Blessing Ring

I have loved this idea since before we even thought about expanding our family. I'm certainly not known for my craftiness, so that's probably why this simple, but very cute idea stuck with me for many years. I also have a bad habit of wanting to keep every single card from every occasion throughout the year...good thing my husband is the total opposite! I did manage to hold on to most of the cards we received for baby showers and after the birth. This is a constant reminder of all the love and prayers that were poured upon our family as we welcomed our son into the world.

Thanksgiving

Better late than never, right?! I figured I should touch on our wonderful Thanksgiving in Florida, before we dive head first into our busy Christmas schedule.

Thanksgiving was filled with a lot of this...



And some much needed quality 'Goomba' time!



We had SO very much to be Thankful for this year, and we're so glad that we made the trip to Florida. Eli earned a gold star for his first car ride to Florida! It did seem to help that he had mom and dad in the back seat to keep him company the whole time. We did little entertaining, and left that part up to him! He's not much of a sleeper in the car anymore, but a few cat naps and many laughs made for a delightful trip.

Eli's first Thanksgiving was filled with many wonderful memories...

Long talks with Dad


A little taste of pumpkin pie


Lots of extra attention


And as usual...tons of jumping!


We had a blast, and ate WAY too much! Eli hit some pretty special milestones while we were away :) One day while home with the girls, he started saying 'dada!' Needless to say, he's said it about 500 times per day since then! He just has the sweetest little voice, and we love listening to him babble across new words. He's so proud of himself and his new found words...he even feels the need to wake up extra early some mornings to chat with himself :)

We're beyond excited about our plans for Christmas, and have been counting down the days for some time now! We're heading up to Virginia on the 20th, and will spend Christmas with my family. When we get back, we'll be spending an amazingly fun week with our siblings, neices and nephews here in Hilton Head. We can hardly wait for the other half of the Morgans to come in from Japan!!!!! It's been a very long year and a half, and we've missed them SO terribly! We'll be meeting cousin Micah for the first time, and they will finally get to meet our Eli.

We have A LOT to look forward to in the next few weeks!