Hi Y'a'll! Sorry, but I'm beginning to abandon the blog thing. To be honest, I'm not too in to it and I've been so busy with Maggie Moo. Some updates since last posting: Maggie celebrated her first birthday, at 12 months she has mastered the art of crawling (no walking in sight!), she is obsessed with the phone (she holds it to her hear and says "hi"), we love tocrawl stairs, she eats more than a horse (but still manages to stay small), she has just started giving open mouth kisses, she says mama/dada, she loves to play with other kids (most of her friends are two, and she just crawls around following everything they do!), she has traveled to Georgia and Washington, she loves her cousins (all 14 of them; on my side of the family she is the baby and on Ty's side of the family she is one of the older ones...it's so fun to see her respond as the "baby" and the "big girl"), she loves the camera (as you can see), Maggie has 6 teeth (4 on top, 2 on bottom), favorite toys are little people, dora car, and walker. Thanks to all of our family and friends who have showed so much love and support to our family! This year with Maggie has been the best yet! We look forward to all her new little discoveries, and will update you all (but not frequently...sorry!) As far as my story, I love being a stay at home mom, and I find tons of fulfillment in caring for Maggie and taking care of our house (cooking is an area where I need some improvements). I stay busy playing with my girlfriends and thier kids! It's the life!

The Shuffle

So, Lindsay isn't feeling very good and either is Maggie....so I figured while I am running around taking care of the both of them I would post a video of Maggie doing her shuffle. She doesn't quite crawl...but she does a mean shuffle! Linz will update you guys when she feels better!

First Day at the Beach!

So it was Maggie's first day at the beach. She absolutely loved it. She was fascinated by the water that would splash into her. Then she noticed the sand. Luckily she didn't try to eat any of it. She just picked it up and squeezed it and laughed. It was so sweet. She also got her first sunburn :( I thought I had lathered her up enough...but with all of the playing in the water must have washed off just enough to get her. But I guess this is what we can expect from a red head!

Sugar and Spice...

I'm calling this picture "sugar and spice" because Maggie woke up "spicey" today, but in this picture she looks like a little sweetie! Her teeth are bothering her so much. I suspect she will have some teeth soon! Her teething explains the booger sucker in her hand. I was cleaning out her nose, and she wanted to put the thing in her mouth! Kind of yucky, but whatever keeps her happy is fine with me! Her outfit is so colorful today, she looks like a rainbow.

Fun In The Tulips...

Hi Family and Friends! I know it's been forever since I updated our blog, and I am by no means going to attempt to "make up" for missed posts! Sorry, but I am going to try and be more consistent! Today, Maggie and I went to the Boise Temple to take pictures in the tulips with "Aunt" Carmen and her B.F.F. Vera Mae! They are the cutest little girlies! They were both so intrigued by the flowers that it was hard at times to get them to look at the camera. Well, I hope you enjoy our "professional" pictures that we've attempted! I think Carmen and I did a pretty darn good job! From the pictures you can see Tyler surprised us and stopped by! So, we got a picture of our little family. We send our love and hope all is well!

More Fun in the Tulips...

Please notice Maggie's head compared to Vera's! My little angel has a ROUND HEAD! I'm sorry, but I have to mention one more time just how cute these two are!! Another cute thing about Maggie and Vera Mae are the differences in their personalities (which is apparent in these pictures). Vera Mae is very tender, sweet, quiet, and reserved. While Maggie is outgoing, and constantly laughing and smiling. It's so fun to see their interactions together....these differences in personalities are the exact same for Carmen and I, but we're still great friends!

Miss Maggie goes to Washington

Maggie went to visit her cousins in Olympia and had a blast.

Just Smiles

It seems no matter how hard we try, we can only get smiles out of Maggie! Except for the stint in Baby's -R- Us, she seems to be all smiles. Especially when modeling new clothes that Mommy puts her in.

Her new favorite toy!

These pictures have a story...we went to Babys-R-Us to pick out an exersaucer (I think that's the right word), and this was the last one we had her try out. She sat in probably 5 or 6, and she didn't seem very interested, so then we put her in this one and she found her favorite! After about 10 minutes we took her out, and she looked at Tyler puckered her lip and began to SCREAM! So, she likes the most expensive one ($120 bucks!!!), and her daddy(who is a big sucker) looks at me and says, "Well, I guess we are walking out of the store with this one." All she had to do was cry and her daddy broke down. She has that man wrapped around her little finger. I thought we had a few years until she had melt downs in the middle of stores. We are not off to a good start if her daddy keeps caving!

Cute Pictures

These are just some random cute pictures I've taken of her in the last week! I especially love this one of her in her ducky towel. She is so cute. I love her little face...it's so round. In this top picture she looks just like her daddy (her round face, button nose, and chubby cheeks).

Maggie and Friends...

This top picture is Levi (her boyfriend) and Maggie. We went out with Dan, Rachel, Isaak, and Levi to dinner and a basketball game. It was love at first sight!!! The bottom two pictures are of Vera Mae and Maggie. Vera's mom is one of my best friends, Carmen. We went to school together and were pregnant together! We used to sit in class and just eat! Vera and Maggie are only one month apart, and Carmen and I predict they will be BFFs! When Vera came over they played underneath the floor mat toy and held hands or would be touching eachothers' arm. They were so cute! At one point, they both wanted to play with the same toy so they both held onto the toy and would NOT let go. Stubborn little girls...they definetly don't understand the concept of sharing!!!