Morrison Family: 2010

Wednesday, December 15, 2010

November Photos

2010 year in review (Facebook style)

I love how Facebook has allowed me to stay in touch with so many friends and family. I saw a facebook friend do something similar and decided to share with you some of my 2010 Facebook status updates - many that have something to do with the boys! Crazy how much happens within a years time - it was fun for me to remember what was going on during each of these posts. Enjoy!

January 22 - The pregnancy no sleep thing has started already...it's way too early for this.

February 5 - I hate when you have an allergic reation to something but you have no idea what it is! My eyelids are swollen and itchy!

February 8 - I wish my work cafeteria had super bowl sunday food today. I don't think I got enough cheese dip, little smokies or things covered in chocolate yesterday. I want more!

February 16 - It's a.........BOY! Pat, big brother Logan, and I are all very excited! I'm a little scared about being outnumbered 3 to 1!

February 28 - Had a fun weekend with friends and kiddos!

March 18 - Logan has officially turned into a wild man and he has no fear. I already see many trips to the ER in our future.

March 31 - Not a good night to be in class. Wish I was at home with my boys grilling!!!

April 14 - Logan and I enjoyed our day at home today! Play outside, lunch, nap, play outside some more. Good thing we're both on the same schedule!

May 2 – Got a sneek peek at Baby Morrison #2 today. Handsome as can be!

May 6 - jordan and i are at taylor swift!!

May 8 - Just got back from trying to eat dinner at a restaurant that was out of highchairs. You can imagine how that went with a 19 mo old. Logan made it until our food arrived before he went crazy. Fun times...

May 16 - Nice relaxing weekend...farmer's market, movies, finished planting and best of all no more papers to write or cases to read!!

June 4 - Watching Logan watch Pat mow the lawn. He loves that lawn mower!

June 9 - Baby is trying to kick his way out tonight. Only about 3 weeks to go!

June 16 - Logan and I enjoyed storytime at the library today (even though Logan only lasted about 5 minutes) and our first trip to the pool this summer! Logan again showed that he's scared of nothing and went down the water slide multiple times!

June 20 - Happy Father's Day! Logan and Pat are watching Mickey Mouse all morning in celebration :-)

June 29 - Last day of work for about 12 weeks! Just a little excited :-)

July 2 - Luke William Morrison joined us at 7:39 am. 8 lbs 5 oz, 20 1/2 inches and he is as handsome as his daddy and big brother! All is going well!

July 7 - Feeling very blessed with the three men in my life! :-)

August 4 - So excited that I got both boys down for a nap at the same time! Nap time for me! Crazy what gets me excited these days. :-)

August 14 - Wore out from a fun day at the farm with the boys!

August 15 - Naps now and state fair later. Should I go with the chocolate covered tiramisu on a stick or the frozen s'more on a stick?

August 17 - It must be love when I buy my husband Madden 11 for our anniversary.

August 21 - life is a runaway train i cant wait to jump on! Sugarland was a great concert!

August 26 - Back in class again...and again I wish I was home with the boys! Only two semesters left!

August 28 - ‎9 hours straight last night - good job Luke!!

August 29 - Suitcase 1, Corey 0. Why must I pack enough clothes for a month when I'll only be gone for a week?

September 2 - Luke attended his first football game tonight (at least one quarter of it) and Logan only kicked the guys sitting in front of us about 50 times. Congrats to Uncle Tim and Grand Valley State on their first game win!!

September 10 - Q: How do you keep a Cyclone out of your yard?
A: Paint an end zone line and put up a goal post

September 21 - Heading to KC this weekend to cheer on Pat's 49ers. Should I wear: a)my Vikings jersey b) a Raiders t-shirt or c) my 1992 Tipton Tigers jr high basketball jersey.

September 26 - Home from watching the 49ers get whipped up on by the Chiefs. Excited for Grandma and Grandpa to get home with the boys!

October 2 - ‎2 years ago today I met you for the first time and you were the sweetest little thing ever. Today you tell me no, throw food on the floor, take your diaper off and pee on the floor, do flips off the couch, and make me watch Mickey Mouse all day...but I love you even more! Happy birthday Logan!

October 12 - My "little" Logan had his 2 year check-up today and is only in the 14th percentile for height/weight for kids his age. Looks like he got mommy's height. Luke on the other hand is in the 85th and 95th percentile - he got the mailman's height/weight :-) j/k

October 13 - I guess being a shorty doesn't affect Logan's monkey abilities. Found him playing with his toys outside of his crib this morning.

October 20 - Feeling defeated after trying to get family pictures taken. I definitely lost that battle. :-)

October 23 - Up early to Race for the Cure! Then off to IC for a Hawkeye win! Rain, rain go away, come back another day.

November 11 - This week and especially today during veterans day, I'm reminded about how truly blessed I am for everything in my life. Some things just put everything in perspective for us!

November 24 - Garth on Oprah today, love him..."sometimes I thank god for unanswered prayers, some of god's greatest gifts are unanswered prayers...."

November 26 - Just bought my first smartphone and I'm pretty pumped about it!

November 28 - Both of my boys are now wearing the same size diapers. One giant baby and one mini toddler.

December 5 - Great night with great friends. Thanks for all the birthday wishes. Love you all and good night.

December 12 - Wondering who decided "winter" doesn't start until December 21

Wednesday, November 3, 2010

Our little escape artist

The following photos are from a recent hotel stay. We traveled over to Iowa City to celebrate Josh and Kevin's 30th birthday and my mom came and watched the boys at the hotel for us. Logan has been put in his pack and play for the night and was told it was bed time. He had other ideas and my mom captured it all on her camera....

Yeah I'm not sure about this whole bedtime thing...

Hmmm...I wonder what I can get away with while grandma is here... (doesn't this look just spell out trouble!)

Four short walls can't hold me in....

So proud of himself....

I'm free!!.....or am I?

I'm outta here.... (yes he opened this heavy door all by himself)

now I'm free!....(running down the hallway)

...still running...

why are you following me grandma I'm trying to escape!

and yes, he headed straight for the elevator and hit the down button. all by himself!

Funny and scary all at the same time!

Sunday, October 31, 2010

Fall Fun Morrison Style

It feels good to get up to date on my blogging! Following this post is a number of other posts (about 7 more!!) with photos from the past few months. We've been busy (I think every blog post has and will continue to say this!) but it has been a fun busy! I truly am blessed with a great husband and two wonderful boys and I try to remember that every day! I am still working on my MBA and am happy to say that I'll be finished next semester! Even though I don't enjoy being away from the boys to go to class, I think it is better to just finish it up now before they get too much older and start getting involved in tons of activities. I was talking about my MBA class to someone at work the other day who knows how time intensive it can be and she said that I must have a really good husband to be able to do it with two little ones at home. And I said yes I do! Sometimes I take that for granted but I definitely do. Love you Patrick! We have enjoyed watching the boys grow and learn and can't wait for it to continue! Here are some updates on the boys:

Logan:

Our little boy turned two a few weeks ago and a number of words come to mind to descibe him: wild, adventurous, silly, happy, onry, naughty, crazy, sweet and stubborn. And amazingly he can be all of these at the same time!
Logan's favorite things to do: when mom and dad chase him around the house, to be tickled, playing outside, playing with his trucks and watching the wheels turn, watching mickey mouse, sing and act out various songs, dance, put chapstick on (this is funny to watch), jump in his bounce house, climb anything, chase his dogs around, read books, help mom cook
Some of Logan's favorite foods: pizza, honeycrisp apples, gummy snacks, bananas, graham crackers, raisens, cheetos, suckers, mac and cheese, jelly, mandarin oranges, ravioli, spaghetti, strawberry mini-wheats cereal, yogurt, applesauce
We are still working with Logan on his vocabulary. He "talks" a lot but not much that we can understand. Some of the things we can understand include: Outside, no, what is that, daddy, gummy, nummy, einsteins, jump
He loves big trucks and construction equipment. We have an area under construction on the way to daycare/work and everyday he looks for the big dumptrucks and backhoes and always gets excited when he sees them.
Logan's is a little jealous of his brother but he is very good with him and looks out for him. Pat told me a story the other day that was cute. Luke and Logan were hanging out in the living room while Pat was cooking in the kitchen. Pat looked around the corner and saw that Luke's blanket had fallen off of him. He finished stirring what he was making and went out to put Luke's blanket on him but when he went in the living room Luke already had his blanket on him and had one of his toys on top of the blanket. Logan had put the blanket on him and given him a toy! How cute is that! Logan also loves to give his brother kisses.
Logan had his two year check-up and all went well. His height and weight are still on the lower end for his age. He was in the 15th percentaile for both when compared to kids his age.

Luke:

Is such a happy baby! We love to watch him smile and he loves to giggle and laugh!
He loves to watch Logan play and you can tell he just can't wait until he can join him!
He likes to watch snoopy run around the house. He smiles at her anytime she walks or runs by him.
It won't be much longer (I hope) before Luke is sleeping through the night. Right now he usually wakes up once during the night and falls back asleep right away.
Loves going to Robin's house (his daycare teacher) and spending the day with the girls. Robin watches two little girls that are 2 and 3 and the 3 year old loves to read and talk to Luke. Robin sends me picture messages during the day of them interacting together.
He is already protective of his brother as well. Pat was tickling Logan the other day and Logan was laughing really hard almost like he was crying. Luke was sitting on my lap close by just watching and then all of the sudden just started screaming. Pat stopped tickling Logan and Luke stopped screaming and just looked at him all mad. It was the funniest thing ever and it was really like Luke was mad at his dad for hurting Logan!
Luke was on the upper end of height and weight at his 2 month check-up. He was in the 85th percentile. His 4-month check-up is next week and we'll see where his is at that point.

Please enjoy a few photos from our recent family photo session that took two trips to the photographer. Logan is just at that age that he does not want to do anything we ask and definitely did not want to be a part of family photos. Two hours later and many tears later (from both me and Logan) we finally did get a few good photos!

I have also posted a number of other photos from the past few months. I've entered them as separate blog entries. When you get to the end of this page click for older posts to see more of the new pics! Enjoy!

Happy Halloween!

Logan's last day at the hospital daycare included a "monster walk" around the hospital. Here he is with some of his classmates.

Ready to go collect some candy!

Our little dragon in the stroller

Checking out his loot

Logan couldn't wait to have his blue sucker!

Luke on halloween wearing his skelaton sleeper - it even glows in the dark!

Football, Farm, Playing and school pictures!

Lots of random photos - enjoy!

Here is Logan with his daycare teacher Colleen (or Coco as the kids call her). Friday was Logan's last day at the hospital daycare. He'll join Luke who has been going to an in home daycare since the end of September. We will miss our Coco - Logan loved her very much!

Our happy boy

Logan learned how to crawl out of his crib a few weeks ago and this is how we found him one night. He had fallen asleep in his mickey mouse ball pit. We thought about just switching him over to his toddler but just don't think he is ready yet (or maybe we're just not ready for it!). We have since bought a crib tent for Logan and he actually doesn't mind it.