Achoo!

Meg-o ain't prego no mo'

Welcome Tatum!

We had a beautiful, memorable experience and feel blessed with how everything turned out. The timing was perfect and this time around I can walk!

Thanks to everyone for your support. Special thanks to my mom and dad who came for the weekend to be with us and by a miracle were able to see the baby for 10 minutes before heading to the airport with Tai and Tag. I miss my kids so much, but am thankful for the time to bond with the new baby and to give me time to adjust to a 3rd one.

Tai and Tag: Mama loves you! Be good for grandma and grandpa. Tatum is excited to see you again.

Meg-o is Preg-o

Since I haven't posted on my blog in 6 months. I thought I better announce this before I actually have the baby in a couple of weeks. Boy or Girl? Its a surprise! Stay tuned...

Happy Fathers Day!

This is Mark and his Dad (Max) and Tai. They all eat chicken the same way--grizel, cartilage, marrow and all... like cavemen. It is absolutely unbearable to watch. We are glad that Mark's parents have been able to move out to Utah. Mark sure loves his Dad and is so grateful to spend time with him again.

Meagan or Gary?? We pretty much looked the same at age 19. My Dad is the greatest! I love his love for music. His ear is envied. He is an accomplished guitarist, great on the piano and could probably pick up any instrument and be able to play it. He gave me my sense of rhythm and appreciation of all types of music especially 70's funk. I also love that he is unique-just look at those overalls.

What a DAD! I cannot express how great a dad Mark has been this past year. He keeps surprising me. I even heard him raise his voice slightly at the kids once recently (quite the accomplishment for Mark) He has changed way more diapers than me this year and always voluntarily and happily gets up with the kids in the morning. What more could a wife ask for?

Tai loves her daddy. They spend hours talking together about everything...and have a very special bond.

Been a while...

This year we spent Christmas in Arizona. We had a great time at my Grandpa's 90th birthday celebration and Wright reunion.

Yummy popsicle

Look at these two cousins' blue eyes.

Family picture number 1.

Conversation between grandfather and grandson...

Riding on daddy's shoulders is one of the best ways to calm Tag down.

Cute sister-in-law and sister!

Family picture number 2

Tai says: Merry Christmas!

Hello

Hello,

We haven't taken many pictures in the last month. Here is an update on everyone.

Tag- takes 5-6 steps at a time. 70% of the time he crawls, the other 30 he walks. He just got over being sick and got 7 shots this week. It was heartbreaking. Tag is a happy, laid back kid who is constantly on the move. It is a hard stage for getting anything out of church when we have to chase him all over the halls for 3 hours.

Tai- She got her hair cut. I still need to take a picture. She now has short bangs all the way across. She has been really sweet lately and loves to play with her brother. She gets really bored at home since its too cold to play outside. She enjoys pbskids.org and watching old movies with her dad. She also loves going to pre-school. Her favorite food is spinach. No joke. The other night she was in bed and let me know she was still hungry, I asked what she wanted and she said, "4 leaves of spinach, spinach is my favorite food!"

Mark- is a really good stay at home dad. He takes good care of the kids, feeds them, changes more diapers than me now, and even cleans. He is finishing up his classes from U. of Illinois for this semester. He is excited about a class he gets to take next semester in music librarianship.

Me- I made my first Thanksgiving Turkey. It was too moist for my taste. Everyone else liked it though. I am keeping busy coaching gymnastics and getting ready for our season to start. I enjoy my family and watching them grow.

Funny hair and gas problems

Tai has the biggest rat in her hair, I have never seen anything like it. I cannot get it out. I am just going to leave it but I think my only option to get rid of it is to cut it. Although it looks like all of her hair is ratty, look closely at the top left that is where the big rat is.

Gotta love that funny face!

I just saw this and had a good laugh at Tag's hair.

Then I saw this and had an even bigger laugh. This is Tai about the same age as Tag is now.

And now for a funny story that happened to us this weekend....So there we are at the gas station and Mark is pumping. I let Mark know there is a sign that says "Pump does not automatically shut off". I am patiently waiting in the car and when I thought he must be done I take a look back at Mark and he is holding onto the hose and gas is blasting everywhere, it looks like a hose off of a fire truck just out of control. He could not get it to stop and keeps saying..."what do I do, what do I do?" Well, I get out of the car and run over to him, of course being sprayed by gas and take the handle and undo the latch and it stops. At this point we are covered in gas and there were gallons on the ground everywhere. I'll be honest, I was mad and I was sure that when I started the car we would blow up. I will forever remember the image of Mark holding onto the pump for dear life and that look of panic upon his face. Every time we think of it we crack up. Funny now, not then. Too bad I don't have a picture of that!