Smile!!

We finally got a picture of Maggie smiling. Every time we pick up the camera to get a picture of her laughing, the smile disappears and she just stares at the camera. Chad kept taking pictures as I was tickling Maggie's belly. After about 20 pics, we finally caught a smile!

Here she is grabbing her little toes. (See, this is her usual camera face. Ha!)

What do you think of Chad's new do?! Ha!! A little part on the side and a comb over, and voila!

Christmas is just around the corner!

Maggie's frequent pooping has finally slowed to about 3 times a day now and her diaper rash is gone. I hear that the virus she had is really spreading around Ottawa. Aunt Connie had it too this past weekend, but I think she's all better now.

Just yesterday, Maggie started lifting her feet up while lying down and grabbing hold to her toes with her hands. She's growing and developing so fast now, it's like she's learning something new every day!

Maggie can now lift her head up 90 degrees! She looks all around and kicks her little legs.
This is Maggie sitting up in her Bumbo seat playing with her toys. She grabs a hold of them and shakes them, or tries to put them in her mouth.
"Enough with the pictures already!"

3 months!

Little Miss Maggie is now 3 months old! I can't believe how fast time goes by. I now see a new baby and can't remember Maggie being that small. She's growing so fast now that she's grown out of most of the size 3 month clothes. No need to worry though, she's got a tonne of clothes in the next size. Daddy often looks in her closet and says "B'ye it's shockin' how much clothes that youngster has."
This past week Maggie has had a rough time. She had a virus that started with a runny nose and cough, then moved down into her intestine giving her diarrea. She was pooping every time I fed her. With all that poop, she ended up with a diaper rash and she cried every time we changed her which was quite often. I brought her to the doctor yesterday and she told me that it was just a virus and that if she didn't have a fever or vomiting, she was fine. The virus would just have to run it's course, which could last until next week. However, as of this morning, the pooping has slowed and the diaper rash is almost gone.
Good news, she's smiling lots more and even laughing a bit. She laughs when Daddy makes faces at her. It's so cute! We can't seem to get a picture of her smiling because every time we point the camera at her, she stares at it in amazement. We'll figure out a way to get a picture of that big toothless smile yet!

Here are some pictures from Mommie's little birthday party with Aunt Connie, Uncle John and cousin Xander this past Friday evening.

Look how tiny Maggie's feet are compared to Xander's!

Maggie, your hair smells so nice!

12 weeks old!

Can you believe that Maggie's now 12 weeks old?!!

She kicks and splashes now when she's in the tub. We can't figure out if she's having fun or trying to get out!

"May I help you?"
"Don't I look cute in pink?"

House Update:

Here are some pictures from our house this past weekend. We invited Aunt Connie, Uncle John and cousin Xander along to see what's been done so far.

Here's a picture of the stairs going up to the bedrooms and the front entrance (and half a shot of Uncle John).

This will be Maggie's room.
This will be the Master Bedroom. The ensuite bathroom is to the right and the walk-in closet is on the left. Yes, that's a leak from the recently finished roof... I guess Chad was right about the poorly placed shingles.
This is where the kitchen will be.

And this is the back of our house. Between the two windows will be a patio door. So with the sun shining in the back, there should be lots of light coming in. And there's lots of windows to watch Maggie playing in the back yard.

Mommie's now starting to get excited and is starting to make lists and plans for each room. Maggie is going to be so sick of home furnishing stores!

Cute Pictures

Maggie's neck muscles are starting to get really strong! She now actually likes being on her belly for longer than 3o seconds.


Looking at this pic, I think Maggie's hair may be the same colour as Daddy's. She definitely has his 'cowlicks' (that's a funny word when you spell it out).

Blah!

Adventures in Babysitting

Chad and I looked after cousin Xander last night while Aunt Connie went out for a little over 3 hours and let me tell you, it made us rethink having more than one kid! It started out all great with Maggie and Xander playing away for about an hour,then Chad fed Xander and I Maggie and both fell asleep. Seeing as they were being so good, Chad told me to go for my run which would only take a max of 30 minutes on the treadmill in the gym in our apartment. I went not sure what was going to happen, but I took the cell phone just in case. When I got back, Chad was standing in the kitchen with both Xander and Maggie in his arms, fridge and cupboards open and all of them looking rather stressed, but no one was crying. Chad said that as soon as I walked out the door, Maggie woke up and started crying. Within 10 minutes, Xander was awake and crying. Poor Chad!
I took Maggie and fed her again and Chad fed Xander his veggies which was quite fun! But as soon as he was finished with the veggies, he wanted his mommie. Poor little guy cried and cried despite all of our cuddles and kisses, and by that time Maggie was crying again. AHHH!! We warmed a bottle for Xander and went in separate rooms and fed them again. Both of them ended up falling asleep again after feeding, Xander on Chad's chest and Maggie on mine.

We didn't move for the rest of the evening until Connie got back. When little Xander woke, he was so happy to see his mom! He laughed and jumped and even ate some of his strawberries!

All in all it was definitely an exciting evening and despite our clumsy efforts, I hope little Xander will come stay with us again soon!

Maggie seems to have grown dramatically this week both physically and mentally. She's now reaching out and grabbing whatever her hand touches like my shirt, my hair or my glasses.
In these pics she's holding on to her little toy and she ain't letting go!


As I'm feeding her, her little hand doesn't stop reaching up, over, down, until she finds something good to grab on to. Also when she's feeding, she now likes to constantly pull off and look up at me, then go back to the boob, pull off and look at me, then back to the boob. It's really cute when she looks up at me, but not so cute when she exposes me to everyone at the mall! Ha!
Maggie is also starting to notice everything, her eyes don't stop looking around. She loves staring at lights, her toys and people's faces. She'd win any staring contest no problem!
Now when she's in the crib, bathtub or anywhere laying on her back, she kicks and swings her arms and legs like crazy. With all that energy, watch out when she starts crawling and walking!
The most recent thing she's started to do is push her head and shoulders forward as she's sitting. She tightens every muscle, strains and grunts to lift her head forward, then her head becomes too heavy for her and falls forward to her feet (She doesn't like that part too much).

Maggie is now almost 12lbs which is average for her age. However, she's really long (tall) for her age which makes her long and skinny like her dad. Because her torso is so long, her little dresses barely cover her bum! Ha!

To Chad and I, she's growing and changing every day.

Oh, I almost forgot how much she's smiling now! Especially when she first wakes in the morning. It's as if she hasn't seen us for a while and she's super excited to see us. Even after being woken up 4 times throughout the night to feed her, it still makes my heart melt when she smiles at me.

Maggie's also started to make cute little sounds. I guess they call it "cooing". However it sounds nothing like a "coo", it's more like an "awwwoooo" sound. They should call is "awwooing" instead. She also now has different sounding cries, they're not all the all out bawl. Some are just little cries while others are big, loud cries with tears and everything. They are the ones that make your heart beat a little faster. Another new thing she does is cry when she's tired. A few times I picked her up when she was crying, and she went right to sleep in my arms.
It's really amazing how fast everything happens. If you don't pay attention, you just might miss it!

House Update

The date for our move in is still February 23rd and things are actually moving along out in Jackson Trails. We went out to visit our house this past weekend and the roof is now on our house and the shingles are almost finished. Chad seemed to think that they looked rather messy and I would have to agree. But I'm just happy we have shingles!!