Happy Anniversary and I am off to NYC!!!

Here is Julia talking on the phone to Grandmama and Granddaddy!!
Such a grown up little girl!

Maggie is loving the Mardi Gras beads that G and G sent her!!

Well Wyatt and I celebrated our 7 year anniversary on Monday with a much enjoyed date night. We got a sitter and had a nice dinner out!!

I will be jetting off to NYC tomorrow for a girls trip. Wyatt will be handling the girls until Sunday night when I get back. What a trooper.........I know they are going to have a great time with Daddy. I hope to have lots of fun pics to put up from the trip when I get back. For now I will leave you with some videos of the girls.

Julia is talking about her class trip to the moon on Thursday and eating astronaut food and seeing galaxies. And Maggie is dancing!!

Maggie's First Birthday Party

Maggie had her birthday party on Sunday and it was soo much fun!! We celebrated with friends and cupcakes!

The birthday girl!!

(the shoes squeak when she walks)

The party people!!

(Ana, Alex,Danny,Susie, and Andrew)

Opening presents


A beautiful blanket that Miss Jill made for Maggie.

Big sister helping

Love my Elmo!!
time for cake
yummy!
She loved her cake!

Eating her cake video!

Saying "Mama" and melting my heart!!

Margaret Lynn is turning ONE!!!

The day she was born........

Home from the hospital and into sister's arms.......

She really was a GREAT baby.......

Soon the smiles started with those precious dimples......

(about 2 months)

Happy Girl.......

(about 4 months)

6 months

I can't believe my baby is ONE!!!!

What a year it has been.....it is hard to believe that it has only been a year since Mags was born. I feel like she has always been in our family. She has defiantly been a great addition. One year ago today my water broke and the crazy waiting game began. Wyatt and I got Julia settled with our neighbor for the night and took off for the hospital. It was soo fun to call everyone to let them know it was time since I did not get to do that with Julia. Once we were checked in at the hospital we got ready for a LONG night. Little did we know just how long it would take to get to 10 cm. My mom actually had time change/rebook her flight and make it to Columbus, take a cab to the hospital, and see me before Maggie arrived. I was soo glad she made it. Nearly 18 hours after getting to the hospital Maggie made her appearance at 1:26 pm on Valentines Day!! I can still remember the excitement and anticipation in the delivery room when she was born and we heard "It's a GIRL!!" And she has dimples!!!!! It was so funny because the nurse had just given me the "lecture" they give all laboring moms about what to expect right when the baby comes out. You know "the baby might not cry right away" "we may have to do this do that......" "the baby might not look very good" blah blah blah....... Julia was 12 days late and looked really grey at birth and (she also had that really bad cone head some babies have at first) did not really cry either so I was ready for anything. Well Maggie was ready to make her debut that is for sure. She came out literally with one hand up by her face and in the air and SCREAMING before her whole body was out of mine. It was crazy!! We laughed at her waving and screaming and her dimples.........it was awesome. Wyatt was soo excited to get home to pick up Jules and bring her to the hospital to meet her baby sister. It really was a great Valentines Day last year. I just can't get over how much she has changed and her little personality is starting to come out and it is so cute. I love watching her learn and discover new things everyday! She is VERY snugly and loving always hugging and giving kisses. She makes the funniest faces and expressions these days. She also has a little temper too! Julia is really the one that brings it out in her the most. But hey she is learning to stand her ground and voice her feelings when Julia upsets her. After all it has been a year and she has put up with a lot from big sis so far. I am thinking this might be the year of the power struggle. Nevertheless I am ready for it. I am excited to see what this next year will bring our way.

Happy Birthday Maggie Moo Moo!! We love you so much and are blessed that you are our daughter and sister. - Mama, Daddy, and Julia

Sanibel Island continued............(read part one first)

Julia feeding Mags some key lime pie.

YUMMY!!!!

Picking up shells on the beach.


I made it into a picture......notice the scarf and long sleeves......it was a bit chilly!

Julia eating a marshmallow sucker......we were able to meet up with Liz and Ansley on our layover in Orlando on the way down to Sanibel. It was great to see them. Liz had goodie bags for the girls to take with them to the beach and Julia was VERY excited about this sucker. Thanks Liz !! You are the BEST!!


Me and Mags

Maggie's crib for the trip. I hated this metal hospital looking bed for her. It had no bumpers so I made some out of towels.

Key lime pie.....YUM!!!

Our view.

We headed home EARLY Friday morning. It was sad to leave the beach but we were ready to get home and get back on schedule. We had to wake the girls at 4:30 am to head to the airport. After a 30 min flight from Ft Meyers we had a quick layover in Orlando. Julia quickly found a friend to play with at our gate (as there was no shortage of children in the Orlando airport) . Meanwhile I was chatting with the other mom while the girls played at the BIG window watching the planes, coloring, and sitting on the floor. At some point Julia sat up on the small window ledge and Maggie decided to stand up and look out as well. Keep in mind she has been walking for almost a month now and she is getting really good at it but she was also VERY tired/clumsy since we had gotten up so early. She crawled over to the window and pulled herself up to look out. At some point she slipped or her hand missed the ledge and she fell and hit her head on the ledge. I did not see it, though I was 2 feet away I just heard the hit and saw her on the floor. When I scooped her up I was able to see that she hit her head right at the eyebrow. That is when the bleeding started. I took her and started running to Wyatt and handed her off. I totally freaked out. He happened to be at the gate counter getting a tag for the stroller and he had them call from medical to come and look at her eye. Once Maggie calmed down that is when I started crying. Medical came and checked her out and gave up some ointment to put on it and said that since we were headed home to call our doctor at home.


Here is what it looked like 6 hours later at children's urgent care.

My doctor's office sent us there to have it looked at.

"Mom, I am ready to get out of here....it looks like a hospital in here"

They numbed her up with some gel (no shots).

Here she is on the hospital bed waiting to get fully numb.

Sooo tired......what a LONG day.

AFTER: here it is all super glued up and looking much better.




Now we just have to keep her from hitting her head there anytime soon....I am thinking we need a helmet of some sort....

The urgent care facility was really nice and it is a part of Nationwide Children's Hospital. But it was VERY much like a hospital and I would rather not have to go back anytime soon or ever for that matter. It just about killed me to sit in that room with that bed and all that "stuff". I was VERY thankful that we were only there for something minor and there are other kids out there that are not that lucky.

Sanibel Island (part one)

And off we went, last Tuesday to Sanibel Island, FL. The girls and I tagged along on a business trip with Wyatt. The girls have never been so it was VERY exciting to get to go. Within hours of a landing Julia was in her new swimsuit and headed to the sand. It was breezy and cool to say the least but much warmer then Ohio.

Julia's first look at the sand and shells.

Maggie as you can see was not so interested in the sand. In fact it distressed her greatly.....



She tried VERY hard to keep her feet from touching it.

"This is NOT my idea of fun ya'll"


Watching the waves
running back

Next day at 9:00 am : she talked Daddy into going to the heated pool. Please note it was VERY windy and 60 degrees outside.

Notice no one else it as the pool......

I took the girls out to lunch to the Bubble Room.

posing



sweet sisters

This came in Julia's fish stick basket and she called it a watermelon. I did not correct her otherwise she would not have touched it!!

More to come.........to be continued.