Chunky Monkey

My baby could eat your baby.

Our sweet little Magnolia is growing like a weed. At her 1 month appointment she weighed in at 10 pounds 9 ounces and measured 21.75 inches, making her overall 95 percentile for weight and 75 percentile for height (and I know she has grown even more since then). She has finally grown into her fingers and feet while growing out of her clothes. On Sunday Joe and I took her to church for the first time, and we were a little baffled when it took us four tries to find an outfit that actually fit.

I love her chunky legs and chubby cheeks; she is a little cutie and is so smiley! . . . after all, a fat baby is a happy baby (but she still looks so tiny when she is cuddling with her daddy). Is there anything sweeter than this?

Joe's parents Ray and Cathi recently spent a week and a half with us. We really enjoyed having them visit. Maggie Moo, being finally old enough to go around town, was able to have a few new adventures. We visited:

The Beach
Santa Monica Pier
Hollywood
Bravo Italian Restaurant (really yummy)
Swinger's Restaurant
The harbor near San Juan Capistrano
3rd Street Promenade
the Farmer's Market
and
2 BYU Men's Soccer Games (which she naturally loved :-)

It turns out that the little Winky Worm likes going places. She was a perfect little angel baby during all of our outings and will even occasionally stop fussing when we put her in her car seat or sling. She loves her stroller, and it has been a fun (and exhausting) couple of weeks.

Coming soon . . . some beautiful newborn pictures of Maggie taken by my friend Amy when Maggie was 11 days old.