It's almost spring...

With the sun setting later in the evening, I'm actually able to get home from work and picking up Maeve with a short time of daylight still around.  The weather's been pretty cold, but we got alittle window yesterday and today.  We got home, ran into the house to change and get the stroller from the basement and off we went. 

She probably didn't enjoy the fresh air as much as I did, but we just did a quick little jaunt around the neighborhood.  Actually she didn't make a peep during the entire walk because she kept her pacifier in, but I'll assume that's because she's teething and not to keep her teeth from chattering.  Today it's suppose to hit 60 so we'll attempt it again tonight, hopefully alittle longer route.

Quiet Weekend

Ryan's been out of town in Burlington since Thursday so Maeve and I have had an extremely quiet weekend.  Laundry, baths, and lots of playtime on the floor.  We stopped over at my friend Tara's house for alittle playdate.  Her youngest, Davis, is about 6 weeks younger than Maeve.  They don't play yet, but two adorable babies is better than one adorable baby! Her older boys are so much fun and always have something interesting to tell you.  I don't wish Maeve to grow up any faster, but I can't wait until I can understand all of the talking she is doing now. 

I tested out a new "toy" this weekend... the laundry basket and she LOVES it.  It's the perfect size to give her alittle space, but also helps hold her up.  As you can tell from the pic, Maeve was battling alittle bit of a wee-eye on Friday/Saturday.  Her right eye was all goopy with mucus.  She did wake up today looking/feeling much better. 

As part of weekend errand routines, we were out and about yesterday.  Old Navy, Babies R Us, Walmart, and Wegmans.  For some reason Babies R Us & Wegmans (& Tops) have recently stopped carrying the bulk version of Maeve's formula so I have to head to Walmart.  They also don't have the cereal she uses either which is strange, but I digress...  Walmart is a trip.  I can't get out of there without have some extremely awkward conversation with the check-out person.  This time was all about asking if my tiny baby is really old enough to be eating the jars of food I was buying because her baby looks much bigger than Maeve and he's only 2 months.  Nope, she's really 6 months, but thanks for letting me know!

On the plus side for Walmart, I did score some adorable headbands for a steal.  I never thought I'd be that mom, but they are AMAZING!    I mean the bow is the size of her head, but adorable.  I sent Ryan a picture and he thought she looked like a pineapple...ha!

6 Month Update

We were at the doctor's on Tuesday for 6 month check-up.  Poor thing had to get 3 shots this time and she was alittle out of sorts the next day, but back to normal now.  Besides the usual status update, we found out that Miss Maeve is getting her 1st tooth!  On the bottom and it hasn't broken skin yet, but the doctor pointed it out so we'll keep watching.  Maeve is up to 15lbs, 14oz and about 26" tall (46th and 56th percentile respectively) so average all around.  She is sitting up all the time now, not completely unassisted, but really good!  She has now found out the her jumperoo is awesome and she can jump on her own... it's so fun to watch!  She still continues to be so smiley and overall happy.  She really only gets upset when you try to burp her in the midst of bottle or when you get up off the floor from playing with her/walk out of the room and leave her behind.  I'm pretty sure she's already used to and enjoying the constant attention that Ryan and I provide.

Food is certainly getting more interesting.  She's still eating about 3 - 4 large bottles a day and eating solids once, but I just haven't stocked up yet to bring food to daycare so we'll start a solid food feeding there next week.  She pretty much licks her bowl clean every time.   She's pretty much fully in 6 month clothing as most 3-6 month clothes are getting too tight.  I wouldn't say she's very tall, but it's more the length than width that doesn't work for many of the clothes. 

On a side note, I had an amazing dinner last night with my MTB ladies at Left Bank.  Great catching up and love all the conversations!  Most of you know my love for food (oh that's where Maeve gets it from!) and obviously Left Bank is amazing, but Wednesdays they do Asian themed and it was a fun twist.  We split a fococcia pizza topped wtih duck confit meatballs and an Asian demi-glace sauce and I had a noodle bowl with shrimp and veggies in a brown curry sauce.  Between the food and the beer I was stuffed! 

Grandma's Visit

Appropriately titled Grandma's visit, yet I have no pictures of Maeve & Grandma.  Mom came in on Thursday for the weekend to throw cousin Mary Beth a shower at the house.  Bonus for us that she was staying with us so Ryan and I went out for drinks/apps after work on Friday and to the Sabres game...score!  The shower went great and Maeve enjoyed all of the attention.  She would just smile and coo at everyone.  I was certainly reaffirmed that day, that yes, Maeve does mildly resemble me.  It's tough to tell in pictures, but her hair is definitely not my color so here's hoping it comes in just like her Daddy's! 

Adorable

The shower went great. Mary Beth got lots of beautiful things and all I could think about that night was how nice it would be to have new bath towels.  Mom left Sunday morning and the rest of the day was very low key with lots of lounging and laundry. Uncle Brendon came over by for a visit and Maeve was doing a great job of interrupting their hockey video game session by babbling LOUDLY on the floor.  We've been continuing the solid foods and our girl loves to eat... yes, another quality of mine!  Last night we've continued with attempt #2 of bananas, but if she does go #2 today then I'm holding off for a bit before we try again.  So far, she hasn't found a food she dislikes.

Feed me Seymour!

And here is our little chunky monkey "thickening" up.  We head to doctor's appt tonight so I'll update with 6 month stats.

Have a great day!

President's Weekend

Our house has been a mass of tissues lately as all of us have been battling colds.  Fortunately, Maeve is feeling much better and Ryan and I are on the mend as well.  Last weekend was somewhat uneventful as we continued to recover with lots of sleep and lounging in our sweaties.  Saturday I went down to Grove City with Michelle and Al for some shopping.  Successful trip with some new work attire and some adorable Nine West boots for a steal!  We celebrated Drew Daley's birthday that evening and Maeve was so good just chilling on the floor with the adults while the kids were tearing apart the basement!  I'm getting very excited for Florida in March to see the Kings and Harris's because all of the Daley/Vukelic cousins are just awesome with Maeve and it's such a fun interaction.  Hope she gets the same lovin' in FL. 

As you can see, she is morphing into her parents... we are usually on the couch and chair respectively tapping away on our laptops doing work in evening/weekends.  I even love how it looks like her hand is inching towards the mouse while intently looking at the screen.

The rest of weekend was low-key with a delicious Sunday dinner at Al and Jon's.  Please post the recipe for your beef enchiladas Al because I'm still thinking about the sauce on top... amazing!  Fortunately both Ryan and I were off on Monday so we were able to tag-team child and get some stuff done.  I had to bake for work and had timed it with Maeve's afternoon nap.. smart thinking right.  Well little Miss Maeve wasn't in the mood to nap so woke up mid-stirring with a chocolate sauce on the stove.  Fortunately, my running up the stairs and improved quickness in diaper changing meant no burnt sauce.   So Maeve was my little helper in the kitchen.  I put some music on and showed off some of my poor dancing/singing skills for her enjoyment.

I gave her a spoon to play with.  Here she was examining her new toy before jamming it in her mouth.  It didn't take to long before she put the long end in and gagged herself.

I'm loving these short weeks and Grandma comes into town today in anticipation for cousin Mary Beth's shower this weekend at the house.  On a parting note, here is a pic from this morning.  I LOVE how she crosses her hands immediately after you stick the bottle in her mouth.  She lacks any desire to hold her own bottle, so very content just to let you feed her... I'm pretty sure she gets this from her father

First Official Photo Session

Last weekend was somewhat busy with tons of laundry, grocery shopping, misc errands and Maeve's first photo session.  Last October I bid and won a photo session and 8x10 photo from some photography shop in Amherst.  It expired by April so figured with Maeve's 6 month anniversary around the corner, let's do this.  I even got Ryan on board to make the jaunt out to Amherst.  First, probably should have rescheduled with Maeve battling a bad cold, cough, and mucus back-up.  Second, probably should have realized that based on the confusing and dated website that this place might not be the best.  We made the trek in the snow with an adorable outfit from Aunt Kerry and Uncle Brendon ready to document (officially) our daughter.  Looks can be deceiving, but the place was straight out of the 80s complete with a husband/wife team wearing matching 80s style clothes and calling each other "Babe" in every sentence.  We got Maeve all set up and in her pretty dress and got underway.  The husband was taking the photos and the wife helped with staging.  Pattie, "wife", kept attempting to manuvuer Maeve on top of a table, sitting up against these wood blocks that were neither sturdy, nor comfortable.  I told her that Maeve wasn't fully sitting up on her own yet, but then decided to ask if she was born pre-mature, as if thinking that was a reasonable answer to why the girl wouldn't stay still.  I was frustrated with the whole situation, constant stopping to have me wipe drool off her face and Pattie's need to keep squeaking this absolutely annoying toy that did not make Maeve smile once.    I'm all about supporting my local mom & pop shops, but plan on just taking Maeve's pictures myself from now on. 

Here she is doing alittle tummy time.

And getting styled into a mini mohawk after the tub by dad.



Happy Valentine's Day

Well I'm ranking 2012 Valentine's towards the bottom of the list... with exception of waking up to this beautiful face...

I was lucky to remember to grab a card last weekend while grocery shopping, filled it out in about 3 seconds between meetings.  Work was crazy busy and I got stuck until after 7 finishing up something for an 8am meeting the next day.  Ryan and I are both battling colds we caught from Maeve and the evening resulted in the usual Taco Tuesday, followed by both of us logging into work from home and spending about 2 more hours cranking out emails and work.  Unfortunately, the coughing and nose running kept waking me up in middle of the night and sleep was hard to come by.  So much for romance...