Chasing Game

Everytime I change Morgan's diaper right before bedtime, she takes off before I can get her jammies on. She loves for me to chase her, so I thought I'd catch it on video. Its funny cause she'll take off and I'll say "hey, come back here", and she'll start laughing and crawl away even faster. She's so much fun these days and has so much personality.

Don't mind the garbage thats waiting to be taken out :)

Videos of Morgan

Christmas

We had a good Christmas yesterday. On Christmas Eve we opened our gifts from grandparents and Morgan opened ones from her cousin. On Christmas morning we got up around 830. We were still feeling pretty weak and tired from being so sick. I made biscuits and gravy and sausage for breakfast and then we opened our gifts. Morgan didn't want to stop eating, but we finally forced her to join us. There aren't any pictures of Clint and me because we both look extremely pale and sick, so all you get is pictures of Mo. Here she is trying on dad's new beanie.

Holding hands with her new Strawberry Shortcake baby.
Turning every page of her new book.

For Christmas dinner we went to our friend's house. She made a wonderful dinner and it was nice to be able to spend some time with her and her family.

We had a really great Christmas in spite of being so far away from family. We're so thankful that we could be together as a family though. We're also grateful for the birth of our Savior, Jesus Christ, and the life that he lived. He is the reason we celebrate Christams and sometimes its so hard to remember that. We know that He, the Son of God, was born to save the world from sin and that he died so that we may return to live with Him and our Father in Heaven again.

2-2 AVN Christmas Party

December 23rd, was the Batallion Christmas party here at K-16. There was tons of good food and activities for the kids. They had a Blackhawk decorated really cute and let the kids play in it (ya, talk about an expensive toy). Morgan enjoyed her turn in the pilot's seat. She wore the cutest Christmas dress, but we didn't get a good picture of it cause she doesn't hold still long enough. It snowed the night before and it actually stuck on the ground most of the day. So it felt a little more like Christmas.

All of these gifts are from people in the states who sent them over for soldiers who are away from home for the holidays. It was really nice and we could tell a lot of work went into them.
This is the sleigh that Santa pulled up in. You can kind of see the decorated chopper in the back. I wish I had gotten a better picture of it.

Unfortunately Clint and I both ended up with some kind of food poisening that night. The sickness started for Clint before we went to bed that night and then started for me arouond 6 in the morning. Needless to say Christmas Eve was a rough day for both of us. Morgan pretty much got away with anything and everything because neither of us had the energy to chase her around.

Naptime and Bathtime

These pictures were taken December 22. I love watching Morgan sleep. She's so sweet and cute. I couldn't help snapping a few pictures.

How to give your child a bath:

1) put kid in water filled tub.

2) Crab a pan of brownies.
3) sit back and relax.

This is my favorite picture, but its blurry :(

Look at my tooth, aint it pertty?

Church Christmas Party

Yesterday was our Branch Christmas Party. We combined with one other English speaking Branch and a Korean Ward so there was a lot of people there. We met a couple that has a little girl just 2 months younger than Morgan. She's so cute. They actually live pretty close to us so we're excited to have some LDS friends close by.

Morgan was a little scared of Santa at first. His beard kept tickling her face and she kept covering her face with her arm. But we got one decent picture.

Clint is good at getting cute pictures of Morgan. Here's a photo shoot he did with her the other day for a CapriSun commercial. Just kidding, but hey, did I ever mention on this blog that we got stopped by a modeling agent in the PX one day and she took pictures of Morgan? Ya, she got our information and said she would call us for some real photo shoots. We haven't heard back yet. Anyway, on with these pictures...

Yes, she drank almost the whole thing by herself. Clint managed to get a few sips out of it.
The One Tooth Wonder!!!! Today at church a lady told me Morgan's 1 tooth makes her look like a litte witch.

Below: The deamon in her...

These last pictures are funny, they don't look like her to me.

On Monday night Clint thought he'd get creative and push/pull Morgan around in what is supposed to be a toy that helps her learn to walk. She loved it and got pretty upset when he stopped.

Now that Morgan is 1 she thinks she's too big to take naps, so instead of fighting with her yesterday I just put her in her rocking chair with her puppy and blanket and let her watch The Wiggles.