Christmas Celebrations, Vacation, and More!

We're on our way to Florida!

First Airplane Ride

Christmas Eve

Morgan's First Christmas

Morgan and Mama at Bonita Bay

Daddy golfing at Tyndall AFB

Morgan is 1/2 year old!

Christmas at the Susallas

Happy Birthday Daddy!

Today is Patrick's 28th Birthday. Morgan decided the celebration needed to start early....and I mean REALLY early. She kept her Daddy up until 3:30 this morning! She woke back up at 7:00 to sing to Daddy and help him open his presents (Morgan gave her daddy the hat he is wearing in the pictures). Tonight we are taking Patrick out to eat. I wanted to take him to the Olive Garden for lunch today, but alas my plans were thwarted by work plans that came up. Oh well....guess I'll have to put off lunch for another day.

Singing Happy Birthday to Daddy

Helping Daddy open his presents

Happy Birthday babe....Morgan and I love you very much.

It's Beginning To Look A Little Like Christmas

It's been really hard for me to get in the Christmas spirit this year. I finally managed to get in the attic and get out a few decorations for the house. Since we are going to Florida this year for Christmas, Patrick and I decided not to go "all out" with the decorating since no one will be there to appreciate them. But I did put out a few things, including our very tiny, not so grand Christmas tree that really is my office tree. Artie Jr, the Christmas Stick, who plays the normal role of Tenney Christmas Tree is still packed away in the attic. It's sad, but it's as festive as I can get this year.

Even so, we do have a few presents under the tree, and the rest are packed in Santa's sack to go to Nana and Big Pop's this weekend. Santa will be making a second stop in Florida on Christmas Eve with the rest of the gifts.

We have been enjoying our friends' Christmas decorations, however, and Morgan really seems to enjoy Christmas lights. She has already received a few Christmas gifts, and she really loves tearing the paper! Of course, all she really wants to do is eat the paper, but we pretend that she is trying to get the gift inside!

Santa's Baby

Ever since I read my friend Catherine's post on Christmas music and her distain for the song "Santa Baby" (you know the one...where the woman sings breathily to Santa about what she wants, like a '54 convertible, light blue), I haven't been able to get it out of my head! (Thanks a bunch Catherine!) And since I don't know all of the words, I can hear that woman singing just the few snippets of verses that I do know. So since I am doomed to sing that song for the rest of the year (unless, of course, I hear "I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas"), here are some pictures from Morgan's 5 month photo shoot that I thought turned out adorable.

We are debating about whether or not to have Morgan's picture taken with Santa this year. I hate to deprive her of such an experience, but I am having issues of putting my precious baby on Santa's lap after a million other kids have drooled, snotted, and done goodness knows what while telling Santa their deepest desires for Christmas. I guess if the line isn't long and Santa looks clean, we'll do it!