Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween, Everyone!  Here's our little lamb.  Mommy's dressing up tonight, too...we'll post photos tomorrow!  Everyone have a safe and fun night!

Autumn

Here are a few photos that I took today of Maelie. It was a gorgeous day so we walked around the town in her little car. She loved it. So did I. I have more photos from two weekends ago that we took of her by a lake. They turned out so nice. I've wanted to put them up, but have been dealing with the flu. Feelin' better now! :)

Maelstrom Maelie Strikes

Remember on our anniversary when I told you Maelie had made a huge mess...there was a small dog throw-up mess on the ottoman...and then she dumped the vase of water all over herself and the floor at the exact moment Mike ironically said, "why clean up?" Yeah. Here's a photo....note the cat creeping around, too. I swear, all I could do was sit and laugh my a$$ off. What else could I do? :)

But, we did have a lovely evening at a local small Chinese restaurant where they don't care if Maelie wanders the restaurant while we eat. It really was a lovely, albeit simple, way to spend our special day together.

Maelie News Update

Just a little Maelie News Flash...

She now has a total of FIVE teeth...a new one popped out on top! And, the BIG news...she now TOUCHES food, and FEEDS herself!!!!!!!! We are so proud. :) She's also talking more and recognizes and will say the color white and red. :)

This past Sunday, she went with her daddy to a fire. Mike takes photos of the local fires and a bar in a neighboring town burned down. Mike says she was as good as gold and he was so proud of her. She loved the trucks and commotion. Mommy wasn't too thrilled to have her little baby come home smelling like a chimney sweep, though...

Here's a photo of the two of them. :)

A typical day...

Less than an hour ago, I'm sitting here, in the living room, with Maelie. I knew Mikey was coming home early today for our anniversary, so I didn't bring Maelie up for a nap right away. I was waiting for him to get home. Maelie decides to bring out every toy, every book, EVERYTHING out today. I have photos I'll post later..the living room was a disaster. Our one dog Nikki got sick on the ottoman, the answering machine was beeping, and I'm like...."SIGH." So, Mikey comes home. I told him we had to put Maelie down for a nap, and then I can clean the living room. He says, jokingly, 'why clean??' JUST at that moment, Maelie goes over to the TV where I had a rose in a vase of water...it's been there for a week and she never played with it before...she dumps the whole thing down on her. I look around...toys, books, dogs, water, cat trying to eat the ribbon on Maelie's balloon...everything all over the place, and I just burst out laughing. Maelie just put the topper on the chaos. She has comedic timing down to a fault!!!! :) So, she's now upstairs napping, I have the room picked up, dog mess cleaned up, flower back in the vase, and all is well. For now. HA!!

Happy Anniversary!

Today is our 10th wedding anniversary. I'm hoping to post some wedding photos later today. But, I wanted to wish my darling husband a happy anniversary. It's been made even more special with Maelie.

And speaking of...she's decided to give us an anniversary present, too! Yep! She's decided she CAN touch food and put it in her mouth!!!! YAY!!!!!! We have a breakthrough! I won't have to follow her to college and feed her lunch after all!!!! LOL!! :)