Maggie's hair

Maggie's hair is getting much longer and is still very curly. In the mornings, it is a MESS! It looks like she rubs her head around on her bed all night long. This is what it looked like one recent morning!




Her hair is so long now that you can pull all of it back into one ponytail! It is a short little bunch of curls and looks really funny from the front, like she doesn't have any hair!

Water table

Aaron & Maggie loved the water table this summer. (This used to be a sand and water table, then just a sand table, and now just a water table. Who would ever think that having sand and water together in one table was a good idea?) One of our favorite things to do was eat breakfast outside on the deck and then play in the water table right away in the morning, while the deck was still shady and cool.

Sharing some pictures of Maggie playing! (Nanny and Papa were here visiting and Aaron was off doing something with the boys!)

Maggie's new skill

Would you believe that this sweet little 16 month old would learn to climb out of her crib and try that skill out over 70 times in one night?!


Yep- that's our spunky little Maggie! She figured out that she could climb out of her bed on Tuesday night and climbed out over 70 times before finally falling asleep! Tim was on duty on Wednesday night and it took Maggie over an hour that night to get to sleep. Night number 3 took about 45 minutes of climbing out and being put back in!

Piggy tailed cutie!

This was my first attempt at putting piggy tails in Maggie's hair. She definitely has enough hair, but I was sweating by the end of this project! Maggie is certainly a little lady who is in motion. Isn't she darling?!

One year old

Sharing the events of Maggie's big day!

Sleeping away.... yep, she is in our bed! (She had kind of a rough night and must have known that I would be soft enough to bring her to our bed!)

Good morning and Happy Birthday, Maggie! Love the bed head!

She's clapping while I sing her the happy birthday song!

The weather was amazing and we spent the morning at the Lincoln Park Zoo with Kate, Connor, and Sawyer. Here is Maggie in front of the fish!

Sitting on the little bronze hippo

Here's Maggie sacked out in her car seat after the zoo (note- her first day facing forward)

Amy, Brett, and Claire arrived in the early afternoon. Amy went to get Maggie up from her nap and Maggie just wanted to sit and snuggle with Amy!

Aw- so sweet!

After naps we headed to Walsh Park to enjoy the beautiful weather. Maggie LOVES the park!

Cheese!

Ready, Set, Slide!



Brett and Claire enjoy a little time together on the swing.



Aaron & Maggie spider swinging!




After the park, we headed to Phoebe's Cupcakes to get some birthday treats. Mmm.... they were delicious and Maggie made short work of her birthday cupcake. This is all that was left by the time we handed out everyone else's cakes and got out the camera!

We had a great day celebrating Maggie's first birthday! What an amazing little girl she is becoming!