Little Miss Maggie: April 2007

Happy Days

Maggie's growing so quickly now, it's like she's not a baby anymore. Thank god! That newborn stuff is tough!

I guess you could say she's in a routine now; up at 7:00am, breakfast at 8:30, bottle at 10:30, nap at 11:00, lunch at 12:30, bottle at 3:00, nap at 3:30, supper at 5:30 and bedtime at 7:00pm. All the time in between in usually playtime! Oh yeah, she's sleeping though the night pretty regularly now. If she wakes up, it's usually for a quick sip from the bottle and then off to sleep again.

Maggie is also doing well with solid foods; she eats pretty much everything you put to her mouth. I've been making most of her food (e.g., tomato, cheese, cauliflower, carrot and butter puree) and it actually tastes pretty good. I make Chad taste everything I make and he too thinks it's pretty good, for a puree. I'm starting to put things like small pieces of cheese, steamed veggies, or toast on her tray but she mostly just wants to squish it in her hands. She has started knawing at the toast though, which she started after we played a game of her feeding me toast and then herself. As fun as it is, I can't say I'm much of a fan of soggy toast. Ha! But if it helps her learn how to eat herself, I'll do it!

As you can tell from the photos below, Maggie's quite the pleasant little cutie these days. Maybe it's the break in teething, the ability to move around, or the great weather. Whatever it is, we're having lots of fun!

Maggie discovering the dishwasher

There's a little hole in the bottom of the small rubber ducky Maggie's holding and she's trying to get her finger in there.

"Mommy, if you don't stop with Facebook, I'm cutting the wires!"

"Yep, I see the problem now, it's the chassis."

An evening walk with my Dad.

"I'm coming to get you!"

"See you next time"

Bring on Summer!!

"Come on driver, we're ready to go"

"Yea! This is fun!"

"I wish I was on Maggie's swing..."

"Hey Maggie, I can almost touch!"

"I'm so thirsty."

"Would you like to play with me in my new swimming pool from Nanny Vern and Poppy Lush? There's lots of room!"

Naptime

"I like walks with Daddy. He always puts me on his shoulders when I cry."

Maggie's room

Maggie now rolls the ball away and then crawls after it. It keeps her entertained for a good 10 minutes!
"Hey, want to play ball with me?"

"Yipee! Bubbles!!"

"Blow some more bubbles Daddy"

Sleeping beauty with rosy red teething cheeks.

Here comes trouble!

Maggie's crawling!!!

Yesterday it was only a few little hobbles forward, now today she's going across rooms! Once she sees something that she really wants, (like her blue and yellow ball) she scoots across the floor as fast as she can! She's all out of breath by the time she gets there.

It seems as well as the crawling, she's figured out how to pull herself up on things. I think it may be time to baby-proof the house!

Easter Sunday

Maggie playing with the plastic eggs the Easter bunny left for her.

"I see a ducky hiding behind the chair"

All dressed up for Easter Sunday! (I took this picture in mid fall! As soon as the picture had snapped, I reached out to grab her and somehow ended up sticking my finger in her mouth, while Chad ended up grabbing her by the arm! She got quite a fright and ended up crying in Mommy's arms for 10 minutes. Poor little thing, however the picture ended up being pretty cute. Ha!) "Here Maggie, you play with the little ducky while I play with the big one"
"I just drove in from Kanata Uncle Chad, and that turkey looks pretty well done to me!" Auntie Marsha and Maggie had a great time together!
A family picture after hosting our first Easter Dinner.
"Hey, look at the three-wheeler the Easter Bunny brought me!"

"No pictures, Please!"
"It's my bottle and you can't have it."

Happy Easter!

This is what we see when we go to get Maggie from her crib in the morning. She's pushes herself up on her hands as far as she can so she can peek over her bumper pad.