a monkeys tea party

On Monday, Memphis was trying hard to entertain herself while Morgie was dealing with another bout of strep (no fail, she always gets sick during a holiday). While trying to stay close to Morg's, Mem's decided to throw a Tea Party in the hallway. She cracks me up with her "unique" ideas and once she gets something stuck in her head, there is no changing it. The party didn't last long before she was on to her next idea - the Calico Critters (or the Critter Co's as Morgan calls them). Her way of getting me to play with her is patting a space beside her and saying "pay wit me, mom - pay wit me". How can I resist?!

easter "tails"

For once, it didn't feel like we were in a rush to go places today. It was so nice to just hang at home for a little. We woke up pretty early (thanks to Morgan's Easter Eggcitement), but didn't wake Mem's until 8. She is so like me - don't wake the beast! I wasn't sure how much of the whole "egg hunt" she would get, but after watching Morgie, she picked up on it very quickly. The candy filled eggs were a slight distraction, yet, a huge incentive to find MORE! She had a full set of "chocolate whiskers" by the time our hunt was over.

Morgie was more excited about all of the fun stuff the "bunny" had left in her basket, not to mention the new Tennis Racket.

We headed to my parents in the late afternoon for good eats, another egg hunt, and a trip to the park to try out our tennis skills. I'm hoping this will be Morgie's "sport". I love playing tennis and am glad to have a new partner to play with!

It's been such a great day and so much fun watching the girls hunt for eggs. Mem's is a total crack up (literally, she broke so many eggs) and Morg's is so like me; a little slow at finding them, while her sis whizzes by with a full basket.

Even the kitties love Easter!

hannah fannah's!!!!

Friday was the start of spring break for Morgan, so to celebrate, we hit the movie scene to see the new Hannah Montana movie! Mem's went to Grandma's for a little Gram and Gramps TLC, while Morgie got Hannified for a night with mom and dad. We were lucky enough to get tickets last year for her concert, so she had plenty of Hannah memorabilia to wear. The movie was super cute, and although Eric was one of two dads there, he enjoyed it just as much as we did. We were bummed to find out later that Miley Cyrus and her dad were actually in Utah that same day at a South Jordan theater for a surprise visit! How cool would that have been?! We still had a blast and loved spending time with just Morgie - even though we all kept talking about our little monkey and how we couldn't wait to get home and see her.

for aunt nikki

This one's for Nik! Here's your toothless smile :0)

tOoThLeSs

I need to do a little January catch up . . . . .

January proved to be another crazy month for us. Last year it was Eric's appendix rupturing, this year, it was little Mem's cracking her tooth! I was sent on a last minute work trip to Arizona and the first night I was gone, she fell at my mom's and completely shattered one of her front teeth. She still loves to reenact how it all went down and then points to her missing tooth. You can really only understand "fell", "grama", and "tooth", but it's still pretty funny.
Since it was so badly shattered in her gum-line, we spent a full day at Primary's the following week, having the remaining pieces of the tooth removed. With her "spunky" personality, I was worried that she would go crazy with so many people poking and prodding her, but she did AwEsOmE! Everyone at Primary's was so great and they even brought her a wagon to ride in while we waited.

Now we are just waiting for the arrival of her "new tooth". There is no way we (I) could wait for her real tooth to come in on it's own!

my first blog . . .

As one of my new year resolutions (and with much persuasion from my BIG sis), I am finally entering the blogging world! I hope this blog will serve as a fun way to journal our lives and allow friends and family to check in with us from time to time. So, without anymore hesitation, here goes . . . .