you are my sunshine, my only sunshine

::maggie's first bday::

her birthday was a success with a few minor mishaps

it was crazy and fun and i loved throwing a girly party

magz was happy and totally enjoyed herself (and she scarfed her entire cupcake. ha.)

we had a few close friends and family so it was pretty low key

wish i wasn't SO lazy because the pics from my camera are so much better than these phone pics, ah well

i am a lazy beast

happy first birthday, magz! this party made me not want to throw any parties for the boy's this year ;) TOO much work, blah

and sorry to my instagram friends because you peeps have seen all of these pics already!

one year tidbits

::Maggie at one year::

-19.1 lbs (she is finally skinny-ing out!) not sure how long she is?? but she looks pretty long.

-still nurses 2-3 x a day.

-still wakes at night to nurse one time, which is ridiculous (this is going to stop REALLY soon).

-she has been breaking out in hives as i have introduced her to dairy and eggs, sure enough, after a blood test, she has an allergy to both. her levels are low so hopefully she will outgrow this eventually.

-which leads me to....i think i am going to nurse this chick forever. agh.

-she takes two or three steps at a time but she just doesn't seem ready to walk at all. it's a combination of being nervous and uncoordinated.

-she eats a lot of different foods but refuses jarred baby foods. she still eats the pouches though!

-like i said before, she is pretty fiesty. tonight in the tub she was standing and started to throw a fit and kept yelling and stomping her foot. it was HILARIOUS. again, this will NOT be funny behavior when she is older. yipes!

-she say's "uh oh" and "wow" and "woah" a lot.

-loves music of any kind. is always dancing and trying to sing.

-she pretty much refuses to say my name now that daddy has been around more. she isn' really interested in him holding her but she LOVES to call his name and tease him. she will say dad, dadda and daddy to get his attention.

-she is still a hard core momma's girl.

-she did so well at her one year photo's and i LOVED the photographer i found. you can find her here. i am dying to see the pics she took! found me a good deal that she had posted on craigslist.

will post her one year pics as soon as i get them!

so glad you are ONE magz! can't wait to see you come alive

one year old girl

this sweetheart is one and i really can't believe it!

some get sentimental about this but i just get so excited.

she is headed to toddlerhood and i LOVE the thought of that!

i am so excited to find out who this little girl is...

i think have somewhat of an idea:

-she is fiesty as can be

-she is really sweet and loving at times

-she hits, pulls on your clothes and scratches when she is mad...she is pretty physical!

-she is pretty daring for a girl, lots of climbing

-she refuses to wear bows (this might make me SO sad because her one year pictures are tomorrow and girlfriend needs a bow..should have slipped one on when she was crowning, and everyday since, oh well)

-she is very stubborn and refuses to be rocked (which is something that kason and I LOVE to do) we actually haven't been able to rock her since she was a newborn because she didn't have much of a choice then!

there is so much more to learn about this little girl and i absolutely cannot wait!

her hair is starting to really grow and it has some curl! ahhh! i have been waiting and waiting for curly hair.

happiest first birthday, maggie kate!!!

next up: birthday party!

birthday's

as maggie's first birthday approaches, i am starting to feel guilty about not ever posting about the boy's birthday's!

griffin is obsessed with halloween so he asked to have a spooky birthday party to honor his october birthday. we will be doing the same party this year, per his request. but he wants it to be spookier this time and he wants to dress scary. hmm.. then for nolan's second birthday (in September) we had a construction theme. there was some kind of cake or cupcake mishap (i cannot for the life of me remember what happened) so i sent kason out very last minute to find a construction themed cake and i was mortified with what he came back with! ha. but nolan didn't care so nothing else mattered! the party had to go on. so excited to post about my little girlfriend's party! it's coming up WAY too fast. ahhhh.

Kasondilla

we love our daddy SO much!

we don't see him a whole heck of a lot but he sure makes up for it when he is here and we ALL ;) love it!

we made Kason a yummy breakfast, the boy's filled out questionaires about their daddy (which were hilarious) and we presented him with guns that the boy's made, a set of bbq grill tools and then took him to the shop to surprise him with a new grill.

it was a fun day and we loved celebrating our Kasondilla.

hot hot hot

I LOVE summer. Love it. I have no problem being hot. Sunshine does wonders for me!

It is pretty hot here now (and super dry) so we have been swimming, hitting the splash pads and eating lots of popsicles.

We also do a "carwash" about once a month where we wash the 5 million strollers I have (don't get me started on strollers....) and all of the bikes, scooters, etc.

It's fun, it gets our stuff squeaky clean and we stay cool.

Then, we eat popsicles.

blog

a friend of from back home (in AZ) has a blog about losing her sweet little boy to SIDS.

it is such an amazing blog, heart warming and gut wrenching, all in one.

she writes so incredibly well and i enjoy reading it so much. you can find her blog here.

as hard as it is to read this blog, i feel like it teaches me to have greater compassion for people and their trials.

in this situation, this blog makes me want to be a better friend and mom and to always remember to be thankful for what i have right now. today.

it's so easy to get all caught up in having a clean house, having perfectly healthy meals on the table for every meal, finding time to workout or just finding a moment of "me" time, period.