This sweet little babe got to come stay with us a few days while her babysitter was sick. Little girl, you can come hang with Aunt Maggie and cousins anytime!
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Halloween Fun
Yes, I said Halloween! Finally, I have edited these to post. The girls had a lot of fun Halloween night. We went to Trunk-or-Treat at our friend's church. It's our annual tradition. In case you can't tell the girls are cats and J was Winnie the Pooh as a pumpkin. Before I put him in his costume he was a BSU fan, along with his Dad. :)
The previous night I had taken the girls to the PTO's Halloween carnival. It was a little chaotic-tons of kids running around in costume-but the girls had a great time. Emma was pretty quiet at first, looking around and taking it all in. She's like that at first, cautious while she checks things out. But, she soon figured it out. They had all sorts of different game booths. Both the girls were excited to have their own tickets to hand to the ticket takers at each booth. There was even a cake walk and a engraving station. Both were things I remembered from the carnival I attended as a child. It brought back some fun memories.
Mackenzie had sold the most raffle tickets in her class so she got some extra tickets. She was pretty proud of herself. I was proud of her too, not that I'm competitive, but she was so uninhibited when it came to selling tickets. She took them to church, asked people in the community and hit up her family. I am just not a sales person so to see her be so brave about it was neat. I hope this sounds okay; I feel silly writing it. But, I think it's fun when you see your kid do something you may have insecurities about. I guess I just have that fear of rejection about asking people for things and so far she doesn't. It's also fun to see life from a kid's perspective: she still gets excited about little things like selling raffle tickets for her school.
All in all it was a Happy Halloween!
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
A Few of my Favorite Fall Things
Here are just a few of my favorite things right now: (in no particular order, just as they pop into my head)
-Pumpkin Spice Tea Yummy! I add milk and sugar and it's delicious!
-Scentsy (love Spiced Orange Harvest-very strong, but a perfect scent for fall)
-holding my baby boy as he falls asleep in my arms (can't get enough of that as he's growing too fast!)
-my three-year-old's laugh (I'd like to record it as it is just so cute!)
-hearing about my Kindergartener's day (She's always so excited about school.)
-fall colors (the trees look amazing here)
-editing new photo shoots (each one is so different; I love seeing the expressions I've captured)
-Pumpkin Spice Tea Yummy! I add milk and sugar and it's delicious!
-Scentsy (love Spiced Orange Harvest-very strong, but a perfect scent for fall)
-holding my baby boy as he falls asleep in my arms (can't get enough of that as he's growing too fast!)
-my three-year-old's laugh (I'd like to record it as it is just so cute!)
-hearing about my Kindergartener's day (She's always so excited about school.)
-fall colors (the trees look amazing here)
-editing new photo shoots (each one is so different; I love seeing the expressions I've captured)
Hope you are finding lots of favorites to love right now. Happy Day!
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
9 months ago
Today my baby is 9 months old! It's hard to think that last year at this time I was carrying this little boy in my womb and now he's a crawling, pulling up, babbling little guy. He happened to have his 9 month check up today. He weighed 19 lbs. 8 oz. and is 28 1/2 inches long. The doctor said everything looks great!
He's eating lots of table food now and just can't seem to get enough. On Sunday he was downstairs with Josh and crawled to the steps. He was to the third one before Josh could get behind him. He stayed there just in case, but J made it all the way up to the top by himself! We took him back downstairs and sure enough, he headed up again. Now there is a gate at the bottom to keep him down there.
He loves banging on the table and is starting to make more babbling noises, especially when sitting at the table. Teaching this guy manners might be interesting!
It's hard to think about what our life was life without him because he makes our family so complete. I know the next three months is just going to fly by, but I'm going to try to just hold on to the time as much as I can.
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
What little J's up too
I thought I'd show you what our little man is up to these days. He's crawling everywhere and pulling up on everything. Look out world, here he comes!
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
My day
Today was my birthday. I received many wonderful birthday wishes from family and friends both near and far. It was neat to hear from hometown and childhood friends, as well as those who are miles and miles away. And although I didn't get a lot of time to relax as many well-wishers told me to do, I still had a wonderful day.
My birthday gift to myself was actually attending a scrapbooking event last weekend. It was nice to catch up with friends and with our family books. I spent all of Saturday journaling about family events in 2006 I'd already scrapbooked. But I also feel energized to keep working on more albums. An aside: Friday night MJ and I worked on books together (we gave her one for her birthday). It was neat to see her pick out the paper and photos for each page. She then added her boxes to journal about each picture. Jayten stayed with Nana last weekend. His first overnight trip away from us and he did great. Josh was gone to a cattle sale all weekend. The girls had a fun time with our friend Shane who stayed with them Saturday. Sunday night we stopped by M&C's to visit and exchange bday gifts with Carla.
Another little gift was a night "in" with my girlfriends last night. I don't know what I'd do without these women in my life; they have been my rocks, as well as providing a source of laughter and joy as we roll through this journey of motherhood together. L, D, R and C-love you girls!
Yesterday and today, I got to babysit my sweet little niece. She's three months old and such a darling baby. And even though she shed some tears, she also had lots of smiles for her Aunt Maggie. I think she must have forgiven me for not knowing exactly what she needed when she needed it.
Today, I sat with E and she sang songs to me (Twinkle, Twinkle and Happy Birthday). It was absolutely precious. She wanted to be very helpful today with baby Mya. And even though I had cleaned up many messes before our day even really began this morning, I was grateful all day for the time I spent with my three-year-old.
I watched my baby boy move from the rocking chair to the end table by taking a few steps. Every time I look at him he beams me the biggest grin. It's awesome. I could stare at his chubby little face all day long.
I listened to MJ tell me about another great day at Kindergarten. She is so enthusiastic about school and I love to hear her share her excitement at the end of each day.
J and MJ went to town tonight and brought back dinner. They also surprised me with a Red Velvet cake, Chocolate Brownie ice cream and presents!
It was a great birthday. I can't think of any place I'd rather be than here with my family being a wife and a mother. Thank you God for my many blessings!
My birthday gift to myself was actually attending a scrapbooking event last weekend. It was nice to catch up with friends and with our family books. I spent all of Saturday journaling about family events in 2006 I'd already scrapbooked. But I also feel energized to keep working on more albums. An aside: Friday night MJ and I worked on books together (we gave her one for her birthday). It was neat to see her pick out the paper and photos for each page. She then added her boxes to journal about each picture. Jayten stayed with Nana last weekend. His first overnight trip away from us and he did great. Josh was gone to a cattle sale all weekend. The girls had a fun time with our friend Shane who stayed with them Saturday. Sunday night we stopped by M&C's to visit and exchange bday gifts with Carla.
Another little gift was a night "in" with my girlfriends last night. I don't know what I'd do without these women in my life; they have been my rocks, as well as providing a source of laughter and joy as we roll through this journey of motherhood together. L, D, R and C-love you girls!
Yesterday and today, I got to babysit my sweet little niece. She's three months old and such a darling baby. And even though she shed some tears, she also had lots of smiles for her Aunt Maggie. I think she must have forgiven me for not knowing exactly what she needed when she needed it.
Today, I sat with E and she sang songs to me (Twinkle, Twinkle and Happy Birthday). It was absolutely precious. She wanted to be very helpful today with baby Mya. And even though I had cleaned up many messes before our day even really began this morning, I was grateful all day for the time I spent with my three-year-old.
I watched my baby boy move from the rocking chair to the end table by taking a few steps. Every time I look at him he beams me the biggest grin. It's awesome. I could stare at his chubby little face all day long.
I listened to MJ tell me about another great day at Kindergarten. She is so enthusiastic about school and I love to hear her share her excitement at the end of each day.
J and MJ went to town tonight and brought back dinner. They also surprised me with a Red Velvet cake, Chocolate Brownie ice cream and presents!
It was a great birthday. I can't think of any place I'd rather be than here with my family being a wife and a mother. Thank you God for my many blessings!
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