i made myself a t-shirt skirt

not NEARLY as cute as nina's, but comfy and it will do. here it is:

maggie's 18 month check-up

went fantastically! she is the picture of robust health. 33 3/4 inches (91st percentile) tall and 26 lbs 6 oz (70th percentile). she has slimmed considerably--her height to weight ratio percentile is now the 33rd. but don't worry, she still has her adorably chubby tummy!

the dr was blown away by how advanced she is. her speech, gross motor skills (he didn't get to see her fine motor skills, but those are amazing too. she holds a pencil like an adult, and has since she first picked one up). he asked her which ear he could look in first during the exam, and she responded "this ear," pointing to her left ear. he also asked her "are you a big kid now, or a baby?" and she responded "i'm a baby" and snuggled into my arms.

and no shots! all caught up until her K shots. woo hoo!

but i don't want to leave grandma's house...

even though she spent ALL day at grandma's house (and waited in her boots and coat for 15 minutes while she was ready to go over but maggie and i weren't), nina still didn't want to leave at the end of the day. she was tired, and getting irrational, but i indulged her. "do you want me to terminate our parental rights and grandma and grandpa can adopt you," i asked. "then you can be their kid and live here. and i'll be your sister!" "no," nina responded, "friend." just like that she would disown me entirely. acquaintances. my heart would be broken, but she was just tired. she consoled herself by pretending nick and i were grandma and grandpa back at home. just call me grandma!

well it's been a while

we all got sick. well, not nick, but he never gets sick. he said he was feeling a bit under the weather today, but he didn't have any symptoms (no sore throat, fever, coughing, sneezing, runny nose, all of which maggie, nina, and i have had), so i rejected his opinion on his condition. yup, nick is just fine!

i'm STILL tried and my nose is still stuffy, so forgive me if i jump around topics and don't make a lot of sense. ok the week in review!

i have no recollection of monday. none!

on tuesday i know nina had dance and maggie and i went to rite aid and hannaford. good times. i got some wrapping paper, 75% off. princess and tinkerbell, the girls played with it for half an hour. i love the way they make toys out of anything.

wednesday nina had dance again.

thursday we went to the Y for swim, running around the track, and then dinner at ebb tide. big day! we've been doing a lot of Y stuff this week, it's cold out.

and today, just hanging out at grandma's!

so see, there wasn't too much to write about. just a slow, cold week in january. the only thing that's changed is that maggie is talking more and more each day. she's putting together a lot of 3 and 4 word sentences (for example: look mama, big neigh! or, no nina mine!!!! haha). she says "okay" a lot too, only she pronounces it "otay" which is the cutest thing ever.

oh, and i've been sewing a lot, but the pictures are all up on facebook so you all know about that already. i love it! anyone need anything sewn or mended, you just let me know!

we saw princess tiana today!

me, mom, maggie, and nina all went to see the princess and the frog today. so fun! it's set in new orleans and there's frequent talk of beignets and gumbo, so don't go on an empty stomach. but definitely worth seeing! lots of jazz and frogs, i think wyatt's gonna love it too!


maggie actually watched the whole ting too. at one point i took her to the bathroom and she kept saying "back frog? back frog?" (tiana and prince naveen were frogs throughout most of the movie).

can't wait to go back to the movies!

a quick cute

last night maggie was sitting in her toy doll stroller, waiting for someone to push her, but none of us noticed. so she stood up, stomped into the room, and yelled "HEY! PUSH ME!!"

happy 2010!

i like typing that, 2010. nice round number.

had a very fun party yesterday! 8 little kids running around (and one tiny baby who mostly slept on his mom), but they were all so well-behaved and had such fun. i really love our crowd here in maine, just a bunch of sweet, happy kids. nina and hattie led the boys in a long game of dress-up, even james and charlie had on tutus and heels (i mean, heelers. i love the way nina calls them that!), and we got photos. nina, james, and charlie will all be in the same class, so i'll be hanging on to these pics for their senior yearbook. gosh, that'll be what... class of 2023. eek! ok i don't need to think about that happening!

a good turnout too in spite of the icky weather--thanks dad for running the shuttle! and mom said you shouldn't have kept the tips, tsk tsk tsk (it was his joke, i can't take credit!)

nina and i are now feeling under the weather, at least this didn't happen yesterday. my poor sinuses just don't drain like maggie's do, and i have all this pressure now. maybe i'll try standing on my head or something, there has to be a position that'll get this snot out.

so it's the new year, any resolutions? i have to think of some...