Love You Forever

Is it even possible to make it through that book without bawling?? I have yet to do so. So when Morgan chose that as one of her bedtime stories tonight, I made it through 3 pages before I lost it. Then our conversation went a little like this:

Morgan: What's the matter Mommy?

Me: Nothing sweetie, this book makes me sad and happy.

Morgan: But why?

Me: Because you are growing up just-oh-so-fast!

Morgan: Okay, Mommy, but I think you need to go blow your nose right now.



Ha! Guess my sniffling was annoying her!

Ever Feel......

....like your heart could burst? Love this little girl so much!

Wordless Wednesday

Kindermusik

Friday was Morgan's last day of Kindermusik...to say she didn't like it.... would be an understatement. Which is confusing because she loves singing and dancing, loves her Gymboree Play N Music class, loves instruments, but she very much disliked this class. She would scream and want me to hold her, refused to participate, she even tried to escape a few times. 3 classes from the end she started to warm up and after the last class she asked when she could go back to Kindermusik! Grr......Wish I could get a refund and put it towards another semester!








At least Cullen loved it!!

"No Thank You!"

This phrase is uttered by our precious daughter every. single. night. as she is pushing away her food. No doubt she's polite...but lord I've never seen such a picky eater! She won't eat ANYTHING! She won't try new things...I have run out of things to do to get her to eat! I've put it in muffin tins, used cookie cutters to cut it into fun shapes, called it "Dora's Favorite chicken" but nothing works! She DOES eat any and all fruit, cheese cubes, mac n cheese, and over-processed chicken nuggets but that's it. She has a HUGE sweet tooth and loves ice cream, cookies, M&Ms...where did I go wrong??? She rarely eats stuff like that...maybe once a month! We keep her plate out after dinner in case she changes her mind about being hungry but it's so hard! I want to give her something she loves but I know that will lead to me making separate meals for her and I don't want to go down that road.
Last night at 8:00 she was so hungry and still wouldn't eat:

I see many more nights like this in our future........

Easter and The Birthday Girl!

The last 2 1/2 weeks have been a whirlwind around here! Lots of family visiting, people coming and going! My sister came to visit from NYC for a week, as did my aunt and uncle from Pittsburgh. We had such a great week and just relaxed and enjoyed the company!

JD's mom and stepdad were supposed to come down 2 days before Morgan's birthday but his mom got so horribly ill the day they were supposed to leave so we didn't get to see her :( But Papa Tony still came and we had a great time with him as well!

Morgan's birthday happened to fall on Easter this year so we celebrated her birthday on Easter with a family party and had another party a week later...whew!

My sweet Aunt and Uncle


Heading to Grimaldis...yum!



At Chuck E Cheese with Papa Tony


Aunt Megan and Morgan




She loved this dance game with Gamma and Papa Tony


Doing Easter Eggs the night before Easter.


The Easter Bunny came!


Easter egg hunt at church!



Opening presents!


She got her first dress up gown from Gamma!


I did a terrible job taking pictures at her other party :( I am so disappointed! She had a great party!


Minnie Mouse theme!



Party Favors:



Morgan's birthday gift from us, Hamma, Papa Tony, and Grandma and Grandpa Mauk! She loves it so much! We play outside everyday for hours it seems.

Morgan's 2 Year Pictures

A few weeks ago we were lucky enough to book Courtney Moore for Morgan's 2 year pictures. She did such a good job....we were so very happy with how they turned out!
Some of our favorites: (sorry there's so many..it's hard to narrow it down from 150 pictures!:)