Christmas - Yeah, I know, I'm late.

This was Morgan's first Christmas!  She was so good at digging in her stocking...

 not so good at opening presents.

Here are the cousins in their twin jammies their grandma made them.

Can you see how high the waist is on her jammies?  Yeah, they're awesome. :)

Morgan's other grandma got a car seat for Christmas.  Morgan looked like she was sitting on a throne while her aunts brought her gifts.  She wouldn't even be bothered with opening the presents, so her aunts presented them to her.  Notice her hand dipping into her cup holder full of cereal puffs.

She also got a beanie, but she doesn't like stuff on her head, so it didn't last long.  But it's dang cute!

Instead she turned her beanie into a toy!  She would cover her face with it then pop out and scare us.  This lasted a good 30 minutes.

Here's a tribute to Brian.  He wanted a Christmas picture taken of him.  Love ya babe!

Wait, where did November go?

November was the fastest month I think I've ever experienced in my lifetime up to this point.  I can't believe how fast time flies when you have a little one!  Does time go even faster when you have more than one child?

Anyways, on top of purchasing and setting up a Christmas tree, decorating, celebrating my b-day, TWO trips to Lake Powell and Thanksgiving, Morgan is now 10 months old!!

 She is at such a fun age right now!  She points to things, tries to mimic us and thinks she is the funniest girl!  Which she is!

Here's an example of how funny she thinks she is.

On our way to Lake Powell for Thanksgiving.  She was pleasantly content, most of the ride.

It was quite lovely at Lake Powell, but a little chilly.  We were all huddled together under our blankets.  A "spoon train," is what I think it was referred to at one point.

 Brian, a couple of his cousins and Angie thought it would be fun to jump in!  He has no idea what is about to hit him.

 This is him realizing what just hit him.

His dad was the hoser-offer.  Dave seems to be enjoying this immensely.  It just didn't look like a fun experience to me.  And that's why I choose not to participate in the annual Thanksgiving swim.

In her adorable dress her great-grandma and aunts Westenskow gave her.

Admiring the snow fall.  She loves it!

Brian's cousin is a photographer, so he was kind enough to take some awesome pictures for us, luckily he had his nice camera with him!

A special thanks to Jacob, Brian's cousin, for taking these fantastic photos of us.  And a big shout out to all those who put up with the three of us for Thanksgiving!

Thanks!  You're great!

October

It feels like it's been a long time since I've updated the blog!  

Well, we've had a lot happen since the last post!

We went to the zoo!  Morgan loved the animals!  The first animal we saw was the turkey.  Morgan looked a little confused.  It must be very weird to go from looking at little toys and figurines of animals to seeing a real-life animal up close.  She was amazed at the elephants!

 

She looks really unhappy in a lot of the pictures, but I swear she loved it!

 

Really, she loved it!

In addition to Morgan being 9 months old on the 19th, she gained an adorable cousin!  Kenley was born to my brother Travis and his lovely wife Kim at 6 lbs. 12 oz., 19 in. long.  Kenley is so sweet and we're so happy to have this new addition in our family!

 

The girls had a play-date!  They just happened to be wearing very similar outfits.  Cute!

 

This is Morgan's, "Leave me alone Grandma, I promise I'll be gentle," face.

Precious!

As some of you know, Morgan was a monkey for Halloween.  A couple people, including her Grandpa Stevens, thought she was an E-Walk (sp?).

At first she hated her costume.  Every time I tried it on her, she tried to pull the hat off.  When Friday came, I wanted to take her to dad's and my work in her costume.  I put it on her, and she was perfectly fine!!  And she was so adorable for all her fans!

(See her cute, fuzzy leg warmers? - So cute!)

Happy late Halloween!