some vacation pics/movies...

When you fly with children, you have to make sure they will fit in either the overhead bins, or under the seat. The airport has helpful diagrams to assist you with this...

In other news, Margaux's aunt got her a new pair of Squeaker Sneakers. If you watch the vid, it becomes quickly apparent why they're called squeakers...

Pics from Fort Worth

I can't believe how long it's been since we posted! I'm trying to catch up, now. To start out with, here's some pictures from our stay in Fort Worth. I'm sorry for the delay, and promise to be more vigilant in posting.

Here's Cindy and nephew Keller playing with little M in her pool we set up in the back yard of her grandparents' house.



Splashing is always fun!



Here's a closeup of our little minnow...



And here's a couple of pics of Margaux and her friend Claire (thanks to Tracy for the great pics!).

Aunt Tammy and Uncle Calvin come to visit

Wednesday afternoon Aunt Tammy and Uncle Calvin flew in from Baton Rouge to visit for a week. Margaux just loves Aunt T and Uncle C!

They took her to lunch at Crepe Myrtle:

...and Aunt Tammy bought her her first pool! Margaux is now a big fan of the swimming pool. She just looks at it and says "water" with a sort of awed tone in her voice, as in "that's a lot of water!"

She likes to sit and splash both herself and everyone around her.

And this pic is actually from the previous week when we were in Fort Worth. Neiman-Marcus has a small children's section with (what else) a toy Ferrari. Margaux just hopped right in like she belonged there.

And here is a pic of Tammy reviewing parts of the foot (metatarsals, proximal and digital phalanxes, etc.) with Margaux.

Baby yoga

Learning to walk entails learning to stand, and Margaux's efforts have been great fun to watch. She frequently manages to get her rear end up while the hands stay on the floor and ends up doing a perfect "downward dog" pose. Here are a couple of pics (taken from my Blackberry, so pic quality isn't great.)

I'm a walkin'

Greetings from Fort Worth, where Margaux gave her mom the Mother's Day gift of taking real and unassisted steps a couple of hours ago. I, of course, forgot the video camera so I won't have footage up until we get back to the Still. Maybe Cin can shoot video w/her iPhone. It certainly costs as much as a video camera. Margaux sends kisses to all.

Hello, everyone. We hope your weekend is going well. Here are a few pics we thought were sort of funny.

I call this one "Angry Baby." Little M was peeved with me one morning b/c I took the remote control away from her. She's performing a ancient Cajun gesture with her left hand which translates, roughly, into "You have made me angry so I flare my nostrils at you!!!"

...by the time breakfast was served, however, she had decided to forgive me.

This was from later in the day (dinnertime, I think). Sometimes, dinner makes her downright giddy.

Here's a pic of M3 relaxing in her toddler-sized easy chair. That's one of her babies with her. She says "baby" very slowly and deliberately--"bay-BEE"

A Day in the Life

Feeding herself while wearing spinach war paint.

Checking email on Daddy's crackberry.

Using her walking toy as a scooter. I guess a skateboard will be on her Christmas list.

Chilling out in the chair she got for her birthday. She loves this thing.

Rocking in the chair made by Grandpa Melancon.

Getting a pacifier out of her diaper bag.

Sitting in her walking toy with her purse and baby doll.