We had Maggie’s photos taken tonight in her baptism gown. Her actual baptism isn’t for a few more weeks, but I wanted to get these pictures done early.

The gown originally belonged to my Grandma Marge, and there is a small “M” stitched on the back.

My mother (and all her brothers and sisters) wore this gown at their baptisms.

Stacy and I wore it to ours as well. I’m so happy that Maggie will be wearing it too.

It was tough to get a good picture of Maggie with that rosary (she kept trying to put it in her mouth). The rosary belonged to my Great Grandma Rose and Stacy and I both carried it during our First Communions – that’s another tradition I’m hoping Maggie will be able to continue.

She really is a pretty baby, isn’t she?

I’m so very blessed to call this little girl, and her brothers, mine.

Maggie tested out our tree skirt before we put it around the tree.

It looks so cute on Maggie, I’m tempted to just pile the presents around her.

Adam’s vocabulary really amazes me. If he hears a world and doesn’t know what it means, he asks. The kicker though, is that he remembers and then will correctly use it later.

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Adam: I have to get up because I need to get all situated again.

Me: What does “situated” mean?

Adam: It means I have to get all my stuff where I want it to go.

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Adam: My ears hurt on the airplane and Maggie was laughing at me. I was so embarrassed.

Stacy: What does it mean if you’re feeling “embarrassed”?

Adam: It means I was feeling silly inside.

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While we were at Seaworld, Adam insisted on buckling his seat belt each time he got in the stroller we rented – even after we told him that wasn’t necessary (it was actually sort of a pain because he could buckle himself in, but couldn’t undo it).

Dave: Why did you buckle yourself in again?

Adam: Safety Daddy, I’m just trying to stay alive for you guys.

(I stopped telling him not to buckle it after that, the kid had a point.)

Her feet aren’t really that huge, those pajamas are too big for her (you can see I had to cuff her sleeves too). I had her wear them anyway though, because as Dave will tell you, I have a small polka-dot problem when it comes to our daughter’s clothing. I also love cuddling little babies in fleece pajamas, which is good because she should be able to fit in these ones all winter.

Last week at this time we were in Florida visiting Dave’s parents. It was a fun trip and Adam is already asking when we can go back.

I’ll work on getting the rest of the pictures off of my camera soon – but here are a few off of my phone, from a mini-photo shoot by the pool (Maggie’s got it rough).

No more photos please.

Unfortunately, this was a fairly accurate representation of of the kids on Thanksgiving.

Crabby or not, I’m still incredibly thankful for them.

My sister kindly let me know it’s been almost two weeks since my last post. I have a lot to share, but have been so busy experiencing all the things I want to write about that I don’t have time.

I promise to try though.