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Maggie's Favourite YouTube Video

2010-01-29T16:18:00.000-08:00

the kid turns 2...

2010-01-22T22:20:00.000-08:00

How big is Maggie?

Maggie is 37".
Maggie weighs 35lb.

What does Maggie love?
Drawing, Painting, and Playdough!
"Baby Beluga" (The Aquarium), the beach, the park, "walk walk walk"
"Kids!" and babies
"Nemo!"
"Woo hoo" (I Gotta Feelin' - The Black-eyed Peas), "Hey Mama" (Say Hey - Michael Franti), "New York" (Empire State of Mind - Jay-Z & Alicia Keys)
Brown Bear Brown Bear, Madeline, Good Night Moon, Baby Beluga...books in general
Auggie (Orangatan), Gertie (Gorilla), Audrey (Elephant), Dora, UppsiDaisy, Cheer Bear, Baby, and Rupert
"Beebo" (Biko the dog), "Heta" (Feta the cat)
"Jujube" (her baby sister Jane)
Tea Parties
Drums, Maracas, Dancing, Music Class
Play Gym, "Him!" (Swimming)
Daddy's "iHone" when it's in "Maymee Mode"

What does Maggie know?
Counting from 1-10
Some ABCs
How to sing "Ibby Pider" (Itsy Bitsy Spider)
How to pee in her potty
She washes her own hands, brushes her own teeth and dresses herself
She plays "chess"

Help me out friends and family. I know I haven't got everything!

BIG day!!

2009-08-03T20:34:00.001-07:00

Today, Maggie had her first hot dog and she really really loved it!!

Ok. So as big a deal as the hot dog was, the REALLY big deal was that *drum roll please* MAGGIE PEED IN HER POTTY!!!!!!!! WAAAAA HOOOOO!!!!!! Coincidence? I think not. We will be feeding this kid many many more hot dogs in the days to come - they obviously induce brilliance.

Love you Daddy!

2009-06-21T06:15:00.000-07:00

Mommy and I both wish we were there with you Daddy!

Daddy, if I was there, I could ask Mommy to make you zimmers for breakfast. Then maybe we could go to the beach and I could buy you a hot dog or shwarma for lunch. After that I could have a nap and you could have a nap too. Then I could take you for a walk and maybe take you to play in my park. Then Mommy could make something made of cow for you for dinner. Then you could give me a bath and feed me some cereal. I like our baths and cereal times a lot Daddy. And then I could go to sleep so you and Mommy can play bocce balls in the back yard or something. That's a good Father's Day day right?

Daddy I love you soo sooooo sooooooo much!!!

Lots of hugs and kisses,
Your Maggie

Icelandic Features

2009-06-08T09:01:00.000-07:00

The girl on the left looks like a young Christopher wearing a wig (and the girl on the right looks like Great Grandma Gwen). Seems to me my Maggie is going to look a lot like that wig-wearing Chris.

Ice Cream Cone

2009-05-12T21:06:00.000-07:00

Yes. Maggie went with her Mommy and Daddy to Dairy Queen this weekend. After she got over the shock of the cold on her teeth (and with a bit of Daddy's coaching), she tackled the baby ice cream cone like a pro!

Marking the Date

2009-04-29T12:41:00.000-07:00

As of 3 days ago, Maggie became a full-fledged 1-nap-a-day kid! Hurray! This morning we went to the beach with Mara and Tennessee. Yesterday we went for a super duper long walk. Now that we have 5 straight hours together before she zonks, the possibilities seem endless!

What else is going on in Maggie's world? Well, she's totally into teasing and tickling all of a sudden. She's walking up and down stairs more and more (with Mommy or Daddy's hand of course). Out of the blue, she became a climber! She climbs up slides, structures at the playground, logs at the beach...anything and everything. What a kid!

She's lovely. As always.

The End.

15 Months Old

2009-04-17T23:00:00.000-07:00

Our little girl is so grown up! Here's everything I can think of in one sitting...

We call her bear Rupert, but she calls him "Nyanh Nyanh"...can't quite figure out what it means. She's decided she does not like brushing her teeth, so that sucks. She likes to sing and dance and be outside. She has very specific taste in music and it's very obvious when she doesn't like a tune; she does a sort of Stevie Wonder dance and scrunches up her face.

Gramma and Grampa Spencer are visiting and they've taught Maggie how to do the following: fake laugh, say "down" and "mat" (through repeated scolding of Flo the dog), clear her throat and pretend to eat/drink from toy dishes.

Mom is working on getting her to say "poo" (which amuses Maggie like crazy). She's also encouraging her to read as often as possible - will post a video of that soon because it's adorable.

Dad is trying to help her walk down the stairs independently (because she's going to anyway so he may as well assist). He's taught her how to say "Go Canucks Go!" - it sounds like "Nuh! Nuh!"

There's so much more. Feel free to add to this post if you know something that isn't written here!

Maggie's Words

2009-01-27T13:25:00.000-08:00

Words she can say and all understand:
Dada
Mama (Thanks Raquel!)

Words she can say and Mama/Dada understand:
Baby ("Dyee dyee")
Ball ("Ba")
Banana (just started working on this one)
Bath ("Bah")
Book ("Bu")
Boots ("Buh")
Club Soda ("Ahh")
Cold ("Buh")
Cracker ("DA")
Gramma ("Da da" with different inflection)
Grampa ("Da da" with different inflection)
Hot ("Ha")
Pants ("Pa")
Wow ("Vooo")

Words she understands and has sounds for:
Blow - makes sound of nose blowing
Cow ("Booo")
Crow ("Aw aw")
Elephant (can't explain it)
Fish (smacks lips lightly together)
Flower (sniffs)
Kitty ("Bow")
Puppy ("Mmf")
Tree (sniffs - our Christmas tree smelled wonderful)
Turkey ("Ladaladala")
Yuck - ("hkhh")
Yum - ("Mmm")

Words she understands and has "signs" for:
All done/All gone - flips one hand back and forth
Be quiet - finger to mouth as in shhh
Blow kiss - blows kiss
Brush teeth - teeth brushing motion with finger
Bunny - bounces
Bye - wave
Clap -this one's obvious I hope
Car - car sound and motion of turning steering wheel
Dadada da da daaa CHARGE! - one fist in the air (Thanks Grampa!)
Ear - points to ear
Eyes - points to eyes
Hair - touches hair
Hat - hand taps head
Hello - wave
Hungry/Eat - smacking sound and fingers to mouth
I don't know - shrugs and holds her palms face up (Thanks Gramma! : )
Kiss - kisses
Lips - smacks lips together
Love - hand to tummy
Milk - fist squeezing like milking a cow
More - fingers tapped together
No - scrunched up disgusted face
Nose - points to nose
Oh oh! - hand to mouth in shock
Oops - head tilts to one side
Peas - one index finger taps the other
Penguin - she wobbles back and forth like a penguin
Phone - head tilts to side and hand as if holding phone to her ear
Rock - when she wants music, she thumps her fist in the air
Rocking chair - rocks back and forth
Snap - snaps her fingers...soundlessly
Stretch - stretches arms into the air
Toes - points to toes
Throw - throws whatever she's got in her hand
Wash - circular washing motion with hand
Yes - nod

Words she understands (does that count??):
Avocado
Backwards (how she goes down stairs, or off the sofa)
Big Toe (Ugly Doll)
Bird
Breakfast
Bright light (closes her eyes)
Change diaper
Cheer (Care Bear)
Cheerios
Cheese
Dinner
Door
Down
Draw
Elle (stuffed elephant)
Floor
Gentle (when she pets Feta)
Gonna getcha!
Hand
Hug
Light - most often looks up
Loofie (loofah)
Lunch
Medicine
Molly the Dolly (stuffed doll)
Mooby (stuffed moose/cow)
Moxy (Ugly Doll)
On - turns light on
Off - turns light off
Orange
Peanut Butter
Puffs
Push
Shaker
Snack
Snow
Snuggle
Soft
Spoon
Toast
Up
Walk
Wall
Water
Yogurt

Dinner Date

2009-01-24T20:03:00.000-08:00

Tonight was Maggie's first Dinner Party and she enjoyed it VERY much. There were cats and a dog to chase, a 4 week old baby to check out and a really cool fridge magnet to play with. Her Mommy and Daddy also enjoyed their first Dinner Party out of the house in 12 months and 1 week. They all look forward to more such parties in the future. Thank you for the lovely evening S, L, M et al!!

She's Been Runnin!

2009-01-24T15:19:00.000-08:00

Well, Maggie has grown 1.5 inches since the last height post: she's now 31.5" tall. However she's been getting too much exercise so the kid has actually LOST .25lbs! We're gonna have to seriously amp up this little girl's food intake if she keeps movin the way she is. The other day, at "Kindergym" she walked straight toward the baby area and, without blinking, climbed up on top of one of the table toys. She sat up there and stared right back at me. Ok Maggie. You've conquered infancy and you're ready to tackle toddlerdom. Give'er kiddo!

There is Nothing Better

2009-01-21T20:12:00.000-08:00

While Gramma S. was visiting and we had our friends Raquel and baby Hana over, Maggie learned that thing which all mother's wait for (but pretend they are indifferent to because "dada" generally comes first). My heart sings every single time the word comes out her little mouth: "mama mama mama mama..." *happy sigh* I could listen to that all day.

Mama

Maggie's First Drawing

2009-01-19T18:51:00.000-08:00

The girl's got crayons - look out!

This was a joint effort. Can you guess which drawing is Maggie's and which is Mommy's?

Happy First Birthday Baby!!

2009-01-18T21:20:00.000-08:00

Gramma's handmade gift bag.

Merry Christmas!

2008-12-27T09:20:00.000-08:00

And a Happy New Year!!!

copyright Sarah Fobes

iWalk

2008-12-22T10:54:00.000-08:00

I'm calling it. It's official. Maggie is now a toddler.

Our little girl (no longer baby) just walked the length of the dining room without any assistance from Mommy, Daddy or helpful pieces of furniture.

here we go again...

2008-12-10T21:25:00.000-08:00

Maggie has tooth #8! Bottom right.

It's November and Maggie is so much fun!

2008-12-04T20:27:00.000-08:00

Another big month.

Maggie is so close to walking. She can stand unassisted for as long as she likes and she took her first tentative step toward Daddy the other day. Wow!

As the result of some pretty intense "compassionate" sleep training (so painful, and so worthwhile), we have quite a consistent bedtime routine. Every night before bed we ask her if she wants to "brush her teeth" and she smiles and rubs her finger on her teeth. The whole family goes upstairs to brush our teeth together and she's really loving it. Then we read Goodnight Moon, Time for Bed, Goodnight Goodnight Sleepyhead, and Love You Forever. She goes to bed in her very own crib and sleeps from 7:30pm to 6:30am without milk - what a big kid!

As of a few days ago she has started using the sign language we've been trying to teach her. She signs "milk" over and over and over again. I also believe I saw a primitive version of "more" when Daddy was bouncing her on his tummy - one of her new favourite games. "Boing boing boing" came from reading her a library book about a bunny - she loves jumping up and down on the sofa when that part of the story comes up.

This kid is obssessed with books! She can't get enough! I'm going to the library as often as I can to rejuvenate our collection because when she likes something, she wants it read again and again and again. Her favourites right now are The Rocking Chair by Dennis Lee, Off We Go by Jane Yolen, Crunch Munch by Jonathan London, and any book with baby faces!

I'm pretty sure she's working on the words, "Daddy", "Mama", "kitty", "bath" and "baby". She LOVES babies. Books about babies. Pictures of babies. Baby dolls. Real live babies. She's also taken to kissing like crazy. She kisses babies and other kids that she meets when we go to the community centres for play time. She kisses Feta (even though she gets a mouthful of hair as reward).

She loves babies, kitties and puppies (yes, she's over her fear of dogs). She can make elephant noises, puppy dog noises and fire truck noises. She recognizes bird sounds and truck sounds. When we say "Maggie sing" she hums and often it's to the tune of the only song she really knows: "Who Are You" by The Who. Her favourite songs right now are Bringing Home a Baby Bumblebee, Maggie's Camel Has 10 Humps, and She Didn't Dance.

My favourite Maggie trick is the way she sings after she kisses. It's like she's saying "mmm" because she finds kissing so delicious. Love that.

Oh wait, my other favourite trick started last weekend when we went to the Christmas Tree Farm in Langley and introduced Maggie to Christmas trees. Now we tell her to "smell" things and she opens her mouth wide, leans in close and breathes in a few times. Love that too.

The other fun thing we've discovered since the holiday season hit is that Maggie LOVES mandarin oranges! She could eat 3 a day if I let her! She's also eating toast, asparagus, cheese, butternut squash and kiwi on top of her other staples.

That's Maggie to date. Isn't she lovely?

My Little Girl

2008-11-04T09:12:00.000-08:00

On the afternoon of the 31st, Maggie stood for 10 whole seconds all on her very own. She was focused on the toy in her hands and forgot to fall on her bum. Her Mommy was so proud that she nearly cried.

October Rocks!

2008-11-01T12:19:00.000-07:00

I've learned SO much in the last few weeks. Gramma taught me How big is Maggie? Soooo big! and how to blow kisses, Grampa taught me dadada da da DAA! CHARGE! and how to wave at people, Aunt Abbi taught me where my nose is and Daddy taught me where to find my ears. I can give low-fives and high-fives. I learned how to "say" yes by nodding my head so now I can answer some of Mommy's questions when she asks what I want. I recognize words/signs for milk, food, Cheerios, puffs and water. My favourite foods are avocado, tofu, peas, Cheerios and puffed wheat. I really like cottage cheese with banana but don't care for plain yogurt. Ground beef is good and chicken is good too. I like eating small bits of food from chopsticks. Gramma says I'm a dainty eater.

And I can MOVE! I cruise around on the couch and I can crawl super fast (though I can't catch the kitty yet). I'm curious and starting to "get into things" (that's what Mommy calls it). I can climb all the way from the bottom of the stairs to the top. Yesterday Mommy saw me stand for 10 seconds all on my own (I was busy looking at a lid and forgot that I wasn't holding on to anything).

I've got a fair bit of hair now and SEVEN teeth! (4 top, 3 bottom) The teeth were tough. I got a flu and a cold and a pretty bad diaper rash, but I'm healthy now.

I love my new house. I love playing with plastic containers. I love making kazoo noises with Mommy and Daddy. I love dancing and singing. I love when Daddy gives me baths. I love my books. I love waking Mommy up every morning by giving her zerbits on her tummy and making her laugh. I love giving kisses. I love being scared and being chased and playing "I'm gonna git cha!" and "peek!" I love jumping off the fridge into Daddy's arms. I love kitties. I love birdies. I'm a bit afraid of puppies but my friend Biko is helping me with that. I'm a pretty happy girl.

XO Maggie

Now I'm 9 Months Old

2008-10-18T22:10:00.000-07:00

Weighing in at 26.5 lbs and reaching 30 inches tall, our Maggie is a brute at 9 months old! She's healthy and happy and a total joy.

August. What a Month.

2008-08-23T20:51:00.000-07:00

I turned 7 months old. I became fully mobile (I'm a crawling GENIUS) and I figured out how to pull myself to a stand. I got my first tooth, and I started eating real people food like tofu, avocado, carrots, peas, peaches, bananas and yam (not really a fan of that yam stuff so far, but I really dig my rice and barley cereal). Oh ya! Daddy and Mommy bought me a house!! All good stuff.

Some bad stuff happened too. I have been hitting my head a whole heck of a lot. I got my first cold and puked for the first time. Then a dumb jerk broke into my house and stole my Mommy's camera.

August. What a month.

Camping at Cultus Lake

2008-07-27T10:01:00.001-07:00

It was only one night, but we all had a great time! We ate dinner, had a fire, went for an evening stroll, ate breakfast, took a morning hike and came home. Next year we'll buy a bigger tent so Mommy and Daddy can sleep as well as Maggie did!!

Click on the image below to check out the web gallery of our camping trip.

Today I'm 6 Months Old

2008-07-17T22:34:00.000-07:00

Wow. 6 months. It feels like a lifetime.

Got my first cold this week. It's no big deal really, just have a stuffed up nose.

I've pretty much mastered backwards crawling. I'm really into rocking right now: I'm good at rocking back and forth on my hands and knees, I like rocking in my bouncy chair, and I figured out how to rock the stroller too!

Yesterday, I figured out how to make some new sounds. I think Mommy's excited cause it kinda sounds like her name (ma ma ma ma), but what I'm really saying is ba ba ba ba, because I really like that sheep book she reads to me!

Oh ya! And don't think you can trick me by hiding behind that pillow anymore! I'm on to that game. But go ahead and jump out at me because that's pretty funny - I like to be surprised! And you should see how impressed Daddy is when I track the kitty as she walks over and under and around things - even when she disappears for a bit. Mommy is proud of me because when she asks "Maggie, where's the kitty?" I look around the room for Feta.

Mommy's letting me lick lots of interesting fruits and vegetables. So far I'm not too sure how I feel about them, but I have fun trying!

I still like listening to Robert Munsch tell stories. My favourite toys right now are my razberry teether and my wooden blocks from Aunt Abbi. My favourite outfit is my sleeveless green dress because it keeps me nice and cool when it's so hot outside. I love it when Daddy makes funny noises and makes me laugh.

Ya. I'm a really happy girl. It's pretty great to be 6 months old!

The Next Level

2008-07-02T08:45:00.000-07:00

Hey everyone. I'm hittin my stride! I've mastered the Jolly Jumper, I rolled from my tummy to my back yesterday and I can hold a crawling posture for a good 10 seconds. I'm pretty attached to my Mommy and Daddy so I'm sorta shy when I meet new people, but I'm super friendly after I get to know them a bit! I really like when Mommy reads Alligator Pie and my favourite song is Roly Poly because I like the actions. Thank goodness it's a bit cooler today because, like my Daddy, I do not like the heat! I've stopped crying when I feel a little sleepy and I don't need so much help to fall asleep anymore - that makes Mommy and Daddy super happy. Daddy is really good at making me laugh. Peek-a-boo is especially funny these days! Well, it's time to go to the park with my friend Hana. Bye bye!

Our Brute Squad

2008-06-18T19:09:00.000-07:00

At 5 months, Maggie weighs 19lbs and is 27" long!

A Few Days Shy of 5 Months

2008-06-13T09:37:00.000-07:00

Yesterday I took my first trip to Ikea and I gotta say it's been a highlight of my life thus far. Mom let me sit in the shopping cart (I felt like such a big girl). My big purchase was the high chair you see me sitting in here.

What else is going on for me? I'm a healthy girl; wearing 12-18 month clothes already! I can roll from my back to my tummy without any help from Mom or Dad. That's pretty cool I guess. I don't have any teeth yet but my mouth hurts like hell so hopefully one will show up in the next week or so. I've also discovered how much fun it is to throw my toys on the floor and watch Mom chase after them (hee hee). Oh ya, and I learned how to blow bubbles! Talented right?

Yep. Life's good.

My new favorite website

2008-06-12T23:00:00.000-07:00

One stop shopping for all things Maggie! Welcome to my "blog". Mom and dad will post news, pictures and videos here for you to look at and comment on. Stay tuned for more cute and hilarious content of yours truly!