The Mecks

Wednesday, March 31, 2010

The Cake

This is always one of my favorite part of ONE year old parties! I love to watch the mess! And my sweet daughter was no different! So let me give you the background of this cake!

I stressed for many many weeks over what our "theme" was going to be. I am not one to really do "themes" so this was a hard decision for me. Then one day it just came to me.... Zebra and Fushia! Now that I got that all settled, I had to start working on a cake! I had NO idea where to start or what to even do! I was looking at my friend Shannon's blog and saw the cutest cake for her daughters ONE year old party. So I emailed her right away and got "her girls" information! And I tell you her sweet friend Christy is a huge blessing! I told her my vision and she ran with it! This is the end product! Isn't it super cute!!!! She did amazing!!!!

She even came and set it all up! (Well the cake anyway, I did the rest!)

Look at the detail!

Isn't it beautiful?

Her first taste!

Oops I forgot to put the hat one when I first gave her the cake:) She didn't like it, so it didn't last long!

I love love love this mess!

Getting cleaned up and she did NOT like it at all!

LOL, still not liking the clean up!

Sunday, March 21, 2010

Oh MY Goodness.....

Murphy Jo has learned how to type, thanks to her sweet daddy! She thinks it is really funny to get able to type on our laptop! I on the other hand think we have created a monster:) But who knows maybe these early skills will make her a ton of money some day!

Typing with daddy

Aren't you so proud of me mommy?

Here we go!

Exploring

Murphy Jo is so into opening cabinets and exploring! We caught her one day in one of the cabinets! Of course it doesn't have anything in it! I thought it was super cute and wanted to share it with y'all!

Hi Mom:)

" This must be how the door opens and closes!"
(once again trying to figure it out!)

Look at me!

Okay here I go!

Little Gym Pictures FINALLY:)

Little Gym is going great! I think this is one of the best things we have done for our sweet little Cupcake! She has always been a social bug, but now we get to see her with kids her own age! It is so fun to watch her interact and "play" with her new friends! She was cracking me up last week, she was over at the uneven bars trying to figure out how it is put together (think she has a little of her daddy in her?)! YELP she is the the ONLY kid that is over there trying to "figure" it out! So funny! Anyway, here are a few pictures from Little Gym.

If you look real close you will see bubbles. They do bubbles the last 10 mins of every class and she LOVES them!

Here ya go, now you can see the bubbles!

Murphy Jo and one of her new friends:)

Daddy and Murphy Jo on the balance beam!

Walking:)

She loves loves loves the bar! She actually pulls herself up, with my spot!

Walking on the high balance beam! I love her face here!

Thursday, February 25, 2010

She was 6 and now.......

She is 12! Really our sweet Haleigh has grown up that fast and I feel like the time has passed that fast! When I first met Scott and Haleigh, she was just about to finish her Kindergarten year! Now she is about to finish her 6th grade year! WOW where did the time go?

On Feb. 20 we had Haleigh family birthday party! It was lots of fun! PopPop G and MomMom P came, Uncle Nathan, Aunt Kerri, Landon and Logan all came too! We started the day of waiting for Murphy Jo to wake up from her morning nap! Then we all got ready and went to Babes Homecookin' in Frisco! That place is so yummy! When we came back we played for awhile then Haleigh got to open her gifts and we had a cookie cake and ice cream!
Haleigh is so special and is so loved by so many! I hope this year brings her much joy and tons of happiness! We love sweet Hay-Seed! Thank you for making our life better!

Isn't she beautiful?

Valentines Day!

My parents came down to visit us on V-Day! We had a ton of fun! We didn't do anything "out on the town" we just stayed at home and relaxed! I thought I took more pictures but I didn't.... oops, sorry mom and dad:( They just love hanging out with Murphy Jo! As you can tell in the pictures she keeps them laughing! They kept saying "she is the happiest baby we have ever seen"!

Thanks Granny Smith and Poppy John for coming to visit! Next time I will take more pictures! I PROMISE!

What a perfect day!

Murphy Jo and I got an unexpected snow day together! It was super fun! We didn't go out in the snow, because Murphy Jo does not have any "snow clothes"! So we just stayed inside and enjoyed our day together! We played, ate, played some more, took LOOOONNNNGGG naps but the best part of the whole day was watching Murphy Jo read! It was so cute! She picked up the book "Love you Forever" and she laid on her beanbag and read for a good 15 mins! And I am not kidding! It was amazing! She would read and then look at me, read some more and turn the pages.... I loved watching her in action! As a teacher, one of my biggest hope for Murphy Jo is that she has a love for reading! We are starting out pretty good!