Grandma & Grandpa's visit

Grandma Bonnie and Grandpa Mike are here, so here are few chunks of "wisdom" from Maggie:

• "Grandma can't play Grandpa Mike games because she's too short." "Grandpa is this tall and I am this tall."
• "I need to babysit the puppies." (she told Daddy this at an auction sale she went to with Grandpa Mike and Daddy. They had 1 month old dauschaund puppies.) "I just need to take one home." (they did not come home with a puppy, but Maggie was happy to just tell us about them)
• Maggie has been telling us the story of "Goldilocks and the 3 Bears." The other night, she got to the part where Goldilocks broke into the Bears' house and she started talking about Goldilocks breaking into our house. "She better not take my carrots!"
• Grandma and Grandpa took Maggie to McDonald's for lunch today. Grandma wasn't sure how to get there. Maggie told her "Grandma, we just follow the road."
• Then she went on to tell Grandma about the "Wizard of Oz" and the Yellow Brick Road, "but I don't know where the Yellow Brick Road is!"

Baby 2.1 update

Back from the OB and nothing to report. Which is rather nice. The baby was not cooperative when we tried to find the heartbeat and kept moving away from the doppler anytime it got close. We did eventually get a heartbeat count of 152. My blood pressure is still nice and low and my weight loss seems to have tapered off a bit. By my count, I'm down another 2-3 pounds from the last visit (but I'm also doing my weighing with the Wii and using the -2 pounds for the weight of my clothing :) ), but as I'm overweight, it's not a concern.

I've been having some pain over the weekend, but is all normal and I have been given permission to take Tylenol (which I have) and use heat. The nurse said I probably pulled it rolling over or walking and as the uterus is growing, it takes a while to "heal."

Next up is another ultrasound, at which time we can probably find out the sex. It is Rocky's choice, but so far he has said he doesn't want to find out -- which is fine by me. I enjoy the guessing and the surprise!

A comparison

2005, about 20 weeks pregnant with Maggie

2010, 17 weeks pregnant (taken last Tuesday)

Apparently, even 4 year olds make resolutions

When I took Maggie to day care this morning, I noticed a hand-made book on their book shelves. Curious, I picked it up. It is titled "Our New Year's Resolutions." All the kids in Maggie's class made resolutions for 2010. And yes, it is just as adorable as you would think. They drew pictures to represent their resolutions as well and Miss Carly wrote what their actual resolution is. Most of the kids resolved to "sleep better" or to "be a better friend." One little boy's resolution is to "not throw balls" and Maggie explained that he had been throwing balls at the other kids. Maggie's resolution, however, was definitely unique. Maggie has resolved to "run really fast in her pink running shoes."

What happens when you tell a 4 year old to Smile

The Traditional Family Photo

When Rocky and I got married, well, actually even before that, we have sent out a photo Christmas card.  Before we had Maggie, the dogs were always included.  Prior to moving to Montana, we attempted to include the dogs two years, with not so good results – though we did get one nice full family photo with Nala and Otis and it’s currently hanging in my office.  When we moved to Montana and Rocky started working at the Gazette we found they had a family Holiday party each year and took family photos – professional quality, home done price!  Unfortunately, we are unable to bring the dogs, which is good and bad. 

This year, Maggie had such a great picture with Santa, we, well Rocky knew that WAS the Christmas card.  A 4 year old snuggled up to Santa?  I couldn’t argue too much.

Well, we FINALLY got the family photos from the set this year and the photographer picked out a nice photo, touched it up and it is ready for uploading to Kodak Gallery, printing and framing.  But THIS is my favorite and I think it truly captures all of us.