Thanksgiving

Maggie Ruth, Jackson and Harlow on Thanksgiving Day.

Look at Harlow's SMILE!!! And of course Maggie would like to pull herself up instead of sitting for the pictures...

Peter's handiwork of our beautiful daughter:

Swinging

The Medhursts (Mark, Deborah, Jackson and Harlow) came for Thanksgiving week. Although it was chilly outside we managed to get to the park. Here are some pictures of Maggie and Jackson on the swings. Maggie LOVES swinging. I can't wait until she can run around and play on the slides!

P.S. That isn't Cameron Diaz, it's my sister-in-law Deborah.

Pulling UP

Maggie is trying to be mobile. She probably would be crawling but prefers the walker... Oops! She gets in the crawling position and rocks and can scoot on her butt and get places but crawling has not crossed her mind too much. Here she is pulling herself up in her crib!

Very proud!

My Three Loves

Peter, Maggie and Lake Superior!

The other night I put Maggie in her crib to go to sleep and a couple of minutes later we heard squealing and laughter. It was adorable. A little while later I went to check on the baby and this is what I saw:

Please note that she is touching every stuffed animal that was in her crib!! And yes that frog's hand is on her face. Such a tactile girl.

bummer

Maggie and I were suppose to be in Canada (right now) as my cousin Hilary was married on Saturday. Family that we have not seen in 7 years or more all congregated for the blessed occasion. Contrary to the laws of Canada (which allows infants under the age of 3 years to enter Canada w/o a passport whether traveling by land, air or sea) Northwest Airlines (boooooooooooooooo!) would not allow the babies to board the plane without a passport. Neither would they re-route us to Buffalo so that we could drive across the border without charging us the difference ($900+). So after talking to everyone possible (all Managers just happened to be in a very important meeting) in MSP and following up with their Customer Care, who told us if we provided proper documentation within 7 days they would allow us to keep the same origin and destination, gee THANKS! The only problem is that it takes 3 weeks to obtain a passport unless we were willing to drive to Chicago and pay the priority fee and drive back to MSP with the documents! BTW: When Christy went to the post office to apply for a passport for Annalea she was told that her infant did not need a passport as she was too young! Needless to say, NWA will be receiving complaint letters until we are compensated.

P.S. Did I mention that these were non-refundable tickets!!!!!!!

This is us (you can barely see Anna in the bottom left) at the airport with all of our s**t.

I did enjoy the weekend with my sister and her youngest as they stayed at our place for a couple of days. The little girls just loved playing together and would crack each other up! It was fun to watch.

On the occasion of traveling to the freezing tundra of Canada (just kidding!) Maggie made me purchase some new warm things...

There are little mitts that match that hat! A-dorable!!

All Hallow's Eve & All Saints Day events...

Our little flower had an eventful Halloween.

It started off pretty good... But after too much fresh air and driving around to see friends she had had it!

November 1st was Maggie's friend Grace's 1st birthday! We went to her party and I can't believe this is the only decent picture from the evening. Grace was adorable and was very entertaining to Maggie. The girls played together really well. Maggie started clapping her hands for the first time and I was a proud Mama!! Now she claps her hands all the time when she's happy. I love it!