Lily 8 months old

Here are a couple shots of Lily. The bottom two are the same; the only difference is one is Black and White. I think that might be the best black and white conversion I have ever done. The contrast is so beautiful I can't stop looking at it. It doesn't help that Lily looks so beautiful and perfect in it either! =)

Teethbrushin!

Morgan has been obsessed with brushing his teeth! Today he brushed his teeth 5 times. I refuse to discourage it so I just let him go for it. The best part is at the end he pretends to gargle by making this crazy wrghl wrghl noise and then pretends to spit saying pttt pttt into the sink. Here he is tonight ready to get his toothbrush...

On the Lily front there is BIG news! She is now a proud owner of one tiny sharp baby tooth on the bottow front right. She bit my toe to prove it.

OW.

Our graceful brave boy...

The infamous olive hand passed down to the next generation...

Memorial Day weekend

Our weekend started off bad. very bad. Lily smashed her face into our hard plastic Thomas the Train toy causing her to get a giant goose egg right between the eyes and a little black eye. It was so sad to look at her. Luckily it wasn't serious although when looking at her the first night you would have thought otherwise. (She now stands unassisted. Next comes the toddling around! My life is about to get really interesting.)

Saturday, I went out with a friend to a movie and lunch and during lunch I get a call from Steve who was leaving the ER because poor Morgan's elbow popped out of place again. Luckily it was just Nurse Maid's elbow and the DR fixed it quick and all was fine. Not a pleasant way to spend the afternoon though for Steve especially since he was supposed to get some alone time. =)

Sunday, it all turned around and we went to the Pacific Science Center with friends and their kids. Morgan had a great time and Lily was lovingly lugged around by our friend Lauren who is so great with her. It was nice. We actually got to enjoy the trip because of all the help from our friends (not like our misadventure at the ZOO! ugh.) Morgan especially loved the water center. He was enamored with it. The Dinosaur exhibit scared him making him cover his face in fear. It was so sad and so adorable. We also got him this awesome marble run thingy from the gift shop and he is obsessed with it. That is a story for another time though.

After the Science Center we rushed home and had a yummy BBQ with some other friends and their kids which was also a good time. We made vegan cupcakes and Morgan ate a couple bites and within 10 mintues had an epic sugar rush! He was running around like a mad man. It was entertaining, but a little crazy.

Monday, we stayed home instead of going to SAM and the Frye art museum. I slept a ton and Steve lounged out in the living room with the kids. It was nice.

Here are some of the pics from the Science Center...

Lauren and Miss Lily One Sock (you can sort of see her shiner on the left)



Morgan and Cole at the Water Play center (very popular place!)




Busy Busy Busy!



No, that's not a Naked Mole Rat that is Steve!



"Ooooooohhhh...Wooow" (I am positive that is what Morgan was thinking.)




Steve showing Morgan how the toilet works. Not sure if that is a good idea or not.




Steve and Morgan putting together what looks like a wasp.





Here is Shawn taking one for the team: Stroller Watch!



This is Seven, Lauren's son. He is almost 11 and wanted me to take this picture very very very badly. =)




When Steve took Morgan away from this he threw a huge tantrum.





I will probably post a couple more.

Rainy Sick day...

Well, we had planned on going to the Children's Museum in Everett today, but everyone is sick again. We all caught another cold. All of us are super congested and tired. Very very very tired. Scratch that, just Steve and I are reallly really tired. The kids seem to be wide awake. ugh. My step-Mom is awesome and brought us much needed supplies so we didn't have to go out. Pretty much the past few days have been us lounging around the house miserable except for this afternoon when we had a big play fest upstairs with the trains, playdough, and coloring. I also took off his diaper and let him run around naked which he absolutely loved. I had not seen him that happy in awhile.

Since Morgan is sick he gets some extra special comforts like naptime and lunch in Mom and Dad's bed. He was being so cute while eating that I got out my camera to get a few shots. For the first time ever when I got the camera out he started hamming it up. He smiled and played peek-a-boo with me and even looked directly into the lens. Which is a far cry from the past year of him trying to avoid the camera.  Every time he took a bite of food he would put his hands on the sides of his cheeks too. It was very sweet. After he felt he had hammed it up enough he crawled over and wanted to see the pictures! He is not even 2 and knows that he can look at the pictures instantly on the back of the camera.  Here are a couple shots of lunch in bed...

This is right when I got the camera out and he looked at me like, "Oh Mom I know what you are up to!"

In other news, we bought tickets to go to the Snoqualmie Train Museum for the Thomas the Train day in July. We get to go on a train ride with a life size Thomas and meet Sir Topham Hat. The first time we brought home something Thomas related he freaked out and acted scared of it. Only after a half hour would he start to get near it. I am really curious to see how he reacts to this. I am guessing he will either be terrified and we will have to leave or it will blow his mind and he will be sooooo happy. It's hard to say. We are going with our friends Erin and Shaun and their 3 year old son, Cole. I am hoping Jamie, Tracie, and Jaiden come too.

Also, I can't believe I never posted about it, but I finally gave Morgan his first official haircut a month ago! I took off close to three inches. I left it halfway down his neck. It was previously past his shoulders so there was a sizeable amount cut off. I had planned on going to a relative for the haircut, but couldn't wait any longer after seeing a few unflattering photos of him. I think this haircut fits him rather well and I think I did a damn good job since the only thing I ever groom are the dogs. =) 

Death of a Buttercup

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