Maggie is 18 Months Old...

HOLY COW! Where did the last 6 mo. go? I swear I just got done with her first Birthday.. I can not believe how much she has changed in the last month it is crazy. She is the cutest and funniest kid ever, I love to see what she will come up with next and try to figure out what she is thinking/scheming about! She is a little spit-fire and so full of it. She keeps me laughing all the time and I can't get enough "lubies" from her. She is so so attatched and doesnt like me out of her sight. It is hard sometimes, but I dont't mind most the time. I love how snuggly and sweet she is. She is always right under my feet whenever I am doing something. If she notices I am not around she looks through the whole house for me. Although she is attatched she will go off and play by herself, but not for long. She has been such a great blessing in our family and the best friend for Molly. I love watching them play and laugh together and even fight together cuz it can get pretty funny. She is just the perfect piece of the puzzle for us. She fits right in and I don't know what we did without her. 

Happy 1.5 yr. Maggie K.

 Maggie @ 18 Months Old..

*Weight: 22 lbs. (25%)
*Height: 32 1/2 in. ( 70%)
*Wears size 12-18 Mo. 

*Wears size 4/5 shoe

*Wears size 3 diaper

*Has 12 teeth- 6 on both top and bottom

*Sleeping through the night WAY better than before

*Still LOVES chocolate milk

*Climbs up/on/in/under EVERYTHING!!!! She amazes me sometimes with what she can climb

*Her hair is kinda curly in the back and looks way curly with a little Sprunch Spray

*Still LOVES her Binky- this will be our next battle, but since I stopped nursing not too long ago I can't take it away that quick I am afraid it would traumatize her

*Still has to have her blankey when going to sleep/sad. She has been carrying it around way more too. Along with her bear and other things in her crib

*She loves the water could swim all day and even goes under water and kicks her feet way fast

*She loves to Jump

*She loves to dance

*She loves to color-especially on herself!

*Loves to pick her shoes

*Loves getting her nails and toes painted "pretty"

*Loves jewelry

* Has gone potty on the potty a few times

*Asks to swing all the time

* Tries to do everything Molly does

*Idolizes Molly

*Way too smart for her own good

*  Favorite  Foods: Veggie Straws, Mac-n-Chz, Any Noodle, Eggs, Waffles, Chicken, Any Meat, Rice, Grapes, Cheese, Any Crackers, Treat-Lots of Treats

*Favorite Song: 3 Monkeys swingin on the tree

*Favorite Book: The Belly Button Book

*Favorite Movie: Dumbo

*Favorite Show(s): Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, Wow Wow Wubzy, Miss Spiders Sunny Patch

*Favorite Shoes: Her Jellies, Crocs

*Favorite thing to wear: Her Pink Kitty Jamies and her Swimsuit

Newest Words: ta-tee(cookie), wahba (waffle), tate-it (shake-it), kah-ta (cracker), kick, hot, hot-tah (hot dog), stwim-tute (swim suit), bee-bee (binky), La La (Molly), jew (juice), Cah-to (Costco), taint-you (thank you), eww, ta-kah (ku-ku) , lub-you (I love you), I nunno (I don't Know)

 Her little Curlies

 Big Girl Panties: We got her some and I let her wear them around for a while

 I took this picture at about 9:30 one morning

 

I finished doing my hair and came out at 9:35 and took this picture....Covered in purple marker

My babies both at 18 Months Old... They look so different to me!

Fun in the gutter...

This is one of my most favorite articles of clothing the girls have. I got this sweet little dress when I was in Ecuador 6 yrs ago and couldnt wait to put my baby girl in it. Molly wore it first obviously and it held up awesome. So when Maggie was finally big enough I couldn't wait to put it on her. To me, they look so sweet and precious in it- it just melts my heart.

 Just for comparison sake this is Molly the same age/same dress. See simply precious!

 Now onto the gutter.. Our neighbor just got a pool put in and for some reason they were draining it to the gutter so what better way to play outside at 8:30 in the morning than to put on your swimsuit (after their jamies had been soaked) and play in the gutter and race pop cans down and catch them... We also filled up the little pool and the girls had a blast!!!

A little bit from Molly...

 Molly kills me with some of the things she says sometimes so I thought I would share a little:

A conversation Molly had with my mom:

Grandma K: "We don't like Wingers"

Molly: "No way! Wingers is gross! It's  private huh Mommy?"

Mom: "Molly I dont want you to go to preschool, cuz that means your getting too big!"

Molly: "Mommy its okay you just lay down and relax. You be happy sweetheart"

Mom: "I dont want you to grow up bigger, just stay little"

Molly: "but Mommy, I have to grow, grow, grow and taller just like my daddy"

Clint: "Molly, your growing like a weed"

Molly: "(sat on the floor in a ball) I'm a weed, pull me daddy"

Molly was singing "Row your boat"  in the tub:

Mom: "Where did you learn that song?"

Molly: "Just on Facebook Mom"

 I did my hair curly for the first time in a way long time:

Mom: "Molly do you like my hair?"

Molly: "No, it looks goofy"

Mom: "Why?"

Molly: "Just go in the bathroom and change it!"

Molly was spelling Maggie's name to her and when she was done she said " Maggie your a genius"

Molly: "The sun is in my eyes"

Mom: "Im sorry"

Molly: "I don't like the sun its so dumb!"

One week I took Maggie into the nursery( not quite old enough) just cuz she was being crazy in Primary- Well after church was over Clint and Molly came to get us-

Molly to Maggie: "Hi sweetheart, how was your day- did you have so much fun- look at that picture good job sweetie"

 

Just today I was making a list of stuff I needed to get done and Molly wanted me to write her list down so I did and wrote everything she told me. This is so her it just cracks me up!

 

Love you Molly J. Thanks for keeping me entertained!

Meet Roxanne...

Let me start with a little conversation I had with Molly about a month ago....

Molly: "Mom, I need a bunny pet"

Mom: "You want a bunny for a pet, I am sorry sweetheart, but we don't have  spot for a bunny pet"

Molly: "What pet can I have"

Mom: "What about a fish, that's pretty much all daddy will allow I think"

Molly: " O that will be perfect a fish pet, yes a fish pet is perfect Mommy"

I then got to thinking how she could "earn" her "fish pet". I thought we would make a chart with 10 squares on it and every day that she 1: didn't pee her pants because she got too busy 2: Didn't go in time out 3: Was nice and happy all day 4: Helped clean up toys and helped Mom ...she would earn a fish in the square. When she got them all filled up we would let her pick out a "fish pet"...Overall she just had to be happy and good all day and she would earn one.

She filled that chart up in about 2 weeks, it worked awesome. We were going out of town right when the chart was filled up so we waited till we knew we were going to be home for a while. Well that just happened to be this past weekend. We went to Petco and let Molly pick out her very own fish. She picked a pretty blue/purple Betta fish and a little tank to go with it.

When I asked her what she wanted to name it she said "Roxanne" almost immediately. I was taken back and thought Roxanne? Really? Well, Clint then tried telling her it was a boy fish (which it is-according the the bowl it was in) she walked by the car and started to cry to me and said "I wanna name it Roxanne Mommy, I just lllooooooovvve Roxanne" I said she could name it whatever she wanted and she was happy. In the car again Clint said, "Its a boy fish Molly" to which Molly looked at him and said "Her is a girl fish named Roxanne Daddy!!"

Floating Down the River...

We were headed to Springdale/Zion to go to the "Flying Monkey" and have dinner, when we decided before hand we would let the girls play down by the river. My dad decided to get some tubes and take them down the river a tiny bit. Cody and Clint tag teamed getting them up the river a bit then had the girls and one of them go down and my dad was at the end before it got to little rapids to catch the tube. Molly was scared the first time cuz she went alone, but after that her and Maggie had a blast. It is something I hope we can do more especially when they get a little bigger.

Grandpa Steve and Molly J...see her little head poking up?

 Uncle Cody and Maggie

 Clint and Maggie

 Our niece Peri was down for a visit and tagged along too..

 Clint and Molly

 Maggie loved playing in the water most of all..This kid could play in the water every second of every day if I let her.

24 th of July

We really didn't plan on doing much for the 24th actually we planned on doing nothing really. Then Craig called and said he bought the girls a bunch of fireworks and asked if we could do it Monday Night. It was perfect. It ended up being a ton of fun Craig and Janet came over, and Kyle and Berkley and a bunch of their buddies came over to do fireworks and have treats after. I love having people over and we hardly ever do so it makes it that much more fun. It seems we are always going places to meet up with other people, its kinda nice to have them come to us every once in a while.  The girls were in heaven with all these "big" people to play with. Molly wouldn't let poor Berkley out of her sight and games for that matter. She was a good sport and played right along. We had a great time and can't wait till the next little get together at our house!

 Most the gang...

 Molly and Maggie wanted Berkley to read them book after book and play school!

 That same day I decided to get all the girls broken crayons and make new crayons. Since all the school stuff is in stores now I was planning on buying new crayons and such anyways so we decided to give it a shot. It was a hit and all Molly and Maggie wanna do now is color with our "super awesome" crayons now. It was really easy, I peeled the paper off, broke them into little pieces, put them into an ice cube tray from IKEA that made skinny long ice-cubes, placed them in the over for about 20 min. then into the freezer to cool and popped them out, cut them in half and wah-la! "Super Awesome Crayons" as Molly calls them...