Maggie is 2!!!

On March 25th, 2008 at 8:00 am, we met and fell in love with a beautiful little person.
Maggie Phyllis Betts came into this world and changed our lives forever.

How on earth has 2 years passed already?

Our little girl is 2 years old!

Maggie's birthday was so much fun. My parent were here visiting and we had a wonderful time. We took the girls to Thanksgiving Point and went to The Farm Country. They loved it. It was a little chilly, but sunny and we really enjoyed seeing all the animals.

Maggie and Grandpa watching the goats

Maggie and I with the chickens. She loved the chickens. She kept running back to say 'hi' to them

Chillin' with the goat.

Chloe enjoyed being outside and was so happy and good the entire day.

More Chickens

Me and Coco

Turkeys are really ugly. I don't think I have ever seen one this close before and seriously, they are ugly.

Maggie was a little shy at first about petting the animals, but she got more brave throughout the morning.

This was definitely a highlight. She was so excited to ride the horse.

Chloe was all over petting the bunny. Unfortunately for the bunny, she wasn't very gentle.

I love the look on her face.

They had a little 'town' with small buildings. Dave and Maggie are in the jail...I wish I had one of these at home, I could get a lot done in the day. (just kidding)

Maggie's turn with the bunnies

Grandma, Grandpa and Maggie at the bunny cages.

Farm Country is a really fun place. Not only are there animals, there is also an interactive area where the kids can learn about where food comes from. It was fun to watch Maggie plant her garden and harvest her crops.

Getting ready to pick the fruits from the tree.

Grandpa and Chloe hanging out

Planting her garden

Chloe is in Awe of the horse. She makes this face when she is overwhelmed with anything....it cracks me up.

Checking each other out

Getting so brave around the animals.

She was in heaven

They also gave us ice cream sandwiches at the end.

What could be better...

...than a messy sticky face?

We all really enjoyed our day at the farm. It was a great activity for Maggie's birthday, I would definitely recommend it. I think it only cost $3.50 for the adults and kids 2 and under are free.

We came home and put the girls and Grandpa down for a nap to get ready for the party in the evening.

awww....he was all tuckered out

Maggie was lucky enough to have both set of Grandparents come to her birthday party. We had Chili burgers and chips (Maggie's favorite) for dinner and had a great time playing and visiting.

The girls enjoyed playing with Maggie's new toys and her balloons.

THE CAKE INCIDENT!!!

This was Maggie's cake.

My parents bought the cake and I was excited to use my new cake decorating kit and personalize it. I know it's not the most beautiful cake in the world but I was happy with it.

Dave went into the kitchen to light the candles and bring out the cake.
I heard a gasp and a thud....I came running around the corner to find this.....

The cake had slid off the plastic tray.
I wasn't sure how to react at first....for the first second I thought I felt tears welling up, but then I just started laughing. Dave was standing back away from the cake, looking pale. Seeing him, made me laugh even harder. All of us started laughing so hard, it was hilarious. My Mom even ended up spitting water all over our kitchen floor, she was laughing so much.

We picked it up.....

...and ate it anyways.

This picture is a little sad....poor little girl with her messed up birthday cake.

It still tasted yummy. She enjoyed it.

Grandma and Chloe playing peek-a-boo.

Happy Birthday MagPie. We love you very, very much!!!

So Serious...

Today we took Chloe for her 6 month pictures (Ok, she's 7 months, I am a month behind. I just barely did her 6 month shots 2 days ago, too). Chloe is such a smiley child, she will even smile at me when she is crying and upset.....except today. I was putting on quite the show for her (and the photographer) but she would not crack a smile. We did catch ONE 'goofy' smile which lasted about a second. Even though this was no laughing matter, I still think she looks pretty darn cute.

Dave's Day

Happy Birthday to my handsome, sweet, funny, amazing, smart, strong, encouraging, loving, devoted, talented, sarcastic, caring husband. Thank you for being my rock, my best-friend, an amazing Dad, and everything I could ever want in a partner in this crazy life and in the Eternities to come. I love you so, so much. You mean everything to me. I hope 37 is just as great as 36 was.















Love, Your Girls

Zzzzzzzz......

Whenever I read Maggie a book when someone falls asleep, such as Goodnight Gorilla, 5 Little Monkeys, or any of the Sandra Boynton night time books, I always do a really loud obnoxious snore sound. Maggie thinks it's hilarious. The past couple of days I have felt pretty crappy with a nasty case of mastitis. Basically, I feel like I have been run over by a semi-truck. Yesterday I spent a lot of time on the couch. I was only able to catch a few short naps since every time Maggie noticed I was asleep, she would put her face up to mine and do the horrible snoring sound she knows and loves....some things you never expect will come back to bite you in the butt.

The Girly Girls

I have a new goal to take more pictures of the girls. They are just growing up way too fast and changing everyday. Here are a few of the resent shots for your viewing pleasure.

Multi-tasking

Two of Maggie's favourite things are her precious 'Bunny' and Signing Time. It gets a little hard to hold Bunny and sign at the same time, so Maggie has figured out a way to do both.

Play Dough

Sunday afternoon I made some play dough for Mags, she has really enjoyed it. I love the look of concentration on her face.

Coco

Chloe loves to suck on her toes. Stay tuned for the picture of me doing this after my flexibility training ;)

Smooshie Face
OK, I'll admit it, I still rock Chloe to sleep most of the time. She is just so sweet and cuddly and I'm pretty much addicted to this face, I just can't get enough of it.

Sisterly Love

Maggie loves to hold Chloe, it's pretty much the cutest thing ever.

They seriously adore each other. Maggie asks to hold Chloe all the time even though it ALWAYS ends up like this....

Chloe loves to ATTACK!!!
Maggie is surprisingly patient with her sister. She has never freaked out or tried to retaliate in anyway. Chloe will have two fist fulls of poor Maggie's hair and Maggie will just say 'I stuck' and calmly wait for me to pry Chloe's kung-fu grip open to let her free.

Let's Get Physical

I've been working out a lot at the house lately and Maggie is an excellent workout partner. She loves to 'march' and 'kick' with Momma. She was quite excited to be wearing my shoes to march.

Random Pictures

Her Favourite Shirt (thanks Aunt Tammy). She asks to wear her 'melmo shirt' at least every other day. Unfortunately her mother isn't that on the ball with the laundry.

This is a typical picture of Mags. She knows the flash is coming.

Another ATTACK!!!

She now has 6 teeth (she's not even 7 months old). I think the top ones look so funny, they crack me up.

GOOFY GIRL

She's getting so big. She still hasn't mastered sitting by herself, but she is getting better everyday. I had to take this picture fast without getting a smile, every time I would talk to her she would get too excited and fall over.

Well there you have it. That's a pretty good look at what goes on at our house everyday. We don't leave the house very often, with 2 kids under 2 it's just too much work. Hopefully when spring is here the girls can see what it looks like outside :)