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Maggie's Fourth Birthday Video

3rd trimester!

Wow, this pregnancy is speeding by while at the same time totally dragging! Yesterday we hit the third trimester and the tracker says:



In other news, here is a little story that happened yesterday...
Zofia was complaining that her tummy hurt from the time she woke up. She didn't eat a lot of dinner the night before, so I chalked it up to hunger and proceeded to get everyone ready to leave for school and rush out the door with their breakfast "to-go". Just barely down the street, Zofia threw up a bit, right into her bowl of oatmeal (sorry for the visual). So, of course, we turned right around and came home.
After we got everything cleaned up Zofia said, "Boy, you sure learned your lesson Mommy!"
I said, "What lesson is that Zof?"
"Don't put me in the car if I say I have a tummy ache!"
DOH!

No veggie this week

Sadly, even though i just started week 27 of this pregnancy, there was no corresponding vegetable/size comparison update on the baby tracker. There was, however, a uterus size comparison update...



Wow!

Also, the baby has the hiccups...such a funny feeling.

Week 25!

Here is me this morning...i look ready for a nap!




And, inspired by a post done by one of my favorite people, here is the approximate size of Sother...



about 9 inches and 1.7 lbs...

Mah bed is a bit crowded

This was my bed the other morning. Before I got out there was one additional cat in there too! Hope Mags gets over this habit before Sother gets here...

Christmas 2009

A few random photos

I must have been inspired by my sister's recent post, and finally downloaded the photos which have been sitting in my camera since early October. Here are a few...


Butterfly girl at Cousin Isaac's and Lizz's wedding.

My little Babuszka.


Making peanut butter cookies with their cousins and Uncle Doug at Thanksgiving.
The first year's haul from our new lemon and Satsuma trees.

Bouncer

Zofia found a tiny worm on the floor in the house. She escorted it outside and while she was finding a place to put it I overheard her telling it, "My house is not your home."
!!!

Wanted

Maggie, standing outside the locked bathroom banging on the door, "Mommy, can you come keep company on us when you're done?!!"

Update

Ok, I know I have neglected this blog throughout my sister's visit here, and have no excuse. Happily, she posted regularly, so there are plenty of posts to read about our trip to San Diego and Maggi's visit here with the twins over at My Sister's Blog. Meanwhile, just a quick update on us...
I'm still only about 8 weeks pregnant. It seems ridiculous to know this early, it really makes the pregnancy seem to last so much longer. I guess this is how I do it, though, since I knew really early both other times too. I sort of can't fathom the women who don't know until they are 3, 4 or more months along.
I feel good (meaning nauseous and tired all day long) and my pants are already getting tight. I found a box of maternity clothing in the back of the closed, but alas it's all summer stuff and the weather here is mostly in the low 60s. I remember that my mom brought back the clothes I lent to Maggi about a year ago, so hopefully she will be able to find them at her house. Otherwise, poor me, I'll just have to go shopping! ;-)
We are very excited about our upcoming trip to LA for Isaac & Lizz's wedding, and are planning on staying an extra day to take the girls to Disneyland. Should be exhausting and fun. I also just go the idea into my head that I'd like to take a mini-vacation with just Roger sometime during the 2nd trimester (I've never been to New York?), but I'm not sure we will be able to figure out the logistics.
Anyhow, that's it for now and I'll leave you with a bit of conversation I overheard earlier today between my daughters...

Zofia: I love you!
Maggie: I love you too!

Hee hee!!!

New Digs

I finished the girls room yesterday and it looks very cute!

During

I forgot to take "before" pix, but here are a couple of pix of Roger's new office being built.

New Religion

Roger just walked into the girls' room and found them both under a comforter on the floor...
Roger: Where are the girls?!
Maggie: Here I am Daddy. I'm God!
R: You're God?!
M: Yeah, and this is heaven.
Zofia: Come die with us, Daddy! We're dead and this is heaven!

BTW - I just found out that the cause of death was being eaten by a lion. Apparently, at first he didn't eat their heads, but then he did.

Why?

Zofia: Mommy, why did God make us with footprints?
Me: Why do you think, Zofia?
Zofia: Mayyyyybeeeeeeee, so that we don't get lost?

and then....

Maggie: Mommy, why did God make "God's bandaids"? (scabs)

song

Zofia is playing with legos, and I just overheard her singing...
Always remember about meeee!
Forget about your friends and familyyyyyy,
Just always remember about meeeeeeee!

what?!

Decisive

Me: Maggie, what do you want to eat?
M: I haven't decided.
Me: Well, you need to decide.
M: I was already deciding until you disturbed me!

Zofia's Fifth Year

Zofia's Fifth Year from agi graham on Vimeo.

Early Fourth of July video

Definitions

Zofia: Mommy, a woman and a lady are not the same thing.
Me: Really, Zofia? What is the difference between a woman and a lady?
Zofia: A woman is a fat lady and a lady is a skinny lady.

Piggie tails

This is the first time that Maggie kept her pigtails in longer than a couple of minutes. Usually, she takes them out as soon as she gets in the car, but today she kept them in all day! Happy Mothers' Day to me!

OMG OMG OMG - the cuteness is KILLING me!

After and then later after

another kind of garden

Harvest time

Patience

We were at a restaurant last week and ordered Maggie a lemonade. About a second after the waiter left, Maggie said, "Where is my lemonade? I waited as hard as I could and I can't wait any longer!"

ps. when you read her quote, remember that she does not say her Rs yet, so they come out like Ws...

Springtime is here!

Hurrah! The girls and I planted our spring garden over spring break. We've got lots of different herbs, tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, squash and beans. Here are some photos of the garden when we first planted it almost three weeks ago, and some taken this morning. We've been getting a nice bit of rain and it is so gratifying to see the plants thriving. We also planted a lemon tree and a Satsumo orange tree which already have some little fruit on them!

Maggie is Three!

Maggie's Third Year from agi graham on Vimeo.

My genius of a daughter!

new for you!

A video and a funny...

First the funny:
Me: How did I get so lucky to have two such wonderful girls for my daughters?
Maggie: Because we're just kids and we can't leave.

God love 'er!


Playing from agi graham on Vimeo.

Anatomy

Roger accidentally scratched Maggie on the leg when he was putting on her jammies tonight; and Maggie said, "Daddy, you hurt my skeleton!"

Wierd science

Zofia asked me today, "Mommy, why does cheese melt, but chicken doesn't?"

Future architect?

Zofia came downstairs at Babcia & Dziadzio's house yesterday and said, "Mommy, did you know that the floor upstairs is the ceiling downstairs?"

Hay fever

Maggie explained to me today that Uncle Andre's pool turned green because it had "an allergy", but then he fixed it.

a long time coming...

Here are a couple of recent funnies.

Zofia: I don't wanna go to sleep. I'm not tired.
Mommy: I know, Honey, but you need sleep to be rested and healthy.
Zofia: I don't need sleep. I never sleep.
Mommy: You don't?! What do you do all night with you your eyes closed?
Zofia: That's not sleep, that's a really long blink.


Zofia: Mommy, why can't we go to the library first?
Mommy: Because Grandma and Grandpa are waiting for us, and it would take us too long to get to the library and then we wouldn't have very much time to look for books...
Zofia: Yada, yada, yada.

Author

Zofia wrote a book...that is she dictated and illustrated a book. Here it is. Forgive the sometimes sloppy penmanship, I had to write really fast to keep up with the flow.






"They found another rainbow and they found their friends Hoodie and Hawdie. They found tater tots. They all drew a picture and painted a picture"

"They drove away in their van and saw a tiger. The tiger roared! It didn't eat them because they put it in a cage. They drove to a school and did lots of work and lived happily ever after."

Maggie's Yay God

Yay God for ears to hear with and nose to smell with and mouth to eat with and eyes to see with and hair to rub with (rubs Daddy's head).

Busy lady

When Zofia grows up, she is going to be:
a doctor
a teacher
a pilot
a mommy

Yard work

I just remembered last week when Maggie saw Roger using the riding mower she said: Daddy is mow-lawnin'!

funny

I overheard Maggie talking in the back seat. I didn't hear what she was actually talking about, but at one point I heard, "I crack myself out!"

Dear Diary

I was reading a book to the girls at dinner...
Zofia: what is a diary?
Daddy: it's a book where you write your own personal things.
Maggie: No! It's poo poo! Stinky, nasty, poo poo!

Yay God!

Maggie's last one of the night..."Yay God for Zofia and Mommy and Daddy! I love you!" And then she leaned over and planted a kiss on Zofia's forehead! I can't describe the feeling I have at moments like these; when one of my girls displays her affection for the other. Just makes me feel great about being their mommy.

Prayers

Recently, we began a new routine regarding our bedtime prayers. We still say the Our Father prayer first, but after that, we ask each of the girls if they would like to say their own prayer, and after that we do "Yay God". "yay God" is a tradition at Mustang Island Family Camp, which we attended last weekend. It's basically a list of what you are thankful for followed by "Yaaaaaay God!" We usually do three rounds of Yay God
Since we started this a few days ago, we have been consistently amazed and impressed by the girls level of understanding and depth. I plan to start recording them, but for tonight, I'll try to remember as much as I can...
Zofia's prayer tonight was something along the lines of; God is good and straight and loves us all.
Maggie's prayer tonight was something like; God makes all the plants and flowers grow and come down.
Zofia's Yay Gods were: Yay God for food (i think), Yay God for all of the tissues in the world, and Yay God for all of the tissue boxes in all the world of San Antonio
Maggie's Yay Gods were: Yay God for plants, can't remember the second one, and the last was Yay God for Mommy and Daddy and Zofia.
We melted.
You can see some photos from our Mustang Island trip as well as Zofia's birthday party and Roger's nieces' visit on the Flick site.

Zofia - Fourth year video

Milestones

Just a couple things to report here in the land of Graham...
We switched Maggie's crib to a "big girl bed" today. Both girls were very excited about it and helped me with the transformation. Of course, by "helped" I mean jumped all over the bed while I was assembling it, but you get the idea.
Also, Zofia can READ! A few days ago she told Roger, "Daddy, I wish I could read." So yesterday, Roger sat with her for over an hour and she totally got it. B-A-T...bat! We were all over the moon!

Soccer Mom

Tonight was Zofia's first full soccer practice; and I was inspired:

Working Girl

By Special Request

My Aunt Connie has been hassling me (rightly so) about my lack of blogging lately. So, here is a little something until I can get my act together...
Zofia on the bed watching a tv show and Roger was sitting next to her.
Roger: Do you want me to go get Mommy?
Zofia: No, that's ok Daddy, you are enough for me.

Maggie's Second Year video

Maggie's Second Year from agi graham on Vimeo.

Do you know what your eyebrows are for?

Eyebrows 2-1-2008 from agi graham on Vimeo.

Reading is fundamental

Untitled from agi graham on Vimeo.


Zofia reading 1-20-08 from agi graham on Vimeo.

Apprentice

Maggie, during dinner tonight, climbed down from her seat and when I asked here where she was going, she said, "I'm going to collect rent (went). I'll be right (wight) back."

Oops.

Zofia dropped a bowl of dried cranberries and Maggie said, "Oh my gosh, Oh my Lord, Oh my Heavens! Zofia dropped her cranberries!"

They're getting cuter

Zofia to Daddy: Daddy, you are a very clever boyyyyyyyy!

Maggie to Zofia (while being rolled upon): Zofia, don't do that. It's not nice, you're my friend!

At long last - a new video!

Chestnuts 2007 from agi graham on Vimeo.

Why DO we say that?

In the car yesterday on the way to school, we pulled up next to a schoolbus.
I said, "Look girls, there's a schoolbus, and there are children on it." To which Maggie replied, "Not ON in Mommy, IN it!"

School post

One for Maggie, one for Zofia...

Maggie's teacher was bragging on her yesterday. She was working with a puzzle, which is kept on a tray, with the pieces in a little basket. For about 15 minutes, she tried to carry the tray to her table to work, but the basket kept falling off. During the whole time, she didn't get frustrated, cry, or quit. Finally, she asked Ms. Vivian for help, saying, "Please can you help me with the puzzle?" Her teacher showed her how to carry the basket first, then go back for the tray. After finishing her work a few minutes later, Maggie remembered how to get the whole thing back on the shelf!

Zofia's teacher told me that today, on their way up to a "motor skills" class, Zofia said to her, "My mommy is going to have a baby. It's going to be a boy, but she has to talk to my daddy first." Hmmmm.

Stinky and Snow White

Figment

Me: Maggie, are you for real?
Maggie: No, I'm pretend!

Zofia's Opera

Huge!

Roger: Zofia, that bite (of oatmeal) is ginormous!
Z: No, Daddy. This bite is big. It's not ginormous, like your head.

Pooped

This is Zofia & Maggie getting charged up for a sleepover at Grandma and Grandpa's house (who moved here about a month ago for those who may not know yet), yipee!!

The first of a billion times

Last week at the Whole Foods pizza counter:
Zofia: Hi, I'm Zofia!
Pizza Guy: Hi, Sofia!
Z: No, not Sofia, ZOFIA! Z-O-F-I-A!

coupla cute things

At PeiWei (Chinese resaurant) a couple of weeks ago we were all eating edamame and after a while Maggie said, "No, not eating edaMommy, eating edaMaggie!" 1st joke, people! At 17 months old!

A few days ago in the car Zofia said, "Look mommy they are driving in their sports car. They must be going to go play sports cause they have their sports bras."

Today in the car, Zofia was comparing two little twin girls in her dance class with a little girl in her class at school (they all have a similarly dark skin tone). I said that isn't it nice how people are all different and have different color hair and eyes and skin, and Zofia said that it was good because if people looked all alike, we wouldn't know who anyone was! Exactly!