Gone Too Fast

I have so many Mom moments where I think to myself "Time is going by waaaaaay too fast!" It can be a good thing though, because those become the moments that get photographed the most and create the best memories. Those moments of stillness that are extremely rare with a 15 month old, become cherished. Lately Maggie has loved sitting in her rocking chair in her room flipping through books and looking out her window. Really though she just loves that she is big enough to climb up there all by herself. 

Then there are these moments, when they actually pretend to like each other outside of feeding time, when scraps are dropped to them from her highchair.  One day they will be best friends, that is if Maggie learns to stop poking their eyes out. 

The bad moments have to be documented as well, no matter how angry I was ten seconds before this picture was taken. I was cleaning our bathroom while Maggie was playing by the tub. I turned my back literally for 30 seconds and when I came back, she had gotten into a bottle of nail polish and attempted to paint pretties on her face. I knew something was up when I heard her going "mmmmmm" in the bathroom, and knew there was nothing edible in there. She knew she was in deep crap and refused to hold still for a picture. My Bathmat is now a piece of artwork with hot pink splatters on it, as are the pants she was wearing. 

We had a cousins birthday on Saturday. She wasn't sure what to think of all these hats on everyone's head. 

Friday we took her to the Zoo for the first time. She was just as thrilled to run wild as she was to see the wild. All of her stuffed animals came to life and she was so captivated. We wound up buying an annual pass so we will be going back often. 

Daddy's shoulders made an excellent means of transportation when her legs gave out. 

Somewhere buried at my parents are pictures of myself and all of my sisters drinking from this fountain. It's an absolute must have photo for all kids. 

What size Gorilla are you?!?!

The train was the coconut syrup to her Dr. Pepper! Heaven. She loved it and giggled the whole way. The giraffes were even kind enough to come out as we Choo-Chooed on by. She was so much fun to watch. 

We capped off our week of growing too fast by making a giant measuring chart. You've probably seen these floating around on Pinterest. They are a cinch to make. I purchased my already primed piece of MDF from Home Depot for about $7.00. I wanted something white rather than the stained wood. I just then just marked my tic marks with a yard stick and painted them on. I got my number stencils at Hobby Lobby. Seriously the whole project took maybe 2 hours. I love having it right in our Kitchen reminding us how quickly they grow and to make the best of each moment. 

I took the liberty of marking her 1 year old height...you know, for Good Measure ;)

This board will be so fun to look back at in twenty years and hopefully it will be filled with the markings of future littles, who I'm also sure will grow up way too fast. 

Happy Monday

XO-Kelli

Weekend Recap

Friday, Grant and I celebrated 6 years of Wedded Bliss (Universal Applause)....cause 6 years is BIG! 6 years of Happy and Still in Love is even BIGGER! Due to unfortunate circumstances on our One Year Anniversary (Grant deployed to Afghanistan the following day) we weren't able to celebrate as we had hoped. Our Air Conditioning was not working and we were dying to get out of our 90 degree house and our minds off of the year ahead. We pretty much decided to go out to eat at the next place we saw a  commercial for...It was Red Lobster. We decided then that we would make it our Traditional Anniversary Dinner and we would only be allowed to eat there on our Anniversary, and no other time during the year. So Friday we carried out Tradition and had us a night on the town. Okay we really just ate dinner and then went home, but we were still without the Wee Maggie so it counted. 

I of course had to rock my Anniversary Wardrobe. 

T-Shirt and Necklace: Here/ Diaper Bag/Purse: Here 

We tackled a project that has taken us, ahem...5 years to complete. We could never agree on how to landscape this side of our yard and we hummed and hawed over it every year trying to decide what would be best for it. Finally we both just agreed that we wanted it done and fast and with as minimal work as possible. So we finalized on this. 

This ham has been such a character the last few days. She has taken it upon herself to help me out each morning by removing her diaper and throwing it across the room. At what point it comes off I don't know, somewhere in the 20-30 minutes of deadly silence she gives after she wakes and we don't know it, but out of 5-6 times we have only had one accident. I'm hoping it's a sign of early potty training.  She also walks around the house now mimicking any sound she can with a gurgling growl. The toilet flushes....grohgaohlhs, the vacuum turns on...grarohaaouhs, dogs bark....ghrouahgoush, it's great fun. She popped her top right tooth through on Sunday. I only knew she was teething because she took a 4 hour nap, no swelling, no fever, no drooling baby. We really lucked out. Saturday she decided to chill on the couch and watch Clifford while drinking her milk. She never sits still like that so I had to document. 

After 14 months of making, buying and deciding, I finally today put the finishing touches on her room. I never really felt happy with the completed project when she was first born, so I have since been looking for just the right touches to finish decorating it. I will be posting a room tour and product list soon. 

Happy Hump Day!

XO: Kelli