zero.

Zero more days until schools it out. School is out for Summer! We have been a busy little family with mother's day, service projects with church, molly and our 3 year anniversary! What a full life it has been though and so many things to give thanks for!

This weekend we are off for a fun family mountain adventure and I am jumping up and down with excitement! What are your memorial day weekend plans?



four.

Now we are down to five four more days. Yippi-eeeee. I know that I have been MIA but with the school year winding down and Mother's day, plus Miss Molly being sick we have been busy. This weekend is another crazy one coming and then next week it is our 3 year anniversary (woot woot!) and Allen's 29th birthday.

This was a photo I snapped Saturday of Mother's Day Weekend.

Just how I wanted to spend it: Allen/Molly/Pool

Eight.

I only have eight more days of work. Eight more days until ...summer. I love that in my career I am able to experience summer. I am able to slow down with my family and enjoy the sunshine. I am so excited about this summer. We have small plans -- nothing like some fancy beach getaway ---but perfect for us.

Most of all I am excited about being a stay at home mom for 2 whole months. Mornings with Molly, afternoons with Molly and evenings with Molly. I am sure we will watch plenty of "Curious George" aka "The E E" as she fondly calls him, have picnic lunches and swim at the pool. I. cannot. wait.!

I snapped this photo as I was leaving the house to drive to work today. Molly in her monkey pajamas, waving bye bye to mama. Of course she is hugging her baggie of animal crackers, my child loves hugs. Allen is crouched down beside her. I guess he didn't want to document his early morning face for me. I love those two!

Morning Snuggles

Somehow we have fallen into a family tradition. Every single morning (with an exception of a few) our little family of three snuggles down under our covers and spends the first of the days moments together.

Once Molly came along we no longer had any use for an alarm to go off to wake us up and tell us its time to start the day. Almost to the exact moment our little girl wakes up at 7am crying for us to come get her. She does not sit in her crib and play or talk to herself - she wakes up crying. This is our alarm clock.

So almost every morning I mumble to Allen "honey can you please get her?" and almost every morning he does. Sometimes I am already awake and so I happily walk into her room and pick her up, other times I am in a sleep coma and I stumble into her room looking for a paci to keep her quiet for just a few more minutes. We pull her into the bed with us and snuggle under the covers. I love these moments so very much. This morning as she laid her head on my pillow and grabbed my hand I watched her reach out and touch her daddy's head. He reached up and held her other tiny hand and there she lie, happy as a clam with both parents by her side. After a little while I whispered to her "mommy has to get ready for work" and she shook her head no and pulled my hand closer to her chest. So I told her okay and I snuggled even closer.

I know that these moments will not last forever. So I am going to enjoy them for as long as I can. I know that Molly may not remember them but I plan to store them in my heart forever.

cheese dip and chalk

This past weekend was really great. We spent a lot of time together as a family on Saturday and that just filled my heart right up.  The past few months in the Morrison home have been really busy. The weekends somehow turned into massive "to-do" lists instead of just spending time with the ones you love.

This Saturday I was determined to not let that happen. It almost did, but awesomeness prevailed and we were all under the same roof for the entire day.

Allen surprised us (me and molly) on Thursday with a giant play fort for the backyard and we spent the majority of Saturday playing on that. Molly loved coloring the sidewalk with chalk and we took lots of water breaks in between.

Sunday morning Molly and I headed out to the Y and spent some time splashing in the pool. I had about 2 million sweet moments with her and had to mentally photograph all of them in my mind. We sat together in the water and played with some toys, we twirled around in the deep end, and we made new friends. Molly is a huge hugger and will hug just about anyone big or small.

This weekend was so beautiful. I am so glad I didn't miss things like: our gardenias in full bloom, watching molly make friends, celebrating Cinco de Mayo, molly learning how to nod (say yes) and watching her trust herself as she went down the slide all by herself.

What a privilege it is to be a part of this family that God has so greatly blessed me with!

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Hi, I am Whitney Morrison. I'm a wife, mama, and avid diet coke drinker. This is my blog. Welcome