Sad day

Please pray for my friends, David and Melissa who lost their precious baby boy Evan today. He was born today at only 20 weeks, and fought to live for two hours, but couldn't make it. Please pray for them to feel God's comfort and peace through this unimaginably painful time...

HOORAY

The day has finally come, when I get to stay home with Maggie!!! Today was my first official day as a stay-at-home Mom...something I have always dreamed of doing, and am very proud of. It was everything I hoped for and more. Maggie woke up around 9 am and was in a very cuddly mood all morning. We watched Beauty and the Beast while she sat in my lap and ate a toaster strudel. We played for a while, had some lunch, and then she took a nap. She hasn't had a nap for about three days, so that was a good thing. Then she went with me and my Mom to get our hair done. She was worried about me while I was getting my hair colored and washed, but Grandma distracted her pretty well. We had dinner when Brian got home, and then spent a long time playing. She must have been really worn out, because she went to bed at 7:30. It was a wonderful day.

Blessing

Maggie is truly a source of pure joy. She is sweet, silly, smart, sassy, simply spectacular! I am so very thankful that God chose me to be her mother! I really don't want her to grow up, but every day she gets older, she becomes more amazing. I just love her so much.

Smarty-pants

Little Maggie is such a smart little girl! She is learning so many new things! Since my last post, she has learned how to walk. I can't believe how fast she is growing up. She eats pretty much everything now and puts her four teeth to good use. She's working on two more teeth. They may even be in already, but she's so busy, busy I haven't had a chance to peek.

Her favorite movies are Winnie the Pooh, Lady and the Tramp and Elmo in Grouchland. She still likes her Baby Einstein videos, and she is starting to love Spongebob. She has a couple of toys that she has to have before bed...her little elephant and her little bear with angel wings. She snuggles them and rubs her eyes with them. She loves to cuddle first thing in the morning with these two toys and me or Grandma depending on the day. Sometimes the cuddle lasts until her afternoon nap! She spends lots of time playing with all her toys she got for her birthday or for Christmas, sometimes sitting quietly in front of her toy box, carefully examining each toy as she pulls them out one by one.

She is so much fun to play with and her laugh is just the best sound in the whole world! What a great little girl!

ONE YEAR OLD!!!

I can't believe little Maggie Grace is a year old already!!! I must say this past year was the best of my life so far!!! I look forward to new milestones as Maggie learns to walk, talk, and do all that other "big girl" stuff.

Happy Thanksgiving!!!

Maggie has been doing great! She's not walking independently yet, but I don't imagine it will be much longer. She has grown her first two teeth, and we think she's working on some top teeth. Soon she'll be chomping away. She loves to dance, sing and clap, and is just a silly silly girl. It's hard to believe she'll be a year old in less than a month!!! I love her so much!

Cute photos

Maggie has her first tooth now, and is working on the next one! She had a rough patch after that first tooth popped through because we decided it was time to take the pacifier away. She didn't use it much anyway, but her sleepy time routine was different without it. In spite of sore gums, and a few fussy moments, she has been quite the trooper with this whole teething thing!!! Her favorite thing to do now is to "cruise" from couch to couch. I think she'll be walking soon enough!