Movin' up in this world

We're now in full baby-proofing mode.  This week Maggie has decided she's had enough of moving slowly, and she's now all over the place.  She's not walking yet, but she sure can quickly inch her way across the floor like a little bug.  For some reason, I thought the baby-proofing would be a gradual process, but on Thursday she showed me just how much she can get into in a few short minutes. 

Here are a few photos of her first attempt at getting up the one step in our house...she had her sights set on the dogs' water bowl, and it only took her about 15 seconds to wiggle her way up the step and into the kitchen.  Needless to say, I spent the next 30 minutes or so moving some stuff to safer ground and following her around, learning about what she thought was interesting and then cleaning up the aftermath.

 

weeeee!

Nothing fights off cabin fever like a spin around the house on the ol' giraffe.

Feeling better

Maggie and I are both starting to feel better.  She's still a very spotted baby, but she is handling the chickenpox like a champ (except for one rough day when she had a high fever).  And the pain from my shingles is starting to decrease, so my smile is coming back as well.  Here are a few pictures just for fun...Maggie soaking in an oatmeal bath, daddy trying to distract Maggie with crayons, and Maggie deciding it might be time to learn how to use a spoon to feed herself (she actually did successfully get a few bites from her bowl to her mouth).

Under quarantine!

Well, it turns out that the "illness" I developed while traveling was shingles! I am slowly starting to heal and feel better (and look human again), however, Maggie now has chicken pox. (She was scheduled to get the chicken pox vaccine in a month, so the good news is that now she will have one less shot to get.) Luckily, she doesn't seem to be bothered too much by them at this point...she actually seems oblivious to the fact that she has red, itchy spots all over herself.
-Heather

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. :-)

Happy Hoppers!

For some reason, this video that Will took the other evening really cracks me up. I think it is the look of concern on her face. Or maybe it is just the penguin jammies.

Maggie's travels

We spent Thanksgiving week traveling to see my parents in east Tennessee and Will's family in north Georgia. Maggie did very well, and really enjoyed seeing her grandparents and cousins, but she was also happy to be back in her own crib when we returned home. I realized once we got back home that I hadn't taken enough pictures, but here are a few that I did manage to get, including Maggie's 1st Christmas present (a month early) and swinging with her aunt Katie.