Mr. Morgan

I took a very last minute trip to Wilkes this weekend and was only there for a very short visit. We had a wonderful time though. Marie LOVES her cousin Morgan. In this first picture, she was just meeting Morgan. It was taken over Christmas break just after he was born. The second picture is from this weekend.

Marie wanted to hold Morgan sooooooo badly. When I would sit her on my lap to help her hold him she would grab him around the waist and try to run off with him. Of course this didn't work so she was pretty upset. She settled on just giving him lots and lots and lots of kisses and hugs. She won't even hug and kiss LaMont or I that much! She loves Morgan!

I titled this Mr. Morgan because for some reason that is what he goes by. The funny thing is that EVERYONE calls him that. Even if they haven't heard someone else say it. So this is my nephew, Mr. Morgan.

My wonderful husband

LaMont suprised me on Monday. I knew he had taken the day off work but I didn't know what we were going to do. I woke up and when I walked out of the bedroom he had a bag packed for Marie. I saw her stuffed sweetpea that she sleeps with so I knew she was going somewhere. He had lined up a babysitter for the day and took me hiking!

We hiked Sharp Top at the Peaks of Otter. This is the same hike that my sisters and I did when I first moved to VA. On that hike we ran into 4 bears. No bears this time!

I am so out of shape that I didn't think I was going to make it to the top but we made it and it was sooooo worth it. The top of the mountain is huge boulders. It was so beautiful. It felt so good to make it to the top, especially with my favorite person :)

This picture to the left is Lamont near the top of the Mountain bragging that he has cell phone service. He won't get a new phone because he claims he doesn't need a new one when his still works. I have to admit that this is something I love about him because he never spends money unless he has to and he will use something until it absolutely won't work anymore. I am very similar so we are a good match. Anyway, whatever phone I have never seems to work as good as his ancient nokia. This was just more proof that some things aren't made as good as they use to be!

Enjoy some pictures from our wonderful trip. I had the very best day ever. I love you LaMont! Thank you for a perfect day.

Sleep Sack

We love the Halo Sleep Sack. Marie sleeps in one every night. I don't love the price of it though. I kept examining it and thinking.. I bet I could make one. I went to JoAnn's to look for a pattern and couldn't find one. So I decided to just wing it. I used her current sleep sack as a guide and went for it. I didn't have high hopes for this one because it was my learning one but it came out just fine. I love it! I am very excited about this!

Beach Baby

Marie and I took a very unplanned spontaneous trip to Atlantic Beach. My mom and sister were there for a conference for my mom and called and convinced us to come join the fun. We had a wonderful trip. Marie loves the water... any water... bathtub... puddles... sippy cup... ocean. The hotel had a great indoor pool that we played in everyday. Marie loved it. We went into Beaufort one of the days and enjoyed watching the sail boats, sharing chocolate icecream and visiting the museum. This place was beautiful. It was a truly wonderful trip.

How Marie Drinks

Marie loves to drink out of mine and LaMont's cup. We hold it for her and she drinks. She was walking around with her bottle one day when she found a Carolina cup on the ground. She put her bottle inside the cup so that she could drink like a big girl...

Rhode Island

Marie had her first plane ride the weekend of her birthday. We flew to Rhode Island for a couple days for my cousin Amy's wedding. It was such a wonderful trip. We went with my mom and dad and sister Becky. Marie did great on the plane. The hardest part was keeping her in our aisle. She wanted to explore. She loved to look out the windows. She was also very helpful with the luggage.

We got to see Mary Lou who we haven't seen in a while. We got some pictures with her. We also got to see Uncle Mike and Sandy, Zach and his wife who we just loved, Amy and her now husband who are also wonderful. We had the best time seeing the beautiful harbors and just enjoying New England. It made me miss New England so much. This is where I am from (Maine). I realized that deep down I am a New Englander at heart.

My friend Michelle

Once I started I couldn't stop... so here is post number 2 for today. I think in one day I've doubled what I did in the last two years!

I have a friend Michelle who comes to see me once a week. We use to work at Derm together and I really really miss not seeing her everyday. She is the best friend anyone could ask for... fun, loving, kind, a good listener... just all around awesome. Plus she loves Marie and Marie loves her!

Michelle just announced that she is moving to CA so Marie and I are very very sad. We just lost Dana to "Tonsin" and I'm still not over that! I need to stop running my friends out of the state.

I know it is probably corny posting about friend but I thought I should give a shout out to such a cool chick. Here are pictures from a very fun day at Michelle's parents pool.