Miami Vacation and Tennessee Valley Fair

Last week we took our first "family" vacation to Miami, FL. We flew into Miami with no problems what so ever. Morgan didn't mind the flights at all which we were so nervous about. We got into our hotel and went straight to the pool and beach. We had 1/2 day on Sunday and all of Monday to be together. Jarret had a class he was taking all day Tues., Wed., and Thurs. We left Friday morning.


Morgan in the waves.

Morgan eating fruit poolside. She is learning to use the fork and spoon by herself.

She also uses her hands still!

She napped on our bed but slept in her own crib.

She loved to play in the pillows and fall into them like a pile of leaves.

Sunrise from our hotel room

She did really well playing in the hotel room, most of the time.

We went for a walk on South Beach on Monday and ate at Front Porch Cafe which was so great.

She did pretty good walking on the beach

Morgan with her Daddy while walking South Beach

The beach was called Lummus Park

This was the beach in front of our hotel.

Getting used to the waves on Sunday

The view from our hotel room. Morgan loved to stand on the window sill and watch out the window.

Morgan decided to sit on Jarret to read her books!

Looking at animals at the Tennessee Valley Fair

This is such a cute picture I think!

Checking out the sheep

Morgan went on her first carousel ride and the man that operated it found out her name was Morgan so we got pictures with the horse named Morgan.

Jarret was happy to have her on a John Deere

The cows compared to Morgan were so big!

She would only pet the goats that were laying down.

This beauty is actually only a baby but was found at our house. This is an extreme closeup and from "normal" range we didn't know what it was. He is only about 8 inches long but around here copperheads and corn snakes look alike. We zoomed in with the camera to find out what the head and eyes looked like. This is a corn snake but still it's a snake and it means there are other snakes around.

I gave Morgan a bubble bath and she liked

She is working on feeding herself with utensils. She likes to eat yogurt.

August photos!

Reading with Daddy

Ready for a day out

Silly and sillyer

Yum Pizza! She actually only sucks the cheese and toppings off!

Trying her spoon

Our visitor in the yard. I didn't realize how big praying mantis' are!

Yikes, naked baby on the loose!

Hanging out upstairs!

Watching cartoons with Uncle Dave

She really finds this toy enjoyable!

Courtnaey taking Morgan for a ride on her new toy.

Time to clean up after cake.

She would only eat cake with Grandma!

Morgan refused to put her hands in it and play, I think she thought it was too pretty to mess up!

She can't believe it is her size!

Lots of stuff and not enough attention span!

Showing Catherine her new chair

Looking at her new scrapbook

I know it's been a long time

I promise there is more to come. Morgan is keeping us VERY busy!! She is into everything......

Many pictures soon to come include:
1st Birthday Party, and Morgan in general.

By the way she is walking everywhere, not crawling at all and she is bumping into EVERYTHING! Many times she decides to jump instead! Morgan has had her next session of professional pictures so I'll update as soon as I get them!

Updated upstairs pictures...

So there has been a lot of work being done upstairs. We can see a light at the end of the tunnel!

Lights for the stairwell

Our ceiling fans in the great room

Good look at the color in sunlight

The hardest working man I know

This is Jarret's room to design I think he did a fantastic job picking the color

I got to choose the color and decorate the upstairs guest room. Here is the color I chose.

A better view in sunlight

Doors are going in!!

We have a couple quotes for flooring and we hope to keep moving and be "liveable" for Morgan's First Birthday Party! We'll see how we do! For all who are able her 1st Birthday Party is August 1, 2009!!