Happy Half Birthday Maggie K.

Little Maggie is 6 months old today!!!!! I can hardly believe it we are half way to her first Birthday and I must say these have been the best 6 months EVER!!!! This little nose crinkle is one of my favorite faces of all time-totally captures my little buggy

 

Maggie @ 6 Months

*Weighs 15.5 lbs.(45%) and 26 3/4 in. tall (75%)

*Wearing size 3-6/6-9(barely)

*Wears size 2 diapers

*Wears size 1 shoes and starting to fit in 2's

*Nurses about every 2-2.5 hours

*Eats 2 times with solids a day- loves it, also eating some table food if safe :)

*Will only drink Apple Juice out of a bottle-nothing else I mean NOTHING

*Sits up solo

*Starting to reach to start scooting (I bet she starts scooting around any day)

*Loves to follow Molly

*Gets upset if left alone in a room especially if mom leaves

*Still Mommy's girl

*Has one little tooth on the front bottom right

*Loves to play on the floor, especially loves her babies feet to chew on

*Sleeps like a champ

*Hates her car seat, but only since our trip to Cali

*Growls when she starts to get mad

*Sings herself to sleep sometimes (happening more lately)

*Happy, Silly and Sweet :)

 

One day we stopped @ Pasta and the Vanlehns girls were there- Molly was dying to see Ayla so we ran in for a few minutes to chat- Maggie grabbed some licorice off the table and we let her go to town and just that she did- she was in heaven and loved every second- she was such a mess, her feet were just covered, but she had a great time!

And just barely she had her first real taste of ice cream- she loved this too- She makes some great faces especially with her eyes when eating such delicious treats!

 

Maggie, You are such a delight- you are always so happy and sweet. We are so happy to have you as part of our family and love you so much. I don't know what Molly would do without you to play with. I hope you always have such a sweet bond, you two are so lucky to have each other. I can't wait to see what you do next, but please just slow down a little cuz your getting too big too fast! I love you little bugga bug-

And for the comparison of my two little munchkins- just to compare:

Maggie: 15.5 lbs and 26 3/4 in.

Molly: 18.7lbs. and  27 1/4 in.

And I just came across this pic. of me @ 6 months...

2 Little Beach Bums

We had so much fun @ the beach, all the kids LOVED playing in the sand which I am still finding in random places- man that stuff can get EVERYWHERE! All the kids liked the water, but Molly probably played in it the most- she loved running from the waves and jumping the waves as they came in. Maggie LOVED the ocean so much- we would take her to the shore line and just watching the water she would smile and laugh, once her toes got into the water she squealed with delight. Molly is still talking about the beach and wants to go back. These days were the funnest in my book. We love the beach!

Zach loved jumping in holes @ the beach

 Little Miss Mya

This is one of my most favorite pics of the Maggie Doo

 

Molly was really hard to get pictures of because she was busy busy all the time, but we managed to get a few really cute ones of the little sand monster

 

Molly played in the sand a lot and loved building castles with Ashley and being burried by Matt. It was a little chilly and the kids got runny noses, well when you are Molly and rub your face in the sand and taste the sand you get a look something like this...

And to top off All the great beach pictures this has to be my favorite: 

2 little beach bums....

Doesn't get much cuter than that!

What a great trip we had, can't wait till we can all go again- Clint and I have already started planning our trip to Disney Land for next year and there will be a beach day or two included- Can't wait!

Cali Part 2

This is pretty much the rest of the trip aside from the 2 actual days we went to the beach in our swim suits and played on the beach(that will be next)- We had so much fun doing everything together and driving around in the 15 passenger van Craig rented so that we could all pile in. It was so fun to wake up with all the little kids running around and then staying up late playing games or just hanging out- We got some good pool time and shopped a little too- What a great vacation we had.....

Here is big red in person :)  which included -7 adults, 4 kids, 3 strollers, and  4 car seats

 

While Janet and I played with the babies at the little park Clint, Abbey,Craig and Matt played "HORSE"

@ the Marina- right across from where we stayed...

 

This was the kids first chance to play in the Ocean- Molly has been before, but it was last summer and she was still pretty little. She loved it so much, she would follow Clint out pretty far and then run fast back in when the waves would come laughing the whole way.

 

Miss Maggie squealed the entire time while by the water, it was so cute- Even if she wasn't actually dipping her toes in,but just watching she was so happy and excited- Maggie Loves the beach!

 

Of course they were all drenched from the Ocean and covered in sand so what better way to get clean than a cousin tubby!

 

Molly loved hiding in the cupboard, it wasnt long before all three little ones were packed in there hiding from us..

 

Maggie was a Grandpa's girl this trip- the other kids got jealous when their moms, or Grandma were holding Maggie, but Grandpa got in some good snuggles from the Magster..

Take a look at those two pool loungers...

 I think there will just be one more post about the actual Beach Days to sum up our Cali trip- I know lots of pics, but I just can't help it....