picture of one of Aria's future boyfriends Kane.

The photo of Aria and the Cougar Rug has a great story: Aria was a bit anxious about stepping into my dad's house with the many heads and eyes in the entry. but she was soon at ease. However, when she was in the living room, she saw the rug and was a bit curious. She walked right up to the cougar and asked, "Oh Kitty, What happened to you?"

We laughed quite a bit over that.

The Four Generations of Morrill Men was the inspiration forthe trip, and we wanted to capture the moment for all to see.

Aria and Kian

We were hearing from people how much Aria and Kian looked alike at birth, and so I created a couple snapshot side by sides of Kian and Aria and their features.
Note: Aria’s "Linus"head is due to her head sitting in the birth canal for 20 hours attempting labor, and then being sucked out with the vacuum attachment. It doesn’t look like it here, but it gave her a little halo, which she has tried desperately to have removed. Her head returned to her normal shape after a day or two.

Grumpy and Cute

Some More Pictures

Kian as almost 24 hours old. I have attached some additional pictures from his big day yesterday.

Kian Arrives Triumphant

Kian is here. Just look at that first shot. It is like an Epic Poem.

Kerri is resting with the little guy, and we are getting to know one another.

Vitals: 6 lb 4 oz 19 "

We will post more images soon.

BTW-

Kian shares his birthday with Elvis. There was a cardboard full size cutout of The King in the Giftshop. We will have to take a picture.

Love All

Final Show of Aria's Solo Act

Aria would like to wish everyone a thankful goodbye from the Spotlight.
Her 2 1/2 year run has been wonderful, and she would like the thank all of the little people who have made it happen for her. She will be assuming a shared production for the remainder of her career with a reoccuring role as "Big Sister". She thinks that this ensamble cast offers her a chance to meld her talents with a new comer to the stage- some young upstart named Kian. The production heads have promised her equal billing, though they made no promises regarding the media reaction to the new cast member.
In leau of gifts, Aria has requested that a fund be created to secure her treasures which will be subject to considerable harm and disarray during the near future.

Well, we are very excited and a bit trepidaceous today. We are packing up for a long weekend at the Hospital. Aria will be able to spend most of the time at Gammy Lewis' house a few miles away from the Hospital, and she is looking forward to that. Kerri is a bit nervous as this is a scheduled C-Section, and we know it will happen as to having it be of necessity with Aria. So basically it is the same without all the drama and frustration of waiting for dilation that wasn't happening fast enough and the fluctuations in fetal heart rate that we had for 20 hours before Aria's eventual C-Sec.

We will post pictures as soon as possible. We are taking the laptop to the Hospital so I can post pictures ASAP, as I know many are anxious to see the KIWI.

Stay tuned to this channel in the next few days.

Christmas at the Morrills

As most of my family shivers this Christmas, we are happy to report that we too are cold this year. It even rained, and Aria has had to wear on occasion a sweater or jacket.

It was certainly late this year, but we could not go without getting the tree up and decorated. It took us an eternity to get the tree out of the bottom of the pile of boxes in the garage. but to see Aria get so excited about decorating the tree, it was worth every minute.

It is funny. Last year we had a 24" no-fly-zone at the bottom of the tree, this year, as Aria was responsible for that same lower 24", the tree is bottom-heavy. She really likes decorating the tree. I have included an image of one of Aria's favorite branches.

We are in great anticipation of some peace this Christmas season. We are enjoying the calm before the storm as it were. We have been informed today that Kian's arrival will be pushed back to the 8th of January. This is tough because we were very excited about the 5th. It shares the same day as a couple of important people in our lives. Kian's "uncle Jared" is Jan5. Aunt Michelle is a 5th, and we have a few others.

We hope all have a wonderful Christmas. We hav truly been blessed this year, and are appreciative of all that we are given, and able to give in return.

Merry Christmas.