Dear Maggie,

Dear Maggie,

I want you to know how I am feeling right now. I love you so much that words can not explain. You have blessed my life more than you will ever know.  I thought I knew what it felt like to experience joy, love, meaningfulness, and appreciation, but you coming to me has shown me a new side of all the emotions I ever knew. I felt amazing love for you since I heard your heartbeat and it only grows stronger every single day.  I know that our experiences together, both the rocky and the smooth, are bonding us closer to one another. I feel like when I look at you, you are telling me how much you love me and I know that I am your number one.  I know that I do not always look physically beautiful to the world, but you make me feel like the most beautiful girl in the universe! You give my life meaning, and I do not care what anyone else on earth says or thinks because you could not be more perfect!  God himself crafted you with his own two hands, and sent you strait to me. I don't know what I did to be worthy of that honor, but I will live up to His expectations if I do nothing else.

Before you came, I never could have just sat around the house like I do now and feel OK about it, but now that you are here, there is nothing better for me to do but be with you and help you to become the fantastic girl that you already are! It is so fun to see you discovering new things and growing with each day. You are so loved by your family and you always will be! You hold a special place in all of their hearts!

If you ever feel any doubt about the reality of your Heavenly Father and Savior, you just need to look at what they gave to your mommy. If I didn't already believe He was real, I would because of you. You are my life's miracle and I hope that you always feel that! Maggie, I sincerely LOVE you with all of my being and I am very grateful to call you mine.

Love,

Mommy

Superman!

Yes... This is not a blog about Maggie... This is about My SUPERMAN!!! a.k.a. Nicholas Wayne Hendershot

I just was thinking the last few days about how much I truly love and appreciate him! He has been so sick for the last month, pretty much, but has he stopped doing what he has to do for one second? NOPE! He just keeps on going and going like the energizer bunny! He helps me out with WHATEVER I ask him to, pretty much whenever also!! I have to be one hundred percent honest when I say that becoming a parent is the best thing in the whole entire world, but if I said it was easy for Nick and me I would be a liar. It is hard because we don't get a fraction of the quality time together that we used to, but it truly does make each second that we have alone a lot more meaningful! I definitely appreciate Nick's dang cute smile and his cheery personality, and how he makes me laugh even when he's trying to be serious.  Most of the time he will even stop at the store after a long hard day of work and school to get dinner because I don't during the day. And he aparently still thinks I am cute even when I don't get to looking in the mirror all day long.

I guess my feelings in a nutshell are that I am just hopelessly in LOVE with this fella! He is such a breath of fresh air to me and such a fantastic husband and daddy. I am the luckiest girl in the world to be the one to call him mine until the end of time! Bring it on, Eternity, because with Nick by my side I can handle anything thrown at me and I will be excited for it! :)

♥ I LOVE
YOU, NICK!!

Silly Girl!

So the other day, Nick was playing video games and Maggie was just hanging out, playing with her toys on the floor.  Ok, I guess I better say that she was in this weird hyper mood and somehow ended up in her diaper and nothing else (because she LOVES her clothes off!)  Anyway, she was just playing with her toy and watching the TV when suddenly, she would start to fall asleep, still holding on to her toy, then suddenly wake up and continue her playing! This went on for a little while, then Nick and I decided that she probably better go have a nap.  So Nick went to pick her up and she grabbed onto her toy for dear life... Like she was saying, "NOOO! I want to play!!!) Needless to say, as soon as she was put in her crib, she went right to sleep! Ha ha ha! It was hillarious!!

I got it on video, but I don't know how to get stuff from the Video camera to the computer... Maybe someday I will figure it out!! :)

Maggie is such a joy, she is getting even more fun with each new day!! She got her shots today and it was really sad, but she has just recently started doing this little pouty lip thing and it is really cute to see it in action.. Like when she could tell the nurse was about to do something mean, and when the doctor was putting his cold hands on her, or when she just wants a little attention, the pouty lip thing is sure to be there! And the doctor said he could feel the beginnings of a tooth coming in already!! CRAZY!!

I absolutely ADORE being a mother and watching every little thing about her change as she grows! :) It is the best job anyone could EVER have!

Update!!

So I guess it hasn't been that long since I've blogged, but I just thought I would update about what's been going on with us lately! :)

So Maggie is officially 4 months old today and I can't believe it! She is such a bright spirit and a happy girl! She is finally getting over her tummy issues and is learning lots of things!

Here are a few:

almost rolling over!

smiles huge smiles all the time!

almost laughs!

almost sitting up by herself!

loves to stand and flirt with whoever is holding her up!

is always eating her hands!

is starting to play with toys!

can bring things to her mouth to eat them (like mommy's hands!)

lifts her head up when on her tummy!

scoots in circles!

still loves bathtime more than any time of the day!

kicks and splashes in the bath!

holds your hand when eating her bottle!

...and many more!

 

 

 

These pics are all from around Christmas time! We had such a fun Christmas! We went to my dad's organ recital at Temple Square on Christmas Eve like every year and opened up Christmas jammies from my mom and dad! Then we went to Nick's family to spend the night! It was really great, and we figured out that if we want to have sleepovers, the only way to keep Maggie happy is to make sure that she still has all of her stuff, like her bathtub, and her own place to sleep, etc.  Then on Christmas day we got to talk to Matt on his mission for a while, and of course, I was the first one to cry... Jeez, why do I have to be the emotional one!? ha ha.. Then we went to my family's and opened more presents and just had a fun lazy time! It was fabulous! :)

This was New Years day! It was one of the best New Year's ever! We had planned on going to my family's get together on New Year's eve, but last minute, we had found out that my mom had pneumonia and decided just to stay home! We got lots of yummy snacks and of course, Martinelli's and got ready like we were going to a party, and just partied by ourselves!! It was awesome! We even squoze in some Prison Break while we were at it!! (That is our new obsession!! Yay for Michael Scofield!) :)

Anyway, things have been going pretty good for us! Maggie just got over her first double ear infection!! Nick has been sick, but he's toughing it out! And I just slipped on the ice on Sunday and sprained my ankle really bad, but it seems to be feeling a little better each day! Yay! :)

Bliss...

This is a blog about things that make me feel happy, full of love and grattitude, and just purely BLISSFUL!!! :)

Here are just a few of these things...

*my precious little Maggie*

...her smile...

...her sweet innocent cry...

...her little flirty personality...

...her strength ...

...the smell of her hair, and that little space between her ear and shoulder :)...

...that I am the one that makes her happy when she is sad...

...the fact that the dorkier I act, the funnier she thinks I am...

...SNUGGLING...

...seeing her grow right before my eyes...

...all her sweet little sounds (even toots!) ;)...

...her chubby rolls...

...each little finger and toe, and the fact that they all function properly...

...sniffing her fuzzy head...

...kissing her cheeks really hard...

...when she digs her tiny toes into my stomach because she loves to stand up!...

...every second I ever get to look at her perfect little face...

*Nicholas Wayne Hendershot*

...how he makes me LAUGH so hard, even when he doesn't necessarily try...

...his super cheery smile and laugh...

...our shared love for Michael Scofield, Lincoln Burrows, Jack Bauer, David Palmer, Michael Scott, Dwight Shrewt, Sylvester Stallone, and all the other men in our lives... ;)

...SNUGGLING...

...how he deals with my dorkiness ALL THE TIME!!!...

...how we can read each others minds on demand...

...how he stole my heart like a criminal!...

...how he sings in the shower, or all the time for that matter!...

...how he makes up words to songs just so he feels like he knows them...

...how he loves me unconditionally...

...his very very unique feet...

...his beautiful green eyes...

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*My family, Nick's family, and our extended families*

...watching Mel Brooks movies with my dad...

...organ concerts...

...power rides...

...watching Erin's dances ten times in a row...

...Christy quoting Disney movies word for word, even similar voices!...

...Jaxon...

..."the voice"...

...mint brownies...

*The feeling of accomplishing something*

*The Gospel*

...the plan of salvation...

...eternity...

...the atonement...

...prayer...

...the temple...

...the scriptures...

...education week...

*Rainy days*

*funny movies*

*dave matthews*

*a good book*

*Christmastime*

*LOVE!!!*

Maggie's Faces!

These are just a few of Maggie's many faces! I swear she pulls a new one every day!

The crazy open mouth smile...

The "I don't want to, but you made me" smile...

I'm in love with my Aunt Christy smile... ;)

Famous "ducky face"...

"I'm concentrating on kicking and punching" face...

"just chillin" face..

I think this one is some sort of smile... :)

There's much more where this came from, it's just a matter of if I can catch it or not.. Little MagPie is a little camera shy sometimes... But I'm sneaky... :D I LOVE her STINKIN guts!!!

Mommy love!

So... Just when I think I can't possibly love anything more, here comes a huge love burst for this little tiny human that happens to be my baby...
and I completely LOOSE it!!

Holy cow.. NEED I SAY MORE?

Maggie is at such a fun stage right now. She is two months old and starting to smile and coo a lot and respond to my dorkiness. She has also started splashing in the tub and playing with her hands as well as so much more. She is developing this precious personality and becoming more and more my best friend each day. I thought that sometimes it might be a little awkward having this little person around that can't talk or express feelings or emotions, but man was I wrong. Not only was I wrong about her not being able to express herself (because she is THE most vocal and expressive baby I have ever known) but it just keeps getting more fun having her around every single day!

I honestly can say that being her mommy is a hundred times more rewarding than I ever imagined. Even at 3 in the morning when I am exhausted and really needing to sleep, I still find myself excited to see her eat her middle of the night meal. Sometimes I find myself just stuffing my face with anything I can find to make sure I don't nibble on her cheeks too hard.. Not that I ever would, but she is just so tempting!! ;)

Anyways, I am truly grateful for my sweetheart buddy, Maggie and I am grateful to Heavenly Father for trusting me with her. I hope I never dissapoint him. :)