Disgusting Pool Cover = Duck Pond!

Here are our new backyard pets. I hope they don't stay when the pool is open but for now they're kind of cool.

April Fools or Just a Bad Wife?

This year for my April Fools joke on Tom I put this on our bed for him to find when he got home...

This is what was inside...

No kidding, when Tom saw it he dropped to his knees and started hyperventilating. I couldn't keep the joke going (especially since this was not the first April Fools where I told him I was pregnant) but I had to use the positive pregnancy test that I found while going through boxes from the old house (this was one that I took while pregnant with Morgan).

The Weekend

We had a fun weekend that started on Friday. Okay, lets be honest, for Morgan and me the entire week is like a weekend except that daddy isn't home during the day.

This is Morgan's bath time on Friday.
This is how I have to shower lately or I get a 17 pound, fully clothed, crawling girl in the shower with me.

This is what happens when I don't let her climb into the shower with me.

We had a play date in our new play room that used to be the theater room-turned-library.

The girls all wanted to suck on the same binky for a few minutes.

On Saturday we went to a 1st birthday for our friend, Hendrix. I got lots of ideas for Morgan's big day. No pics of the party but here we are, ready to go.

On our way home from the party we saw a petting zoo in the parking lot across the street from our subdivision so we had to stop. Morgan LOVES dogs. These weren't part of the petting zoo but she liked them the best.

Then she saw little ponies (or donkeys).

Then the baby lambs.

It was a good time and so fun to see Morgan experience things for the first time. On Sunday our ward was split. Thankfully we are in the same ward at 11am (the best time for us, minus Morgan's nap time).

Medium

I don't know what it was about being in Phoenix almost a month ago but it made me have this intense desire to watch the show "Medium" (it takes place in Phoenix and is about a medium -- hence the name). I had seen the first three seasons so we went to the video store to rent season four. They didn't have it so I settled with season five (I know you should never watch shows out of order but you don't understand this insatiable need to watch the show). We watched it every night that week and it was great. Then I started having dreams that I was a medium and I would dream about a murder and then wake up and feel like I should tell someone so they could stop it. Since I'm definitely NOT a medium myself, I easily discarded the dream as totally subconscious awareness of too much of a good show. However, I did do a little research. It turns out that the show is about the real life of a woman, Allison Dubois, from Phoenix. She has also written books about her experiences -- which took me to the library.

I checked out "Don't Kiss Them Goodbye," by Allison Dubois and have been reading it here and there. It's really cool because I have been taking my knowledge of the spirit world (that I learn about with my religion) and comparing it to her book. It turns out that I am a total believer in mediums (or psychics, if you don't know what a medium is). I really believe that some people are seers (in a non-prophet way, besides THE prophet, obviously) and can communicate with those who have passed on. Also, she talks about how to be a good medium you have to practice and make yourself better. It reminds me of something I learn at church about hiding your candle under a bushel.

Anyway, weird post, I know, but I guess it is a little testimony about how God gives each of us talents and we can either bury them or use them and make them better. On a side note, I'm glad I'm not a medium because I already get scared of the dark. I couldn't imagine seeing dead people in the dark -- or seeing murders from the eyes of the killer or victim like Allison Dubois.

Resolution Success

If you read my New Year's Resolutions you may remember that one of them was to buy a bunch of coats on clearance and donate them to people who need them when it gets cold this year. My resolution is half way complete! I have purchased 6 coats and 3 snowsuit sets. I still may buy more but for now I can at least say that I kept my resolution. Yay!

Just so you know (if you want to do the same), it is a little late in the stores that I've checked but I found great deals online. I purchased from overstock.com and got everything for around $100.

This cute snowsuit (pictured) is one that I bought.

11 Months

Morgan turned 11 months yesterday. Some memorable things that she is doing are:

Excitedly crawling to her daddy when she hears him come through the door (which is also very exciting for Tom because it took a while for her to want him and not me).

If she's in a good mood she will dance to any music she hears. Sometimes she dances when my phone rings.

She is becoming more daring and will stand unassisted until she loses her balance. Still no steps but we think they are coming soon.

She loves her music toy (pictured) from her uncle Robb.

She will still eat anything but some of her favorites are ham, cheese, peas, and Gold Fish (multi grain, of course). She loves to feed herself. Okay, she even feeds herself soil from this giant potted plant in our dining room. I think we have an incident every day.

Here is a picture of her first french braid (done last week).

I made her some arm-warmers because her hands/forearms are always cold from crawling on the hardwood floor and I'm tired of the jackets we have. They seem to be working.

We love this little girl so much and are anticipating her first birthday party next month! It's a monkey theme (because that is her nickname).

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