Valentine's Day!

Again, I realize Valentine's Day was almost a month ago, but hey, better late than never, right?!!  :)  This year, Valentine's was on a Monday, so we kept it pretty low key, me and mommies.  We went out to dinner as a family the night before, then on Monday, we just had dinner at home and I got to open some fun presents!!  Mommies got me a cuddly teddy bear and some books for Valentine's this year!  (and they wrapped them very nicely as you can see below)  In honor of the big day, I also wore my purple hearts PJ's to bed that night to celebrate.  Here are a few pictures of me enjoying the big day!

Opening my presents.  (that are tastefully wrapped in a Cub grocery bag - way to go mommies!)

Pulling out my first gift (a bear) and digging for more!

Sesame Street books!

Hmmm... doesn't taste like candy....

But it DOES have a handle, and I love anything with a handle!

Giving Bear a Valentine's squeeze!

Taking Bear for a walk!

Enjoying my yummy Valentine's treat from the Wagners!

Valentine's Day makes me really happy!  (and hyper!)

Starting to wind down - reading a book in my bean bag.

This is my favorite part of the whole book!

Super Bowl and Other Silliness

Yes, I realize the Super Bowl was a LONG time ago, but if you're a Packer fan, it feels like it just happened yesterday.  :)  Mommy is WAY behind on blogging, but she's hoping to get us all caught up today.  So, back to the Super Bowl.  As you may remember, our beloved Green Bay Packers were in the Super Bowl and they won!  It was such an exciting time.  Unfortunately, mommies both had busy work schedules the next day, so we bowed out of any SB parties and watched the game at home instead.  (lame, if you ask me...)  Due to the fact that we didn't go to a party, there weren't a lot of pictures taken during the game, but Mama did capture a picture of me and Mommy enjoying the half time show together.  As for the "other silliness" in the subject of this blog, Mommy also thought I should use this update to show some of the silly antics I've been up to over the last few weeks. 

Mommy and I glued to the half time show of the Super Bowl.

Dancing to the Black Eyed Peas!

Strolling through the house in my birthday suit following a bath.

Strolling through the house clothed this time.  (I do a LOT of strolling these days!)

Taking a break to chew on one of Joey's collars.

Allowing Mama to get a close up of my big blue eyes!

Pre-Arizona trip.  Mommies wanted to try my sun hat on me to make sure it fit.  (it did!)  This was also between outfits for the day, so Mommy put legwarmers on me that she got from Kandace and Klaire to see what I thought.  Turns out, I loved them!

Sporting the Bright Wood hat Mama got for me from work.

Another pre-Arizona trip task was to try my Crocs on to see if they fit. They did, and I ended up wearing them for the rest of that night ... over my pj pants, of course.

More Moments With Maggie....

I know this is starting to become a very regular occurance, but at least once every couple of weeks, mommies end up with a bunch of random pictures of me that don't really fit the "theme" of any blog postings, so they've asked me to put up these random postings to show some pictures of what I've been up to.  (outside of the bigger events in my life)  So with that, here are some random pictures of me over the last couple of weeks....

Taking a little break during dinner.

Trying my first bite of broccoli.  (I wasn't a fan)

Pushing my train and my Dr. Seuss doll down the hallway.

Hanging out in Joey's food dish.

More monkeying around in the pantry.

Helping myself to a mint.

Sleepover with Cousin Ella

Last Saturday after swimming at the Centre, we had cousin Ella over for a sleepover.  (Jessie and Dan were in Mexico, so we kept Ella for the night and Lauren stayed with Grandma and Grandpa)  Luckily, thanks to our afternoon of swimming, we were both exhausted and basically got to the house, ate dinner, got ready for bed, and went to sleep.  (okay, it wasn't QUITE that easy, but pretty much)  In the morning, Mama made pancakes for us, so we had pancakes, then played around the house for a while before taking Ella back to Grandma and Grandpa's.  It was a very fun time! 

Enjoying our hero burgers!

We were both slamming milk like crazy - Mommy took some pics because she thought we were being silly.  Here's Ella's milk slamming pic.

And mine.  (the side slam)

Ella wearing her breakfast.

I have different places in the house I like to hangout.  One of those places is my basket - Ella paid me a visit.

And after the basket, I moved to my favorite drawer under the oven....

...while Ella played with my balloon....

...and then we met back up at Mommy's lap for some computer time.  (notice we're both wearing necklaces in these - we raided Mommy's necklace drawer)

When It's Cold Outside, Move the Fun Indoors!

Last Saturday, mommies and I met up with all of my McNamara cousins at the Centre in New Richmond for some fun in the pool!  I hadn't been swimming since last summer, and mommies weren't sure what I'd think of it, but I actually liked it a lot!  I was a little hesitant at first and spent the first 30 minutes or so attached to Mommy like a little monkey.  Once I became more comfortable though, I had a blast!  The pool at the Centre is zero-grade, so there were areas that were shallow enough for me to walk and crawl around.  Another favorite activity of mine was to climb out of the pool and crawl around the deck of the pool.  Mommies were thrilled to see how much I loved swimming since we'll be going to Arizona in about 10 days for more swimming.  (and some sun this time!!)

Before we left the house, mommies took some pictures of me modeling my new swimsuit.

Starting to get silly here.

This face makes mommies smile.

One more stop before we headed to the pool - the shower!  I'm always trying to get into the shower (not sure why), but since I was already in my suit, mommies let me try it out.

Hmm....  maybe the shower's not as exciting as I thought it would be.

Hanging out with Grace at the pool!

Sitting on the side of the pool, taking it all in!

Crawling through the shallow end.

A shot of the kids playing.  (and me in the background chilling on a kickboard with Mommy)

An attempt at getting a picture of all of the cousins together.  Valient effort.

Becky and Cal were there too but they decided to sit this one out.

It Finally Warmed Up Enough for Another Sledding Adventure!

We had a pretty nice warm-up last Saturday (we hit 30!), so mommies decided to put my snowsuit on me and take me outside for some more sledding action.  (I hadn't been since November!!)  As soon as they put my gear on me, I got really excited!  The first time I went sledding, mommies just dragged the sled around by the string.  This time, they let me go down the hill by myself.  (don't worry - it's a small hill!)  I loved it and was grinning from ear to ear!  The other highlight of my sledding experience was getting to pet the cats!  (especially Peanut)  I stare at them through the patio door, but rarely get to pet them since it's been too cold to be outside, so that was a huge treat.  Here are a few pictures of my outdoor adventure!

All geared up and ready to head outside.  (but of course, mommies have to take pictures first)

Checking out my mittens.

First time down the hill - that's my goofy smile!

This is fun!

Hey - are you guys coming?  I'm ready to go again!

After a while, mommies let me out of the sled to crawl around the snow a little.  (my walking's not good enough to walk through snow with boots on yet!)

Giving Peanut a kiss.  Such a sweet girl!

Two things going on here.  (1)  More nuzzling with Peanut.  (2)  I lost my boot at some point and crawled around with my sock inside my snowsuit.

Ready to go again!

My trademark Maggie "oooh" face.  This face always makes mommies laugh.