Visit from the Morgan's

We moved into a new house in our same town last week, and we welcomed our first houseguests over the weekend. Cousin Rhodes had a baseball tournament and came to stay. Mary Alice welcomed everyone with open arms. Morgan was a little crabby, but she eventually warmed up! Mary Alice also tried out some of her baby gear that's been in storage over the last few weeks. She loves sitting in her little seat! My baby is growing up and I can hardly stand it!!!


Mary Alice nearly getting smothered with love from Mo and Rhodes.

Rhodes loves him a baby! And Mary Alice seems to love him!

Aunt Susan is such a good rocker - MA looks sooooo comfy!

Got Rolls?

Mary Alice likes to show off her belly rolls. She loves to pick up the end of her shirt and chew on it. She just gets cuter by the minute!!

Morgan and John Reed

Morgan and John Reed had a big time playing together this weekend. They were cracking us up big time with their banter. Morgan is a tad bossy towards John Reed, but he knows how to handle her! Every time Morgan would say "John Reed, come here!", he would respond "I can't, I'm busy". Funny kiddos.

Our sweet Mary Alice is growing like a weed. I almost can't stand it! Here are a few pics of her lately.

Matt's new nickname for my sweet girl - "chubs".

3 Month Birthday!

Mary Alice is 3 months old today. We have been getting a lot of entertainment these days watching the two sisters. Here is Morgan teaching Mary Alice her body parts. Mary Alice loves watching her big sister. Cheap entertainment.

We all went to support Dad this weekend in the Dragon Boat Regatta. Unfortunately, we missed his actual races due to Mary Alice's eating schedule, but we had fun watching the other teams!

Love a sleeping baby...

Happy Mom's Day

Happy Mother's Day to all the mom's out there. I sure had a great weekend. I finally got a decent pic of me with my girls, and they both behaved like angels all weekend. Plus daddy surprised me with some BEAUtiful earrings for mother's day. I am one lucky lady.

My chunky girl hardly ever stops grinning. Love it!

Morgan also does her fair share of smiling, it's just harder to catch on camera. Girl has never liked posing.

This is Morgan sliding down the elephant trunk at the zoo. Static hair gone wild.

Happy Easter!

A Different Kind of "Girls Weekend"

Morgan, Mary Alice and I had a girls weekend, but not the adult kind. We went back to Cleveland to meet up with Aunt Holly, Brooke, Chamblee, Bentley and Hollice. I was lucky enough to grow up with best friends that not only were twins but also my next door neighbors. Our moms were best friends, so we were destined to be as well. And as the good Lord would have it, so far we have all had our own girls! Morgan and Bentley are about 7 months apart, and Mary Alice and Hollice are only 3 months apart. So we are already working on this generation's likely friendship. Our best attempt at a group shot comes out rather comical...

This is sweet Hollice at 5 months.

Bentley and Morgan playing hard on the swing. Bentley and Morgan giving Mary Alice some love. A rare shot of me with one of my children (I'm always the one holding the camera). And this is Morgan when we got back home today. She has NEVER done anything like this. She just crawled up into a ball on the floor and fell asleep. Morgan quit napping about 6 months ago, so this is really something to be seen. She played hard and just needed to catch up on some zz's I guess.

Afternoon fun

Me and the girls had a fun play session yesterday after Morgan came home from school. Morgan wanted to put Mary Alice on the activity mat. The two girls just hung out for about 45 minutes straight. Morgan sang lots of songs to Mary Alice and showed her how to play all the gadgets. It was so cute. Ruben even got in on the fun.

Lauren's Christening

Mary Alice went on her first trip to Nana and Pap's this weekend for cousin Lauren's christening. We had a great time visiting with everyone. Morgan especially had a big time getting to play at the park and running around in the country! I can't wait to watch these two baby cousins grow up together. They got up close and personal with each other yesterday and it was so sweet. They even reached out and touched each other, almost like a high five.