Update

The Morgan household is officially in full overwhelmingly busy mode as of late. Ryan has been working 18-20 hr days, no joke. Ahh, inventory season. I can't wait until I have my husband back. Patience is my new focus.
Madi is in daycare again and is finally acclimated. She still cries and goes hysterical every time I drop her off. She's kind of been in this Mama attachment mode lately. I still cry every time I drop her off. They swear to me that she only cries for 30 seconds but, I still feel like the world's worst mother sometimes. But, I have to work so, she'll just have to get over it I guess.
As far as the dieting and working out goes, I am down 5 pounds. This weight loss has nothing to do with P90 and everything to do with a flu and a cold from hell. But hey, I'm one flu away from my goal weight :)

Holiday Hangover

One of the greatest movies of all time, National Lampoon's Christams Vacation, has a great line. When Clark asks his father how he got through the Holiday's, he responds, "I had a lot of help from Jack Daniels".
Ah, how this could not be more true as I sit here in my big empty house, with a glass of wine contemplating on the past month. We have had a blast! Parties, food, Wii, wine & more food. The makings of the holiday season. As stressfull as this time always is for me, I still love it. Thanks to Grandma Loush for taking baby girl for a few nights. Sleep is such a good thing :)) Pictures to come, to lazy to upload at the moment. Hope you all had a wonderful holiday season, with a little help from Jack Daniels!

Holiday Fun

I found Madi walking around the house looking like this... so cute!



The holidays are so much funner when you have a kid aren't they? I have always loved Christmas. I've really enjoyed decorating the new house inside & out. Now I finally have room to put out all of my decorations, and still have room for more :) Now, all we need is a really good snow storm so I can take Madi sledding. We decorated sugar cookies with the Piercy's the other day. Jack & Madi were on a sugar rush for most of the evening.
We also did Thanksgiving at our house this year. My fist. Holy hell, I never knew how much work goes into that day. It was a blast though. And we really enjoyed having everyone over! I look forward to doing it again. And maybe next time, I won't have to finish cooking the Turkey in the microwave!

Hot night in Lehi

What a night in the Morgan household we just had! This morning about 1:30 am we wake up to FIRE, FIRE, FIRE The house fire alarm system had been activated. Never had I shot out of bed so quickly. I instantly told Ryan I was getting Madi. Poor thing was still asleep as I quickly got her out of bed. Now note that the day previous I had spent the day putting up all our holiday decorations. So, my fist thought was that the trees were in flames but, no. There was no smell, no smoke, no heat coming from any walls, doors or ceiling. But, that damn alarm was still going off 15 minutes into it. I was now thinking that in might be carbon monoxide. So, who else to call but the Fire Department. They told us to evacuate immediately which we did. A lot of things went through my head in those moments. Realising that everything I needed in the world, I had right there with me. I had my wonderful husband & daughter. I had also taken the advise of someone long ago to make an "oh my God box". This is a fireproof box I keep next to the bed. It contains all our passports, SS cards, birth certificates, wedding photos, Madison's birth, and any other items that are close to us. In that moment, I was calm knowing that if our new beautiful home went down in flames, we had insurance, and all of it could be replaced.
Fire trucks, an ambulance and two police cars ensued. After a search high and low, they could not find any reason for why the alarm had been activated. They reset everything and went on their marry way.
I did not sleep well last night. Many thoughts. But, one conclusion. As long as my family is safe, I have all I need.

Family Pictures

My friend Bonnie was in town this weekend and captured some great family pics! Here are a few. Thanks Bonnie!

Halloween 09

Halloween was a blast this year! It was our fist one in our new home. Madi was a bunny. She was not a fan of the ears that came with the costume but, she looked so damn cute anyway!

Pumpkin Painting

We had our weekly "family home evening" with the Piercy's this week. Pumpking carving was the activity for the night. (On top of Greg & Ryan getting in their NFL football fix) Jack & Madi had a BLAST with the finger paints as you can see. Of course, Madi kept sticking it in her mouth which made her teeth all black for a bit :)