Livin' la vida Lola

We spent the day at the Whelan house to meet Stacy and Kevin's 4th girl, Lola, a 6-month old bassett hound. The swingset was a hit with Mags, and she loved having "Fophie" push her.

Lola played so hard that she dug herself a spot in the sandbox for a little siesta.

Maggie is officially bigger than Lucy (who's almost two years older)! They are BFFs, and they loved playing together all afternoon.

Maya loved the swings, too. She would have taken her nap in this swing if her mama hadn't whisked her inside. She looks like a California baby with her bleached blondness.

Maggie turns two!

We decked out the house Dora-style, per (what we think would be) Maggie's request. Artie's already on the prowl for birthday snacks, and you can see some of Maggie's haul on the right hand side. She got a really cool bear head puppet that, at first glance, makes you wonder where the rest of the bear is.

Maggie is holding what is left of her duck balloon animal between two of her cousins; Sophie on the left and Lucy on the right.

After the festivities, Maggie chilled out with some birthday cake and tea for one on her new picnic table. Soon after this was taken, she went down hard for a nap, and so did her parents.

Since Maggie's actual birthday was on a Tuesday we took her out to Red Robin for her sundae. She got to met Mr. Robin and got sung to by a chorus of servers who looked like they wouldn't miss it for the world. All in all, we had a fun birthday weekend.