An Update - Shocking, I know

So much for the New Year's Resolution to update the blog more often. Oh well. I won't even tell you about the discussion Matt and I had yesterday about our updates. It was funny.

Anyway, here is the latest and greatest on all things Miloch. It's been a busy Spring.

Maggie is a major chatterbox these days. She is starting to speak in phrases rather than single words. This is really fun. We often hear "milk, I want it, please" but several times each day we also hear "cookie, I want it, please". She doesn't often get the cookie and that sometimes results in a tantrum. We're not fans of tantrums or whining so we're being consistent and are trying to reinforce the good behavior.

Her eyes are still very blue. It's crazy to think we have a blonde hair, blue eyed child. She turns 2 in about four weeks so we think those eyes are definitely going to stay blue.

She is also using her left hand to draw and to pick up things. We think she may be lefthanded. Supposedly, kids begin to show a dominant hand right around the time they really begin speaking in phrases. If that's the case, she may indeed be lefthanded. That will make her an even better mother-daughter doubles partner for me.

Maggie is really fond of her preschool. She constantly talks about her teacher and her friends. She has one friend that she speaks of most often - Aengus. Her teachers say that most days, Maggie and Aengus will sit and have converstations together for about 10 minutes. What is so funny is that they will talk together and have a conversation but no one can understand a word they say. Apparently, they have their own language. They haven't had much of an opportunity to chat this week as Maggie was home the last few days with some allergy issues and she'll be home a few more days this week until her school assesses the swine flu issue. She does not have the swine flu - just allergies.

Our dog - Angus - is also great with Maggie. She has taken to riding him like a horse, unfortunately. We are constantly reminding her that he is not a toy and she must "love, love" on Angus. She does love on him as much as she is rough with him, but we haven't quite gotten her to stop being rough with him. She also enjoys to play in his water bowl - her desire to do this has resulted in a few timeouts.

We recently had her 18 month checkup and she weighs 27 pounds and is 33 1/2 inches tall. She's growing well. She only had to have one shot at that visit which was fantastic. She was not pleased about it but she did great.

Easter was great this year, except that Maggie likes the Easter bunny about as much as she liked Santa. Here are a few pictures of her with him. Yes, this is as close as she would get.

Matt and I are doing great. His school district is closed this week for swine flu and my semester is almost over. We're looking forward to a relaxing and busy summer - but not the Texas heat. We invite any of you to visit - but encourage you to visit in June before it's really, really hot. The week before last, it was 96 degrees for three days. I am hoping I survive my first Texas summer in 9 years. Maybe I'll stay in the A/C and update the blog more often. :-) Here are some Easter egg hunt photos.