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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.
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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!
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!
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.
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.
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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.)
Sorry it took so long to get these up. Layla has been doing great with her cereal she is definitely a good eater. We have tried some squash this week and she is not to sure about that. Today she decided to put a Cheerio in her mouth and just like her sister she gagged on it for awhile.
Maggie is getting over a stomach flu so it was been a long couple of days for her but I think we are over it and hoping that Layla will not get it.
Monday we have our 1st trip to our Doctor I was really looking forward to seeing how much weight Maggie had gained. This summer she seemed as if she has grown so much, but I think we now lost a few pounds. Layla has had no trouble with weight although she seems to keep getting longer and not much thicker.
We hired a new babysitter for a couple of hours a week so I can get work done on Leotard Crazy and so far it has been great! Maggie really seems to like her of course Layla has given her a hard time, but she is still getting used to someone else feeding her. Hopefully she will be totally on the bottle by next month! She is pickier than Maggie was since she has hardly gotten bottles over the last 6 months.
I think that catches everyone up on what we have been up to- we will get some new pictures outside as the leaves change. I am so happy to see that again!
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Do you think Layla is ready for food? She got a little mad when we took the bowl away, she was working very hard to get the macaroni in her mouth. Its torture when Maggie eats, we are going to start cereal today!!
We had a great time today Celebrating Jamie, Lucie and Drew’s Birthday!! Maggie got to play at the park and then eat cake and pizza with her friends, and Layla of course just hung out. We had such a great time- Thank you Kelly and Luanne!
Layla is growing so much and starting to laugh a lot more, still not much rolling around though. She doesn’t have much of an interest in playing on the floor unless of course Maggie and I are down there with her. She is a new phase of separation anxiety- if you leave the room she starts screaming. Its funny because if she is in the stroller at the park where she can’t see anyone she is fine.
Maggie starts gymnastics tomorrow!! Her and her friend Addyson will be doing class together, and I’m not sure if Mommy or Daddy will get to do it with her. I think I’m gonna be teaching some classes on Thur. mornings but I’m not sure what time yet- I guess I’ll find out tomorrow. I’m excited to get back in the gym.
Have a great weekend and enjoy the pictures!
I know a lot of people have asked us if you can order prints off the site and until the other day I didn’t know how. If you have a Flickr account when you click on a picture there will be an Order Prints option above the picture. Hopefully that works- we haven’t tried it yet, poor Layla has no printed pictures in the house. I have promised myself we would do it this week.
