Baby Shower

Yesterday at school, my students surprised me with a "baby shower." They made me a really cute booklet of advice for the baby and every student made me a card. I had to share my absolute favorite one, from a student named Steven. If you knew Steven, it would be even funnier.... There are days I wonder what planet Steven is on and if he even noticed my ever-expanding belly the last few months. Apparently, he did, and this is what he had to say:

Cousin Milan

Cousin Milan came to play today (note the VERY COOL Brewers duds that his awesome Aunt Sarah bought him before he was even born!) and Maggie decided to skip a nap to play instead. In case you can't tell, she loves him....just a little bit!



Couldn't you just eat him up? So CUTE!

Yes... we DO feed our child things besides ice cream and brownies... They just aren't as much fun to photograph!

Maggie asked for a brownie tonight. She ate dinner like a trooper, so mom cut a a small brownie, put it on a plate, and turned to grade some papers at the desk nearby. When Maggie announced she was "all done, Mama" this is what we found....

Shirl's

Last summer we had the pleasure of introducing Maggie to Shirl's- a local frozen custard place that is quite the summer tradition. Every morning on our way to school, we pass Shirl's. Maggie sees the large ice cream cone on the sign, and yells, "Ice Cream, Mama!" Finally, this past week, the weather warmed up enough to make our first trip to Shirl's for custard this season. Maggie loved every second!


Yum!

Just for you, Ant Jood!

Ant Jood stopped by for a visit this past week and let us know she checks the blog daily and it hadn't been update in... gasp! over a WEEK!

So, we know you are going to hate these pictures, but this one's for you!

Cool dude sunglasses... all around!


Maggie- trying to do "thumbs up!" like Ant Jood!


Maggie... We think she was channeling Popeye here...

Last... but certainly not least...

All week, we attempted to get Maggie to dress up and get an "old time" portrait done... but she adamantly refused (she learned this from her Uncle Doug.) On our final day in Branson, we asked if she would do it if mommy and daddy got "dressed up" too... That was a whole new story! Maggie thought this was SOOOO much fun! Not quite the picture we wanted, but it turned out cute, anyway!