Oh "Hoppy" Day!

Easter 2010...what a blessing sharing this day with our family and friends. We started our day at 3:00a.m. with a Morgan having a fever of 102.6 and Shawn having to be to work at 5a.m....so no church for us today. We headed to my parents about 10 and joined in on an i-chat with my family in Colorado and my cousin in Germany. We celebrated my cousins 20th birthday with him via i-chat and Easter with everyone. After i-chat we decided to color eggs. Morgan and her cousin Ashlyn had a blast...and were VERY messy!

After coloring eggs we decided to go outside and play with the chalk...more messy girls! :)

We had a great day with everyone despite Morgan running a fever. After we left my parents we came home to enjoy the company of Shawn's family for dinner. I made pulled BBQ chicken sandwiches. We also had salad and plenty of dessert.

 

We hope everyone had a very Blessed Easter as we did!

A very Blessed Day

Wow, I cannot believe that Morgan is now 20 months old. We are so very blessed to have her in our lives.

Morgan's vocabulary is becoming very large.

We work on new words and phrases each day. Some of her favorites to say are:

• "on the couch" (when asking her where my sister's dog is, this is the response we get).
• "boogies" (if she has boogers she comes to me and points to her nose).
• "all done" (whether it be with eating or done in the bath tub, she will let you know when she is done).
• "away" (she says this when there is trash to be thrown away, then she goes to the trash and tosses it in).

Some other words include:

movie, outside, keys, kitchen, bed, towel, nasty...and the list goes on.

We are currently working on counting. Morgan can count to five and just LOVES to count the rocks from a center piece I have on one of the patio tables. We are also working on her shapes and colors. Morgan still just ADORES being outside playing with bubbles, in the grass, and on her slide. She will look out the window and say mama grass, or mama slide...she will also tell you when she wants to go to the park...which lately is everyday.

She LOVES to wear my necklaces, and bracelets and is starting to pick out lot's of skirts to wear. She tells me either "pants" or "skirt" in the morning as I am picking her clothes out...so cute. We are so very blesssed to have her in our life. I am getting super excited for her 2 year birthday. I am trying to focus on the planning of Zach's 11th birthday right now, but it is so hard not to pick up stuff for Morgan's when I am out.

60 miles...of HOPE

In November 2007 I walked 60 miles in 3 days to help support Breast Cancer. It was one of the most significant memories of my life. I cried, laughed, and cried even more as each day went on. The support from the communities and cities that we walked through were incredible. When I was asked to do this, I immediatly thought of my friend Lynne's mother. Eunice passed away in the summer of 1995 from breast cancer. So I told Lynne that I wanted to walk in remembrance of her mom. I raised $2500.00 with the help of family and friends and began my journey. After the 2nd day I told myself pain or no pain I will do this again. Then day 3 came and I thought I would NEVER be able to do this again. I got shinsplints sooo incredibly bad that I was not even sure I would be able to finish the 3rd day. They were in both legs and I could barely walk, and when I did I would cry. When we reached the first pit stop I asked the medical personal to wrap my legs...and they did just that...from my knee to my ankle on both legs they wrapped them tight and gave me extra tape just incase. Well I made it...all 60 miles in pain, but I did it! Well me being scared of such pain again I have not done it since! So this year I conquered a 1/2 marathon, running the entire way without getting shinsplints, that I have decided to walk again in the 3 day, 60 mile Breast Cancer walk this November. I will again walk in remembrance of Euince, but my list has grown to add survivors in as well. Both my mom and I have already had the scares of breast cancer and see our specialist on a regular basis. I feel there is no better way to support a cause than actually participate in helping the research. And that is just what I plan to do. My goal is to raise $3000.00 this year. I am right on track and cannot wait to cross yet another finish line of success in November. 

  

One Sweet Chic

Morgan is growing so fast. With growing comes new adventures of being a toddler. Every morning when Morgan wakes up she always says "mommy up" as she is stuck in her crib. So this morning as I was laying in bed listening to her call for me, I decided today was the day for a BIG girl bed...not sure what I was thinking, but I just felt like she was ready...

So...away I went...re-arranging her room AGAIN, and transitioning her crib to the next stage. Morgan was in there helping me the whole time saying bed, bed, momma, big bed. It was too cute. As I finished she crawled up into her "big girl bed" and looked at me and said "nigh, nigh". I was unsure how this was going to work with nap time and bed time, but so far so good. Within five minutes of me patting her back she was asleep for nap time, then tonight I put her in bed, read her a story, turned her music on, kissed her goodnight and left the room. She cried for a few minutes, but did not leave her bed. She is now fast asleep and I am so excited for her "big girl bed". She is One Sweet Chic...and growing up so fast!

Hi-Ho-Hi-Ho...it's off to the Park we go.....

My oh my how we LOVE Spring time. Beautiful weather, sunny skies, and LOT'S of play time at the park! Morgan LOVES the park...she asks for it when she wakes up, and then pretty much all day long after that. We have a beautiful new park that is minutes away from our new home. So on Friday we ventured over there with some friends of ours. Morgan's two favorite things at the park are swinging, and the slides.

Today she starting crawling through all the tunnels and kept getting shocked...she would say "ouch" then laugh!

Here are our friends Avery, Allie, and Emily. We were feeding the ducks...well these girls were! Morgan was...well....

eating the bread of course! What else do you do with bread??

Then Grandma should her how to feed the ducks and every time Morgan threw a piece at the duck she would look at me and say "wow".

Here are our Pretty Pink Princesses posing for a picture!

On Saturday we walked over to the other park in our neighborhood and played a little more. This time Shawn and Zach got to join us.

Zach and Shawn were competing at jumping the farthest off the swing...I think Zach won!

Still such a kid...but that's what makes being a parent so much fun!

Morgan and her bubbles....my how she LOVES them!

A little more Madness....

Ohh Toys R Us how we LOVE you. On Monday we took a trip to the toy store, and the mall. My mom let Morgan push this around the entire store...popping every step of the way...now it is in my home...pop, pop, popping all day!!

Monday evening we headed over to a friends house for a BBQ to celebrate a few of us girls being "Stars" in Mary Kay. Bubbles are such a hit with Morgan right now...she just LOVES them. I think that is even her favorite part of story time at the library!

Here are all the kids in their hot new glasses. They had such a great time playing.

I am sure I will come across a few more "March Madness" pictures before the close of this month! Until then...HAPPY SPRING my fellow bloggers!

March Madness

During the month of March we have created a bunch of MADNESS...well not really, but I feel like it has just been a month of Madness. We have been keeping busy with moving, Mary Kay, family events, and so much more. Here are just a few of our best shots during the past month.

Does it look like she is on a roller coaster?.....

She's not...just in the car for a very long ride to the Renaissance Festival. I did not even realize the shot looked like this until I uploaded it.

We met Shawn's family at the Renaissance Festival this year for a little fun.

Zach and Tristin goofing around.

Logan and Morgan...don't they look so happy together?

Zach participating in the paintball wars. (I think he was just about fed up with me and the camera by this point)!

Morgan was very interested in the glitter instead of getting her picture taken.

Zach was so excited to do this....then he froze..in the air...and did not even jump, he just let the bungees control his ride.

A few days later my best friend since....well forever...came into town. Misty Hicks-Valdez. I was so excited to see her and her family, as it has been about 5 years since our last visit. Her boys are so big now and this was her first visit with Morgan. We took the kids to the park to play...what a gorgeous day it was.

Me, Misty and Morgan.

Misty and I and our kids.

Our next stop after the park was to the Bondi's house were we had to pick up our famous girl scout cookies...well Shawn's cookies...I ordered only Thin Mints, because I do not like them and Shawn does, therefore I will NOT eat them and stay healthy! I thought it was a good idea...but Shawn didn't after the 12th box came home...needless to say we are freezing quite a few boxes. Here is Morgan with Tatum and Brooke...these girls always have so much fun with Morgan.

Then a stop to Grandma and Grandpa's house. Morgan will cry, and cry when we leave their house. It is so sad...but a good feeling for my parents.

Now that March is coming to a close we are hoping to finish unpacking, decorating, and do a little relaxing before we get to far into April and things get "MAD" again.

We have plans for some more park dates, library days, and shopping at the mall. We tried to visit the Easter Bunny....notice no pictures of that...Morgan SCREAMED!!! We will try again...maybe with her brother this time.

Morgan just LOVES her rocking chair at my parents house. This was my moms rocking chair when she was little and now Morgan is the proud owner.