So, the thing about this whole new approach and writing more is that I actually have to have something to write about. Who wants to hear about what I do everyday I think my life is pretty fun and my girls keep me busy but will anyone else really care. Well for all my family and friends who come to the site to see the girls feel free to go directly to the pictures, I will never know the difference and I wouldn’t be offended. Justin has been pushing me to write more since we started this site as a blog, my response was “who wants to hear about me and what we do everyday, its just normal Mommy stuff” well I was wrong. Over the last few months I have found many “Mommy blogs” and I am addicted. Its an amazing world when you can sit down at the end of the day and connect with moms who are going through the same thing as you, sometimes at the same time. Even though you don’t know them personally it is easy to connect and get advice without ever having to offend them if you don’t agree. Our Moms had the phone and we have the computer!
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A New Approach!
So I’ve decided to take a new approach to our little website here, in the past I have only posted when I had pictures to share. Doing it this way I don’t write very often. After reading over yesterday’s post I realized how lucky I am to be home and how reading about how much fun we have can really help me get through the not so fun days. You know the ones with runny noses, no sleep or just the ones that seem to never end. I figure if I can do this it would be great way to share what the girls are up to, and since we all know I’m not very good at the whole baby book thing at least it will give us some sort of a record.
Today, we decided to tackle baking again. We haven’t done it in awhile and most of the time we’ve done it is the out of the box kind. So we decided to make Chocolate Chip Cookies this is a whole different experience with a two year old. Maggie loved it though and after getting over the fact that we were going to make a mess we both had fun. I don’t know why I cared about the mess its not like my kitchen is clean to begin with. The tricky part came when we had to put them in the oven, actually getting them out. We have a couple of dark batches but no burnt cookies. YEAH!! Watching Maggie dip them in her milk and devour them was great, she was proud that they were HER cookies she was eating.
Layla had to watch us and she was not happy about that, she made sure we knew she was there the whole time and then when it came to eating them she sat in her high chair licking her lips and saying “mmmmmm.” She is making new sounds everyday we’ve got mama and dada a few times. Her favorite is “Yeah” when she claps hands and her newest is “Bye” with an attempt at a wave each time. She is moving all over the place now, she has not figured out the crawling thing yet but that doesn’t slow her down. I’m sure it won’t be long and then there will be no stopping her.
PLAYING IN THE SNOW!
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We received our first significant amount of snow overnight. Maggie could not wait to get her new snow pants on and go play, Layla as you can tell was not as excited. Most of the time she stayed in her carseat all cozy and warm I took her out just before going in the house to get some pictures. As you can tell I had great luck getting both girls to look at the camera without any tears.
Maggie loved the snow!!!! We made snow angels and she had a blast just falling in it over and over. It was not good for making a Snowman or Snowballs but she had fun just throwing it at me. As adults we view snow as an inconvenience and think how cold it is and horrible it is to drive. Then you watch a 2 year old play in it for the first time and forget all about the nuisances and remember how much fun it is.
Today was one of those days that I am so grateful to be home. After our playing in the snow we came in and had some Hot Chocolate (another 1st) with lots of Marshmallows of course. And we ended our day watching Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer. This was one of those days that make all the hard days worth it.
If everyday was like today would we truly appreciate them!
Thanksgiving Pictures!
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I finished adding our Thanksgiving pictures, Maggie had such a great time with Justin’s cousins little girls.
Enjoy the pictures!
HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!!
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Happy Thanksgiving! Hope everyone had a great day with family, friends and of course lots of Food! We had a wonderful day at Justin’s Aunt Linda, and Uncle Jim’s. We will have more pictures in the next few days I’m feeling a little tired. (Maybe too much turkey!)
We got our first snow last night, not too much left now but winter is definitely here.
Playing at the park!
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Well we are still enjoying some mild weather, so we took advantage and went to the park this morning. Tomorrow will be very windy with the possibility of flurries!! Uh Oh I’m not sure if I’m ready for this yet!
We tried to get a picture of both girls on the swing and this was the best we could get. As you can see this was a very emotional trip for Maggie. She has asked since we moved here to go on this big slide and finally Daddy said yes. Well, half way up the stairs she decided it was too high. We really tried to help her through it and I got her down the slide but she did not want to try again. This set off a lots of waterworks until we hit the swings and then things were better.
Layla loves getting to go on the swing and down the slides! She is getting so big, and everyday seems to be doing more. I know she will be moving all over the house soon. When she lies on the floor on her stomach she is in constant motion but hasn’t yet realized how to move. Although she has realized that you can do more than just roll back and forth and uses that to get around. Maggie is really trying to teach her how to crawl she usually gets down on the floor and shows her how to do it while explaining each step as well. She is a great teacher and Big Sister!!
We will see once Layla can get around and into everything how Happy Maggie will be!
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!
Halloween is finally over we started celebrating last Thursday, and I took this picture that night before the Hartland Business Trick or Treat. It was the only one I could even get them in together. On Friday we went to Midwest Twisters for a Halloween Carnival. I have a couple of pictures from there but it was hard to take them with it being so dark.
We really celebrated Halloween on Saturday, we walked in the Oconomowoc Parade with friends from Mom and Tots and then went to Luanne’s and Lucie’s to do some Trick or Treating. What a chore that was, Maggie was the slowest walker ever, but it was fun. We decided not to venture out tonight for Hartland’s Trick or Treat time. Maggie has a cold and seemed more excited about people coming to our house and giving them candy, unfortunately not many people came though. I think if I tried to put Layla in the Bumble Bee again she would have thrown a huge fit. Maggie did answer the door in her Lady Bug.
I have added some other fun pictures from the last few weeks. Hope everyone had a great Halloween!
Catching up with Pictures!!
Well I’ve been trying to take more pictures for everyone. As you can see I tried to pose the girls for nice shots but the best ones are of course when they either playing or not paying attention.
We had a great weekend Justin and I actually went out to dinner on Friday and Saturday. Which was wonderful!! Sunday night I went to my friend Jamie’s house to have a fun moms night in. It was a lot of fun, there are 5 moms who are expecting babies in the next 6 months so we did some fun baby shower things. We have such a fun group of moms I am so happy to have them. And of course it helps that Maggie has fun with the other kids and likes to go to the playdates.
This week we will start Halloween on Thursday with a business T or T in Hartland, then a Halloween Party Friday with Moms and Tots, and Friday night at Midwest Twisters for a Carnival, and a Parade on Saturday. And that is only the beginning we will have more for Sunday, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.
We will take lots of pictures.
Playing Together
Here are some new pictures of the girls just hanging out at home. Maggie was showing Layla all the shapes.
We have not been doing much this week, Saturday I took the girls shopping. Maggie finally got some warmer clothes that fit her. The new stroller has made it much easier to do these things. We are getting ready for Halloween we have lots of fun things to dress up for. Layla still needs a costume and you will have to wait to see pictures for Maggie’s. She loves it and asks to wear it everyday. Trick or treating will be a lot of fun this year.
Pumpkin Patch
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We spent this morning at a Pumpkin Patch and petting zoo with our friends from our Mom & Tots group. Maggie did not want to do touch any animals of course, we tried for the pony ride but she would not do it. Although we did love the Hay Ride a little bumpy, Maggie only fell off the haystack once and thought it was very funny. Layla was laughing through most of it. We tried to get some pictures but they were a little shaky, there is the one of the three of us.
We had our checkups last week and the girls are both doing great, and growing (only one way of course). Maggie is up to 25lbs, and 36in. tall and is in the 25% for weight, and 75% for height. Layla is 14lbs and 26in tall, she is also in the 25th for weight and 75th for height. her weight gain has slowed down since our move but I’m not surprised. Layla is loving her food and I’m sure we will continue to gain. She is now sitting up by herself and pushing up on her hands while reaching for things when on her stomach.
Maggie’s favorite things these days are puzzles and anything to do with letters. She is just soaking up new information everyday. Last night we watched gymnastics on TV and she was bouncing all over showing the girls (on TV) how to do rolls, and cartwheels and twirls of course. It was lots of fun to watch and I think we both enjoyed watching how much she loves gymnastics (at least for now.)