Well, it is official. I now have a little girl who is 1. Kind of sad but now we get to experience more new things!! We celebrated Alyvia's 1st birthday on Saturday the 21st. It was great and we had a nice turn out at our house. There were lots of kids and family and friends. Alyvia is now very spoiled with all her fun gifts and also has a complete new wardrobe... thank you everyone for that!!! LOL Clothes are so expensive!!! Brock was a huge help at the birthday party along with MaKenzie. They opened all Alyvia's presents for her and even held up some to show them off to the crowd. It was a great time and I am so proud of myself for not crying. I bawled my eyes out at Brock's 1st birthday but I held it together for Alyvia.
So the Brock Family came to visit everyone here in Las Vegas for about 10 days. It was so nice to see everyone as it's been over 6 months since we had seen Shelby and the kids and over 10 months since we had seen Arek. Brock and MaKenzie stole the show though when they got to see each other for the first time. It was absolutely adorable. We kept the kids hidden from each other and then let them run, and boy did they run. They ran right for each other and almost past each other and then Kenzie through her arms around Brock and wasn't about to let go. I think Brock was more in shock then anything. But it was great, I think a lot of people got emotional because these two are best friends and haven't seen each other in so long. They have been waiting for this trip forever it seems like.
So anyways, while everyone was here we took the kids up to the mountains and we all went sledding. It was fun but exhausting! There was easily 2feet of fresh powder that we had to walk through to get to the hills to sled on. Brock hasn't seen that much snow in over a year and he was literally rolling around in it. He had a blast, Alyvia actually wasn't to bad in it. She was very curious and then just sat on a sled that was against a tree and rested back to back with Titan and just watched us all play. Shelby and I had a nice experience helping the kids go potty if you know what I mean!!! LOL Fun...We then went to another hill site and took turns sledding down a steep hill that was super scary but fun. It was an all around great day.
On the day of Alyvia's birthday party we did our annual family pictures, which I will post the link at the bottom.
Before the Brock's came into town, my dad also stopped in for 4 days and stayed with us. It was great especially because he hasn't met miss Alyvia yet and hasn't seen Brock since he was like 2. The kids absolutely loved him and were both very attached to him. It was nice except I was very sick almost the entire time but that's OK he had bonding time with the munchkins.
So that about raps up our month for February. Things are back to normal and should be for a while. Brock's birthday is in 8 1/2 weeks and he will be 4 years old. Gosh he is getting old!!! Hope all is well with everyone and we send out love~
Love always,
The Morris Family
Family Portraits
http://s100.photobucket.com/albums/m34/lexi_051/Our%20Family/Professional%20Portraits/morris%20brock%20messner%202%2021%2009/
Alyvia's 1st Birthday
http://s100.photobucket.com/albums/m34/lexi_051/Our%20Family/Birthdays/Alyvias%201st%20bday/
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Thursday, February 26, 2009
Thursday, February 5, 2009
A year almost has passed!
Wow can you really believe it is actually February? Time flies by so past and it seriously depresses me some days. I look at the kids and I think to myself that it seems like yesterday they were just babies. Brock will be 4 years old in 3 months. My baby is gone and in his place is this intelligent handsome little boy. Now there is Alyvia and in 2 weeks she will be 1 years old. Already getting into the toddler stage. What the heck happened to my sweet little baby girl who depended on me 24/7?
So January was not all that busy for our household. My car was finally paid off and now James and I can start thinking about getting a second vehicle, probably just something to get him to and from work for now, but we'll shall see. We went to a superbowl party while Gina watched the kids and had there own party at our house. LOL Nothing like leaving your house to come back to 8 people at your house. Other then that it was just work, school, and weekends. How fun huh?
Brock and Alyvia are great as usual. Both kids got a nasty cold for a week and now are fighting another one. But other than that they are loving life. Alyvia is so close to walking it's scary. She has stood up by herself for over a minute now and has taken 2 steps before she sat back down. We are trying to incorporate the sippy cup but that is not going over well at the moment. She does eat 3 good meals a day with snacks in between so hopefully we can get the sippy cup down soon and take away her bottle. She loves milk so now she gets 6 ounces of milk a day until she turns 1 then we will see what the doctor says. Brock is Mr. know it all now. He is learning so much at school and loves to tell us about it everyday. We are going to probably sign him up for t-ball this season and also put both kids in swim lessons. So our spring schedule should be pretty hectic. He is still a great helper around the house and is getting better about not back talking and doing things the first time he is told. Where now we have Alyvia who is the most curious child I have ever seen. She gets into everything and loves to make a mess. She torments Brock and now can hold her own when they start to play wrestle.
James and I are wonderful. I came down with a cold last night so I feel not all put together today. Hopefully it will gone soon. We both still have a job so we count our blessings everyday for that. It's been tough not having a second car but it makes us appreciate what do have so much more. We are planning Alyvia's birthday party for the 21st of this month. I can definitely wait for that. LOL But it will be nice because Arek and his family will be in town for the event so it will make the day that much more special.
Hope everyone is doing great and we love and miss you all!!!!
Love,
The Morris Family
pictures
http://s100.photobucket.com/albums/m34/lexi_051/Our%20Family/
videos
http://s100.photobucket.com/albums/m34/lexi_051/Our%20Family/videos/
So January was not all that busy for our household. My car was finally paid off and now James and I can start thinking about getting a second vehicle, probably just something to get him to and from work for now, but we'll shall see. We went to a superbowl party while Gina watched the kids and had there own party at our house. LOL Nothing like leaving your house to come back to 8 people at your house. Other then that it was just work, school, and weekends. How fun huh?
Brock and Alyvia are great as usual. Both kids got a nasty cold for a week and now are fighting another one. But other than that they are loving life. Alyvia is so close to walking it's scary. She has stood up by herself for over a minute now and has taken 2 steps before she sat back down. We are trying to incorporate the sippy cup but that is not going over well at the moment. She does eat 3 good meals a day with snacks in between so hopefully we can get the sippy cup down soon and take away her bottle. She loves milk so now she gets 6 ounces of milk a day until she turns 1 then we will see what the doctor says. Brock is Mr. know it all now. He is learning so much at school and loves to tell us about it everyday. We are going to probably sign him up for t-ball this season and also put both kids in swim lessons. So our spring schedule should be pretty hectic. He is still a great helper around the house and is getting better about not back talking and doing things the first time he is told. Where now we have Alyvia who is the most curious child I have ever seen. She gets into everything and loves to make a mess. She torments Brock and now can hold her own when they start to play wrestle.
James and I are wonderful. I came down with a cold last night so I feel not all put together today. Hopefully it will gone soon. We both still have a job so we count our blessings everyday for that. It's been tough not having a second car but it makes us appreciate what do have so much more. We are planning Alyvia's birthday party for the 21st of this month. I can definitely wait for that. LOL But it will be nice because Arek and his family will be in town for the event so it will make the day that much more special.
Hope everyone is doing great and we love and miss you all!!!!
Love,
The Morris Family
pictures
http://s100.photobucket.com/albums/m34/lexi_051/Our%20Family/
videos
http://s100.photobucket.com/albums/m34/lexi_051/Our%20Family/videos/
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