Just wanted to take a picture? Here is mine from just now.... literally seconds ago.


No double chin.. I like. And just so you know.. my husband won his first softball game of the season!

It's obvious that I love a good bargain. So why wouldn't I be soo glad that one of my favorite brands now sells at Target? I don't know. I'm a little sad. It feels a little bit like it did when Jimmy Eat World started playing on the radio. Dwell sold out to the big guy. Snaps to them for making the big time, and I know I'm not the one who discovered them by any means, it was just nice to not have a mainstream nursery... guest bed and all. I did however pick up this cute little outfit for the Emsters (note to self.. add to list). I hope not to dwell on this long!
P.S. I was just looking online to get a picture of this outfit, and apparently Target now also sells babylegs! My favorite baby accessory. Unbelievable.

So I thought I would try this.

101 things in 1001 days

Wish me luck!

That I have a bird for a daughter. She really is not into eating. I recently checked out my friend Nora's blog to watch her son Charlie while he is eating. He groans and grunts until he gets the spoon full in his mouth between every bite. My little Emmy on the other hand.. well, she is much more interested in the spoon (we have to let her have her own during every feeding if she is even going to think about opening her mouth), or the high chair (she is constantly placing mouth to chair while eating), or the bib, or the person talking to her in the chair next to her, or the music, or the lid, or the anything.. you name it and she is more interested in it. In her entire 7 1/2 months of life we have continually struggled with putting some meat on her bones. I guess I have to just live with the fact that I have a bird for a daughter. At least a daughter that eats like a bird.

Then comes post. It's coming I promise.

Why does 24 seem so old? 23 was nothing. What is so different about this year? Is it because I now have a kid and no longer are birthdays all about me? Even on my birthday I still have to make sure a mouth is fed and happy. Don't get me wrong I still love it. Maybe it's because this was the first year that I wasn't in school or at work with people walking by my desk wishing me a happy birthday. Not that I am upset or anything about it, I still had a great birthday, it was just the first year that I felt old.

My actual birthday was great (Obviously I try to drag it out to be birthday "week"). Em and I slept in and then met Baker for a yummy sushi lunch. I think it was so good because it was my first time eating it since I got pregnant with Emmy. After lunch we went shopping.. a bit disappointing. When I was in line checking out all I could hear in my head was "House in '08, house in '08 do you really need that shirt?" I didn't buy anything. We had dinner at my dads and an ice cream cake, my favorite.


Celebrating with all my friends was a blast. My favorite restaurant is Benihanas, and unfortunately they don't accommodate a party of our size. Lucky for us there is another restaurant nearby that has the same type of deal. Matsu's. I am in love. They had the best Filet ever.




After dinner we obviously headed to Gay for some frozen yogurt.. why wouldn't we? And what better way the end the night then a huge hilarious round of "The Name Game". A classic.



My birthday actually extended into yet another week with a lunch with the girls, AKA Kay, Reese and Emmy. And then again today with this kick A package from my sister. An Apron, a wonderful book and the cutest magnets. I love it.



Thank you everyone for making my birthday so delightful!

I know this is a little late.. it is already the 14th, so I am sorry. But not really.

Baker and I make a pac every year to not go all out for Christmas. Every year I think we both make a valiant effort to stay within these guidelines, but to no avail. This year was no different. For Baker I splurged on a round of golf at a really nice course.. believe me, in the back of my mind I am thinking to myself "woo hoo a round of golf, big deal!" after how much he spoiled me. I was not expecting any of it, and I hate to brag or show off but Baker did sooo good this year. 

So there has been a lot of hoopla as of recent about wether or not we should all be going private on our blogs. Apparently if you type in a name on google up comes the blog and family photos. Although a tad bit disturbing, I write this blog for family and friends that aren't near that want to keep up with us. I debated going private and decided not to. For a number of different reasons. 

So now that Christmas is all packed away, and a new year is actually here for that matter, I think it is time I posted some pictures of sweet little Emmy's first Christmas! Can't believe we actually had a little one this year. The holidays are much different when you have a munchkin.

Christmas morning was wonderful. It was the first time that Baker and I were able to spend Christmas morning with just our family. Emmy, mom and dad. I absolutely loved it. I started another tradition this year for the Morphs.. we will have Uncle Charlie's waffles every Christmas morning that we are home. They are sooo good. I didn't have a Belgium Waffle Maker so I bought one this year.. I wrapped it and put it under the tree as if Bake got it for me. It was pretty funny. We had my family over for breakfast and the rest of the day we just hung out at home.

Since Mikey was playing in the Holiday Bowl with ASU, Mom and Dad Morphy drove down with Mere and Pete to hang with us on Christmas Night and the next few days until the game. It was amazing that we got to see everyone this year. Well almost everyone. We missed you mom Reena and the Dulgarian gang.

Baker and I wanted to take his mom and dad to a nice dinner on Christmas, but of course nothing was open. Nothing except my FAVORITE restaurant Benihana's! A Christmas Dinner we will never forget.