The Most Wonderful Time of Year!

We spent our Christmas in Seattle this year with JD's family. We had a fabulous time, and we got to do so many fun things! Morgan got so many nice presents from all her grandparents, and I can't imagine ever buying her another toy again (Ha, ya right). She loved playing with her cousins, and loved the snow.

Morgan did great on the plane to and from. She got nervous during take off and nearly climbed on top of JD's head. He had to literally peel her off, but once we were in the air, she did great! (Thanks to a portable DVD player....NEVER traveling without that!)

Here's some of the highlights of our trip!

We went to Leavenworth, a little German town north of Seattle...we had to drive through the mountains to get there...the view was unreal! Felt like we were in the Swiss Alps.

Playing with Daddy in the snow


Sweet face


Mommy and Morgan


We stayed in this amazing cabin! It was really nice!


The view from our cabin





Roasting marshmallows for s'mores


Yum! Toasted marshmallows are so good!


Warming up with Daddy


Christmas Eve service with JD's brother in law Josh, sister Becky,his mom, and our niece Maddie and nephews Jake and Luke


Family pic! Why are these so rare?



Opening presents from Hamma!


Poor baby got sick on Christmas Eve and had to borrow her cousin Luke's pjs since I didn't bring any over to their house...she totally looks like a boy!


Got a fun baby doll play set; even has a baby bjorn!




If Dora can fit in here, then surely I can too!


Opening her computer from Grandpa


After about 30 attempts we got this cute picture of the 4 cousins


Sweet Maddie and Morgan


Morgan got a Dora backpack from Hamma and was proud to have her very own carry on bag in the airport!


Santa came the morning after we got home (on the 30th) and brought her a retro kitchen...she LOVES it!


Santa also brought her a chef's outfit



Stroller and kitty from Santa, and the shoes are from Grandma




Ironing board from Aunt Megan!


Happy New Year!


May 2010 bring you health, love, and happiness!

Do You Believe in Angels?

....I do!!

Trick or Treat!

Morgan had a great time trick or treating on Halloween. She was confused at first but soon figured out that if she went up to the door she got candy and was loving every minute of it! At one house she turned around and announced "I have SO MUCH candy!!"...Not that her Mean Momma lets her have any....is that wrong?

We started the day off with a party at her Gymboree class.

Cutest Pumpkin in the Patch!

Today was gorgeous outside, perfect for going to the pumpkin patch!
Look at our big girl!



Morgan and our neighbor's son, Troy


She tried to pick up every pumpkin she saw....



Til she found the perfect one!



She was so proud to carry it all by herself!







Last year: (sniff sniff...she's so tiny!)

18 Months and Counting!

Morgan went to the doctor for her 18 month check up and everything is wonderful! She weighs 19 lbs 5 oz (STILL not on the chart), and she is 31 inches tall, (10-25th percentile). She is just a little peanut! Cullen (the precious 6 month old I watch during the week) weighs 17 LBS! A year younger than her and just about to pass her in weight!
She now knows her shapes and is close to counting to 20! Can sing chunks of the alphabet and loves loves LOVES to sing! She sings "Twinkle Twinkle" and "Mary had a Little Lamb", and "Frere Jaques". She made up her own song the other day:



Where is Daddy? Where is Daddy?
I don't know.
Where is Daddy? Where is Daddy?
I don't know, I don't know.
Where is Daddy?
He's at work!



On Sunday Morgan spent the day with Grandma and made cookies for the first time! She stirred and stirred the oatmeal and transferred it from bowl to bowl. It was messy, but she had so much fun. Grandma even bought her an apron for the occasion. (Wish I had gotten a picture of her stirring the oatmeal, it was precious) Thanks Grandma for a fun day!




And finally, after drooling over the cute Halloween decorations on other blogs, I decided to do my own (for cheap)!
The mantle: I feel like it needs something else but I figured its ok considering it only gets displayed for 31 days :)




Got the glass jar in Canton last weekend (20 bucks!) and went to Hobby Lobby and got 3 little pumpkins, hot glued them, then wrote BOO. I also cut up a black feather boa and that went into the bottom of the jar (also HL). The frame I already had and I just printed out a picture of a raven.




The twigs in the glass jar I already had, just added little bats! And the mongrammed pumpkin I saw on another blog and loved it! So made my own and glued some feathers around the stem.




This is the table in my entryway...I got the argyle pumpkin in Canton and used some of the cut up boa to make a wreath for it to sit on. And for the black feather wreath on the mirror, I used a hanger (bent into a circle) and hot glued the remaining boa on it. Voila! Cute.


Close up of pumpkin....gotta love Canton. 12 dollars!



And my Prissy Plate that I got at...where else...Canton! Love that I can change the color of ribbon for the seasons/holidays. Here is orange/white for Halloween.



And I found this at Canton (my whole house is Canton, I'm telling you, it's the best place EVER), and my mom had the idea to put these little pumpkins on there instead of candles. Might be fun to do beaded balls for Christmas? Anyways, I love it! It is so fun to decorate for Halloween and fall!



And one more thing....I found this sweet sign in Canton also. It greets our visitors when they come to the front door!

Oh, Sweet Girl of Mine!

Our sweet Morgan just learned how to count to 10! She counts buttons on shirts, bubbles, pieces of cheese, everything...it's pretty cute!
I got some video of it the other day but of course I had taken her shirt off so her sweet potatoes wouldn't stain it...so here she is, shirtless and all!



Hard to believe she is almost 18 months. She is so full of life and laughter and fills our hearts with such joy! And what a ham...




Peekaboo!



I see you!



Playing at Market St

We're Still Here!!

Whew...we are sorely behind on blogging... This past month has been insanely busy and seems everyday is nonstop til 10 pm and then I don't feel like blogging! The house is awesome, we love it so much. Closing was a nightmare, but that's another post in itself....I will post pictures soon. I keep wanting the house to be clean to post pictures but that never seems to happen, as there is usually stuff everywhere! One of these days.
Just wanted to update on sweet Morgan. She will be 17 months on Sept 4th. She amazes us constantly. Her vocabulary is unbelievable. She says pretty much any and everything. She goes around pointing all day naming stuff: tree, leaf, doggie, milk, chicken, ketchup, helicopter, cool whip, cheese, outside, orange, corn, and the list goes on and on. She is now starting to speak 2 to 3 word phrases: I love you is "I wub bu", "I comin", "bye Daddy" (or whoever is leaving at the moment), and she loves saying people's names. Getting quite good at it too! I love her sweet little voice, makes my heart swell every time, I swear. She knows the colors red and blue, and knows what a circle, triangle, and square are, and the letters A, B, C, and M.
She loves going to Gymboree classes, to see "Gymbo" the clown. She loves Dora, which is crazy because she really doesn't watch it, but we have tons of Dora books. Gotta love that Map and Backpack. Loves to play outside, I can't wait for the weather to cool down a bit.
She loves playing with her play food and her tea party set. She also really likes the daily craft we do, especially the glue stick!
She is still such a tiny little girl...still wears some of her 3-6 months clothes but is getting taller and moving into size 9 months. How does that seem like such a big size to me?
Every stage of her so far has been so much fun! I was looking at baby pictures of her the other day and boo-hooed: how could this time have gone by so quickly? I treasure every moment with her; they are far too fleeting to not do so!

Smile!



Her hair is growing in the back but not much on top yet!