Happy 4th Birthday, Morgan!

Today, my sweet baby Morgan turned four years old! I have yet to figure out how time passes so quickly! But my sweet girl is growing up so fast! She is doing so great in preschool! I see her learning new things every day! And she seems so happy in Ms. Misty's class. I have seen her really come out in the last few months! She is drawing stick figures now. And she is starting to color in the lines! She loves her friends at school too! When she sees a friend getting out of their car, she gets so excited! She has to call their name until they acknowledge her! She started dance and gymnastics this year too! Dance is going incredibly well! You can tell she really loves it! She is on her best behavior each week during class!

On to the birthday celebration!

It was a busy day! I had to run out and finish up a few more party preparations, so Shane fed the girls some lunch. Morgan wanted her usual..."clean, sweet bologna". Let me explain. Emma likes fried bologna. Morgan...not so much. She prefers hers plain. But when you ask her about it, she calls it "clean, sweet bologna". So, she got "birthday bologna"...complete with four candles!

We decided to have Morgan's party at Monkey Joe's this year! It is a fun, inflatables place. It was extremely crowded, but we still had a great time! The kids got to play for about an hour, then we went to our own party room for cake, ice cream and presents!

Ryan really liked the birthday cake!

Time to open presents! Morgan got to sit in a special chair!

Morgan ripping into one of her presents from Aunt Julie!

And yes, my child actually opened each card!

Morgan doesn't do so well with looking at the camera...so we rarely get a good family shot!

The boys got foam swords as party favors!

After we wrapped up the birthday party, the family headed over to the Olive Garden for dinner!

As we were finishing our meal, the waitstaff came by to sing their Happy Birthday song to Morgan. She was so cute. She wanted them to sing, but then got a little embarrassed! When I got home and watched the video, I really had to laugh at Ryan. You can see his little head staring at me the entire time! I think he was wondering why I wasn't paying him attention at the moment!

When we got home, Morgan had to check out her play make-up kit that Aunt Julie, Uncle Jason, and Ian gave her! She LOVED it! She pulled each piece out, then placed it carefully back into the packaging!