rice cereal

almost five months old and I thought she might be interested in a little more than milk.  So, we gave rice cereal a try this week.  what a riot. she seemed pretty psyched about it, grabbed the spoon, opened wide and got a good first mouth full.  Then she was less than impressed.  Hilarious.  I think these pics pretty much say it all.  We have done it each night since then and she progressively takes fewer and fewer bites before getting pissed off. So I guess we either need to add some apple sauce or wait a bit longer to try again.  Either way, this chick cracks me up.

and my favorite:

poor little darling, bless her heart (as my grammy D would have said).

photo shoot day

Mom, Emily, Maeve, Martin, Lizzie & I decided to do a photo shoot this afternoon.  We had props, photo changes, 3 cameras, laughs, smiles, tolerance and only a melt down or two.  I have hundreds of pics to sort though, but here are a few of my early favorites of M. 

a few things I don't want to forget

Since I plan to use this blog (when I print it from blog2print.com) as a baby book of sorts, here are a few things I don't want to forget:

Maeve gets up early, like 4 or 4:30 am.  The routine as of late (or early) includes eating, laying her back down in her crib where she entertains herself for a half hour or so while Mom gets a little more sleep.  Then she hangs out with Mom and Dad in bed for a little while.  She is at her best and most smiley this time of day so we pry our eye lids open and enjoy it.  When she has had enough of that, I put her in the jump a roo where Maeve will jump and jump for a half hour- forty five minutes.  She loves it so much that she will practically jump herself to sleep.  When she starts to fuss, I take her out of the jumper and she is borderline already asleep.  Too funny, she doesn't want to stop jumping until she is just too tired to keep her eyes open any more.  She usually goes back to sleep for almost 2 hours, during which time I can get ready for the day and even get a little time on the treadmill.  When she gets up, we head out the door to Nana Judy's. 

Her favorite toy right now is fabric book that crinkles and has some chewable things on it.  She is starting to hang out in the high chair a little longer and loves to be read too. 

At Maeve's 4 month dr. appointment, she weighed 14 lbs and was 25.5 inches (can't remember if I already blogged that or not:)). 

mothers day trip to mount battie

For mothers day, John took me on a day trip to Camden Hills state park.  We drove up Mount Battie and walked around.  Went to my childhood favorite book store, owl and turtle, and had a picnic lunch at lincolnville beach.  Thanks for the great day babe!

first summer weekend at camp

Maeve and Grammy Susie at camp memorial day weekend - lobster feed!!!

 Dan

memorial day weekend 2011

Maeve tries out the swing at the farm, and likes it!

 Em & Lizzie plant grammy's new, colorful window boxes

 I help lizzie, too

 Maeve is part of the fun too!  We brought the exersaucer out on the porch while we planted flowers, she loves the exersaucer!

first bath in the sink....

Maeve hanging out with Mom on the side board while we fill the sink for her first bath in the sink.

 cute buns

I have to say, she doesn't look so sure about this....

 Lizzie helps grammy pour water over Maeve

 Maeve finally relaxes (or resigns herself?)