Birthday Girl

What a start to a great day - opening birthday presents!


From Grammy & Papa...

Butterfly-shaped scrapbook and all the stickers and paper to work on it! Woohoo!

From Grandma Patti & Papa Larry...

From Aunt Jeannie, Uncle Jason, Cole, Kelsey, & Ella...

The LOOT!!!

After lunch we headed home to our gift for her...

From Grandpa & Grandma...the cutest rain jacket!

Strawberry Princess cake, as requested - she was lucky she got the eyes and mouth. I'm no good at those, so she almost went faceless! Hahahaha! Maybe next year I'll put more effort into her cake.

Birthday girl ready for some cake.

A Moment in the life of Morgan...

I found these when I finally decided to update the blog! Note to self: Keep camera up out of Morgan's reach!

Stats

Morgan had her 4-year check up today and received 4 shots - 2 in each leg...OWIE! We treated her to Chuck E. Cheese...it's amazing how quickly her owies healed with the power of fun! Upon returning home, her owies also returned...walking stiff-legged and v--e--r--y...s--l--o--w--l--y! I was curious about how the measurements stacked up against the boys at their 4-year check up and here's what I found.

Kaden 34 lbs 40" tall
Kolton 44 lbs 42.5" tall
Morgan 36.8 lbs 43" tall

It'll be interesting to see if this trend continues!!!

Budding Star....

Check out Morgan's first commercial. If you look closely (or pause, like I did) Morgan can be found running behind the instructor, then sitting in the circle on the instructor's lap, and then at the craft table with her head down near the Little Gym logo. She was not happy about the camera, but we made it!

Kolton's 1st Jiu Jitsu Tournament

Kolton has been training for a while for his first Jiu Jitsu tournament. It was held in Atlanta, GA on 2/27/2010. Jeannie and Jason were so sweet, they came over to show their support for Kolton, and we were able to eat lunch with them before they headed home. Sorry the pictures are blurry, I can't upload the video from the camcorder so this is all you get.

Here you can see Jamie in the tan jacket and Kolton standing in front and to the left of him, black arm showing...before his first match.

First match, the unthinkable - a girl about 20 pounds heavier than him!

Kolton trying to sweep the leg.

Poor guy has always been taught to be nice to girls.

Second match was against this 9 year old - his corner kept yelling, "JUST LAY ON HIM!"...turds!

It was a very exciting match to watch, even Jeannie started screaming!

Jason was having fun with Morgan in the bleachers between matches.

Prretty girls Morgan and Kelsey using their time wisely.

I guess I didn't get any pictures of Cole or Ella, but they were there!

The Hot Dog Song

This is a video from Grant's 1st Birthday - and it's his favorite song.

They're back.....

Yes, I wore this same style of barrettes when I was young and they're making a comeback. I made these two pairs yesterday for Morgan and she loves them so much she keeps them in until she goes to bed - which is a huge deal for us! I've got more ribbon, so there will be more to add to her growing collection of hair accessories.

Snow Day!!

I woke up to Morgan yelling, "Mama, come look - it's snowing!" Sure enough - huge flakes. I told her she couldn't go out and play until there was enough to play in...it sure didn't take very long. We bundled up and headed out.

Alabama Angel

Little snowman

Bigger snowman

Swinging in the snow

The snow didn't last very long, but it sure was fun while it was here.

Crafts with Kolton

Kolton helped Morgan make this bracelet.
I didn't realize she sounded southern until this video.
Morgan's view through the camera.

Kolton made a tent in his bedroom for Morgan to play in.


Strawberry milk, mmmmmm.

My Birthday

Jamie surprised me with this beautiful cake, he's so sweet.
You can't see, but Morgan's in my arms helping me blow out my many candles.