Maggie Pics

Maggie rolls over from back to belly

Well, she has officially done it both ways now. My little Maggie Rie has now rolled from her back to her belly. She is 6 months old today. I cannot believe it. She is such a blessing in our lives! Maggie, I love you sweet girl!

The girls and I loaded up yesterday (1/27) and headed to the zoo. Just the three of us. We had such a great time. Claire's favorite part were the monkeys. We got to watch the gorilla eat, take a break for a minute, throw up, and then eat the throw up. Talking about recycling. Maggie had a good time too. I sat her in the stroller without her car seat and she loved sitting up and watching all the action. There is not much going on at the zoo. So in the summer the animals are too hot to be out because they will have a heat stroke and in the winter they freeze so they stay inside. The sea lions were out and bathing in the sun... oh it made me want to go and sit at the beach and just sun bathe. Guess I better be getting this body in some sort of shape to even think about putting on a bathing suit. So back to the zoo... Its funny, when you go to the zoo without other people you can go through it pretty quick. I did a lot of look claire see the ____ . ok mommy where do we go next.
We had a great time. I have always loved going to the zoo with my claire-bear but this trip was the best because I was with both of them. I love you girls!!

Nashville Pics

Random Thought

Isn't it funny how babies can eat and poop at the same time. They really don't care. Think about it.. pretty appetizing isn't it.

A Paci and Bottle Prayer

There are many things to pray about in life. I guess two things that dont make the list very often is the paci and the bottle. These two things have made my list. My claire-bear took to a paci and a bottle like a pro. My sweet little Maggie is revolting. I have tried and tried and tried to give that little pudgeball both of these very amazing inventions and she will not have it. I will say that mimi gave her a paci a couple of weeks ago and she just played with it in her hands and put it in her mouth only to chew on it. Its the same thing with the bottle. I spent 15 dollars on this special bottle that was suppose to be "THE BOTTLE". She just chews on it. I do squeeze the juice in her mouth and she likes that but she is not doing any of the work. Tonight she screamed for 2 hours going to sleep. I will never understnad why babies fight sleep. I would gladly change places with her. So i guess at this time I will be like Dori on Finding Nemo... just keep swimming, just keep swimming.... just keep trying, just keep trying, just keep praying, just keep praying.
I do think God can find humor in all of this. He knows how much I love the paci and the bottle both... Not only will Maggie not take either of these at the present time she also LOVES to eat. Oh my sweet pudgeball. Looks like its me and you kid. One of these days I am going to sleep for 5 days straight!! yippe. i am looking forward to it.

The onion cookies

Claire was playing with her kitchen and she came and asked everyone what they wanted. She loves to make cookies so I requested onion cookies. You see we have gone through pretty much everything that I would like her to make me and she says "but i dont have that". So i knew she had a tomatoe, an onion, and corn. So i said I would love some onion cookies. She got so excited. I will have to say that the onion cookies were delicious. What a good little cook I have!

Trip to Nashville

Rodney had a church planters conference in Nashville this past Tuesday (1/20). Claire went to mimi's house and we loaded up Maggie and headed up there. Its been pretty neat because the past two overnighter road trips we have taken are places that I have never been. We were not the travelin family type growing up. We did go to the beach and I do remember a trip to Six Flags. I remember being so excited that I could not sleep the night before. C'mon six flags. I could understand like Disney World or something but like I said we did not travel much and this was a treat. I also remember listening and loving the music that Leanne grew up on. The song "every time you go away you take a piece of me (but instead of me I would say meat) with you". Not even sure what that song is called but Leanne made fun of me. I didnt care. So back to the Nashville trip... We left out early and arrived in Nashville around lunch time. After a class we headed to the Opryland Hotel. When i told Brook where we were staying she got so excited for me. They took a trip to Nashville around Christmas time a couple of years ago and she talked about how awesome it was. I was just so excited because our room was REALLY BIG compared to what it is now. We had a big king size bed a desk and a big bathroom. We had a meeting that night and then Maggie and I hung out in the hotel the next morning while Rodney went to another meeting. We left out around lunch and dropped by our friends George and Carol Vinson's house. We only stayed for a few minutes but it was a great short visit. We were soon home again. Wow what a fast trip but it was fun.

Claire roasts marshmallows

On the way home from running some errands Rodney decides that him and Claire are going to build a little fire and roast marshmellows. How funny it was when claire got so excited about the "fire" part. (she takes after her mommy). They had a great time and of course claire did not want to eat the dirty ones. She decided she would just stick to the ones fresh out of the bag.

Maggie rolls over

Last thursday (1/15) Rodney took Claire to work with him and I got to spend the day with just me and Maggie. I was playing with her in the floor and put her on her belly. She just leaned right over and did a roll. I could not believe it. She was so funny because after she realized she did it she just smiled so big. She has not rolled from her back to her tummy yet but i figure this too will come in her own time. Way to go Maggs!!

The Chunky Monkey

Well, our little Maggie is officially a pudgeball. She cannot fit into her 3-6 months clothes and I am making her Easter dress a size 12 months in hopes that even this size will fit her. She has enough fat rolls on her to last several weeks of no feedings but that does not stop her none the less. She loves eating fruits and is not loving the veggies all to much (dont we all) She is not afraid to tell you that she doesn't like it either. She will just spit it right back in your face. The first time was pretty cute. Now, not so much. Her ankles have kankles and her kankles now have ankles. My little pudge ball has not rolled over yet but I am 100% ok with this. My sweet active claire bear started crawling about this time and has not stopped yet. I have learned that "they" will learn it all on their own time. Plus I feel like I am making up for Claire not just sitting in the floor playing. Maggie will not take a paci nor will she take a bottle (of my milk even). She has found her thumb (we are not so excited about this) and when she is going to sleep she likes to suck on her lovie that Claire picked out for her. You are precious Maggie Rie

The Wagon

Mimi and Papa bought Claire and Maggie a wagon for Christmas. Claire absolutely loves this thing. Her favorite part about this is the door that you can open. It even has a bup holder. On Christmas Claire and Madyson sat in this thing and ate, watch movies, and just played. It was a big hit! Thanks mimi and papa!! You know how to pick them.

The Cage

Its not very often that you put your children in cages. I guess some really don't do it at all. Apparently we put Maggie in one everyday. I was putting claire to bed the other night and she said "mommy, will you get my teddy bear that mimi made me". I asked her where it was. She said "its over there in maggie's cage". All I could do was laugh. I guess it does look like one. Does she really think we keep her in a cage...

Last Saturday night we went bowling with our friends Andy and Rhonda from Church. This was Claire's first(and possibly last) time to bowl. Man bowling has gotten expensive these days. The first thing Claire wanted to do was put on the funky cool shoes but they did not have her size so she had to settle for her favorite brown ones. She did so good and she loves to bowl. Everytime any of us would get up and bowl Claire would be right there cheering us on. She even gave me a big thumbs up when i did not knock any of them down. We had a great time. Even Maggie seemed to really enjoy it.

New Years

Well, my sweet hubby got a fantastic deal on a hotel just outside of Chatanooga for just the two of us... well the three of us really because we all know Maggie is a "can't leave home without her" gal. Maggie did great! She slept all night and was just her sweet smiling self. Claire stayed at Mimi's house and played with all of her new toys from Christmas. Rodney and I had such a great trip (even if it was only for 24 hours) and it was much needed. We mainly walked around downtown and saw all the neat sights. We walked over the bridge and we also got to eat some yummy Japanese food. I am into the sushi these days. This thrills Rodney and it thrills me because what i get is cheaper than a regular meal (shout out to dad on that one). I lacked 8 mins to make it to the new year. (whats really sad is that it was on Chatanaooga time which was only 11 here) I asked rodney why he did not wake me up. He said I rolled over and said goodnight and he did not think i would have wanted to be woken. But what i really think is that he fell asleep too. So we just said happy new year the next morning. You know its funny with your first baby how you have to have all the bells and whistles. We were going to just make a place on the floor for Maggie that night instead of hauling a pack n play. She ended up sleeping in her car seat all night. A couple of sleepers and of course me and we were on our way. I think our first trip with Claire we packed up her entire room.
Thank you my sweet husband for a much needed little get away. I love you!!