margo is two

Happy second birthday to our sweet girl! I can't believe that she is two! It feels like it happened over night. I put her to bed one day and she was a snuggly, quiet, pacifier using babe and then she woke up walking, dancing, singing and talking and is definitely her own little person (with a huge personality!). I guess the old adage is true "the days are long, but the years are short".

Right now Margo loves puppies, babies, balloons, coloring, tacos and especially tortilla chips, cookies- specifically chocolate chip cookies, Peppa Pig, dancing, singing "Holy, Holy, Holy", "Trust and Obey", "Let It Go"- Frozen, "We Know the Way" (Away, Away)- Moana, and "Havana"- Camila Cabello. She loves people and hates when they leave and she can't go with them. Moose is one of her favorite things even though he'd rather hide from her and she can't go a day without asking to FaceTime Pop (and Grandma...but mostly Pop).

We went for her 24 month well child check up and she weighed in at 27lbs (53%ile), 32.5 inches (15%ile) and her head circumference was 45cm (5%ile). The doctor feels like she is growing well according to her growth curve and is thriving, little noggin and all!

Her schedule is basically the same as it's been since she dropped her morning nap. She wakes up at around 7:30am, eats breakfast, plays and depending on the day we: run errands, go to swim lessons, go to the We Rock the Spectrum Gym for open play and music class, go to BSF, play with friends or have a lazy day at home. She naps from 1p-3:30pm and then plays until bedtime at 7pm ish. She eats breakfast like a champion and will eat lunch and by dinner time she may eat a bite or two but isn't interested...unless it's taco night. She's starting to show interest in potty training, so we'll see how that goes... But, all in all, I love our days together and wouldn't trade them for anything.

We love you so much and cannot wait to see who you grow up to be! God has and will use you for His glory and for great things. I cannot even begin to express how thankful we are to be your parents. You are loved sweet girl. So, so loved.

midwinter 2018

Each February in Chicago, the Chicago Dental Society hosts a weekend of continuing education courses and an expansive exhibit hall of vendors wheeling and dealing their latest and greatest dental gadgets and products and collectively it's called the Midwinter meeting.

My dad has been going for 30ish years (minus a few here and there) and every couple of years Becky and I join him, usually the year our CE hours are due. So this year Margo got to spend the better part of a week with my mom, while my dad and I took the train to the Windy City from Wednesday through Saturday and Becky met up with us on Thursday.

We ended up with 18 CE hours each(!!), a big bag of free goodies and managed to have a lot of fun along the way. We ate a lot, shopped a little and mostly paid attention in our classes. Thanks for letting us tag along Dad, I'm glad we get to do these classes together.

sledding

We woke up to find an unexpected blanket of snow, so what's better than using our Saturday morning to go sledding?!?

There is a school nearby that has a decently sized hill, so we layered on all of our winter clothes (somehow I managed to find a pair of baby mittens that still fit Margo), grabbed our tote box lids (because who really has a sled laying around 😬) and went sledding! Margo had a great time and Alex giggled every time he went down the hill.

margo says...

With Margo's ever expanding vocabulary, I don't want to forget what and how she says some of her more quirky sayings and words. Here are a few of her latest statements:

"Waples" = pretzels, but waffles = waffles. Try not to get them confused...

She motions with her hands for us to "come here" or "come on".  She also will point to the ground or a seat and tell us to "sit down" and badger us until we comply.

From going to BSF she has learned to pray by folding her hands sweetly and at the end of a prayer she'll say a long, drawn out "AMEN". She has also learned the song "Holy, Holy, Holy" and will happily belt it at the top of her lungs.

Anytime there is an unfamiliar noise and she associates it with me being hurt she gasps and asks (from wherever she is- usually in another room by shouting), "Mama ok?" "I'm ok Margo." "Ok mama". The other day I jumped to reach something and her reaction was sweet, but very concerned.

She's obsessed with puppies and babies so anytime we see one, she gets very excited and won't stop discussing her sighting. The best is when our 7 month old neighbor/best friend Linus comes over to play. We think that she thinks he's her real, live baby doll.

"Snat" (snack) is the first thing she says to me most mornings when I get her out of bed. Somedays she asks for a "snat" before I can fully open her door and turn her sound machine off.

She has so many phrases and ways that she says things that make us laugh every day, it's been really fun to watch her turn into a true toddler. So far, this is my favorite age with Margo, but I've said that at every age and stage so far...