Luuuuv You Mamma

This is what Maggie tells me now. I really don't know a sweeter sound than the sound of that. It warms my heart like no other.

Maggie is really talking a lot these days. She repeats pretty much anything you ask her to say. She is putting 3 and 4 words together now. She counts to 10 like 1,2,5,8,9,10. We are missing some numbers so we've been working on that. ha! She is sweet as pie and I could just eat her up.

We've spent alot of time outside playing. Planting flowers, watering flowers, playing in the baby pool, blowing bubbles, etc. etc. The girl goes to the door and begs to go outside. I have a feeling I will spend many afternoons in the baby pool with her this summer!

She removed all the books out of her crate and thought it was the funniest thing in the world to climb inside.

1 1/2 is definitely my favorite age. I know I said all the others were but I promise this is my favorite. If I could only freeze time...

Things to come...

1- I'm working on her big girl room now! Pics to follow

2- We start swimming lessons in 2 weeks. I can't wait!!

3- Potty training...maybe. She is definitely showing signs she wants to...but do I want to?????

Brians Birthday

I have to document Brians bday so we will remember what we did. Maggie stayed at my parents house that night so Brian and I could enjoy a night on the town! Well we went to dinner at Tabellas and were home by 8 o'clock! ha! Now many years ago, we would have taken this opportunity for some fun out on the town. But I guess we are old folks now. We ate dinner, stopped at Walgreens and bought gummy bears, came back and put on our jammies and rented a movie in bed! It was wonderful!! Now that is what I call a perfect night!

A Promotion, Mothers Day, and Babies Galore!

Promotion- I would first like to congratulate my hard working husband for his recent promotion at BancorpSouth. He is now Assistant Vice President!! He has been a commercial lender at the bank for 3 years and I've never heard him complain a day in his life. He deserved this more than anyone and we are all so proud of him!!

Mothers Day- We had a wonderful low key Mothers Day. Went to church as a family then went over to my parents house for lunch. Maggie was soooo sweet and gave me some flowers and a gift certificate for a full body massage!! She must have known I needed one!!

playing on the stairs even though she knows she is not supposed to!!

loves to rock

all the girls...Happy Mothers Day Mom!!! I couldn't be the mom I am today if it wasn't for your steadfast love and devotion to us girls!! I hope I'll be half the mom you are!

And Happy Mothers day to my Mother in Law as well!! She is one amazing woman herself. I am married to the most God fearing, kind hearted, loyal man I know and I contribute most of that to her! She did an amazing job...and yes...I am a little biased.:)

Babies Galore- Is it my age or the season but everyone is pregnant or having babies these days!!! In just the last month, Heather welcomed twin boys! Then the next week my sister welcomed sweet Jack. Then Amanda welcomed beautiful Saylor. Now, this past weekend my long time friend, Mary Clayton, welcomed little Jay into their family! My other friend, Amber, is due this Friday to have her baby!! Goodness that's a lot of sweetness going around!! Is there something in the water?!!

Easter 2011

Mags had a fun filled Easter weekend. Warning: TONS of pictures

Wednesday night Dada was out of town so Mags and I dyed Easter eggs. Or should I say Maggie did, she would NOT let me touch her eggs or help her out at all!!!! This was very hard for me bc I wanted to show her how to do it and help her make "pretty" eggs, but I had to sit back and let her learn on her on. She is Miss Independent for sure!!

Standing guard over her eggs, still would NOT let me touch them!

Thursday was Maggie's Easter Egg Hunt and party at school!!

She did so great! I was worried she wouldn't know what to do, but she caught on immediately and had a basket full of eggs by then end!

Sometimes we need a little help from our friends:)

Chowing down on her party food

Sunday the Easter Bunny stopped by our house. He must have known Mags has been such a good girl!!

As soon as she saw her new piggy book, it was over. She didn't want to see what else the Easter Bunny brought.

Until she saw her new tennis racket, and then it was really over! This girl is athletic!! She knew exactly what to do with the tennis racket and was really quite good. YaYa gave her a soccer ball last week and she kicks it all around the house. I think we will have this girl in sports as soon as she is old enough! I can't wait!

Then we got dressed and waited on everyone to come over for lunch. We went to our church's Saturday night Easter service, which was really nice to relax and enjoy each other Sunday morning. We had everyone over to our house for Easter lunch and an Easter Egg Hunt in the backyard!

The bubbles were a huge hit! Thanks Easter Bunny!

My 2 lovies just LOVE each other so much:)

The Easter Bunny stopped by YaYa and Pops too and brought her a new baby buggy! She loved it and pushed it all around the house, running into my walls several times too!

Very excited about the Velveteen Rabbit

And the hunt begins...

So proud of herself for finding all the eggs!

And how special to have the 2 great grandmothers here too!!

Hope everyone had a blessed Easter! I know ours was!!

John Russell Crumpton

Sweet little Jack Crumpton arrived Friday night at 6:59pm, weighing 7 lbs 7 oz and measuring 21 inches long. He is pure sweetness and perfection. Everyone is doing great! He is home now and getting adjusted just fine!! I must say, I was impressed with Maggie's behavior this weekend. She was a big girl about baby Jack coming into this world. She was very gentle with him, and liked to touch his feet. Mags has been the queen bee in our family for a year and 1/2 now, so she did great sharing YaYa and Pop for the first time!!

We love you Jack!!!

Stay tuned for pictures of Mags big Easter weekend. I only took 280 pictures!!

18 Months

We had Maggie's 18 month check up this week. She is 33 inches long(85th percentile) and 25 lbs(50th percentile). He said she is growing up instead of out, and had a huge growth spurt since her last appointment. She is going to have her daddy's figure I think!

Some things about Maggie that I just have to write down. She is the most lovey dovey child I have ever seen. She wants to be touching me at all times, and sitting in my lap with her cheek pressed against my cheek. She gives a million kisses and hugs a day. She is just so affectionate and I absolutely adore it! NOW...she is also MISS INDEPENDENT though. She will not let me do anything for her anymore. Its quite frustrating sometimes, but I have to laugh because she totally gets it from me! She is busy busy busy. I mean she will not sit down for 2 seconds. She will hardly sit down and watch a TV show. She will hardly stop to eat. Speaking of eating, she has become the pickiest eater alive. Dinner is a struggle every night. She would eat fruit and cheese for every meal if it was up to her.

She is speaking in sentences, but who knows what she is saying. She babbles and every once in a while I'll catch a word I can understand. We are working on counting to 10, and she does pretty good. She cannot remember her 4's or 7's. She knows some of her colors. She still LOVES to read. She is still pretty shy around other people. It takes her a good 30 minutes to an hour to warm up when we go anywhere and then she is fine. I don't mind if she clings to me though:)

Warming up donuts in the oven

Live at 5 downtown. This is a little festival downtown Hattiesburg puts on every Friday night of April and October. There is food and live music and Mags loves it!! She dances and runs around and plays with her friends.

We also took her to Zoo Blues at the Hattiesburg Zoo. The zoo is probably her second favorite place to be, first being anywhere outside!

And last but not least, we got a visit from her cousins. These girls love each other so much and it was so cute to watch them play and interact. I wish they weren't so far away and we could play every weekend!!

STAY TUNED...my sister is having her baby on Friday!! I am so excited I can hardly stand it!!! Will post pictures soon of the very anticipated Jack Crumpton!!