Crafty friends

Boy, do we have some crafty, in a good way, friends. Jessica and Shane made the colorful elephant onesie and Leslie hand knit the baby blanket. Thank you, thank you... Meg would say so herself but she can't talk yet.


Future yogi showing her own version of a modified cobra pose.

Señor Elefante

These two were fast friends. Meg is going through a big elephant phase right now. (New friend courtesy of Geoff and Ellen.)

I wonder what they are looking at?

Just because...

This post is just because I can.


Our sweetie looking as preppy as can be (plaid overalls courtesy of the McCorducks).

Happy 95th Grandpa!

Grandpa and two of his greatgrands!


Group photo: 1 near centenarian, 5 children, their spouses, 10 out of 12 grandchildren (Eric not pictured), some of their spouses, and two greatgrands! Not bad for a family spread all over the country.


Meg, Aunt Viv, and Andy - taking a break from the morning rush.


Mesmerized by the bolo tie!


Grandpa has almost 95 years of life experience on Meg... how wild!


Four generations of Morses covered: A generation x-er, greatest generation-er/g.i. generation, post-millennial/global generation/ generation z-er, and another gen-x-er (complicated generation labels via wikipedia) (not pictured: Dado, who I think is a member of the silent generation? pre-baby boomer?)


The patriarch. This man is such an inspiration. He is more active than most people a third of his age: he golfs three days a week, plays poker, plays the organ, and emails (he just upgraded from dial-up for his birthday - there are some things that don't get better with age!). Here's to many more birthdays, Grandpa!


Here, Bean was mastering the new baby carrier and the walk and shake that Meg adores so much.

Winter wonderland

Boston in January ain't so bad. (Maybe I should not memorialize such a statement in writing.) I am lucky because I don't have to go outside if it is snowing/freezing. But it is nice to go out and about when the weather is just wintry and beautiful. One of these days Meg and I will venture to downtown Boston, perhaps even walk the Freedom Trail. I will keep you posted.




And when the weather outside is a bit more winter than wonderland, we stay inside! Below are some tummy time photos. Meg can now hold her head up 90 degrees and steady. She is working on rolling over, more like rocking over.

Reunited!

After jet setting to NYC and Cabo, Daddy is once again reunited with his little girl in the Houston airport. And she is sooo glad to see him!


"Houston, we have a [drooling] problem."

And now for an obscene amount of photos of our little girl...

I am shameless! Enjoy the pix.


Sweet pea.


Meg's new favorite toy - her hands!


She still doesn't know what to make of this whole flash photography thing.


Caught in a wink!


"You put how many consecutive photos of me up in this posting?"


Who is this fair-hued child?


Modeling her ducky jumpsuit (courtesy of Leslie).


Another cute crib shot (onesie courtesy of Bean).







Closest I came to catching a full smile on camera.

New Year's Eve

Having a baby changes everything. This is illustrated by the way we celebrated New Year's this time around. We went out for chicken tenders and ice cream with the grandparents and were all in bed by 10pm. And we were happy as clams about it!
This was my favorite eclectic outfit of Maggie's choosing - bicycle messenger hat, sailor coat, pink tutu, and leopard flats (not pictured). So cute!!

Nannie and Bop's last night in TX and last night in 2007.


Just a little DG love for ya.

Day in the life at Casa del Stuart

Maggie and Auntie Chelsea photo session. She brought out a stool and a book to pose with. Me thinks she has done this before...


Lil' Molly Frannie in her Sunday best.


It's a hard knocks life.


Stuart gals


MJ and Auntie Bean

Couch cousins. MJ is such a big girl!

Auntie Bean and Meg doing some morning calisthenics.

Auntie Bean and her "baby."

Our babysitter in the making. Maggie is such a big girl and she LOVES Baby Meghan (as she calls her).

White Snake eat your heart out. Molly is rocking the white denim like only she can!

Back in Boston, Back to Blogging

Christmas-time at the Stuarts' in Texas. Don't mess, everything is big, etc. A special thanks for letting us stay there soooo long. I am convinced that Meg now has a Texan accent - her goos and gaws seem to have a drawl!

At last they meet, Bop and MJ - love is grand(child!).


At last they meet too, MJ and Auntie Bean. Finally Auntie B gets to meet the lil' angel she has been spoiling with pressies and embroidered goods.


Morse family photo - Baby's First Christmas!!


Nannie and Bop on Christmas day.


"Oh Daddy, Christmas is so hard"
"Did somebody say presents?"

Maggie's favorite dress of the season. Auntie Bean had to wash it at night so it would be ready for wearing as soon as Maggie woke up. What a nice mommy. Needless to say, the dress was all but forgotten about once the pink tutu came on the scene.
Santa's littlest helper - well, I am not sure about littlest but how about youngest?