Catching Up ~ Maggey turned 9 ~ Nov. 19/12

Maggey turned 9 ...

Well ~ it's been two months ago now ...

but :

life happened , and I didn't get the blog post done before Samuel was born ...

Better late than never !

Her request this birthday ~ was for a butterfly cake !

We had her party early on Nov 3 ...

So she could celebrate while my sis and her kids were visiting from Alberta ....

The party was at my parents house of course  ....

There was cake ....

because whats a party without cake ? 

Lots of family came to celebrate ....

fun was had by all ....

we are blessed ....

Samuel was there too, still tucked in safe ....

A girl who will always need her daddy ....

I love that at 9, there's still a lot of little left in her ....

A girl who is never too big for dolls & toys ....

Her quilt made by Great Grammy Jones .... 

Celebrating again when Grampie & Grammie came to visit ....

Birthday supper ....

My baby still with her beautiful long hair ....

Right before she cut all of it for cancer ....

Happy Birthday My Sweet MAGGEY :)

I'm so glad you are ours ....

Locks Of Love

One last picture of Maggey's beautiful hair ....

Moments before it all comes off ....

For a great cause ....

Miss. Maggey cut her hair off today to send to Locks of Love .

Much shorter ....

Looking Great !

Thanks to our fabulous new hairdresser Laurie who refused to let us pay, since Maggey was doing this for a great cause ....

A child somewhere who has been battling cancer, will have a beautiful wig made out of Mag's hair ....

Ready to mail ...

Proud of our girl :)

She looks darn cute in that haircut too !!!

Our MAGGEY is 9 :)

Maggey Rheann

7 lbs 1 oz ....

Born 2 1/2 weeks early ....

I went into labor at 1:50 a.m.

I was holding her in my arms at 2:40 a.m.  

7 minutes after we drove into the hospital parking lot ....

Not gonna lie to you ... I wasn't able to sit on that car ride ...

For obvious reasons :)

I know !!!

Crazy Fast :)

She has one of the biggest hearts of anyone I know ....

Growing up to be a beautiful girl ....

Inside and Out ...

Happy Birthday Sweetie :)

Braces and 16 Weeks

We are almost to the 16 week mark, and getting very, very  round ...

Please ignore the stain on my shirt ...

It is obviously some sort of food I have dropped and landed on my tiny tummy ...

A very helpful tidbit I've learned this pregnancy ....

It is much easier on your body to be pregnant at 22 than at ?? ...

I am so tired this time ...

I'd like to think it's because I already have 3 kids , home school and hubby has been working extremeley long hours .....

but I was visiting my Grammie a few days ago ..... 

" complaining " about being so tired this time , and she kindly told me it was probably my age this time around  !

So there you go ... :)

We had a big day planned yesterday .

John even took the day off ... 

It was the day the braces were to come off !!!

So we headed out early to the city ....

 Mr. Cooper heard about the long drive, the waiting room, the hour and a half braces removal ext... and decided he wanted to stay home and spend the day with my Mom .

So to the orthodontist we went ....

and they took one look in Maggey's mouth and decided ...

those braces aren't ready to come off today after all ....

yeah ....

Poor Mag ... she was so looking forward to eating tons of the candy that will be floating around next week ..

So now were are getting them off Dec. 12 ...

 Hopefully :)

The trip wasn't a complete waste though ...

John got a FREE haircut :)

My cousin Rebekah is in hairdressing school and she needs to do 85 men's haircuts in the next month ...

John was # 2 :)

The girls had a great time watching ...

She wants me to bring Cooper down and get at his hair ....

but ...

I'm just not there yet ....

We also got to go out to eat with this adorable nephew and his mama ...

So we had a great day anyway ...

Even if the braces didn't come off ...

Plus we are now down to only 48 hours until my sis, nieces and nephew arrive :)

On another note ...

My hubby now likes the name Dolly if we have a girl ....

Who comes to mind when you hear that name ?

:)

At The Dentist

Yesterday was dentist day for the kiddos. I very smartly booked all three kids on the same day and at the time, then realized I would be a the dentist with three kids at the same time ... going from room to room ...  I needent had worried though, it all went very smooth and John surprised us and scooted over from work to help when the kids were split up ! God bless that man :)

Miss. Halley went first and sailed through her exam, cleaning and x-rays ...

Almost finished ! 

Teeth are cleaned and not a cavity in sight :)

Phew ....

Miss. Maggey got off lucky yesterday. When we got to the dentist they decided it best to wait on doing her exam and cleaning !

Ok, not completely lucky, she's only 8 and has had braces on for the past 10 months !

So they wanted to clean her teeth after the braces are off which happens in only 16 more days :)

This is what she wants as soon as those come off her teeth !

Braces are not fun at any age but  especially not when you're only 8 !

Mr. Cooper was slightly terrified when it was his turn . He kept his eyes closed at the beginning , maybe he was praying that this was just a dream ??? He was  brave though, and even cooperated during x-rays ...Well after Daddy decided to stay in with him while they were taking them.

He didn't get the wonderful " no cavities " news we were expecting ...

Turns out when three of Cooper's molars were coming in, he either had a fever, was on an antibiotic or it could be genetic ~  not from my side of course ;) 

So those three teeth came in without all the enamel on them :(

Which has now grown into cavities .....

I felt like a bad Mom when I heard that ... Maybe I should have brushed his teeth 4 times a day instead of 3 ??????

Then the sweet dentist said " there was nothing you could have done about this " 

Phew ....

So my poor little man has to go back 3 more times between now and Christmas to get his little baby teeth filled :( 

They can only do one tooth per visit because of the freezing and he's so young.

I'm not going to lie to you, I am already praying when his adult teeth come in , the enamel is all there !

Also I am so very thankful my husband has a job with good dental coverage now :)

If not we would not be eating til after Christmas ....

Plus you now know more about my kids teeth than you probaly ever wanted to !!!

Your Very Welcome :)

Maggey's Gone To Camp

Our Maggey went to church camp today ....

If your wondering why I didn't take a pic of the actual cabin. 

It's because it was raining ~ HARD ! 

Though it doesn't look like it in the pic....

Thunder, lightning, power outages, tree limbs everywhere ...

Tons of fun dropping kids off in that kind of weather ....

I won't see her for 112 more hours ....

She's having fun though with her cousin and her friends ....

She didn't show any signs of homesickness ....

It's her Mother I'm worried about ....

Good News though ....

Only 111 hours and 45 minutes before we pick up our girl ....

Tasty Tuesday ~ Chocolate Chip Cookies

I used to be that Mom... you know the one who didn't want her kids to help out in the kitchen for fear of the extra work and extra cleanup that it would make.. I'm so glad that I have gotten over that - not that I love the cleanup part yet, but I love that my girls are learning to cook.

Little Man likes to help now and again....... I'm also a firm believer that everything tastes better if it's made in my KitchenAid :)