The Wonderful Life of Morgan and Carter!: Mar 8, 2008

Saturday, March 8, 2008

Look What My Hubby Gave Me for Morgan's Birthday!

Dan is such a wonderful husband. He always gives the most wonderful gifts.

Our family used to vacation in Colorado every year when I was growing up. I rode the same horse, Bo Jangles, year after year. I had one of his horseshoes with the years I rod him painted on the front. My childhood house burnt down when I was in high school and the horseshoe was one of the things I lost. I casually mentioned this one summer when Dan and I went to the livery in Estes Park. That Christmas... he gave me another horseshoe. He is so sneaky! He called the livery and found out the years we were there and they painted another one for not only me... my sister too!

Well, Dan proved to be a great gift giver once again. I of course wasn't expecting anything for Morgan's birthday. But, he gave me this beautiful card and white gold and diamond necklace for Morgan's 1st birthday. You can double click on the images below to bring up a larger image to read the sweet letter he wrote from Morgan.

Morgan's 1st Birthday Party at Petland

Ok, I know that I should edit out more of these photos... but I can't! We took so many photos that day. Morgan had his 1st birthday party the day after his actual birthday because his birthday fell on a Friday this year. We love love love Petland. It is the best pet store in the world. Petland is an actual pet store. It's not just a pet supply store like Petco or PetSmart. Morgan and I often go there to play with the tons of animals they have. And they have the odd animals that you don't usually see... like chinchillas, ground squirrels, monkeys and tons of other unique pets. All of the birds, rabbits, ferrets, guinea pigs and small rodents are in open cages. I just reach in and grab whatever I want. They also have little rooms to play with the puppies. We rented out their birthday room for his party. We had 11 babies and their parents. It was so easy. They gave us three staff members to run the party. They handled everything. I didn't even have to serve the cake or drinks. After a tour of the aquarium room they brought in different groupings of animals. The kids had a ball!

Above: Bruce Morgan (dad/grandpa) and baby AJ. Kevin and Amy Smith, Jenna Lummus in the chairs on the left and Scott Heal and baby Wyatt on the right.

Here's Morgan in his 1st birthday shirt with a guinea pig. I forgot his name. But, the staff members had named all of the animals.

Above: Becky Rasdall & Robin Kelm show Eva and Zoey a guinea pig

Above: Julie Kerper and baby Leah, Gaby Wiszberger and baby Natalie, Christi Heal and a screaming baby Wyatt.

Andy Wiszberger (in background). Dan and Grandma Lynn holding Morgan. The girl in tan is one of the event people. She is showing the babies an African Grey.