getting in the spirit

Blessed...

I am so blessed to have such a wonderful family! I am grateful for Thanksgiving and that a whole day is set aside so that we can enjoy what is most important! We had a great time at my parent's house for the feast. It wasn't quite the traditional Thanksgiving that you see in the movies, the kind where they all sit around the table and reminisce... the kids, mostly Maylee, lasted for about 5 minutes and then wondered around looking for trouble. We pretty much took shifts eating. Jeff ate. Then I ate. It was a delicious dinner however, and when I had the chance to eat I throughly enjoyed it! :) I was in charge of taking the salad and homemade rolls.

After we ate, we hung out a bit while the kiddos played and then we walked down Candy Cane Lane! :) Maylee is fascinated with the lights this year! So cute!

18 month check up

Weight: 20 lbs. 5 oz. -3%
Height: 30 in. -10-25%

Well, at least she can finally face forward in the car seat! It has taken awhile to get here, but it finally has happened. And perfect timing too- for our road trip to Utah! Maybe it will make the 7 hour drive not so bad (we will cross our fingers!) :)

Favs:
- doing the actions for The Eensy Weensey Spider
- helping mom sweep
- digging in the sand at the park
- playing pretend with grandma's kitchen play set
- trying to get on other kids' bikes... she will get one soon enough ;)
- going to nursery (or at least she loved it the one time she got to go!)
- seeing her cousins
seeing the all the lights on grandma and grandpa's awesome Christmas street (aka Candy Cane Lane)

Last few weeks...

Maylee has turned into one little helper these days. She loves to do whatever mommy is doing, or anything that a "big" person does for that matter!

Lately, she has loved helping me bring in the groceries. I have to give her the bags with the light stuff... bread, salad, chips, otherwise, she gets a bag, grunts a few times, takes a few steps, ditches it halfway in the garage, and then wants a new one! :)




Here are a few pictures from the Children's Museum. April and I went with just the girls now that Robert has school. The girls are at the perfect age! They especially loved the trikes and Cailin was a trooper to parade the girls around. Lunch was also exciting as we watched the pigeons try to get every crumb that was dropped on the ground, to Maylee and Halle finding the perfect place to take a rest- the window sill! They are too cute together!

Fall Fun

Now that the weather is finally cooling down, we go outside every chance we get. For one of our play dates, we headed to the zoo. The girls loved petting those goats!

Here is the little lady in her cute ladybug costume! I love the pose!

As you can see, she didn't like wearing the antennas. We tried to bribe her with Smarties, but she still wasn't too happy. Oh well- I think it makes a funny picture! :)

15 month appointment

Weight: 19lbs. 2 oz (3- 10%)
Height: 29 1/4 inches (10- 25 %)

She is one petite little girl!

Maylee has become quite the helper- helping me unload the dishwasher by putting dishes away or handing me the silverware, bringing the grocery bags in from the car

Favs:
- Wheat Thins, raisins, and pumpkin cookies
- making a "seat" out of anything, from a stack of tablecloths on the floor, to pillows, to sitting on cans in the pantry
- going to the park (well- she never outgrew the park stage, but we can finally go again now that it is cooling down!)
- walking to get the mail (and of course, she has to hold the keys!)

Take me out to the ballgame...

and put me on the big screen!

My family bought tickets to go to 5 D-Back games this season. It was always my goal to get my cute little girl on the jumboscreen. I finally figured out that during the 7th inning stretch, the camera man gets the guy playing the organ (which is right next to the kid play place!) So we just happen to meander over to the play place around the 6th inning and just happen to be standing there to get on camera! Pretty cool, huh? Too bad the couple with the little baby was hogging the camera. ;)

Anyways, we always had a good time going to the games. Maylee especially enjoyed the play place and the Kettle corn!