Daddy's girl

Maggie would not let John leave the house for love not money this morning. She wanted him to change her diaper (she went potty:) to get her dressed, to hold her, pretty much everything. She is crazy about him! I sure love her:) she got all bundled up and headed out the door. She wasn't about to stay with me lol. 

It's cold here. 8 above last night with a cold north wind. John hasn't been getting to much sleep staying up with little babies. 

Garrett Gilbert

We took little Garrett in for his four month check up today. He weighs in at 15 lbs 10 oz. yes I do give cream:) poor little thing had to get his shots, I hate shots. They make you feel like mean mother of the year. It's cold and snowy here we drove super careful and slow to he doctors. 

Mom and dad for home from Hawaii, dad has the flu, I doubt he was much fun to travel with. They flew all night, dad didn't feel well and was fevered. I feel sorry fir both of them. 

I'm heading off to dreamland with my babies:)

Miss Maggie

How has two years flown by so fast?  It was just yesterday that the nurse said, "It's a Maggie."  Now here we are with a two year old and another little one.  How I love being a mom, it really is the best thing I have ever done, the hardest, the most challenging, but hands down the best.  There is nothing sweeter than a little hand, a sweet giggle, or "here momma."   I love my babies.  Michelle made sure that Maggie had party hats, candles, and the little party squealers, she is an awesome sister.  Lori ordered cupcakes and everyone was there to sing her happy birthday (minus Mom and Dad who are in Hawaii, and Julie, BUT they all called to sing to her)  I have the best family in the world.  I could tell that John was pretty blue that he wasn't here.  Maggie has had the crud so we canceled our plane tickets to go home on Tuesday and we are going to hang around here till Sunday.  We will get to see Birdy this way and Maggie has had a ball with cousins.

Lou's little ones have had the stomach flu, a major case of the stomach flu, I'm praying that Maggie and little Garrett don't get it.  Poor little things have been so sick.  Little Oakley would keep saying today mom I'm good enough to eat Pizza, or mom I want a treat, she couldn't hold anything down.  It will be good to have her our little Oaker Anner tomorrow feeling better.

It has been so nice to be home, I forget just how much I love it, the smells, and the sky, the corrals, the barn, the meadows, I love home.  No matter how much John has my heart with him in Oklahoma this will always be home.  I would love if we could come back but I realize with each time that I come how blessed I am to have a husband that is good to let me come as much as I do.  I dread the day when my visits have to slow down.  I really do love it here.  I love having all those that I hold dear close.

The girls all went with Emily and I down to the barn today, they love going and Emily makes sure they get to go whenever they want.

Mom went with Dad, Steven, and Leslie to Denver this year.  She was a heaven send.  I really don't know how I would have ever managed without her and Maggie is in LOVE with her.  She should be, Mom doted on her like a mother hen, she let her play in all the shavings one night after they had taken the display bulls down, Maggie had purple shavings in ever crack and crevice in her whole body, literally:)

Garrett had the crud a little when we got home from Denver but he is doing perfect now.  He has to go in for an Catscan on his little kidney when we get home, I'm pretty nervous about it.  He is so little and perfect, the thoughts of my little baby having to be sedated petrifies me.  He is such a little sweetheart, he coos and talks to you and is just like a little puppy searching for his dinner, and then milk drunk happy all day long.  I never dreamed that my babies would have my heart like they do.  Poor Garrett doesn't know that he has a long road to tow with Maggie lol:)  She loves him and is pretty protective of him.

Well bed is calling it comes much to early:)

Johnny G

Maggie scratched John's eye last night right before we went to bed. I'm pretty sure he layed awake most of the night worrying about it. He just left to go to the eye doctor. We are in Salina Kansas on our way to Denver. 

Another bath really

Maggie has stripped all of her clothes off and has her doll naked as a Kay bird right alongside her and is walking around saying tubatub. .... It's 9:30 and she already had a bath and was in her pajamas for the night. Guesse who is running bath water, just a little spoiled. 

Our fence that we thought was so smart has already been figured out by our two year old. We were changing a light bulb under the breeze way and I told john to go check on her. She was on the other side of the fence, it made me start to cry. Scared me to death. 

I love youmy crazy daisy, Garrett I love you too your just not quite so crazy , yet:)

Muck boots and curling irons

I burned Maggie on accident while curling her hair for church, half her hair is curled the other half is not. John was there to witness it and we may never curl her hair again:) for real though. She also is taking a bone (coco's dog) bone with her to church. We tried to give it to coco and we had to retrieve it before she would get in her car seat. 

I told John her boots were in the car, he told me that "no their not," Maggie is sporting muck boots with her Sunday best, we are just a little country:)

Cream

I love cream probably more than the average person, is it bad if I let Maggie way it on her Cheerios? I was out of milk. 

Maggie can scale the crib in nothing flat poor little Garrett has no safe territory. 

The heifers from the sale went to Utah today, I wish I was going with them, I'm pretty blue for my little Utah valley. 

Garrett still has a spot on his kidney. We are going to do an MRI when we get home from Denver, the poor little thing. I love him so dang much. He's just waking up and starting to cry so ......