Easter Pics

We had a good Easter weekend. Easter is a lot different now that Chad is on staff at a church. (so is Christmas....) I was sad to miss being with family. Especially since all of my family was together this year, minus the Missildines. On the other hand, it was a great weekend with tons of new people, visitors and families at church. Although we celebrate Christ's Death and Resurrection all year, we pray that God did a powerful work in the hearts of those who came for the first time.

On to the Meg pics....I decided on Saturday night to try and make Easter cookies with Meg. Thankfully, and surprisingly, I had all of the ingredients we needed. She LOVED mixing the food coloring into the icing. I was only going to make 3 colors, but she kept asking to make more, so we ended up with 6 colors.


These were my feeble attempts at Easter dress pictures before Church. I kept asking her to put her bear down, but between the legs was the best I could get.

Daddy leaves too early on Sundays to do the Easter Egg hunt, so we waited until after naptime. She woke up from her nap saying, "we're gonna go hunt easters"

Life in Pink

If you haven't already heard, Baby Missildine #2 is another little girl!
We are so excited. I really thought Meg was a girl, although I didn't admit that to anyone. This time, I really had no idea either way. It was so sweet to see her moving around, yawning, pushing against where the sonographer was pushing into her.......The Carmel Macchiato that I drank before we went in might have helped! I didn't want to risk her being curled up in a ball asleep, like Meg was at her scheduled sono.

So more pink, more princess and more of this........

I don't get to take many pictures at dance class, because we figured out a while back that Meg does much better if I am not around. I was her biggest distraction. I head down to the coffee shop with my friend Allison. The pictures that I do get aren't very good, because I am trying to stay out of the way and not CAUSE an unnecessary distraction. This was the week of their valentine party. After dance, they got to exchange valentines.

Enjoying some of the loot!

Although, if this little girl is anything like her big sister..... she will also be loud, fast, fearless and funny. What I love most about Meg is that she is her own individual. I like to say that she is a boy trapped in a girl's body, but my mom said it best when she said, "Meg isn't trapped anywhere." She doesn't let anyone define her. She is full of life and joy and personality all her own, and we love it....most of the time! In some ways I hope her little sister is just like her, because I can't imagine anything better. In other ways, I hope they are each their own person. I joke about praying for my second to be a little more laid back and "easy", (a little more like me and less like their daddy) but truth be told, another sweet and sassy fireball would be fine too.

Sisters are the best. I don't know what I would do without mine! I always wanted to be just like her and I was proud to live in her shadow (because it was a pretty perfect one to live in). Whatever our new baby girl turns out to be like, she will be perfect and we are so glad that God has intrusted both of these precious gifts to us.

Snow!!!

Most of my "readers" are from DFW or OKC, so I don't really need to tell you that we had a record snowfall on Thursday. 12"!!! It was really kind of surreal. The ground was already covered when we woke up on Thursday and it never stopped snowing until after we went to bed that night. We didn't really get out to play while it was snowing, but yesterday was the perfect snow day. The wind wasn't blowing, the sun was trying to come out and there was the thickest snow to play in that I have ever seen, outside of Colorado. Meg LOVED it! She couldn't care less that besides her raincoat and rain boots, none of her warm clothes were water proof. She was soaked and frozen....I felt like a terrible mom, but she insisted that she wasn't cold and that she didn't want to go inside. We played in our neighborhood for a while and then headed to a hill near our house to "sled". We had seen a ton of people out there the night before, but we didn't brave it while the snow was still falling. Unfortunately, I didn't take my camera with us. I am pretty sure it may have been on the list of things I am not supposed to do while pregnant, but it was a lot of fun and I was fairly cautious. Meg of course, laughed and giggled the whole way down each and every time, which was priceless. I love to hear the joy in her voice when she gets so excited like that. Unfortunately she went ballistic when it was time to go inside. Crying crocodile tears for 30 solid minutes, which is unusual for her short attention span. I don't usually show sympathy when a fit is thrown, but I did feel bad since she never gets to see or play in the snow. After a warm bubble bath with Mommy, everything was better. That always works!

February.....Really?

This post is backwards because I did the typing first, then loaded the pictures....which loaded backwards. Blogger won't let me move them around, (why does that happen sometimes?) and I don't have the patience or time to mess with it right now. So you will have to scroll down for the "News".

Anyway...Yesterday we went to Meg's Best Friend Merrick's 3rd Birthday Party. Merrick LOVES all things Disney Princess related and even got to go to Disney land a few weeks before her birthday. So it was not surprise what she wanted for the theme. Meg chose to go as Snow White, which is of course the only princess that is red, blue and yellow. Colors that happen to clash with 98% off her wardrobe, but we made it work. I couldn't talk her into Sleeping Beauty (Skeeping Booty, as Meg says it), who would have matched her hair bows and shoes nicely. She looked pretty cute, though. Her gold tennis shoes aren't very "princess-y", but perfect for running around outside and jumping in the bounce house.

Ok, first off....this isn't really news to a lot of people. Especially if you are a friend on Facebook. I have been meaning to post it on here for, well....a month or two. Baby Missildine #2 is on the way. Due in July. I am 16 weeks along (like I said, this isn't really news anymore). We are really excited, despite my lack of blogging. Actually, I am blaming pregnancy for my lack of blogging. So here is a not so great picture of Meg announcing the news. Her hair isn't fixed and she didn't really want to get her picture taken, but I tried a number of times and this is the best I could do. She is pretty cute, regardless. I am not sure if she totally understands what is going on, but she does know there is a baby in Mommy's Tummy. Sometimes she thinks that she and daddy also have babies in the tummies, but I think she will figure it out when Mommy's tummy is noticeably occupied.

December

Phew....it was a fast and furious holiday season, as usual.

I have been completely unmotivated to sit down and Blog about it all. I uploaded the pics last week and the post has just been sitting on my dashboard since. So, there is going to be little dialogue to go along with these pictures....but enjoy anyway. Meg loved Christmas this year. She especially loved seeing all of her cousins, aunts and uncles and grandparents within a two week period. I took very few pictures with my family, because sadly, we were only with them for a few hours on the Friday Night Before Christmas.

Checking out her "Santa" loot from Bunny and Pop.

Trying out her new disney princess dress up clothes and shoes from Aunt Mallory and the Jackson fam.

Wearing her Sleeping Beauty dress and riding the Ariel "Bicycle" (as she calls it) that Bunny and Pop gave her.

The next pics are from Palestine where we went to see Chad's Dad and Stepmom. We got to go to their friend's ranch and do a fun Hay Ride. It was cold, but lots of fun.

Aunt Shaye and Maclane

Talking to the horses with Papa

Taking the inagural ride in the new Wagon that she got from Papa and Wyma.

Riding with Knox

Next we spent the actual Christmas in Tyler with Chad's Mom and his Sister's fam.

Craziness on Christmas Morning!

Meg and Maclane in their matching outfits from Mama Joy pushing their baby doll strollers in circles around the house.

It was a wonderful Christmas