Big Sister

If you haven't heard... someone is going to be a Big Sister in May!!!

and we couldn't be more excited!

halloween 2012

I was so excited for halloween this year. Holidays are just so much more fun with kids of your own.

We hosted an awesome halloween party that I'm bummed we didn't get a single picture of, but we had a blast with all our friends! 

Maggie dressed up as her favorite, Minnie Mouse. After making last years costume of a sheep and the struggle with that I promised myself I would never make another costume..... well I did it anyway. I couldn't resist the 3$ dress from DI turning it into a minnie dress. 

Maggie was a little unsure about the whole trick of treating thing. At the trunk of treat, people would hold out their bowls of candy and she would just stare at them like, " You're really giving me this?" After much time and hesitation she would eventually reach in the bowl and grab something. She has always hated anything in a scary costume, so I constantly had to assure her that everything was pretend.

But she sure did love the candy!!! and so did Mom and Dad!

Elder Meacham

About a month ago, my little Brother Weston left for his mission to Spokane, WA speaking Marshallese! It was such a neat experience to attend the temple with him a few weeks before his farewell and watch him embrace the importance of the gospel. I'm already missing my little brother, but it's so exciting to hear his letters and the success he's having in the MTC. He says the language is easy?? and he was called as district leader.  I was lucky enough to take some of his mission pictures. 

Mags prays for Weston every night. She'll randomly ask about him or mention him. While watching a BYU basketball game she said, "That's Weston?" She really loved giving him hugs before he left. Weston wrote in his letter, "Will Maggie and his nephews remember him?" How could they forget!

Squeezing in one last family picture before he left.

We decided to drive down on Wed when he left for the MTC. I was a wreck. He just kept smiling and laughing about all of us being emotional. You could just tell he was excited and ready to go.

 I'm so proud of him and the decision he made to serve the Lord. He'll be such a great missionary! I envy him, and know this will shape who he is for the rest of his life. 

The church is true!!!

happy birthday mags!

A few months ago, our Mags turned 2!!! My family wanted to squeeze in a mini vacation before my brother left on his mission, so the weekend of Maggie's birthday we went to Park City for a long weekend. She was spoiled with a Minnie Birthday Party! I'm pretty sure my family bought her the whole Disney store. 

Mallory, as always, made a fabulous cake!! Unfortunately, this momma forgot candles... so we pretended.

We had so much fun in Park City we even got to do the Alpine Slide together!! They asked, "Is she 2??" and we were able to say, "YUP! Today's her Birthday!" I was surprised how well she did on the slide. She sat on my lap, gripping me as tight as she could while mimicking my "Wahoo's!" 

Shopping with Miss Bets!

When we got home we were able to celebrate with Papa Carl and have real candles!!!

I can't believe my little bug is 2! More to come on my little Mags. We love you!

Summer in a nutshell

This summer has been a crazy, fun, busy one!

Maggie and I took a fun trip with the fam to Bear Lake (while Caden had work meetings). I had a crazy not so full week at girls camp. We were evacuated after being on the mountain after 2 hours because of the crazy fires surrounding us. We come home to more fires. So we finished up camp at a near by park for a day.

Terrible picture, but fire view from our side porch.

I had a getaway weekend to St. George with my girls in Mount Pleasant! We left the hubby's in charge. They survived!!!

I did a triathlon in May and did Mount Pleasants 4th and 24th of July 5k with friends.

Here we are enjoying the Mount Pleasant 4th of July parade.

I love this girl!

I planned my high school 6 year class reunion. Phew! Glad that's over.

And helped Caden and his cousin plan the Gurr family reunion. Caden and I celebrated our 5 year anniversary with a fun getaway weekend to Salt Lake where we stayed at the Little America and got massages and relaxed.

One of my favorite memories this summer was witnessing and photographing the birth of my beautiful niece Betsy Tiff

We've done a lot of walks, parks, picnics, swimming, drive inn fun, etc etc etc and we're sure looking for school to start again so we can slow down a little.

our typical afternoons

She loves to play mom! It's kinda cute that she'll find a random dish cloth somewhere and us it as a blanket. A perfect size. If she spots a baby somewhere, she freaks out! "BaBY!!!" She's a little protective of them too.

Daily walk with friends at 9am.

Now I know we've seen enough shoe pictures, but I don't think I can say enough how much she is obsessed with this. Especially the heels!

Chocolate Chip cookies anyone??

YES please!!!

SHOES!!

Maggie has an obsession with shoes! Mom's shoes, daddy's shoes, her shoes. If a pair is out, she will be wearing them! I tell her "Let's go! Go get your shoes" and you would think it was Christmas with the look that comes across her face.

Today we tried pigtails for the first time and I just about died!! Oh i just love this girl!!

typical morning

Is it wrong that she'll typically look like this after eating in the mornings?!? okay well maybe not this bad. But Maggie insists on feeding herself! She would rather not eat than have me feed her. I'm glad she's independent and all, but sometimes I wonder how much she's getting in her mouth. I usually have to sneak my spoon in there and hurry and give her a bite while she's still working on filling up her spoon. But this morning I actually walked out and came back to see this...

Easter

birthday!

Last week I celebrated my 24th birthday! I was woken up to this beautiful mess outside by my 3 awesome friends here in Mount Pleasant. Well actually I was first greeted by the doorbell at 1am first. I got a lot of stares from my neighbors that morning.

I then spent the day with my mom and sisters at City Creek. Mallory made me wear a "Birthday Girl" banner so strangers would say happy birthday to me all day.

As you can see, Maggie enjoyed a little too much time at H&M.

and of course there always has to be a fabulous "Mallory" cake!

Even though I'm 24, I still feel like I'm 18. I hope it stays that way!

18 months old

* sleeps like an angel * has 14 almost 16 teeth * runs fast! * loves books * loves curious george * hates to perform* loves talking on the phone* hates the doctor* loves rearranging my wallet * will go to anyone * loves being outside* wears my shoes * loves to brush her teeth* such an animated face *loves candy (canee)* has a fake giggle

The other day we were about to have lunch and Maggie was wanting something. I would ask her what she wanted and she would say something back. Then she asked for something else and I asked her a question. It was so odd I thought to myself, my baby and I are talking. ( probably only a way we could understand). It's so fun to see your baby turn into a toddler and learn new things. It's in the little things like when we're outside and she points to the sky and says " a (where's ) moon??" or when she wants to read her books herself ( i have to tell her what to say word by word), or when i say "let's go" she grabs my keys and reaches for the doorknob. She has such a fun personality and sure keeps us busy. Oh it's so fun!

first haircut

Now you're probably thinking to yourself, "What did you cut??" Although she doesn't have much hair to cut, it needed some trimming from random long pieces. So after almost 18 months of life, she had her first haircut! Grandma did a wonderful job!