Author: maggie

Miller got to go on her first girls road trip over Labor Day Weekend. We loaded up and went to McCarty Pottery Marigold, MS. She did great in the car and pretty well while we were there in spite of the heat. Mr. McCarty came down and chatted with her and decided that she was so cute she needed something for her room. He disappeared for a little while and came back with a small bag for her. As soon as he looked at her the second time, she burst into tears screaming!! What a “fickle pickle” as we say at our house. Thank you, Mr. McCarty for the beautiful little blue bird. Sorry we didn’t get to tell you in person. Mim came to the rescue and took Miller to the pool to cool her feet off and she perked right up (as you can see in the Labor Day pictures, Mim’s a firm believer in pool therapy for grumpy babies!)

We had such a great Labor Day weekend. All of Phil’s out of town siblings were able to come in town as was Uncle John (my brother). We really enjoyed getting to see everyone and catching up over some good food, some toys everywhere with four grand kids in one house, and some Wii. Here are a few pics from the weekend.

“So you’re this ‘Aunt Lauren’ I’ve been hearing about. Cool.”
Playing trucks is much more fun with a cousin
Paw and his boys


A well trained son

Aparently sitting in a highchair is the most ergonomic position for sucking on one’s own toes. This is now what she does almost instantly when she’s put in her chair. I also think she associates eating with sucking on toes because she now starts rolly pollying up to get them anytime a spoon is being put in her mouth even when she’s in the stroller!

So how was your day at school?

Find.

Did you go to music today?

No, we didn’t. Umm just a second. Miller, let me get your booger. Hhhh. My fingers are too big for her holes.

I almost had another wreck on the way home from preschool today laughing so hard. (for those of you who don’t know, the kids and I were in a little fender bender over the weekend. We’re all okay- and so is the 15 year old that drove right off the interstate and in front of us!)

Here are a few of her latest discoveries. Since she came home I have kept a stash of “supplies” in a basket under the swing downstairs. She now knows that that basket is under there and all but hangs onto the tray of her swing with her big tow to lean out and dig around in it. She drags all kinds of stuff into the swing with her! I wish I could figure out a better angle to take the picture so you could see how far out of the swing she gets and how she waits for it to swing away from the basket so she can see what she’s aiming for- what a hoot!

The points of her first tooth are finally showing their pearly little heads, so today we brought home some Wagon Wheels from the grocery store. Let’s hear it for solid food, portable snacks!! Next to holding their cup on their own, this is one of the most liberating things from baby hood for me. She can entertain herself with some food for a few minutes. Now we can take her to a restaraunt and not have her melt down out of bordom because there’s nothing for her to do while we eat. (Wilson had about 6 teeth by now, so I didn’t realize how nice it was to be able to hand him a cracker and continue my dinner conversation!) Looks like she really likes them. I wasn’t sure she would because she usually makes a terrible face when we put any “real” food in her mouth. She ate these up!! Yea!

I think I’ve posted pictures before of how Miller bounces in her Johnny Jump Up with her head hanging out the back, but it’s much funnier in action. There’s a little bit of it on the video below. She’s a bit of a diva and as soon as she sees a camera she stops what she’s doing and focuses on it. (Note how she doesn’t see me at first and then when she does she stops, spins back, and gives a big ole grin- what a ham!) The video’s a little long because I was trying to not look at her for a little bit to see if she’d start up again. Alas, she did not- she knew the camera would be coming back to document yet another mundane part of her life for her fans.

A note about the title of the post:

Before Miller was born, Wilson called her Shu–Shu. Quickly after her arrival he switched to “Baby Priss“- neither of us has EVER called her that, it’s a Wilson original!!

Last Friday was Wilson’s first day of 3 year old Preschool. He got camera shy that morning and in my only clear picture of him he looks quite pitiful and like he’s being tearfully drug off to a lion’s den. Rest assured, he is “so exciting” about his new room, teacher, and friends. He has gotten in the car absolutely bouncing off the walls both days with a mouth full about what all went on that day. New for him this year are going 3 days a week, music class, Show and Tell on Friday (Rocko, the stuffed dog that also went to big brother class, went for the first one) and that we are carpooling with a buddy that doesn’t live too far from here. It’s always nice to have a friend to walk down the hall with in the morning & wait with in carpool line in the afternoon!

He was doing his best to get back in the house during the photo session. The only way I got the one blurry picture of him smiling (which was actually the mood of the morning) was to have the camera on him and say something funny (I’m sure it involved an animal wearing some kind of underwear) and wait for him to turn around laughing. GOTCHA!!

A few weeks ago, our day started heading south after Miller’s afternoon nap. We had nothing to do but sit and whine at each other, so I decided we’d run away from home and enjoy an exceptionally not sweltering August afternoon. We went to the new outdoor mall and played in the splash fountain, rolled trucks in the fountain and on all the planter walls, enjoyed a couple of smoothies, and just enjoyed each other. It’s not too far from Dad’s office, so he met us after work and we played trains at the book store in some dry clothes. Thank you, Lord for giving me a clear head and direction to change the way we were headed- what a great afternoon (if you’re a CS Lewis fan, it was sort of a stop making mud pies and go for a day at the sea moment ;))! The kiddos were so cute together. I had so many great pics it’s taken me awhile to pick the best ones and get them posted- enjoy!

Here’s how you keep your little sister from knocking down the Lego tower you’ve built:

And here’s what happens when you try to eat supper without resting up first: