Saturday, June 25, 2011

Cuddling in Bed



June 25th, 2011, Maggie slept til 8:30 am! All of us slept until 8:30 am and then the girls cuddled with Mommy in bed while Daddy went for his coffee.
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Super Saver


Mena and Maggie's first time riding in a cart side by side. It was a fun shopping trip that went smoothly for Mommy!
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Traven's Last Day








Mena, Ky, Traven, and I made cookies for Traven's last day in my daycare. He's moving to a larger daycare where there are more kids to play with. I want to expand my daycare but I can't do that right now since Maggie is so young. Babies are a lot of work. I'm advertising for another toddler/preschooler to join us. Then I plan to apply for my state license and expand after Maggie turns a year old.
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Chariot



Our Bible story was when Philip talks to the man from Ethiopia. I had the kids paint a chariot. While Mena pretended to be the man from Ethiopia, Traven and Ky pretended to be Philip. Philip said, "Jesus loves you." Then the man said, "I love Jesus." They were great actors!
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7 Months Old


Maggie is now 7 months old. She weighs 20.4 pounds. She's in 6-9 month clothing. Feeding Maggie is so easy compared to all the work I went to for Mena's homemade baby food. Maggie can eat wheat or oat baby cereal; she could probably eat the other cereals but I haven't tried yet. Maggie eats all kinds of commercially made baby food fruits and veggies and meats. The only foods I'm making from scratch is that I found frozen veggies I can make for a lot cheaper than what Gerber baby food costs. I got a little $10 food processor at Target so I can make a cup of pureed veggies at a time. This I put in the frig and she eats before it spoils so there's no freezing of baby foods like I did for Mena. I can also throw a can of fruit into the processor and give the same fruit to Maggie that the other kids are eating. When we have cream of wheat with peaches, Maggie eats the same thing as the big kids.

Maggie consistently takes a morning nap and an afternoon nap. She's phasing out of her evening nap and is sleeping longer at night for us. She goes to bed at 8 pm like Mena now. In the mornings, Gene had been waking her up at 5 am to feed her before he got ready for work and then she was waking up at 5 am on Saturdays, too. He rearranged his morning and started letting her sleep later so she's getting closer to 6:30 now. On Saturday she is beginning to sleep later, too, which makes our weekend more relaxing.

Jake and Maggie are beginning to play with the same toys now so that's interesting to see how the sharing goes since they are so young.
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Swing




Maggie likes to swing outside and has figured out she doesn't have to just lean back in the swing. She can sit up and even chew on it!
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Jumping






Maggie enjoys jumping. We don't have a doorway in the new house where we could hang the Johnny Jumper for her, but she can jump in her other two toys. The exersaucer can go outside and the Einstein jumper I keep in the playroom.
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Grass








So far I've only put Maggie in the grass on a blanket. When she scooted herself to the edge to feel the grass, she wasn't sure what to think. After a while she got tired and just laid her head on the block so she could still see the big kids playing. In the last picture you can kind of see how she pushes her bottom up in the air.
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Pushing Up










Maggie's arms are getting strong to push herself up and she's learning to reach into the box to pull out her own toys. She's beginning to push on her feet so her bottom goes up in the air but hasn't yet figured out how to get her knees under her. I tried setting her in the crawl position to see what she'd do and she got this freaked out look on her face and immediately dropped herself down to her tummy. She's close to figuring it out.
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Sitting and Watching


To keep Maggie safe, I put her in the pack n play while the kids play and I get lunch ready. She's thrilled now that she can sit up and see the kids through the mesh sides of the pack n play. Here's she's pulling on the toy and making it play the music.
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Rolling Over



Again, I only had my phone on me at the time so the photos aren't the best, but you can see how Maggie used that leg of the pack n play to wrap her foot around and help her flip over. Seemed kind of cute; well, she's always cute :)
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Pushing Backwards


I know this picture is a fuzzy but I only had my phone with me at the time. I laid Maggie on her tummy with her head by the yellow and green rattles that you see at the bottom of the picture. She proceded to push herself backwards until she was off the blanket where you see her in the picture. She played very happily pushing herself backwards while I got some stuff organized in the storage room.
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Sleeping


Maggie likes to sleep on her side now that we don't put her in a sleep sack at nap/bed time. We like the warmer weather and less clothes to wear also!
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Drinking Alone




Maggie is learning to hold her own bottle and has figured out how to drink out of a sippy cup. The fluid seems to come out of the sippy cup seems to fast for Maggie but I'm glad she figured out how to get the liquids out. For the most part we still hold her and the bottle since she'll drink more that way, but we're glad she's progressing. It's so much easier when a kid can feed themselves! Although, I do enjoy holding her to feed her when I know Gene is at home to respond to Mena.
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Maggie's Friends




Maggie loves it when Ky or Traven are near her so she can interact with them. Ky has learned to sit a little ways away since Maggie started grabbing and pulling long hair.
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Going on a Walk




Mena and Kylinn enjoy going on walks around the block. I put Maggie in the stroller so, of course, she stays with me. Kylinn is a speed walker and Mena likes to saunter. At first I had Mena way behind me and Ky way in front of me. Then I told Mena she had to stay in front of me. In the first picture, I stopped the stroller so both kids got a bit ahead of me, but you can see how Ky was still in front of Mena. So then I told them we could only go on a walk if they held hands. By holding hands, Mena slows Ky down a bit and Ky speeds Mena up a bit and we all stay together. A walk around the block takes about 20 minutes.
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