Maizie Wonder

This video makes me smile. Hope it does the same for you! I'll continue my series of lessons in Maiziese as a Second Language soon. She's come up with some doozies lately. But I thought this would tide over our biggest fans (hi mom and dad!) until then.

Growing Up!

 
Saturday was Anderson's 9 month-day. We spent it with good friends and family in Abilene. Tons of fun! Took him to the doctor today and he is 17 lbs., 10 oz. (6th percentile). His height was 27.25 inches (11 percentile) and his head was, uh, well, in the 90th percentile. No wonder I've been having trouble getting his shirts on. The picture above is the "framer" for the dining room. Anderson's new "tricks" this month are pulling up (and learning to get down), putting new things in his mouth (and learning to let mommy fish them out), chasing after his big sis, and clapping to performances on So You Think You Can Dance. I couldn't have asked for a happier, sweeter, cuter man child.

 
Another big milestone was Maizie's first day of school. It was a bit of a madhouse getting out the door, but I dutifully posed her for first day pics when we got home. She was HYPER, so this is the best we could do. She's loving her class this year with Miss Angela and Miss Jeanne and can really repeat back the things they talk about this year.

 
Here are the two rugrats being so sweet together....

 
And now for the rest of the story. 90% of the time, all is well between the two siblings. But luck allowed me to capture this face when Anderson reached his "sharing" limit. Love it.

Happy Birthday, Dad!

Here's a shout out to my most loyal reader, Dad! It's my Dad's birthday today and he's taking care of my mom in the hospital, so I thought a movie chronicalling our trip home to Michigan complete with sappy music would cheer both of them up.

My Dad is funny and sweet and caring and giving and forgiving and he makes an amazing Papa to our kiddos. Hope you have a wonderful day and Mom gets better as a gift to you! Love you!

Cuties Patooties

Shots that are too cute not to share...
 
 
 
 
If you can count the number of accessories Maizie is wearing, you win a prize.

Big Boy!

It's been another month of big changes. Anderson's doing fun, new things every day.

 
 
 
 

Fun with Friends

 
We had an "at home day" that went awry and Noelle and Brian were nice enough to let us come up for lunch and hang out with Luc. Maizie (who would only wear this fancy dress and shoes that day) decided to take Luc for a ride around the apartment. They really love each other and they both like to give goodbye kisses!

 
Little Jake and Anderson hanging out by the bars at an indoor playground. Surrounded by expensive play equipment and they choose bars. Cutest little jailbirds I've ever seen.

 
Grumpy Old Men loungin' by the pool. Gotta love it.

 
Maizie going for a ride on the "Noelle" Express. Afterwards, Noelle said it was her turn and Maizie laid down in the shallow water and told her to get on!

Closest Cousins

Catching up. Bear with. Brooke came to visit at the end of July with Jason's mom. She watched all 3 kids while I ran around to my heart's content. Glorious. From the looks of these pictures, you can see that Maizie and Brooke had a pretty excellent time as well. Thanks, Margaret!

 
This shot was Maizie and Brooke playing "house" in our bathroom. Nice.
 
 
 

The pool was closed, so we turned on the sprinklers in our back "yard"! Fun, fun.