Happy Birthday to JJ!!

Happy Birthday Uncle JJ!!

It's a ZOO around here......

Maggie did a 'lil yard work an ate a "lil dirt too..
"Mama dis is no good!!!"

Maggie's stage/box that Mimi sent some clothes in......she loves it!

See it in the corner? The bird's nest? It's there...
Thursday it was empty. Friday it had one, Sat it had 2, and yesterday it had 3, and today it had 4!!!

I think she is done laying them for now. The Internet said 4-5 eggs at a time and in 12-14 days we will know if they have babies in them. Apparently Robins lay eggs every time they ovulate but they are not always baby birds.......I hope there is a "daddy" bird out there somewhere so I do not have to explain too much to Julia.

After "helping" daddy build a raised flower bed and doing yard work all day.


Also after much research (on the Internet) and a whole day, we learned that some critters in the front flower bed were baby rabbits. There are 4 of them as well (we think). They are very sluggish and sleep alot and have not come out of their hole yet. Julia and Wyatt check on them daily and Julia has even touched them!! I know I can't believe it!! She surprises me more everyday........

Julia tries to steal the spotlight......

Well life around here is always entertaining and interesting to say the least. Lately Maggie has been doing things daily that make us laugh. Her personality is really coming through and I will have you know she has a temper and will not be "walked on" by big sister. Julia says things daily that make us laugh. (she does funny things too like insisting on being in only her panties most of the time adorned with her dress up high heels) It is quite a sight. Ohh and you should see the looks I get from Wyatt when he gets home from work and that is what she is wearing. ...... We also have a birds nest in the fort of Julia's swing set. Wyatt and Jules found it Thursday afternoon and she was soo excited about it. Friday I took the girls out to swing and we played for a while and Julia remembered the nest and went up to check it out and make sure it was still there. She was astounded (and so was I ) to find a blue robin's egg in the nest!!! Whoa.....Do you know how excited she is about the baby bird????!!!!! I will have some more pics soon. I just wanted to get this video up to show off Maggie's moves. I believe she is taking after me with the dancing abilities for sure!! Have a great Saturday!!

Happy Easter.....

The tulips by the mailbox

Julia before school on Thursday

Being silly

We have had a fun filled week of Easter preparations and activities. Julia went to school this week and they dyed eggs and had lots of fun. Maggie has cut her 2 top teeth and has been suffering from a runny nose all week. True to form she has been in a fine mood and her enormous appetite has not wavered in the least. I started getting concerned yesterday because she sounds hoarse and she was coughing and congested. So this morning I sent Wyatt and Julia to the church Easter Egg hunt and I took Maggie to the doctor. She had a low temp but otherwise looked good (no ear infection and lungs sounded clear). He decided it was a sinus infection and we will take amoxil for 10 days. Julia had a blast in the windy cold air at the egg hunt and Maggie is now resting peacefully. She had a hard time sleeping last night so she was beat. Tomorrow we will head to church early since Wyatt is headed to Canada in the afternoon and the girls and I will celebrate with a feast at Jill and Tim's house (Julia's friend's house too Gracie Jones). I feel very blessed to have friends to be with since we are far from family.

We also went to visit the Easter Bunny at the mall yesterday. The girls did great. Julia had already decided that she was going to sit on the bench next to the bunny and Mags would sit in his lap. It all worked out well and I was even able to get some pics too!! The only blunder was that Maggie (as usual) took a bump to the forehead about 15 min before the picture. She has a nice swollen blue knot on her head but you can't really see it in the picture. That girl she is a tough one at least.

Have a Happy Easter Weekend!!

Ear Infections and such.........

Well Julia started not "feeling" well on Saturday. She had a severe runny nose and started coughing that night. She did fine and I thought she was better on Sunday. By Sunday night she was winy again and was not her usual perky self. She went to bed with no problem and later that night when I went to check on her she was still up but very groggy and tired. About and hour after that she was crying in her bed and saying that she had an ear infection. She was able to tell me which one was hurting so I got her some Motrin and she went to bed. At 3:45 am Wyatt and I awoke to a VERY loud BANG!! followed by Julia crying right by Wyatt's side of the bed. It was soo scary. We both had no idea what was going on. Wyatt acted fast and reached down and grabbed her up and took her back to her bed and got her back to bed. When he came back he said she was complaining about hurting her elbow...... We headed to the doc at 10:30 after many assurances that there would be no shots this time ect.... she does have an ear infection so we have our meds and she is on the mend. Late yesterday afternoon when Julia was "all better" since she had taken her medicine (once) she noticed these 2 black bruises on her elbow.

How pitiful does she look? The funny thing is the first thing she said about the bruises was, "Mama they are just like the Princess and the Pea." She really was looking rough yesterday. She would lay around for about an hour and then play for an hour. I could tell she was not her normal self. Last night she slept great (no late night bumps or screams) and this is what I saw this morning when she got up.

The child absolutely despises getting her hair brushed AT ALL and yet she wakes up with this rat of a tangle in the front of her hair. I guess she was sleeping on her face. It totally baffles my mind. For the most part we are doing fine and I am sure that Julia will be back to normal within a few days.

Hot Steppin with Make up and more......

All moms can relate on some level to the video above. If you have not had this happen yet then just wait because in time your little one will indulge his or herself in your toiletries or make up at some point. This one was too cute not to share. Notice her strategy of deny, deny, deny. She just doesn't get it yet. The video does not really show the vast amount of my Bare Minerals foundation powder that she used so I am including this picture for you to reference.

Maggie's latest trick is one we have named "Hot Steppin." It is soo cute! In this video it is tame to say the least. She really goes crazy right when Wyatt comes in from work. She steps (very fast) and screams and claps. It is priceless. I will have to rig up a video of him coming home from work sometime soon to capture the celebration for you. Mags is also talking a little. She says "Oh Wow!! What is that?" on occasion but she says WOW alot. She does the Mama, Dada, sister...... I can't believe all the stuff she is doing these days. It is a constant reminder of how fast time flies and my baby is growing up (sigh, BIGGER sigh......).

It has been a while....

Warning: These pictures will be in no particular order as I do not have time to organize them like I usually do.

Julia at her 4th Birthday Party
Granddaddy showing Maggie the flowers

The cake

Making a wish

Julia, Maggie, Gracie, and Danny.

Julia at her new picnic table with umbrella. Thanks Mimi and Pop!

Swinging

Making the cake

posing

Mags and Grandmama.

We had a great visit with G & G this past week. We did somethings around town since the weather was basically perfect here. It was awesome because G&G have never been here when we have had good weather. It is always cold and snowy when they come. We played outside, went downtown, went to the park and when we were not out and about we were playing nonstop at home. We really had a great time. It is back to being cold now so we are still waiting on spring to arrive. Next week is spring break for Julia so we will have a full week of no scheduled activities. Please pray for me (my sanity)and that the weather will be nice so we will not be cooped up in the house. Enjoy the pics. I have more from our day at the park to come soon.

Have a great week!