The Motal's: May 2012

Thursday, May 31, 2012

First Haircut

Maggie got her first haircut yesterday by Miss Ester! As you can see from the pics below...she was not happy until she got the blow pop!! haha

1st Birthday Pictures

Here are Maggie's 1 year pictures. The first 5 were done by Melanie Ashcraft in Richmond, and the rest were done by my sister, Alicia.

There are too many to upload!! haha

Maggie is 1...and trying to walk!

Maggie turned 1 last Wednesday, May 23rd! Man the year flew by!!

On Saturday, May 19th, we celebrated Connor Savino and Caroline Little's birthdays! We showed up to the party when it was over, thinking we were only like 30 mins late due to Maggie's nap! Nope, we read the invite wrong!!! UGH! And I thought the day was going to run smoothly with no bumps! haha Well anywho, Maggie got to play with the Birthday Kiddos and Miss Juliann....and we got to meet Mr. Luke! Those kiddos have so much fun playing together! Maggie just laughs anytime she see them or I say their names....she knows a good time is to be had when they are around!
After their party, we headed over to Charlie Prochaska's party. Maggie had a lot of fun playing at her party as well, and we finally got to meet Miss Kinley Bubela! She is such a cutie! Charlie got lots of fun toys fro her birthday! Thank goodness she got a Coupe-Car for her birthday, because Mags played with that thing all evening!! She knew exactly what to do with it when she got hers the next day.
On Sunday, we celebrated Maggie's birthday at our house! Our family and close friends came over and spent the evening with us celebrating! The older kids made beautiful chalk designs on the drive way, while the little ones played with some smaller toys. Maggie got lots of wonderful gifts from her guests-clothes, books, toys, and even a little money! At Christmas time Maggie loved opening presents, but not so much at her birthday party! She now has this thing for purses/bags...or really anything that has a handle/strap that she can put on her arm/shoulder and carry. So of course when she opened gifts, she only wanted the bag so she could carry it!! Little Stinker!!
Her cake was absolutely delicious! Mrs. Prochaska did an awesome job (as always) decorating it to match Maggie's Mod-Monkey theme! After we sang Happy Birthday, Maggie dug in to her cake and devoured it!! There wasn't much left when she was done!
On her actual birthday, Jackson and I had a few more gifts for her to open and he had some cake that I had saved from her party. She once again...enjoyed it all!!

So...the Tuesday before her birthday, I was telling the ladies at work that all I wanted for Maggie's birthday was for her to either have a tooth or walk. Well, we knew she wouldn't have a tooth.... That evening, my mom and I were talking about wanting her to walk and literally as we were talking about it...she took a step!! I was VERY excited!!! Momma got her wish! haha Since then, she has been taking a few steps at a time. I know she will be running soon!!

It's hard to believe my baby is now 1!!! :(

Wednesday, May 9, 2012

RIP Annie Mae Motal

Friday, April 27th, I lost a huge piece of my heart....my sweet Annie was accidently ran over by Jackson.

EVERY day we have the same routine.....I come home, open the door, and she runs out and waits for me to come out and play with her. This day was no different...she went potty and began playing with her BFF Kitty. I went back in and was tending to Maggie and then went back out about 20mins later to check on her. She was still playing with Kitty and then did her MOST favorite thing in the world....went for a run! Every day she runs down our driveway as fast as she can, then runs out in the pasture and looks for rabbits/birds/etc. For some reason, I sent Jackson a text to tell him she was out running, which I don't have a clue why I did that because everyone knows that if the barn door is open, Annie is more than likely out running, so just go slow and watch for her. About 10 mins after texting him, he called me in a VERY upset voice telling me that he ran her over and she was dead. I immediately feel to my knees and couldn't breathe. Honestly, I thought he was playing a cruel trick on me because I had sent him the text. I looked out the window and saw him out in the middle of the driveway. I grabbed Maggie and ran out there as fast as I could only to see that he wasn't lieing.

As Jackson was pulling up the driveway, he saw her and she saw him...she ran up to the truck like she does daily and for some reason tried to cut in front of him instead of running beside him. We sat there for a while and loved on her and said our goodbyes. Maggie yelled at her, I'm assuming because she wouldn't get up and play with her. It took us a while, but we buried her, along with her favorite toys under our biggest oak tree.
The past week and a half have been unbearable. That Friday night, I cried hysterically, and that continued on into Saturday, until Samantha and Charlie came to visit. I have found that when I'm busy or around people, I'm okay, but when it comes to bedtime, the water-works begin again. She has slept with me/on me every night for 2 1/2 years. It is VERY weird being able to reach over and touch Jackson and not her. It also hits me when I come home after work and she's not here to greet me.
Annie was Jackson's first dog, so he too has been very upset about losing her. However, we are happy that it was him that hit her and not a family member or friend. It was a complete accident and the last thing we would want is for anyone to feel guilty about it. We often refer to her as our "First Born" because we literally treated her like our child. Maggie still goes to the door everyday and looks for her and calls her name (yells) out the window for her. We've put her picture up in the house so Maggie can see it and she points and laughs at it. I know she's little and doesn't completely understand, but I do know that she misses her Sissy. Last weekend Jackson ran off to POC and left Mags and I home alone for the first time without our protector. I had so much anxiety due to the fact that 1. I hate being home alone 2. I only stay home alone with Annie there because she barks at anything she hears. I survived....but barely!

Jackson and I both know that it will get easier with time, but we still miss her so much.