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3G & Great Grandpa

While we were visiting my grandparents today (3G and Great Grandpa) I took a series of photos that I really love. It absolutley, without a doubt, captures Maggie with my grandparents in the most perfect way.

My grandpa loves Maggie so much that when we pull into their driveway, he greets our car and snatches Maggie into his arms with a huge hug and a smile. Sometimes he remembers to say hello to me…

In no way am I suggesting that he loves Maggie any more than my grandma, but my grandpa shows his affection for the sweet, sweet Mags in such an unguarded way and it is hard to ignore. After these pictures were taken he proceeded to get down on the ground with her and roll around with some toys. He’s 81 and I’m fairly certain that there aren’t many 81 year olds out there willing to roll around on the floor.

Seeing these pictures remind me that I need to take more pictures of Maggie with all of her grandparents, she has ten of them!! TEN!! Six great grandparents and four grandparents!! And they all love her so!

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Walk-N-Talk

Before we had Maggie we would take Syd for an early morning and evening walk, but things got switched around once Maggie showed up on the scene and the poor pug has been missing out on her double-a-day walks. We’ve  recently gotten back into the swing of things, it only took us 9 months.

On the days that it isn’t raining Maggie, Syd and I walk with Barry to work and it is a great way to start our day together. However, when the time comes to leave Barry at work, Sydney is always a bit confused and depressed. She’ll sit down and look mournfully at Barry as he trudges to work. Sadly, I think it’s a bit funny to see that she’s so concerned about Barry going a different direction.

We’ve also reinstated the evening stroll and I think I may have forgotten how much I love this time with my husband. Sometimes we spend our time talking about details of the day, other times we talk only of our daughter or our silly dog. But bit by bit the conversation unravels itself until we’ve either found ourselves back home or back to our car with chilly hands, a happy Pug and a baby anxious to get her own evening “walk” in.

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A Party and a New Friend

Our weekend started off pretty relaxed and low key. We’ve been shifting things around and it seems like each room hasn’t quite recovered. The day after Christmas we got rid of our TV. Not on purpose, but just more because we never really used it and it took up a ton of space. I only kind of miss Oprah. Friday we spent time reading and sipping on hot beverages – it’s the new us apparently.

Saturday brought my parents and Sparky to visit. They got to see Maggie play in the Radio Flyer up and down the hall and I’m pretty sure my dad wished that he had ear plugs because Maggie would not tone down her squeals of glee.

Sunday we braved the roads and headed to A-Town to celebrate Midge’s Birthday – Happy Birthday, Grandma! – and my aunt Nancy had brought some old home videos of all the cousins. It was hilarious to watch and also really sweet at the same time. The highlight, by far, was a snippet of my older brother bustin’ a move. I laughed so hard I was crying. I think as a teacher I would have really enjoyed him…

On our way back home we stopped to meet Jeff and Jill’s new baby, Jenna. She is SO, SO sweet and perfect. Maggie was really tired by this time and quietly played with some of Jeff’s old toys. At one point Jeff put Jenna down next to Maggie for a photo, and Maggie bopped her on the head. Luckily, Jenna slept through the whole thing.

Once we got home it was bath time and snooze time. Well, we wanted it to be snooze time, but Maggie had a different idea. She threw a party for a while and we sipped on tea and talked about our weekend and potential snow.

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