Happy Birthday to Daddy (and Mommy too!)

Happy Birthday Daddy! Mommy said we could make you a cake! We wanted to make 2 cakes, since it's Mommy's birthday too but she said we couldn't because she didn't want the house to be condemned... whatever that means.

Look Daddy, it's your favorite- chocolate!



Mommy said not to touch this, but I just can't resist! She'll never notice.



No Mommy, of course I didn't touch the mixer. Why do you ask?



Baking is so much fun!



And now for our silly faces....



Work it for the camera, babies.



Why yes, Ernie, this cake is quite delightful! It has a delicate crumb, airy texture, and a rich, yet not overpowering chocolate essence.



Hey, if Ernie passes out can I have his cake?



Dude- I was totally kidding about the cake. Chill.



Birthday Family Picture!

Sesame Street Live!

Hey everybody, guess where we are.....

We're at Sesame Street Live! Grandma and Grandpa bought us tickets for Christmas and we are so excited!!!

We have our Elmo and Oscar shirts on, we're sitting in our seats, and we are ready for the show!
But first Mommy makes us say 'CHEESE'!

You will take a picture with your momma or she will gnaw your face off with her huge beaver teeth!!!!!

More smiles...

Family portrait time

Getting two kids to look at the camera and smile at the same time is a bit like herding cats...

Okay crazy camera lady, enough already. We are at the theatre, dahling.


Ernie and Meghan were both absolutely mesmerized...


...or maybe they were just hallucinating after watching this for two hours:


Thanks to Grandma and Grandpa for the tickets!

Meghan's First (and hopefully last) Stitches

Here's one of those baby/childhood milestones they don't tell you about in the books... Meghan had her first stitches on January 18th. I was hoping that this was one of those things we could put off until she was about 9 or 10 years old, but it seems that Miss Meghan is ahead of the curve on this one. What happened, you ask? Well, she was walking. On a flat, level surface that was (miraculously) free of toys. Then she tripped and hit her head on a corner of the wall, busting open a nice gash on her forehead. So now my poor child, who had already inherited her momma's pigeon-toed clumsiness, will now have her momma's misshapen, lumpy, injury prone forehead to match. Oh, and when it happened she was within my arm's reach- I was fast enough to keep her from hitting the floor, but not fast enough to keep her head from hitting the wall. Can I have a side of mommy guilt with that order of stitches, please? Thanks.

But let me tell you, our girl was a trooper! She sang her ABCs all the way to the ER (which gave mommy much reassurance that her little brain was okay). Then once in the ER she was running around, climbing all over the place, and doing her best to injure herself again and give mommy a heart attack. She was given some drugs to mellow her out before they stitched her up (and you haven't seen funny until you've seen a 2 year old 'drunk'!). Miss Meghan then proceeded to have several inebriated phone conversations with Papa- "Hello Papa. How yooou? Good? Okay, bye! Hello Papa. How yooou??? Good? Okay, bye!".

So, 5 stitches later, Miss Meghan is now well on her way to recovery. Hopefully she won't be left with a Harry Potter-esque scar on her forehead- but if that's the case, oh well. Bangs are so in this year!

Say cheese Meghan! Momma needs to blog about your childhood head trauma!

Barbie band-aids and bangs are emerging as 2009's big trends! Note, even the dolly is wearing it!

And of course our animal friends needed band-aids for their boo-boos too...

There is a boo-boo epidemic in St. Louis! Page Dr. Ross to the ER STAT!

No, I did not stage these pictures for the blog (although I think it would be funny if I had).

2008 Year in Review

The 2008 Year in Review:

The Good:

Ice cream!



Ernie's 3rd Birthday!



Family Vacation!



Big water slide at Alyssa's birthday party!



Baby dinosaur sleep-over party!



Meghans's 2nd Birthday!



Christmas Pictures!



Sledding in the Snow!



The Bad:

Meramec River Flooding!



We hate you Easter Bunny!



Daddy's car all gone :(



The UGLY:

It's a scratch, not a pick. I swear!




I was tagged to do this by Leanne- Momma to the fabulous Olivia (see right). I'm tagging Becca, Becca, and Becca- quite possibly the only person in the world who updates her blog less than I do. :)

I be two!

Hi everybody- it's me, Meghan! In case you didn't know, I'm 2 now. Actually, you probably didn't know because my Mommy is like soooo slooooow about updating this blog. I mean really- it's not like she has that many other things to do and I never whine, complain, or want to be picked up 47,000 times a day or anything. So I decided to take matters into my own hands and take over this blog myself. It helps that my Uncle John and Auntie Kim got me this lap top. Now I just grab my sippy cup and head down to Starbucks for free wi-fi.

Look at me hard at work.

So let me give you all the dish on my party. Listen people, you won't get this scoop on TMZ or E online- only right here!

So first things first- the dress. So I'm like walking the red carpet here and everyone is snapping pics and yelling, "Meghan, look over here!", "Smile pretty", "Who are you wearing?", and "Put your dress down like a lady!" just like I was Britney Spears or something! Oh I love the limelight!

The dress is from the Nonna Collection at Kohls- it's Fab-u-lous!

So moving on to presents- I got the chicest little leopard ensemble from Aunti Carrie and Uncle Keith (surprise!). Of course I had to put the hat on right away.

Check me out- I look fierce! Ree-ow!

And check out my lellow umbrella from Kathy (my Uncle Mark's girlfriend). She understands that a lady must always be properly accessorized!



My favorite daycare teacher, Miss Amy, came to my party too. I love her so much!

Okay, enough love people- we all know birthday parties are about the cake!

Here I am waiting for the masses to sing to me, Queen Meghan, on my special day. My Momma made me the cake and cupcakes because she loves me and wanted me to have a special birthday, not because she was over-compensating for working full time and having mommy-guilt issues. Plus, we all know my Momma loves her some cake. Seriously Mom- put the cupcake down until after the singing is over.

Let's see the cake and cupcakes again, shall we.

Alright Momma, you can sit down and stop threatening Martha Stewart now- the cupcakes are awesome, but she's really not afraid of you. Besides, aren't those 'Ocean Breeze' tealight candles on top of my cake because you forgot to buy birthday candles????

Yeah, that's what I thought.

Hey look everybody- it's Bert and Ernie!

Hahahahahaha!!! I'm so funny, aren't I Elmo?

Because I have so many adoring fans, one party just wasn't enough. I mean seriously- you wouldn't expect Suri Cruise or those goofy looking Dragon Tails (Lopez) twins to have only one party, would you?

Of course not! So here's my Second birthday party- Chicago style!

This time I had a Dora cake and real birthday candles. (Are you taking notes, Mom? That's b-i-r-t-h-d-a-y c-a-n-d-l-e-s)

My Chicago peeps love me- here I am hanging with my cousin Alyssa.

And my crazy Tia Norma!

And Uncle John too- I mean seriously, these people can't get enough of me!

So that's the scoop from my party. I hope you enjoyed it. I know you want more, but I can't stay here and blog all day, people- I'm two now! I have big important things to do, like go pee-pee in the potty and throw some screaming fits.

See you later alligators!

Love, Meghan

Mom of the Year... no, I'm serious this time.

I am officially nominating myself for Mom of the Year 2008. Check out these cupcakes I made for the daycare and preschool Halloween parties... and oh, yeah I made 84 of them. That's eighty-four, hand decorated, homemade cupcakes. Martha Stewart fears me and my awesomeness.

Happy Halloween!

In honor of my +1 year anniversary of NO BLOG POSTS (bad, bad mommy! But I talk about that in another blog...), I give you the Halloween Extravaganza! Or, as I like to call it, what happens when you give children unlimited access to candy and let them stay up as late as they want. Let's roll footage....

Every year when we were kids my mom would make a big pot of spaghetti and we'd have all our friends over for dinner. Then the kids would all go out trick or treating and return to our house for the candy horse trade/happy hour. This was my attempt at starting the same kind of tradition for our kids, made better by the fact that since they are only 2 and 3 years old Mommy and Daddy can commandeer all the good candy and give the kiddos the dum-dums and pretzels while we eat the Snickers and Kit-kats. Oh, shut up- you know you would do the same thing.