Morgan's Counting AND she's Athletic

Last night was a pretty big night for Morgan. Although she has been teething and sick she still just amazes us! It is such a blessing to watch her grow up. I just LOVE every minute of it.

So, yesterday she counted to 10! Yay!!! She did have a little prompting with "Nine" but she completed them! What a big girl!!! It has to be the cutest thing in the world to listen to a little toddler voice count to ten. What music to the ears!

A bit later I'm laying on the floor playing with her and I'm reading about "Obama" to her. Yes, Grandma left her people magazine at our house and Morgan now LOVES to say Obama. Anyway, I'm reading this magazine to her and next thing I know she's rolling over and did a somersault right on top of the magazine! YAY!! She didn't seem to think it was a big deal though.

Maybe she IS going to be athletic after all!!!!

Halloween!

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Morgan went this Halloween as a butterfly, although we couldn't get to her wear the hat part. It certainly took some getting used to. I bought it a month early and had to leave it sitting out for her to get used to. The day we bought it, she would not go near it! Fortunately, after many introductions to it, now she just LOVES it and has worn it a bunch after Halloween! Morgan had a GREAT time trick or treating with us, Jeff, Dana and the cousins. She even stayed in the stroller the whole time!. (We were worried that she would want to walk, and that would have been a real treat for Paul and I!)

The top two pictures are of us on Halloween night at the Bohrer's house. The next picture is of her and her pumpkin. She decorated her pumpkin with stickers and had a blast doing it. Less messy that way for us! Maybe next year we'll get all gooey with her. The one in her carseat is her first experience with Halloween Candy (or actually Halloween rice krispy treats. A fabulous idea and Morgan loved it). The last pictures is of Christina (our daycare provider) and her 4 year old son Ethan, Elijah who goes to daycare too and Morgan. We went to Christina's church to do trunk-or-treat before Halloween. Morgan had a great time, after crying because there were SO many kids and it was a bit overwhelming. Once she realized that people were giving her candy from their trunks, she was off to the races!!!

Here's a cute little Morgan story from Halloween night...each time we went up to the houses, instead of saying Trick-or-Treat, she kept saying "one?" As in, can I have one??? It was too funny. It's a good thing she's still young, otherwise it wouldn't have sounded so cute!!!

Thanks for stopping by! Until next time...

Our Summer and Fall in Pictures

We've been pretty bad at putting pictures up all summer...so here is our summer and Fall in pictures...enjoy

Our Summer in Pictures

Our 3rd Anniversary, and a bit of everything!

Fall has come and we are still as busy as ever. Hopefully within the next few weeks the pace will slow down! As a follow-up to my previous blog, I am doing MUCH better! I did have one more follow up visit at the doctors after my first week of work and I was having some more trouble breathing. Turns out that they said I was having the burning sensation because my lungs were just tired and trying to recover. That was good news...the not so good news is that they said my lungs would probably take more like 3 months to recover than 1 month. LOVELY! Other than that I've been doing well. Just overly tired, but that's to be expected, not to mention that I can't seem to find time to barely sit down! Here is how our last week has played out...

Last weekend we went to Paul's Cousin, Angie's 30th b-day party. That was a blast! Grandma took Morgan for the night so we could spend the night at Neil and Kelly's house. That was awesome. It was a great night. We stayed up WAY too late and didn't really sleep in, so we lost of a bunch of hours, but it was well worth it! Here are a couple pictures from that night!

So, Monday we got back and realized that our friends, Keenan and Linsdey were coming to town this weekend. They are here for a friends wedding and they are staying with us, which is really awesome. We also found out that other friends went to the hospital Tuesday and had their baby on Wednesday, our anniversary. Yay!!! Wednesday night Paul and I spent a quiet evening together with a bottle of wine and our wedding video. We had talked about doing something, but neither of us had the time or energy to really give it any thought. Turns out that our anniversary was wonderful just staying home, enjoying ourselves and watching our wedding video on the big-screen together. Here are a couple pictures we took in our theater room on our 3rd Wedding Anniversary!

Thursday we also had an Anniversary-plus-1 day lunch. Paul met me at work and took me to lunch at Tony Roma's. It was pretty good food, but it was great to see Paul in the middle of the day! That was fabulous! So, Thursday evening we waited for Lindsey to get into town, then I headed off for a quick visit to see the new baby! Baby Alaina Autumn was just SO adorable. I've NEVER seen a baby with such big cheeks. I think that is where all of her weight was...her cheeks and head! The rest of her was SOOO petite. Anyway, so after holding her for quite sometime (I was very lucky that family or grandparents weren't around! I had her ALL to myself!), I realized how much I REALLY would like to have another little one running around! I guess they have had a little bit of difficultly with their 2 year old the last few days, but they suspect that it is mostly due to the fact that he's been spending the nights with his Nana since Tuesday while they've been in the hospital. I don't envy them as Kylan goes through this stage. I just pray that he stays potty trained!!!!

I got home on Thursday night just in time for the Grey's Anatomy 2-hour season premiere, man was that good timing! That was Thursday. Friday I went to work as usual, and Paul picked Morgan up from daycare so I could fly home, change and meet back at church to train someone as a wedding coordinator. I was kinda bummed that I had to do this since Lindsey was in town already. (Keenan came in on Saturday). So I spent 2 1/2 hours with that and was finally able to come home! Yay!

So now it's Saturday, Morgan is napping and what am I doing??? Updating you all on our fabulous life! Here are some more picture from the last month... and now I'm going to sit down and read a book!

Scary Trip to the ER

The last 10 days have been anything but boring...in fact, I'm sure we couldn't have possibly fit anything else into the last week. Paul summed it up pretty well in an email to family early this week...

So we've had a pretty hard last ten days. Last weekend, the van broke down and I missed two days of work. Then my friend Mike was in town for Nichole's funeral which really sucked. Then Jess woke up Fri morning having difficulty breathing which resulted in an ambulance ride to the ER. Ends up she had a severe allergic reaction to an antibiotic she was on, and her lung tissue became inflamed which led to the labored breathing. She spent Fri and Sat in the hospital. While I was bringing Morgan home from the hospital on Fri night, we were a mile from home and she started throwing up all over herself. I got her bathed, and in bed, then proceeded to clean out the car and car seat until 11 pm. She subsequently puked in her bed for the next four nights. I believe i was doing laundry at 2:30 am Sunday morning. Jess is getting better, but not allowed to work this week. It will take up to a month to regain all lung capacity. Morgan stopped chucking just in time to start her new daycare yesterday, which I am now driving her to and fro, because Jess can't drive either. I believe I've been able to squeeze in about ten hours of work in the last week...

That just about sums up our last 10 days. Fortunately, Morgan hasn't been sick in the last two nights, and she has now had 2 successful days at daycare. Our new daycare lady is wonderful and Morgan really seems to like Christina (Nina as she says) and the other kids. I had a follow up appointment yesterday to see how the lungs are doing. All of my vital stats are back to normal, however my lungs still get tired easily, so I'm still trying to keep it low-key. I also start work this week too, so I pray I'll have the energy to keep up with a 40 hour work week. We'll see...

Finding childcare...the homestretch?

At the end of July we found out that our current daycare provider would be going back to work September 1st. The past month we have been scrambling to find people to watch Morgan. It has been an interesting, exhausting road but we're getting there, I think. We have met with different providers every night this week. This morning I said to Paul, "Guess, What? It's Friday AND we aren't meeting with anyone tonight!!!" Yay!!! However, that is short lived. We are still meeting with three more people by Wednesday of next week. Hopefully by Thursday we'll have a decision made! Please pray that we find someone who is exactly what we're looking for and someone who will love and care for Morgan like we do.

Morgan's 18 Months!

Morgan turned 18 months at the end of July and she has just exploded with all of her talking. And yes, I mean all of her talking, whether understood or not! We are continually amazing at her ability to learn new things so quickly. She brings such a joy to our house!

We didn't get many pictures of her this time, as she was pretty unhappy at picture time. Fortunately, daddy's phone is still very exciting and managed to put a smile on her face for a few minutes so we could get some happy pictures! Enjoy! :)

Busy Summer Already

Ok. I've been pretty bad about posting on our blog all summer. We have been so busy these last couple of months, I can't seem to find enough time to sleep, let alone update you all on the happenings of our crazy life. AND, because I am absolutely addicted to a book series I was introduced to by some friends at church. I am reading the O'Malley series by Dee Hendrickson. If you ever have the time, or even if you don't (I don't have the time and I'm reading them), you should really check them out. It is a GREAT Christian based series. I am already on book 3 and it's only been about 5 weeks. So, when I tell you they're good, I mean it! So basically what I'm saying is that I'm reading these books in all my free time instead of keeping you updated!
Sorry ;)

To back up a bit, June was a crazy month filled with camping trips and Friends and family in town to visit. One weekend in June we had a FULL house! Paul's Cousin Tom and his family were here, as well as Paul's friend, Neil and his family, and another friend, Sam. ALL of them were at our house one weekend! There were 7 adults, and 7 kids ages 6 and younger! WHOA! It was CRAZY FUN! We had a blast, stayed up late, woke up early and paid for it all weekend long! It was an awesome, tiring time but it was so much fun and I hope we can do it again next summer! Also in June, Paul and the other Bohrer guys went on their annual camping trip for the summer. They spent a weekend of fun at Perrot State Park in Wisconsin. They went canoing and hiking and this year it didn't rain!

July has been much of the same craziness. We took Morgan to the zoo one weekend, which was a lot of fun. It was just a gorgeous day without ANY humidity. It was beautiful. Morgan had a blast watching the animals while nibbling on some snacks and juice. What more could a girl want??? She oohed and ahhed at the giraffe's. There was even a baby giraffe. It was a lot of fun to see Morgan watching all the animals! She is just so adorable!

Paul got to go to Miller Park, with a buddy from our lifeGroup, to see the Brewer's and Twin's play. He went to the right game; Twin's beat the Brewer's by a landslide! Of course, that was the week after all the flooding in Wisconsin so they had a 45 minute detour at Midnight trying to get home and didn't get home until 2am. That was quite a treat!

The church staff and all of our families also went to a Brewer's game last week. That was a TON of fun! Tailgating with church people is AWESOME! It was my first experience with Wisconsin tailgating. I'll tell ya what, if you haven't tailgated in Wisconsin, you haven't tailgated yet!!! It was just the most amazing experience.

And, of course I need to share some Morgan tidbits. I think she has hit some 18 month milestone or something. She is just talking constantly...even if it makes no sense. She has always been the child to wait to talk until she knows just how to say it correctly. Well, that has gone out the window. She just walks around jibber-jabbing about anything and everything and we have NO idea what she's saying. It's so hilarious. She is starting to use many 2 word phrases like 'eat apple' or 'more cheese' and it's just amazing to watch her grow. She has also just learned how to say "mine." LOVE that one! She says 'Chico' all the time, which is our daycare providers' dogs' name. She just LOVES chico. Some day we will have to get a dog! We also just found out last week that our daycare provider, Jenny, has to go back to work because she's unable to find more children to care for. That is REALLY sad! Two of Jenny's kids have gone back home with their mom's because they have new baby brothers and sisters, so that leaves Morgan as the only full-time kid left. It's sad to think that we will have to take Morgan away from the routine, and the friends that she is accustomed to and she'll have to start all over again. It makes me want to cry just to think about it. I know God will take care of her and find a good place for her to go. It's just VERY stressful to find someone you know will love and care for your child as you do. I really don't even want to begin the search. It's just so overwhelming. I do have a couple of leads on in-home daycare from some people at church though, so pray that we find someone who will love her and enjoy her as much as we do!

We have a staff retreat at work for the next 2 days, so I'm excited to see what that is all about. I'll have to let you know more next time...I need to get back to my book! :) That is all for now!
Here is a sneak-peak into our lives this summer!!!

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Pictures of the New House!

Finally I found some time, and a sunny day to take some pictures of our new house! Morgan was sleeping, so I didnt' get a picture of her room, but I'll try at some point!

Take a look!

New House - May08

Ok...so I spoke too soon...

So here I am...playing on the computer this morning because, yet again my family is sick. Paul and Morgan are both napping, so I'm catching up with my email and ordering pictures online. In the last couple of days Morgan has come down with a nasty dry cough. It's been much of the same old stuff...getting up at night, holding her, giving her medicine and suction her poor little nose. I also think she might be teething, so that is adding to the crabbiness. Paul has been completely congested and practically used a box of tissues in one night. So, I am hoping that I stay clear of the nastiness this time. Hopefully, this bout of colds will be much quicker than the last!

I plan to have much more exciting news the next time I write!

Busy Spring Weeks

So this last week has been quite a busy and fun filled week for us. Our friends, Tim, Claire and Keenan were in town this week so it was wonderful to catch up and hang out. Keenan was only in town for a night, but it was great to see him after almost a year. Keenan brought their Cat, Henry. Tim and Claire brought their big dog, Abbra. Needless to say, the introduction did not go very well and Henry did NOT enjoy Abbra at all. He was pretty angry for quite a while after the introduction. Afterward he spent most of the time underneath our bed. It was a good thing there were 2 levels in the house so poor Henry didn't get eaten! I'll have to add a picture of cute little Henry.

Here's Henry...not so happy Henry


We also just got back from a trip to Minnesota for the yearly family picnic with Paul's family. It was so awesome to see all the cousins and little kids running around. They all have grown up SO much and there are even new babies joining the picnic for the first time. It was great to see Morgan with all of the cousins running around and playing together. The big girls, Ashlyn, Issy, and Emma were great older cousins and walked around with Morgan. Morgan just LOVED it and kept giving out hugs. It was too sweet. I think Morgan wants an older sister; she just loved following them around.

This week was a great week to see friends and family we haven't seen in quite some time, however, along with that comes many late nights and less sleep, so we are all pretty wiped out. This week we plan to take it easy and recuperate from the long week. I have my first experience as "wedding coordinator" for a wedding at our church this weekend, so I'm resting up for another long weekend.

Here are some picture of our fantabulous weekend. Enjoy!
Until next time...

2008 Bohrer Memorial Day Picnic-Weekend2

All Better...

So, finally after about 3 weeks of just yuckiness in our household, we are finally BACK!

We like to do things as a family, so this time we thought we would all get some Antibiotics together too! Morgan ended up with an ear infection after about 1 and 1/2 weeks of a head cold and nasty cough. Paul had quite a productive cough that he got treated with antibiotics and I got my first Sinus infection and my own round of antibiotics. (I was feeling left out). This all took place over about a 3 week period. So, between Morgan not being able to sleep laying down, Paul not being able to sleep without coughing and me not being able to sleep because of the pain in my head, we were exhausted and just a bit touchy. What a treat is was for all of us.

Fortunately we are just finishing the antibiotics and we are doing tremendously better! We are now looking forward to our trip to Minnesota since are healthy and well slept!

Rising Gael

Rising Gael is a young Irish band that is based in Madison. They are great to watch and Paul and I have had the pleasure of watching them at a local restaurant in town before Morgan was born. They are just amazing! They are also playing at Fitchburg Days this weekend. Hopefully we can take some time and go watch them.

Many New Changes...

So, I have been very bad at keeping our site updated...but I have good reason. We have finally got our internet hooked back up after the big move to our new house! yay! So, now that it's up and running, I don't have much of an excuse not to post. We moved into our new house about 3 weeks ago and we're finally settling in. Morgan did pretty well, but over the past week we all have developed a pretty good head cold so it's been pretty rough. Morgan's been up a lot the last 3 nights so, needless to say none of us have gotten much sleep. We keep telling ourselves that these colds have to go away sometime!!!

Our house is wonderful and it's great having all the space. Morgan has really enjoyed exploring all the new things around the house. She also loves the laundry shoot...I'm waiting to see what ends up down there! (food, toys, books???)

The business is also getting pretty busy and that is a great thing, finally. We are pretty booked up for the next few weeks at least and at the rate the work is coming, I don't foresee any problems this summer! We are excited that the summers seem to keep us busy! Speaking of summer, it is finally starting to warm up a bit and Morgan got to wear shorts to daycare just yesterday! We can't believe how much she's grown up! She has legs! Long ones!!! She's not a chubby little baby anymore! It was quite a realization, that's for sure!

That is about all for now! I'll try to keep things a little more current from now on...and I will make sure to get a picture of our new house, for all of you to see!

Here are some photo's to hold you over!

2008March-May

Morgan's First Steps!!!

Last night Morgan took her first steps ALL BY HERSELF! YAY!!! She was walking from me to Daddy, and she took 4 steps! That was a HUGE proud parent moment. It was very exciting for all of us. Morgan laughed a little bit, but didn't quite have a big smile like we did. She was excited, but still kinda nervous about doing it by herself! Morgan's definitely been the cautious child, so I don't think she has realized that she could walk by herself. So needless to say, once she really realizes that she can do it on her own, she's sure to take off!

We tried to get video of this major milestone, however Morgan was VERY excited once we got the video camera out and fell to her knees to crawl to the shiny metal "toy" as fast as possible. So much for getting her on video walking...what a ham!

Hopefully she'll allow us to video tape her without her stopping to attack the camera! We'll share it as soon as we can get it!

Aww...Our little girls growin' up!

Fun in the Snow!

Here are some pictures of our fun in the snow!

We finally had a warm day last weekend, and we were all able to go outside in the snow. It was only Morgan's second time out in the snow this year. It has been so cold and nasty for so long, we haven't been able to get outside. A lot has changed since she was first outside in the snow. The first time we were outside she couldn't even walk, so this time she wanted to walk everywhere, which was interesting in the FEET of snow covering the ground. We had a great time, and Daddy even made a mini snowman that Morgan had fun kicking over! It as a lot of fun to get outside and play together. Hopefully it will continue to warm up and we can go outside more!

Morgan's 1 Year Old; Happy Birthday!

So, our sweet "little" girl turned one on January 29th. What a whirlwind it has been this last year, but Morgan has made our lives so much sweeter than it ever could have been without her. Every day she amazes us with the things she is doing, and new words pop up almost daily. It's just overwhelming how much God has blessed us with this precious life.

Morgan has done SO many things since our last posting. She is saying so many words, including (doggie-which was her first real word). That was back in December actually. She is also saying, Uh-oh, oops and oopsie, baby, button, block, and I'm sure I'm missing a few too. Her latest phrase is "what's that." I'm sure she has no idea that she is actually asking a question, as she says it all day long, and could care less about the answer she gets! It is still absolutely adorable to hear though. That's still two words in a row!!! Yay!! She has also learned a couple of signs as well. She can sign "all done" and "more." We are teaching her a few more, so hopefully that will help with the frustration. Speaking of, "help" is one of the signs we are working on now too!

Every day Morgan is doing more and more. The other day, she lifted up my pantleg and moved her tongue in and out of her mouth as though she were tickling me. I nearly died it was so funny! What a cutiepie. I wish she could stay this age forever!

Well, here is a montage of the pictures we took from her birthday night with Paul and I, and also the day of her big 1st birthday party. Enjoy!

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BREAKING NEWS...The Pumpkin is mobile!!!

Finally, we are the proud parents of a crawling daughter! For the past two weeks, Morgan has been growing in leaps and bounds in the crawling department. About two weeks ago, she realized she could get up on all fours. Slowly, she has taken one or two steps over the past 2 weeks. Last night she let off the breaks and just took off. She realized she could leave her toy area all by herself and she made a bee-line toward the kitchen, with an enormous grin on her face. It was the most precious thing I think I've ever seen! She then proceeded to throw everything out of daddy's lunchbox and chew on some crackers (still in the package of course). It was just amazing to watch our daughter grow up right before our very eyes! I was near tears and she was all smiles! It was absolutely wonderful! I've never been so happy or proud! What a wonderful moment!

Hopefully I'll have a picture of her crawling online soon. But for now...we're off to baby proof the house!

Our Family Christmas Pictures

Sweet Family photo

Gotta LOVE that expression!

Morgan's First Christmas

Our first Christmas as a family was a huge success. We enjoyed the Christmas Eve Service at our church with Jeff, Dana and the kids. Afterward, we met at their place and exchanged gifts and had snacks. It was a ton of watching watching all of the kids open their gifts, and Morgan opened her First Christmas Gift Ever too! Santa brought lots of gifts Christmas morning and it took Morgan until the afternoon to finish. Namely because she was all tuckered out and needed a nap halfway through. She has quickly grasped the art of opening presents, and she thoroughly enjoys it. Although she mostly enjoyed the paper and boxes, once it was all gone, she has really enjoyed all of her gifts. Below are a few pictures from December and our first family Christmas.

December 2007