Mazy dosen't want to sleep, she wants to DANCE!

So Mazy was still hyper when Mike came home late from school and a dance party erupted.

Friends

I have such great friends here in St. Louis! Several of us live in the same apartment complex and we all have 2 kids or are expecting our second baby soon. Three of us are due in the next month or so and we were thrown a baby celebratory breakfast. Here's the slideshow that Diana made for us. Mike was very good about keeping it a secret, I had no clue. I am the last of the three (around minute 4 on the video).



Thank you Mike for your sweet words. I love you SO MUCH!!!

Christmas in Texas

My entire family was able to meet in New Braunfels, TX (about 45 min from Austin where Tori lives) to celebrate Christmas this year. We stayed in my parent's timeshare for 1 week. It was a fun time getting the girls together and the 7 1/2 month pregnant ladies too (Tori and myself). As you can tell from the pictures Mazy LOVES Emmaline and had to do everything that she did. It was a nice change for me because Mazy was entertained all day long, sure wish we could have taken Emmaline home with us. She was very patient with Mazy and shared all of her toys and personal space.

Enjoy the Mazy and Emmaline picture show!

Matching princess jammies. This was Mazy's first introduction to princesses and so far she's hooked.
The girls woke up the whole house chasing each other on their "bikes".

Matching Christmas dresses, I made the hair bows.

Sadly, this is the best picture we got of the entire family and poor Mike was taking the picture. Maybe looking into the sun was a bad idea (no shadows but no eyes either)!

Mazy loved opening presents. She opened all of hers, mine, and most of Daddies.

Matching Christmas jammies thanks to Grandma. Tori and I also got ones to match the girls. Some things should not be made in adult sizes. :)

Our family has the Christmas tradition of opening gifts on Christmas Eve then open stockings on Christmas morning. Attached to the stocking is a ribbon that you follow to find your last present.

The bears were at the end of the ribbon. As you can tell from the smiles Santa did good this year.

Adorable lion hats from Aunt Gabbie.

Mazy wanted to do everything that Emmaline did from reading books on the couch to eating dinner in the same chair. Pretty safe to say Emmaline is Mazy's favorite cousin.


One day we took the girls to the Children's Museum.
I don't think we are quite as cute. Tori is due 1 week before me. We are both having baby girls!


We enjoyed the San Antonio Zoo on Christmas day. It was surprisingly busy and cold.

Petting the pygmy goats at the petting farm.These goats were much more tame than the ones we had growing up.


Mazy was tired by the end, but she wasn't the only one. Emmaline ended up in Mazy's stroller and Tori enjoyed the convenience of an electric wheelchair. This picture is a little scary and hopefully holds no future predictions. :)
Anyone up for a race?


Video of Emmalines trike and sparkle buggy in action!



Video encouraging bad habits.

Christmas was so much fun, I can't wait till next year when there will be 4 granddaughters to play together!

Turkey Day 2010 and More

We went to Mike's parents for Thanksgiving in Galesburg IL. Mazy had so much fun running around in the house and exploring all the new surroundings.
Yes Mom, I dyed my hair dark.

It got pretty cold there so Mazy wore her hat inside. I love this smile!


The first full day we were there Mike observed the local orthodontist all day and Sandy had to work so Mazy and I hung out at home. Here she is sitting in Rob's chair drawing.






Video right before we sat down for Turkey dinner. Mazy wouldn't eat a bite of anything except olives and clementines.


Video of Mazy demonstrating the proper body mechanics of how to lift a box.

THESE ARE OLD but I finally found them of our Halloween party...
Mazy and I are witches, Mike was the scarecrow.

Here's most of the kids that came to our Halloween party we held. It was impossible to get a picture of all of them looking at the camera let alone smiling.


This is at the Magic House when Grandma Sandy came to visit. Mazy liked playing in the sand.

All Hallow's Eve Preview

Our ward had a Halloween activity that Mazy got to wear her "fairy witch" costume to. The outfit was super easy (I made the tutu for her first birthday) and she loves wearing it. She enjoyed playing with the other kids, coloring pictures, and tasting her first candy bar. Here's the action shot Mike got while she played with the basketball.



Turns out she wasn't the only witch to crash the party. This is her friend Hannah

Sorry I can't rotate this one. Mike was all packed to go to an orthodontic conference with his bag by the door. I went into the kitchen and found this, she unpacked his suitcase and was hiding in it.

Here's the used picnic table I got that Mazy and her friend Max enjoy a good car chase on.

She was quite upset when I made her get off the table, it's her favorite place to stand and dance.

Doll Cake

I was asked to make a baby doll cake for a 50th birthday party with a princess theme. Here's the result. The cake ended up being quite a hassle to transport to the party but I heard it was a great success.





Her dress is 4 layers of chocolate cake with cameo cake frosting.

Lake of the Ozarks, MO

We got an early Christmas present from my Aunt/Uncle Mark and Gabbie, a weekend at the Worldmark timeshare resort in Lake of the Ozarks. It was so much fun and beautiful.

Hanging out at the condo with Mom.

We rented a boat for 1 hour and Mazy loved it. Driving the boat with Dad.


The engine ended up lulling her to sleep.


Here's the view from our condo patio window. Anytime a boat would go buy Mazy would run up to the window and say "boat, boat, boat!"


She smells Mike's feet and says "Ohh stinky!" (bored? skip to 1:20 for instant laughs)


Wearing Daddy's shoes. She loves shoes and carries them everywhere.


Yeah for pigtails. These lasted 1 hour which is a record for her.