SNOW DAY!

5:15am phone calls are the best when it means it's a SNOW DAY! Lots of wet heavy snow kept me home with the kids today and it couldn't have been better. We started off the morning with pancakes, coloring, stickers, and then play-doh. We had quite a mess going, but lots of fun. For some reason, the boys decided they needed to wear their sunglasses too. Not sure why...

Anna loved watching all the action while she snacked on puffs.Following MANY games of Uno, some indoor basketball, book reading, Monsters Inc. watching, lunch with daddy, and naps, the boys headed outside for some shoveling and playtime.Shoveling was short lived, though fun for the boys. Snowangels, snowballs fights and snowman making were next.Anna and I poked our heads out for a brief minute to see the progress and snap a few pictures.My shoveling crew!Alex would NOT keep his mittens on. His poor little hands were wet and cold, but he didn't care one bit. There was too much fun to be had! Good thing it was 34 degrees out today!Brady loved launching snowballs at Andy.The boys with their snowman creation just before coming inside.Mmmm...hot chocolate. A great way to warm up. The boys thought they were pretty big stuff using their special 'coffee' mugs from Grandma Johnson.It was a GREAT snow day!

Anna at 11ish months

Andy always says that all I do is take pictures of our kids smiling. Ms. Anna is most certainly not so happy in this first photo. As we were getting ready to head out the door for something this past week, I plunked her in the crib so that she wouldn't get into mischief while we were getting ready to go. NOT HAPPY!

She sure was a cutie all bundled up once we were ready to go though!Anna is really into toys that sings to her. She loves our little activity table.Singing to Anna and playing patty-cake are some of her other favorite things. She is always full of giggles and grins when you sing to her.Hair cut time! I was a little nervous about it, but this past weekend we went for it. I trimmed Anna's hair in the hopes that it would help it settle down a little. She wasn't too sure what to think at first.Trimmed and done, she was a happy girl. And I might add, her hair is not nearly as crazy as it was! Yay!

All About Brady

This past week at school was Brady's week for the All About Me window. He was pretty excited to bring in some of his most favorite things and pictures of himself to share with his classmates. He was pretty proud to show me the window when I picked him up from school the other day.

Gram comes for a visit

Two weeks ago my Grandma Ellen came to see us for a long weekend. She had been in the cities staying with Jen, Jerry and Emma for a week and decided to head our direction for a few days. It was wonderful having her here. The kids always look forward to spending time with Gram!

She took in a movie with the boys and lots of snuggle time and book reading.Anna wanted time with Gram too. She loved crawling up to her and jabbering up a storm for her to hear. Thanks for the great visit Gram!

Crazy Hair!

Anna's hair has been getting increasingly more crazy the long it gets. I just got the giggles when I went in to get her up from naptime in mid-February to see this site.

Trimming was in the future!

Valentine's Day

We had a wonderfully fun, family Valentine's Day. Since going out is always so crazy, I decided to fix lasagna, salad and breadsticks for us at home. Brady and Alex were so excited to have a candlelight dinner. Andy's flowers for me polished off the table nicely. :)

Brady's words during dinner were

"This is the best Valentine's Day feast ever!"

Brady was thrilled with a new car from Cars2 as part of his valentine.Alex was all hugs for his Paint with Water Curious George book.Anna was just happy all around. She got some cute spring monkey princess jammies.Heart shaped brownies and ice cream polished off our feast.This was Anna's first experience with chocolate. Not too sure about it. She didn't spit it out though, so I will take that as a good sign.

Brady and my dad finished off the night with a few games of Uno.

February Candids

These are a few of our early February candids.

Looking a little serious.

Bubble shoulder pads in the tub. Grrrr!My cutie all ready for church.Look, I'm standing! Yes, on everything. We will have a walker soon.A new dress from mommy. Isn't she cute!?!!I know they are my brother's. What's the big deal?All my kiddos.

Emma is here!

On February 5, 2012 little Emma Lynn Morgan joined the world! She was 8lbs. 5oz. and 21 inches long. She is beautiful!

We headed to the cities to go meet our niece/cousin! I love being an aunt!Look at all that hair!Meeting Uncle Andy.COUSINS! plus Jen...Brady was thrilled to hold his baby cousin.Anna thought is was pretty neat to see someone smaller than her.The proud daddy's with their little girls.Alex said "Crazy Hair!" and Emma proceeded to cry. :)Welcome to the family sweet girl!

January Recap

Well, I'm finally getting some time to get caught up. That's always the danger when I get behind!

January was a busy month - lots of trips to the doctor's office and trying to get healthy. The kids have loved playing with their new toys from Christmas. This little picnic basket has been one of Anna's favorites.

So big!We celebrated Andy's birthday a week late this year. He was hit with the flu for his big day this year. The boys were glad to finally get to help daddy celebrate.The antlers from his buck this year.I just thought this was a cute picture. Little Anna getting into her brother's stuff.Snuggling with my sweet girl.Who knew that popping popcorn could be so much fun! Andy got this popper from Jen and Jerry for Christmas and the boys think it's the funniest thing ever.Especially Alex!January 22! Anna is up and crawling!