Maggie goes to town

This week, we discovered that Maggie apparently loves to play dress-up:

On Friday, Maggie made her first official public outing.  There was a breakfast at the VCU School of Nursing, so Annie and Maggie headed out with Gigi.

After the breakfast, the gang came by my office.  Everyone thought she was adorable because, well, she is! 

Two photos of me at the office front desk with Mag-pie.  The banner in the background of the second photo was my first project at Commonwealth Architects.

The outing wasn't finished yet.  After a trip to Target, Toys R Us, & TJ Maxx, Maggie got to experience the hair salon, since Annie needed a cut. 

Annie found this baby bouncer at TJ Maxx.  Maggie immediately fell asleep when she got in it.

With a weekend full of more winter weather, we kept ourselves busy.

It looks like Sunny's expression is saying, "See these bags?  I'm taking them and running away.  I don't know what's in them, but I'm taking them anyway!"

Sunny gets over things easily when she's spending time with Annie in the kitchen.  Annie got a wild hair to make cookies.

Sunday morning photos below...this litle girl is really changing! 

That's it for now.  I've got to get some work done at home today.  Hopefully, I can finish before the Super Bowl starts!

 

Snowy, with a chance of cuteness

Saturday was a beautiful winter day!  It was a good lazy day, although I did manage to get our taxes done.  We decided to just hang out in the bedroom for most of the day with Mag-pie.  Before the weekend was over, we noticed that little Margaret was starting to make deliberate eye contact.

Annie took this one...pretty talented!

After the nice cold weekend was over, I headed back to work, and since VCU had Monday off, Annie's mom came over to stay with the gang.

Annie got this shot with the help of Gigi. 

I dub this photo to be the cutest photo to date!

Slightly looking at Mommy. :)

Tuesday photos!

Chubby face!

Maggie's just hanging out & looking around.

That's all for now...more to come later this week.

Cheers!

It's Blog-tastic!!

The beginning of this week is kind of blurry since I worked a bit more than I thought I was going to, but I'll do my best to sum up those days...

Monday was a typical day for Annie & Maggie:  quality time @ home :)

The two ladies in my life, cuddling on Monday night.

Tuesday, our friends, Jenn, John, & their daughter Caroline came for a quick visit during the day. 

Jenn, & little Caroline with Maggie.  Caroline's attention span was something like this: (pointing) "Baby!" (pointing across the room to Sunny) "Doggy!" (pointing) "Baby!"  :) 

After a long day at work (I got home around 7:30), I had dinner, visited with my lovely family, and then had to do more work from 11 that night, which I didn't finish until 2AM. Thank God for remote access to my computer at work from home; that would have been a awful drive. 

Here's another cute Mag-pie photo from Tuesday:

Show of hands: who wants to nap?

Wednesday was an exciting day at home.  Maggie went for her first ride in the Baby Bjorn, and Annie tried her out on the play mat for some tummy time. 

She didn't quite know what to think about the Bjorn,

but I think in time she will really enjoy the ride. 

Maggie's tummy time activity basically consisted

of what you see in the photo.  :)

Our friend Katy was nice enough to come by for a quick visit and to bring us lasagna for dinner!  There was plenty of leftovers, but I have to say that the pepperoni was enticing me to have another piece.  That night, Annie's Aunty Cathy came over to finish the bumper pads in the crib, which she did an amazingly beautiful job on. 

 The skirt, bumper pads & ties, & the two pillows were

all made by Annie's Aunt Cathy for Maggie! 

Thursday was where we established a quote of the week, which I'll be posting from now on...

Quote of the week:

Annie to me - "The proximity of tea to baby is too close." As I sip hot tea while holding Maggie.

My parents came over to help out and spend the day with Annie & Mag-pie. 

Maggie dressed up for Grandmommy & Grandpa.

Annie & my mom went for a little errand during the afternoon while my Dad spent some one-on-one time with the little granddaughter.  We've got to keep that cabin fever at bay, so I think the outing was a good thing for Mommy.  Grandmommy & Grandpa stayed for dinner, which my mother was nice enough to cook for us. 


Below are some more photos from Thursday:

Daddy with his new 'do, holding Mag-pie at the end of dinner. Mommy decided that pants were optional for Maggie. 

Close-up of the nearly 4 week old Mag-pie. :) 

Looks like it's almost time for another round of olympic sleeping...

Friday evening was outing #2 for Maggie, which was another family event on Annie's side - Cathy's surprise 40th birthday!! (I'm protecting the innocent :)   )

It was a fun time, and we got some great photos:

This is Annie's Uncle Tom holding "L.A.", as he calls Maggie - short for "Little Annie."

Annie's grandmother, whom we call Gee-moo...does that mean Maggie calls her "Great Gee-moo"?

Granddad holding a passed out Maggie.

Maggie's tribute to Northside, where she spent 8 months in the womb: Thug life!

Maggie's thanking Aunt Mary for a fun evening...now she's ready to roll out to the 'hood!

Joe was nervous about holding Maggie, but we finally figured out a way that would work! :)

Waking up is hard to do...

Maggie was three weeks old this past Friday.  She celebrated by letting Annie sleep in.  Her sleeping habit continued through the evening:

Another "hands up!" pose from Mag-pie. :)

 

Sunny was feeling left out...

Saturday was another bath day.  The day's lesson in bathtime was to expect the unexpected.  We had seen the random pee without warning before, so we werent' surprised when that happened.  We had just finished bathing Maggie, and after the tumultuous event, she had finally settled down in the towel while I was holding her.  Then, out of the blue, with my hand holding her butt, she pooped!  It was not the most pleasant experience, considering I immediately had to change my shirt & wash my hands, after dealing with rinsing out the towel, of course. 

Saturday night, Maggie was, once again, in rare form.  She woke up about every hour & a half.  This obviously made it hard for us to wake up on Sunday.  I woke up before the ladies did, however:

Maggie asleep on my "chicken legs," as Annie puts it. 

Mommy & Mag-pie sleeping together, complete with Maggie's signature "life is tough" pose.

I had to run some errands, but while I was gone, Gigi came by for a quick visit:

This is Maggie's version of "Le Tigra." 

All you Zoolander fans out there know what I'm talking about! :)

Sunday evening, we took our first outing with Maggie.  It was her cousin's, Mary's, birthday.  The outing wasn't very far, since the party was at the great-grandparents, who live down the road, but it was still the first outing, nonetheless. 

Here are a few of the photos from the party:

Sleepy Maggie and beautiful Mommy. :)

Hopefully tonight will allow us a bit more sleep.  Wish us luck!