Weekend Wrap-Up

Happy Sunday!

We had a nice weekend.  Yesterday started pretty low key- with jammies on most of the morning.

Me: Look at me and smile!
Them:

Gotta love footie jammies in January, though.

And then there was the sister manicure.

And dance class.


IMG_2623 from Baby Goose on Vimeo.

And then hanging out at home. My dad bought Callie that pink "laptop" a few years ago, and now Maya loves it.  And I love that she loves it.

On the right: dance party moves

This morning was pretty chill.  Chris took the girls to Sunday School.  Then he took Callie out to brunch.  Then I took Callie to run errands with me (top priority: new running shoes!) and promised her a treat.  She chose Sour Patch Kids and her face was pretty funny once she realized how sour they actually were (she only ate a few of them).

I picked Dots- one of my dad's favorites.

Today's big event was a winter walk with Boom, G-ma, Pa, Auntie Yoda and Auntie Mari.

Then we went to see some things in the nature center and had dinner at Auntie Mari's place.

Another busy week starts tomorrow.  My exercise program has been going strong despite the busy weeks in January, and I'm down almost 5 pounds.  I'm feeling stronger and hoping that once I start my running training again in a few weeks it will be easy(ish) to get back into.

Have a great week!

30-Months-Old!

Here is my new favorite picture of my favorite 30-month-old:

Thanks for the picture, Boom!

I can't even stand how adorable she is. Doesn't she look like a little 2-year-old model?

This girl.

I looked back at Callie's 30-month-old post, and have to say I feel much more relaxed about Maya being 30-months than when Callie was.  If you want to read about her at 30 months, click here.

We sometimes have nap battles, but not really like that.  If she throws tantrums, we all just kind of giggle and wait it out.

We don't go to a few of places we used to take Callie a lot.  I don't know that Maya has ever been to the Children's Museum.  Or ridden rides at MOA.  I feel bad about that sometimes.  But she has an older sister that Callie didn't, and I think that makes up for a lot.

Except when they argue with each other or when Callie is mean.  But, then later Maya will want to "wrestle" and totally gets revenge.

So I try not to feel too guilty.  Sorry 2nd baby...

The thing that still throws me sometimes is how clingy Maya is to me.  I don't remember that from Callie as much.  Don't get me wrong, I do love it sometimes, but other times it is exhausting!  Silly silly 2.5 year old.

And here are my two babies at 30-months-old.

I don't think they look alike.  At all.  But I can clearly see their two sweet personalities, and feel so very grateful for two awesome girls.

Now we're getting closer to having a 3-year-old...uffda.  Time to start thinking about potty training and preschool.

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEK!

A Picture Update

It was another crazy busy week, and I don't have much for you. 

Miss Maya, as usual.

Come back tomorrow to see one of my all time favorite pictures of Maya that my mom took today. 

Chris was out of town Wednesday through tonight, so on Wednesday night the girls and I went to the library.

I had a full workday on Thursday as well as a spaghetti dinner event at work that night. I got almost 20,000 steps in (from running around like crazy) and dealt with lots of bags of noodles. :) Thank you to G-ma, Pa and Auntie Cat for taking care of the girls!

We met Boom for dinner tonight. Ice cream was involved, obviously.

And I got a little taste of sunshine after work today.

January has felt pretty cold and dark and hard. I'm ready for more sun!

Timehop Wednesday

Oops. Yesterday was Tuesday and I totally missed it. I had Monday off and that has totally thrown me off this week! Anyway, here we go.

Sisters:

Me and my girl #1:

Selfies with toddlers:

Weekend Wrap-Up

Happy Sunday.

Early Saturday morning was crabby.  And we ran errands.  And I took this picture.

I don't even know.

I spent the rest of Saturday morning at the condo with my mom and sisters.  We went through my parents' storage closet.  It was filled with a lot of my dad's stuff- TONS of electronics, records, childhood mementos, etc.  Needless to say it was emotional.

I honestly don't even really know what went on the rest of the day, and there is no picture evidence.  Thanks to G-ma and Pa for helping with the girls during the day.

This morning I had some much needed Maya snuggling.  With Baby Elliott, of course.

In case you were wondering, YES.
Baby Elliott was named after Kitty Elliott.

This afternoon we had some fun playing around with the slo-mo feature on my phone.  I happened to catch an awesome wipeout by Maya.



IMG_2496 from Baby Goose on Vimeo.

Don't worry, she was okay. :)

I also took this picture this afternoon.

Which looks almost like a picture that showed up on my Timehop yesterday. So I had to put them together.

Tonight we had G-ma, Pa, Aunite Cat, Hanna, and Uncle Dan over for a little birthday celebration for G-ma.  Callie let the crew in a couple of games- Simon Says and Telephone.  She also enjoyed being the waitress and taking everyone's cupcake orders.

The girls showed off their crazy time before bed.  As you can see, Maya usually has the upper hand:

Kona came too! Our first baby.

Have a great week.

A Picture Update

I don't have much for you tonight. Callie and I were both slammed with bad head colds on Wednesday and have been miserable ever since. It hasn't been too fun around our house...

But I have a few usual Maya pics:

And some bath time pics. Baths can either go well or very very badly, depending on the mood of these two. Tuesday's bath happened to go well.

And finally, a reading from the grief book I read each night. This particular one spoke to me:

It reminds me of my 2016 words "Shine Bright", and as always, gratitude.

Have a great weekend.

Timehop Tuesday: Happy Birthday G-ma!!

First off, HAPPY BIRTHDAY GRAMMA! We love you!

I have to start the Timehop part of the post today with 2.5-year-old Callie in the play house.  I was reading through May 2012 posts on the blog to remind myself of what Callie was doing at Maya's current age.  And I came to this video:



Which then reminded me of a playhouse video I took of Maya this fall:


IMG 9929 from Baby Goose on Vimeo.

And then my brain exploded a little bit thinking about how fast they get big.

Anyhow, here are more Timehops:

Kona and the girls- Callie on top, Maya on bottom

And today Maya is wearing a mid-80s jumper that me and Auntie Yoda both wore. Thanks to Boom for finding the photographic evidence!

Kati, Laura, Maya