We're ready!

Only 4 days left until Christmas! I hope Maggie is looking forward to it as much as mommy and daddy are! We have so many presents for Maggie, but we can't put them out because she just wants to rip them open. We decided to do our own photo shoot again this year since they turned out so well last year. Here are some of our favorites:

Getting closer

Aunt Dani brought Blake and Emma over for a visit at the beginning of December. The cousins really have a lot of fun playing together. We were trying to get a picture of all four of them together, but they were already in their pajamas and they did not want to sit still!

Almost Christmas!

Wow! I am so far behind! I was hoping to update the blog once a week, but I've been slacking. I just had gall bladder surgery and have been babysitting Maggie's little friend Ella, so I sort of have an excuse. Here's what Maggie has been up to in the last month and a half.

At the beginning of November, Maggie went to visit her new cousin Ryland. She was having more fun playing with her cousin Piper while mommy and Aunt Tonia held Ryland. Here are some pics

After we left our visit with Ryland and Piper, we went to see Maggie's cousins Blake and Emma. They had fun playing with all of Blake's new birthday presents.

The next week was so nice, so Maggie went with me and her daddy to the Morton Arboretum. We walked around and looked at all of the scenery. Maggie liked walking through the children's play area and touching everything! We drove around afterward so we could see the beautiful trees, but I think we were about a week too late!

Halloween!

We did a lot for Halloween. On Saturday, we went to visit Grandma and Grandpa Steinmetz in the morning. In the afternoon, we watched the Halloween Parade on Archer. Maggie and Ethan were excited at first, but it took so long for the parade to actually reach us that Maggie was very disinterested by the time we saw it. We did get a few pieces of candy, but not much.


In the evening, we went to our friend's house for a Halloween party. On Halloween, Maggie just wore her costume around the house and Grandma Steinmetz came over for dinner. We'll go trick or treating next year, when Maggie can finally appreciate it!!

Pumpkin patch party

Chris's cousin, Katie, has a pumpkin patch in her back yard. Every year, she throws a pumpkin patch party and finally Maggie was able to attend! She and Ethan wore their Halloween costumes (she was a ladybug and he was a mad scientist). They went to the pumpkin patch, picked out a pumpkin, and decorated it. Actually, Tonia and I decorated them, but they loved playing with the stickers! Then we watched as the other kids hit and opened a pinata. Maggie and Ethan even got in a couple of swings! Here they are in their costumes:

Photo shoot

One of my old students takes great pictures, so we met up with her at Graue Mill in Oak Brook to get some pictures taken of Maggie. Our unofficial 3rd photo shoot. We still haven't had any professional pictures taken of Maggie, but we have some great pictures! Here are some of the best pictures Chris took, and hopefully I will be able to post some of the "professional" pictures in the next week or so.

counting

Maggie knows how to count to 3 now! She actually points to things and counts! I'm so proud of her.

She loves naming colors. She has all of her colors down now too. We were driving to Target today and all she wanted to do was point all colors on the way there, in the store, and on the way back!

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