So something strange and interesting happened last Monday. Las Vegas saw one of the best snow storms ever!!!! Monday was the first of it but it didn't hit the entire town. So that night I took the kids to my moms house up in Summerlin and Brock and I and Nana played in the snow while Alyvia stayed all toasty inside. On the way home I had to stop and get gas and within 5 minutes of that I had a car accident. I was the only one involved so I am thankful for that but my car is a mess. The kids were perfectly fine. Both shaken up a little but once the initial shock wore off they were over it and Brock was telling everyone how mommies car was doing circles. I have minor injuries like a bruised foot, hand, knee, and the next day my ribs hurt from the seat belt and airbag. So we'll have to see what the insurance says about the car but from what the representative has told James it will more than likely be considered a total loss. Looks like car shopping is in our near future. For now we are just making due with one car and the help of family giving us rides or letting us borrow their cars.
Now for better news Christmas is only days away!!! James and I finally went Christmas shopping yesterday and got everything done in 3 hours!!! We knew exactly what we wanted so that made this years shopping so much easier. We can't wait till Christmas morning and to watch how excited Brock will be and Aly but I think Aly will be more into the wrapping paper then anything else.
Everyone is doing great. Right now my work is doing layoffs and we received a notice that come February my company will be doing a MASS LAYOFF that will infect all office staff. So we are keeping our fingers crossed that I will not be one of them and I will be able to keep my job. James' company is also doing layoffs but no one knows how many and will that will happen. So right now we are just being hopeful and taking it one day at a time.
Kids are perfect, Aly now has 5 teeth and we think we see two more trying to come through also so the poor thing has been very irritable lately and drooling like crazy. She is getting closer every day to walking and has stood for about 5 seconds all by herself until she realized and sat down real fast. It was exciting though!! Brock finally got his wish for snow. He has been begging to go to New York to see Kenzie and play in her snow so we were so happy that is snowed here. He had a blast and we got into a snow ball fight and we built a snowman and made snow angels. It was one of the best days ever!!! It took forever to convince him to come inside.
Well, we hope everyone has a great Christmas!!! Love to all!!
Love always,
The Morris Family.
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Sunday, December 21, 2008
Thursday, December 4, 2008
Holiday Season has arrived!
The past weeks have really flown by. We ended Brocks soccer season almost three weeks ago. He had a fun season and met some new friends. There was a trophy party that we attended and he was so excited to get his trophy and pictures. The trophy is now sitting on his night stand where he can look at it every night before bed. He was very excited about it but I don't think we will be playing any more sports for a little while. Maybe next fall we'll join a team but in the mean time I think he is enjoying the holiday season and just being at home.
We celebrated Thanksgiving at our house this year. James' mom Laurie came over early in the morning and helped me make the turkey, which I would like to add turned out great!!! His family joined us with Mom, Chad, Nana, and Zarek. I think this was the best Thanksgiving for me. We had all of our family together to enjoy a really nice meal. The kids played around the house while the adults had fun playing cards. Towards the end there was a big family card game of Go Fish that Gina won. It was a blast and its not often that we are all able to be together. Alyvia now loves mashed potatoes that her Auntie was feeding her and Brock's new favorite food is honey glazed ham. I took lots of pictures so I will post the link below.
Now, I cannot believe it is actually December! Where the heck has this year gone? In just a few short months miss Alyvia will be 1. That is just unthinkable to me. And Brock wow he has just grown so much this year. It is still so weird to me to be able to sit down with him and have a long conversation that actually makes sense. He really is his momma boy because boy can he talk. I'm starting to think he actually talks more then I do!!! He is just a riot.
Last Friday (day after Thanksgiving) we put up our tree and decorated the house. Brock was so into putting up everything and everyday reminds us that Santa is coming to his house soon. He helped put all the ornaments onto the tree and stick all our window stickers up on the windows. He loves showing Aly where everything is. The next day we talked Daddy into putting lights outside on the house. Aly sat in the porta crib in the garage while James and Brock sorted through all the lights. Brock was so excited about it that he really couldn't sit still. Aaron, James friend, came over and helped James with some of the lights by putting them in the bushes and trees. Now every night Brock loves to go outside to just look at his house. He is so proud of it and anytime we get visitors he has to personally show his lights off outside. We also have a small fabric tree hanging up in the kitchen. Its one of those count down to Christmas trees so there is 25 slots that we put a piece of candy in and every night he pulls one candy out and he knows that when he gets to the very top that means Santa is coming that night. It's so much more fun celebrating Christmas now that he is older and gets all into it.
The kids are doing great right now. Alyvia is fighting off an ear infection so she has been the most pleasant person to be around but she's getting better. She just wants to be cuddled lately. Brock is as active as ever. He has so much energy and is happy all the time. We are going to be taking the kids to go see Santa soon and then to opportunity village. I can't wait for that it will be Alyvia's first time seeing him, obviously, and Brock's like 4th so he's a pro at this.
James and I are the same old boring couple! LOL Nothing really new with us. Just work and the kids! It's been nice this week as he is on vacation and just sitting at home relaxing with the babies. I'm a little jealous as I have been working some very long hours, but that's OK I really enjoy what I do.
Well, we hope everyone is doing great!!!! Enjoy the holiday season and
MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!
Newest pictures
http://s100.photobucket.com/albums/m34/lexi_051/Our%20Family/
Thanksgiving pictures
http://s100.photobucket.com/albums/m34/lexi_051/Our%20Family/Holidays%20-%20Special%20Events/Thanksgiving%2008/
Christmas decorating pictures
http://s100.photobucket.com/albums/m34/lexi_051/Our%20Family/Holidays%20-%20Special%20Events/Christmas%20decorating%2008/
We celebrated Thanksgiving at our house this year. James' mom Laurie came over early in the morning and helped me make the turkey, which I would like to add turned out great!!! His family joined us with Mom, Chad, Nana, and Zarek. I think this was the best Thanksgiving for me. We had all of our family together to enjoy a really nice meal. The kids played around the house while the adults had fun playing cards. Towards the end there was a big family card game of Go Fish that Gina won. It was a blast and its not often that we are all able to be together. Alyvia now loves mashed potatoes that her Auntie was feeding her and Brock's new favorite food is honey glazed ham. I took lots of pictures so I will post the link below.
Now, I cannot believe it is actually December! Where the heck has this year gone? In just a few short months miss Alyvia will be 1. That is just unthinkable to me. And Brock wow he has just grown so much this year. It is still so weird to me to be able to sit down with him and have a long conversation that actually makes sense. He really is his momma boy because boy can he talk. I'm starting to think he actually talks more then I do!!! He is just a riot.
Last Friday (day after Thanksgiving) we put up our tree and decorated the house. Brock was so into putting up everything and everyday reminds us that Santa is coming to his house soon. He helped put all the ornaments onto the tree and stick all our window stickers up on the windows. He loves showing Aly where everything is. The next day we talked Daddy into putting lights outside on the house. Aly sat in the porta crib in the garage while James and Brock sorted through all the lights. Brock was so excited about it that he really couldn't sit still. Aaron, James friend, came over and helped James with some of the lights by putting them in the bushes and trees. Now every night Brock loves to go outside to just look at his house. He is so proud of it and anytime we get visitors he has to personally show his lights off outside. We also have a small fabric tree hanging up in the kitchen. Its one of those count down to Christmas trees so there is 25 slots that we put a piece of candy in and every night he pulls one candy out and he knows that when he gets to the very top that means Santa is coming that night. It's so much more fun celebrating Christmas now that he is older and gets all into it.
The kids are doing great right now. Alyvia is fighting off an ear infection so she has been the most pleasant person to be around but she's getting better. She just wants to be cuddled lately. Brock is as active as ever. He has so much energy and is happy all the time. We are going to be taking the kids to go see Santa soon and then to opportunity village. I can't wait for that it will be Alyvia's first time seeing him, obviously, and Brock's like 4th so he's a pro at this.
James and I are the same old boring couple! LOL Nothing really new with us. Just work and the kids! It's been nice this week as he is on vacation and just sitting at home relaxing with the babies. I'm a little jealous as I have been working some very long hours, but that's OK I really enjoy what I do.
Well, we hope everyone is doing great!!!! Enjoy the holiday season and
MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!
Newest pictures
http://s100.photobucket.com/albums/m34/lexi_051/Our%20Family/
Thanksgiving pictures
http://s100.photobucket.com/albums/m34/lexi_051/Our%20Family/Holidays%20-%20Special%20Events/Thanksgiving%2008/
Christmas decorating pictures
http://s100.photobucket.com/albums/m34/lexi_051/Our%20Family/Holidays%20-%20Special%20Events/Christmas%20decorating%2008/
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