Friends and Nephews

We had two Playdates last week. On Thursday we had lunch with my good friend from college, Julie; and My good friend from our small group Jill. They happen to be sisters.

Julie's twins, Savannah and Elizabeth were born 5 days before Meg. They are so cute; and it is funny how similar they are to her. They make the same sounds and are both very active. You would not have known it by the way Meg was at lunch. She sat quietly in her car seat, the whole time we were at the restaurant. I was shocked! I don't think she has done that since she was a newborn. I think she much have been mesmerized by all of the other babies.

This is Will, Jill's precious little boy. He's about 4 months younger then the girls. Jill said this is what he does when his cousins come over. It is almost like he is saying, "maybe if I act like I am asleep, they will go away." I am sure he was wondering why he was surrounded by girls.

Friday night we kept my nephews Bronson and Austin, so that My brother and Sister-in-law could go out for their anniversary. We ate Pizza, Read some books to Meg and then we watched 'Cars'. I am pretty sure they have seen it about 5,000 times, but they love it just as much as they did the first time they saw it. This is a picture of all of the boys mesmerized by the movie.

Austin was posing for the camera. He kept saying, "I want to take another picture." Then when he got bored, he said, "I am done taking pictures." These are only a few.

Playdate

Yesterday we had a roommate playdate. Brianna had Me, Meg, Molly, Cassy and Cohen over for lunch. It was one of the first times the Four Roommates have spent a lot of good time together in a really long time!! It was so much fun.

The three Mexican boys are Brianna's....Tre', Cooper and Evan.

Meg and Evan were so funny. She had her hand on his back and he had his hand on her leg. They did that all on their own. It was so cute.

Cooper

Tre' and Evan watching the Backyardigans.

Meg thinks Molly is as funny as I do.

We had a great time. Molly taught me how to link to other people's blogs..... I am still pretty new to all of this blogging stuff. It is still a work in progress. The ones I have are the only ones I know about so far. Let me know if you have a blog, so I can read it.

6 MONTHS!!!

To see Meg's 6 Month pictures (which are soooo cute).....go to www.majorimages.com/missildine.exe
That will only be available for a week or so.

Meg is also featured on www.majorimages.blogspot.com

I am in trouble

Meg is ready to get on the move. She is not crawling yet, but as you can see in these pictures....she is ready. I am just bracing myself for the days when she is mobile. This girl can already move pretty quickly, just rolling. I know I am in for it when she starts crawling. She definately has her Dad's agility and energy. Not that I am a couch potato, but I mean she can't sit still...unless I turn on one of of her videos, then the rest of the world stops.

Here she is doing mountain climbers.....

...and push-ups. I think she is going to be an Exercise Science Major, like me.

She gets away from me when I am changing her, which is why she is only in her diaper. I sometimes just give up and let her go free for a while. It is like a wrestling match everytime she has a dirty diaper.

Yes..that is a bunny tail on her PJ's. Guess who bought her these! It has a cute little stuffed rabbit that fits in the front pocket too.

Just some more random pictures. I told you... I am obsessed.

My Obsession

My parents got me a new SLR digital camera for Christmas and I have hardly put it down. It is so amazing the difference it makes. I always thought I was just not a very good photographer....which is probably true....but a lot of it is the camera. This one is so easy and takes the greatest pictures. Of course, when you have the most beautiful subject in the world, it is that much more fun.

We had such a great Christmas. We went to Chad's sister's house in Plano to spend Christmas with Shaye, Michael, Knox and Mama Joy. It was so relaxing and fun, as always. We had good food, lots of gifts and great time together.

We had to push back getting together with my family because, as most of you know.... my precious little 22 month old niece, Audrey, was in the hospital for almost a week with Staff infection. Besides that, my sister's whole family was battling the stomach virus and Strep Throat. It was not a very Merry Christmas for them, but Audrey is home now and everyone is doing better. Thank you for your prayers. We are getting together next week for our Christmas. Tomorrow we are going to Palestine to be with Chad's dad's family. It is busy, but we have had a great couple of days at home to relax and get things done around the house.

Here are just a few of the random pictures I have taken in the last week.

Cute Christmas Outfit Number 1

These big "blues" melt my heart every day!!

Cute Christmas Outfit Number 2!

We LOVE "Paci"

This is what I see everytime I get her up in the morning or from a nap....it is priceless!

I just love the rosy cheeks.

....and finally....this one says, "would you please get that camera out of my face?"!

There are other people in my life right now....like Chad, but Meg is the most fun to photograph. Maybe I will add some of us later. I did not really get any good ones of Knox (our Nephew) on Christmas. He was too busy playing with everything Santa brought him to sit still.

Bunny

Meg's Bunny (my Mom) got her this bunny rabbit the day after she found out Meg was going to be a girl. It sleeps under Meg's bed, but we got it out the other day and she had so much fun rolling around with it. It is so funny how she suddenly becomes interested in things she did not care about two weeks ago. She LOVES to roll. She is all over the room. If she rolls up against a piece of furniture, she uses her feet to push herself off it, so she can roll the other way.

This is what she looks like when I turn one of her videos on. She can be quite the couch potato.....when she isn't rolling all over the room.

Here we are just chillin in the little chair and playing with her Christmas Tree. I promise she really does laugh and smile all day....just not when I am trying to take her picture, of course!

Big Girl Bath

It may be inappropriate to post naked pictures of your daughter on the web...but I just could not resist these! The most private parts are covered.

We just got this new bath seat, because Meg likes to sit up. She thinks she is a lot bigger then she is. She can't sit up on her own yet...but she is getting close.

I love this expression...it says, "Why am I wearing this and why are you taking my picture again?" She used to love the bath, but hate to get out. Now she likes the whole experience.