Maggie's 1st Christmas

Maggie and I went to stay with my folks in TN for a week before Christmas while Will installed hardwood floors in our house. It was a good trip, despite a few unexpected "surprises" (an early winter snowstorm, a 48 hour power outage, Maggie starting to cut another tooth, and me getting sick). Here are a few photos from the trip, along with a couple from when we returned home (including one of our beautiful new floors...Will did a great job!).

Just a general update...Maggie is almost 11 months old and she's starting to get around fairly well these days. She's "military crawling" (basically pulling herself forward on her elbows), and she's now deciding that this may be better than rolling, which was her preferred method of moving up until this point. (In fact, I was beginning to think she was never going to crawl because she was so content to just roll wherever she wanted to go.) She is also learning that when you stick your hand out with a Cheerio in it, a beagle will usually find it. :-)