Sweet Little Boy

Mommies can't believe how much I've grown and changed over the past few weeks.  And in true mommy fashion, they made sure to capture all of those changes on the camera.  I have become so much happier and more laid back lately.  A far cry (pun intended) from how I was several weeks ago.  :)  Mommies just fall more and more in love with me every day!

I'm always so content when I get my diaper changed.

Bundled up to go outside.

Taking a snooze on the floor.

Ready to go for a run with Mommy Tina.

Hanging out.

Cheese!

Much like my sister, I have my own little smirk.

I love looking around to see everything that's going on.

Hanging out with Lance.  (or, Miss Lance as my sister occasionally calls him)

Such a happy boy!

Trying on my new Christmas outfit.

Being silly.

Looking dapper in an outfit from my Bostow cousins.



Such a Happy Boy!

Just shy of my 2 month birthday, I started making mommies' days on a regular basis by giving them big smiles!  Mommies love how expressive my smiles are and how I smile with my mouth and my eyes.  A day or two after I started smiling, I also starting cooing, which is a sound mommies will never get tired of hearing! 

While this wasn't a full smile, I made this little smirk the day before I officially started smiling.  My first official smile was on Saturday, November 24.

So happy!!

My smile melts my mommies' hearts!

A few nights after my first smile, Mommy Susie made a video of my cooing.



We're Going on a Treasure Hunt!

For the past year or so, I've been really into Dora the Explorer.  For those of you who aren't familiar with Dora, each show has Dora and friends using a map to get to various places.  A while back, Mommies got me a little Dora backpack that had a map in it, and I like to pretend to use the map to find things around the house.  Well, last weekend Mommy Tina thought it would be a fun idea to do a real treasure hunt around our yard.  We have a nice big yard, so there were lots of places to hide treasures.  Mommy Tina drew the map, then Mommy Susie headed out on the 4 wheeler to hide my treasures.  Once it was all ready, we bundled up and headed outside, map and "treasure bag" in tow. 

It was such a fun day.  I was practically skipping I was so happy, and I was making up songs the whole time.  Each time we'd find a treasure, Mommy Tina and I would stop to look at the map to determine where the next treasure was hiding, then off we went!  The treasures we found were great.  Many of them seemed awfully similar to the treats I had received when trick-or-treating a few days earlier, but I'm sure that's just a coincidence ... mommies wouldn't have hidden old treats that we already had, would they?  ;)  With winter just around the corner, it was a great opportunity to get outside and enjoy what could be one of the last few weekends before the ground is covered in snow!  (not that I'll be sad about that, I've asked mommies to go sledding many times already ... I don't understand why we have to wait!!)

Ready to go!

Checking on Tommy before we headed out on our treasure hunt.  Looks like he's ready too.

Off we go!  Mommy wishes this one had sound because I started singing right away!  :)

First stop, mailbox!

The treasures were everywhere!

In Maggie language, "look what me got!"

So happy!

Better check the map to see where we go next.

We need to go THAT way!

We ended the treasure hunt by rolling down the hill several times.  Why did mommies wait so long to teach me this fun little trick?!



Halloween 2012

Halloween was last week, and we had such a blast!  I decided to be an elephant this year because Grandma McNamara had bought a great elephant costume a while back.  Mommies weren't planning to dress Tommy up at all, but they found out that the family had a small cow costume that Lucy wore when she was a baby, so he was in on the action too!  My first opportunity to dress up was a week before Halloween at dance.

On actual Halloween day, we met up with my cousins to do some trick-or-treating in New Richmond at the various businesses on main street.  After that, we did our usual where we headed to various family members' houses to trick or treat.  We finished the night off at Grandma and Grandpa McNamaras for pizza!  Mommy Susie and I left at around 8:00 and I was asleep before we got out of their driveway.  I'm pretty sure that's a sign of a good night.  :)

Me and my friends at dance.  (insert clever "elephant in the room" jokes here)

Tommy, the sleepy cow.

The cousins minus Tommy.

Having fun at Pat and Teri's house!



Pumpkin Carving!

It's that time of year again  (at least, it was a couple of weeks ago, but we're behind on blogging)... it's pumpkin decorating and carving season!  I had several opportunities to decorate and carve pumpkins this year!  The first was at Grandma Krumm's a few weekends ago where us kids painted pumpkins.  After that, mommies had bought a few small pumpkins in addition to our big ones, so we painted those too.  I had such a good time doing that.  Mommies just love to see me in my creative/crafty mode.  I get so focused!  The final step was the weekend before Halloween when Mommy Susie and I cleaned out a couple of bigger pumpkins, then Mommy Tina carved them for me.  Each year, we try to do one "traditional" pumpkin and one "Maggie's choice" pumpkin.  This year, I asked for Dora, so that's what Mommy Tina did for me!  They both turned out great!  I can't wait to do it again next year!

Working on my masterpiece.

Cleaning out my pumpkin.

More cleaning.  Mommy Susie had a bowl set out for the guts, and a separate bowl for the seeds.  After we were done, she cooked the seeds as a snack.  Unfortunately, no one was interested in eating her snack, but it was a fun idea.  :)



Sibling Love

One of Mommies' favorite things about having two kids now is watching us interact with each other and show affection toward each other.  Mommies weren't sure how I would react to Tommy being here (this is Maggie), but so far that have been pleasantly surprised at how sweet I am to him and how interested I am in holding him and taking care of him.  Mommies hope that's how it will always be.  (but I think they know better than that...)  :)

Hanging out with my buddy Tommy.

I love holding my brother!

Such a silly girl!

Mommies have to watch me pretty closely when I'm holding Tommy.  When I want to be done, I usually just put my hands up in the air and say "I'm all done!"  Mommies are trying to teach me to continue holding onto him until one of them can get him from me.  :)



Newborn Pictures & My 2 Week Stats!

I realize this is a little out of order, but hey, we're doing our best here!  Mommy realized after having us kids write several blog updates that we failed to report back on my stats from my two week well-check, and we also never posted pictures from my newborn photo shoot with Kim Gould.  (both of these events took place around the same time) 

So, here are my stats:

Weight 7lb 5 oz. 13.54%  (I'm a Peanut!!)

Length 34.31%
Head 34.54%

Other interesting facts about me, I don't poop much.  My first "no pooping" stretch was 13 days, my second one was 9 days.  Since then, I've regulated myself a bit, but I'm still not very consistent.  Luckily, that doesn't seem to impact my temperment much!

Shortly after I was born, we headed over to Amery to do a photo shoot with Kim Gould.  Kim is the photographer that does all of my sister's pictures, and mommies are always blown away by how great they turn out!  She did NOT disappoint on mine!  Check them out!