Time flies...

Maggie is 4 months old! I can't believe that it's been 4 months since she joined us. She is such a sweet, sweet baby and still very content. My dad was saying that if you don't make the effort, you sometimes forget to give her much attention because she's just so quiet and loves to take it all in.

Maggie is getting into the really fun stage of babyhood. She belly laughs at about any silly noise or silly face and smiles all the time. She is still a wonderful sleeper and eater - in fact, she started rice cereal on Christmas and is trying to figure out the spoon and swallowing. I really can't think of one thing about her that is frustrating as a parent...although ask me again when she becomes mobile and/or starts talking!

Some "firsts" for this month were: her first cold and it was a bad one. I took her to the dr. just to make sure it hadn't gotten into her lungs because she had a terrible cough and runny nose. Fortunately it was just a cold, but unfortunately we couldn't do a thing to make it better except to wait it out and it took a good 3 weeks for all of her symptoms to clear up. We had a few restless nights and days, but we made it though. She also experienced her first minor ice storm. It was never really bad at our house, but out south was a mess and so we were home-bound for a few days which was kind of fun. We stayed in our pjs and just enjoyed hanging out. Maggie also celebrated her first Christmas. She got lots of great presents but will only remember her first Christmas by looking at pictures. She did have some really cute outfits for the season and it was fun to dress her and Kate alike!
4 months have gone so quickly...kind of makes me sad! She'll be turning 1 before I know it. Enjoy the pics of her. And again, I included a picture of Kate at the same age. (Maggie is the picture on the bottom left and Kate is the picture on the top right.)

Happy New Year!!