A Hat Fashion Show

I recently bought Megan a bunch of hats for this summer, as well as our upcoming trip to Florida in May. My poor pale-skinned child gets red cheeks just from being outside during the winter, I can't imagine what it's going to be like in the summer. Lots of sunscreen, I suppose - just like her Mommy & Daddy.

Anyway - we were bored this afternoon, so I thought we'd have a little "Hat Fashion Show". (And note that she's sitting up by herself - not propped up against anything! Although it only lasted for a minute or so, before she tipped over)

(This one comes with a matching raincoat - it's SO CUTE!!!)

I'm 5 months old!

Megan's 5 month birthday was yesterday. We spent most of the afternoon walking around the mall. We had to get out of the house, after being trapped inside for most of the week with the snow/sleet and frigid temperatures. She likes the mall. She looks around and watches people. (Although a bit too many people come up to us and start conversations - it's really strange. I don't like talking to random people. And they seem to stay forever! It's not like I get just a "she's cute" and they move on. They need to know her name, age, and tons of other stuff. Strange...)

Megan's new trick is banging and waving things. Every toys she has, she just flings it around and bangs it up and down. It resulted in her first lost toy at the mall (I'm sure it won't be her last). She had it, then she didn't. We looked everywhere, but couldn't find it. I think one of the kids in the same section where we were picked it up because I looked everywhere. Oh well. Off to Target to buy 4 of them so we'll have backups!

Because of the banging thing, I "made" her a drum out of a tupperware container and spatula. She knew exactly what to do. I put the spatula in her hand, and she just started whaling on the tupperware. It's very cute. Here's a pic of her being so intense about it. Excuse the drool, no matter what she's doing, she's always got a string of drool hanging from her mouth. Even if I've just wiped it up one second before!

Happy Valentine's Day!

Baseball season has begun!

Today was the first official day of Spring Training for the NY Yankees. Megan was so excited, she insisted that she wear her NYY outfit today. I tried to convince her it was too cold - but she wouldn't listen to me. Go Yankees!!!!!

Megan "talking"

All of a sudden one night, she just started "talking". It was like a light switch turned on and she figured it out. Now she "talks" all the time - mostly when Mommy's on the phone really talking about work, or something else important. But it's so cute - you just can't stop smiling!




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First Cold

Well, Megan has her first cold. She sounded a bit more snotty than usual yesterday, and it escalated last night. She was having such a hard time sleeping. She was so congested, and was coughing because of the post-nasal drip. She'd wake up about every hour crying because she was so uncomfortable. I spent most of the night rotating between sucking snot out of her nose, holding her slightly upright in the glider so it could drain a little, and putting her back in her crib. Needless to say - none of us got much sleep.

Other than the congestion, she seems fine. Laughing, smiling, eating, playing - all normal. So she doesn't seem affected by it, except for the coughing and sniffling.

My poor baby.....