A decent storm blew threw Arizona last weekend. Flagstaff got up to 2 feet of snow. That doesn’t happen very often here, so we took advantage of the opportunity and took Maggie to see her first snow.
She was a bit apprehensive at first. The combination of 28 degree temperature and white-blanketed landscape must be disorienting at first. Debra and I kept stumbling and sinking into the snow. Every time this happened Maggie got upset. Eventually she warmed up to the situation and did seem to enjoy watching Daddy make a snow angel.
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Last night we were enjoying a few post-dinner The Office episodes. Maggie was entertaining herself chasing the cat and reading her books. She made her way to the play mat in front of the couch and decided to WALK to Mommy instead of the usual crawling! We were so proud.
Maggie and Debra were on the news last night! They were recently at Wildflower Diapers during the recording of a 12 News segment on baby wearing.
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They did great!
We celebrated Maggie’s first birthday last Sunday. The day started with an Ellis family tradition. Maggie’s breakfast chair was decorated with balloons and a birthday candle placed in her cereal.
The party was originally planned as an afternoon picnic in the park. As fate would have it, the forecast promised a 107 degree high for the day. Not ideal picnic weather. So my parents were kind enough to host the party at their house.
A fine time was had by all, including the birthday girl. She enjoyed all of the attention, pictures, presents and, of course, the birthday cupcake.
Debra caught the cupcake carnage on video.
Thanks to everyone for making Maggie’s first birthday such a special day. Check out the complete Flickr photo set.
This one will be short and sweet…..and cute. Maggie loves helping us sort the laundry. She seems to have a little system and everything. When she notices the camera, her reaction is priceless.
