It's been awhile!

Well, how do you begin when you have been gone for so long? I have written and hit delete many times in trying to find just what to say! I picked a few of my favorite pictures out from the past few months to show just a little of what's been going on!

The Mag's has sure gotten to experience some snow this year! It has snowed and snowed and snowed! What fun! I have loved looking out the window to white! We still have small piles of snow left that haven't quite melted away yet! And now we have a possibility of snow again in a couple of days! This is one of those years we will talk about for some time to come!

"Remember the snow we had in 2010!"

I love these two! I have the greatest father for my Mags! Aren't they so cute together! He is amazing with her, so kind and gentle and FUN! He is an AMAZING husband too!

My wonderful two!

We have a new all time favorite toy! She runs our phones almost better that we do and she teaches us thing that we did not even know that they could do! We now have to implement iPhone breaks so we can play with the good ol'fashion toys! She is so smart and it is so fun to watch her learn more and more everyday!

What a delight!

The Mags loves to swing! She asked me to go outside and swing almost everyday so one cold day after her asking for the 800th time if she could swing, I had an idea! We are remodeling the house with exposed beams and 2x4's, so why not just install the swing in the living/dining room? Well anyway, maybe not ideal for everyone but very ideal for us! Nathan had the swing installed 2 hours after I mentioned it to him! And we have loved it! The swing is now down because sheet rock is being installed, but what a fun time we have had inside!

The park in the house with snow outside!

And finally a picture of two of my sweet sis-in-laws! I love this picture of them on Christmas morning! They are a special part of our lives and mean so much to Nathan and I! Maggie loves them so much and we wished they all lived closer so we could play more often!

Sweet Sisters!

Well, I thought finally! I just figured out how to add more than 5 pictures per post! How exciting! So one last picture for now! I still need to get my beauty nap in before church tonight! My amazing miracle,

My athletic princess,

My priceless pearl,

My little love,

My ball of energy,

My sweet fish-lip kisser,

My promise of God that is still His,

I just get hang out with her a bit,

The Maggie Bell!

Musical Fun!!!

We had tons of fun one night watching Miss Maggie play the piano! She climbed on the piano bench by herself for the first time this night and then right up to the keys! What a delight she is to us both! Forgive the sideways presentation all we could come up with tonight! Try to fix later!

For Aunt Stephanie!

Aunt Stephanie(and Uncle Lynn),

We found our camera cord!! ~YEA!!~

and we so love our outfits!

That is the best picture I could get of her in the brown and green outfit that day!

She is so quick!!!!!

We had a super fun time with Uncle Lynn,

but missed you dearly!

Hope you are having a phenomenal day!!

Miss you...

but hopefully we will see you soon!

With much love!

Our BIG 1 year old!

It is hard to believe that a year has past!

BUT IT HAS...

.... and my baby girl is no longer a baby, but a healthy, thriving,

"learning like crazy",

goin' goin' goin' BIG girl!

We are so greatful Miss Maggie is in our life!

She is such a delight to be with and to watch grow, learn and develop!

I love learning more and more about her each and every day!

She is funny but serious, loving, adventurous and just full of LIFE!

What a JOY!!!

Happy Birthday Aunt Stephanie!

We love you and hope you have a wonderful day!

Can't wait to see you, T-7 days and counting!

Trampoline Time!

We had some fun on the trampoline tonight while Nathan grilled some supper. Here are a few fun shots of our soon-to-be 1 year old!

Our house is under contract, we put it on the market on a Tuesday and on the Saturday after we started negotiations! WOW! How quick! We have since then been looking frantically for a house, tried to put offers on two that quickly fell through and are now in the process of putting an offer on house number 3! (Did I mention that we now have 40 day until closing) The Lord's Best, that is what we want and nothing less, that is what I have to keep telling myself. Because I am pretty sure at times that I know best and that the first house is really the house for me. But, HE really does know best and I am learning more and more everyday of HOW MUCH HE LOVES ME and how I really can just totally and completely put my trust in HIM for EVERYTHING! ... even a house for my little family! So once again I put my hope in Him, " for Hope that is seen is not hope, for why does one still hope for what he sees, but if we HOPE for what we do not see, we eagerly wait for it with perseverance! So once again Lord, I give up house number 1, 2, and 3 and I put my trust in YOU! And I EAGERLY wait for what YOU have for us!

Our little pianist!

Maggie loves to play the piano! She crawls to it, pulls up and tickles those keys many times each day! She has also figured out that it will get our attention if she feels that we are too distracted from our priceless pearl! What a joy!

What a difference 10 months makes!

We have been on the best ride of our life! We can't believe how much she has changed and how wonderful she is! She is needing me so I must go!

With much love!

Over the river and 18 hours later

To grandmother's house we went! And boy was it fun!

We had a great trip traveling with Nana and Grandpa to Illinois to see Nathan's Grandma Peg! She had no idea we were coming and welcomed us with tears! She is such a fun and young grandma! She and I went for a walk in which she kicked my bum! I now know that I need to excersice more! Well I better go! Nathan and Aunt Kiki and Uncle I and Uncle Stephen have a soccer game and we are the cheering squad along with Aunt J and Hodge!

Happy Birthday NANA!

Happy Birthday to you! Happy Birthday to you! Happy Birthday dear NANA! Happy Birthday to YOU! We had a photo shoot just with you in mind! Mommy made me tutu's to model just for you!

With lots of love and bubbles,

Maggie Bell

Behind the scenes! Daddy and Piper helping out!

With all our love!

Rejoice!

Baby Dedication Night was this last Saturday! What a BLESSING it was! We had a wonderful couple in the church that had prayed over Maggie! They gave her a plaque with a sweet word that reads...

Maggie, the Lord has adorned you with the gift of rejoicing. This rare treasure was spoken over you before the foundations of the world; not by man, but ushered from the heart of the Father into your very being. It is His endless act or shouts, dancing and rejoicing over you that stirs a radical response in return. This gift of rejoicing will ripple an effect of transformation in the hearts of those around you. You will make your boast in the Lord with great boldness-His grace and truth will lead the way. He has appointed you 'Maggie' for praise and fame, all for His glorious name!

"The Lord is in your midst 'Maggie,' The Mighty one will save; He will rejoice over you 'Maggie' with gladness, He will quiet you with His love, He will rejoice over you with singing."

Zephaniah 3:17

How cool is that! Isn't the Lord good!

The also had wonderful and much needed words of encouragement for Nathan and myself! I must say it again... Isn't the Lord good!

Here are a few pictures from the night!

Rejoice in the Lord always!

and again I say

REJOICE!!

Just a little side project!

My little project... that turned BIG... too Big for me! I had to call in reinforcements...my wonderful husband whom is a great seamster (well if a female is a seamstress then shouldn't a male be a seamster!) But, it was all worth it in the end! We love our new revamped car seats! Nathan's is the striped one the left and mine is the pony on the right!

Our little cowgirl!

Piper and Maggie are the best of friends.

Her daddy loves to make her ride the dog who might not be quite as

thrilled, but our Piper is a good sport!

How could you resist that cuteness upon your back!

First Time Pulling Up!

Ok, it was so easy I decided to do two in one night!

I love her little shaky legs.

She is pulling up all the time now! She holds herself up so well but eventually will crash! And when I say crash I mean HARD! But my baby is a trooper, not phased for more than a minute or two before going right back to work, building those muscles!

Ready. Set. Action!!!

Here is a little action for you...

Just testing out the system to see if it works.

January 14, 2008

Mark it in your calander... the day I gave in.

I always said that I would not put a bow on my daughter. Not that I hate them or anything, it's just that I am not a bow girl... or at least I thought I wasn't...

UNTIL I SAW THIS...

and THIS...

But, maybe I should think twice... do you think it is too heavy?

Naaaaaa!

The END!