Monday, April 26, 2010

Happy Baby!

Here Margaret is showing off to the world. She has FEET! Can you believe it! And her feet are in these pants with the little pink mary janes sewn right on! How awesome is that! She kept staring at her feet and then smiling at me. Thanks to Granny and Grandpa for the outfit!

Margaret tries out the Bumbo seat for the first time. She seemed to really like the idea of being upright and in charge of herself. She isn't quite old enough to sit in it without help, but she did ok for a few minutes with me hovering right next to her. And her legs are more than a little bit skinnier than Max's legs were, so hopefully we will have a longer period of time before she gets stuck in it!

I was trying to get a picture of Max and Margaret together, but Max wasn't really into it. So I ended up with this picture of Margaret leaning up against Max and smiling. She seems to have learned pretty quickly to like having her picture taken. :) And that is very lucky for me!

Monday, April 19, 2010

Auntie Qwagsie


To celebrate my last day of maternity leave, Margaret and Mark and I met Qwagsie for lunch at Ruby Tuesday. I needed some cheese fries. And they were fatty and delicious, as good cheese fries are. Margaret got to meet Qwagsie for the first time. And then on Saturday Qwagsie came to visit and Margaret got to meet her for the second time! :)

Thursday, April 15, 2010

3 months!

It has been a long time since I have updated the blog. I am truly sorry. But hopefully now that I have more frequent access to a computer I will be able to keep up with things more often. And I think this photo is cute enough to make up for the lateness of the post!

Thursday, March 18, 2010

2 Month Update

Margaret had her 2 month checkup this week:

Height: 23.75 inches (95%)
Weight: 10 pounds, 11 oz (70%)
Head: 15 inches (50%)

She's healthy and doing well. The standing thing she likes to do is a milestone for 4 months so we are good to go on that. Luckily I have a while before she needs to know animal noises!

Monday, March 15, 2010

2 Month Photos

Margaret, 2 months old
Margaret, Mommy, and Max

Margaret and Max

Thursday, March 4, 2010

7 weeks!

I can't believe she is already 7 weeks old! She is following her brother's lead and likes to stand up (with our help, of course) and is really putting her weight down on her feet. She's looking around and smiling. She still a very chilled out little girl which is very good news for us!

And now on to the photos!

Tiny baby socks! I got these right after we found out she was a girl and I put them up on my wall at work. Happily I remembered to take them with me when I started my maternity leave, and now Margaret has worn them. Hurrah!

This little outfit is adorable. And this pose reminds me of "dancing Max" in his birth announcement photo.

Margaret loves that baby in her mirror. Just like Max did when he was playing on this floor gym. :)

Margaret wearing the panda-sweater and hat I made for Max.


Max joined Margaret on the floor gym!

Another day, another outfit, and yet that other baby is still there!

Margaret in her snowsuit from Great Granny and Grandad

My little cupcake! Sitting next to me on the couch. She is doing very well on holding up her head.
Jen and Princess Sophia came to visit and took a turn holding Margaret.


And Curtis took a turn holding her too!

Margaret in the swing, wearing one of the tiny little outfits Granny and Grandad got for her after she was born and was tiny. Here she is, 7 weeks later, actually wearing them! For an almost 7 pound baby, she sure was wee...


And here is another view of her in the little outfit, on Max's blanket from Auntie.

Tuesday, March 2, 2010

Maternity Photos

http://emeraldlens.smugmug.com/People/Claire-Stapleton-Maternity/10925074_i3ezg#763030303_HV4KD is the link to the photos of me and Margaret while she was still The Sugar Plum 2! :) I ordered a bunch of photos and they came yesterday. I've got some frames, so hopefully that will be one of the things I accomplish tomorrow!