One of the Best Birthday's EVER!!

Today, I celebrated my 29th Birthday. This year, I really had no expectations. It's sad to say, but in previous years, I've had birthday lists and ideas of how a perfect birthday would go... This year, I had none of those things. I had nothing that I "wanted" and really was just looking forward to a wonderful day with my husband. The only request I'd made was for him to spend the day at home with Finnegan and I (and cookies from a wonderful bakery in town). So that is what we did. And Ken made it such a wonderful day.

So, I was planning on explaining the events of the day but it doesn't really matter but your still asking why it was one of the Best Birthday's Ever? My husband made it special for me. Thursday night, he arrived home with flowers and my requested cookies - I didn't want a cake this year, but sugar cookies from a local bakery that have a confectioners sugar glaze on top. YUMMY! Probably one of the best moments of the day was entering my clean kitchen. Many of you Stay at Home Moms know, that some days you just want to avoid the kitchen, because it just won't stay clean. And for me, I just never feel done. When you leave a desk to go home from a job, you can walk away and not deal with the "mess" until the morning. But for those of us who might not leave the house for days, the kitchen is that mess that never goes away. So to have someone else take care of the mess, was such a blessing. Not just a gift, but a blessing. My spirits were lifted and I was happier :) So, the little things is what made my day...

• Cookies, instead of cake.
• Silly gifts from my husband... a kiddie movie, paper dolls and crossword books.
• A leisure shopping trip - no need to purchase anything, but being together was nice.
  
• Seeing that sleeping boy in the back seat, with his cracker on his chest.
• Shamrock Shake
• Subway sandwich
• Flowers from a friend
  
• Movie night on the couch
• Clean kitchen
• All toys put away
• Hearing the laughter of my son as he ran through a hallowed mall

Thanks to all you who called and sent messages wishing me a great birthday. I certianly had a blessed day with my family.

My ears are playing tricks on me!!

As many women can attest, once you have children, your hearing while your sleeping becomes refined, and more accute. Today, during Finnegan's nap, I thought I would lay down too, with a short movie, I was out.... I awoke to the sound of a trash can being pulled along the ground. Today is trash day, and both the trash and recycling trucks had already picked up the loads, so I knew it was ok for the cans to be brought in. I then heard a garage door open. I was pretty out of it, so I thought for sure (over the movie) that it was our garage door (directly below our room) opening and ken was home from work, early. REALLY early. I got really excited because he doesn't come home this early much... maybe only 3 times since he's been with Boeing. So I was pretty excited. Then I waited and waited to hear the garage door close and the back door open. And I didn't hear it. I waited a bit more. Then, I realized that he wasn't home, and that dream was over. Unfortunately, I wasn't really dreaming... It was my neighbor's garage door and trash cans being pulled into the garage. Darn :)

Isn't it funny the things you hear when your half sleeping and half awake and are sure these particular things are happening :) Ken will be home in about 3 hours. Boy, I can't wait!

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A side note - I love it when my husband comes home. I wish he only had to work 6 hours a day instead of 8 or 9. I know that he has to work... but I just love it when he comes home. Finnegan is always so excited to see him and it just fills my heart with joy. Finnegan's always been a daddy's boy, and it doesn't bother me much. It is just so sweet to see!!

Tea Time

I think that I have blogged about Tea Time before, but I'll share again!

Every night at the Morgan house, we experience "Tea Time". It occurs around 8 or 9pm, when Ken gets up from his seat with his computer, and walks towards the kitchen. For several months, he would exclaim "Tea Time!" as he walked through! He puts a mug of water into the microwave for 2 minutes, pulls out a tea bag from the designated canister and may even take a bathroom break. He then returns to his seat and contiues his work for the rest of the evening, allowing the tea to steep and cool and then enjoys it. Sometimes, tea time happens several times a night, other days, just once. But there is rarely a night that tea time doesn't happen! There have been a few nights that it didn't happen until 10p, when he realized that something was missing :)

The other night, Ken went to have his tea time, and he noticed that he was out of tea... Not just the canister was empty, but all the tea was gone!! OH NO!! So the next day, when I was at the grocery store, I picked some up. I normally get the Lipton tea bags in the yellow box. Last time, I purchased two boxes due to a super cheap price. This time, I went an a box was about $4. And the Safeway brand was $2.00. So I decided to pick up the cheaper box. When I brought it home on Sunday, I was putting the groceries away and Ken hollers from the living room "that doesn't look like a yellow box to me!!" Who knew how much he was attached to the yellow box. Then I explained to him the cost, and he was ok. I found it very funny that he was so distraught over the fact that there was no yellow box! Luckily, the tea tastes the same and we can go on having tea time each night :)

Missionary Prayer

When I mentioned our friends Ernesto and Angie earlier this week I had no idea what was happening in their country. Please keep them in your prayers, for their safety and sound mine and an absence of fear. Check out this recent post, for specific prayer needs!

Family Picture book

For Christmas (via Valentine's Day), my sister Beth made a special little book for Finnegan of photos of all of his family so that he can go through and continue to learn who his family is even though they're far away. I think it was a great idea! Finnegan's book is pretty large, seeing that he has several aunt and uncles and 6 cousins. Plus his two sets of grandma's and grandpas and even a set (that are not related) of great grandparents. Finnegan goes through the book at least 3 times a day, and loves to look at the photos. He can already say and identify on his own "Izzie" and "Emma". When he see's the photo of Livi, he copies her and sticks his tongue out. When we get to the page of Greyson, he points to Greyson's paci and says "Paci". He can distinguish between his Mana and Papa (my mom and dad) and Grandma and Grandpa Morgan (Ken's mom and dad). He can even tell the difference between his Great Papa Jack and his Great Grandma Louise. I'm pretty impressed. The photos have also helped him to tell the difference between Tootsie and Oreo. We do continue to work on "Mommy". He does say it more and more but when he sees me in photos, I'm always "Daddy" :) He's getting there!!

Just Chillin --

Hey, Loyal Readers -

Just waiting for the new episode of Lost to begin and thought that I'd stop and say hello!! Here are some things to update you and fill you in on what we've been consumed with the last few days...

• I've really been thinking and praying for our friends, Ernesto and Angie. Ken went to HS with Ernesto and were very good friends. They sold all they had and moved to India in January to be Missionaries full time. What a self-sacrificing life style. In the last 6 weeks, they've both been super sick while adjusting to their new life. They are learning the language and traveling from village to village to meet with new believers and baptizing them. In their first few weeks, they've had some exciting times, but some other scary and unknown times. I would encourage you to check out their website and blog. I would even encourage you to consider giving towards their cause. They don't have a mission group that they're going with... just the church that is sending them. It's crazy... You think of missionaries as being older people, people who have grown children or who have adolescent children. Ernesto and Angie are in their late 20's and are following the call of God. Kind of cool!!
• My friend Megan had a baby 2 weeks ago, and I just came across her new blog post about her new baby... very sweet.
• My friend - well, I suppose she's my friend... I've never really met her, but support her 100%! The family that we got Tootsie (our dog) from in Nashville, are working to adopt their second child... well, the child would be their 5th, but their second adopted child. They are holding their last fundraiser... Here's how you can help!!
• My friend Kelly - lost her husband in Sept. They didn't have any children, but had been married for some time. She works through her grief daily and I often find myself praying for her as she finds her way as a widowed woman!
  

Tresemme Commercial??

Has anyone seen the new Tresemme commercial with the model in the hot pink dress?? The commercial is for product that keeps your hair full of body for hours. We don't normally watch TV in the "full" view, so perhaps part of the commcerial is missing, but at the very end, the women is with a man and he pulls her close to give her a hug or to kiss her (she is in the hot pink dress at this point) and it appears to be that he grabs her boob!! Ok, so is this just me?? Or is this what really happens? I've only seen the commercial a couple of times, and beleive that it is a nation wide commercial, so if you see it, let me know what you think?? Is he grabbing her boob, or her arm??

For those of you who haven't seen it and would like to watch for it, here's some points to know you're seeing the right commercial...

• The main character is a long haired brunette who is a "model".
  
• Her hair is long and has a wave to it
• The commercial is a longer commercial and shows her in a "time lapse" and what happens to her hair with and without the product.
  
• The scene to watch for is at the end!