Bad Hair Day

You'd have this look on your face, too, if you woke up with hair like this every morning!

But then again, if you are as crazy of a sleeper as Morgan, you might!! Imagine trying to comb it out!

Bedtime

For all of you out there that have listened to me agonize over Morgan's poor naptime sleeping, I have finally found a solution that works for her. Even though she went to bed really well despite not wanting to nap, she insists on using this new "idea" for all of her sleeping. That's fine with me because she naps!!!

So this is our approach to naptime (and bedtime). Morgan gets to pick a couple of books to sit on her bed and read (in the dark), and most of the time, she is asleep within 5-10 minutes. It's fabulous. She reads her book to her bunny, sings a song to herself, and then she is asleep.

Earlier this week, I was visiting teaching, so Brian put Morgan to bed by himself. When I got home, he told me to look in her room because she INSISTED on bringing something other than books to bed. I guess Morgan wanted to build a tower in the dark with her stacking blocks but decided it was too much work and she'd rather sleep. Oh well, there's always tomorrow to try again...

Our Daughter, the Genius

So, Morgan's probably not going to win a Nobel Prize or anything like that, but we think she's amazing. She's 20 months old now and can do lots of different puzzles. Brian gets a little bit frustrated because she's not perfect at them, but we still think it's advanced to be able to match the letters to different pictures. (It's not on the video, but she can pick up a letter A anywhere and she immediately says, "Airplane!")

Here are a few excerpts from her alphabet puzzle--if you watch all of them, they are a little bit long, but she's learning and loves to do puzzles. Now if you were to give her a doll to play with, that's a whole different story (she likes to be carried by her feet, right?)...

Morgan's Latest Hiding Place

Morgan was playing hide-and-seek today. Every now and again, we would hear her knocking on the door, which meant she had locked herself in her bedroom or our closet. At one point, she had been in her room for a while and was pretty quiet. I went into look for her and didn't see her. Her room is not that big and there isn't anywhere to hide, so my first (and right) guess was to look inside the closed closet. So, I decided to grab the camera to see what she was up to. There she was, sitting on her pack'n'play, reading books (in the dark) to her bunny.

Silly Morgan!

Morgan has a fetish for sunglasses (see picture below from last summer). She also has a magnet on the refrigerator of sunglasses that she likes to "wear" every now and then (see picture #2 below).






Morgan also discovered that she fits perfectly in one of her toy baskets. She worked so hard to get in here and situated just right to have a drink of water, that I couldn't help but take a picture.

Dancing

Morgan got a book from my Grandma Ginos (her great-grandma) for Valentine's Day that plays music. When she first opened the package, she decided to show her appreciation for the gift by doing a little dance. Thank you so much, Grandma! Morgan loves it and we love to read it to her! (Note: she got it on time, I'm just a little bit belated in posting it to our blog)

Lesson Learned...For Mommy!

Morgan always likes to help and most of the time, I try to make a way so she can help. Today, she helped bring in and put away groceries. She has helped me bring them in for a while now, and I usually find a lighter, non-fragile bag for her to carry. Then, she usually wants to play while I put them away.

Today, she decided she wanted to help. I usually bring the groceries into the house and put the bags on the kitchen floor as I put everything away. In the past, this has always worked, but from now on, I can only leave the non-fragile items on the floor.

Big helper, Morgan, decided, while Brian and I weren't looking, to unload one of the bags. You can only imagine what happens next. Well, she tried to pick up the egg carton and bring it to us. Next thing we know, we hear an egg break, and then, and "uh-oh." Morgan, in trying to help, had spilled the eggs and one of them had broken on the kitchen floor. Somehow, all the other eggs managed to stay in the bag, unbroken. She felt so bad. She had a sad look on her face. I didn't get mad at her, I just told her that Mommy needs to put the eggs away and clean up the mess.

But I learned a lesson, and thankfully it only cost us an egg. Morgan (or any toddler, I'm sure) loves to help, but she needs to be CONSTANTLY supervised. Even if I'm just putting a box of cereal away, she can get into something!

Like Mother, Like Daughter

Morgan loves to talk on the phone. Well, she kind of has to love to talk on the phone! Look at her mother! Yes, at such a young age, Morgan has already mastered the skill of multi-tasking. She can talk on her "phone" and play at the same time.
And, for those of you that have actually talked to her on the phone, you know she can be quite the storyteller. So, from what Brian and I can gather from this video, she's doing her rendition of "Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes" and then talking about her bunny and bananas. Really, it's just the usual nonsense that we can't make out, but she's definitely telling somebody something!

Morgan's First 3-Syllable Word

Well, her first clearly enunciated 3-syllable word. She's been saying words like "med--cine" and "el--phant" for a while, but hasn't quite got the entire word down. On Friday, at the grocery store, we passed by the bananas and she pointed and, clear as can be, said, "Ba-na-na." It's been "bana" or "nan" for the longest time, but she finally got it! So, we caught it on video tonight.

Oh, why she's running away, we don't know. But hey, she said the word!

Cowgirl in Training

Morgan got a giant horse from her aunt Freida for Christmas and absolutely loves to ride on her "Horsey." Today, Brian put a different twist on her usual ride and put the horse, with Morgan on it, on his lap. It was quite the wild ride! I don't know who had more fun...Brian or Morgan! Maybe she should try mutton busting in a couple of years???