Big girl. Big bed.

This week, we found the perfect bed for our girl. We hadn't really talked about moving her out of the crib anytime soon, but it happened, and she was ready! She's always wanting to be in ours or Eli's bed, and though she loved her crib, she transitioned out of it perfectly. 

I'm glad this change happened fast, and before I could give it much thought. Tonight when we take her crib apart and move it out of her room, I will be one sad mama. 

We moved Eli into his bed around the same time, but for a different reason. Despite popular belief, the Morgan family is NOT expanding. Unless the Lord has other plans for us in the future, we are perfectly content with our two precious blessings. 

Night 1

Night 2

I was worried that her sleep habits could change, but they seem to have changed for the better thus far! We often forget just how flexible children are. These changes are often harder on us!

Summer Days

We've been busy checking things off of our summer fun list. My blog gets neglected in the summer time. The crazy routine and schedule of the summer months just throws me off! We've got two weeks remaining until Eli's back in school. We're going to make the most of our laid back days, that's for sure! Next year at this time, we'll be sending him off to school full time. Crazy! 

We took the kids to Lawton Stables, a fun summer tradition! Layla was too young to remember last summer, so we declared this her first official visit. Our little animal lover was in heaven!

 The park at Harbor Town is another favorite of ours. We don't make it there as often as we should.

 Son, please never feel neglected in the photo department, because this is what you give me every single time!

 Take this girl outside to play, and she's a happy camper.

 GG & Goomba came over for dinner one night, and Eli challenged them to a game of Candy Land. He's certainly inherited the Morgan love of game playing!

 Little Miss and her first set of pigtails.

We've had a lot of rain lately. She loves to stand in the garage and sing her "rain rain go aways!"

 Beach days have been hot, but the kids don't seem to mind a bit!

 Eli stays in the water the entire time. 

 There's just something about a sweet girl and her tails!

This is her favorite pose these days. If I get out the camera, she lays on the floor and says cheeese!

Last weekend we were able to spend the day in Columbia celebrating Luke's 3rd birthday. It was a fun, and very long overdue trip! 

 Layla loved being at Chase's house. She LOVES Chase, and now calls every boy she sees Chase :). 

It was a very strange weather day. 65 degrees in August! We didn't let that keep us from a pool party, though!

 These two cousin buddies were thrilled to spend the day together!

 Big girl at the party.

It was a fun day celebrating you, Luke! The "babies" of the family are growing up...way too fast!

Cousins in SC 13'

We just finished an awesome 10 days of cousins! We were missing two Stansell boy cousins this time, and it just wasn't the same without them.

Here are the 8 after church on Sunday. 

It was fun to celebrate the 4th together. We cooked out, baked in the sun, and stayed up late for fireworks. An all american kind of day!

 Got to love that rare opportunity for a family pic!

 My two waiting for fireworks to start.

 Nana brought enough sparklers to keep the kids entertained for a while! Only a few minor injuries involved... 

 Oh how I wish her sweet girl cousins lived closer!

 Three sweet Morgan gals!

We spent A LOT of time in the pool. We were thankful for plenty of sunshine!

 Uncle Matt knows just what to do with little girls, that's for sure!

The whole crew ventured to the beach on Saturday morning. For some reason this is the only picture I took of the event. Snack time!

It was a quick visit, filled with lots of sweet memories. Time to start planning our next hurrah! 

Goodbye June!

As it usually does, the summer is just flying right by. I'm not sure what happened to the month of June, but it was over in a hurry! Between VBS and family in town, it's been a fun kind of busy!

 Eli, Chase and Jacob spent about 3 hours in this tent in Nana's living room one rainy afternoon. I know these are the sweet things they will remember about growing up together!

 We've made a lot of progress around the new house, one of which being a better organized garage space. I often pull my car out of the garage on rainy days, that way the kids have more room to play. They love it!

 I came out last week to find Layla perched on the tricycle. She's one determined little lady!

 And a tired one too! She's still trying to cope with only one nap a day, poor thing!

Last week we had a fun visit with Mimi and Aunt Liz. They came and stayed with us for 4 nights. The kids were happy & well entertained, and mommy got lots of shopping/girl time! Liz and I spent A LOT of time and energy on sprucing up our new place. It was great having my interior decorator here in person! 

Our biggest project was refinishing our wooden adirondack chairs. They were pretty weathered looking. It's amazing what a coat of paint can do! We fell in love with the very first color we picked. It was exactly what we were looking for!

Eli wanted to be right in on the painting action. He did a great job!

 Who's the better fake sleeper? :)

 This is what a hot and tired one year old looks like! We left right before she resulted to a nap on the slide :)

 We went out to our favorite burger restaurant, and it never disappoints! 

 Hands down, the BEST milkshakes ever.

We were sad to say goodbye, but looking forward to seeing them in VA before too long!