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everyone should watch this video...sooo funny!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZkdcYlOn5M

some pics of my cutie!

her indian name was "bright eyes"

i like this pic b/c it shows her pretty blue eyes :-)

morgan and all of her babies

morgan and her cousins (my brother's kids) christian and nathan

why do people get married?

i was looking at the wedding/engagement announcements on the clarionledger.com and it made me wonder - why? i would imagine most would say it's because they're in love and want to start a family.

but i was talking to a lady i work with yesterday - she is 40 something, divorced after almost 20 years of marriage and repeated infidelity on her ex-husband's part. they have been divorced for 5 years or so and she still hates him. i guess what i was thinking about is when you marry someone, you make yourself totally vulnerable to them. you open yourself up in such a way that your spouse can totally destroy you with a single sentence. the phrase "thin line between love and hate" really is true. because ultimately, you can't hate someone unless you have cared enough to really let them get to you. so why do people want to put themselves in that position? b/c no one thinks it will happen to them.

i have grown and changed ALOT in the last almost 2 years. i've thought about that a lot lately. i used to think that things were "meant to be" and let life happen to me. i thought, "well, if he wants to marry me, then it must be meant to be" (i am referring to my ex, not my current husband) and i don't know where i got that attitude but it is completely stupid to me now. whenever i find myself talking to someone new, oftentimes they ask "how did yall meet?" about me and bo. when they hear our rather unusual story, the usual reaction is "well, it must be meant to be!" except for one girl who said "that is sick!" - i still don't understand that one!
i just smile and say "yeah" or something, but i really don't agree with that at all.

and i will answer my own question (which was really meant to be rhetorical) - why did i marry bo? well, he introduced me to the church of Christ which i believe is the one, true church, without which i might never have been saved. (yes, that's what i believe - i know it sounds "cultish" but it absolutely isn't! i respect everyone's right to choose their own church but if you're curious about what we believe feel free to ask - i won't try to persuade you to change) second, he loves my daughter - it takes a lot for a man to be willing to love, provide for and raise a child that doesn't have his dna or his last name. you should see bo carrying around our camcorder at all of morgan's dance team performances - it's so cute! third, he has the same life dreams and goals that i have - to raise a family and to show our kids what marriage is supposed to look like and to spend eternity in heaven. fourth, he is very smart financially - is planning for our retirement and strives to keep us debt free. fifth, he expressed his desire to be, and is, the leader of our family. sixth, he not only respects, but embraces, my fear of flying (that was partially a joke, but it actually is true!) most importantly he loves and respects me. and he does little things daily to show me that.
i may very well be the luckiest girl in the whole world.

some pics

riding tricycle



fun at the ms state fair

nothing too exciting going on around the williams household...morgan was tinkerbell for halloween...will post pics as soon as i find my camera cord. morgan is still enjoying school - she loves her teacher and even has a boyfriend.

i am SOOOO ready for this election to be over! so tired of politics!! and just hoping and praying that john mccain wins!!

you hear that?

it's been VERY quiet at the williams home this week....too quiet. morgan has been visiting her dad all week. i miss her terribly, but i have called her every day. she usually is too busy to talk, but when she did want to talk to me she seemed to be happy. she will be home tomorrow, so i will try to get a LOT of stuff done around the house today. we've been working on stuff all week. we converted morgan's crib to a toddler bed (which she is SO excited about!) and bo started painting the kitchen.
the worst part about her being away is that her schedule gets all out of whack. so i don't plan to be putting her to bed by 8 pm sunday night - unless the excitement of the "big girl bed" will have her wanting to go to bed.

also, she is 2 years and 8 months old today! it's hard to believe that she is the same baby i brought home from the hospital in january 2006. that baby was kinda funny looking and did pretty much nothing but cry. i had such a hard time with her. i remember wanting to bring her back to the hospital and try to get a refund - seriously. i'm not kidding. i had a friend that, at the time, struggling with infertility. i remember feeling guilty that i didn't want my baby when she so desperately wanted one. i wanted to give my baby to her. but anyway, all that has changed now. i cannot imagine my life without my little sunshine! she still drives me crazy at times but THE highlight of my day is when i pick her up at school. she sees me and her face lights up. she starts running towards me saying "momma!" and gives me the best hug ever. she is the best little girl ever.

and, yesterday was 5 months of marriage for bo and i. last month, we decided to meet for lunch on each of our monthly anniversaries. with his job, he usually works through lunch, which is why we don't meet for lunch more often. so once a month, we get to eat a meal alone together. and tonight we're having our anniversary date, which will consist of driving to greenville to go to lowes, and eating at pasquales. i'm really excited!

another topic - the election - bo is more interested in it than i am, but i am 100% behind mccain/palin. this woman is a superwoman. it's all i can do everyday to raise one child and work 35 hours a week. she is managing to raise 5 kids and already has a pretty important job, and now wants an even more important job! i am amazed at how she and her husband do it all. now i think being a SAHM is an awesome thing. really just being a mom in general is awesome and difficult at the same time. but it's nice for me, as a working mom, to see a woman doing everything i do and a whole lot more. she inspires me to know that i can do it all! and i can have a big and important career one day if i choose to.

that's all for today. maybe i'll add some pics of mo's big girl bed later.

a week of firsts!!!

well, last week my baby girl finally got her first hair cut....it was getting kinda uneven in the back and looking messy. i got her a sucker so she would sit still while it was being cut, and it worked! she was SOOO good. bo videotaped it, while i took pictures, and of course we kept the all-important first curl.

our little fam, before the haircut...


during the haircut....



unfortunately, i didn't take one right after the haircut, b/c we still had to get home and eat and go to church - but the next day was another first...morgan's first day of 3k. now, she isn't 3 yet, so she will have to repeat 3k next year, but she'll learn a LOT more than she would have in her current daycare and it's only a little bit more money

here she is, ready for school...


and day 2 of 3k...


our little girl is getting bigger by the day. she's pretty much potty trained, except at night and i really couldn't be happier! i know some moms get sad b/c their babies aren't babies anymore, but that really hasn't bothered me yet. she is so much more fun now that she can talk and understand us. i'm sure i'll be a little sad one day, but for now i love the age she is -

all for now!

house update!

well, we have been working on the house for 2 months now. the carpet is gone (except for in the master - there isn't hardwood underneath, unfortunately) and every wall of the house has been painted, except for the kitchen - we're holding off for a little while before tackling that one!
bo and his dad are currently fixing the closets - they had this wire organizational thing which just didn't work for us. those are gone now and they have patched the walls and are repainting. bo is also painting the boards that will be shelves in the closets.
today, we are driving to jackson to go to miskelly's to hopefully buy a bedroom suit. we are both really excited, which is rare for bo to be excited about shopping - our master bedroom is huge ~ 20 x 15 i believe, which is nice, but is also a challenge to find the right furniture. so hopefully, we'll have a grown-up looking master bedroom soon, instead of the dorm room looking bedroom we have now.

just in case i haven't mentioned it, bo also changed out every electrical outlet and light switch in the house. they were all beige and some had been painted to match the wall colors. he wanted them all to match so we went with white. also he has bought, but not yet installed all new doorknobs for the outside doors, again, so they will all match. AND we're in the process of replacing all of the bathroom fixtures with oil rubbed bronze ones.

i am so proud of my hubby! he works so hard to make our house looks nice, and he understands that sometimes you have to spend a little bit of money in order to do so.

so anyway, just a little update. we are no where near done, but we're making progress!