We're still here

Sorry for the month-long absence from the blog. We were busy, had colds, and then went on vacation. I'll let Maggie tell you where we went. Hopefully this week I'll be back in business and ready to blog again with lots of posts from our fun vacation.

Flip Out

Lately Maggie's learned lots of new things and here is a skill she finally accomplished yesterday. When she's practiced somersaulting in the past she usually ended up sliding to one side halfway through. Today she finally did it correctly and was able to go straight around. Getting it on camera was a task, but we got it, so here you go.

Walking on Sunshine

Maggie decided to take some first steps the day before her birthday. Since then she takes little strides here and there and especially likes to walk between two people. With that said, it's obvious that she thinks crawling is a much better way to get around. Or at least easier, faster, and with fewer tumbles. Here's a quick video of our little Frankenstein Monster moving this morning.

Cruisin' for a Bruisin'

After Maggie figured out crawling and pulling up, the next logical step (see what I did there?) was cruising. So late last week that's exactly what she did. She practiced for a few days, then took a short hiatus to feel puke-y and fever-y, (and now is thankfully on the mend) and then back to work on cruising. Whew. For those of you we don't see on a regular basis, here's a sneak peak of her figuring out this leg-moving thing. (And yes I know she's wearing the same onesie she wore in the crawling video. It hasn't been THAT long...)


Mags Cruising from Lyndsay McCollum on Vimeo.

And Next She'll Ask for Unlimited Text Messaging

Yesterday Maggie figured out how to get from a laying into a sitting position. That's not entirely true, but yesterday is when the concept actually stuck. She did sit up on her own a couple weeks ago when she was playing with Chad but forgot after that one evening. Yesterday, however, she remembered, and sat up for most of the day and much of this morning. Who wants to lay down all the time, right? That's so February 2010...

One new skill at a time, I told her earlier this afternoon. There's no need to rush things. But she was having none of that. I think maybe she took it as a challenge, actually, and wracked her brain to figure out something else that would change her world. And that skill, she decided, would be crawling. She's still getting the hang of it and has only done a total of oh, 15 steps or so, but she's definitely on the move. I'm thinking maybe this one will be like her last skill where she forgets about it for a couple weeks before picking it up again. Holy canoli, wish us luck!

Finally

Since I'm not a snowboarder and never will be (see this post if you've forgotten why) I haven't been able to see Chad doing his thing on the mountain. Until yesterday. Our friend Russ was cool enough to take a quick video with his iPhone so I could see Chad in action. I must say, I'm impressed!