February 2011

• Maggie woke up and told me that in the ceiling was a dreamboat. (Turns out this is something real that Gran and Nana have in their room.)




• I had a sinus infection and I was laying in bed. Maggie and Richard came in the room and stood by the bed. I made a comment about going to the doctor and Maggie said, "I'll take care of you. I'll take you to the doctor."




• I bought Maggie a new pair of sunglasses (with 100% UVA protection) and she is currently wearing them all the time. Even inside, at night, all the time. It's so cute.




• We were driving to a tea party with some of Maggie's friends and listening to music, when Maggie told me, "Mommy, this is my favorite song." I was so excited. It's a mixed CD we've been listening to for a while. I turned it up a little and said I'm so glad you like this song. Then the next song came on and Maggie said, "Mommy, this is my favorite song." Oh. Then the next song came on and Maggie said, "Mommy, this is my favorite song." Ah.



• Maggie has become so much more social. At the tea party one of her little friends was being shy, so Maggie walked up to her, took her hand and said, "It's ok, come play with me."



• This morning when I dropped Maggie off at Nana's house, she said, "Let's play." She ran and grabbed some toys. "Here's a toy for Mama," she said, handing me Angelina ballerina. "Here's a toy for Nana," she said, handing Nana bluebird. "Now let's play." I asked, "What are we playing," and Maggie answered, "Toys." Duh.


• We went to Aunt Laurie's house to see Ella. Ella was sitting in my lap and Maggie came up to see her. Ella's fingernails were a little long and she scratched her a little when she touched Maggie's face. Maggie touched her face and said, "Whoa."


• Aunt Laurie brought in Ella's exersaucer and Maggie said, "Oh, thank you. Thank you. I love it!"

January 2011

Maggie was sitting on the couch. She pointed at me and said, "That's Maggie's Mommy."

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I went to pick Maggie up from Nana's house and as a joke I put her coat on over my hands. Nana and I were prompting her by saying, "Oh isn't Mommy silly? It's too small for Mommy." Maggie walked up to me, put her hand on my chest and said, "You have your own coat Mommy."

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Maggie told me this morning that there are puppies living in her tummy that bark.

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This evening Maggie pulled my dishtowel off the fridge handle. I told her to put it back or I would turn off her Dora show. She ran off. I got up to turn it off so she blocked the TV with her body. Unfortunately the TV uses a remote, which I used to pause the show. She eventually put the towel back and got to finish her show.

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Richard and I were being silly in the kitchen and I pretended to be scared of my exercise ball. Maggie ran up and wrapped her little arms around my leg and said, "I'll protect you Mommy."

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I asked Maggie to take one more bite of dinner. She told me she couldn't because she had Jabberwocky arms.

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Maggie's started this thing where when she doesn't want to do something she tells me she's too little. So, "Maggie do x." "I can't Mama. I'm too little." It's pretty darn cute.

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Richard was eating dinner and Maggie walked up to him and asked for a bite. He didn't answer fast enough so she turned to me and said, "Mama can Maggie have a bite of Daddy's food?"

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Maggie has a mini-potty seat for her toy Elmo. She decided she was going to sit on it last night. Of course she is way too big for it. However when she tried to sit on it and couldn't, she looked up at me and said, "Maggie is too little for the potty seat." Not exactly, kid.

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Maggie and I were laying on the ground in the office, facing each other. Chloe started to walk in the room. Maggie said, "Chloe is coming to get me," and I said, "Don't worry, I'll protect you." Maggie said, "No, I'll protect you." Awww. . . so sweet.