Yes, Jill, I'm a slacker...

As my sister so notably pointed out in my last entry, it's been a while since I have posted to the blog.  The weekends have been busy, but I have had some time to post during the weeknights.  So, I guess there are no excuses.  Sorry to all of those that were looking for a new entry...and here it is!

Tummy time proved to show signs of dexterity...although she couldn't quite figure out how to complete the roll once she got on her side.

Annie had to do some consoling after the discovery at tummy time.

Cute Maggie!

Saturday night(March 6) was spent at my parents' house.  It wasn't an ordinary day either; my grandfather was celebrating his 91st birthday!  My Uncle Tim and his wife and kids came down and spent the night at the house.  In all, we there were 9 family members spending the night, including the 3 of us.  This was also Mag-pie's first overnight visit!

Cousin Natalie holding Maggie.

Great grandma holding Maggie.

After a busy weekend, Maggie felt that it would be best to hang out in the kitchen for a bit on Monday.

Last week also brought a new feature to Maggie's repertoire: mimicking sounds of Mommy & Daddy.  I was making noises with her in my lap, and she figured it out!  She makes the cutest little face when she says, "Ooooo." 

Mag-pie was exhausted after displaying her new talent!

Wednesday, Uncle Chris came to town for the first time since Maggie was born.  Living in Canada tends to make it difficult for him to visit often, and, boy, had Maggie changed!

Uncle Chris & Maggie with her classic "deer in the headlights" pose.

Wednesday night brought more time in the Bumbo chair...

...and Daddy & Maggie in a binky tug-of-war face-off.  Maggie beat me with her cuteness.

Thursday was a day of rest for Maggie...except that we went over to Grandma & Grandad's again for the second overnight trip ever!  Maggie slept very well. 

Chris's wife, Jen, got in to town on Thursday.  They both took turns giving Maggie a bottle on Friday, which worked great.  That bodes well for daycare.

Daddy & Maggie hanging out on the sofa.

The outfit seen here is 30 years old.  That's right! I once wore the same outfit!  Crazy!

Saturday, we took Jen and Chris for a ride downtown.  We had lunch and drove around before coming back home.  They thought this was the last day they were going to see Maggie until August.  But we ended up seeing them one last time during the weekend...

We had a brief tummy time before we headed to Gigi & Granddad's for dinner...

Maggie lounged in a chair that Mommy once sat in.

Sunday was a special day for the church I grew up in; it was the 45th anniversary.  So, we dolled Maggie up and headed out to join the family for the celebration.  (the gratuitous half-naked me - don't worry I am wearing pants in this photo - is given to you for no extra charge.)

Family photo!....

This is what it would have looked like if Jill was there!

After a long weekend, it's Monday...Maggie sleeps :)

Fussy week, car, & two month doctor's appointment

Sorry for the extermely tardy post.  The last week of February had to be the worst possible week for Maggie's mood.  Our average time getting her to sleep at night was about 2 hours.  Unless she was nursing, sleeping or bathing, she was pretty fussy or crying. 

Somehow we got some cute photos for the week!

Maggie in the sling again. 

Maggie post-bath.

Sleeping Maggie photos! :)

Eskimo Maggie!

Mom came over on Thursday, and Dad got there after work.  We gave Mag-pie a bath after dinner, and Mom tried to put a curl in her hair, which turned out to be a faux Hawk.  You can tell that she wasn't feeling like herself.

The weekend came, and we got our happy baby back!

Sunday, our friends, Heather and Katy came by for a visit. 

That was only an hour after we picked up this!

We bought a 2009 Ford Edge Limited.  It's packed with all the modern safety features , this will be our largest child-related expense until college!  Check out the sweet ambient light effects, which are in the footboards, cupholder, & rear passenger area at the center console. 

Yesterday was Maggie's two month appointment.  She is perfectly healthy, but unfortunately it was vaccination day.  I had never heard such a high pitch squeal from the little one, but she settled down fairly quickly.

Here are some more photos from the beginning of this week.

Quality Father-daughter time after work tonight. 

You gotta love the pic of Maggie in the bumbo chair!

Well, it's time for bed.  Enjoy the photos :)

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!"