Um, what?!

Everyone warns you about Dallas summers but seriously? I thought we left this in Boston. I have to admit that it was fun while it lasted though ;)




Meg is helping dig out the car. Can you see her little blue spoon? Her heart is in the right place.

Mary Grace turned five!

Fancy-themed birthday bash. Meg loved it! She kept saying she wanted to go and be fancy.


Happy.


Gingerbread house building with the cousins and Nannie and Boppa. Meg was more into eating the building materials than their structural qualities. That's my girl.


Caught red-handed.

January in Texas!

January was a big month for the Morse family. We drove half way across the country (again!) to our newest adventure in the Lone Star State. Oh yes, Texas.


This is our new place in the Big D.


Meggie and Maggie - finally in the same time zone.


New hair do.


Side profile.


American idol.


This is Meg helping us fill our organization boxes.


This is an "after" shot after I put away all her books and toys. Oh well, girlfriend was reading and I couldn't not let her.

Rest in Peace

With the close of 2009 comes the end of something great. During the year Andy's maternal grandparents both passed away, Nunny in July and Pop in December. Goodbye matriarch and patriarch you are definitely missed. We know you are looking down on us from that Memorial Stadium in the sky. Go Bears!

Nunny and Pop's brood!

"I want to go again"

T'was the Season

O Tannenbaum.

Our first Christmas tree, believe it or not. Meg had so much fun.


You gotta watch the whole thing... wait for it. It is worth it! Merry Christmas y'all.

My brother's brood

Meghan Jane - up close and personal.


Silly photo. I am promise it was really windy, that is why my hair is huge!


Smile!


American gothic - serious pose.

Lady and the tramp moment

Bona fide breakfast for dinner. (That's bacon instead of spaghetti.)

Jammies

Seriously, who could resist this face?

Pumpkin carving

Touchdown

Every touchdown, or field goal, scored by our beloved Bears warrants a march around the couch singing "Our Sturdy Golden Bear." Lovey is in on it too.

Preschool

Me, Meg, and Ms. Joan. This was taken on the last day of Mommy & Me Preschool. She LOVED it. I can't wait to find another program for her in Texas.


"Goldfish, goldfish, what do you see..."


Gobble, gobble. Like millions before her, Meg loves glue, probably more than the coloring, which she adores.

New skillz

Leggie Meggie can now climb on the cars all by herself.


Daddy and Meg play date.


Ladders - make me nervous, but I am so proud of my little monkey!

Aquarium

Jellies!


Meggie and Bean.


Meggie and 'Do.


Big ole turtle.


"Where did the turtle go?"

Back pack model revisited

Halloween, Texas-style

Mama and Meg on the way to go trick-or-treating. The main setback of the evening was Meghan seeing an adult-sized Mr. Potato Head (costume made creepier by the fact that the owner didn't speak but stalked around silently), which petrified her and made her look over her shoulder for the rest of the night.


Me and the girls.


Brandy and her Halloween jammied girls. Molly's shirt reads: I'm so cute it's scary.


'Nough said.


Leopard and Dorothy.


Sam and her spidey-boys.


Ross and Meg ((2nd?)cousins).


Molly applying her own face paint, no mirror necessary (I wish I had an "after" photo). This child is hilarious (she was a bunny, perhaps the Easter bunny).


Super-Boppa and Nannie at the backyard Halloween bash.


Miss Dorothy and Lovey (in lieu of Toto).

Cal vs. UCLA game

I know this was awhile ago and I am not trying to rub salt in any Bruins wounds but here are some proud Bears at the Rose Bowl.