A Whole New World

As we approach the 6th Month mark, Maggie is doing lots of new things on a new schedule.

We start our morning between 7am and 8am with a breast feeding in my bed and some special time together (usually it is just me still laying in bed, playing with Maggie, while I try to wake up some more:)

Then we get up, change her diaper, and she spends some time in her chair looking out the window while I get her breakfast ready.

We have ventured into the world of solid foods! She has tried bananas and does not love them, but hopefully soon she will. We have also tried English peas which she loves. Her favorite is rice cereal.

After breakfast, we go back into her nursery and read from this great Children's Storybook Bible (thanks Uncle Big and Aunt Kate). What a refreshing way of presenting the Gospel in each story (we are still in the OT, but it's great). We then have prayer time, which is such a special time to pray with Maggie.

By this time we prepare for the first nap of the day (unfortunately this morning nap is getting shorter and shorter each day, but her afternoon nap is lengthening).

Just like her daddy, Mags is a picky sleepier...she has to be put back in her sleep sack, rocked for a few min., smiles at me as I walk her to the crib and placed her in bed. ***Notice the fan. This is the key to her taking long naps, it must block out the noise from our crazy neighbors. She will sleep for two to four hours with this fan!

After her morning nap, it is time for her 11ish feeding.

Then it is play time! She can play on the floor for almost an hour while I get things done around the house. Sometimes she is still awake when Jack comes home for lunch...but she is usually down for a long afternoon nap by 12:30 or 1:00.

She then wakes for a feeding between 3 and 4 in the afternoon. She might take a cat nap before her supper around 6. Then it is a final breast feeding about 7 or 7:30 and to bed!

***Below are pictures of her new toy (really it is more for me so I can contain her in a space for some time to shower, cook, clean, etc.) Thanks to Aunt Stephanie and Jarred for helping put the Jumpin'Jungle together!