My Morgan turns 6

Morgan Elizabeth turned 6 on Friday. She had some trouble thinking about her birthday this year without her daddy being here. She remembered he was here last year and even the year before he could swim with her to celebrate but this year he was going to be absent. For the past couple weeks we have worked through some of the questions she had about what Craig is doing in heaven and really coming to terms with where we are without him. One discussion at bedtime was what was he doing. We came up with several scenios on how he could be celebrating Morgan's birthday there while celebrate it here on earth. We came to the conclusion that we still have a good time with all that we have going in our house and he has a good time where he is then it was "okay". We would rather be together but we are happy for him and we are still happy here so we were "okay". These things don't come easy as I type that paragraph there is a lot more to it than one conversation at bedtime. But that was the overall conclusion after much discussion with art therapist, reading through scriptures about heaven, emails with teachers, etc etc. It is a lot for all of us to work through but we are committed to it and each time we do we are a little closer and are a little more healed than the day before.

I made the girls a "Daddy book" it is full of picture of them and Craig through the years. She got the first look for her birthday. They love it.

Morgan did enjoy her birthday. I came down with a stomach bug the night before but slept most of the day on Friday so by the time they got home from school I could rally and make it a special occasion for Morgan.

Morgan Elizabeth has been a fun-loving, hard-working, busy-bee from the get-go. She was in a hurry to get here (and landed me on bed-rest at 32 weeks pregnant) and hasn't slowed down since. She keeps me on my toes but is always willing to use the energy that God gave her to help others (especially her mom). She has made a ton of friends this year in school and she is a natural leader.

She was a tough baby but a really fun toddler. :)

I love this picture. You can tell they are polar opposites but the best of friends.

Happy 6th Birthday Morgan! Love you.