11.30.05 but very close to 12.1.05

some random maegan tidbits, since mommy has nothing better to do and daddy is at a hawks game.

1. Maegan holds "class" in the hallway now with two of our holiday snowmen. She puts them against the wall, tells them to SIT, and then lays down in front of them and chats away. If I come across her doing this, or God forbid try to participate, i get "MOMMY WEAVE!" (weave=leave)
2. She has a carrying case full of little mr. potato head and his parts. little mr. potato head doesn't have seperate eyes/nose/mouth, rather it's all one piece. She has 3 of these pieces- the one with the big eyes and full red lips is "mommy's moops," the one with the moustache is "daddy's moops" and the plain one is "mae mae's moops." We're pretty sure moops means lips. She makes us wear them, and yells at us if we take them out. Only she can determine when they come out.
3. Maegan can hold a full conversation while holding a sippy cup in her teeth, no hands.
4. She lost the baby Jesus. She keeps telling us he's in the couch, but we can't find him. Maybe he'll come back at Easter?
5. She bit me today, on the arm. She's bitten me before, but never gotten skin. I spanked her on the butt, knee-jerk reaction. Then we sat on the couch and were sad together.
6. a frequent conversation maegan and i have: "Daddy at work. Beema in the grey van. Red and blue, see the clock. Daddy's nana all gone." these are all things associated with us visiting ryan at work, which we do nearly every day. She's gotten into a sort of rut- we walk in, she asks ryan if she can eat the banana he brings with him every day. she eats half of it. After that, she goes up to the front and gets the two dice (red and blue) that are in the front desk for some reason. She puts them on a chair and spins the chair round and round. She counts the numbers on the clock, and talks to "beema in the grey van," who is my stepmom.
7. She can climb into baby sister's crib, and can jump in it. I know, no surprise there. Still caught me off guard the first time i caught her doing this.
8. she calls santa "tee-ha"
9. She knows 12/14 shapes. She knows: circle, square, rectangle, triangle, heart, cloud, sun, moon, star, hexagon, diamond, oval. We're working on pentagon and trapezoid. Rectangle is kind of iffy for her, she gets it when i draw it one way, but not another. That darn tricky rectangle, changing shapes and all.
10. She now sleeps in her bed, with a nightlight, door closed, for the entire night. It's an amazing thing! Just in time for her sister to come, for me to enjoy sleep for exactly one month before our world is flipped upside down again :)

ok, how about some pictures?
2 years ago, maegan had just gotten her first tooth. (i have a bunch of pics of me prying her mouth open to show off the tooth, but this one looks a lot nicer.) She was 4.5 months old!

1 year ago I attempted to take her picture for our Christmas card. I remember this day VERY clearly...let's just say that I'm scarred for life! Never again will i work so hard to get a nice picture of a one year old. I'll send a picture of her sleeping, and people will understand.


Alright, enough tidbits for now. G'night!