The Weeks Team: Happy 18 months young to our sweet little cupcake!

Sunday, January 2, 2011

Happy 18 months young to our sweet little cupcake!

Today Maggie is 18 months YOUNG!!!

Yes, she has hit the 1 1/2 year mark! We cannot believe how fast time flies. We have LOVED every single second with our Sweet Princess! She is the most amazing, adventurous, curious, imaginative, talkative, happy, smiley and just overal s.w.e.e.t. little girl! We could not ask for a happier, laid back, or go-with-the-flow toddler.

Our little princess is really LOVING her Radio Flyer Rocket that Santa brought her this year! She has learned to climb onto it all by herself, as well as push it with her feet... again, all by herself! What a big and independent girl she has become!!! All so fast... slow down, Maggie! Mommy & Daddy aren't ready for you to grow up! But... we are loving watching you grow, learn new things EVERY DAY, and of course, your incredibly amazing personality continue to develop!

So much LOVE for DADDY!!! She's definitely a Daddy's girl... but, also a Mama's girl too! She loves to give hugs, kisses, and cuddles. And, of course, we can't get enough of them!

Daddy's Little Lady!!!

We ALL LOVE when Brian is home on the weekends, and comes home from work. But, it is so SWEET to see Maggie's reaction when Brian gets home from work in the evenings... as soon as she hears his voice, she immediately starts squealing and getting to him (usually via crawling, as that is her FAST mode of transportation!). As soon as she finds him, she is up on her knees, hands out, saying "Daddy, Daddy, Daddy... UP!!!". She loves for him to pick her up, give her hugs & kisses and CUDDLES! I adore watching her so in love with Daddy, and Daddy so in love with his little girl

(and boy!!!... oh, and WIFE!) ;)

Mommy's Princess!

Giving Mommy some serious looks... ie. "no more bites of my bread, Mama!"

"Ok, I guess it's kind of fun giving you bites..." :p

"Would you like another?"

Sure, Maggie. "You're welcome, Mama!"

(Above pictures taken on New Years Eve, so Miss M wasn't quite 1.5 years old yet..., she still had a few more days of just being 1, not 1 AND a half!)

Such a Happy Girl!!!

(pictures below taken today, 1/2/ 2011)

Maggie's 18 month Birthday!

ps. Maggie, stop growing... we want you to stay little and sweet... we hear (& Mommy knows!) teenage girls sometimes aren't very sweet to their Mommy's and Daddy's ;)

She loves to do EVERYTHING her big brother does (which includes lots of playing with cars, trucks and trains), but also loves to cuddle her dollies, and we catch her daily sitting next to the bookcase in the playroom just sitting and looking through books! She loves being read to (although there are times, she would rather sit and read a book to herself! :p), and picking out her favorite books - which right now seems to be "Peek a Who" or any Cookie Monster or animal-type book :)
We hope her love for books continues, and she continues to be our little bookworm - just like her Mommy was and still is!

MAGGIE'S HAIR!!! :)

As most of you know, Magg's has gorgeous hair! Her little ringlets are so adorable, but as you have seen in many of her pictures, it at times can become... well... a bit of a disaster. She is now NOT loving all the fun barrettes that Mommy LOVES putting in her hair, and we usually try to put the front in a little ponytail to keep it out of her eyes... but sometimes that doesn't last long, before she has it pulled out...

But, this is what happens when Maggie takes a bath, then goes down for nap, before her hair is fully dry, and is not brushed or put in a pony and sleeps for 2 hours... She wakes up with this somewhat CRAAAAZY, 80's layered, out of control, "I've been up all night" look... it was waaaay tooo funny to not capture, and of course, SHARE! :)

(this isn't the 1st time we've seen this look, either!)

Hence, Mama already having to use some de-frizzing and taming products on her sweet lil' girl's 'do!

W.O.W.!!! Maggie, are you awake? What happened when you were "napping"... ie. "partying"?

Still completely adorable, but MUST be tamed before leaving the house!

Seems not to mind and actually quite confident with the 'do!

Way to Rock your self-confidence, M!

Ok, think she's getting annoyed by all the pictures. Look at that expression!!!

...as if she is thinking, "You got one (picture) to show the world, now get me outta here, so I can play!"

On a slightly change of subject/different note...

We had the chance to FINALLY meet our wonderful friends, Ryan & Lindsey Anderson's newest addition, baby Reagen ... and of course, see BIG SISTER Bailey tonight! It was so great to see all of them! Reagen is absolutely gorgeous AND perfect! Lindsey looks great, and is adjusting seamlessly to being a Mama of two, not that we had expected anything else! Lindsey is an Amazing Friend, but truly beyond an Amazing Mother! She is still recovering from her C-Section, but you would never know it! She looks fabulous (and definitely has the glow of such a proud Mother of two gorgeous girls!), not to mention holds the most gracious, thankful, happy and BEST attitude! We feel very blessed to call the entire Anderson family our Great Friends! We look forward to all of our munchkins growing up together!

We had tried to make it over there prior to Christmas, but it just didn't happen... so, we were so E.X.C.I.T.E.D. (understatement!) to meet the newest Anderson Beauty tonight, and Jack & Bailey had THE BEST time playing together... and Maggie joined in ... as much as they would let her! :)

(more pictures of our fun time with the Anderson's to come, and possibly a sneak peak at the little beauty, Reagen!)