Happy 4 Month Birthday, Margo!

Margo is 4 months old today! Her recent milestones include grabbing more and more toys, including her soft blocks, and sometimes grabbing things with both hands. Currently her favorite toy is a chain of rings, which she likes to put in her mouth. And lately, Margo has been joining us for dinner at the table in her new high chair.

Margo is experimenting with falling asleep on her own; she has been sleeping in her crib for about a month and now our goal is to get her to sleep without us bouncing her first. So far we're having mixed results but any win is a big win and keeps us going. We're also working on moving up Margo's bedtime so that eventually she'll be going to bed at 8. Right now we're at about 8:30.

We've been having more luck with the bottle lately -- knock on wood -- so we're feeling better about that. I'll be going back to work on April 20 so wish us all luck with that!

We're on a short break between visits from grandparents -- Thompsons were here last week and Millers are coming this week. We are so lucky to get lots of quality grandparent time!

Here are our latest photos: http://picasaweb.google.com/CarolynPeteMargo/Margo7

3 Months!

Margo turned 3 months old on Sunday! We celebrated at Red Robin with David and Ashley. Margo was alert and sweet during lunch!

Other milestones for Margo: she has found her hands and enjoys sucking on them. She is also grabbing the rings on her baby gym and pulling on them.

Margo will soon be moving out of our room and into her crib. Right now she sleeps in a co-sleeper bassinet next to our bed. Now that she is bigger we are going to try moving her into her own room. We had a milestone today -- she had 3 naps in her crib. In the past her naps have been in our arms, in the car seat or in the swing. We are very excited!!

Margo just gets more and more fun. She smiles a lot and coos -- we have many good conversations. We were so lucky to have our good friend Katie come visit for a whole weekend. We had a ton of fun. Margo really loves fun Katie!!

We have uploaded new photos to Picasa. Enjoy! http://picasaweb.google.com/CarolynPeteMargo/Margo6

Some Smiles

The Evolution of the "I Love Mommy" Onesie

Dec. 10, 2008

Feb. 7, 2009

Still a bit big on her but no longer can we wrap it around her twice...

Two month update

We have had a big week. Margo had her 2-month check-up on Tuesday and she now weighs 9 pounds, 13 ounces. She's 21 inches long. The doc says she's healthy and doing fine. We were pretty sure she's doing great but it's always nice to have the doctor confirm.

Margo and I went to the movies yesterday! There's a theater in Bellevue that has a showing for moms & babies every Thursday at 10 am. There are 3 movies to pick from. We picked "Inkheart" and I ended up not being into it at all, but we still had a lot of fun. The other choices were "New in Town" and "Defiance". I think a romantic comedy would have been the perfect sort of movie to watch with Margo, but I didn't think I could deal with Renee Zellweger. I really would've liked to see Defiance, but it's 2 1/2 hours long and it's probably not the sort of movie I'd want to miss any parts of, if Margo was crying or needed her diaper changed. I am going to go back next week so I'll let you know what we see. We'll meet our friends Katie and Heather there, with their babies. Anyway, Margo was great the whole time. She ate, had some alert time, and napped. She only cried a bit but no one cared. It was fun and relaxing.

I got a new carrier for Margo that has opened up my world (see photo above). We have a sling and a Moby wrap, and Pete has had good luck with those, but I have not. When I try Margo in those, she cries like a nut. But I tried our friend Katie's Mai Tai (sp?) on Sunday and Margo sacked out in it immediately! So we bought one on the way home from her house. It's a miracle! We have used it every day. It's great because she falls asleep in it against my chest so we get lots of snuggle time. And then if she wakes up, all I have to do is stand and bounce a bit. It's also great for walking -- we use it to take Sally for walks. Much less cumbersome and problematic than the stroller; it's very difficult to maneuver the stroller and handle Sally, who's not the best behaved on her leash. I am also going to try the Ergo carrier - I'm borrowing one from my friend Amanda to see if I like it.

So hooray for a great week! And, TGIF - we get to hang out with Pete all weekend!

Two months

Margo turned 2 months old today! We have been trying to capture her smile in a photo - this is the closest we've come. It's very close but doesn't quite reflect her full-on smile.

New photos are here: http://picasaweb.google.com/CarolynPeteMargo/Margo5

6 weeks

Margo is now 6 weeks old. She is still into eating, sleeping and getting her diaper changed. She also likes to look around, and to play in her pack-n-play. And now that she's getting bathtub baths instead of sponge baths, she loves them!

Pete went back to work last week. He's working 3 days a week in January which is great. The first day Pete went back to work, Margo & I met some of my co-workers out for breakfast at Chace's Pancake Corral in Bellevue. It was quite an adventure and went really well overall. Then Rodley came over for the afternoon. Keeping busy helped Pete's first day go faster for us but we were sure happy to see him when he got home! Likewise for any subsequent days Pete's been at work.

We're all focused on having an outing at least once a day to get practice. Lately we've been to a class, the doctor, Sally's groomer Bonnie's, coffee with Rosa, Walgreen's, and the bookstore. There are a couple other things I'm forgetting I think.

Here are the latest Margo photos: http://picasaweb.google.com/CarolynPeteMargo/Margo4