5 months old tomorrow!

...and still changing by the day!  Since the last time I posted an entry, a few things have happened: we realized that the swaddle bag was ready to part with Maggie, but Maggie wasn't ready to part with the swaddle bag; pink around the eyelids = tired baby; & always, ALWAYS, check the diaper prior to packing her up for daycare in the morning!  

The swaddle bag was temporarily removed from Maggie's sleeping repertoire, but we had a few things happen that made us reinstate it: Maggie was a fussy & tired little girl at daycare; she was flailing at night(which didn't make for a restful night of sleep for her; and, due to the flailing, she was knocking out her pacifier at least 2 times a night, and the only way to get her back to sleep was to nurse her. So, after initially trying to remedy this by increasing her bottle volume, which helped, we finally had to reinstate the use of the swaddle bag. Daddy & Mommy have slept very well ever since. :)

Poor little baby.  No swaddle bag made her so tired that she refused the bedtime feeding and fell asleep on Mommy in the family room.

The next weekend, we propped Maggie in the seated position to play with a hand-me down toy.  Handed down from her Uncle Chris, Aunt Jilly, and me to her!

This is what happens when you try to use the red-eye flash with Mag-pie.  "Too bright Daddy!"

Mag-pie loves the hand-me-down jingle ball.

"Dad, I'm leaning too far to the left...what the heck?"

Later the same morning as the above photos, Maggie settled in for her morning nap. When Daddy is involved, she prefers a hand on her chest. She grabs the hand, and in no time, she's off to dreamland.

After the nap, we got ready for the day and headed to the LSU Alumni Crawfish Boil fundraiser with Annie's family.  I was very tasteful and made sure I wore a VT outfit to show how humble I was to be in the presence of the team that has beaten us time and time again. 

The family at the boil.  Annie took a turn on the camera for this action shot.

We've found that Maggie loves napping in her high chair. :)  These photos are from her Sunday morning nap last week.

Granddad, Maggie, and largest bib in the world posing for a Sunday evening photo.

Last week, I had some fun with Maggie after work.  I'd dance and/or sing while she played the role of audience after we came home from a hard day's work.  She enjoyed it until she shifted her weight and started sliding to one side!

The outdoors are typically the panacea for Maggie's troubles, but, as you can see, nature is no match for a tired baby.

This past weekend, some new Maggie actions strarted happening.  First, she has become aware that her head can rotate more than just left & right.  She's started looking up & down now.  Second, she has become aware that she can rotate at the torso.  This became largely apparent when we were carrying her upright against us, and she wanted to look around the room to look at either Sunny or one of us.  We also broke out Maggie's walker.  Right now, we left it off the casters since she isn't scooting around yet.

Another red-eye reduction photo - too bright!

Saturday, we went over the river and through the woods, literally, to Grandmommy's house (Grandpa was there too.) Grandmommy bought Maggie a fantastic new bathtub....its a BIG DUCK:) She fits perfectly so that she can sit up and enjoy her bathtime.

It was Sunday morning...Maggie was still sleepy but she and Grandpa had to catch up

Maggie wasn't much for breakfast entertainment.  She fell asleep halfway through!

Memorial Day is here, and Maggie is dressed for the occasion.  She didn't wear the hat except for the picture, but she's getting so darn cute!  Anyway, we had some friends over for an impromptu cookout.  And by impromptu, I mean that we only planned it two days in advance.

That's not just the camera catching Maggie's head movement, she's exausted.  She took zero naps today!  We tried to get her to go down, but she fought at every attempt.

Kristine posing with Maggie.

Maggie's expression in this photo seems to say, "What's up Heather?  How's your day going?  Me?  I'm just chillin'."

After a long, hot day, Mag-pie ended with the same routine: bath, nurse, sleep.  A baby's life seems pretty sweet!