McGuffie Family: Our first attempt at Blogging...

This was taken in December when Morgan was 8 days old.

Well, today I finally gave in and decided to join the "blogging world" so family and friends could easily keep track of our expanding and moving family! After many years of different attempts to keep people informed of our "doings", I decided this might be easiest to follow us and follow our precious girls as they grow. This blog is mostly dedicated to Riley and Morgan as they grow and change in our journey being a Navy family. As most know, we are now approaching the beginning of our 7th year in the Navy, as well as our 7th wedding anniversary! We've had amazing memories, experiences and some of the most wonderful opportunities thus far in our journey not only in the Navy, but being married. Mitch and I married in June 2003 just a few weeks after graduating from college, moved to San Diego for 2 1/2 years, then to England for 2 years, and now we have been in DC the past 2 and a bit and are preparing to move, yet again! This will be our biggest move yet, with 2 kids in tow. Wish us luck (me especially!) as we prepare. I think the key is just putting a smile on your face and knowing all will fall in place, eventually!

Morgan is almost 3 months old now. She is growing so fast and changing daily. She is our "chill" baby. So content and happy and, I know it sounds weird for a newborn, but she rarely cries! God must know not to give you more than you can handle! Riley has always been so good, but a very high-energy child who only liked to take cat naps! Morgan is so happy to sleep for hours on end (still) and last night she slept from 9-6:30 without even waking. I eventually woke and HAD to wake her because I needed her to eat. She is still sleeping in our room in a bassinet and will until probably 4-5 months or so.

Riley is cute as ever and constantly keeps us laughing. She is one animated and outgoing little girl! She loves a crowd, loves to make others laugh, and loves to sing. I wonder where she gets that from! She has some very musical grandmothers that I'm sure passed down some musical genes to her! At the moment, her favorite thing is to rhyme. She rhymes everything. When we were in TX, she was calling my Mom, "Boo Shoe" and my Dad "Pops Schlops". She is very excited that we have purchased her big girl bed (a twin, adorable tent bed from Ikea) for her new room when we arrive in Newport. Her furniture is being passed to Sister, so we wanted to make it special for Riley. She still loves to read and spends countless hours reading each day. She's also become my go-to girl in the kitchen and loves to do crafts with me.

Mitch finishes his job in just over a month and then we'll be moving before he starts department school. We're really excited about living in Newport, but very sad to leave the wonderful friends we've made here in DC.

I'll hopefully be updating this often. It's easier than constantly emailing pictures of the girls. Hopefully I won't be as 'wordy' as this first blog, but I had to start somewhere! We hope everyone is well. Missing our family and all of our amazing friends we've been blessed to know during all our journeys. Our door is always open to our friends and family, wherever we may be!

All our love,

Kelly & Mitch

Mitch & I in November '09. I was 36 wks pregnant with Morgan.