Bragging (Again)

I won another on-line photo contest!

Okay, it's not glamourous and there is no real prize, but I still am so flattered when other photographers vote ME the winner of a photo contest! The theme for this one was "kids in action" -- and I submitted this photo (which was a lucky shot!) --

This photography thing sure is fun! Happy Thursday, everyone! I'm glad tomorrow is Friday -- Jim finally comes home from Alaska :)

TEETH

So, last post was full of excitement about the new teeth . . . today, not so excited . . . .

Meg has had such a terrible 24 hours! I'm not sure if it's the teeth, but I'm guessing that's what it is. She never fusses . . . but yesterday she hardly napped and was up quite a few times during the night. Today we went to get the "teething tablets" my friends have told us about . . . hopefully they'll help! She took a decent morning nap today and her current afternoon nap is going on 1 1/2 hours . . . so maybe they did the trick?



Anyway, all of you mommys out there can commiserate with me!

Hope you are having a GREAT day. HAPPY BIRTHDAY GRANDMA DAHLBY!!

BIG Week!!

This has been a big week around here!

Meg finally . . . after 10 long months of gnawing . . . has sprouted a tooth!!! It's the lower right, and it's just cutting through the gum as of this morning. Wow! I saw it sitting there -- waiting to make its debut -- way back on Monday. Now today it is official . . . my toothless wonder is toothless no more. What a big girl! Today was actually not that bad . . . she was only mildly fussy, and really only at meal time. Can't say that I blame her :)

And, in other news, Meg is taking steps! Not solo, mind you, but she is pushing her little toy around the living room and acting like the big girl she is. She did it yesterday for the first time -- starting with 4 steps -- and today it was all she wanted to do. I guess most of you were right -- no crawling for our little monkey! If I can figure out how to get video up here, I'll try that so everyone can share in the excitement.

Meg and I just said goodbye to Great Grandma Abernathy (my grandma) this afternoon . . . she'd been here visiting since the weekend. Tomorrow Grandma Dahlby (Jim's mom) arrives for business and is going to spend a few days with us. Wait until she sees how much Meg has changed since her last visit (only 2 weeks ago!).

Below is a picture we took last week at the Dogwood Festival -- it was such a fun evening! We met up with our buddy Sabrina and her brother Matt to enjoy the festival down in Piedmont Park. Meg loved it . . . she loves just about ANYTHING where she can people watch (she takes after her mommy & daddy!).

What a week!

(Technical difficulties -- I'll have to try to post the dogwood pic later!)

MORE New Pictures

Check out the links to the left -- I just updated them, and there are a ton of new pictures up if you are interested!!

I got a new camera lens -- I think I've already mentioned it -- and there is a new album dedicated solely to my new shots. Let me know what you think! I welcome any suggestions I can get :)

Happy Wednesday (almost Thursday!)

G Day and Easter -- What a Weekend

Meg has officially be baptized into the tradition of GEORGIA football!! That's right, family and friends . . . my dad and I took her out to Athens to attend Georgia's spring football game (AKA G-Day). The weather was chilly, but do you think Meg minded?? Not only is she always warm (like her daddy), she was so busy watching all the Georgia stuff that she didn't have a moment to think about cold weather.

Grandaddy had the BEST time with her!! Believe it or not, he said he hardly watched the game because he was having so much fun with Meg. She was her usual GOOD self . . . except she did whine a bit on the car ride home. My dad and I think it was because we made her leave Athens -- she wanted to say and cheer for the Dawgs some more.

And Easter was today . . . what a busy weekend!! We went to church and had some friends over for lunch to celebrate the holiday. Meg, of course, was all dressed up in pretty Easter attire. It was her first stay in the nursery at church!!! What a big girl she was . . . they said she was great . . . of course, I dropped her off fed, changed, and rested . . . so imagine she just played for the hour or so that she was there.

We hope you all had a great weekend . . . we sure did!!

Sorry So Long!

I just realized it's been a while since I posted! Everything here has been good. Jim's family was in town Mar 27 - Apr 4, so that kept us busy for a week or so . . . we had a great visit, and we look forward to seeing them again.

This week was Spring Break for our local schools, so I got to see many of my friends that teach. Meg and I had a great week! And, at the end of the week, Daddy (Jim) came home and was able to spend Friday with us. We didn't do anything terribly exciting . . . ran errands, mostly . . . but it was extra nice to have him home for a day.

I got a new lens to help me further endulge in my photography hobby! It's a 50mm, and I love it so far. Check out the new pictures from this morning above (and link over to Picasa by clicking a pic to the left).

Hope everyone is doing great! Next week is busy for us again . . . we start swimming AND music . . . and Meg goes for her 9 month check up :)