My Two Month Vacation is Over

I have some great news! I got offered a new job! And this is one that I was really hoping for too! I am very excited about it (as you can tell). I will be doing more of accounts payable and working with purchasing on invoices (a lot of what I did at my last job, but not at the same time). The offer came with a nice raise and some great benefits, so of course that is a nice plus! It's only 15 minutes from home and I can work my early shift (7:30-4:30)! I start December 5th, so I will post an update of how it goes!

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Happy Thanksgiving!

A Thanksgiving Prayer

Oh, Heavenly Father,
We thank thee for food and remember the hungry.
We thank thee for health and remember the sick.
We thank thee for friends and remember the friendless.
We thank thee for freedom and remember the enslaved.
May these remembrances stir us to service,
That thy gifts to us may be used for others. Amen.

May the spirit of Thanksgiving be shared by one and all!

Have a Wonderful Thanksgiving, and may God Bless you this Thanksgiving day and always!

"Bad Dog"

Sam has learned his first two word phrase. And I am learning that I need to watch what I say on a regular basis. I know that I tell Ocho (the dog) that he is bad when he does something like try to nip at Sam or take one of Sam's toys. And I tell Sam that he is bad when he dumps out the dog's water or food or when he throws his entire dinner to the dog. You know normal everyday things that kids and dogs do! Now I didn't think that I really said it all that often, but about a week ago, I heard Sam's first two word phase, "bad dog," as he points and yells at the dog. Or he will go where the dog's food and water is and point at the water and say "bad dog." He has the concept going - he knows what bad is. The thing is he says this ALL the time now! Even when the dog is being perfect, he yells at him - "bad dog." I got a cute video - now of course he wouldn't say the phrase when I tried to video him, but he does say "dog" and a couple a seconds later "bad, bad, bad" and then the famous "no" comes out too when I ask him a question. Here's the video (remember I can completely understand what he is saying - to someone that doesn't have a 1 year old or it's been awhile you might not quit understand him!).

Happy Birthday Andy!!!

Hope that you had a great day. We are actually going to celebrate on Saturday when Jacob is here. I will post pictures then. We love you - Pam, Jacob & Sam! Here are the pictures.

Happy Birthday Dad!

I met my parents and sisters at Hard Rock Cafe in Detoit to celebrate my Dad's 56th birthday! It was a great time! HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAD!!!
Check out the pictures!

Fall Pictures 2006

After three trips to the park, several outfit changes and an evening of Sam being in the worse mood ever, I somehow managed to get some family pictures. The ones of Jacob and Sam turned out great at the park (I always love taking those). Of course I got them the kinda matching sweaters and tried to get some of the same poses from last year. Jacob was great, smiled when I asked him to, looked where I wanted him to and he even had to ignore his brother when he wanted to bust out laughing. Sam on the other had, well lets just say it's a lot harder to take a "sitting pose" of a one and half year old toddler than it was last year when he was just five months! (I guess it would be the whole thing that he is mobile now - and quite fast I might add.) The evening for family pictures I thought would go great (boy was I wrong). As soon I had heard Sam stirring in his crib from his nap, I had the rest of us change into our "outfits" and got all ready. Sam woke up, I changed him, gave him a snack, but he was having no part of a family picture! I did get a couple good shots in (mind you I am using the automatic timer and jumping into the picture two second before the flash goes off). I also included some of the "not so great shots." ENJOY!

Fall Pictures 2005

Halloween 2006

Happy Halloween! This year Sam and I went over to my best friend, Erin's house. We thought that her daughter, Maya, and Sam would have fun trick-or-treating together. And they did! It was kinda chilly out so we just went to a few houses. Sam wasn't sure what he was doing really, but he seemed to like walking around and he looked so cute! Sam was a pumpkin and Maya was a ladybug. Sam had his first tootsie roll when we were finished and of course he wanted more! Jacob was at his mom's house this year and he was a pirate! Hopefully I will have some pictures to add of him too. Check out all the pictures here.

Halloween 2005

A Winning Picture?

I entered Sam in the babyGap casting call contest with this picture! Hopefully he's one of the lucky winners! (if you enter the email address pdgmoran@hotmail.com and click on his picture at the bottom you can see his picture and description)

Close Cousins

My niece, Lily was over tonight for a little bit and I just couldn't resist taking some pictures of her! Sam was still napping when she got here so I got her alone with the camera. When Sam woke up I got some cute pictures of them together. They are only 9 months apart, so I really hope they grow up to be close cousins (and we only live 10 minutes away)! You can see all the pictures if you click here.

Apple Picking, Hayrides, Cider and Some Mud

Sam and I met up with my parents and sisters for the morning and afternoon for some fun at Miller's Big Red Apple Orchard. It was raining some in the morning but by the time we got there (since we took a wrong turn at one point) it had stopped raining for awhile and we had a great time! Sam and Grandpa picked some apples and they were very really yummy! We went a on hayride and Becky trudged through the mud to get a pumpkin. Then we went to the petting farm where Sam wanted to kiss the goats! We then got some donuts and ciders and walked around some more. It started rain again so we got started back home. But since we were so close we decided to stop by the house that recently aired on ABC's Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. You can see all the pictures here.