The stockings were hung

I've been looking for new stockings since I was pregnant, so this is the third Christmas. I had thought about just buying some but couldn't find any that I liked in my price range. So then I thought about making some but I still didn't know what I wanted. After looking at 30 Google image pages, I had an idea. I drug Brent into Hancock and he picked out what he wanted. Here is the result.

I thought it turned out pretty good so I started on number two and just changed the colors around a bit.

On to Morgan's. I knew I didn't want to use the same fringe or cording because I didn't know what would be available when I had my next child. So I kept with the theme but used different stuff.

I happy with the way they turned out.

Morgan lately

So I have been a total slacker when it comes to blogging. I have been taking random pictures now and then so I thought I would post some. Morgan is so much fun and a blast to hang out with, most of the time. She has about 25 words she uses consistently and picks up new words all the time. Some times it's tricky figuring out what she is trying to say but it's so fun when you understand.

She has been getting better at using a fork or spoon to eat with. She wants to do everything herself. However, on this night, her fork was not getting the food in fast enough; she dug in with her hands and it shows. I rarely put a bib on her anymore but I'm sure glad I did this night.

She was pretty proud of herself for eating all her dinner.

We had a fall festival at the elementary school I work at so I took Morgan. She was a little young for the activities but enjoyed watching all the kids and sitting on the fire truck.


The other day I was trying to see if I could interest her in playing in the leaves in the front yard. She wasn't too impressed. When she realized she couldn't eat them, she decided they were worthless and tried to go back inside.


Last Sunday was Morgan's first week in Nursery. Yup, she's 18months. I went to drop her off and she said, "Bye Bye Mommy." After holding back the tears, I went to enjoy a peaceful, uninterrupted Sunday School. She did wonderfully. They said she played, ate her snack, and did the hand movements to the songs. I was so proud. I was trying to get her to hold the picture she drew but she just kept putting it down. So here she is and the picture is on the table behind her.

On to Thanksgiving. Here we are at the Sullengers where we enjoyed a wonderful meal and great company. Cara had it decorated so cute and we had a great time. Thanks guys.

Morgan of course was into everything. Here she got caught trying to pull out more toys.

Kash and Brent were wonderful and did all the clean up. The ladies and Travis, got to watch football and the kiddo's. Travis didn't really help, he just pretended in this picture.

On Friday, we went down to our favorite dive in Holly Springs, Phillip's Grocery. While waiting of others to arrive, we took a little walk. We thought we would catch some shots of little miss independent. We're lucky if she'll hold our hands for 10 seconds. And of course she can hold her drink by herself.

Wizard of Oz

I hadn't been to a ballet in years and I heard this advertised on the radio. It sounded fun so I asked a couple of girls and we went to the Orpheum for the Wizard of Oz ballet. It was fantastic. The ballet was beautiful and the company was great. Thanks girls!

So I know Cara already posted this picture but I forgot my camera so we're sharing pic's.

We have neglected the blog the last few weeks, so it is time for some catch up. Paij had her national certified counseling exam 2 weeks ago. She feels like she did well on the exam(which means she probably missed 2 questions out of the 200 total). She has been pretty busy with her internships and studying for her exam. Morgan loves to be close to her Mommy, and I thought this moment was too cute to pass up on as Paij was studying for her exam.



As hard as Daddy tries, he can't compete with Mommy in Morgan's eyes. I have really enjoyed the last couple months getting to spend more time with Morgan. She is at such a fun stage, and in Daddy's opinion there couldn't be a more cute and fun girl to hang out with. This is a snapshot of Morgan having a good time with Dad.

One of the fun things Morgan has started doing lately is hiding. She has gotten rather good at it too(most of the time). She often gives herself away by whispering "hide" to herself as she is tucked away in a corner somewhere. It is a fun game that can go on and on.



And to keep up with all the other Halloween posts here are some pictures of Morgan, along with a shot of her and her friend Caroline, and of course, Mommy. Contrary to what many complimented, Morgan did not dress up as an elephant for Halloween. Her friend Caroline had this awesome robot costume as you can see.







And to wrap things up, here is a video of our little pride and joy. She can say over 20 words now(most of which are only discernible to Mom and Dad). In addition she is fluent in jibberish, which really has us intrigued when she gets on a role. Sorry that the video is a little dark. Morgan and Daddy were playing in a homemade tent and Daddy shot the video from inside the tent. Enjoy.