Life's Little Moments

The girls at our house have had the stomach flu this week, which has put me a little behind with everything.  We haven't been up to anything exciting... just enjoying life's little moments.  Here are some of our moments from the past couple of weeks.  



Olivia has a really good daddy. Not many guys I know would let their two year old paint their toenails.  Thank Heavens it washes off in the shower or some of daddy's construction workers might tease him. 

We finally got our garden in.  I think Olivia was more interested in playing in the mud and water than planting the vegtables.

The kiddos

 Liv "helping" me put together the shelf for the storage closet.

The nice thing about this wet weather- I still have pretty tulips in my front flowerbeds.

The little man sitting up on his own.  He is still really wobbly, but he does a pretty good job for a few seconds.  He is getting to be such a big boy.  He is now rolling from his stomach to his back.  At his 4 month appointment 10 days ago he was 25 inches long and 15 pounds 5 ounces- both in the 40th percentile.  His head on the other hand was in the 89th percentile- I think it has something to do with his hair???

Easter has come and gone, which typically means we take down the bunnies and eggs and put up the Americana decorations to celebrate Memorial Day, Flag Day, 4th of July, and 24th of July.  Unfortunately these decorations are not hanging on my walls or adorning my quilt shelf... why you ask?  Because I have misplaced my giant box of American decorations... how does that happen? 

Because I am unorganized.  I have a ton of storage space in my house and all of it is in a state of disarray-a sure sign I have way too much stuff and need to declutter. The problem is I have to be in the mood to declutter and recently the mood has not hit me.  I am a collector.  In fact, as I was looking for my Americana decorations Saturday night (for the second time) I found a box containing all of my art work from grade school including the colored Pilgrim from Mrs. Gisen's afternoon kindergarten class circa 1982.  What am I going to do with a 29 year old construction paper pilgrim? My hope chest is filled with dried corsages from high school dances, old t-shirts that my Firth Jr. High classmates signed, deflated balloons from birthdays, and a variety of other junk that has been sitting there for over 15 years and really should be thrown away.  Someday... and when I do maybe I will find those decorations.

Now our week...
This past Thursday night we decided to walk to the library and then stop at a local pizza place for dinner.  Olivia sat in the stroller the entire way there, but on the way home she had to push.  Her new thing is "I do it".  She wants to put on her shoes, her clothes, wash her hands... all by herself.   Here she is pushing the stroller after putting her sunglasses on herself...

On Saturday morning our local chapter of Families Supporting Adoption put on a birth mother walk at Provo High.  Olivia had a great time "driving" the fire truck and playing under the parachute.  Daddy even got a picture with Cosmo.  It is fun day to spend with other adoptive families and celebrate the amazing birth mothers.. We love both of our birth moms!

After the birth walk we had a ton of errands to run so we decided to stop and get a milkshake at In and Out.  I am not sure what it is, but there is something about Olivia and her smile- she charms people.  The ladies at the counter told he she was so cute and gave her stickers and then she waved and smiled at the guy moping the floor and next thing we know he is bringing her a hat.  She thought she was pretty cool.

Later Saturday afternoon we made some Strawberry Jam as a birthday present for Grandpa M.  Olivia loves to help in the kitchen and so she was right in the middle of the action.  She is such a big "helper"



The blender was too loud- she does the same thing when we flush a public toilet yet the trains that go by our house blowing their horns don't phase her???



Now about Nathan... it is hard to believe that he is four months old already.   I keep telling him to stay little for awhile since he may be my last baby, but he doesn't listen. His four month check up is on Friday and I am really curious to see what his stats are.  His legs and arms are starting to get some rolls and I think he is roughly the size of his cousin Gracie who is seven months old.  He has starting sitting in his bouncer and would much rather be sitting up than laying down.  He is trying to roll himself over especially when he is on his stomach. We have had a couple of 5 and 6 hour stretches of sleep at night.  He really is a good baby and is very happy most of the time.   

Weekend Adventures

What a fun busy weekend.  On Friday night we made a quick trip to Brigham City to see Jon, Brittany, and family.  Britt and I got to do a little scrap booking and then we got dinner at Maddox and ate at the Perry Heritage Park. 

On Saturday morning Olivia had a birthday party for her friend, Hayden, and then in the afternoon we met Grandpa and Grandma M at the Tulip Festival at Thanksgiving Point. It was such a beautiful day and the tulips were splendid.  I love tulips and thousands of them in one place is a little bit of heaven for me.

Three Months (plus a couple of weeks)

Our little man is now three months old  (plus a couple of weeks).  He is growing so fast and as he fills out gets even cuter (if that is possible).  This month he has started to laugh and giggles anytime we tickle underneath his chin or on his sides.     

If I have him propped up against a pillow on the bed or the couch he tries to pull himself into a sitting position.  He has started to reach for things. The other morning he was sitting up and noticed his toes for the first time- it is so fun to watch him discover something new. 

The little stinker is still waking up two or three times a night.  He still has all of his hair other than a small bald patch on the back of his head- he has so much hair unless you really look we can cover it with the crazy curls in the back.  His little personality is emerging and so far he is laid back other than when he is hungry and then he lets you know.

He has outgrown most of his three months clothes.   He "talks" more than Olivia did at this age and she "talked" a lot so it will be interesting to see how the two compare as he grows. He still doesn't like bathes and  hates being on his tummy.

He loves his big sister and just stares at her while she talks. She is very protective of him and as we leave for the day and when she gets up she always asks where Nathan is.

 

We sure love this little guy and so glad he is part of our family.

 

Happy Easter

Happy Easter....

Sunshine

It has been a wet rainy, snowy, windy Spring... it has been a little depressing and I think I have been more than a little bit grouchy (just ask Scott) the last couple of weeks. Yesterday was just what the doctor ordered... it was a beautiful sunny warm day and we spent every minute that we could outside. We spent the morning working on weeding the flower beds and then went to the park for a picnic and to play on the slide and swings.  It is amazing what a little sunshine does for the soul.

Olivia's new wheels.  She hasn't quite figured out how to peddle, but loves being pushed around.

This kid loves his hands in his mouth.  He keeps gagging himself with his fingers.  Liv and I were sitting on the flooring painting out toenails and Nathan was sitting in front of us.  I said to Nathan "Nathan Scott Magleby get your fingers out of  your mouth" and proceeded to pull them out of his mouth.  A second later  (after he stuck them in again) I hear Olivia say "Nathan Scott Magleby get your figures out of your mouth".   A good reminder to watch what I say around her.

This girl is so strong.  She climbs up to the monkey bars and holds herself up and swings.  

We had so much fun at the park.  Last night Scott and I got a sitter and went to dinner. As we were leaving a member of the bishoprich (clergy) stopped by to see if I would accept a calling to work in the nursery (class for 18 month-3 year olds in our church).  Liv has really struggled with nursery the last several weeks and I have spent most of my time in there anyway so it works out well.  This will be my fourth nursery calling in the seven years we have been married- either I must be good at it (or won't say no) or I am not and they are giving me another chance to get it right.   

Behind

I am in a constant state of behindness (is that such a word?). There are so many things I need and want to get done, but in reality there is only so much time and somethings  have got to go. For the most part this does not affect anyone other than my little family, but recently I am feeling it overtake me.  This blog has been one of the things that gets neglected.  It is a little thing, but for me it is my way of documenting our life so that one day I can scrapbook it and will have all of the details.  I vow to be better because I want to remember when Nate started laughing and Liv had her first dentist appointment.

We have had a crazy fun couple of weeks - sick kids, sick daddy, a trip to Idaho, two trips to Brigham City, Liv a dentist appointment, doctor's appointments, family pictures, baby shower for Cindy,  Nathan's 3 month pictures, laundry, work, visits to the library, cleaning house, more laundry, the Carl Blanc exhibit at BYU followed by dinner at Brick Oven with Scott' family, and Liv at the Tree House Museum with her cousins.  Here is some of the proof...

 

This a terrible picture, but he is laughing here.  He is such a happy baby.

 We made Easter cupcakes for Liv to take to day care...

Liv went to the dentist for the first time yesterday.  She has talked of nothing since... the fish tank, they put water in her month, her two new tooth brushes, the monkey she got...



new Cinderella toothbrush.

We went to Idaho to get my family pictures taken.  It was so cold and windy that night, but because it has been over seven year since our last family picture we braved the elements (and possible hypothermia).  Here is our cute little family...

My sister-in-law Cindy is having her first boy in the next few weeks so the girl's went to dinner at Gator Jack's in Rexburg to celebrate... It was a fun place, good food, and great company.

Becky, me, and Jenny trying to get warm (after pictures)  in the back seat of the Tahoe.

Nate and Gracie- they are about four months apart. 

The granddaughters watching a movie on the portable DVD player.  There is a big screen in the next room, but they thought this was more fun.