The 4 D's

Daddy-Daughter Date in Dubai!!!

This past weekend, Randall and Morgan had their first "Daddy Daughter Date in Dubai" and this was just the 1st of many dates to come! They first started off by driving the 2 hours to Dubai in the car and according to Randall, Morgan talked almost the entire way there. He said only in the last 15 minutes did he have to turn on a movie for her. Wow! That's a lot of talking!!!

Then they started their date at the huge Dubai Aquarium in Dubai Mall (over 3 stories high) and went through through the underwater zoo as well as the aquarium.

Here's the cute pair in front of one of the many fish tanks

She looks so grown up!

Here are a few of her favorite fishes and animals they saw...

This was a "bubble" that you go under and up in it so that it feels like you are actually in the tank. Thank you to some nice lady for taking the picture!

This might have been Morgan's first time to see a penguin. Amazing to think they actually have penguins in the Middle East... and ice too!

There was an employee of the underwater zoo who was holding a boa-constricter and allowing the people to hold or touch it.. And Morgan was among those who touched it!!! Brave Soul she is!

All in all, Morgan seemed to really love the aquarium and zoo and wants to take Mommy and Micah back some day!

After the aquarium, the next place they went to was Chili's! What a treat for them! And as they were sharing chips and salsa, the dialogue went something like this...

Morgan: "Daddy, when are we going on our date?

Randall: "We are on our date"

Morgan: "No we're not, we're at the eating place"

Randall: "Well, what do you think a date is?"

Morgan: "Its when 2 people are together and go to a special place by themselves where no other people can go"

Haha! The way her little mind works and the things she thinks of and says makes her sound so old! After eating, they shopped around at the mall and then ended their date by buying ice cream on their way home. How can you top that date???

Happy 4th Birthday Morgan!!!

It's hard to believe that our Morgan is now 4 y/o! She is getting so big and changing so much! She has been anticipating her birthday for the last month and has been counting down the days until she turned 4 y/o. The funny thing is that when she woke up this morning, we sang Happy Birthday to her and said "Yeah! You're 4 y/o now!" And her answer took us by surprise as she replied, "No! I don't turn 4 y/o until my party today at the park!"

What a stinker! But still super cute!

This was a present from her teachers at school... so thoughtful!

And yes, this is Morgan receiving a manicure from her Daddy!

What a Great Daddy!

A girl has always gotta look her best! Especially for her own party!

We decided to have Morgan's party at the park and set up our princess table under a pavilion. The weather is still cool enough that we can be outside in the sun and not roast (yet)... As you can see, we had pink cupcake with pink icing, cute decorated sugar cookies (thanks to Alison!) and caffeine for the adults! Perfect afternoon snack before dinner time!

And the Birthday Girl is happy playing with her friends!

Caught her blowing out the candle.. it was a bit tough trying to keep the candles lit with the wind, so instead of 4 candles, we did 1.

And here's Micah... a little upset with Mommy because she pulled the paper away from the cupcake.."Oh no, there's cake under the icing! I thought it was just a paper full of icing!"

Morgan had a great birthday and had a lot of fun with her friends. Thank you to all of you who sent her Birthday wishes via email, facebook and texting.