Maggie's First Christmas

Maggie celebrated her first Christmas when she was just 3 weeks old!  I think she had a good time, but was pretty worn out at the end of each day (so were we!).  

We had busy days all week long:

Christmas Eve: We went to Frankenmuth to keep up the tradition of Bronner's and Chicken Dinner with Amy and Rex.  Jason and Justin also joined us at Bronner's to get the annual family photo with Santa.  I will say that Maggie was not particularly impressed with Santa Claus, but she tolerated him.  It was our longest trip out with Maggie so far, and went pretty well!

I've been a good girl, Santa!

Chillin with Uncle Justin

Ready to go home!

Snuggle time with Uncle Jason

Christmas Day:  We did our own Christmas at home in the morning, and then headed to Grandma and Grandpa Donoghue's house to celebrate with Jamie's side of the family.  Maggie got lots of great presents and was in someone's arms all day long - she was loving it!  In the evening we stopped by Aunt Jane's house to see everyone.  Maggie was spoiled again with more presents - we were also a little spoiled because we got a bunch of diapers, best gift of all for parents!

Merry Christmas, Aunt Amy!

Day after Christmas:  We drove the treacherous, snowy path to Harrison Township for my extended family's Christmas dinner.  Yummy food, lots of toys, lots of snuggle time.

Great Grandma Grace, or Grace the Great! 

Grammer and Maggie

Bobby and Luke color-coordinated very well!

2 Days after Christmas: Finally celebrated Christmas with the immediate Rabine family in Grand Blanc.  Maggie got to meet most of her cousins and also her Aunt Jody and Uncle Ed (technically they met the night before, but I'm bad about getting photos).  We had a nice relaxing dinner and exchanged gifts.

Almost all the cousins except Jack and Sophie - great kids!

The Candy-Cane sisters - perhaps a future doo-wop group?

              Alex and  Katy are pros at baby-holding

Playing with Aunt Jody

Santa Booty!

3 Days after Christmas: Visit to the orthopedic's office for our fourth casting.  She was a champ as usual, and her feet are looking great.  The doctor said we might be able to get the final 3-week cast at 6 weeks... not counting on it, but that would be great news!

The past few days we've just been trying to relax a little bit and get into a routine.  Jamie goes back to work in a week, and I want to make the most of our time together!

Life with Maggie is getting easier every day!  She is now going four hours between most feedings, which makes sleeping at night a little better.  Maggie is predictable, and we usually know how to differentiate her cries now.  We are trying to make sure she has more activity time during the day, which pretty much consists of opening her eyes and looking around.  She is starting to follow objects with her eyes, but not much yet.  She is an awesome baby, we are so lucky!