World's Longest Post

Alright, alright, I know I've been a lazy blogger lately, I know you've all been on the edge of your seats waiting for me to update you (she types with a drop of sarcasm), so here it is, the worlds longest post.

Let's see, what have we been up to lately... well, we made a visit to Maggie's Great Grandma out in Phoenix, let's start there. Three adults and three children under age four, one hotel room and one minivan - surprisingly, no one lost their mind! We travelled with my brother, his wife, and their two children. Maggie loved spending time with her cousins, and I was very happy that she had a chance to meet her Great Grandma once again. The kids all did really well on the plane, no screaming, no kicking, no poop, no plugged ears, and only a little crying (it's hard to fall asleep on a plane - just ask E and Maggie, they'll tell you all about it).

Next was Thanksgiving, for which I am currently giving thanks for it's completion. We had a full house, lots of aunties, uncles, grandparents and cousins. Maggie had a blast performing the Sesame Street Veggie Dance for all her fans, and gleefully demolished a giant tub of Chex mix. We had 18 over for dinner and house guests throughout the weekend, chopped down and decorated our Christmas tree, spent countless hours playing Bannanagrams, a trip to see Santa Claus, and wait...wait a sec... I have to change the subject real quick...

I am currently watching Maggie, who is watching TV, scratch her butt in her very first pair of "big girl panties". All of a sudden my daughter is a 50 year old man. Oops, now the pink panties are off and she's trying to dress herself again. She did that this morning as well and insisted on wearing two shirts, shoes, and no pants. She's enthusiastic, but not very practical.

OK, back to it... Thanksgiving was good.

So next, ear infection season is back, and Maggie would never miss a chance at antibiotics, so yes she has ear infections again. Amoxycilin didn't cut it so now we're on to Augmentin - and I'm sure both of those are spelled incorrectly. The only up side of our recent trips to the pediatrician is that Maggie is one of the lucky fools to have received the H1N1 vaccination... at least part of it anyway, because poor defenseless babies have to get it twice, a month apart, for it to really kick in. This is true about the regular flu vaccine as well... poor defenseless babies.

Something fun from the pediatrician's office... Maggie insisted on wearing the aforementioned pink panties on the outside of her pants before she would leave the house. When we arrived at the appointment the nurse just laughed and said, "I love it when they get old enough to start asserting themselves!" Yeah...um, me too.

What else, what else... I'm giving up on Christmas cards this year. So if you're reading this and typically receive a card from us, sorry, you ain't getting one this year. I have a plethora of excuses but I shan't be sharing them with you at this time. So yeah, be happy for this blog and all it's adorable pictures, this will have to suffice this year.

And speaking of adorable pictures, I shall leave you with a few of the most adorable from my recent period of neglect...