Morgan's learned a new trick

I felt a little like I needed to give her a doggy treat after this. Too bad they don't make reinforcements like that for 4 month olds. Yeah, I'm a bad mom! She can already roll to her right and left. She's such a big girl.

Morgan's 4 months!

Our little angel is 4 months old and so much fun. We decided to take some pictures so everyone could see how much she is growing.

The cutest little laugh

Morgan's little laugh is coming out more and more. She really likes it when mom and dad make these goofy sounds that make us sound like drunk cows. We love the response, so we really don't care what we sound like. We hope that you enjoy.

St. Louis

We headed north for the Labor Day weekend to St. Louis. We are all traveled out and enjoying normal home life now that it is over. We got back from California on Tuesday and left for St. Louis on Friday. We went with three other couples and had a great time. On our way there we stopped and ate at Lambert's Cafe, a restaurant made famous for their throwed rolls. That's right, throwed rolls. They've got this guy that wheels around this cart with fresh, hot rolls. All you have to do is yell out "Roll!" and raise yor arm and be ready to catch one. It is quite the experience and the portions are monstrous.

In St. Louis we visited the City Museum. Now this place was designed for kids, but that did not stop us from having a blast. It is unlike anything any of us had ever seen. Below is a picture of Paij in a whales throat. The whales mouth actually leads to a system of caves, tunnels, tubes, ladders, and all sorts of interesting niches for kids (and adults) to explore. Outside is another network of ladders and rebar that allow you to explore jets suspended in air. That is Brent crawling in the rebar tube, trying not to lose his flip flops through the openings between the rebar. Also pictured below are Paij and Morgan scooting down a tube in the aquarium at the City Museum. Paij stopped to say hi to the tortoise as he floated by.





























We also visited the Budweiser headquarters in St. Louis. The perk for most tourists is that they offer free samples at the end of the tour. We all opted to enjoy some refreshing Mug root beer instead. While we were there a man wasout walking the famous Clydesdale horses. Those horses are enormous, as is evident by the picture below. They can weigh over 2000 lbs!


St. Louis is also home to a cathedral basilica that is quite impressive. It contains 41.5 million glass pieces that cover 83,000 square feet, making it is the largest mosaic collection in the world. That one is for all you factoid collectors. Needless to say it was amazing to see the detail that was put into decorating that building.

Last, and probably least, we visited the top of the arch. The arch felt like a disappointing roller coaster ride. We waited in line for about an hour and a half (with 26 drama crazed teenage cheerleaders right behind us). We got to the top, looked out, thought 'why did we wait around for this?', and headed right back down. I guess it is just one of those things that you do once just to say you did. Pictured below is our little family next to one of the viewing windows at the top of the arch.

California Dream'n

Yeah we're Dream'n we were still there!

Morgan got to meet her new cousins. Believe it or not, Morgan is the oldest. Bode (left) is Haylee's third child and is about 20 hours younger than Morgan. Kasen (right) is Kalli's fourth child and 5 weeks younger. They had a great time playing together and while in CA. It was so fun to have my two sisters there with their babies.

While in CA we spent the day on Lake Oroville on a party boat with about 40 of Brent's family members. Brent's borther has a ski boat for tubing and wake boarding as well as the wave runner above. After a some deliberation but not much, Brent's parents were convinced to take the wave runner for a spin. Judy(68) and Paul (72) had a pretty good time and so did the kids and grandkids watching grandma freak out.
We also got to attend the wedding of my best friend from High School that was held at Lover's Point Monterey. Needless to say it was beautiful. As we enjoyed a faboulous lunch at the reception, we were able to watch dolphins jumping in the bay. I was so glad we could attend. Congrats Melissa and Sean!
While in Monterey, we took 17-mile drive to the Lone Cypress and passed Pebble Beach Golf Course. Wow I miss the beach!
We were also fortunate enough to be able to attend the finialization of the adoption of three more siblings for Brent. That makes 13. These three beautiful children have lived with Paul and Judy close to four years now. James, Jessica, and Cody, welcome to the family!
Finally the most important thing that happened on our trip to CA was blessing our sweet Morgan. We did it in my parents back yard with more than 70 people in attendance (hence the reason we didn't do it at chruch). Brent did a fantastic job and had us all in tears. Morgan was a little angel. P.S. Her mom made the blessing dress (thanks for your help Kristi) and Morgan wore her lace booties I brought back from my mission in Belgium (not pictured here).

Bath Time

Here's another video at my mother's request. Morgan loves her bath time and we always enjoy giving her one because we get lots of smiles. Enjoy!

Pretty in Pink...and green

Isn't the point of having little girls to be able to dress them up every now and then? This is one outfit we were looking forward to Morgan growing into (then again, there are a lot of outfits we look forward to being able to dress her up in). Thank you Toni Hart. Not only is Morgan smiling more and more, she is figuring out that she can make her own sounds (besides crying, which she is pretty good at). We have lots of fun talking to her and listening to her make cute little noises back. Her parents couldn't be more proud.