Brent's 29!

Yesterday was Brent's Golden Birthday! For his dinner, he chose to have homemade Pizza.

We went bowling with some friends to celebrate and had a great time.

Then came back to our place for cake and ice cream. When I asked him what kind of cake he wanted, he said, "A fundus cake." Like I knew what that was. Then he described to me that it is the inside of the eye and showed me pictures in his Kanski book. The white part is the optic nerve and the licorice are the veins and arteries. Not the prettiest cake but that is what he wanted.

Sadly it took him three blows to get all of his candles out. You'd never guess he used to be a runner.

Morgan's two new favorite things

Drawing

and Peas


She's always eaten peas a little. She would eat them in the baby food jar but lately they have become her candy. She will just eat them and eat them. I figure there could be worse things for her to love.

Wiiiiiii!

Morgan was as excited as Daddy to get a Wii for Father's Day/Birthday.

Just a Little Storm

Those of you who live here, know this was more than a little storm. The sirens were going and the news is saying get in the most inside room of your house, so I went outside to take some pictures. The first time I looked out the window one of these trees was blown over, within a few minutes, I looked again, and the other one was down. As you can see, the trunk snapped right in half.

Then I went out the back door just to check on things and see that our neighbor's trampoline has jumped the fence. Yes, this used to be on the other side of the fence there and it completely jumped the fence and landed in the tree. It broke off about the top two feet of the fence but the rest just cleared it. After taking the picture, I ran to help get it unstuck because we were afraid it would hit a car or another fence. The weather calmed down shortly after that but they said winds were up to 68 mph. Morgan slept soundly in her crib during the whole thing.

Sorry the images are blurry but it was still raining and I was a little nervous.

Morgan's New Friend

A friend of mine went back to work so I have been watching her two month old son a couple of days a week. When Morgan got up the other day, Hudson was still sleeping, sort of but Morgan took care of that.



She loves watching him sleep, swing, eat or whatever. She just loves watching him. It's been pretty fun for both of us.

First Swim

Well first swim of the year that is.

Morgan was a little hesitant at first but actually so was mom. Notice Morgan holding her leg out of the water. It had been a hot day but we didn't get in until the evening and it wasn't exactly hot any more.

She got used to it though and had a pretty good time. Mom eventually got in a little more too. Thanks Nicki for inviting us over.

Morgan's 1!

I know, I can't believe it either. Friday, the 22nd was officially her birthday and it started with a fun day at the Doctor getting her 1 year shots. She screamed but really handled them pretty well. Here are her one year stats:

Weight:18lbs 14oz - 15th percentile
Height: 29 inches - 50th percentile
Head circumference: 45cm


Here she is with her presents. She seemed pretty intrigued by her new toy. She even liked it after we got it out of the box.


Here is her lady bug cake. This is my first attempt at cake decorating and I was pleased with the result. I cooked the cake in a glass pyrex bowl and it worked great. I couldn't find black food coloring so I just added blue food coloring to chocolate frosting and it worked pretty well I thought. The reason it's a lady bug is because she was a lady bug for Halloween, we have tons of lady bugs in our yard that land on you and crawl all over you and one of her favorite books is a lady bug counting book. What more reason do you need?




She still wasn't too interested in eating the cake however. The frosting was still sticky and she didn't really like it on her hands. She's such a girl.

I promise she didn't just wear a diaper cover the whole party. That was only for frosting flinging purposes. The day before her little party, I couldn't decide what I wanted Morgan to wear so I went to Hancock Fabric and bought this material. While Brent and I watched a movie, I just cut it to the length and width I wanted, sewed around it and made some straps. I think it turned out pretty cute. I'm so glad I have my own sewing machine and can do fun little projects whenever I want.