My Morgan

Our resident smartypants. She is growing so fast! Now 4 1/2, she is a force to be reckoned with. Full of love and ever-affectionate. Loves to give hugs, especially to her little brother. Loves to ask questions about anything and everything. Loves to negotiate. Loves to be praised. Loves Little Petshop, Spongebob, coloring and collecting purses. I am ever proud of her and the little lady she is becoming.

Oh right! That vacation.

We packed up the car for a week on South Padre Island last month. My parents and sister's family joined us and we all had a very nice (and needed) vacation. I can't say vacationing with a 17-mo-old is too relaxing at times, but the big kids behaved, and we all had some much-needed family time. And the scenery was beautiful. And the sun was hot.

Here we go with some highlights.

3 of 4 peas on the beach.

My sis and her hubby, out with Mark & I for dinner by the water.

Happy guys after their morning of fishing.

Little smiley.

Grandparents and kiddos.

Finally, a delicious frosty beverage in front of me.

Ryan's first time at the beach.

Grandpa and Ryan enjoying the view.

Mark gave my parents a grant tour of the valley and we stopped off at the Iwo Jima memorial/WWII museum in Harlingen.

Searching for shells.

Cousins taking break from the pool which was conveniently right out the back door of our condo. The kids spent hours and hours in the water and Morgan even got the hang of swimming.

Watermelon break.


I'm ready to go again.

A quiet moment for the two trouble-makers.

Life goes on, even after vacation

So we've spent the last week getting back into our groove around the T household. Mark's dad was in town for work and visited us a few times, we unpacked, we laundered, we went to soccer practices, we tried to catch up on some sleep. The sleep has been hit-or-miss at times. I hope that these recent nighttime issues are only temporary with the two little ones.

We really enjoyed our vacation, and I'll be posting a few photos soon. It was really nice to spend time with our family that lives so far away, and to spend it by the ocean made it even more of a treat.

Even in the recent evenings, when I'm dragging and tired and the toddlers' demands are high and have left me frazzled, I'm quickly reminded of how blessed I am.

Morgan: mommy. mommy....Mommy!
Me: Yes, Morgan.
Morgan: Guess what?....Mommy--guess what?
Me: What, Morgan.
Morgan: I love you, Mommy

~The End

Wheeeeee!

We're going on vacation! To the beach! WOOHOOO!

If you can't tell, we're all a little bit excited.

Rocky...Roooad? Ok, if you are a child of the 80s you may get this reference. This picture is so wrong in so many ways. Big sister likes to mess with her little brother sometimes. He's wearing one of her headbands. The look reminded me of........





Sloth. From The Goonies. Classic!

Guess who he's cheering for?

Ok, just kidding.
16 months old! Hard to believe. Can say mama, dada, Morgan (kind of), yeah, no no no!, ball, all done, grandma, hi!, and lots of other jarbles that we try to interpret. A super cute giggle and lots of big smiles. Walk almost turning into a run. Figures out how to do new tricks on a daily basis--he now climbs on everything, tries to open everything, and just figure it all out in general! His favorite toy is the phone, going nuts when it rings, as if he's dying to find out who's on the other end. Loves to give/get kisses, saying mmmmmwa! puckering his cute little lips. Or just a regular open-mouth juicy one. he loooves to cuddle. loves the water. loves baths. loves tantrums. loves his family. He is little, and rambunctious, and full of life. our sweet little Ryan Garrett.