December

December started out a little rough in the Miloch household. We all either caught the stomach flu or had a touch of food poisoning. We're not quite sure which, but regardless of the culprit, we were miserable for a few days.

Despite frequent comments about "Santa", Maggie never warmed up to the jolly fellow. She met Santa twice, and was having none of it. Here is the second attempt to get her to "talk" to Santa.

Our cousin Molly graduated from college, and we very much enjoyed attending her graduation party. We thought Maggie would never sit still and behave through her graduation ceremony, so we headed home after the party. It turned out we were right given that we've heard many stories of other family members having a difficult time behaving during the 2.5 hour ceremony. We are really excited for Molly and are confident that she'll get into the grad school of her choice.

That same weekend, we hosted all of the Sutton side of the family. This was such a fun day with everyone. Maggie met her cousin Haylee. Haylee is just about 3.5 weeks younger than Maggie. They hit it off and played really well together.

I was fortunate to have finished the semester in time for Maggie's school Christmas party. Several new toddlers enrolled so it was fun to meet the new toddlers in the class. Santa visited their party, and left us with a room full of screaming toddlers. Apparently, none of the little ones in Maggie's class cares for the big guy. We're lucky that Maggie has a great teacher and that her classmates are all so fun.

Here are a few of Maggie's December highlights

• She grew out of two pairs of shoes (which I assumed she'd be able to wear in the Spring)


• She began to frequently say the word "no." I am not sure she understands what it means because most of the conversations go like this. Kim or Matt "Do you want your milk?"; Maggie "no" as she grabs the milk and begins to drink


• She often refuses her sippy cup in favor of a cup and a straw.


• She has become a seriously picky eater - most often wanting only goldfish.


• She now says all of her classmates names as well as Nana, Grampa, Kelle (for her Aunt Kelle), Molly (for her cousin and Aunt); Jill (for her Great Aunt)


• She also now says words very clearly like "milk, more, nite nite, nap, blanket, dog, orange, ball, and airplane


• Every time she sees an airplane, she points and screams "airplane." She waves and walks around saying "airplane, bye, bye" Here is a photo.


• She has begun to really enjoy drawing.


• She has become very attached to her "da-da" and hates it when he leaves the room or walks away.

I think we're now caught up on December. I think this hits the high points. I hope you're enjoying the updates.

More to follow.