Morgan's 1st Birthday!

We celebrated Morgan's 1st Birthday this weekend and wanted to share her party with you faithful viewers who were unable to attend.... First off, we have the birthday girl in this fun outfit, bought by her Grammy (Randall's mom) and we wanted you to see her from top to bottom. (keep in mind she is starting to walk on her own and most of the times, still crawls everywhere; so watching her crawl in the tutu was a sight!!!) Before the party began (before cake!!!)

Yes, that is a birthday crown on her head and No, she did not like wearing it.

Here's a good side view of the lady in pink

Yummy cake (bought of course)

Simple decor (she's only 1, it's not like she knew what was going on)
And in fact, she kindof looked scared when everyone was singing Happy Birthday to her.

Only the beginning of indulging in the cake...

Not too bad, huh? We were really surprised that she didn't have more cake and icing in her hair, on her clothes and all over her face. It was a lot of fun celebrating her 1st Birthday and at the same time hard to think back before we had her. Many more wonderful birthdays to celebrate and share... Wish you were here to celebrate with us!

What a Ham..

This past weekend Liz's family came down to visit and Randall's PawPaw from IL was here as well. It was a busy few days but we had a nice time seeing new faces. Liz's mom recently traveled to India for her work and brought back a few outfits for Morgan. We had to share some of the pics we took because Morgan was hamming it up for the camera. She is so funny with her personality these days. (I think she knows she's funny)...

Morgan's sash was quickly turned into a headband

Who says baby's don't have to cover their heads too? (yea right, that didn't stay on her head for long..haha)

Had to get the full outfit on camera

Morgan w/Liz's parents

Morgan w/her Great PawPaw

Never a Dull Moment

So many changes that we are seeing before our very eyes... Morgan seems to perform new tricks all the time and has formed quite a personality. As you can see from the pics below, she is getting so big and is doing so many funny things. Never a dull moment in our family of three... What? The hat fits...
Ok, this is a new thing she is doing... pulling out all of her bows and clips and as a result has crazy hair such as the one above. She knows she is suppose to keep her bows in, but loves to rip them out as soon as we arrive somewhere. Lil turkey!

Like above, she not only pulls her bows out, but she puts her fingers in her hair after she eats.. Yum..Yum.. Nothing like mac n cheese/bananna leftovers smashed in her hair. She also laughs at herself, which makes it hard for us not to laugh too. Needless to say, she is quite the entertainer and now every night is bath night (rather then every other night).

8 TEETH! 4 on top and 4 on bottom! She's a Monster!

This past weekend Randall spoke at a youth retreat for our good friend Chad's church and this is a group pic we took after breakfast. It was a really neat home out in the middle of no where that a couple from Chad's dad's church owns and uses for various retreats and weekend get a ways.

Couldn't get away without a family photo (thanks to Nick, our new friend)

How does this thing work?

Just to update you, No Morgan's not getting married, but Randall's sister, Natalie is. And last weekend the girls went dress shopping and as you can tell by the pics below, Morgan had fun playing dress up. (only a glimpse of what's to come) haha! Our family is finally into the swing of things as Randall has started his classes and Liz has started her job. Morgan is adjusting to daddy-time during the day quite well, while Liz is the one trying to adjust to time away.

We are enjoying the nice weather here, although it doesn't seem like winter when our sweatshirts and coats are collecting dust. (no complaints though.. until summer hits anyway). For now enjoy the pics of our family... Morgan continues to change.. Almost 11 mos old...

Oh yeah, earlier today, Morgan was caught going through Randall's wallet, pulling all the credit cards out, one at a time. (way too early for this; Yikes! For when she's a teenager!)

Pretty in White...
How does this thing work? I'm all tangled up here...

Sportin the foo foo fur...

Family photo in Austin, visiting friends