Valentine's Day & Aunt Jilly comes to town: part Deux

Last weekend, my sister Jill came to visit us for the week.  She had a nice little date planned for Valentine's Day.

Annie & I took the opportunity to go out to dinner for Valentine's Day.  We went to this great little place called The Black Sheep. 

Monday was Presidents Day, and I was supposed to have the day off, but duty called, which means that I spent the whole day at work.  Oh well - maybe I can work out a day off after the drawings are done.

Wednesday, Annie had an errand to run downtown and Jill had an interview at Genworth.  So,  Jilly dropped me off at work in order to have a car, and Annie packed up Maggie and headed down to her Mom's office, which was the rendevous point with Jill after her interview. 

Maggie's sporting the cute "thug life" look :)

Annie's Mom thought that they could pull off an Anne Geddes pose with this pink bucket that was in her office.  I don't think it went too well.

Bath time this week brought out the froggy robe!  She fussed at first, but she was all spa-like after she settled down.

I'm looking all "Mister Maroon" in this pic. 

Thursday was ladies day out.  Annie, Jill, Grandmommy(my mom) & Gigi(Annie's mom) took Maggie out to experience her first nail salon.  Annie and her mom joked that Maggie's pedicure only cost $3.  Don't worry; we wouldn't be that cheap with our daughter! (...& she really didn't get a pedicure.)

After a baby clothes shopping spree, the ladies returned to the men, who had only been out of work for an hour or two.  We all had dinner (minus Granddad since he was away on business) and then Maggie settled in with Grandpa for some quality time on the sofa.

Here's a sleepy Jilly with her cute niece.

Friday night tummy time!

Saturday morning Diva: Gigi got Maggie these sunglasses on Thursday.  There was no fussing when she was wearing them, which amazed me.

Happy baby!  She likes watching us cook.

Saturday night, we had two events: our friends Aubrey & Charlie's going away party and a family get-together at Annie's grandparents since her cousin Macel and new son Ben (two months older than Maggie) were in town.

Our friends move to Roanoke in two weeks.  I think our first overnight trip with Maggie is in the near future.

Annie's Aunt Cathy holding both baby cousins. 

The cousins holding the cousins.

Up close and personal on the floor!

This week's quote of the week will pop up sometime mid-week.

Until then...

Cheers!

Quote of the week.

So, I'm a slacker, and I forgot about the quote of the week.  But now, here is this week's quote:

Annie to me, speaking on behalf of Maggie: "Daddy, my cheeks are taking over my face!"

Little Miss Smiles-a-lot

Picking up where I left off last week, I did get to watch the super bowl.  We dressed Maggie up in a cute little outfit and headed to Annie's parents for dinner & the game. 

Cute close-up.

The Saints won!  Maggie decided to wear some beads for the occasion.

The week got a little busy, so I apologize for the gap in photos, but the photos to come in this blog will not disappoint.  I promise. 

Maggie was changing by the day this week.  Thursday, Annie and my mom took Mag-pie on an outing.  In the process, Annie stopped by her office for a visit with her co-workers.

Tina & Angie enjoyed Maggie's visit to the office.

Friday evening was the beginning of the big change with Maggie.  She's been tracking us with her eyes for a while, but she started cracking some social smiles Friday night.

Maggie decided not to cooperate for a smile, but it's still a cute photo.

Pretty Mommy & Maggie :)

Little toes!

One more cute lower lip face!

...and the smiling has begun!

Annie tried to get in on the smile action...

...but all she got was a sneeze.

At one point, Maggie decided to test out my nose...it didn't produce the liquid she was looking for!

Happy blue eyes!

Daddy looking at Maggie looking at Daddy.

Saturday was another smiling baby day.  There's nothing better than seeing that little face smile!  We also gave the Bjorn a shot.  She ended up falling asleep.  So, I'm pretty sure she likes it.

More happy baby pictures!!

Later in the day, we went on a quick outing to Lowe's.  Annie bundled Maggie up, and we were off!

We got back and called it a day.  We watched the Olympics, ate some dinner, and put Maggie to bed with the help of the bouncy chair. 

This is what the end of our day typically looks like.  She really is comfortable in the bouncy chair.  Maybe I can find one of those for adults!

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!