She makes funny noises

Here's a clip (2 min or so) of Margaux taking her first stabs at speech. Mostly cooing and warbling. Very, very cute.

Regard My Feet

Here is a short (1:30) video we shot of Margaux and her newest toys...her feet. She is over her illness and much happier now, as you might gather from the video. It's hot here in Stillwater, but we thankfully haven't gotten any of the bad Midwest storms assailing Iowa and Illinois.

Baby Drama

We're still on Nantucket, and I wanted to post some pics I took the other day when Margaux was rolling around on the floor. Unfortunately, things haven't been so simple and happy since. We've been dealing with Margaux's first illness. It isn't serious, but it has been stressful because there is not a single pediatrician on Nantucket and no other doctors would see us. We ended up having to go to the ER (three times) where the doctors weren't very experienced with young babies. Thank goodness Mike's cousin, Liz, is a pediatrician and has been helping us interpret what the ER doctors are telling us and generally offering great advice and comfort to me and Mike. So, here's a series of happy Margaux pics and then one of her from the ER where she was happy because she didn't know what was about to be done to her. We'll be back in Stillwater next week and will post more then. Best to all of you and thanks for the comments! We love those.

Pics from Nantucket

Hello, all. We've spent the last week in Nantucket MA with Mike, Betty, Dan, Tamara, Keller and Connor. Cindy and I have pretty much ignored the island so we could take cute pics of Margaux, such as these:

Because we want to keep our little vampire out of the sun, we got Margaux her first pair of sunglasses. So here's Princess Cool.

...and here is her new sun hat. As you can see, she really likes it!

Here's me (Mike) feeding lil bit out on the porch of our condo. It's very cool in Nantucket, so it felt great to sit outside in 60-70 degree air, as opposed to Stillwater's 100-150 degree air.

Okay, that's all for tonight. Cindy is going to post some more tomorrow. And one of these days I'll do some more videos. I just need some time (hah!) to edit the video. Peace and hugs to all!