The Morris Family Blog: We’ve Adopted!

We welcomed three new members to the Morris family last weekend. Meet Chick Chick, Princess and YaYa! The names may change, but for now these are the names the kids picked out for them (including Jed with “yaya!”) I don’t know which one is which, but they do.

With a dog that has pretty much chewed up our house, a cat who thinks she owns the house and three little monsters who RUN the house, why not add some nasty chickens to the mix! I’m not even sure we’re aloud to have them, but of course, rules don’t apply to Blaine. After a few years of trying to convince me how nice it would be to have fresh organic eggs (I don’t even like eggs), I finally gave in and let the boys turn the tree house in the back yard into a chicken coup! These little guys are only about 2 weeks old, so right now we have them in the garage in an old dog kennel under a heat lamp.

GG adores them, Jed wants to squeeze them to death and Colbie is a little scared of them (kinda like her Mama!)

Speaking of kennels, we got Chase this fancy new triple XL kennel that fits a crib mattress to keep him from destroying our house when we leave. You’d think at almost 9 years old he’d calm down a bit, but the poor guy completely looses his mind and throws temper tantrums every time we leave the house, taking it out on our doors, screens, couches, you name it. So far, it’s been a fun place to lock up Grammy and the kids!

We had a nice Thanksgiving out at the in-laws first and then my brother & Kim’s second. We basically ate Turkey and pie from about noon to 7 that day. Blaine’s brother Tim made it down for the holiday and also to celebrate his 40th. We hadn’t seen him in at least 7 years so it was nice for the family and the brothers to reunite.

Having a big sister that likes to drag him all around, Jed has learned a not so good defense tactic and has started biting recently. It’s usually Colbie that ends up getting bit and I honestly can’t blame him sometimes, but it’s definitely something we have to nip in the bud. Colbie had a ball out at Buddy’s playing with cousin Brodie, who didn’t seem to mind her bossiness a bit and pretty much let her do whatever she wanted!

Jed took a few steps on his own last week, but still not officially walking.

The host and hostess with the mostess and their beautiful Thanksgiving table!

Uncle Johnny made it down this year!

The Saturday after Thanksgiving we had a small little party with a few of Colbie’s friends for her birthday. I cannot believe our little girl is turning FOUR! II

Colbie is still obsessed with Frozen and Elsa. I had absolutely no intentions of getting a piñata this year; however, a friend from work surprised us last week with the ginormous freaky Elsa! The kids of course had a blast beating the heck out of it!