So, Matt told me when I got home from work the other night that Maggie stood up, took four steps over to the beautiful new picture mat that Rebecca and Nathaniel sent over for her and sat back down again right in front of it. Amazing. Even I have gotten the oppurtunity to see her take little steps here and there. She is growing up so fast.

Tonight Matt took Maggie to see his sister's family while I worked late. They went far away without me :( I would have loved to go, it sounds like they had a lot of fun, and good food! I missed her terribly when I came home and they weren't here. It was nice to have a little time to myself though. It's a hard balance.

We really have to work on getting the house childproofed and keeping it that way. I hate having to take things away from her all the time. It is so much easier to just let her explore, pick things up, examine things, play. It seems like there is so little time. Matt and I need to just accept that we can't take time to relax I guess. Hmmm... but "they" do say that you need to take time for yourself. How does anything get done? Any suggestions?