Valentine's Day

We typically keep Valentine's day low-key and this year was no different, but fun all the same.  Craig leaves for work as am I getting out of bed and on Valentine's Day Maggie and I walked downstairs to find:

 Craig got us flowers, a gift, a donut for Maggie, and a donut and coffee for me.  Not a bad way to start off the morning!


Here are my two love bugs - it is really hard to get a picture of the two of them!!

Here's a little video of Maggie opening the gift:

Maggie is old enough now to hand out Valentine's at daycare.  We made little "Minions" (from the Despicable Me movie) out of Twinkies:

After work we had Grandma and Grandpa Newcomb over for our traditional heart shaped pizza and a skillet cookie.

Little Miss Callum

One Friday evening in January I stopped at home after work, picked up Craig, then we headed to daycare to pick up the kids.  We were planning to drive straight to grandma and grandpa's for pizza.  Well we walked into daycare and all the kids were laughing as our daycare lady brought Callum out to us.  He looked like a sweet little girl! Turns out he went through all of his back-up clothes due to a few really messy diapers, so the daycare lady had to find clothes in her stash - all of which were pink. 

Here's what my little boy looked like when I dropped him off:

And here is what he looked like when I picked him up.  I think the daycare lady chose the frilliest outfit she could find:

FLORIDA 2014

It's been a long cold winter here in Minnesota, so our little family decided to head south for a little break from the snow.  We spent one week at Papa & Nonnie's condo in Longboat Key, FL.  We met Grandpa and Grandma Newcomb at the airport and off we went to enjoy the sun and sand!

Here's what we were leaving behind:

It was just what we needed - the weather was warm and sunny, and we ate a lot of grouper and key lime pie.

Now for the pictures!

Fun on the beach on a cooler day (Lido Beach):

TO THE BEACH...

Maggie meeting the ocean (this year she liked it!):

Callum loved it too:

Callum and Grandma hanging out on the beach:

A few family pictures:

 

Callum decided it was time to start scooting around in Florida:

 

We went to Jungle Gardens in Sarasota and fed some flamingos:

 

POOL TIME!!

 

Callum had the best spot by the pool - in a baby swing.  Can't beat outdoor naptime!

 Maggie and daddy working on their tricks...

Maggie loved the pool so much she even declared "I'm a goldfish!".

Swimming all day led to Maggie sleeping through an entire dinner! I would have never guessed in a million years this would be possible:

 

These two were best buds during the trip - grandpa had the magic touch when it came to getting Callum to fall asleep for naps and bed time.

 

 

 

We had a great trip!

 

Thanks, Nonnie and Papa for letting us stay at your condo!



Florida

We took a little spring break trip at the end of February to Longboat Key, FL. Maggie did such a great job on the flights for once! It was pretty chilly most days when we were there, but it was sunny and green and we weren't working:) We ate lots of grouper and key lime pie and ice cream. Maggie didn't love the beach, but we were able to get her walking on it for a little bit.

Here are some, or a lot,  pictures from our vacation:

Maggie eating her first donut!

Family pics-

Picking Shells-

Grandpa and Craig hanging on the beach-

Maggie and Grandma-

Mags and Daddy picking shells-

 

Scarfing down some key lime pie-

This is pretty much how Maggie felt about the beach-

Maggie insisted on wearing my sunglasses-

Pretty girl-

Happy girl-

Spring breaker-

Playing with her cups poolside-

Hanging out on the patio-

Maggie and Mama-

19 Weeks

Maggie is 19 months old and I am 19 weeks pregnant! After numerous colds and stomach flus I think I am finally felling better.  The first trimester I was pretty miserable and got a prescription for Zofran (anti-nausea meds) to take as needed which made things much better.  I did end up in the ER a few days after Christmas because I was getting sick so much for so long that I needed a bags of IV fluids and more Zofran. I was discharged with strict orders not to go off of Zofran even if I was feeling better for a few weeks. The big ultrasound is scheduled in a few weeks!

 

19 Months

February 11th Maggie turned 19 months old. She is turning into a very independent little lady! Here's a snapshot of what she's been up to:

• She doesn't like if you try to help her eat
• She put on her own hat and takes off her boots
• She watches everything we do and want to do it herself! She wants to help cook, do laundry, get dressed...
• She loves Wheel of Fortune - I think its the colors and the clapping
• She goes to bed around 7 every night, but may bang around in her crib until 8 if she's not too tired
• The second we leave her room after putting her to bed she stands up and turns on her light
• She wakes up around 8 on weekends and takes a single 2-3 hour nap a day
• She doesn't climb out of her crib, will climb out of her pack n' play at daycare
• At daycare she is able to shuffle the pack n' play next to her friends (who is a year older than her) and then she climbs out of her own crib and into her friends!
• The daycare lady tried buying some pants and sewing the legs together to prevent her from climbing out...well Miss Maggie simply took those annoying pants off (she's a problem solver!)
• She quickly fell in love with the box that her Christmas present came in - she uses it to stand on, sit on, as a booster to get what she wants off the counter

• She loves her baby doll and hugs it, kisses, it puts it to bed and rocks it
• She loves to carry a purse

• She still depends on a pacifier
• She doesn't have a huge vocabulary but she babbles stories to us all the time! She can say mama, dada, Lyla (all dogs are Lyla), uh-oh, hello, buh-bye, belly button, nose, toes, all done, owie, all gone, and how could I forget - "NO!"
• She understand so much more and get frustrated that she can't communicate her wants to us
• She is still super busy and doesn't stop for a second
• She LOVES to color:

• She thrives on routine - she has to wear the same hat, coat, and boots.  It is incredibly hard for us to get her to wear a different hat or shoes
• The poor girl has been getting so many teeth lately - I think she has gotten 8 in the last two months alone for a total of 8 on top and 8 on bottom

• She is a Mama's girl and for the most part mama loves it!