Strike A Pose!

Maggie's Aunt Katty LOVES to take photos so we scheduled Maggie's 6 month photo shoot with her a few days ago. . . Maggie behaved so well, we got some great shots!

Maggie and Mom

Maggie LOVES the Gracie dog!

Pure joy on Maggie's part . . .Gracie, not so much!

Family shot!

Another one!

Maggie searching for the Gracie dog.

And the meltdown begins!

In other news, when I took Kathryn's memory card to download these photos, I found all these photos. . . Needless to say, Aunt Katty really enjoys putting Maggie inside things!

At least Maggie looks like she is having fun, right? And she really does love her Aunt Katty!

Maggie, the first 6 months!

Maggie, the first 6 months!

Click on the link to view the slideshow! 

Pork and Green Chili Burritos

Lyle's favorite burrito place closed and is reopening in a new location at a date unknown. He was really wanting their pork and green chili burrito and being the nice wife that I am, I decided to make it for him (or he specifically asked for it. . . details). And use my fancy crock pot no less. See, fancy!

Full disclosure, this was the second time I have used my crock pot since we have been married. The first time, my sister in law borrowed it, made the dip, and then brought the dip back to my house for a party. So I guess technically, this was my first time. To be honest, I am not a big fan of pot roast or any other stewed meat stuff that I normally associate with crock pot cooking. And since I was lazy, I didn't really look for a recipe. Lyle wanted pork and green chilies, so he got pork and green chilies. Since we were doing burritos, I used a packet of taco seasoning as the rub for the pork butt and I threw an onion in there for good measure. Y'all, it was delicious. And SOO easy.

Here are the ingredients: 
1 pork butt
1 can of green chilies (Should have used two)
1 onion, sliced
1 taco seasoning packet (I used low sodium)

Here is what I did:
Sliced the onion and put it in the bottom of the crock pot. Next, I rubbed the taco seasoning all over the pork and put it on top of the onions. Then I poured the green chilies on top. (I did this all the night before since I was lazy and did not want to get up before Maggie woke up.) It sat overnight in the fridge and the next morning, I just popped it in the base and turned it on low for 10 hours. Once it cooked, I took it out and shredded it, then put the shredded meat back in the crock pot with all the juices for another hour on warm.

It was make your own burrito night in our house so we had tortillas, rice, jalapenos, cheese and sour cream.

Try it. Seriously. It's so good.

This is the day that the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it!

"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."- Jeremiah 29:11

Today, Maggie was baptized. The weather was gorgeous. Little Miss behaved fabulously, except of course, while Geoffrey was giving his sermon. Brunch was delicious. It was a perfect day! 

Maggie and her mama on her special day.

Maggie with her godparents, Anne Peden and Cole

 

 

The Grand Godparents with their grand godchildren.

Maggie's godmother (Anne Peden) and Maggie's cousin, Merrill's godfather (Tim) are brother and sister so that makes their parents, Al and Elizabeth, the grand godparents! I think that it so special that all of our families are so connected.

The McCloud Family

The Fender/Smith Family

We are blessed to have such a wonderful family. A family that loves Maggie so much it is crazy! KK and Mac were so sweet to host the brunch at their house. Maggie's great aunt and great uncles along with her great grandparents were there too. It was a day filled with so much love and happiness, we could not have asked for a more perfect day!

Quite the predicament

Nothing. Nada.

WHAT? I have no hair!?!?!

Peach Fuzz. And this is considered A LOT of hair.

Maggie is now 5 months old. She can roll from tummy to back. She can hold her head up. She is almost sitting up. She is eating rice cereal and peas (loves it, too!). She is loving her jumperoo (aka the neglect-a- jumper). She laughs at her daddy. She snuggles with mama. All the milestones are being met, except one. A super important one. It's called the "I am a little girl and I have enough hair to prove it" milestone.

So, yea. We'll just be wearing lots of pink until the situation improves.

Yea, none.

 

 

Wild Dunes 2012

Last week we went on vacation with the entire McCloud family, minus Uncle Chris, to Wild Dunes, SC. It was Maggie's (and Merrill's) first time at the beach and she LOVED it! We all had so much fun. Merrill man was full of new tricks too- he started walking and saying "bye-bye" to anyone and everyone. Here are just a few pictures of our first family beach trip. . .

Merrill's first time in the sand

Maggie and Merrill's first time on the beach with KK and Mac

Mama, Daddy, and Maggie in the ocean

Aunt Katty and Maggie playing in the water

Aunt Harris, Uncle Stew, and Merrill Man in the water

Best Nap Ever

Playing with Daddy

Family photo on the dunes

All the McCloud Girls!

We cannot wait for next year's trip! Maggie will be walking around and causing all sorts of trouble with Merrill. And maybe exacting a little revenge for the abuse she endured this year, as captured below. . .

Seriously?

No, really, I am not ok with this

Maybe if I turn away, he'll stop

Why are you people letting him do this to me?

Do you see how much fun he is having with my head?!

Thank goodness he decided to stop

Nevermind

If I close my eyes, perhaps he will stop.

Don't worry Maggie, at some point you will have a little brother or sister and little cousins and you can show your love through head slaps too. I promise I won't stop you either. Because I'll be taking photographs of it.

Maggie @ 3 months!

This is a tad late but oh well. Ms. Maggie celebrated her 3rd month in the world on June 27, just 4 days after her mommy turned 28. . . We are all getting so old around here! This Saturday, we are leaving for Wild Dunes with the McCloud family. It will be Maggie's first trip to the beach, and I think her cousin Merrill's too. We can't wait but we know it will be a totally different experience this time around! I promise to post all the cute pictures we are sure to take and to be more prompt with her 4th month picture!!

We also celebrated the 4th of July out at the country club with family and friends. Thanks to mom for keeping Maggie that night. We missed her but we know she would have not enjoyed all the fireworks! She'll have plenty of opportunities in the coming years to celebrate with us!