At 17.5 months old, we're all pretty thrilled that Maeve is finally trying to walk for real and on her own. Just this past week, I've caught peeks of her walking from the windowsill to the bench, or from the fridge to the cabinets. It's so exciting! Everyone in our family loves to cheer Maeve on. She's still taking to it not as quick as I thought she would, this late in the game, but again, just so happy she's trying! 

This cutie! I think it's time to put a different lens on my camera to hopefully catch fewer fuzzy photos of Maeve. She thought the sound of the shutter on my camera was hilarious! I took some photos of her with my old film camera too and can't wait to see how those turned out!

Maeve is 17 months old and is almost 17 pounds. She's still rocking her 6-12 month clothing! Keeping my baby a baby as long as possible!

One thing I want to do more with my girls is sew, but it's not really my favorite thing because it takes time to learn the basics of sewing and the girls want to make everything really fast and then I just get overwhelmed. I've had this little zippered purse project on my mind for a while and having Cathy here for a visit seemed like the perfect opportunity to tackle it! It was the best having an extra set of hands and Cathy has experience teaching children to sew and she has the wonderful patience of a grandmother. It was perfect! Holly and Greta are so proud of their creations!

It was so fun to have Conor's parents here for a visit! Maeve started off pretty shy and uninterested with them, but by the end of the visit she was giving kisses and couldn't get enough cinco's (high fives). It was pretty cute. Poor Maeve has not been healthy since we came home. She's had diarrhea (still has it!), she had an allergic reactions (or a virus, who knows!) to the antibiotics she was on for her ear infection. The reaction started as big, angry welts all over her body on Friday and on Sunday, the swelling moved to her face so she looks rough in some of these photos and not super cute. I'm really happy that the welts are gone now, but it's been a wild ride! 

It was super fun to have grandparents for a visit. We love being back in North America and close to family again!

While Conor's parents were in town this past week, we hiked the Mineral Ridge Trail. It's a great little loop (3.3 miles) that overlooks CDA lake. We had a picnic lunch before we began our trek. After the hike, we went to McEuen park in CDA. It's such a great park, the kids love it! I've really enjoyed watching Maeve fall in love with slides (but everything that baby does is gold to me so...). It was a great day!

My daughters and I did this hike last August. Here's a little flashback!