Playtime, Hikes and Valentine's Day

Maggie's real Valentine....her grandpa!

Maggie's Valentine day outfit for church.

Mags has learned to give kisses, unfortunately they are open mouth. So she is only kissing mama these days.

Maggie held on to this cheese stick for the whole 5 miles. I love how big her head looks in this picture compared to her legs.

Her favorite way to ride!

Water Break!

She is not a fan of hats.

Starting out on the Towsley Canyon hike.

Getting her rest before the hike.

Her blanket is her little buddy, she takes it most places.

She loves her play kitchen we got a garage sale for $1.00, a little soap and nail polish remover it's good as new.

Holly gave us this little train and Mags pushes it all over the house. Sadly it only has one volume LOUD.

Her little mischievous smile...

She is always ready to welcome home daddy from a long day of school.

She was just telling daddy about her day with all her bah bahs and dah dahs..

This is the glorious grin I get to play with all day....what a great job I have!

Almost 9 Months

Here comes her top teeth...hee hee she looks so funny with teeth. I'm just so used to her gummy smile.

She is beginning to love the camera...she is always ready to make some sweet face.

Mags love playing in the grass even when is super cold out.

She has the Armstrong arms....just like her mama.

Snuggling with daddy and reading a little NT backgrounds for seminary.

ahh i love this face...

She loves eating bananas these days, she stuffs her mouth so full she can hardly chew.

San Diego

We got to take our first family vacation!! After a very full Christmas season. Kyle preaching twice in big church, our college conference,a winterim class, 2 christmas parties, a christmas concert and our favorite Cody and Courtney Jenison's wedding. We were in need of short break. So we got to spend 3 days in Uncle Sean and Auntie Julie's guest house in San Diego. It was a JOY to rest and just be still for while. Well as still as Maggie lets us:)

My favorite shot of Maggie enjoying the Oceanside Sunset....Miriam this one is just for you! Maggie loved Grandma Miriam's home town!

Maggie LOVED the beach, she enjoyed playing in the waves so much that she cried hard when we had to leave.

This is what I call Maggie's "Sunset Beach Ballet Moves". She has been trying hard to take her first steps. When she gets really excited she will let go and try to walk on her own...she's not quite walking yet but close.

Mags loves playing with the steering wheel and pretending to drive.

She was practically pulling Kyle further and further out....so fun!!

Yup...we let her play in the sand. My good friend Shalane told me with Silas she let him eat one fist full sand and he realized it was awful and stopped. Well tried that with Mags and after four fist fulls she didn't seem to get it....but she sure did love the sand.

Maggie got to meet her cousin Curtis and of course we had them take a bath together. Curtis was soo sweet to Maggie!

I just love this face....

Classic Maggie Shots

Maggie's new favorite pose to watch her Veggie Tales.

She LOVES when being read to especially by her daddy and she loves Grandma Armstrong's taste in books. They are her favorite.

The best time with Mags is naked time.

I love this picture because it really is exactly what she looks like after she takes a spill. This picture was in effort to show Grandma Armstrong her outfit. Mags wasn't so happy the camera was a no touch.

A favorite picture of mine, thank you Hannah Harman for capturing such a true shot of Maggie's joy for life. We were at a pet shop and Maggie loved looking at the puppies and I think I was tickling her side.

Always with her thumb in her mouth.

Doing Her Laundry

So we in the Jenison household train our little ones pretty early to take care of themselves...check out maggie putting away her cloths.

Christmas Joys

Playtime in her baskets.

For our college Christmas Party Maggie dressed up as a little Reindeer.

On our way to Cody and Courtney's wedding Maggie found her new most favorite toy...her shoes.

Maggie is quite the mover....she is work on pushing her little car all around the town!

Her innocent eyes as she attacks daddy.

Maggie in her Christmas dress from Grandma Miriam....she is ready to worship and enjoy all the beautiful music Grammy coordinated. Actually she cried through most of it....I think there was a battle between her dress and her desire to crawl...I kept telling her that beauty has a price:)

Bedtime snuggles are the best!!

Video's of Mags....

Ok, so I finally learned how to upload some videos to our blog. For those of you on facebook they aren't new...so Grandma Armstrong these are for you!!