Great Days in SA

We had such a great time in San Antonio last weekend!  The kids loved getting so much attention from Nana and Papa!

Kirby has been asking to go back all week.  I can't decide if it's Nana and Papa she's been missing or Jack, though.  She is absolutely in LOVE with Jack.   Kirby has been an animal lover since day 1, but seeing her with Jack was something else.  She talked to him just like he was a person, scratched his ears, back & tummy all weekend long.  Jack was in heaven.

"Come on Jack, follow me."  "Where's Jack?"  "I sure wish I could have a dog like that."  "Do you think Jack wants a bone?

When Pam's cousin visited for Christmas, he brought her a rocking chair that had belonged to her father.  How neat that his great grandkids can enjoy it now!

As you can see Kirby was thrilled to get her picture taken.  Can this girl can give the evil eye or what?

 

Here are some smiles!! 

 

On another note, we found out today that Maggie will be sporting a new accessory in a couple of weeks.  She'll be a helmet head for a few months to get rid of the flat spot on the back of her head.   Unfortunately, these helmets are NOT cute, but I think it will be fine - this kid would look cute in a paper sack. (biased?  maybe.)  I've decided we need to go all out with this new look, though - there's no hiding a helmet on your head, so I'm thinking some big bows and bedazzling may be in order!

7 for 7 months!

 

 

 

1. Maggie, you "mmmmm" through every bite of your cereal and veggies.  There's no doubt that you love to eat!
2. William, you've decided to be a tummy sleeper which makes your mommy very nervous!
3. Maggie, you're doing a great job with your neck exercises!  You're even sleeping with your head turned to the right some of the time. 
4. You both still adore your big sister.  Sometimes she likes y'all :)
5. William, you "di-di-di" and "da-da-da" all day long and in the middle of the night, too!  It's so sweet to hear - even in the middle of the night, which brings us to #6...
6. You are both back to waking up several times a night - we're about to let you CIO...again.
7. William, you loved watching your first SuperBowl with BFF Wyatt!  Maggie, you were just there for the commercials.

   

 

Swimming like a fish...

...no, a mermaid...no, a dolphin...no, a duck...no, a CROCODILE!  She tells us every day all the animals she's going to swim like - over and over and over again.  She gets so excited just thinking about going to swimming lessons!

 

 

We don't just spit up -

We sit up...and spit up.

6 months!

We are soooooo big!  At least that's what our mommy tells us when she stretches our arms up over our heads.  We think it's so funny when she does that!  We love patty-cake, too.  Nothing beats our exersaucers, though! 

It's so fun to be 6 months old - now we can eat peas and sweet potatoes... 

 

...and help our big sister play dress up 

...and pick on each other!

Here are our 6 month stats:

Maggie

15 lb 4 oz

25 1/2 in

William

16 lb 6 oz

26 1/4 in

The Best Christmas EVER! (and longest post ever)

Kirby was right when she said we were going to have the Best Christmas Ever! We had so much from with her this year. She gets truly excited about everything, so the lights and decorations and presents and music were extra special.

From Build a Bear...

...to baking...

...and everything in between, Kirby had a ball!

She was a good girl during most of it, too! (Number One...yes, that's his name, told Santa so!) This little elf is amazing - I wish he could travel to our house from the North Pole all year long!  Kirby was throwing a fit about something one day, and we told her that #1 was watching, so she ran and hid behind the chair.  Whenever we mentioned his name, she would get really still and cut her eyes in his direction.  We are, however, going to have to remind him that when he comes next year he'll have to remember not to fly back to the EXACT same spot two nights in a row.  He had a bad habit of doing that this year.

Sorry for that little detour!  Christmas in Beaumont was great.  The kids managed to make it through a TWO HOUR service on Christmas Eve.  When we got back to the house, we set out cookies for Santa and green beans and blueberries for the reindeer.  Evidently, reindeer LOVE blueberries.  I was not aware of that. 

Kirby was almost as excited to find out what Santa brought as she was to stay in her bed so she could have her pappy.  When we finally got her out of bed, she found the teddy bear she asked Santa for, puppets, and a beautiful princess dress waiting for her!  She opened one more present and completely lost interest, so all of the presents that my parents got her are still wrapped - we're saving them for her birthday!!

Before the rest of us opened presents, we sang Happy Birthday and had coffee cake for Jesus' birthday.

The fairy princess cat made an appearance at Christmas dinner.  One "POOF" of her wand puts you into a deep sleep!

So did the snow pricess cowgirl!

Maggie and William had fun, too! William was and still is in heaven in an exersaucer, preferably the one that bounces, so he was thrilled when Santa left him a Jumperoo!!  I am pretty sure he's going to bounce right out of it one day!

Mags just soaked up all the attention while William jumped.

 

The best part by far, though, this Christmas season was how excited Kirby was about Baby Jesus.  We loaded her play table with nativities, and the Baby Jesus figurines traveled many miles around our house. He even accompanied her to Kroger and Target. She sang Happy Birthday to Him and still pretends that her baby dolls are Jesus, she's Mary, and Jim is Josep (the missing H is not a typo!).  My biggest prayer for her is that as she grows she will ALWAYS be that excited about our Savior!

Maggie and William's big day

Maggie and William were baptized on 12.19.09. The service was wonderful, and we are so excited for them!

Michael and Denise are Maggie's godparents, and Andy and Hannah are William's - What wonderful people to help these kids grow up to be the people God calls them to be!