Walking!

We have a walker!  Maggie has been taking several strides in a row these past few days, with a maximum of 25 consecutive steps!  She seems to understand that walking is easier than crawling, and is a little more willing to keep trying.  I think her little legs are tired out after all the walking we did this weekend!

Here's a little snippet, though she didn't get very far in this video:

Maggie is also doing great at feeding herself.  She was good at getting solid things with her spork, but now she can shovel goopy stuff like oatmeal all by herself!

Saturday Maggie and I went to a baby shower for our friends Sara and Adam.  I was a little worried because the last shower we went to was exhausting, and Maggie was very whiny.  This time she was such a good girl!  There was a 4-year old girl at the shower (who referred to Maggie as her best friend, so cute), and Maggie was just mesmerized by her ability to run and jump.  I think she sparked Maggie's ambition to walk!  We also found at out the shower that Adam and Sara are having a little girl!  Yay, another new girlfriend for Maggie!

Playing with the "it's a girl!" balloon

Peek-a-boo!

The beautiful mother-to-be (and cheerleading husband?)

Saturday evening we had a chance to do dinner and drinks with our buddies Rob and Christy from Chicago!  They brought their dog with them, and Maggie was in heaven (though a little freaked out at first).  The poor dog was way more scared of Maggie, but tolerated being petted.  We put the dog in the basement when we were ready to head out to dinner, and Maggie was sooo distraught.  We had a good 4 or 5 minutes of her standing at the basement door sobbing.

It's a Bow-Wow!!

Today we had church and then lots of housework to do.  We took a break and went to the park to play on the swings and slide.  Maggie just loves being outside and playing, it was a great time!

Who do you love more, Daddy?  Me or the dino?

Let go, Mom, I can do it myself!

Here's a few other photos from the week:

Typical morning, hanging outside the
bathroom while we finish getting ready

She found her way into our condiments...
must have watched Supertroopers

Playing the drums with Daddy

We had a great weekend, though Maggie seemed a little off as we neared bedtime.  About a half hour after I put her down, my poor little girl puked everywhere (of course I had just changed her sheets and given her a bath before bedtime)... she's running a fever right now and can't keep anything down.  Hopefully she'll be feeling better in the morning after some rest.