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What a Difference a Year Can Make

I know, enough with the pregnant pictures, right? It’s just that last year over my birthday weekend I mostly remember taking a zillion baths in the tub at the house we rented and watching horrible TV because there was a TV in the bathroom next to the foot of the tub. I became very familiar with the Kardashians last year on my birthday.

This year we’re headed to Leavenworth and staying in a place that has no TV, so I most likely won’t be catching up on all things horrible in TV Land; however, the place does have a tub and I plan to again take some toasty baths and revive my birthday tradition of taking a long bath and wearing a cushy robe. We’re also going to get outside in some freezing weather and drink tons tea and hot chocolate.

Yahoo for birthdays!!

Also, two more things:

1. Sydney fell out of bed last night. SERIOUSLY FELL out of bed while sleeping. Once while Syd was staying at my parent’s house my dad wanted to tie some twine to her because they have a high bed. I’m starting to think that might be a brilliant idea. She’s okay, but it was startling.

2. This morning Maggie went in for some major, major pets on Syd’s chubby rolls and Barry had to stop the aggressive pinching. He also refererd to Sydney as THE BIG QUEEN. I think that is an awesome nickname that should stick around. Sydney: The Big Queen.

I’m off to spend some birthday lovin’ with my little tribe.

Hip, hip, hooray!!!

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A Few Things

1.

Last week Thomas and Will came over to play and Will got Maggie back for all the eye poking she did to him at his house.
I kind of wonder if she secretly was just trying to get him to give her a scalp massage. Those feel pretty good, you know. 

Anyhow, Will was pretty interested in Maggie and her hair. Lara kind of warned Thomas that Will was playing with his buddy, Maggie, but he didn’t seem to mind. At least until she crawled away.

2.

My parents are coming to visit today….yahoooey! Well, I think my mom is more coming to do some serious smooching on Maggie, which is fine by me.  My dad started calling Maggie “Curly” because her hair gets out of control sometimes with the curl situation. I’m sure they’ll have a long conversation about something important because they tend to have a lot to talk about.

3.

My favorite lens broke. I am a sad, sad kitten. Thankfully Canon is going to fix it for me, but that’ll take a while and I already really, really miss it. I didn’t know how much I loved it until it broke. Boooooo, hiss, on bad photos and having to use my other equipment.


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Old Friends, New Friends & Family

OLD FRIENDS:

Last Friday we had a chance to spend a few hours with Kara, sipping on tea and catching up on everything and nothing. I don’t get to see Kara as often as I’d like, but when I do see her and we really get to catch up I’m always so appreciative of our friendship. It is amazing to me that I’ve known her nearly our whole lives. I met her days after she was born and I was just a few months old. Yeow! I should do a blog post on her Maid of Honor toast at our wedding, it was so full of memories and humor. Also, Kara called Maggie a big, old, pile of cute during the visit and I think that fits The Mags perfectly, don’t you?

NEW FRIENDS:

Gracie and her parents, Tye and Kerry, came to visit so Gracie and Mags could have a little play date.  Barry and Tye have been friends for decades, so this doesn’t really count as new friends, but Maggie and Gracie are newbies, so there!

Maggie was a total firecracker and kept wanting to poke Gracie’s face and chew on her. I’m not sure that is any different from any other time we’re around other kids, but Maggie seemed extra wound up. Gracie handled it like a champ, especially with Sydney trying to chew her bone on her as well. Jeesh.

P.S. Maggie and Gracie have totally opposite hair.

FAMILY:

Maggie and I went to meet up with 3G to talk about a recipe project I’m working on for her and ended up down at Sue’s house with Chach, Skrange and Grandpa. While 3G and I looked over recipes Maggie hung out with Chach and Sue, eventually they made it over to the piano and Mags got to tickle the ivories. It was so fitting. Sue was singing along and Maggie jabbered along with her. I can almost always count on Sue to sing Maggie a song or two when we’re around and I often get it stuck in my head and so Mags gets to hear it more later and if she is really lucky, I end up getting it stuck in Barry’s head too. The gift of music keeps on giving….la, la, la, laaaaa!!!!