WATCH OUT HE WALKS!

So it finally happened...Morgan has ventured out into the great unknown with his hands straight up in the air and his mouth wide open. This little guy loves to walk! Right before we left for Christmas break he started to take a couple small steps between us, then in the airport he took about four steps and now he just can't wait to get on the move. I think he really enjoyed the soft carpeted landings on every one's floors in Florida and was encouraged to keep trying with all the other walking cousins running about. Morgan does not want to be left behind or miss out on any of the fun. We have more video of him walking and opening presents and playing with his cousins but it is on my video camera and I haven't figured out how to get that on the computer yet so here's a little video I took before we left for Florida. We hope everyone had a great holiday break and we look forward to seeing all the pictures and hearing the stories. Ours will be coming soon.

Made in Harlem just for my Enjoyment

The other day I popped in to a favorite store of mine on Lenox, Harlemade. They have really cute clothes and other kitschy items related to Harlem culture. I saw this hat and just couldn't say no...it's brown perfect, the right size for my little monkey bonus and looks like a mini do rag score! I'm still so happy that Morgan will always let me put things on him and never tries to take them off. This makes me less sad that I don't have a little doll...I mean girl to dress up with pretty ribbons. He's a trooper.

These pictures are really just because I love my kids funny face and think others might find him fun to look at as well!

Morgan sports the one ear out look and baby root beer belly. That's how we roll in Harlem.

The other night Morgan was a bit tired and kept flopping about the living room. His favorite place to take a break was in the corner between the couches. Looks like a good place to relax.

During this same night Morgan and Cody had fun playing with pillows. If you can't guess Cody just got home from church...we're not always that formal. The next video after that is at our friends Ashley and Bryan's place. Morgan and their son Eliot were laughing at each other in the hallway so I thought I'd try and capture it but all I managed to do was capture Morgan going crazy because I wouldn't give him the camera. Once again I enjoyed myself and decided to share it with the world.

Cody wanted to make sure everyone saw how big his fro was getting. Nah it doesn't make your head look gigantic at all!

Since we got in the mood to take funny pictures we decided to get a nice closeup of our oily faces for all to enjoy.


Someone at church the other day told Cody and I we look like brother and sister. I found that a bit creepy at the time but I guess we do have some similarities...those cheeks really couldn't get any rosier on either of us.

Grand Central for the Holidays

Last Saturday afternoon Cody, Morgan and I had a few hours in the afternoon that were amazingly free of other holiday commitments. Cody decided to plan a fun outing to Grand Central to see the toy train set up and enjoy the seasonal festivities from a warmer location. Morgan quite enjoys riding around on Daddy's back and was busy taking in all the sights. That is King Kong on the Empire State Building between Morgan and Cody's heads. I'm not sure what this mountain is supposed to be since it was a little set up of the City but hey it was fun place for the train to go around anyway.

Morgan got his first taste of Indian food from Cody's samosa and really loved it. Of course I haven't really seen Morgan turn down any food at this point as everyone who sees him can tell. Yep, he's a future linebacker with exotic tastes!

We ate at the dining concourse and I had some fabulous pizza from Two Boots. Cody loves the Indian food here as well so we recommend it to anyone who happens to be passing through.

These are my boys in the main area of Grand Central. In the Vanderbilt Hall they have a Holiday Market set up that is pretty fun to see and is much warmer than walking around Union Square.

Strand[ed]

I love books. I really love stores that sell books. I really really love stores that sell books at a discount! And I'm absolutely IN love with The Strand!Morgan also shares my passion for books as you can tell...that's the face of enthusiasm!
This is the children's section of The Strand. I love coming here every year to buy books for all the nieces and nephews and now Morgan.

This year Ashley and Eliot joined in on the search.

Sunny and Harper also did a little browsing.

Though I'm not sure if Harper really got the true experience since she never opened her cute little eyeballs.


Before Ashley, Sunny and I dragged the kids into The Strand we wandered around the Union Square Holiday Market. There were so many wonderful ways to spend money in there but alas we were forced to just look and drool. Surprisingly it wasn't that hard to push around three strollers together...we got a few dirty looks on the subway but hey we've got to Christmas shop too!

Jump on the Elf wagon with Grinch names

So I've been seeing lately a lot of these elf videos on people's blogs and email. Fun stuff! It never gets old watching people's heads dancing on other people's bodies in funny costumes and weird dance moves. My brother-in-law Mike did it for his family and it was quite enjoyable. I teased him for having too much time on his hands and he sent this nice little video of Morgan as Scrooge in reply. Hope you all enjoy and Chamaine I'll get to that tag thing tomorrow I promise!

My good friend Sharon also had a fun little thing on her blog about Grinch names. Our family names are: Beth-Miserlybeast Poutyfoot, Cody-Peevishgloom Poutyfoot and Morgan-remains a mystery because the website won't let me on anymore but if I was guessing I would say Sweetcheeks Poutyfoot!

Decorating Take 1

I finally received my Uppercase Living order and couldn't wait to get started. Cody and I grabbed our tape, level, made sure Morgan was asleep and got started. We decided to give our apartment door a little festive boost. A boost that couldn't walk off with a stranger (actually our building is really safe and I wouldn't worry about a door hanger. I just don't have one).

Next up was our living room. We've had one wall in our living room that we could never figure out what to do with it. When I first saw the UL catalog I finally had an idea of how I could fix the big white space problem. With the help of some lovely picture taking skills by Ashley, her nifty camera and a lovely fall day in Central Park, we finally filled in the blank space.

Here are some lovely pictures of the "making of" the beautiful family wall.

We'll all just ignore my double chin, back fat and red eyes!

Please note our crazy plant that seems to grow a foot everyday and Cody's festive Christmas lights glowing behind the blinds. We're the only people in our building with lights...bah humbug to everyone else!


Since we have a little boy who loves to take baths and is sometimes joined by other little friends who also love to splash around, we thought this sign would be appropriate!

Great color coordinating don't you think?!

Well, that was a look at our first attempt at decorating Uppercase Living style. Hope you all enjoyed and let me know if you felt inspired and want to know how you to can fulfill your decorating needs.

Kind of like Howler Monkeys

Last night Chase and Morgan were entertaining themselves for a very long time by simply giggling at each other and peaking at each other around the edge of the couch. I was trying to talk to my mother on the phone and she asked me who was screaming to which I replied "No, they're not screaming they're actually laughing." It was the cutest thing watching these two crack up at each other. However, my favorite part of the video is the end...and don't worry two seconds later they were up and laughing again!

After the boys got up from their naps they both had a serious case of bed head going on. I tried to capture their amazingly crazy hair but these photos don't really do it justice.

Morgan's little curly-cue.

Chase went for the all over craziness.

Also, the other night I was trying to capture Morgan's new trick...foaming at the mouth. He walks around babbling and blowing spit bubbles all over his chin. He works up some nice foam action which I thought was pretty funny looking. However, being that Morgan can't stand something dangling in front of him that he can't touch, he got pretty upset at me for not giving him the camera. I have to say I think Morgan has the cutest sad face in the world and sometimes I just let him cry for a few seconds to get a good look at it. That's not sadistic right?!

6 Facts about me: Morgan the Monkey

Although I have not resided on this earth for very long, there are a few facts the general viewing public might be interested in...and here they are for your blogging pleasure.

1. I have an insatiable desire to attack anything that is dangled in front of me...food, mommy's hair, daddy's hair (chest, arm and leg that is) and of course cameras with flashing lights.

2. I like to wiggle and thrash about whilst anyone is trying to do anything with me...if hairbrushes happen to get stuck down the back of my pajamas while this wrestling match happens... so be it. That's the price you pay when you mess with the monkey!


3. I enjoy accessorizing with all things animals. Monkey hats, turtle shoes, elephant costumes...the list could go on and on. This trend continues on with my sleeping attire as seen by my bulldog, monkey, and dinosaur pajamas.

4. I have discovered that frustrating my parents is a complex art form. First step is to do amazingly cute things whenever the camera is just out of reach of both parents and I am on a precarious perch in which they cannot leave me unsupervised. The second step involves hightailing it to the edge of the bed and consequently just out of frame whenever they obtain said camera.

5 and 6. Living with my parents, mommy and daddy, in Spanish Harlem makes for pretty dull posts sometimes so I must do my best to fill each day with crazy stunts and super cuteness so that their friends and family won't abandon hope of entertainment when they view our Royal Adams Antics!