She's TWO!!!!!!!!!!

What a fun birthday Maggie had! Her big present was her new big girl bed! I searched forever for just the right bedding, but couldn't find anything I was happy with (except one comforter that was 1200 for just the spread-yikes!) so I decided it would be fun to make her bedding. Maggie's my special girl, and she is such a mix between pretty pretty princess and one of the boys, and she's got enough spunk for everyone in town! Anyway, I loved all the fabrics I picked, and thankfully the timing was perfect because my fabulous aunt was in town and she and my Granny had the whole thing cut and pieced in less than a week! I love how it turned out and it's exactly "Maggie" to me! Anyway, I don't have the decorations switched out yet, but the main part is in and now I can work around the bed. We took the crib out and put her new bed in while she was in school that morning, so it was all set up when she got home that afternoon. She took a quick nap in it, then it was off to Pump It Up for her party. We had a great day all the way around and it's so hard to believe my baby girl is TWO! She's already three months older than Will was when she was born-I can't imagine having another baby right now!!!!!!!

We love you Mags-Happy Birthday!

Crazy Jumping Girl!

Catchin' Up

This is the "chill out" position, so we had to get a picture in their shirts, of course! They both sit like this in the car sometimes-who said we're not laid back?

The following are attempts at trying to take some pictures of the kids-

Will trying to see what Maggie's doing for this picture...

Maggie checking out Will's pose...

Will's fake sweet smile that comes out when Mommy starts bribing

Maggie trying to figure out when Mommy will follow through with the promised M&Ms.

At the zoo-we've gone the last couple of weeks because the weather has been so fantastic-I guess Ethan got tired and needed a ride!
This one is probably only funny to Wendy and I, but Will was trying to share his fruit roll up (not a normal treat-it was left over from our plane trip to Michigan) with everyone and kept asking if they "want a lick" Ethan thought he must be crazy!
Yes, she has on PJs, but more importantly, she's wearing about 8 tubs of fingerpaints. This has become one of her favorite things in the world, and she always starts off very ladylike-dipping a Dora paintbrush very gingerly, painting a neat line across the page, and then she starts digging in. Sooner rather than later, she is dipping her hands, not her fingers, into the tubs and on warmer days when she's naked, she's in full body paint.
The kids and Eric went to a hockey game one night with several other Dads and their kids. It was Maggie's first outing on a Dad's night and I think she had a blast. Unfortunately, I spent my Mommy night curled up in bed with the flu. I didn't really get any good pictures, although Eric did a great job of taking a lot of pics-but this is Joel, Blake, Cade, and Will.

So I know I keep saying this, but sorry for the delay between posts. I really mean to do better, but lately everything has been so hectic. Let's see-this week, I'm packing for a ski trip to Colorado and in another set of suitcases I'm packing for the trip to Mexico we're taking as soon as we get home from skiing. I'm also re-doing Maggie's room into her big girl room because she turns TWO this week! In my spare time, I'm getting things ready for the party, and oh yeah-trying to keep up with these kiddoes! We are also spending a lot of time helping out with my mom, so there's not a whole lot of time for blogging. These are just some random pics from over the last month or so. I have to say, I've been really bad about taking pictures lately, but we should have enough to go around once we get home from our "travels" and after Maggie's big day! I tried to take some on Sunday of the kids because anyone who knows me knows that your birthday starts on the Sunday before the actual day and goes straight through the whole week (or more, depending on when the party is...) but they weren't in such a picture taking mood--I know, it's crazy to think that a 2 and 3 year old don't want to stop to pose for Mommy's camera! :)

Michigan!

Me and my girl watching the "men" ice fishing!

Maggie being Maggie-food in one hand, drink in the other

Will and Papa were watching Kynthia feed their goats-she told Will to look at them stick out their tongues and check his out!

Devin, Shane, Maggie, Will, Brandon, and Brandon-these are the professional Wii players!

Not sure what happened to this picture but they were playing hockey in the basement. I couldn't get wide enough to get the whole shot, but they were all playing and it was like a real game!

Kevin, Eric, and Bayer-friends since high school or maybe before-
Kevin and Kynthia's kids-Shane and Brandon--cousins Devin and Brandon--and Will. These boys had so much fun playing together!
Will was a big fan of sledding. I'm guessing we'll be doing a lot of this in Colorado!
Eric pulling Princess Maggie-that's the frozen over lake behind them where we ice fished

Okay, maybe I overpacked a little. This didn't even count our 4 carryon bags! But I'd like to say we wore everything I took!
Gotta say, I was a little bit nervous about ice fishing-especially after that little problem on Lake Erie, but we had fun-this was his first fish!

Throwing a fish back that wasn't a keeper!
It's so hard being a princess-she was pulled EVERYWHERE in this sled, so I'm not really sure why she's the one yawning!

The grandkids with Grandma reading stories before bed on our last night there!



So I know I am the WORST blogger lately-we've been super busy with my mom and traveling and I'm splitting what little time I have left between the blog world and facebook. So...I'll try to keep the updates coming as frequently as I can because I'm horrible at scrapbooking and this is how I remember things, and so I can update the few loyal blogfans I have left.

We went to Michigan last week to see Grandma, Papa, Aunt Alison, Uncle Andy, and cousins Devin and Brandon, as well as some old friends Eric hadn't seen in WAY too long! We had so much fun, and thankfully the weather wasn't as cold as I had imagined it was going to be. We also celebrated Eric's birthday while we were there, and even though the suprise part of the party didn't go off as planned (rather WHEN it was planned), he was still surprised and we had a great time.

For those keeping track, my mom is home from rehab finally and is doing better. She goes back in a few weeks to schedule the correction for the left leg. We found out the company that made her titanium hip replacements the first time around that are now breaking and causing her to go through all these surgeries went out of business. Can you believe that? Who knows how many other people are affected?

We are having a fun year so far-Maggie and Will are just so much fun-I had forgotten how much I loved this age Maggie is-or maybe I don't remember it since she was a newborn when Will was this age! Either way, I am loving it and so thankful I'm "home" with them to enjoy every minute!

You're Hot, then You're Cold...

I love her big blue eyes-pardon the fact that my windows are full of handprints and she has food all over her face-she was eating a banana muffin and I had put a little bit of butter on top and she started licking it off. I started laughing and with her most serious voice and face she said "Don't laugh Mommy-I just like butter" This story is funniest to my family I'm sure since I've heard tales of me doing the same thing when I was little.

Walking with one of my brother's dogs, Sugar

"Jumping" through the doggy hoops-I don't think she understood so much that a dog park was not there for her entertainment but the dogs'!

Two really huge dogs, girl named Jennifer that owns them, and Uncle Scotty with Mags.

Will and Caroline at the dog park. They were cracking themselves up!


At the dog park-the kids had such a great time watching all the dogs play together-from the littlest teacup one to the biggest great dane!

Up, up, up they go...
And-nothing...She was so disappointed when she realized this was not a slide!
Will and Caroline waiting for the rodeo to begin

I don't think Will was really sure about what he was about to see...but he loved it! Thanks for a great time Greenbergs!

Playing on the iced over trampoline

Making "ice angels" Hey-you work with what ya got, right? This is Texas!
Will getting ready to fly down the iced over slide!
Even the dogs enjoyed the ice storm...

Until Torpedo Maggie came through!

In true Texas fashion, the weather was crazy this week! We went from short sleeves Sunday, to an Ice Storm Tuesday that cancelled school Wednesday (and a birthday party unfortunately!) to short sleeves over the weekend. We managed to fill up our week with random and unexpected surprises and had a lot of fun! I learned how (or taught myself-not like it's rocket science) to build fires in the fireplace this week, so we took full advantage of that new talent-of course a fire means smores, so we also had a good time roasting marshmallows with family and friends during the cold weather. Will and Eric had front row seats at the rodeo and had a great time with friends (while Maggie got some good one on one with mommy and Grammy at the hospital) and we circled around to a new park and a dog park along with a few parks that we frequent on Super Bowl Sunday to get them good and worn out so Eric and I could watch the game in peace (thank you TIVO)! It was just too pretty of a day to waste time taking a nap! So anyway, enjoy the pics and have a great week-whatever the weather!