Silly...

Molly asked me to take silly pictures with her a couple days ago and I couldn't resist! This kid is the sweetest most pleasant child ever, but she sure loves to be silly and that's why I love her so so much!

 To finish us off the "Watermelon Kiss" solely made up by Miss Molly herself!

Sure love being silly on a lazy afternoon with my little girlies...

Maggie @ 23 Months....

23 Months Old..

 @ 23 Months Old...

*Weighs between 24-25lbs.

*Shoe: size 5-6

*Clothes: Height wise she needs 18-24/2t for pants/dresses, but she is so small that for shirts and stuff she usually wears 12-18/18-24 Month

*Size 3 diaper- only at bed/nap 

*If she doesn't have panties on so basically naked on the bottom half then she will pee in the potty 100% of the time without me even asking her. If she has panties on she almost 100% has an accident. So we have yet to venture out in panties-she wears pull-ups and we take her potty lots-she usually makes it home dry, but I am not chancing it just yet.

* She is really into lining things up and counting them- she can count to 1,2,3,5,10 is what she usually says

 *She has been Binky free for almost 2 weeks and is getting better every day- keeping her asleep is a challenge and getting her to sleep is sometimes a challenge as well

*Her favorite show Mickey Mouse- every time the tv is on she only wants to watch "mouse" forget whoever else is watching something she could care less-so if Mol is watching a show sometimes Mag will go in our room to watch "Mouse"

*Her favorite foods: eggs, noodles with white sauce, pizza, chicken nuggets, apple juice, strawberry milk, pancakes, pop, cuties(mandrines), black berries with cream, ketchup, or any dip

*Loves her babies, likes to feed them rock them, pat them and so on

*Loves to play with Molly and her friends, and luckily they let her tag along

*Could play outside on her bike/4 wheeler all day long

*Loves to help and is good at helping make beds and putting dishes in the sink

 * She still will not let me leave in Nursery, and doesn't like to go with any one but me. She is still very attached, she will do pretty good with Clint or the Grandma's for a certain amount of time. If she has a choice though she always chooses to be with me.

* Loves helping do puzzles, and putting her shapes on certain toys that they go with. 

*Can talk like crazy, I can't even keep up with writing what she can say- She communicates with us all pretty well and most know just what she is saying most the time.

* Loves bracelets, necklaces, and her hair done with bows on. 

*When she gets dressed she needs to be dressed from her head to her toes-bows to shoes

 This kid is seriously CRAZY, the picture above/below pretty much sum this little crazy up! She keeps me on my toes, is really good and throwing a fit, and can love with all her heart all in the same 5 minutes. She keeps us going and laughing all the time. I sure can't believe she will be 2 in just 1 month. She is constantly singing "Appy Burpbay to me" (Happy Birthday to me) and she tells me she wants a "Minnie Burpbay and tut-cakes" (Minnie Birthday and cupcakes) So I guess I know what we will plan for that big 2 year old birthday! Love this girl and so glad she brings that little okay a lot of Crazy to my day!

 This split thing is a kick- we walk into somewhere and very randomly she busts out in the splits like its no big deal-in the church hall, store aisles, walking in the parking lot you name it she busts them out at some point with the biggest grin on her face!

 She got Minnie Tatoos in her stocking and thinks they are the greatest and is very proud of them sometimes instead of a sticker for going potty she asks for a "Tah-TooT"

 This is what happens when she pees in her panties or pull-up complete meltdown for at least 3 minutes, it completely breaks her heart and she feels so bad!

 Without the Bink she has had some late nights I mean MIDNIGHT by late nights, but she is happy and off the wall the whole time!

 Getting her groove on...

 

Comparison of the Girlies:

They look 100% different to me! From hair color, face shape just everything--especially personality, Molly is so chill and easy going, Maggie is just pretty much CRAZY!

Bye Bye Binky...

Jan. 1st:

We decided it was time to break Maggie of her beloved binky- I had talked to her about it a couple days ahead of time and we even went to the store and she got to pick out a little toy for when she threw her binkies in the garbage and was a big girl. 

She was ready, so on Sunday after church, we gathered all her binks and let her suck on them one more time and then would cut the top off and give it to her for her to throw in the trash- She did awesome and was throwing them away really quick and talking about her Minnie purse. When I got to the last one- her favorite one with the unicorn on it I snipped the top and handed it to her and she burst into tears sobbing "my binky mommy, my binky" It was so pitiful I started to cry and just held her in my lap and told her she was a big girl. It really broke my heart I felt so bad for her. 

I let her play longer than normal before naps because I was dreading it really. The time came and it took me over 30 min. to get her to sleep and the whole 30 min. she was crying her heart out. It was so heartbreaking and I even shed some more tears. She usually sleeps for over 2 hours well today she slept for about 45 min. then woke up sobbing more saying "my binky mommy, mommy, mommy my binky" tear jerker again for sure. So I let her get up and watch Mickey... 

I was really dreading bed time and it actually went surprisingly well, when it was time for bed I sang some silly songs with her then "I am a Child of God" and she fell right to sleep not even a whimper. 10 min. later she woke up crying, but only for a second until I told her she still had her blankey and "bear bear"....

 Even her new prize was not enough to cover those sobs...Bless her little heart!

 After the shock wore off and she was eating some chocolate she was  a happy girl, until the 3 times she would go get that unicorn bink out of the garbage and start to sob again-that's when Clint took the trash out and that made things a lot easier for it to not even be in sight....

My baby girl is growing up and I don't like it one bit.... 

Way to go Maggie K. !!!!

Update: Jan. 9, 2012

Maggie's first 2 days were awful, asking  for and screaming for her binky all day long and especially at nap/bed time was so not fun in fact she didn't nap for 3 days! She didn't sleep through the night at all and was up every hour or two. By the fourth night she slept all through the night but naps were still a battle.. It was not until this past Sunday, so a whole week later that she went to sleep really fast and didn't mention her binky once. She talks about it and says it went bye bye to the birdies at the garbage, but she does not ask for or cry for it any more. The car is not fun since she screams the whole time just because, but that too is getting better. I give us one more week and we should be golden!!! The greatest plus to this is her talking seems to have sky rocketed and we can understand her more and more every day!

Playin Hard...

The girls have been enjoying the things they got for Christmas and wanting to play hard every day. I got the girls these big foam blocks that they LOVE. They especially loves when Clint can build them a "super tall awesome tower"..

 Molly asks me numerous times throughout the day when she can ride her bike, she is great about wearing her helmet and loves to go "super fast" putting on the brakes is the tricky part, but she is getting better and better. She LOVES her bike and since the weather has been so nice she has been able to ride it lots.

 Maggie got Molly's old bike- she can't peddle yet, but likes to think she is going super fast too!

 She can keep up better with Molly on her 4 wheeler, which she is getting less and less scared of and better at steering as she rides it more- it used to jolt her back a little when it started and kinda freaked her out- now she just rolls with it and loves to chase Molly on her bike.

 Her helmet is a little big on that little teensy head of hers!

I have been loving this winter- when you can still play outside with a long sleeve shirt on at the end of Dec. I would call that a great winter!!!

Happy New Year...

New Years started early for us since Molly found my mom's bag of New Year party gear. When we were over their the Wed. before she got it all out and told us we were coming to her party, she is a hoot! My grand parents happened to be down and got to enjoy the crazies of my little girlies and loved every second.

Mag with Grandpa Kent and her "cheese" face

 Grandma Grape, Molly, Grandpa Kent, Maggie

 On New Years Eve, Clint had to work later at Pasta so we decided to have a pizza party at our house with some friends and then put the girls to bed then when Clint got home we played games and rung in the New Year. Maggie was into the treats the whole night and pretty much staked her claim of that chair by the goodies.

 Right before the babies went to bed we did sparklers. Molly hated them and didn't want to touch it. Maggie however wanted to grab the flame and was twirling it all around right by her face and hair-I about had a heart attack!

 She did try one, but only one...

 The Griffiths Family

 Callaway, Molly, and Maggie

 Me and my New Year party animals. Clint hadn't quite made it home yet....

 

It was a pretty low key, yet fun day and I am so glad Molly wanted to have a party and it all came together so nicely. It was a perfect way to start off the New Year!