The almost final product:

So, here is the hair:

(For some reason this picture makes the back look kind of mullety, but its not, its just the lighting I think)

I say "almost final" because I still have the color to do, which I am kind of nervous about but we will see how it goes.

I also want to tell you that my husband is such a MAN. I asked him to take some pictures of my hair, and these are the pictures I got:

Just not exactly what a woman would think of as "hair pictures"

So silly.

From this day forward...

From this day forward our lives are going to be excruciatingly more complicated. This morning, at approximately 9:04 a.m. our little girl learned how to work a door knob. What more need I say?

What do you think?

So, I am getting the itch to cut my hair again! (Its just seriously so dead from doing the blonde thing last year I really need to cut off another 6 inches!) Here is the cut I am thinking about going with, tell me what you think please!

Thank you, Dead Guys, for my Sanity!

There are some people I feel deserve a HUGE thank you for their contribution to society, and even though they are long gone, they make my life easier everyday!

1. The McKiver Brothers: These guys invented play-doh as a wallpaper cleaner, then realized it made a great toy, and ended up making millions by their mid-twenties. Without Play-doh, I think I'd lose my mind!




2. Edwin Binney: The founder of Crayola. Enough said.



3. Chemtoy: (so this last one is a whole company, but still) Chemtoy was the first company to manufacture bubbles with a wand. Seriously, bubbles have the amazing ability to make any crying kid happy, especially mine!

So yes, I may have spent ten minutes of my day researching who did all this stuff, but I figure its the least I can do to actually give these guys some credit, considering I owe them my mind and all.

MONKEY PARTY!

When I realized Morgan was old enough to throw her a birthday party with her friends, I was SO excited. Not thinking I would really get an answer, I asked her what kind of party she wanted. Her response?

"Ummmm, MONKEY PARTY!"

Here is how it turned out:

All three kids swinging together, Morgan would look from Keegan on one side to Brandon on the other and say, "Keegan friend! Brandon Friend! Swingin!"

I made these monkey ear headbands last minute, I am glad I didn't spend more time on them, cause they stayed on for about a half a second!

We played a monkey bean bag toss, with tiny banana bean bags to throw into their mouths

So the cupcakes were MUCH easier than the whole cake! I am actually pretty proud of how these turned out!

The kids decided to take a small break to enjoy the treats before opening presents

I think Keegan was more excited about Morgan's presents than she was!

And Brandon snuck under the table with the present they brought for her, he was GOING to play with it!

Keegan and Morgan are always so sweet, I just love when we hang out with them. Keegan looks like he is only giving Morgan half a hug, but really its because he has some smarties stashed in his pocket that he was NOT going to let go of!

But I think the real highlight of the weekend was that Morgan's cousins, Mac and Elly, were able to come visit. They moved away right before Christmas, and Morgan is always SO excited to see them. As you can see, they just love seeing her too!

I've been stickered!

Morgan really REALLY REALLY likes stickers. Can you tell?

Our Busiest Week of the Year

It seems like I am blogging daily, but thats just how this week goes! February 25th (Wednesday) was JD's birthday, February 26th (Thursday) was Morgan's birthday, and my birthday is this upcoming Tuesday (March 3rd) Needless to say, there are lots of occasions to blog!

Like I said, Morgan's birthday was yesterday, and I just cannot believe how much I love to see that girl smile. I would give her gifts everyday if it would not A) cost ridiculously lots of money and B) spoil her into being a little priss. Anyhow, our day started out pretty normal, except I felt guilty anytime I wasn't giving her my undivided attention since it was her birthday. We didn't do anything real special until around 6 when my family came over and we went to dinner at this little Mexican restaurant, they had all these crazy desserts for Morgan to choose from since it was her birthday, but we ended up just getting a bowl with 3 cherries in it because we knew she would like that best anyhow!

First of all, I have a bone to pick with all of you (Rachel and Lindsay) who blog about decorating cakes and yours are beautiful, and you have never said a darn thing about how hard it is! I think, it is very likely I made the UGLIEST cake out there. I know its bad because I have told JD about a trillion times I was making a monkey cake and he still had to ask what it was because he didn't want to assume it was something else and hurt my feelings! And yes, I do realize this cake is likely to end up on websites about how NOT to do a cake, but I don't even care!

She didn't quite understand the whole blowing out the candles thing, but being the ham that she is, she was more than delighted to have us all crowd around her and sing Happy Birthday!

Morgan made out like a bandit, she always does on holidays, because as I said, nobody can resist that smile! I am a little sad though, because I forgot to wash her face before presents, so she has one filthy mug in all these pictures, but oh well, she's still stinkin cute!

Opening the Kitchen:

Reading her very cool Grover and Elmo hide and seek book:

Look Mom! A Dress!

A Sesame Street Doctor's Kit (the stethoscope is Cookie Monster and he says, "Ooooh, strong heartbeat, but just in case, eat two cookies and call me in the morning")

This is an Elmo doll that asks for hugs and when you hug him he says all sorts of gushy Elmo-esque things:


Holy Moly! Food for my kitchen!
You can't hardly see the gift in the picture, but she is riding on a tricycle she got from her Grandparents. She loves that thing, within 10 minutes she had gathered up all her new toys and put them in the dump bucket/basket on the back of the trike!
And last, but not least in my book: I LOVE this picture because look at how well my Mom's wrapping job is foiling Morgan AND Darci. So great!