she's taken over

Maggie has taken over...

the kitchen

the doorways

the bathroom

the ottoman (which was once filled with dvd's)

and now my living room!

not only has she taken over, but now my stuff has got to go. For the first few days I kept telling her, "that's mommy's" "that's not for maggie", but after 10 times re-stacking books...she won. She is crawling everywhere! and fast! I also have to vacuum and sweep the floor daily if I don't want to fish stuff out of her mouth. Oh Maggie! what will we do with you.

if planted it will grow

Well I started a garden. It's the first time in my life I have planted something. I was so nervous to do this. I googled for probably a good 2 hours about container gardening before buying our plants. I probably asked the stupidest questions to the "plant lady".

While Caden and I were potting our plants he mentioned that some might not turn out or grow, but it's worth trying. I then told him to have a little faith! I had to remind him that "faith is like a little seed. if planted it will grow!"

(I'm also doing this for my young women's project)

We planted tomatoes, green peppers, jalapenos, green onions, radishes and a geranium. It's been so fun to watch them grow. They have really taken off, except the green peppers that is...

and i think Maggie is enjoying the extra time out in the sun as I garden

GOING PRIVATE!

every time i have shown Caden our blog in the last 2 years he has asked me, " is it private yet?" "well, um, no. i want all to see just how adorable miss mags is!", i think. Now i suppose i should stop being naive about psycho's so......today's the day. i guess it's time.

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now as my husband always says to his students,

" have the best day of your entire life!"

picnic in the park

Even though it was a bit chilly for a picnic in the park last week, we couldn't resist loading maggie and a sandwich in the jeep for a little ride. i'm so lucky to have these two.

my 8 month old

She sings....loud

She has 2 teeth

She crawls a little bit at a time

Sleeping 11hrs at night

Loves to eat

Reaches for everything mommy has

Scares easily

Plays with my hair

Sits in shopping carts like a big girl

Loves to go on walks

memorial day

On Saturday we went to Salina to visit with Carl and go to Roene's grave. It was the first time we brought Maggie there. It was such a beautiful day!

and while the boys were changing the oil in the car, we had play time on the lawn.

Then we spent the rest of the weekend in PG celebrating mom's birthday and a day off with the fam. Maggie experience her first time in a movie theatre. She surprisingly did well. For the first 20 min she just sat and stared at the big screen and then fell asleep for the last 2 hours (with the help of me covering her ears).

I told Asher we celebrate memorial day to remember those that have died and soldiers. He asked me what soldiers are. " They're boys and girls who fight to keep us safe where we live" Thank you for those soldiers fighting to keep us safe!

makeover

Before:

After: (a foot of hair)

I've been wanting to do this for a while now and I was so excited for days! Thanks cas! I love love love it!

a night out

Last Friday was a much needed night out with our good pals the Poulson's!

Brielle and Maggie are just 2 days apart! It was so fun watching them play together. They sure did get a lot of attention and comments about their "cuteness" while we were out.

Nolan and Caden are only 4 days apart! Our girls are bound to be best friends. Wouldn't you say they both look just like their daddy's??

Then it was off for our first bowling trip (with mags that is). The girls were mesmerized!

It's nice to have another mom that has a baby the same age as yours so when your kid is fussy they know how you feel. Thanks Jani!

It was a late night in jammies for this little one.

Thanks for the fun night out guys!

rainy days

It's crazy how fast an hour can go by on a

rainy day snuggled on a bed.

yoga anyone?

Recently Maggie has quite the moves! She could be a yoga instructor.

Downward Dog

she does this all on her own. i don't put her like that.

Plank

Cobra

Table Top

All that work and the rolls are still there!!

I love her little tooth!

i got my new lens (50mm) today for mother's day and i absolutely love it, if you can't tell. Now i just need to learn how to work it to the fullest! Trial and error :)

goldilocks

Well, we did it! We accomplished 60 miles together on the Goldilocks bike ride!

It was a beautiful day full of ups and downs. Tires blowing out, headwinds, cramps, sunburns, sore necks and (most of all for me) being away from Mags for the longest ever (9 hrs!!). But it felt so good after 4 hours of riding, dancing while biking, and more than 3000 calories burned to arrive at the finish line!! So glad I had my mom and sistas there to celebrate. Couldn't have done it without you!!!!!!!