updates with the Morris Crew....

Well we totally fell of the blogging radar for a few months didn't we! I will try to catch everyone up on the past few months in pictures. Of course the kids had a great Christmas and have enjoyed playing with lots of new toys, the best thing we got this year was each kid got a Leap Pad. They are wonderful to use when we are in the car or waiting in restarants or at doctors appointments, best thing is that I have gotten my phone back since they have something of their own to play on.

Kambryn had two seperate TOT performances, one at the Dr. Pepper center in Frisco during the halftime show of the Texas Legends game and one at McKinney Boyd High School. She did great at both performances and has really got some basketball skills.





Late in December, right before Christmas Kambryn got a nasty double ear infection, she hasn't had one since her second set of tubes where placed in February 2010 so as I suspected her tubes had fallen out. We went in to see our loving and wonderful ENT Dr. Mehendale, he was really hoping that this was just a one time fluke and she would be fine without another set. So 10 days of antibiotics and a two week check up resulted in no infection but still lots of fluid. Less that two weeks later she was back at the office with another double ear infection and her 7th case of strep throat in the last year. As you can imagine Dr. Mehendale recommended we remove her tonsils and since he was already going in for that procedure he would also put in another set of tubes at the same time. We were warned that the recovery is hard but the key was to keep her hydrated. So off to Centennial Surgery Center we went on February 7th for her procedures. I have to say I was a little taken back when she came home from the surgery center and had pizza for lunch, a bowl of soup, yogurt and ice cream. I hesitated to let myself think that her recovery might be easy....think again. She actually did great the first 5 days, then day 6 hit! She would wake up screaming and would be is hysterics for what seemed like forever before we could get her calmed down to drink something and take another round of meds. We kept her medicated every three hours around the clock but it really didn't matter from day 6-10 because she was in so much pain. Once we had those nasty scabs come off she turned a corner and has been back to her old self, actually better...she is sleeping better, eating better than ever before and trying new things all the time.
Before surgery, happy on silly juice

After surgery, not a happy girl at all

Finally resting at home
The rest of February has been pretty uneventful, Valentines Day came and went as it usually does around our house. Both of the kids had a dentist appointment this past Friday for their regular check up and cleaning. Kambryn does ok at the dentist, it is not something she particularly enjoys but she is a big brave girl and sits in the chair on her own without mommy holding her hand anymore. Kolten is a different story, but isnt he always! He hates going to the dentist, he hates having his teeth brushed at home and I haven't even tried to floss his teeth at this stage of the game.

My big girl getting her teeth cleaned

Showing off those pretty teeth after her cleaning

Kolten was proud of his pearly whites also

I think that catches you up on most of what has happend in January and February, nothing to exciting or crazy but that's ok with us. Coming up you can expect posts from Spring Break and also birthday planning starts for the Morris kids, the big 5 is right around the corner for Kambryn and Kolten will be 3 just a few months later, man how time flies by!

Reminiscing about Santa.....

December 2007

December 2008

December 2009

December 2010

December 2011
I get a little sad each year when I pull out the Santa pictures and see how quickly the kids are changing and growing. I remember each Santa experience just as if they were yesterday. Hope you enjoy our little trip down memory lane.

OU vs. Iowa State

I know that I am way behind on blogging so I am going to do my best to catch everyone up on what the Morris Crew has been up to the past few months. One of the most exciting things that Kambryn got to do was go to Norman with mommy and daddy for an OU game over Thanksgiving. This was a last minute opportunity and we of course jumped at the chance to see our beloved Sooners play! We did however decide to leave Kolten with Ganny & BawPaw, we just didn't think that he would be able to tolerate the long game, cold weather and having to stay in one place for any length of time. We however did not expect the weather to change the night before the came and become a crazy cold day with a stinging rain and 40 mph winds. All in all we had a great time, Kambryn was able to talk with the cheerleaders, mascots and see the Schooner and horses upclose, she loves watching the Pride of Oklahoma (the band) and the halftime show. We did however leave at halftime because it was so cold but I don't think anyone had more fun than our Little Sooner!

Kyle may divorce me but.....

it is just to cute of a picture not to post! Kambryn and Kolten were playing so sweetly together in the playroom and I was getting so many things done around the house (laundry, organizing cleaning, ect.) but I may need to monitor more closely next time. Kolten was so proud of the dress that he had on he kept saying "Me a princess" and all I could do was just laugh as he twirled like Kambryn and smiled from ear to ear. I think some policeman and fireman costumes will be on the Christmas list this year :)

Pre-K here we come...

I can't believe that Kambryn started Pre-K this year! Seems like just yesterday I was pregnant with her, she was just beginning to talk, just beginning to walk and then BAM...we are in preschool....you know what that means - Kindergarten is just a blink away. I look back at Kambryn last year on the first day of school and she looks like such a baby compared to this year, what a difference another year will make.

First day of Pre-K September 2011

First day of preschool September 2010

Meet the Sooners Day 2011

Best picture I could get of the back of Kolten's shirt, I didn't get Kambryn's at all!

Sweet Kolten getting his autographed helmet back from the players

Kambryn with a few of the OU cheerleaders

This weekend was the annual Meet the Sooners Day in Norman at OU. We have gone for 3 years now and have really enjoyed it. We have stayed at a different hotel each year but I think this year we have found the one we will stay at from now on. We stayed at the Sooner Legends and as you can imagine by the name every room was decorated with Sooner memoribilia but that isn't why we loved it so much. We have learned over the past few vacations we have taken this summer it is best to have a few things in a hotel for us to survive 1) mini kitchen with microwave and fridge 2) make sure it is a suite with a few rooms. This hotel also had the added bonus of having 50" flat screens in the rooms and dvd players, a bonus but not a requirment for the Morris Crew. They also gave us a couple of free passed to the breakfast buffet in the restuarant downstairs and I have to say it was not to shabby, we were all full and happy when we left.

This year they did make some major changes and I was not sure how it would all work out. In the past the Meet the Sooners Day had been open to anyone who wanted to come. Sooner Kids Club members (like us) got in 45 minutes before the general public. This year only kids 14 years and under would be admitted with one parent per child, this was not a problem for us (obviously). Also the past few years they had been set up on the Rugby feilds, this year we were set up under the Oklahoma Memorial Stadium (which was great with the fans and shade) and the team and coaches were divided between the east and west grandstands. They had offense and assistant coaches on the east end and defense, special teams and Head Coach Bob Stoops on the west end. All of the above changes actually worked out great! In the past the way it was set up it was crazy and thousands of people would come and it was a little overwhelming at times. This year it was very calm and organized, with the limited admitance no one was having to run around like crazy people to get autographs, pictures, ect. Here are just a few shots from our weekend. Boomer Sooner!

Dog lovers...

Kyle and I have been talking for about a year now about when to get our first family pet. We started with some fish for Kambryn last year and she has done great taking care of them. Kolten is even getting in on the action and beginning to take care of things around the house. Our wonderful babysitter has a sweet cocker spaniel named Prissy and both kids love her to death. This past weekend our friend Joe came over and brought his puppy Chicco, he was so sweet with the kids and they absolutely adored him. I think we are going to have to get serious about getting a family dog, of course Kambryn has already been telling people the dog will be a girl and her name will be Bella, oh boy! We will see what happens.....