Maggie

Maggie and Nelli Belle

She loves Nelli! Excuse the running nose!

New Vids

Ridin the turtle

Maggie signs

Maggie

"Reading" her books in the car.

Walking Tall

12 sweet months

Well, our little Maggie Jo is officially 1. Hard to believe... sort of. I can remember this time last year like it was yesterday, but on the other hand it seems like she has been here for a long time- longer than a just a year (which she was of course!). Things for us have changed a bunch- but man what a wonderful way to change your life.

We had a great little party yesterday with Amiel's folks- it was Grandma Ollie's birthday too, so it was birthday x2. Maggie had a blast playing with balloons on the floor and surprisingly she didn't even pop one (despite her best efforts of chewing, pinching and belly flopping on top of them). She got some cool new toys and books of course. This was her second birthday celebration actually- we celebrated the weekend before with her Grandparents from KS and her cousins Lilli and Tanner. So she has lots of new things to look at and play with. We bought her a swing and she loves that too. We ate some carrot cake and had a couple of small bites of ice cream! Those 4 teeth are coming in handy.

Right now though I think what she really wants to do is walk. She is ever so close. She took 2 steps yesterday at her birthday, but I didn't see it :( Oh well. She has a cart to push but, right now she is pushing the recycling bin around the kitchen (the ottoman, and her highchair are favs too). Tumbling around and bumps are regular now.

Another big thing right now is the stairs- up and down and up and down, and we have to watch her very carefully. She can make over to them in a split second and seems to know when we aren't looking!

We have another milestone coming up too- her first weekend away from Mom and Dad! We are taking a weekend to go to California and Maggie is going to stay with Grandma Ollie. I know in my heart that she will be fine, but I am just not sure that I can leave her here (not so sure I will be fine in other words).

The posts these days are pretty few and far between, hope that this one finds you all well!

la nieve de Abril

Here's some footage of our Abril snow storm-it was fun while it lasted!!!

yo where you been?

yeah, so um, we've been lost in a little thing called life and haven't been good bloggers lately. in order to make up for it i finally paid for a pro account with Flickr, and posted a ton of new pics. so giddy up.

lou

http://www.flickr.com/photos/murpmayhem/

7 months & a tooth!

Snow Day!

We woke up to a winter wonderland this morning- we we were literally on the back porch using the grill last night in short sleeves! That's Colorado for you. I personally wish it would have kept on going....

Maggie on the move

Merry Christmas!

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5 + 6 + Happy Holidays!

Yes I missed Maggie's 5 month update. I must admit I just haven't been up for too much blogging lately-not to mean that there isn't anything going on- there have been happenings here in the Murphey house! So this is officially Maggie's 5 and 6 month blog, plus a little on the side.

When I last left you I think I was so sleep deprived that I thought I might need sent to the looney bin. Around 5 months Maggie started sleeping better, but then as everything in a perfect world, she got sick. Horrible cough, sneezing, snot the whole works. I am sure that many of you already know that there really isn't a whole lot that you can do for a sick baby- Tylenol, vaporizer, snot suction, that is really about it. There isn't baby cough medicine so all you can do is let them cough. With all the coughing (which is always worse at night it seems) the whole sleeping thing went out the window. In the midst of all of the sickness, we had Thanksgiving here (the photo above is Thanksgiving- Maggie is wearing cousin Aidan's bow!). I have to say though, that this was quite nice because my parents came from Kansas, and it was the first time my Mom-got to see Maggie since she was born. Maggie loved all of the attention from her Grandma Jo! So we visited with the Grandparents, and Maggie scored an early Christmas- which she loved with the paper and boxes etc. My Mom and I even got up on Black Friday at 3:30 a.m. (I wasn't sleeping anyway! LOL)and hit a few sales- snagging down $150 comforters for $25. The scene was quite funny really- I had actually never seen that many people at a store- the line went across the front of the store and snaked down the entire parking lot. It was really quite orderly though- none of the trampling ala Wal-Mart...

So two weeks of sick and Mag was better- and now at 6 months old, I can say she is sleeping! I am almost afraid to say it, because I might jinx it or might have to eat crow in my next post- but she IS sleeping- for now. In fact I can put her down awake (most of the time) and she has been falling asleep on her own- waking maybe once, maybe not, although she gets up E A R L Y -mama is not an early bird but I will take it. She has also been napping. Sooo, I guess she needed to do it all in her own good time. The one thing I really had no clue about with this whole parenting thing though was the sleeping. I just pretty much thought that at like 3 months they start sleeping through-like no biggie, and it really just doesn't work that way does it?

What else? She has been eating baby food! Rice cereal and oatmeal, (loves) banana, carrots, pears and sweet potato-but not so much on the peas just like Dad! She is also starting to locomote. Her favorite means of tranportation? Rolling. She rolls and then rolls again and then next thing we know she is 5 feet away. So I don't know if crawling will happen soon or what. As much as we want her to crawl, it is a little daunting to think about. Right now she is content to hang out at my feet while I am at the computer, or on her blanket while I do dishes and I know it will all change. Maggie loves toys of all kinds, but especially if they make music or noise- and is always busy, busy, busy at something. She has also been sitting up some- she props herself up with her hand. While most of the time she is pretty thoughtful and serious-she is very easy to smile and loves being tickled. She has become my little partner that I run errands with or shop with, and is usually pretty good in public and going in the car-knock on wood. Such a change from the little tiny baby who would scream her head off the minute she touched the carseat. She is such a beautiful little girl and our love for her is endless. I am so lucky that I get to spend my days (and nights!) with her.

Amiel is busy at work- he has been working at the Polo club equestrian center remodeling all kinds of barns, tack rooms and the like. His latest job is to convert a free standing garage to an apartment, complete with kitchen, laundry, bath etc. He enjoys the work though, and gets to do the whole thing from design to finish. I stay busy with Maggie and enjoy being home with her. I have been knitting a little, and am working on what I think might be the ugliest baby sweater that you have ever seen.

While I write this the weather here is -5 and cold is an understatement. We are staying in Denver for the holidays and will celebrate with Amiel's folks, and then friends from San Francisco. We are so thankful for this year and everything and everyone! it has brought to us.

Happy Holidays to all!

Little Bee

Here is the direct link to the video if it doesn't work for you:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5158388977213404247&hl=en

FINALLY we get it right!!

Go Obama-how freakin' exciting is this??!!!! We had a great time watching the numbers roll in last night over at my MIL's house- ate dinner and drank, celebrating Obama's win..The only downer of the night was the damn kid that kept stealing her Obama signs out of her front yard (she lives in McCain country) but even that was a little funny as we tried to catch him in the act....
I know that it will be a long process- but after the endless campaigning, war, and heartbreak of our current economy- we finally have something to look forward to!

Gotcha!!! Happy Halloween!!!!!!!!!////!!!!!!!!!

Check out MJ's first Halloween- we have 2 costumes thanks to Grandma Ollie's garage sale skills.. I think she was a much happier ladybug than princess!

120 Days of (no sleep til' Brooklyn) Maggie Jo

Wow. What a crazy month. We moved to a new house, (yes again!!) and now that we have Maggie our "stuff " seemed to have multiplied exponentially- and we already had a bunch of stuff... It wasn't too bad though, moving across town (versus across the country)and allowed us some extra time, although I am not sure if that was good or bad as we seemed to let it drag out a bit. Thank goodness for Amiel's folks helping us out. I am not sure but I think we might have given up that first moving day if they hadn't shown up to keep Maggie occupied! But we are here now still with a ton to unpack-picking at it slowly. It all sits in the garage and I spent my time pretending that it is not there until my much more ambitious husband comes home from work.

Our little baby girl is getting big and is very, very cute. She is incredibly active now and "moves" constantly-we call her the wiggle worm. She babbles all the time, smiles a ton, giggles when tickled, is turning over (sometimes) and can "spin" around if laying on her back. She also loves to stand when held and has been enjoying time in her Johnny Jumper. She has also seemingly decided that sleeping is for wussies, and even though we have spent time trying to convince her Mom and Dad are definitely wussies, she doesn't seem to care. Once upon a time in an alternate universe, (that I still am hopeful to return to), she would take naps and was even sleeping through the night, usually waking only once in the early morning. But that was apparently not meant to last. Amiel and I have never been as tired as we are right now in this minute. We both pretty much have a bedtime of 8:00 and are fearful every time our heads hit the pillow of the dreaded nightwakings that are occuring regularly now. Hopefully, by next month this will have worked itself out. I don't know. Actually I'm sleeping right now while I type this post.

90 Days of Maggie

You may be wondering where my 3 month post is- yes it is late... I did manage to do her 3 month video on time though which is good..we have been videoing her on her monthly birthdays, just little tidbits on what she is doing etc..hopefully we will be able to get one year on one disc. So Maggzilla is weighing in at roughly 12.5 lbs, has upped her diaper size to #2's and is wearing 3-6 month old clothes. She really smiles at us alot now and can hold her head up pretty well. I think that she is getting her two top teeth as her gums are bumpy and swollen and she drools and chews on everything. We have also had some pretty grumpy days on and off with lots of crying and minimal napping, so it seems to fit. 3 months seems a little young for teeth, but I read it isn't that unusual..my aunt says her daughter teethed at 3 1/2 months or so. She has a johnny jumper that she likes alot, not much jumping but she stands in it and plays with toys. Her smarty pants dad figured out we can swing her in it too since she is still small and she falls asleep in it- pretty cute. It is fun to see her learning things everyday, one day she starts doing something that she wasn't the day before, it is pretty amazing to watch...Here is her discovery of Baby Einstein. I hadn't intended for her to even be interested in it, but she so is!