Sunday, September 25, 2011

Friday, September 23, 2011

16 Months

Friday Maggie turned 16 months. She is definitely a toddler now! She is none stop and even though I can't understand her she has something to say about everything! She is starting to repeat what I say more, but very few words have stuck. A new one that she says a lot is "up" when we are going up the stairs...speaking if stairs, I now let her go up and down them by herself which means toys wind up in even odder places than they use to. Naps have become more important...if she doesn't get a VERY good nap in then it is not worth taking her anywhere! She can blow kisses and will occasional give you a real one but those are very rare. She likes to sing, especially the itsy bitsy spider (with hand motions thanks to aunt Jenn Jenn!)

Nana's Farm

Sunday we visited Nana and Pawpaw. They have about 40 acres with a bunch of animals. This was the first time Maggie has ever payed the animals any attention and she had so much fun!

Big Girl Bed

A couple of weeks ago Maggie decided to start climbing out if her crib, so we decided to switch her to a toddler bed even though we thought she was still too young. The first couple of nights weren't terrible. It took us a while to get her to sleep and she woke up a couple of times during the night, but everyone still got enough sleep. We didn't time this switch very well because after only two nights of the new bed me and Eric left for a weekend in Gatlinburg and Maggie spent the weekend sleeping in a pack-n-play. But Sunday we finally came home and got her right back on track. She came home and got in her little bed and hasn't looked back since. When it's time to go to bed or take a nap we just go up to her room and I put her on the bed and walk out...sometimes she will get up and come to the door and whine for a little bit, but she will finally just go get back in bed and go to sleep. I can't believe it has been this easy! The only thing is we have to close her door and put a baby gate up behind it because if she wakes up she likes to roam. But she has had no problem putting herself back to sleep! I wasn't going to get her some toddler bedding until I knew we wouldn't be switching back to the crib...but it looks like I need to go shopping!

Sunday, August 21, 2011

Lauren is 4!

This weekend we celebrated Lauren's fourth birthday. It was a princess theme for our prissy princess :)

















Our smallest cousin Mac also celebrated his 1st birthday this weekend. It was an adorable monster theme!..unfortunately I didn't get any pictures...HAPPY BIRTHDAY LAUREN AND MAC!

Tuesday, August 16, 2011

15 Months

Maggie is 15 months old today! Time has flown by since her birthday...probably because it was summertime. Her personality is getting bigger every day. She knows what she wants and likes and has no problem expressing it! We are getting to the age where disciplining her is necessary but very hard. That is my biggest obstacle right now...trying to figure out what works and what doesn't. We went to the doctor today and everything checked out good. He thought we might be able to stop the medicine for her bladder reflux but the urologist wants her to continue with it for the whole year. Here are Maggie's stats:

Weight: 23.6 lbs (59th percentile)
Height: 30 3/4 in (54th percentile)
Head: 18 in (41st percentile)
Diapers: size 5
Clothes: 18 month
Shoes: size 4












Thursday, August 11, 2011

I'm Back!

I haven't blogged in FOREVER. We have been busy this summer swimming, visiting family and friends, and wedding planning. I also haven't been taking many pictures :( but here are a few that can sum up what we have been up to!




Celebrating the 4th






Visiting JiJis parents in Huntsville




Hanging out on our new couch




We are now obsessed with tv...







Playing with our cousins





Celebrating Westin turning one!




Swimming :)




Just being cute




Hanging out at Ava Reese and Westins new house and borrowing his pjs




New milestone: stacking blocks!




New millstone #2: coloring!


I promise I won't let it go this long again without blogging!