Saturday, September 15, 2012

Look Who's 2!!!

As I write this post, I am amazed that two years have passed since our sweet "bonus blessing" was born!! Morgan was very unexpected when we found out we were "expecting" on January 25, 2010, one day before my 39th birthday!! The joke is that I had told Chris months before that if I wasn't pregnant by my next birthday (which I KNEW I wouldn't be!!), I wanted to have a procedure called endometrial ablation to tame my out-of-control periods. All of the blood drained out of Chris's face, because he still was holding out hope (& prayers, as I would find out later) that we would have another child, so I laughed it off as something we really didn't have to talk about right then . . . or ever, as we would soon find out! 
What an absolute joy our sweet Morgan has been!! She is one amazing kid! She is talking up a storm these days, repeating nearly everything we say (so we're very careful, now!). She know many of her colors and remembers everything she's ever known or heard about! Like Bailey, she diffuses tense situations by being hysterically funny. She has finally grown some hair and it is beautifully curly! She is 35 inches tall and weighs 28 lbs. 13 oz. (80th percentile). She eats well and  her new fave is smoothies, which she drinks nearly every morning. She is just now starting to show some interest in listening to books as opposed to running around the living room while we read to her! She goes to preschool one day a week and has done remarkably well.

Here are just a few pictures of her "birth day" two years ago! It's one of the best days of my life!

 
 
 
 

Thursday, September 13, 2012

Happy Grandparents Day!!


 




It's very likely that we are the only family in town who celebrated Grandparents Day, but it's a Hallmark holiday, people! Get with the program!! :D Back in July, Chris & I went to the mountains for the weekend for his birthday. On the way up, he decided to stop at the Muscle Car Museum, a place that we have passed a thousand times and have always said, "We should stop there sometime!" Well, this time we did and it was so much fun! Lots of classic cars and memorabilia of a bygone era. Immediately, I knew that my parents would LOVE this place!! They had a '57 Chevrolet Bel Air back in the day and have always loved classic cars. It was the BEST day!! After oohing and aahing over the beautiful machines, we went to lunch at Sweet P's, a BBQ joint made semi-famous by an episode of "Man vs. Food." It was really good! I can't wait to go back and have the BBQ pork burrito! We had a fantastic day and I am so very, very grateful that my kids are blessed with such AMAZING grandparents!!

Tuesday, September 4, 2012

And the adventure continues . . .

First-day-of-school smoothie!
"Preschool is THIS way!!"
Too cute with that backpack on!




Anxiously waiting for the door to open!!
Washing hands before going in.
Scoping out her not-so-new classroom
OMGosh, she looks soooo tiny!! But she had a great day!

So, Bailey started middle school a couple of weeks ago and now Miss Morgan is going to preschool at our church one day a week. I went many moons ago and Bailey went more recently, so it's a place that's near and dear to our hearts! Her little class only has 6 toddlers in it and she hit the ground running. Her teachers said she did great, that she's really laid-back, quiet, & shy. Really?!? My kid?!? Anyway, she had a great day - she ate her lunch, took a nap, and played! So thankful for such a sweet school.