Morris Girls Reunion 2010: Part 2

*See ET story below* Beth swinging ET around
ET hopes to make a second run at Miami
Taking a nap for Joseph
Renee helping ET catch up
ET givin' Jules a kiss
Someone who shall remain nameless farting on ET
ET and his Mommy


Jules and I with Mint Chocolate Martinis

Beth and Jules









*ET Story: In college, my roommate Rachel, had this very, very creepy ET doll. Part of his eye is scratched off, he looks like he needs a bath (a point Jules tactfully made) and he's...well....just kinda creepy. So, Rachel slept with ET every night. I would glance over in the middle of the night and see his 1.5 creepy eyes looking back at me. Through out college we had lots of fun taking ET and hiding him, playing mean pranks on him and just general nonsense, usually alcohol induced. When we had one too many on Saturday, we asked Rachel to go find ET. She willing went to the other end of the earth to bring him out. We *think* he may still sleep in bed with her. The hope is Eric banned him, but we can't be sure. The video is Rachel cuddling with ET, unaware I'm taping her.

Morris Girls Reunion 2010

Clare watching the boys outside talking.
Landon and Clare giving hugs...
Landon checking out the situation
Clare, Landon and Paul checking out the mailbox
More Landon and Clare:)
Clare moving in for the kiss
Eating her very first bagel. Which is weird we've never given her one before, I would have said there wasn't any food she hadn't tried. She LOVED it.
Clare heading out of my arms reach to say Hi to Trinity and the Hays family
Renee and Trinity first thing in the morning
Beth getting a few more cuddles with Joseph before she gets on the road.

Renee and Trinity

Rachel and Joseph
Trinity
Jules and Joseph
Morris Girl Martini's and toast on Saturday night
Great Lake Brewery on Saturday for lunch! Very yummy. Too bad we found out the manger knew half the group and was offering a free round AFTER lunch!
Dinner on Friday night @ Lola's. It was delicious!



Here are some of the tamer pics from our Morris Girls Reunion this year! I have a ton of pics for tomorrow that should be good fun:) I also have some cute pics of all of the babies "together"!

Outside Fun, Wine and other trouble

Clare took her papasan chair and put it on the couch to watch tv. Usually she sits in and watches some YGG, but for whatever reason, she wanted ON the couch that day.
Helping herself up the stairs after she moves this pesky gate.
PopPop and Clare after a hard day of playing in the yard
"Ummm, Mommy, you must have left this on the counter for me? Yes?" as she pushed the the chair over to the counter and tried to help herself.
More Jonah from Veggie Tales
Chasing the ball
Playing on the computer with Nana
Trying to decide which one?






Kicking the ball for a few seconds until we lost her to freedom.




We had a great time in Cleveland! Lots of yummy food and good company.

I have tons of pics from my Morris Girls Reunion, so I'll be posting more this week. Though, the pics of that weekend are less than child friendly :)

Hope everyone had a great weekend!

Cleveland: Baby Joseph, Bubbles, Patty Cake and other Trouble

This is Clare and my friend Rachel's baby, Joseph! He is ridiculously cute and Clare had a blast playing Patty Cake with him.

Up close pic of Joseph! Seriously, could he get any cuter?
Aforementioned Patty Cake
Clare "talking" on the bell. The bell is for Nana and PopPop's dog Missy to let us know she has to go out. Clare uses it to "talk" on the phone. Ever since she was little and we visited Aunt Steph's, Clare talks on anything with a cord or a chain.
Clare chased a ball under the armoire. After she was under there, she played for awhile.
Upside down Moo, Baa, La, La, La
Clare chasing her very favorite thing in the entire world: Nana and PopPop's cats
The adorable counting pig...
Bubbles
Love this spill proof bubble container Nana found for Clare. She loved it too.
Playing "NICE" with the cat.





Nana taught Clare to blow bubbles! While we were in Cincy, Clare would whistle and call Aunt Heather's dog (Chief) "Tieffffff". It was super cute. We asked her to repeat the whistle and she was able to blow bubbles. She does occasionally still taste the bubbles, but what are you going to do?




If we have seen you in the past few weeks, you may have been forced to endure us making Clare perform the above trick! If you've caught Clare most days, she refuses. It's super cute and this is the video of her doing the trick right after she learned it from Nana. So, like counting, I swear she CAN do this part of Patty Cake. She is watching herself in the mirror for a large part of the performance. While I'll take credit for a number of her best traits, like her temper, that particular quality is all Chris. He loves the mirror:)




I have tons of pics of Cleveland and will be sure to keep posting them. The weather finally broke here and so the high of 65 ensures us spending the day OUTSIDE and at the park. We may have more pics tomorrow, but if not, check back Monday!

Hope everyone has a great weekend!

P.S. If there are spelling/grammatical errors, I'll fix them later. This post was made before my first cup of coffee, so I'll re-read later and be sure to fix them:)

Last Night in Cincy

Convincing Grandpa that he wants to give Mr. Lion kisses (whether he wants to or not)
Great Grandma Vi and Clare giggling with each other
Great Grandma Vi and Clare
Great Grandpa Chuck and Clare cuddling with a snack
Grandma and Clare
Clare trying on Great Grandpa Chuck's glasses
Pre-toss
Toss #53 (How does someone who is way older than me have so much more energy?)
More tossing
Clare selling us on another one
This was the first toss of the night...




We had a wonderful time in Cincy. The weather was great the first half of the week and we were able to do lots of fun things outside (playgrounds galore). It was great to see everyone:) Can't wait for August when we come back out.