Christmas Morning

Christmas morning was much different for us this year! It was so much fun having Murphy Jo here and seeing her sweet face when she opened her Santa gifts! Santa was really good to her this year! He brought her a really cute baby doll and a super cool light up toy!

Being a first time mom I was so exacted to get up and get the Christmas morning started. Murphy Jo got up about 7:30 and she and I tried to get daddy up, but he was super tired so, I went and changed her diaper and gave her her morning bottle. So we waited and waited, but daddy was still sleeping so we watched a little Franklin (which happens to be her favorite now) and then we went and played. At about 9:30 daddy came in and I got so excited and right for the Santa gifts! I loved watching Murphy Jo's face as she opened her gifts from Santa! I loved watching her play with her baby doll and exam her light up toy! Here are a few pictures of our morning!

Doing what she does before playing with most toys..... EXAM IT..... to make see how it works!
Her baby! Don't you just love that face!

Mommy, this baby has my bottle:)

We let Murphy Jo open one gift Christmas morning. We wanted to wait for Haleigh to get here so we could open our gifts as a family! I think this is going to be our tradition. We love Haleigh so much and we don't want her to miss out on the family fun!

Murphy Jo had so much fun BANGING on her music maker! It was so funny!

All in all our Christmas was great! I am so blessed with a great family and so thankful for them! My goal as a mom is to make sure that Murphy Jo understands the true meaning for Christmas. I don't ever want her to think that Christmas is about getting gifts! I want her to know that it is about the birth of our Lord and Savior. I want her to understand it is about giving our time and ourselves and not getting. I hope that I can show her this!

'Twas the night before Christmas

Christmas Eve was so much fun!!! We went to our friends house (The Dunning's) for a yummy dinner, then we came back home and got little Miss ready for night-night! I had bought her the perfect pair of PJ's and could NOT wait till Christmas Eve for her to wear them:)

Anyway, Murphy Jo's Christmas Eve was pretty eventful! It started to snow early afternoon and by the time we went to the Jeff and Karen's house the roads were pretty covered with LOTS of snow! It was sooo super pretty!

Here are a few pictures from Christmas Eve!

A sweet picture of Murphy Jo and daddy on Christmas Eve! She LOVES her daddy so much! She lights up when he walks in the room! I think she is already a daddy's girl:)

We're dreaming of a WHITE Winter......

WOW what a Winter we have had so far! It snowed 3 times in December!! How super cool is that. It even snowed on Christmas!!! Murphy Jo had a white Christmas for her very FIRST Christmas! I love to look at the snow, but I hate to drive in it! Scott, Haleigh, Murphy Jo and I drove to my sisters house in Tulsa, OK and boy was I nervous, which made Scott frustrated.

Here is a picture of our home after the first snow. Isn't it beautiful! Scott was so excited that he took a few mins before leaving for work to be Mr. Photographer! How cute is he!
Here is sweet Murphy Jo playing in the snow! She thought it was pretty cool! This was our 3rd snow of the Winter!

She was not sure of it all!

Right after this picture she started to moving her legs and "playing" in the snow. If I would have let her, I bet she would have been rolling and crawling all over the place!

The Apple of my eye!

I can't believe I forgot to put these two precious pictures on my last entry! How silly of me! Our children are the most important part of our lives! They say you never really know true love till you have your own children! Haleigh and Murphy Jo are great! They bring both Scott and I so much happiness! Now, I am not saying that our life is always a bed of roses but I am saying our life is wonderful and our children are great!

My Sweet husband and his girls! Just look at them! They love their daddy so much! And just look how beautiful they are......... the boys better watch out, because they first have to get through Daddy Bear!

I love my girls too! I promise to protect them and guide them in the right direction! I promise to love them through thick and thin! I know there are many blessings ahead and many trials to come! But I promise to show them the love of God through my actions! My only hope is they can watch me and see a great example of what a Lady of God should stand for!

My Sweet Family

In life you always know that when you look around the world you see so many things that you are blessed with and so many things to be thankful for, but when you actually live with those blessings you have a whole new outlook on life! I will have to tell you that my family is my world! I have been blessed way beyond what I deserve! I have an amazing and supporting husband! Scott is such a caring husband/dad! You can see the love that he has for me and his daughters all over his face! Now are we always perfect for him? NO, but he takes us in our good time and bad!Thank you Scott for always being there for us!

I have an amazing Step-daughter, Haleigh! Her heart is so pure and so sweet! She has a huge passion in her heart to always do what is right and to be the best daughter/sister she can be! Haleigh is the big sister of 3 precious little ones! And she has so much love for each of them! And I promise, they are so in love with their big sister! Murphy Jo's face lights up when Haleigh comes in the room! And I know that her siblings at her mom's house do the same thing! Thank you Haleigh for being you!

I also have the SWEETEST baby girl! She is the light of my eye! I love to watch her grow and discover new things! She has the best personality! She is such a "on the go" girl! She is learning all about life and it is amazing to watch her! She is such a good girl! I am so thankful to be blessed with such an sweet little girl!

I am thankful for all the things in my life, but above anything else my family is the best in the world!

Here are some pictures from our Photo Session!

The Meck's
My sweet husband and I

The girls!

Murphy Jo (8 months)

Haleigh (11 years old)

Volleyball, Volleyball, Volleyball:)

Haleigh is LOVING Volleyball! She is sooo good at the game! Each Match she does sooo good! We are really proud of what she has accomplished on the court this season! She also loves it when people come to watch her! Scott's dad and step-mom have been to two games! (His sweet step-sister and her family have also come to one, but silly ole me forgot to bring my camera, boo on me!)

MomMom and PopPop Meck came to the game on Halloween! It was so much fun to have them there! And of course Haleigh rocked the house! Her are a few pictures at the game!

Mom Mom Patsy and Murphy Jo

Pop Pop Gary and Murphy Jo

Haleigh and Mom Mom and Pop Pop! Mom Mom is so happy Haleigh is playing Volleyball! Patsy was a Volleyball player herself! She has some good tips for Haleigh!

The Meck Family!

After the game we spent the day with Gary and Patsy! It was so much fun! We went to Scotty P's and then went over to Hobby Lobby! It was so much fun catching up with them!

These are a few of my favorite things.....

I LOVE Fall and I LOVE taking photos!

Our neighbor across the street had a TON of Fall leaves in his yard so we went over and had a "photo session"! Murphy Jo was so cute, she just didn't know what to think about all the leaves! But I think she had a good time eating them!

I love her face! It is like she is saying "what the heck is this?"

Hey guys this is really cool! You should come and play with me!

Yum, YUM!!!!!

What a sweet girl!

Such a happy girl!!!