Not alot to update

There isn't really much to cover right now, but I feel like I should try and write something every once in awhile. Maggie is fine. Nothing really new on her front. She has taken recently, to noticing when she hears the train whistle when we are outside. She says choo choo, and looks all around, though you can't see it from our house. I think she learned this at the YMCA, because you can see the train from the window there.

Lately, everyday when she gets up from her nap, she slaps her leg and calls for Elphie in her own Maggie way. EPHA! She's not happy until the dog comes running and licks her face. Not looking forward to when Mags is about 5 and Elphie is about dead. I think it will crush her, and I'm not planning on another dog, so it should be interesting.

Jeremy doesn't have anything really new going on right now either. Work is busy for him, but other than that, same old, same old.

Sleigh bells ring, are you listening?

Baby K # 2 is due Christmas Eve! Well thats the official date, though due to Baby K #1's early entrance its estimated that Baby K # 2 will also arrive earlier than the official due date! Happy Christmas everyone.

A throw back to good old NKOTB

Maggie the big sister

So Maggie is already proving to be an excellent big sister. If you ask her where the baby is, she lifts up mom's shirt to show the tummy. Then she says hi baby, and gives the tummy a kiss. Then she tells the baby night night or bye bye depending on what is appropriate at the time. She is cute. I hope the next one is as cool as she is. She is hard to beat.

Its official.

The picture says it all. I feel yucky, but I hope that it will be worth it.

Silly survey

"this isn't my real life, it's just a glimpse"

Four jobs I've had:
1. facer
2. camp counselor
3. camp director
4. program director

Four movies I've watched more than once:
1. Elf
2. Anchorman
3. Titanic
4. Talledega Nights

Four places I've lived:
1. aurora,il
2. joliet,il
3. lombard, il
4. sadly enough i've only lived 3 places

Four places I've been:
1. fredericksburg, tx
2. new york, NY
3. portland, OR
4. seattle, WA

Four TV shows I watch:
1. the hills
2. grey's anatomy
3. the real world
4. the first 48

Four people who email me regularly (doesn’t include blogging comments):
1. None really
2. . . . .
3. .....
4. that's kinda it. i don't e-mail much.

Four of my favorite foods:
1. Pizzahut breadsticks
2. Pizza
3. Pasta
4. Olive Garden salad

Four places I would like to visit:
1. Ireland
2. Hawaii
3. California
4. London

Four things I'm looking forward to in the coming year:
1. Not having morning sickness anymore
2. Baby #2
3. Maggie learning to talk even more
4. Warm weather

Four friends I'm tagging:
1. Jean Miller
2. jeremy keen
3. Sara
4. Annie

Its been awhile. . .

Some new things on the Maggie front.

Newer Maggie words: Taco, No, Up, Becky, and Shirt

Maggie can also now do an array of animal noises including, but not limited to:

Dog, Cat, Rooster, Chicken, Sheep, Cow, Monkey, Lion, Bear, Pig, Elephant, and I probably missed some.

Also, she is getting another molar in, and has been a beast for the past couple of days. We're getting through it though.

Also, she has recently become jealous whenever I hug or kiss Jeremy she throws a fit, so we do it alot just to make her mad. (Plus she just has to get used to it. I was here first, and I'll be here after she's out of the house!)

One other funny Maggie story. I was watching World Trade Center, that movie with Nicholas Cage, only because someone bought it for us. And while the scene itself was not funny, Maggie's reaction was. The building collapsed on a couple of police officers, and as they are screaming and writhing in agony, Maggie is screaming and mimicking them and laughing her head off. She thought it was very funny they were yelling, and wanted to join in the party.

Jeremy's new store opened, and it was a big success. Lets not go into numbers, but their grand opening brought in three times as much as their biggest day! Go hot stuff!

He has been playing shows here and there, and will be featured in the Red Eye sometime soon I believe, which is pretty cool.

Sam has nothing new going on worth posting. If that changes you will all be the first to know. She is working the same old job. Lugging around the same old kid. And married to the same old dude. Things are good on the Keen front.

Tragedy strikes the Keen family

So, Sunday we went for a walk. To our great joy, our new family member, Little Red arrived. We took her out of the mail room. She was packed prettily in a box, we couldn't be more thrilled. I handed her to Maggie, and she hugged her and squeezed her. I thought about taking her back after that, but seeing how tightly Maggie was holding her, I thought that it was best she stay put. So we walked around the neighborhood pushing Maggie in the stroller. We arrived at our friends house and engaged in conversation when Jeremy says, "Hey Sam. Did you take that toy away from Maggie, or did she lose it?" I wish I could say it was the former, but it was unfortunately the latter. So I took off running to locate Little Red. She was no where to be found, and I was devestated. A sad day for the Keen family. No sooner did our little bundle arrive, then she was tragically taken from us. The worst thing about it was that she was lovingly handmade by a friend at church, and I couldn't bear to tell her what had happened for fear she would think us unworthy of a new Itty Bitty. The next day, I get an email from Red's creator, asking me to leave feedback on her sale site, and a P.S. that says I know who has your Itty Bitty Oddity. Its a good think that everyone knows everyone in our subdivision, Hometown. I was sure some darn little kid stumbled upon Red, and seeing how cute she is, kidnapped her forever. But she is found, and will soon return home where she belongs. Luckily, as we were walking, a lady was coming out of her house and found Little Red on the ground. She recognized the creation as something her friend makes, and upon seeing her tag confirmed this. It made my day to know that she will be coming home. Funny how the little things can make or break you.

By the way, if you think this little palm-sized doll is adorable. Check out Sara's site.

http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5087896

Maggie's first swear word

So, I was in the bustle of spring cleaning. I was re-organizing, and cleaning the daughter's bedroom. Everything was looking fine and going well. Then I decide its time to rifle through bins of clothing, and thus begin to pull a rubbermaid bin down from the shelf. In doing so, deluxe scrabble and a large set of dominoes tumbles onto my face. In the heat of the moment, I let a word slip, that I must be saying a little to often lately. I slip and say "shit." Then what do my wondering ears hear? I hear my little daughter rattle off that same word. So I bend down to her level and tell her that mommy said a bad word, and we won't say that word anymore. Thinking its over and done with I continue in my work. Still I hear Maggie wandering around repeating said word over and over and over again. Because I ignored her, the behavior stopped. Until today, when I forgot something on the way to work and had to turn around. I yelled crap. And Maggie said, "SHIT." Its a very difficult feat to reprimand your little one while laughing. Something I have yet to master. What a little mockingbird.



Here is a picture of Maggie the copycat trying to put my shoes on. Its what she does when she's not trying to use my tooth brush, wash her face like me, wear my clothes, or put on my jewelry. She's always trying to do whatever I do. Just goes to show that I better watch myself.

My daughter the busy body

See Maggie. See Maggie run. See Maggie run in and out of the bathroom getting one piece of dog food at a time and running it to wherever the dog happens to be for the moment. See Maggie force feed the dog food that she may otherwise not have eaten.