RUB A DUB DUB...TWO PRECIOUS GIRLS IN THE TUB

Well, Tegan and Carley took their first bath together the other night...Tegan absolutely loved having Carley in the tub with her. We were a little hesitant about Tegan splashing her in the face and wanting to play with her in the tub, but she actually did really well. She helped us wash her and get her all cleaned up :). Tegan adores her baby sister and can't get enough of her. She's a great helper to us and love to watch her interact with her baby sister. Carley thinks Tegan is one funny girl, she's always smiling and laughing at her. We love both our girls so much, they are truly a blessing in our lives.
--carley has the deer in the headlights look--

DELICIOUS!!!

A lady who worked with Terrel in Jacksonville brought this delicious cheese block to their work one day and Terrel absolutely loved it. A few weeks ago we were walking around the store and he remembered it and wanted to fix it. It's the easiest thing to fix and it's very YUMMY!!! It's a block of cream cheese(8 oz) and Italian salad dressing mix. All you do is take the cream cheese and put the dressing mix all over the block and then get Club Crackers or whatever kind of crackers that are similar to that and put the cheese on the crackers. It really is delicious. Here is what it looks like....half eaten

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It's Friday

This week has been a great week!!! We started the week off like we do every week just about by having to" clean up clean up everybody everywhere...clean up clean up, everybody do their share"(Tegan sings that song while we do it). Monday night, after Terrel got home from work, we ate dinner and then had FHE(learned about Noah's Ark) and then Terrel had to see what was wrong with our 02 Maxima because Sunday morning it wouldn't crank....so he jumped it off on Monday and it started but it was working really hard to start and turn over.... but it was acting like it did a year ago when we had to replace the computer in the car---which is not something you want to have to pay for AGAIN!!! So, we decided to post the car on craig's list about 7:00 p.m. that night because we were tired of dealing with it and it's problems...and by 9:30 it was sold and out of our hands...... this was a great blessing for us b/c we did not want to have to continue paying for the car if it was going to keep causing us trouble, blah, blah, blah. But you may be wondering...so what are y'all driving since you don't have your maxima anymore???..... Last Tuesday(I think) we purchased an 07 maxima...it's sooo pretty and we got an incredible deal on it and it only had 25K miles on it. We were really excited about the deal so we went ahead and purchased that car....even though we hadn't sold our other one yet. And then the problems started happening with the other so we posted it on craig's list got out of paying for it b/c we sold it for what we owe on it which was not very much, so the guy who got the car got a really good deal on it, but we didn't want to sell him the car for too much knowing that there could be something major wrong with it, but there may not be anything major wrong, we'll never know...and the guy knew that there were some problems with it but he wanted it anyway....the Lord truly blessed us when we needed it the most. So we now have an almosst brand new maxima and the 4runner which I think we'll probably have forever b/c it's never given us any problems and it has 215,000 miles on it :):)
---I(Morgan) have been trying so hard to work out at least 3 times a week. I've been doing a really good job so far, I'm very proud of myself. I really enjoy working out I've just got to keep motivated. I am now running about 2 miles working to get up to 3 and then we'll see from that. I want to be able to run like I used to in high school...i used to run at least 3 miles a day....and I am striving to get back down to my pre-kids weight :):)
---Tuesday, I had to go to the doc(the girlie doc)---no explanation needed here
---Wednesday---CLEANED LIKE CRAZY..WAY TOO COLD TO GO OUT AND DO ANYTHING
---Thursday---went to BIRMINGHAM...had a wonderful time visiting with old friends from church. Enjoyed catching up on everyone and seeing how things were going for everyone. I love these women they are a big part of my life---especially Lisa and Ali---Lisa being my YW leader and my "boss"(i babysat for her ALL the time and LOVE LOVE LOVE HER CUTE KIDS) and Ali being an awesome friend and mom with some dang cute kids. Nancy and Joan are a big part too being they are some of my mom's really good friends---they helped her out a lot in one of her greatest times of need many years ago---I also went to the orthodontist to get my permanent retainer fixed...I haven't seen those people in about 6 years or so they all look the same it was soo good to see them though :):)
---Friday---it's cold outside today, but it's going to be a really nice weekend with highs in the 60's...can't wait to get outside and play play play with the girls. We've got a little cleaning to do, but nothing major just the norm.
---the BEST thing of all---- CARLEY IS SLEEPING ABOUT 12 HOURS AT NIGHT NOW--- YES, FINALLY!!! oh and she can not only roll back to tummy she can now roll tummy to back. She's moving all over the place, she'll roll and then she'll turn herself, she's such a sweetie pie...we love her so much

little rolly poly

We saw it with our own two eyes. She did it!!! She ROLLED!!! and even better, we got it on camera!! we were so excited for her and she looked at us like we were crazy when we started cheering for her.

(NOTE: Please excuse my craziness--- just excited for her)

FOUR MONTHS

Carley had her 4 month checkup yesterday. She was so funny at the appt. I was undressing her so they could check her out and do all her measurements and weight and she just went to laughing out loud. It was sooo dang cute. I wish I would have had it on camera. Her checkup went really well. She is definitely a growing baby. She now weighs: 16 lbs 7 oz. She is 24 1/4 inches long. She is still in the 97% for weight and has dropped to 75% for height. My little baby ain't so little anymore :):) We got the go ahead to start her on cereal and slowly introduce fruits and veggies to her diet. I'm excited about that, I love when they get ready to eat real food......maybe she'll start sleeping better too :):) Her doctor is so wonderful, I hope we never have to find another pediatrician----he is absolutely wonderful. He has a true love for kids, and is so personable. Carley kept giving everyone big ole smiles in the office, everyone loves to see her when we come in. We love, love, love, this little girl. She is so smiley and happy and loves for her big sister to talk and sing to her. Carley is a big bright spot in our lives and keeps us smiling all the time.

sweet girl

This is a special blog for our sweet Tegan. Everyone always ohhs and ahhs when a new baby is around and the older siblings seem to get left out sometimes, so I wanted to do a blog in her honor. She is such a sweet girl, and teaches us so many things that we actually should be teaching her. She NEVER forgets anything, so if we tell her she can have something tomorrow morning, she WILL remember it. For example, the other night it was late and she wanted a snack, but because it was so late we told her after you go to sleep and wake up and eat your breakfast, tehn you can have this snack. Well, as soon as she woke up and ate her breakfast, she remembered that snack and was asking for it again. Because she doesn't forget anything, we have to always be careful what we say.... we might say "Oh Crap" and you better believe she will hear it no matter where she is in the house and she will repeat it and will remember it....but this is all a good thing because it makes us aware of what we say and how we do things. She always remembers that we have to say prayer before we eat and makes sure we have family prayer every night before going to bed--she always wants to say it. She LOVES church...she wants to go to church everyday and go to nursery. She is now in the Senior nursery and her teachers are wonderful...Tegan absolutely loves them. Tegan is our love and we are so grateful and blessed to have her in our life.

GOTTA LOVE 'EM!!!!!