Seeing Santa for the First Time

Today was the Army Christmas Party and Santa came to pay a visit. I am so glad that I brought my camera. It was so fun to see her on Santa's lap even if she didn't really know what was going on. She scored a cute cozy bear and a great little book!

Lorraine looking at Daddy trying to figure out if it was ok to be sitting on somebody else's lap.
Lorraine thinking about getting off Santa's lap.

Finally she looked at Mom, though she doesn't look too happy here. But she was a trooper and didn't even cry!

Helping Mom in the Kitchen

So Lorraine decided to pull stuff out of the cupboard and climb on in.

"Oh hey Mom, how are ya?"

I guess it's time to come out.
Hehe!

Table Food

These pictures are of Lorraine after eating pasta and marinara! Oh my was she messy, I threw her in the tub after this meal.

Smiling at Daddy.

Thanksgiving 2008

Thanksgiving this year was a blast! We spent it with dear friends of ours the Callihans! We very much enjoyed the feast and their great hospitality. They don't get to see their grandchildren very much and they just loved having Lorraine there. They are her adopted grandparents now. Unfortunately I forgot about having a camera and we didn't get very many pictures.

Our family
Mommy and Lorraine

Daddy and Lorraine

Sipping on a bottle in the lap of Tom

Grinning away!

Cute Pictures of Lorraine

It has been a very long while since I last posted any pictures of Lorraine. She is growing up so fast! These are of her playing in the laundry basket after pulling everything out of it. Even though it was clean laundry and it was already folded I had a great time watching her play. She is about 10 months old now and just the happiest little girl. She is loving to eat anything that Mom will give her. She loves to crawl around the house and climb on everything. Soon she will be walking and I will be out of mind trying to keep up with her.

The Fourth Picture

Interestingly enough this is the fourth picture in my files on this computer. I took it a couple of days ago after I got my hair done. I tag Carrie, Anika, and anyone else that wants to post their fourth picture

I'm It

Danielle tagged me

4 Things I was doing 10 years ago
1. Entering Middle school
2. Being a brat
3. Hitting puberty
4. Started my career.....well at least playing the viola.

4 Things on my list to do today
1. Study for a Spanish test
2. Take care my little girl
3. Make dinner
4. Practice

4 Things I love about Morgan
1. His willingness to work hard
2. The way he is with our daughter
3. His weird sense of humor
4. The way he shows me he loves me by doing the dishes

4 Jobs I've had
1. Florsheim Associate
2. Osh Kosh Associate
3. Ruby Tuesday Waitress
4. Burbank Early Childhood Aide

4 Movies I've Seen more than once
1. A walk to remeber
2. Pyscho
3. Die Hard
4. The Wedding Planner

4 Places I've Lived
1. Las Vegas, NV
2. Buena Vista, VA
3. Columbus, OH
4. Don't know about the fourth one yet.....maybe Mississippi

4 Places I've Been
1. New York City
2. Washington D.C.
3. San Diego
4. Nauvoo, Illinois

4 Places I want to visit
1. Vienna
2. London
3. Paris
4. Any where in Italy

4 T.V. shows I watch
1. So you think you can dance
2. Jon and Kate + eight
3. What Not to Wear
4. Fraiser

4 Things you may not know about me
1. I am only 21
2. I am a cub scout den leader
3. I really want to be a stay at home mom, only working as a private teacher out of the home
4. I am excited to have more kids....just not right now

4 People to be tagged for this game.
1. Anika
2. Cheslea
3. Charity
4. Carrie

Trip to Washington, D.C.

We had a very adventurous trip to the temple over the weekend. Our friends, Ellen and Matt got married and so we came up for the sealing and to be able to do a session at the temple. Unfortunately, we had to be up pretty early because the temple is three hours away from where we live. About two hours into the trip I realized that I had left my wallet at home which had my driver's license and more importantly my temple recommend. Thankfully my Bishop and the temple were able to work with me and get me into the temple but not in time to see my friends' sealing ceremony. We were blessed to have Autumn with us to watch Lorraine so we could go and do a session which both of us desperately needed. Then we had to get home by six so Morgan could go to work! We didn't make it but his employer was really cool and he didn't get in trouble.

At the temple in D.C.
Lorraine and her favorite pacifier, apple juice.
Beautiful temple spires.
Our excuse to go the temple, Ellen and Matt got married!

Random Pictures of Lorraine

Lorraine before bed in her cute PJ's. She was also pretty happy for the first time that day. She is teething with four teeth coming in at the same time. OUCH!!!! Not fun for her, not fun for me.

Typical Lorraine, playing on the floor in the kitchen while Mom is doing dishes or cooking dinner.













Mommy and Lorraine hanging out before bedtime. She was less than thrilled at this point to have her picture taken.








Hey Mom, I found the remote. She constantly has to have the remote. Hey I figure if it keeps her happy, and safe and doesn't ruin the thing why not!?

Celebration and Trials

Well it has been a while since I last posted anything. I celebrated 21 years of living on this earth on the 8th. It was rather uneventful as I was in class for 6 hours and Morgan had to work that night. But Morgan did make me a cute CD that had a lot of our favorite music on it. We have had a lot of trials since we moved back to Virginia. But it seemed like everything came to its' worse point in the last couple of weeks. Morgan was at work and lost his wedding band. That same night he got a call from his sargeant saying that he would be activated for two weeks. After staying up really late getting ready for the next day, Morgan got up early to drive to Lynchburg. While on the drive the car broke down, so I had to miss all of my morning classes to take him to Lynchburg. Later that night I was thinking could it get any worse? Sure enough it did, I ate some bad food at a local mexican place and ending up getting pretty sick. Thankfully we have great neighbors that took Lorraine for a couple hours so that I didn't have to watch her. I also got a blessing from him, which took away most of the pain. As far as the car being repaired, it won't be. It needs a new engine because the engine seized. But I am grateful for these trials because without them I wouldn't have the faith and trust in the Lord like I do. All these experiences have taught me that trials are going to be continually there for the rest of my life. I just have to get through with a smile and try not to be a pessimist.

Oh and I posted a picture of the Las Vegas temple, just because it is pretty!