Swimming Lessons

Today Maggie Grace had her first swimming lesson. Yesterday was Ben's birthday and Maggie Grace gave him 6 Baby and Me swimming lessons. This would be a chance for daddy and daughter to get to spend some real quality time bonding. I had been so excited all morning for the both of them, finally it was 11:30, time to go to the pool. Ben and Maggie Grace went in his car and I went in mine, so I could complete some paperwork and help him get her situated if he needed it. In all honesty, I was hoping he would ask if I wanted to stay and watch, and he did, YEAH! She was by far the youngest of maybe four other children. The first thing they did when they got in the pool was float around using a noodle. She was content but unsure. Then the parents and children got in a circle and sang a welcome song. About ten minutes had passed and I decided I better leave and let them do their thing without mommy watching. Ben and Maggie Grace finally got home around 12:30, MG was sound to sleep in the car, it was only a three minute ride home, but she was out. Ben said she had a ball. Just like gym class she was a lot more interested in what everyone else was doing. He said she put her head under the water and was okay with it. She let the instructor hold her without a problem. In fact, Ben said they played a game, after the count of three the instructor would pass MG to him under the water. I can't wait for next weeks lesson!

A Wonderful Week

We had loads of fun this week! The best part about the week was Ben was home for pretty much the entire week. Sunday, Maggie Grace graduated to the crawler/toddler room at church. From what the nursery staff told me she had no trouble fitting in. Our next big day was Wednesday, Maggie Grace went to the Little Gym for some play time. It started out with Ben and Maggie Grace along with five other babies and their moms. I was watching them from another room, I didn't want to be in view because this was daddy/daughter bonding time. I could tell from my spying post that they were going around in a circle introducing themselves and then they played along with a song. Next, everyone moved over to the balance beam. Maggie Grace was enjoying things and then all of a sudden, I don't know what happened, but she wasn't having fun. There weren't any tears involved but nonetheless Ben tagged me and it was my turn. I would have to say her favorite part was all the other children. She absolutely loved watching them. I was afraid to totally let her go because she was the only child who could crawl. I could just see her racing over to another child and taking them down with a big wet kiss. Thursday night I went out to Mom's Night Out with my mom's group and Ben got to put Maggie Grace to bed. He said she was an angel and went down without a problem. Friday, Maggie Grace and I hopped into the car and headed to Charlotte for the weekend. We arrived around six o'clock so she didn't get to visit much before she had to go off to bed, however, we more than made up for it on Saturday. We started the day off kind of slow. Around noon we headed out to get a bite to eat. We went to a really neat soda shop for sandwiches. After lunch Susan and I looked in a couple of shops while my dad pushed Maggie Grace around in her stroller. After a little shopping we were off to check a cute little house my sister is thinking about buying in an adorable neighborhood. Then we were off to the park. We had a great time, it was such a beautiful day outside. We walked around for a bit and then Maggie Grace got to swing some. Finally, it was time to head home. Sunday, Maggie Grace and I went with my dad to meet some of his friends. One of whom has a cute little girl who was enamored with Maggie Grace. After visiting for a while we headed back to my dad's to pack up and head home.

What a wonderful week!

Shop 'Til You Drop

We had a terrific weekend! Debbie came to visit for the weekend, which was so much fun. Maggie Grace and I picked her up late Friday night. Nana and Maggie Grace didn't get much time to chat, but Saturday morning came quickly. Saturday was a nice and easy kind of day. The morning started out like all of our mornings with Maggie Grace playing hard. This morning she had a nice treat because Nana was there to play with her. I told Debbie that Maggie Grace would go down for a nap around nine or so. Sure enough at nine MG crawled into Nana's lap and fell fast asleep. After MG woke up from her nap we decided to hit the mall to get Ben's Birthday present. We had so much fun looking around. We went to the Cheesecake Factory for lunch and MG was in heaven, there must have been two to three children at the table next to ours. She had so much fun watching them. After lunch we did a bit more window shopping. I decided not to belt her into her stroller and what a surprise Nana and I received. MG decided she was through laying in her stroller and wanted to look around and decided she would stand up in her stroller. It was so funny, what a little character. After the mall, we headed to Target and picked up all kinds of wonderful goodies. We decided to call it a day and head home, we were simply exhausted.

Sunday was another busy day. We were able to get a little play time in before taking Nana to the airport. We dropped Nana off at the airport and decided to stick around because Grandpa was coming in from China. His flight was a bit late, and two hours turned into four, but we had a great time people watching. Finally, Grandpa's flight arrived and we headed home. MG had fun playing with Grandpa and listening to him tell us all about his trip to Vietnam.

We had such a great weekend, if only they all could be so much fun!

Ingenuity

Just a quick little post so you can see what Maggie Grace did this morning. After we completed our wake-up routine, I went into the office to check a few things on the computer. Maggie Grace's room is right across the hall so I can keep pretty good tabs on her when in the office. I heard her bedroom door open and so I went to check and see what was going on, well she was already crawling through the hall to join me in the office. We keep a few toys and such in the office so she can play happily while we work. One thing that she loves to do is run her nails back and forth on the screen on the shredder. If I were a child I can imagine that this would be a lot of fun, it makes a great noise and feels really neat. Well, she had been standing next to the machine for a few minutes playing, and evidently had grown weary of standing. She pulled a file folder over and was sitting on it and playing. I couldn't believe it, man I have my work cut out for me in keeping one step ahead of her.

Have a great day!

My Supernatural Mommy Power

I've been meaning to write about my supernatural mommy power for a bit now. Before Maggie Grace came along whenever I saw a bug and Ben was at home I'd whimper, cry, scream, for him to kill the evil bug. If he happened to be gone on a trip I'd just close the door to that particular room and hope for the best. If it was a particularly menacing bug I would hunt it down with the vacuum cleaner. Now that I have Maggie Grace my mommy powers have kicked in. I totally surprised myself last week when I saw a gigantic spider, I mean huge, easily the biggest spider I have ever seen, crawling toward her "I'm a Star" toy. My heart froze, what do I do?! I ran over grabbed a paper towel and snatched up the spider in one fell swoop. I totally surprised myself, what had I just done. In a matter of seconds I had become a mom, I had exhibited mom behavior other than changing diapers and feeding my sweet little angel. The wildest thing is, it wasn't a one time thing, since that first spider sacrifice I've killed several bugs. I don't discriminate. I've even killed while Ben has been home and witnessed it with is own eyes. It's amazing the freedom and power I now wield.

Here a couple of pictures of Maggie Grace

Here she is getting up on her hands and knees.

Some pics of Maggie Grace and her daddy

It's Been Too Long

All I can say is it's been way to long since I've written on my blog. Just to bring you up to speed Maggie Grace is able to sit up on her own.She is eating solids, she likes rice cereal, bananas, and apples. She is really trying to crawl, the other day I caught her on her hands and knees. Yesterday, I left her in her room to play on her own while I worked around the house. I could hear her chatting away and then her tone changed, it wasn't urgent, just different. I walked into her room and couldn't find her, although I could still hear her chatting away. I turned around and saw her half way beneath her crib. Boy, I've really got to keep my eye on her now. Not to mention it's probably about time to start babyproofing the house.

Here are a couple of pictures of Halloween.

Both Maggie Grace and Ben have been a bit under the weather. Ben's been home for the past two weeks. Both have a cold sort of thing. Fortunately Ben is pretty much over his, but Maggie Grace still has the sniffles. Other than that the Meyer bunch is doing great! Well, that should pretty much do it, in a nutshell that is what's been going on. I'll try to be better about posting, sorry!

I Can't Believe She's Four Months Old!

Yep, yesterday Maggie Grace was four months old. I just can't believe it, it seems like time has just flown by. We had a pretty low key day. I went to Sunday School and church, it was the first time I went to both. I must confess, during church I was only half paying attention. She had been in the nursery for an hour and a half already. I could hear the faintest sound of a baby crying, I was hoping it wasn't mine. The nursery staff hadn't paged me yet, so far so good. When church was finally over I practically pushed everyone aside to get to the nursery, not really but that's what I wanted to do! Anyway there she was happy as a lark. The staff said she couldn't have been better, didn't make a peep. The rest of the day was spent doing Maggie Grace's favorite things; playing, eating, napping and reading.

Today was her four month doctor's check-up complete with vaccinations. She weighs 12 lbs 13 oz and is 24 inches long, she falls in the 50th percentile for both weight and height. When it came to the vaccinations Maggie Grace was a trooper, she cried for a few minutes but had calmed right down by the time we got to the car. The doctor said she looks perfect and if we wanted to we could start giving her solids, she said Maggie Grace might even sleep longer. Now, I've heard that this is pretty much a myth, but hey what do I have to lose? I figured Maggie Grace would really be into it. When Ben and I eat we put her in her Bumbo seat on the kitchen table and she is totally captivated. Well, she did okay, I'm not saying she ate like a champ, but it did go better than I imagined.

She certainly wanted to take control of the situation as can be evidenced by her holding the spoon.

This is Ben getting his photo op.

This picture is the result of us taking our eyes off of her for a split second. In a nano second she had flipped the bowl and all of it's contents on Ben, me, the floor and herself. All we could do was laugh. She certainly keeps us on our toes and a smile on our faces.