A Buggie Full of Beans

Birthday Parties are so much fun...

2012-02-12T12:57:00.000-08:00

So our birthday season has begun. I call it that because we are blessed with so many friends. All of their birthday's fall between February and July for the most part. This past weekend we had one on Saturday and one Sunday. The party on Saturday was for Emma's sweet friend from dance, Maddie. She turned 4 and had a Barbie party with a real live dress up Barbie. The girls got their nails painted, their hair curled, feather boa's and got to do a fashion show. It was really cute and Emma had so much fun. Anyone that knows Emma knows she can be shy in front of a bunch of people but she played right along. I was so surprised. Here she is after getting her hair and nails done.

Here is the back of Emma's hair, it did so good! They had glitter too in their hair!

Julia & Emma doing the fashion show!

Pretty girl!

Group shot with Barbie...

Sunday we had Lucy's party to go too. It was a skating party and I didn't get any pictures because I was helping Emma skate. Emma had so much fun (this year and last) and just loves Lucy. I was so proud of Emma this time because she went out with all the other little girls during the dance and sock race time. I had to snap a quick picture before joining in the fun! Who doesn't like to break it down? I know I do!

Morgan

I HEART Pinterest...Part 2

2012-02-11T12:35:00.000-08:00

So I've discussed on here my love for Pinterest before. You can read about it here. Here are some other things I've been up too since that last post. Sorry about the picture quality and color, they were taken with my phone and the lighting wasn't always the best!

We recently pulled up the carpet going to our basement (the playroom) and decided to work with what we had. So we re-finished the stairs and then I put the quote on there with my Cricut. I had seen several ideas on Pinterest from the way they were finished to different quotes and this one stuck out the most. Ben wasn't too keen on doing anything different color wise on the stairs either and I was ok with that! We love them!

This is on the main landing going to the basement which I just talked about. It's kinda funny because these were supposed to be 2 seperate squares but Ben got carried away and forgot and we have 1 big one. It actually looks really good.

I showed you the toilet paper roll I had over the toilet last time but it did not hold up at all. After about the 4,000th time of putting it together I threw it away. I saw this and happened to have a old used rubber door mat that need some TLC. I think it turned out great. I'm still debating if I should make it red like the toilet paper wreath. This is distressed also but you can't tell in this picture. What do you think?

I decided I wanted to try curtains in the living room (but not panels) and since I did the ones in the kitchen (which you can see from my first Pinterest post) I knew I could take these on. I also wanted them to be a little different. I love how they turned out!

This a snowflake (I know it's kinda hard to see) my friend Amber did originally. She warned me hers broke but I had the stuff already and thought I'd try it. It actually did pretty good, but I have to admit 1 point did come off.

My Snowman...let me just say this isn't anything special but I was so proud of him! :) We had him and the snowflake up during January so don't think they are still up now. He was so easy and so cute...of course the little girl in the picture is the cutest!

This actually came from one of my favorite blogs I read and I can't take credit for it but Ben can. I showed it to him and said can you build Emma this bunk bed for her babies and he said yes. It turned out awesome and she loves it!!

I'm still addicted to Pinterest so these will most likely be ongoing posts I'll link too!

Morgan

Fireplace makeover...

2012-02-10T09:58:00.000-08:00

Before Christmas I had seen a fireplace that was re-finished that I fell in love with. I decided to make a mental note of it and after Christmas try and attempt it. I was so gung ho about doing it myself but slowly Ben talked me out of it. I think he wanted to do it honestly. I'm glad now that he did talk me out of it and that I let him do it, because it ended up being a lot more work then we realized. I think I could have done it hands down but I think I would have gotten frustrated! :) It turned out SO GOOD. I was so glad he has patience that I don't!! Before the fireplace was all white and just kind of blah. It really pops now!

Here it is (sorry this was with my phone)...

Morgan

Brooks' Big Boy Bed

2012-02-09T09:44:00.000-08:00

Brooks has been asking for a big boy bed for quite some time. We finally made it happen for him and he was so excited. Fortunately for us, his crib converted to a full size bed. You can read more about his last night in his crib here. You can also see pictures of his nursery here. I need to pause for just a minute, I could cry remembering how excited I was over the nursery and planning it and now we're already moving things around and making him his own big boy room. Time sure flies! Once I get everything moved around on the walls and get him a comforter I'll post more pictures. But until then, here he is Sunday night right before bed with Emma.

Ready to go night, night

Brooks asleep the next morning. Ben took this picture and texted it to me. He slept all night and slept late that morning.

It's gone pretty good this week I guess. We've had so many issues with one or both waking up lately we'll take any uninterrupted night of sleep we can get and this week has been more of those then not so that's good. I know this too is just a phase though and one day I'll long for the times that they wanted in mommy's bed.

Morgan

Bye, bye crib...

2012-02-07T13:53:00.000-08:00

Saturday night was Brooks' last night in his crib. I think I was the only one sad! How did we get to this point? I'm not sure. He's been asking for over a month now for a big boy bed and so we finally made it happen for him.

Here he is with Emma right before he laid down.

My sweet baby boy!! He may be a big boy now or getting there but he'll always be my baby!

Mommy loves you and your sister oh so much!!!

Morgan

My Chevron Wall

2012-02-01T09:14:00.000-08:00

I've been wanting to re-paint my kitchen (for like the 15th time, not really but we have painted it several times) for some time now. I haven't been able to come up with a color I thought I'd just love, that wouldn't make me want to do it again in a few years like before. I've seen people on blogs and Pinterest do Chevron walls and I liked them. All of a sudden a few weeks ago it hit me that I should try a chevron wall as an accent wall in my kitchen. I figured what did I have to lose (since I talked about re-painting the whole thing anyway) and if it turned out good then we wouldn't have to re-paint. I ran the idea by Ben, he didn't understand exactly I don't think but said ok. I figured up the dimensions for it and then finally got time this weekend to talk him in to trying it. I'm not a painter, or lets say I prefer not painting walls if I don't have too. But Ben doesn't mind at all. I think he actually likes it and has painted our whole house on the inside. So I can only take credit for the dimensions and helping him do the chalk grid and that was it. Once we finished the chalk he said we looked like smurfs! I couldn't help but laugh. Here is a before picture.

Here is Ben working on it.

When he finished before we put everything back he said it reminded him of Whataburger and I had to laugh again!

The after picture! Let me just say it looks AWESOME. It lightened up that little nook so much and just added so much character. Also for the record once it was all put back he decided it didn't look like Whataburger as much as before and he really liked it!

Morgan

My Very Own Punky Brewster

2012-01-31T09:43:00.001-08:00

My mom sent me this picture Monday of Emma playing outside. She dressed herself since it was a no school day. I think she looks pretty cute if I do say so myself! I have to laugh because we fight over bows more then we don't and of course she picked out the big bow to wear while at home! That's my Emma Bean for you!

Morgan

Clean Up, Clean Up, Everybody Do Their Share...

2012-01-30T05:56:00.000-08:00

Saturday I had the privilege of going to volunteer in Clay, one of the cities hit by the tornadoes last Monday. Ben had helped Wednesday so he said he would watch the kids. That morning I went and met Amy, Amber, my mom and Lee. We were originally planning on going to a church to help there but then ended up at the high school volunteering to go out and clean up. When we got there my first thought was it is total chaos but I have to say it was the most organized chaos I've ever seen. I use the word chaos only because there were SO many people there. It didn't take us long to fill out the form and get the information on where to go. We got there right after 9:00 and the guy dispatching people said he had never seen a response like that before. From 8:00 to 9:00 they had already dispatched over 1800 volunteers. AMAZING!!! They didn't need at that point anymore chainsaws, bulldozers or anything like that. Everything had been cut down that could be until the crews could get in to get it up. At this point they wanted people to go and clean up yards and help homeowners at least have that portion done. We all loaded up and went to find work. We drove through the neighborhood we were working in first to try and decide where to start. It was so overwhelming, we didn't know where to start. We finally just picked the first place we could park and got out and started in that yard. The owner came out a little while after we had started. He had been working till 4:00 that morning and was grateful we were helping. We cleaned up his yard and when we finished we went and cleaned up another yard. It was such a fulfilling morning getting out and knowing we helped and how we helped. We finished up right after lunch and went home. I haven't been that tired in a long time but it was so worth it. Here are some pictures from the day.

This is our "little" pile. I say little because I jumped the gun and took a picture. I didn't even realize how much our pile would grow by the time we were done!

My mom and Lee working

Amber and Amy hard at work!

Our pile that grew by the time we were finished!

This is our other pile, we can't take credit for it like the first one but we did a big dent in it for sure!

Here we are after we were done. Lee didn't want to be in the picture so he took it for us!

It was truly a great experience seeing everyone come together to help others.

Morgan

January 23, 2012

2012-01-28T12:01:00.000-08:00

This past Monday morning we had bad weather hit. They had been talking about the weather getting bad but we hadn't paid too much attention. I say that because we don't watch the local news much. I have The Weather Channel app on my phone and I tend to look at the weather on there and by that I mean the forecast and radar (if it's raining) and that's it. I feel pretty certain I won't only look there anymore after Monday. Ben went to buy groceries late Sunday afternoon and he commented that a lady said she wasn't buying a lot because they said we were going to have 85 mph winds that night and after the storms in April she wasn't taking any chances of it being wasted. At that point I should have probably checked the weather but I didn't. That night we all went to bed and about 11:45 Emma came to get in the bed with me and Ben. I was completely unaware of this till I woke up at 2:30. I heard the wind picking up outside and went to check on Ben and Brooks. Brooks had slept with Emma that night and when she came downstairs Ben went upstairs so Brooks wouldn't wake up startled. I decided to lay back down and was almost alseep when the weather radio went off. It woke Emma up and I assured her everything was ok. I went and told Ben to be ready to come downstairs. At this point it was 2:45 and I was freaking out. I had the tv on and as soon as the siren went off which was right after 3:00 I got Ben and Brooks and they came downstairs. We didn't immediately go to the basement, instead we waited to see what was going on. When they said it was headed straight for where we live and to take cover immediately we headed downstairs. Not long after we got downstairs our power went out. Right after 4:00 we knew it was safe to go back upstairs. Ben, Emma, and Brooks were able to go back to sleep...my nerves wouldn't let me. Thankfully we were spared from the devestation again. I don't know if next time we'll be so lucky but I am thanking God right now that we were. I grew up in Center Point where a tornado hit and it's unrecognizable now. The pictures I've seen of it and Clay are heartbreaking. Everything I remember from both places isn't like it was before. The stories of all the people losing everything they have brings tears to my eyes. The story of the 2 people that lost their lives is more then I can bare. Once again, I am humbled and amazed by the genoristy of the people around me. Once again, our city is coming together to help the ones who lost it all. It truly makes my heart smile!! Here are some facts and pictures from the tornadoes that came through early Monday morning.

- There were at least 10 tornadoes to touch down across Alabama.
- The strongest 2 were considered EF3 tornadoes with winds between 136 mph and 165 mph
- The first tornado touched down at 2:42 a.m. with the last one being at 7:48 a.m.
- There were 2 fatalities

These pictures came from the ABC 33/40 website. One blogger said it best about the picture of the bible...Though the destruction is great, our hope is greater!

Wednesday, I sent an email to Ben about Clayridge Church needing male volunteers immediately. He wasn't able to go help right then but called the lady when he could. She informed him they were in desperate need of food. They had food ready to go to Center Point and the families from the Pilgrim's Rest subdivision came and needed the food so they gave it to them and were collecting more to take to Center Point. In a matter of minutes, Ben was able to round up 150 hot dogs, 150 bags of chips and 150 bottles of water. He got various business to donate it and then he picked it up and took it to Center Point with the lady from the church and started handing it out. I was so proud of him for taking the time to do that.

There are so many people taking items and volunteers to help. If you are interested in helping here are a few places you can look at and call.

- Christian Service Mission
- Northpark Baptist Church
- Clayridge

Though the destruction is great, our hope is greater!

Morgan

New Years Day...

2012-01-27T11:48:00.000-08:00

Now that the month of January is pretty much over it makes perfect sense to back track to New Years Day! I've been meaning to catch up on blogging for quite a while and haven't done a great job. The weather on New Years Day was just as nice as last year. We played outside all day, had a picnic, did some painting and had a great time!!! Here are some pictures.

I could just eat him up...

Miss Zoe sunbathing...

Emma with Juliet and Addison

Picnic time!

Painting their hands, I love this!

Fun on the trampoline! Everytime I get on the trampoline with them I feel like a kid again! It's so much fun!

It was nice to have a spring day in the middle of winter to enjoy!!

Morgan

Let's Bowl...

2012-01-26T11:34:00.001-08:00

So last Friday Ben got off work early and we decided to try and take the kids bowling for the first time. I had no idea what to expect, I figured Emma would like it but didn't know if Brooks was still too little. Let me just say we had so much fun! I mean who doesn't like to bowl! It's clearly been a LONG time since me and Ben have been bowling. We were impressed with the smaller weight balls for the kids (they used a 6 lb ball) and the bumpers that come up and down on their own each time it was their turn. Quite impressive to us anyway! :) Here are some pictures...

Brooks saying "no picture"

They found the hand warmer...Brooks loved it!!

Emma trying it out first!

Brooks' turn...they had this ramp he could use. It didn't last too long, he soon realized he was a big boy and didn't need it.

Daddy bowling, I think he had more fun then the kids.

I think her Icee made her silly!

Me and Emma Bean

Brooks bowling like a "big boy"!

I tried to get a picture of the screen with our scores but it didn't turn out. Ben beat us all but I expected that! Brooks got 46 on his first game and Emma got 48. Not too bad if you ask me!! We really did have a lot of fun, this will definitely be something we do regularly!

Morgan

365 Project...Jan 11-17

2012-01-18T19:12:00.000-08:00

More day to day pictures for my 365 Project...

Jan 11 - Emma Bean before school in her cute snowman dress

Jan 12 - Emma & Snowy our snowman I did that was inspired by Pinterest

Jan 13 - Emma playing dress up in my clothes. She's so sassy!

Jan 14 - Emma's princess sand castle she built!

Jan 15 - Brooks getting ready to ride his jeep! Mr. Cool Dude

Jan 16 - This was the pretty sky as we played outside

Jan 17 - Brooks with daddy's "dong" (aka phone) and the computer!! He's just like his daddy and likes all things that have to do with technology! He comes by it honest!

New Year's Eve

2012-01-17T13:47:00.000-08:00

New Year's Eve we decided to have the GNO group over and their kids. We figured why not get together and let the kids play otherwise we'd all be at home. Everyone had a lot of fun, especially Emma and Brooks. Before I post pictures from that though I have to include something Brooks said earlier in the day. I had ran to the store to get some last minute things and Ben took the kids upstairs to clean their rooms. He sent me a video of it and it was too funny. He started cleaning Brooks' room and said Brooks clean your room, he said "can't back hurting", Ben said why, he said "back hurting" Ben said oh you can't clean your room because your back is hurting and Brooks said "yea". It was the funniest thing!! I'm sure he got his back hurting from me because I had taken the outdoor decorations down the day before by myself and my back had been bothering me and I'm sure I made a comment about it! I just had to share so we wouldn't forget!

On to that night here are some pictures of the fun.

Pizza time (from far left, it's Jacob, Emma, Brooks, Lucy & Olivia...Mylee, Braegan, and Colyn were too busy to sit and eat)

My precious babies...Emma was so excited we were having a "party" I think she thought it was all for her!

Emma & Lucy riding bikes in the garage

Our attempt at a group picture...not too bad!

Sparkler time...

And we can't forget baby Alex! He was so content and happy, although he did get a little upset about being confined so he got out and joined the fun!

We had a great time and the kids played hard. We might just make this an every New Year's Eve tradition!

P.S. I started this post back on the 5th and finally have gotten around to finishing it! Better late then never!

Morgan

365 Project

2012-01-11T08:08:00.000-08:00

I decided to start the 365 Project this year. If you aren't familiar with it you can look at their site. Hopefully I can remember to add them to the blog on a regular basis. I think one of the points behind it is to help you take better pictures and I haven't had the chance to do that yet. All of our pictures to date are from my phone. Maybe I'll get the camera out more and get some better ones soon. Here is what I have so far!

Jan 1 - we enjoyed the beautiful day outside all day and had so much fun

Jan 2 - computer time together that morning. I love how they are both sitting the same!

Jan 3 - Emma wanted a picture of her, Addison and Juliet.

Jan 4 - Chapel time, they love playing their new guitars and singing songs

Jan 5 - Brooks enjoyed being back outside with Nana after a few cold days

Jan 6 - Emma & Roxana at the park

Jan 7 - My flowers they picked for me while we were gone that day

Jan 8 (2 pictures)- We went to eat ice cream after church!! They love going and it was nice enough to sit outside which made it even better.

Jan 9 - Brooks playing daddy's Ipad, he LOVES it!

Jan 10 - Emma made Zoe a "doghouse" while I was at work!

Morgan

2011... Over Already!

2011-12-31T12:21:00.000-08:00

How is it we are already at the close of yet another year? They are going by so fast! I can remember what we were doing last New Year's. 2011 was a great year and I hope 2012 is only better. The only thing I can say is I wish time would slow down some. The years are flying by at warp speed! Here are just a few things that happened in 2011:

-We joined our church we had been going too off and on for over 2 years in January
-Me and Ben celebrated 8 years of marriage in May
-Emma turned 4 in June
-Brooks started Mother's Day Out this summer (I could cry, oh wait...I did)
-Emma took her first year of swim lessons
-We took our family vacation in August to Panama City Beach
-I turned 30 in August (gasp!)
-Emma started 4K & her 2nd year of dance
-Ben turned 31 in October (he's still older then me...yippeee)
-Brooks turned 2 in November

There are a lot of other things that happened on 2011 that was just a quick run down!

Here are some random pictures from my phone I thought I would share.

Hope 2011 was good to everyone and 2012 is even better!

Morgan

Sneaky Emma...

2011-12-30T07:43:00.000-08:00

So 2 Saturday's ago, I was getting ready for that night and Emma snuck and got my phone and started snapping pictures of Bella. It made me laugh so hard. She posed her all over the house. Here is some of what she took.

Christmas 2011

2011-12-29T09:40:00.000-08:00

Emma Bean coming down the stairs! I love her crazy hair!

Brooks seeing the tree and his stuff for the first time.

Emma and Brooks opening their stockings waiting on Nana, Nanny and Poppy to get there.

He was excited about his big boy underwear he got!

Checking out her new buggy from Nana & Poppy!

Trying out his new buggy from Nana & Poppy!

Looking at their new unicorn and puppy blankets Santa brought!

Playing "chapel" with their new guitars

I would say they both made Santa's "good" list and he was very good to them. We are so blessed to have such great family and friends too, who help spoil our children as well! Later that day we went to my dad's and then back to my mom's. I didn't get any other pictures then trying to attempt a family picture at my mom's and Brooks wanted no part! I think my mom got one with him included but this is what I got!

We hope you had a very Merry Christmas!

Morgan

Christmas Eve...Part 2

2011-12-28T12:00:00.000-08:00

Once we got home the fun began getting ready for Santa and his reindeer!

Ready to put cookies out for Santa.

Bella & Mitchell wanted in the picture. They left Kit Kat's with the crackers and water for them because Emma said they MUST like them because they ate a lot of them while they were here. ;)

One last picture with Bella...

One last picture with Mitchell...

Santa's cookies and milk and Bella and Mitchell's water, crackers and Kit Kat's for later on their way back!

Putting the reindeer food out!

One last picture in front of the tree.

Off to bed we all went and Santa came!!

Morgan

Christmas Eve...Part 1

2011-12-28T09:15:00.000-08:00

This Christmas Eve we were at home all morning baking cookies for Santa and getting stuff ready for Christmas morning. That afternoon we went to my mom's to see Will & Melissa (my stepbrother and his girlfriend) and then to Greg's (Ben's dad's) later that night. Sadly I didn't get any pictures at my mom's or at Greg's because we were having too much fun visiting. Here are some pictures though from earlier in the day.

They wanted some pictures with their elves!

Trying out Santa's cookies right out of the oven...yummy!

A picture of Santa Emma drew!

Emma also wanted to make Santa a present. She's the most thoughtful little girl! Here is her present to him.

A picture of Bella

A picture of Mitchell

We put the bag by the island for Santa to get! Her thoughtfulness brought tears to my eyes! I could eat her to pieces.

Morgan

Children's Theater

2011-12-27T21:00:00.000-08:00

Two weeks ago we went on Emma's 2nd field trip to the Children's Theater. This was actually our first time to go. I thought we were going to the "real" Children's Theater but we were actually in the Wee Center they use for preschools. Emma had a great time and thoroughly enjoyed it. We saw "Twas the Night before Christmas".

Almost ready to leave! (I know it's blurry, it's from my phone and she was spinning)

Harper, Emma & Kate...sweet friends!

Me and my sweet Emma Bean in Children's theater!

Morgan

Emma's Christmas Dance Party

2011-12-27T18:00:00.000-08:00

We had Emma's dance Christmas party a couple of weeks ago. They danced the first half of class then ate some fun snacks the 2nd half of the class!

Emma, Julia and Claire

Eating some yummy cupcakes!

Group shot with Ms. Andee and Miss Grace their helper!

Morgan

Elfcapades 2011...Night 19 thru 22

2011-12-27T12:08:00.000-08:00

I'm sad to see Bella & Mitchell go. It's been a lot of fun seeing what they've done each night (some nights more creative then others) and seeing the kids reactions. It's so cute because if it's a work day and I'm already gone, the first thing I do at night is ask them about them. They get so excited to tell me and Brooks even remembers what they did. I love it. I know next year will be just as fun or possibly even more fun since they'll be a little older but I'm still sad the Christmas season is gone. Like everything else it seems to fly by WAY TOO FAST!

Night 19 they threw all of Brooks' diapers in the floor, and there were a lot of them!

Night 20 they got out the kids foaming bath soap and some toys and took a bubble bath.

Night 21 they got the flour out and made snow angels

Night 22 they replaced a picture of Emma and a picture of Brooks with a picture of themselves since they were leaving that night to go back to the North Pole with Santa. They also left them a bag of starburst (their favorite) with each picture!

They were both SO VERY SAD that they went back with Santa. Emma woke up on Christmas Eve and I told her Santa was coming tonight, she said "no I'm not ready for Christmas, I don't want Bella and Mitchell to leave yet". This comes from the kid that's asked every day since we put our tree up if it was Christmas. Before bed on Christmas Eve she was crying because they were leaving. Broke my heart! Since then Brooks has said "Mitchell...Santa", (meaning Mitchell's with Santa) and he's even whined a few times when I've reminded him he's gone. They really LOVE those elves. Good thing is they'll be back again all too soon! :)

Morgan

Merry Christmas

2011-12-25T07:45:00.000-08:00

For our family to yours, we wish you a very Merry Christmas!!

Much love-
Ben, Morgan, Emma & Brooks

Christmas Parties...

2011-12-23T11:22:00.000-08:00

Last Friday we had Emma and Brooks' Christmas party at school. Both of the parties were at 11:30 so I knew it would be interesting trying to juggle both. Niether one of them go on Friday's though so I figured Brooks would stay in Emma's class like normal and he did. We did make it down to his class for their present time. Here are some pictures.

This picture makes me laugh. If Brooks is in the mood to take his picture he always says "cheese" and gives this same smile!

Brooks, Emma & Harper

Me and my sweet babies!

Brooks looks so sleepy here, they were actually having a lot of fun!

Actually right after this last picture they all got a little wild and started running around like crazy. That was our cue to pack up and leave!! :)

Morgan

Emma & Brooks' Christmas Program

2011-12-22T07:37:00.000-08:00

Last Tuesday was Emma and Brooks' Christmas program at school. We thought if we sent Brooks like normal he might participate. He did stay on stage the entire time but it was only because he was sitting on someone's lap. Emma did awesome though and we were so proud of them both! Of course later that day they were both singing all the songs at the top of their lungs...sneaky little devils! :) Here are the few pictures I got.

This was when they first came out, love this sweet pretty smile!

Brooks sitting on stage. He realized I was waving at him!

Singing one of their favorite songs...Hallelu!

Nana & Poppy came to watch. Nanny did too but sadly I didn't get a picture of the kids with her or the kids with me and Ben. :(

Emma & Harper

Brooks really didn't want his picture made but this is our attempt at getting the 4 of them together. Emma, Brooks, Harper & Henley.

Emma & Roxana

Merry Christmas!

Morgan

Elfcapades 2011...Night 12 thru 18

2011-12-21T07:18:00.000-08:00

Here we go again with more fun elcapades. I think me and Ben might miss these little guys once they have gone back to North Pole with Santa.

Night 12 they hung from the fan but I forgot to get a picture! :(

Night 13 they wrapped the tree in toilet paper!

Night 14 they colored the water in the potty blue. Emma loved this and kept asking how they did it and if it would stay blue.

Night 15 they hid in their stockings.

Night 16 they spent the night with Nana & Poppy. Mitchell got in their fireplace and Bella was hanging with some clowns but I didn't get a picture.

Night 17 they were eating chocolate and riding on the dog's back!

Night 18 they wrote a note to Emma & Brooks it said "Merry Christmas, we love Emma and Brooks"

Merry Christmas, I'll be back with more later! I'm finally caught up on them!

Morgan

Elfcapades 2011...Nights 1 thru 11

2011-12-20T05:38:00.000-08:00

Our elves came to stay on December 3rd. They got held up at the North Pole and that's why they didn't make it on the 1st. We were playing hard outside and putting up Christmas decorations that Saturday and when we were finished we came inside and heard the doorbell ring. We went to the door and Emma looked out the window and said no one was there. We opened the door and there sat Bella & Mitchell. Brooks' face was priceless, he bent down and brought them in. Here is what they have been up too since they've come to stay at our house.

Night 1 they sat with Winnie the Pooh and read stories all night. They also brought Emma some fuzzy socks and Brooks some gloves.

Night 2 they were watching the North Pole online and eating chocolate.

Night 3 they got all of Emma and Brooks' friends and put a puzzle together

Night 4 they went ziplining from the fan to the Christmas tree

Night 5 they were missing the North Pole and so they spent the night in the freezer so it would make them feel like they were there.

Night 6 they pushed the babies in the stroller. Emma wanted in the picture then. She tells us every morning to take a picture of what they did!

Night 7 they got a basket of Emma's bows and some cupcake wrappers the kids were playing with and made a mess in the floor!

Night 8 they put Emma's panties and Brooks' diapers on the tree. The sun was coming in when we took this picture so that's why it's not the best.

Night 9 they decided to paint a little...

Night 10, they threw all the stockings down and were looking over at them.

Night 11 they were playing hide and seek under some cups.

They go EVERYWHERE with us and the kids are having so much fun with them! Can't wait to see what other tricks they pull. I'll be back with more fun elfcapades!

Merry Christmas!

Morgan

My Emma Bean is so sweet...

2011-12-14T08:18:00.000-08:00

Emma is one of those kids who LOVES to give people things. We can go out just the 2 of us and she's looking for something to take home to Brooks. She LOVES to shop for friends and family for their birthdays. She LOVES to make pictures and stuff for people. I know once a week she's making something for someone at school. That's just her thing. There are 5 love languages (encouraging words, acts of service, gift giving, quality time, & physical touch and closeness). Emma definitely falls under the gift giving love language. Every time I see her make something on her own for someone else it makes my heart so happy! I just love her SO, SO, SO MUCH! And of course you might wonder why I'm writing a blog post on it and here is why. Yesterday, we had her Christmas program and then I was off the rest of the day. After we put Brooks to sleep for his nap she asked where her backpack was. We found it and she went digging and came up with a bracelet. She came up to me holding it and said you know what mommy? I said what, she said I got this out of my treasure box just for you! (side note, if they are good all week they get to pick something out of the treasure box at the end of the week) Talk about bring tears to your eyes. I gave her a big hug and kiss and told her how much I loved it. She wanted to know if I wanted to try it on and I said absolutely. It fit but I asked her if she wanted instead. She put it on and it was way too big and she said no it's too big and I picked it for you. I asked her if she wanted me to wear it to work the next day and her face lit up and said yes. She asked if it was ok if she put it on my jewelry box by my ring (she's referring to my wedding ring) and I told her yes. After that we went back to playing and last night before I went to bed I walked past my jewelry box and there it sat around my ring. Made me smile and want to cry at her thoughtfulness. I wore it today and called her this morning to tell her. She was so happy. Here is the prettiest bracelet I own!

And I love it!!

Morgan

A Picture with Santa

2011-12-12T08:48:00.000-08:00

A week ago, Emma decided she was ready to go have her picture taken with Santa. She begged and begged that morning for us to go up to the Bass Pro Shop. We went over our big meeting with Santa and she said she'd do the picture without me or Brooks, if Brooks was too scared. We got there and she was fine...but Brooks not so much. He wanted nothing to do with Santa. Once Emma realized this, she said she didn't want to take her picture with him. I told her I'd go up there with her and we'd stand right outside the picture. When we got up there she was so animated and told Santa all about what Brooks wanted for Christmas and forgot to include herself. We finally got Brooks to calm down long enough for all 3 of us to sit with Santa one more year!

Maybe next year I can get a picture with just the 2 of them and Santa. I'm sure Santa didn't want me sitting on his knee too!

Merry Christmas!

Morgan

I HEART Pinterest...Part 1

2011-12-07T05:37:00.000-08:00

So I have a new obsession, when I'm not raising kids, working or blogging I'm obsessing over Pinterest! It's the next BEST thing since sliced bread, no wait it's better then sliced bread! :) Can you hear the excitement in my voice? Anyway here are my Pinterest inspired crafts I've done in that last 2 months or so since finding Pinterest (yes I realize I might be a little late in joining in the fun). As one girl said this...Pinterest...changing the world one pin at a time! Here are some pictures of things I've done that have been inspired from Pinterest.

My window pane I completed and I LOVE it! This is huge and they are all 8 x 10's.

Our hand prints...hanging in the playroom

My sideboard I re-did. It was the color of the top of it. I was so proud of myself after completing this almost entirely by myself!

My candy corn...

A burlap cross I did for one of my sweet friends.

My no sew curtains. I have them on the big window in our kitchen as well however, I don't have a picture of those.

Our birthday's and wedding dates.

This is a canvas I did with mod podge, the pic below is done the same way.

My burlap ghost and pumpkins I got off Pinterest.

Emma's Minnie shirt she wore for Disney on Ice.

Scrap fabric tutu...I just LOVE IT!!!

Mr. Turkey

My toilet paper wreath I did, it's much bigger then it appears here. I don't know why but I think it's so cute and funny because I put it in our bathroom! HA!

My fabric trees, I actually made 2 of these and they are on tall candlesticks by our TV.

Welcome for our front door!

I did Emma & Brooks' shirts for our family pictures also.

As you can see I've done a lot and it's so much fun. I'm working on several things right now as we speak. I truly didn't realize how much I had done till I started getting pictures off my phone. The quality and color might not be that great because I think almost every picture is from my old phone. So if you aren't addicted to Pinterest like I am, you should be and then share your ideas. It's so much fun!

Morgan

P.S. I've been working on this post for a while now so I decided it might be easier just to break it up into a couple of different posts about Pinterest.

Thanksgiving 2011

2011-11-30T12:39:00.000-08:00

We had a very relaxing Thanksgiving this year. We got up, Ben cooked breakfast and we watched the parade and played. Later that afternoon we went to Ben's mom's house to eat. My mom, Lee, Will and Melissa came over. We had a great time! Sadly, the only pictures I got were of us in our matching shirts. I got this idea off Pinterest (my new obsession) and made the kids one and then came up with the "mommy" shirt. I think they turned out really cute! I've already bought the fabric for our Christmas "hand" shirts!

My mom joined in for a picture but Brooks was pretty over pictures at this point!

There is so much to be thankful for this holiday season. I am most thankful for my sweet, sweet babies, my very loving hubby and the rest of my family and friends. Without them all in my life I don't know what I would do!

We hope you all had a great Thanksgiving!

Morgan

Turkey, turkey, turkey...please come out and play!

2011-11-29T12:27:00.001-08:00

Last Tuesday we had Emma & Brooks' Thanksgiving program at school. It wasn't Brooks' regular school day so he didn't end up doing it because he didn't want to leave his Nana's side to go up front with the rest of the kiddos. Emma did a great job and we were SO PROUD of her. The 4 year old class was dressed as Indians. Here are some pictures...

The cutest little Indian I've ever seen!

Sweet friends...

Me, Emma and Miss Sam...oh how I love her! She will ALWAYS hold a special place in my heart! We are so sad to see her leave in December!

Eating lunch, Addi, Emma and Roxana

Brooks was present but wanted no part of pictures. Here are a few of him snacking! We wanted to see him sing so bad because he's been practicing all the songs at home with Emma but no such luck. At least we've gotten to hear them at home!

Morgan

My own recipe...

2011-11-15T05:59:00.000-08:00

Monday night I was going to make one of our favorite meals, poppy seed chicken, only to realize we had no sourcream. It's really the easiest recipe I know and have. You cook your chicken, then cut it up, mix it with cream of chicken soup and 8 oz of sour cream and then crumble crackers on top and bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes. However, I had already cooked the chicken, cut it up and got the cream of chicken out when I realized I had no sour cream. Ooopppsss...I forgot to put it on the list this week! So I had to think of something. I realized I did have Campbells Cheddar Soup and then remembered I had bought stuff for another recipe I wanted to try a few weeks ago but it required sour cream as well. So I decided to mix the Cheddar Soup with the Cream of Chicken. It wasn't bad just a little bland so I got out the ranch dressing mix I had and added it and then crumbled crackers on top and baked it like I do poppy seed chicken. Oh my word...it was delicious!!! I served it over rice (again just like poppy seed chicken). Everyone in our house loved it and we'll definitely be eating it again. I just thought I'd share in case you wanted to try something new.

Morgan

Brooks' 2 year check up

2011-11-15T05:51:00.000-08:00

This past Friday we went for Brooks' 2 year checkup. I thought he had to get shots so I took Ben along for the ride only to find out he's done till he's 5. Every doctor's office is different I am finding though, but I am thankful it's a while before he should get any more. Also, since he was 2 he got to get the flu mist like Emma. He wasn't too crazy about that though! At the end of the checkup they did have to prick his finger and he's just like his momma was at that age and HATED EVERY MINUTE OF IT! Here are his stats from the checkup:

He weighs 25 lbs 6 1/2 oz and that puts him in the 20% for weight. He was only at 10%for his weight last checkup so this was great news. I was actually concerned he might have went down in % but thankfully he did not. He just doesn't eat much!!

He is 35 inches tall and that puts him in the 75% for height. The doctor says he'll probably be around 5'11" to 6 feet tall! I always find it funny to me that my kids are so tall yet I feel so short! I'm 5'3 at best and their daddy is only about 5'9"! But after doing some research (past our parents and grandparents) in both our families we found out there are some taller people they could have gotten this from! I'm just thankful they will both be taller then me! ;)

We had to fill out at 24 month questionnaire and Brooks passed with flying colors. He could score a 60 and he did. We had a great checkup and hopefully we won't be back in the doctor's office anytime soon!

Morgan

It's Present Time...

2011-11-11T05:54:00.000-08:00

If you missed the post about Brooks' 2nd birthday party, you can read it here. He didn't want to stop to open presents at the party so it's the first thing we did when we got home.

It's puzzles

As you can see he is very loved. I didn't even get pictures of everything he got because I kept having to stop to "open" this right now as Brooks would say. Thank you again to all our sweet family and friends!

Morgan

Little Man's 2nd Birthday Party

2011-11-10T05:23:00.000-08:00

This past Saturday morning we celebrated with friends and family for Brooks' 2nd birthday. His FAVORITE place to go is A Play Place so it seemed fitting to have his party there. He likes to refer to it as the jump jump place. He's in LOVE with Barney so what better theme to use to celebrate!

Brooks before the party started

Here is a shot of the back of his shirt. My friend Shannon did the shirt for me and it turned out so cute. With both of our minds working together we put this idea together!

The cupcakes look blue in the picture but they are dark purple indeed. I decided to try and be creative and make a B with it. I think it turned out!

Party favors this year were coloring books we made with crayons and some candy. We put I love you on the front because that's Barney's theme song!

Family Shot

Play time

Miss Braegan

Jessica & Katelyn

Julia & Brooks

Brooks thought it was funny to go down backwards

Colyn

Drew & Jacob

Jackson, our youngest little friend! I could eat him to pieces.

Mylee

Olivia & Kristen

The birthday boy

Sliding on his belly

Emma, Harper & Katelyn

Waiting on cake

He's not so sure here he likes everyone singing to him, lol!

All the kiddos

Studying his cupcake

After cake they had time to play again, here is Henley & Emma getting ready to slide

Our attempt at a group shot that mommy had to be in!

Brooks didn't open presents when he was there, there was too much going on so I'll be back with another post of him and his presents!

I'd say he had a great birthday and we are so blessed to have such sweet, precious friends and family to celebrate fun times like this! We love you all!

Morgan

Disney on Ice

2011-11-09T05:11:00.000-08:00

Last Thursday night we joined our friends Kristen and Julia at Disney on Ice. This was our first time to go so I wasn't sure what to expect. It was Mickey & Minnie presenting The Lion King, The Little Mermaid, Lilo & Stitch, Captain Hook and Peter Pan. The Lion King and Peter Pan were my favorites. Here are some pictures from the night.

Miss Priss ready to go.

We left in plenty of time to get down there, get in and go potty and look around. We may or may not have went the easiest way from the parking deck into the Civic Center but it made for interesting fun times. :) And it may or may not have been my fault! Here is a picture of Emma & Julia with their hats they got with their cotton candy.

Waiting for the show to start. It was hard to get a good picture since I was right beside them.

It was hard to get good pictures of the show because they were moving the entire time but here is what I got.

A shot of Minnie

Tinkerbell

By the time we got home we were all exhausted!!

Morgan

Yummy, Yummy Cupcakes...

2011-11-07T11:53:00.000-08:00

I decided to surprise Brooks with cupcakes at his school on Thursday. It was so sweet to see him sitting at the table like such a big boy. Here are some pictures.

Cupcakes for everyone...

So yummy...

All cleaned up and playing with his buddy Jackson.

The birthday boy

I took cupcakes to Emma's class also but didn't get any pictures. When we were done in Brooks' room he went in Emma's class with the big kids and they let him pick something from the treasure box...it was so sweet!

Morgan

Halloween 2011

2011-11-06T11:37:00.000-08:00

Here are some pictures of our fun on Halloween night. Amber, Jarred, Jacob, Colyn, Amy, Mark, Braegan and Shirley joined us again this year. It's become an annual Halloween tradition for them to come with us.

Our little pumpkin. Emma wore this costume when she was his age. I figured it was the only time I'd be ever to re-use a costume!

Brooks' reaction to his first house and first taste of trick or treating was PRICELESS. He ran up to the door and Emma rang the bell and when the lady came to the door and he realized he didn't know her, he looked at her with those deer in the headlights look and then took off the other way. I think we were all laughing so hard.

Emma running to the next house to trick or treat.

We stopped by Kristen's to get a group shot. Emma, Maddie, Griffin, Julia & Claire

Mommy getting to go to the door with them for a change. I normally got the pleasure of holding the car that we were pushing Brooks around in because Brooks was afraid someone else might take it!

Colyn, Braegan, Brooks, Emma & Jacob

I hope you all had a great Halloween!!

Morgan

Pumpkin Patch

2011-11-05T12:21:00.000-07:00

Two weeks ago we talked Ben into taking off (or Emma did) on Friday to go to the pumpkin patch. We weren't sure which one we wanted to go to and keeping with tradition we decided to try a new one. We went to the pumpkin patch at Mathews Manor. Here are some pictures from the day.

Nana & Brooks going down the slide

My turn, as Brooks likes to say!

Having some fun jumping

My sweet precious babies!

Such a big boy with his hand in his pocket!

Me and my babies!

All together now...

Nana & Emma

Pretty girl

Brooks & Emma painting pumpkins. Emma took a little longer to figure out which pumpkin she wanted to paint and Brooks covered his pretty fast and then proceeded to try and paint his hand! Never a dull moment!

Me & Emma

We had a great time! I think we've covered all of the pumpkin patches around Birmingham though so unless someone opens a new one we'll have to decide which one we like best!!!

Morgan

Happy 2nd Birthday Brooks

2011-11-04T20:14:00.000-07:00

Brooks-

I can't believe you are already 2. It seems like just yesterday that I had you, yet at times it feels like it's been much longer then 2 years. You are the sweetest, happiest, cutest little boy I know and you have stolen my heart from the day I met you. I feel so blessed to be yours and Emma's mommy. Everyone says their children are smart but you truly are so smart it blows my mind sometimes. Your vocabulary is amazing and you really understand everything we tell you and ask you to do. Your teachers at school talk about how smart you are and random people we come in contact with tell us how smart you are. I'd love to say you are so smart because you have your mommy's genes but I'm pretty sure you get it from daddy! Here is what you are up too these days:

-You wear size 24 month to 2T clothes
-You are still in size 4 diapers (but not for long because we're going to potty train you soon)
-You go to bed about 8:00 every night and normally sleep between 7:00 and 8:00, however the last 2 weeks you've woken up in the middle of the night and gotten up around 6:30 in the mornings. You are getting your 2 year molars and they are really bothering you
-You are EXTREMELY attached to your "towel" (tiger blankie), paci and Lovey (Emma's stuffed animal dog) and your list of attachments seem to grow adding in your blankie and Raggedy Andy.
-Your favorite show is Barney and has been for some time now. You still call him Barn Barn too and it's really cute
-You can sing Twinkle Twinkle Little Star by yourself, Jesus Loves Me, your ABC's and Row, Row, Row your boat with some help.
-Your favorite book is Patty Cake and we do it every night before bed as well as another book called the Little Digger.
-You recognize your name when you see it on things
-You love your sister and want to be just like her. For example, you will try any food we put in front of you (where your sister won't) and you will say you like it and then she will try it and say she doesn't like it and you spit it out and say don't like. This is just one of the many ways you want to be just like her.
-I would love to make a list of words you are saying but it's grown so much there is no way to do it. You are making almost complete sentences and communicate so well.

Every day you amaze us with something new you do or something new you say. We are so blessed because of you and Emma and we love you so, so much!

Happy 2nd Birthday sweet baby boy!

Love,
Daddy, Mommy, and Emma

More fun in the Jeep...

2011-11-03T12:10:00.000-07:00

Sunday night before it got too cold and dark we went out for them to ride in the Jeep. Here are some pictures.

Emma doesn't look happy here but she was, I snapped right at the moment she was trying to chew her food!

They were laughing so hard at hitting bumps and had me crying I was laughing so hard at one point.

Do you think he loves his new jeep? I should have added in the last post that if Ben could ride with him he would! He thinks it's awesome!

I just have to add I love her sweet pink head and cheesy mouth!! She's such a good big sister!

Morgan

They say it's my birthday...

2011-11-02T11:55:00.000-07:00

This weekend we decided to give Brooks his birthday present a little early. His birthday isn't until Friday and his party is this Saturday. We figured he wouldn't know the difference and it was going to be such a pretty weekend we wanted him to get to enjoy it as much as possible. He LOVES Emma's pink car so much that she's pretty much let him take it over and we wanted her to get to enjoy her pink car so we got him his own. Don't worry it's not a pink car also! It's a Jeep (that Emma wanted him to get so he could match daddy) and he LOVES it. He looks at it and says my jeep all the time. Here is a picture of him when he walked into the garage to see it (it was from us, Nana, Poppy and Nanny).

Checking it out while daddy puts batteries in the radio for him.

And their off...

I would say he's pretty happy with his early birthday present!!

Morgan

Happy Halloween

2011-10-31T11:47:00.001-07:00

Today we had Emma's Halloween party at school. They had a pizza party and got to dress up. Here is my little cupcake.

Roxana and Emma

Sweet buddies...Roxana, Emma, Harper & Kate

Our attempt at a group shot of everyone in the class.

Me and Emma went to get Brooks out of his class so he could join the fun and he was riding the horse. He looked so confused to see us at first and then started giggling and bouncing!

They each got a pumpkin and a goody bag and had fun! Hope you have a Happy Halloween!

Morgan

reCreate 2011

2011-10-13T05:16:00.000-07:00

So last weekend was our big women's conference, reCreate, at church. It was my first time to go and it was AH-MAZING!!!! Friday night they kicked it off with some awesome worship music followed with the first guest speaker Christine Caine. She came all the way from Australia to speak. She is a member of the leadership team at Hillsong Church in Sydney, Australia. She also directs Equip & Empower Ministries as well as founded the A21 campaign with her husband which is dedicated to human trafficking. I can honestly say I have never seen someone who has so much passion for helping and reaching others as she does. I could listen to her all day every day. She was JUST THAT GOOD!!!! After listening to her speak that night they ended with scarves for everyone, appetizers, sweets and fireworks. You could really tell the church put a lot of time and effort into the conference and it showed. I think I was so revved up from all of it and excited about Saturday that I hardly slept at all Friday night. Sounds kind of crazy huh?

Saturday we started the day by listening to the other speaker Kerri Weems. She is a pastor's wife from Celebration Church in Florida who has written the book Clueless (which I have started and it's very good) and also speaks at various conferences as well as ministers other people. Right before lunch, our pastor, Pastor Chris spoke. After we came back from lunch we were able to hear Christine again and then the conference ended with Kerri. It was truly an amazing weekend and I can't wait to go again next year.

Here are some pictures from the event.

When we pulled in Friday night they had guys all over the entrance and parking lot holding up signs saying "you are beautiful", "you are priceless", "you are loved". It was so funny and so sweet!

They had the church decorated so bright and colorful. I loved it!

The "awesome" Christine Caine

Passing out scarves!

They had a photo booth set up with props, it was so much fun. Here is Kristen, me and Amber

Dance stage outside for the after party

Fireworks to end the night!

Our awesome Pastor speaking on Saturday.

Photo booth time on Saturday!

I hope you all have a church you love as much as I love mine!

Morgan

Let's Dance...

2011-10-09T05:33:00.000-07:00

We started dance back a couple of weeks ago and we decided to try somewhere different. It's going really good and Emma's having a great time. Here she is before her first dance class being silly.

Group shot...Claire, Maddie, Emma, Julia & Katelyn

Morgan

Emma's First Field Trip

2011-10-08T04:21:00.000-07:00

We went on Emma's first field trip yesterday to the zoo. It was a lot of fun and the weather was perfect. Here are some pictures from our trip.

Harper & Emma...Best Friends and it's so cute!

Me & Emma Bean getting ready to watch the sea lions.

These monkey's (I know that's not the official name of them but I can't remember what they are) were hilarious. There were 2 of them playing and making all kinds of noise.

Sweet buddies...Roxana, Emma & Harper. They have been going to school together since they started at 2.

He was so big!

Hey buddy, what's up?

The Royal Family...they were so cute and so playful!!!

Time for a hug!

Silly girls having so much fun

Roxana & Harper

Waiting on the train

It was a great first field trip and a beautiful day! We had a lot of fun!

Morgan

First Auburn Game of the Year...

2011-10-06T06:18:00.000-07:00

Once again I'm behind in blogging. These pictures are from before the game started when Emma and Brooks were playing 90 to nothing. They were so cute and SO into the game. Anytime me and Ben started yelling at the TV they would. Emma has asked all kinds of questions about the game itself. I'm really surprised at how much she's enjoyed it this year and last. Maybe one day we'll make it to a real game.

Our little Auburn fairy princess...

Brooks just got a haircut that Thursday before and he looks so much older now. Here here is our little Auburn football player...

Cutie pies...(this picture was taken with my phone, that's why it is a little blurry)

Say cheese Brooks...

Brooks' attention span doesn't last quite as long as Emma's during the game. Here he is concentrating on his picture he is coloring.

And when Auburn won, I turned around and found them jumping up and down, yelling "YAY AUBURN". It made me laugh so hard!

WAR EAGLE!!!

Morgan

It's my party and I'll cry if I want too...

2011-09-19T11:45:00.000-07:00

Well, not really unless you count crying from laughing so hard! A few short weeks ago I had my 30th birthday. I decided right away no "Over the Hill" stuff or anything like that. We were going to keep it simple and just do a cookout in the back yard but then Amber suggested an 80's party since that was the decade I was born. I'm so glad she suggested it and it was SO MUCH FUN dressing up! I think every party should be a dress up party! We had good food, good 80s music and a whole lot of fun! I have to say it was a GREAT 30th Birthday! Here are some (or a lot of) pictures. Somehow we didn't manage to get any pictures of Leah and Dustin but they were there celebrating too!

Me & Ben

Me & Amy

Group shot...

All the girls

Me and my momma

Allison & Dave

Ashley & Chrystal rocking the 80's look!

Me & Amber

My party favors thanks to Amber!

Amber & Jarred

Me & Mycalee

I think that about wraps it up. I'd like to say that after this year there will be no more birthdays but I know that's not true! So in keeping with the "changing" times, I am now going to attempt a bucket list...40 things I want to do before I turn 40. Hopefully these next 10 years will go by really slow though!

Morgan

Beach Trip 2011...Part 2

2011-09-07T11:13:00.000-07:00

Here are more pictures from our beach trip. Again in no particular order as I have them scattered! I had full intentions of blogging each night so they would all be in order but I didn't! It was actually kind of nice not being tied to a computer for a week! :)

Nana & Brooks playing

Me and my sweet babies!

Emma and Addison...she wanted to take her to the beach!

Ben & Emma

Me & Brooks

All 4 of us!

Swimming at night...our little fish!

Morgan

Beach Trip 2011...Part 1

2011-09-01T05:47:00.000-07:00

Ahh, this time 2 weeks ago I was sitting on the beach with my babies and not 30 years old. A lot has happened in 2 short weeks! We decided to try somewhere new this year. I say new because we haven't been to Panama City since our senior trips after graduating high school. Everyone had told us it had changed...I was leary, I'm not going to lie and Ben was just down right not believing them, lol! But we found a great deal on a great condo on the beach and decided to try it out. We had the best time I think we've ever had on a vacation. I'm not sure how to explain it but it was so low key, so relaxing and just so much fun with the kids. They are at GREAT ages right now for the beach and we just really enjoyed having that time with them. My mom came down to stay with us part of the week and then we were on our own the rest of the week. Here are some pictures from our week! Oh and for the record, while it was probably our best vacation, it had nothing to do with PCB. It had changed quite a bit and is a LOT nicer then it was back in the day but I think Orange Beach and Gulf Shores is the place for us! These are in no particular order either as I have pictures on 2 different memory cards somehow!

Waiting on the elevator to go hunt seashells early one morning...he wore his sunglasses everywhere!

Pretty girl...

Looking for seashells!

Brooks checking out the water

Emma loved the beach but wasn't impressed with the water this year. She did get in the ocean but it didn't last long!

Silly girl...

We went down every morning and looked for seashells before we got ready for the day. Here is another picture of my 2 cuties!

Playing on the beach

Love this picture...I would love know what she's thinking and what she thinks when she looks out and sees water forever and ever.

He's gotten so big, yes he has, but he looks oh so little when you step back!

Sweet, precious feet...love this one!

Morgan

While Mommy's away...I'm still missed!

2011-08-14T10:37:00.000-07:00

I went on my annual girls beach trip a couple of weeks ago and had great time. While I was gone the kids were busy having too much fun and Ben was busy working on stuff around the house to surprise me. Emma spent the night with Nancy while I was gone and Brooks stayed with my mom. They went to the pool Saturday and had fun. But when it was all said and done they still missed their momma and that made my heart melt. When I got home here is what I found.

Emma and Brooks had made me all these pretty pictures!

My sweet Emma Bean

All the pictures they did, or should I say Emma did, there are a few Brooks colored though.

Ben was so sweet as well and painted the half bath (I'd been wanting to do it for sometime now), re-painted all the trim, stained the deck and put in a flower bed where we were having water issues by the playhouse. I couldn't believe all he did and it meant so much to me! I'm so blessed with a sweet hubby and 2 precious children!

Morgan

Music Time

2011-08-13T10:25:00.000-07:00

There is no doubt about it, Emma and Brooks love music! Brooks actually knows all the words to Jesus Loves Me and that's because it's Emma's favorite song. I keep wanting to try and video him singing it, it's the sweetest thing! Here they are listening to their cd's before bed.

I love how he's looking at her and smiling.

Something is funny, love this one!

I sure do love my sweet babies!

Morgan

Brooks is sleepy...

2011-08-12T10:21:00.000-07:00

We always know after bath when Brooks is sleepy because he will literally be Emma's baby doll! He will do whatever she asks him too. One night she convinced him to let her push him in the baby stroller. She pushed him through the living room, kitchen and dining room for a good 30 to 45 minutes before bed. It was too sweet! Here are some pictures.

Since he was willing to be her baby she still couldn't leave out her other babies and loaded him down but he didn't mind!

Such a sweet sister!!

Morgan

Let's Play Dress Up...

2011-08-11T10:11:00.000-07:00

Brooks is ALL boy! I promise you that! However, with the joys of having a big sister that plays with mostly baby dolls, strollers and dress up clothes he can't resist getting in on the fun with her! Besides, lets be real, if Emma is doing it - he wants to as well. He ABSOLUTELY adores her, he won't even play with things that she has no interest in. If we try and get him to play with something different and he hasn't seen Emma play with recently, he won't play with it. We can say Emma come play with this and she will and then he will. It's too cute!! One day he'll kill me for taking these pictures but they are just too cute I couldn't not do it!

Morgan

Emma's 4 year checkup...

2011-07-22T13:57:00.000-07:00

We went last Friday for Emma's 4 year check up finally. Our doctor said she was as healthy as she could be and we are so thankful! She weighs 43 lbs and is 43 inches tall. She's in the 90% for weight and 97% for height. She's still so tall and we can't believe it because me and Ben are just about average! She's our solid, strong willed beautiful little brown eyed girl and we love her oh so much!!

Morgan

McWane Center

2011-07-21T20:12:00.000-07:00

We bought a McWane membership a few months ago and have had so much fun using it. We went with our sweet friends Kristen, Julia, and Griffin several times already. This is from about a month ago but since I print this blog out to a book each year I wanted to make sure I got it. We stayed all day and had so much fun! We went another time with them and Brandy and Maddie but I forgot my camera! Here are a few pictures from our day.

Morgan

Book Time...

2011-07-17T20:01:00.000-07:00

Emma and Brooks LOVE the library and go about once a week. Here is Emma reading to Brooks some of their books they got from their first visit a few weeks back.

Emma's 4th Birthday Party...

2011-07-16T19:20:00.000-07:00

We decided to have Emma's birthday party at the park this year. I'm not sure why it took me so long to decide but it did. It ended up all working out and being a great party. She decided well in advance she wanted a unicorn party. It was really cute and funny because I'm not sure where she got the idea. She requested a unicorn shirt, a unicorn cake and pin the tail on the unicorn which ended up being pin the horn on the unicorn. But since she started talking about the unicorn party months before she has decided that everyone (me, Ben, Brooks, Zoe, Nana, Nanny, etc) needs to have a theme party and she's picked out themes for each of us. Here are some pictures.

The birthday girl

Me and my sweet Emma Bean

Her new bike...

Party details!!

Party favors

The cake

Play time...

Brooks played hard and was worn out

Amy & Braegan

Cake time

Presents (she was so blessed with so many presents from such sweet friends)

All the kiddos minus Miss Kate

It was a great birthday party and Emma had so much fun!!

Morgan

Blog Malfunction...

2011-07-15T19:58:00.001-07:00

I realized that 2 posts never went through and were scheduled back in May. They were for Mother's Day. You can see them here and here.

Morgan

Swim Lessons

2011-07-10T18:53:00.001-07:00

A couple of weeks ago we started swim lessons. Emma has done so good and I have been so proud of her. At first she was a little apprehensive about it all including going under water but each lesson she's done better and now will go under all by herself. They are teaching them the basic concepts of swimming...kicking, going under, blowing bubbles, floating on their back, arm movements of swimming, jumping off the side and getting something under water and bringing it back up. We love her teachers and of course she loves them. Erin has to be her favorite teacher by far and she talks about her all the time! It's so cute! Here are some pictures Amber took for me. I have more I just keep forgetting my card which is why I'm so behind on blogging!

Morgan

Emma & Brooks

2011-06-28T12:42:00.000-07:00

A few weeks ago Emma's Mother's Day Out program started back for summer. We decided we'd go and let Brooks try it out since it's just 2 days a week. Here is a picture of them from their first day this summer. So cute and so happy!

Unfortunately his days have just been ok! I know he'll come around and LOVE it like Emma does. Right now though I'd venture to say he'd be fine only dropping sissy off and picking her up! The first few times we'd ask him if he had fun at school and he'd say no...at least he's honest! He actually did have a better day today then he's had yet so I'm anxious to see if he says he had fun when I get home. He played some and ate some which is huge! Emma of course is having SO MUCH FUN! She loves it and the summer program is more fun stuff they do and so she's really enjoying it!

I still have a lot of catching up to do. Hopefully I can do that soon!

Morgan

Pool Time...

2011-06-20T12:00:00.000-07:00

I'm a little behind on blogging but hopefully I can catch up shortly. 2 weeks ago we went to my mother in laws house to swim for the day. Emma did so good and realized she can touch in the shallow end and that gave her so much more freedom. We ended up staying all day Saturday. Amber, Jacob, Colyn, Jarred, Amy and Braegan joined us. I didn't have my camera again but Amber did. Of course with small kids it's hard to take pictures at the pool so these are from later in the day and Amy was already gone.

Morgan

Play Dates are SO MUCH Fun!!!

2011-06-19T21:00:00.000-07:00

A couple of weeks ago we went headed to the Splash Pad in Trussville with our sweet friends Kristen, Julia & Griffin. This was our first time at the splash pad. It was hot but happened to be a little cooler then it had been the last few days and there was a breeze so the kids said the water was cold after a little while of playing. Here are some pictures from there (I forgot my camera and thankfully Kristen had hers).

Since we didn't make it too terribly long at the splash pad we decided to head to the park. We started at the park right by it but then moved to the bigger park which is nearby. We had so much fun and didn't get home till late Friday afternoon. We sure do love play dates!

Morgan

Happy 4th Birthday Emma!!!

2011-06-09T05:39:00.000-07:00

My sweet baby girl is 4 today. I can't believe 4 years have come and gone since I was blessed to be her mommy. I am so thankful that God gave me her.

Emma-

You are absolutely amazing. I love everything about you from your hair down to your little toes. Sure we have our moments where you test the waters but overall you are a very good strong willed little girl who I know is going to grow up to be an awesome lady! Me and Daddy have had so much fun watching you change over the last 4 years and while we think it's going too fast we can't wait to see how much more you'll change as life continues on. I love hearing about your days and how animated you are and I love watching you with Brooks. Your innocence about the way you see things is PRICELESS...it is something I hope you'll have for a very long time. For some reason you turning 4 is hard for me. I'm not sure if it's because I know you'll start kindergarten after this year or what. 4 just seems so big to me! So I hope that days slow down although I know they won't. I'll just have to savor every moment because before I know it you will be a big girl. Until then I'll just enjoy you being a mommy's girl. You are my shadow and do everything I do and I absolutely love it. You are a little momma to Brooks and it's so cute. I love you sweet girl! You will always be my baby no matter how big you get!!!

Happy 4th Birthday Emma! We love you SO MUCH!!!!

Daddy, Mommy, & Brooks

Fun in the Sun...

2011-05-30T11:25:00.000-07:00

It's been so sunny and warm lately we broke out the kiddie pool and they loved it!!

Helping Brooks slide

Morgan

Emma's First Dance Recital

2011-05-29T11:14:00.000-07:00

We had Emma's first dance recital recently. She did SO GOOD!!! I was so proud of her! We took a Mommy & Me dance class this year and we both really enjoyed it. We made some GREAT friends and had a lot of fun. Here are some pictures from the day.

Emma & Katelyn

Maddie, Katelyn, Emma & Julia

Me & Emma Bean

So pretty!

Emma & Ben before their Daddy & Me dance

Family picture backstage minus Brooks

Costume change...

Jameson, Maddie, Emma, Julia, Katelyn & Zoe

Playing ring around the rosie before their next dance

We had a great recital and they all got trophies (which I forgot to take a picture of Emma with it) which she LOVED!!!

Morgan

Last Day of Dance

2011-05-28T11:58:00.000-07:00

We had Emma's last day of dance last week. I can't believe our first year of dance has already come and gone. Here she is before.

Emma & Julia

Our class (Zoe, Claire, Jameson, Maddie, Layla, Emma & Julia)

Morgan

Emma's 1st Manicure & Pedicure

2011-05-27T11:48:00.000-07:00

Shannon & Harper asked us to go with them after the party at school to get our nails done. At first Emma wasn't too keen on the idea so I had to start painting her nails and she finally ended up letting the lady finish them. Since we've left she's asked when can we go back. I guess it doesn't take long to realize getting your nails done is a lot of fun!!!

Letting them dry like big girls!

All done...

Morgan

End of the Year Party

2011-05-26T11:42:00.000-07:00

They had Emma's end of the year party last Thursday on their last day. She had so much fun and I enjoyed being able to go. Here are some pictures from her party.

Saying the blessing...

Having fun at lunch

Mrs. Rose, Emma & Harper

Mrs. Melissa, Emma & Harper

Our best attempt at getting a class picture

Kate, Roxana, Emma & Harper

Morgan

Emma's Last Day of School

2011-05-25T11:36:00.001-07:00

Emma's last day of school was last week. I can't believe she's already finished with 3K and moving on to 4K. The time is going by way too fast and the thought of her starting kindergarten in another year makes me want to cry. Here she is on her last day of 3K.

She's grown so much. Here she is on her first day of 3K.

Morgan

Let's Paint...

2011-05-12T11:00:00.000-07:00

I had a hard time getting creative this year for Mother's Day but finally I remembered seeing something and decided to try it. I actually even took a picture of it with my phone when I saw it at an arts & craft show not long ago. I think this turned out so cute. It's on an 18 x 24 canvas. I did brighter colors because my mom's lake place is bright and colorful and I thought they could hang it there. I'm now going to make one for myself and put it in our playroom. Emma and Brooks LOVED painting their hands. We did 1 for my mom and 1 for Ben's mom.

My mom and Nancy both loved it and I love it!!!! I can't wait to do ours now!

Morgan

Mother's Day

2011-05-11T10:53:00.000-07:00

Emma's teachers always make the best gifts with them for Mother's Day. She made sure to hide them Thursday so I wouldn't see them and then talked about my prizes all weekend. It was too cute! She told me not to go in her sock drawer and then asked me everyday if it was Valentine's day yet so she could give me her prizes. And yes most of the weekend she referred to Mother's Day as Valentine's Day, it was too cute!

All of my stuff with the extra pictures she colored for me from Daddy, Brooks and Zoe.

Here are my sweet babies right before church yesterday. They looked so cute!

Morgan

8 Years...

2011-05-10T07:26:00.001-07:00

This time 8 years ago I was getting ready for our wedding. I can't believe it's already been 8 years. We had so much fun at our wedding and reception. It turned out exactly like I wanted. Every time I think about it, it puts a smile on my face. The last 8 years have been wonderful (not to say we haven't hit a few bumps in the road along the way...but who hasn't?). We've both grown and changed so much but I couldn't imagine anyone else by my side day in and day out. He is the best husband and best father! Here are some pictures from our wedding. I posted these last year also. I had to scan them in so the quality isn't great. Remember 8 years ago digital camera's weren't the rave yet!

Ben, I love you with all of my heart! Thank you for everything you do!

Morgan

Brooks is 18 months old!

2011-05-09T10:52:00.000-07:00

I can't believe my sweet baby boy is already 18 months old. The last year and a half has flown by far faster then I care for it too. Everyday he amazes me. The bond him and Emma have (when they aren't driving each other crazy) is the sweetest thing! I still can't believe I'm lucky enough to be their mom!

-You wear 18 to 24 month clothes (although if it's not a 1 piece you can fit in 12 months)
-You are in size 4 diapers
-You weigh about 21-22 lbs (I'll post your stats after our checkup this week)
-You can point to your nose, ears, eyes and mouth when we ask you to show us what they are and now you point to our nose, ears, eyes and mouth and tell us what they are when you point to them
-You are a monkey, just the other night I was sitting on the couch with Emma and looked over and you climbed up and was sitting on top of the kitchen table. I came running over of course and you just giggled. I wish I had the camera to take a picture. You were so PROUD OF YOURSELF.
-Your vocabulary grows so much everyday. Here is what you were saying at 15 months...mama, dada, Emma, Nana, bye, yea, dog, stinky, night night, hi, hot, down stairs, bum bum, yum, cheese (when we take your picture), pa pa (for paci), I don't know and thank you. You've added gah gah (which is what you've nicknamed Zoe and she knows this is her nickname which is even funnier to me), mag mag for Maggie (Nana's dog), Barn Barn (for Barney which is your favorite show right now) no, mommy, green, blue, red, sissy, ding dong (you love to push anyone's nose and say ding dong) tee tee, spoon, minnie (Zoe's favorite toy), mickey, baby, gone gone, hey and so many more. I was gonna try and list them all but honestly you can say so much now. I think what amazes me the most is your level of communication. For instance, Tuesday night Ben took Emma to dance and I asked you where Emma was and you said sissy bye bye da da. I said did sissy go bye bye with daddy and you said yea. Friday night Emma got in trouble and Ben went to get a tissue and you said da da, I said he went to get a tissue, you said sissy cry. You do this alot and are getting really good at telling us what you want and want us to know.
-You pointed to the blue crayon this weekend and said blue all by yourself. I was jumping up and down and you thought I was crazy!
-You love your tiger (a little cuddly blanket), you take him EVERYWHERE.
-You love to slide all by yourself and you can now go up the ladder by yourself.
-You love to feed Zoe anything you have
-You are ALL BOY, there is such a difference in you and your sister. You are into everything and you climb all over everything
-You now lay in Emma's bed every night and we all read 2 books together before bed. It's so sweet and then we all go and put you in your room and 1 by 1 we get kisses from you. I think you could do without kisses from me and Ben but you cry if Emma or Zoe doesn't kiss you.
-You LOVE push toys right now. I think we could take all the toys away except the kitchen, your push toys and the swing set outside and you'd be just fine
-You do not like sprite or cotton candy (these are things we let you try recently because we had them) and your face when you tried them both was priceless.

I could really go on and on about you. You are at such a fun age and you change and grow everyday. You and your sister continue to amaze me and I'm so blessed to be yours and Emma's mommy!

We love you so much!
Mommy, Daddy, Emma & Gah Gah

Easter 2011

2011-05-05T13:18:00.000-07:00

This is a picture Emma made at school that was so sweet!

The Easter Bunny came to visit...one day I'll get their names monogrammed on their baskets!

Emma checking out her basket

Helping Brooks look at his

Brooks wasted no time eating one of this cakesters!! They LOVE oreo cakesters!

Ready for church! I dropped the ball this year on their Easter outfits but I still think they look precious. I say I dropped the ball but I did look a lot for matching outfits and just couldn't find anything that blew me away. My friends mom was going to make me some even and that is where I dropped the ball, when I looked at fabric it was so overwhelming I couldn't decide!

Probably the best picture I could get of Brooks. He was so funny, I bought him some super cute sandals and he would not wear them. Screamed like crazy till we put his keds on him! This is probably why I didn't have full cooperation from him on a picture!

Silly kiddos...

Me & Emma Bean

The best picture I could get of the 3 of us!

Marley, Harper, Emma, Brooks and Henley is walking in front. It was a cute picture of Emma & Brooks though so I had to share. This was taken with a cell phone so it might be more blurry then the rest.

After church we had an Easter Egg hunt at our house after we ate lunch.

Me and Emma Bean

He LOVES bubbles and we blew bubbles all afternoon

This wraps up our Easter! I hope you all had a very Happy Easter!

Morgan

April 27, 2011

2011-05-04T12:15:00.000-07:00

One week ago today our state and the rest of the Southeast was hit with deadly tornados. I've wanted to do a post on this but just didn't know where to start. The stories I hear and the pictures I see make my heart break. Thankfully my family is safe as well as my house and my friends. However, some are not so lucky. The destruction the tornados did is just unreal. Here are the stats for the storms as of today (information from the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration website):

There were 305 tornados that crossed the South from 8:00 a.m. on April 25, 2011 to April 28, 2011.
There were 340 fatalities during the 24 hour period from 8:00 April 27th to 8:00 a.m. April 28th. 236 of those deaths were here in Alabama. This just breaks my heart.
The tornado that came through Tuscaloosa and then hit parts of Birmingham had a maximum width of 1 1/2 miles and it's track was 80 miles long.

This was the deadliest tornado outbreak since 1955. Again my heart just breaks!

I have to say the support and response I have seen across our state and the United States for that matter is AMAZING. Within hours after it was over the outreach of people to help their families, friends or even people they didn't know is AMAZING. It will take a long time before the areas that were hit recover, although they will never fully recover. Buildings, houses, and businesses can be replaced but the lives lost will never be replaced. I know I will never forget that day! Please continue to keep all of these people who lost loved ones in your prayers.

The first 2 pictures are a friend of a friends parent's house in Pleasant Grove. They were unharmed thankfully! The rest of the pictures are various images you can find online about the path of destruction.

Morgan

Easter Egg Hunt

2011-05-03T12:55:00.000-07:00

The day before Easter they had a big Easter Egg hunt in my mom's neighborhood and we decided to check it out. It was a lot of fun and Emma and Brooks both enjoyed it.

She had to take her babies with her.

And of course we can't have Emma pushing something and Brooks not.

Hunting Eggs

Once we hunted all the eggs we turned around and Emma was bouncing towards us. She was laughing so hard and having too much fun!

They had a table set up to color and Emma loved it!

Brooks decided to join in

This picture makes me laugh because Emma is doing a cake walk

and Brooks is yelling Sissy...

Our friends from dance live in the same neighborhood and so they were there as well but I somehow didn't get a picture of us with them. I did however get this picture of Emma at the end of the cake walk and you can see Julia right by her. They had a great time!

Back at Nana's eating the cupcakes Miss Emma Bean won.

Morgan

Easter Party

2011-05-02T12:49:00.000-07:00

We had Emma's Easter party at school the Thursday before Easter. She wanted Brooks to come so I don't have a lot of pictures from the party but she had a great time.

Brooks & Nana

Hunting eggs

Watching Emma hunt eggs

Eating lunch

She LOVED having Brooks there and he loved being there. When we first got there he walked in the room and she got all her friends to come say hey, Brooks came running back out (because all the girls were hovering over him). But it didn't take long for him to be in the middle of it all.

Morgan

While I was gone to Salt Lake City...

2011-04-19T18:48:00.000-07:00

Emma and Brooks had more attention and love then they could ever want. However, it made me feel so, so special when I got back. On the way home from the airport Brooks just kept leaning over to look at me (I sat in the back between him and Emma) and Emma held my hand all the way home. Then once I got home I was instructed by Emma that I had to wait downstairs till she went potty because she had all kinds of decorations that were just for me because she missed me so much. When I walked upstairs it was the sweetest thing I'd ever seen. The banner over the fireplace made me cry. Not only did she make it just for me but she did it all by herself minus the Welcome on it although she did add the smiley faces (she says Brooks helped...I'm sure he scribbled on it here and there).

Up close...We missed you! I cried!

Pretty flowers!

A tulip just for mommy!

More watermelons for me...

There were more watermelons over by the front & back door but I somehow forgot to take a picture of those. This really was all her idea, she just told Nana and Nanny what she wanted to make next. She would paint, write and color all day long if we'd let her. Hopefully she'll be more creative then her mommy!

She sure did make me feel like the BEST mommy in the whole wide world (and I'm far from it)!! If she only really knew how much I missed her and Brooks!! I love them so, so much!

Morgan

Salt Lake City

2011-04-18T18:28:00.000-07:00

Week before last I went on a work trip to Salt Lake City, Utah. I had never been and it was quite an interesting place. We left 70 to 80 degree weather and up there it was 30's, 40's and 50's. We got there Tuesday night late and Wednesday was actually nice. It was sunny and in the low 50's. However after Wednesday it started to snow and snowed the rest of the time we were there. It's always interesting to compare the north and the south. Had it snowed like that here in Alabama everything would have been shut down but up there everything was normal business as usual. We had a great time at our conference and a great time sightseeing. Here are some pictures from the trip.

Kati, Caroline, Lauren and me

Views walking around downtown. It almost felt like we were in a bowl is how one of them kept describing it because the mountains were all around us.

View from our hotel

The Tabernacle...this place was unbelievable

Outside the Reg Iguana...the best Mexican restaurant I've ever eaten at! I do have to say that all the restaurants we went too were really unique and really good. Lauren, Caroline, Kati, me, & Traci

This was outside the Beerhive Pub which was a local brewery.

Inside the Beerhive Pub...they had some really funny tshirts!

Me & Kati in the snow

Me & Traci in the snow

We got free tickets to see the Utah Jazz professional basketball game one night. I have to admit at first I said I didn't want to go but I'm so glad I did. I'm not into basketball and the game wasn't what made the night, it was the company!!

I didn't take many pictures at all but thought I'd share what I had. I have never been so happy to come back to Alabama where it was hot and humid! I missed my sweet babies and hubby so much! I am definitely a southern girl through and through.

Morgan

Emma's School Picture for 2010-2011

2011-04-17T19:09:00.000-07:00

Here is this year's school picture. It's not as clear as it should be because I took it with my phone.

When did my sweet Emma Bean become such a big girl??

Morgan

Little Diva in Training...

2011-04-16T19:07:00.000-07:00

You think she's seen me put on makeup a time or two??

Morgan

Brooks' 2nd hair cut...

2011-04-15T18:53:00.000-07:00

We had Brooks' 2nd hair cut done a couple of weeks ago which was a huge success this time. He started to cry when we put him in the chair but quickly stopped. I think Nana being there really made the difference! I won't share all of this haircuts, I promise, however he did such a good job I had to share!

Morgan

Sweet, sweet babies!!!

2011-04-14T18:47:00.000-07:00

This picture melts my heart!! The bond that I see they have already is the sweetest thing ever. Don't get me wrong they still have their moments but they are getting to be less and less of them fighting over something and more and more of them playing together and loving on each other!

Hopefully I can get a video or picture of Brooks tickling Emma soon! It's precious! Anytime she's laying in the floor he goes over to her and sits on top of her and starts tickling her and saying tickle tickle. It's too cute!

Morgan

Birthday parties are so much fun...

2011-04-13T18:42:00.000-07:00

When you get to play dress up!!! A few weeks ago we went to Julia's party. Her and Emma do dance together every week. I didn't think to take any pictures with my camera but I did get these 2 pictures of Emma. The first one is on our way and the 2nd is on our way home. She had the BEST time and it was the cutest party!

Morgan

Our little dancer...

2011-04-12T18:38:00.000-07:00

This is just 1 of her dance costumes for the recital we'll have in May. She's the cutest little dancer I've ever seen!

Morgan