Ten Months Old!!!

Dear Maddie,
Ten amazing months have gone by since you've joined our family, and I know I've said it every time- but geeze time is flying by!! Every month with you just keeps getting more and more fun!

This month you have gone back to a bit of a mommy phase. (Personally I'm ok with it, but I guess I have to share you!) ;) You love to show off by clapping, blowing kisses, dancing and walking along the furniture. You have stood on your own for a several seconds, but have not quite taken an independent step yet. To be honest, I'm actually ok with us staying in the crawling phase for a while longer. You are a speedy crawler, and I have a sneaky suspicion you are going to RUN before you walk!

It has become increasingly difficult to take you monthly pictures because you're not all that into just chilling out in your chair smiling at us with your cute little scrunchy nose smile! You have your 2 bottom teeth and seem to always be teething but nothing else is popping through yet.

So, about the hair...looks like your going to be a blondie for a while, but serious girl, can we get those locks a-growin'! It's a good thing you are so adorable (and that your mommy loves bows so much) because you sure are taking your time growing that beautiful hair!

Well, I guess that's all for now! Thanks for keeping every day so fun and exciting...not too long now and we'll be celebrating your first birthday! :*D (tears mixed with excitement!)

xoxo
Mommy

Nine Months Old!!

Seeing as how ten months old is just 3 days away, I think it's safe to say I was a major blogging slacker this month! Let's pretend this was posted 3 weeks ago, deal?!
Dear Maddie,

I know I say it every time, but holy guacamole time is flying by!! Your first birthday is just around the corner! I can't believe it's been nine months since you joined our family. On one hand it doesn't feel like it's been 9 months, yet on the other hand I can't believe we haven't had you around longer!

Maddie, you just keep getting more and more fun with each day that goes by! You love to play games with us. It seems that peek-a-boo is still a bit hit with you! It is so fun to watch you try to figure out where we are going and where we are going to pop up. You are so much fun to play with.

You still love to clap! It's so cute because you know it gets you attention, so when you want a little affirmation, you start smiling and clapping..it's adorable! You haven't really done too many new things lately, you're mostly just getting a lot better at what you've been doing. You like to walk along the furniture but can't stand on your own quite yet. You crawl everywhere and on top of anything! You love using us as a jungle gym when we lay on the floor.

You still eat very well and your not generally messy..yet! You love eating yogurt melts, and I think it's mostly because you like that you can pick them up and feed yourself. We have officially decided that you have blue eyes...chances are they won't change at this point in the game and my are they BEAUTIFUL! You have one jealous mommy!!

Well, that's all I have for you this month! You are such a sweet and happy baby! I love you so very much!!

xoxo
Mommy

Valentine's Day!

Happy {late} Valentine's Day!

Well, we had a GREAT first Valentine's Day as a family of 3! Our little Valentine woke up in a wonderful mood that lasted the whole day...she must like V-Day like Mommy! Brent got me some beautiful flowers and a ticket to redeem on my day of choosing to be "Queen for a Day!" He offered to do the cooking, the cleaning, and the pretty much anything else I ask...muah ha ha (evil laugh while tapping my fingers.) ;) I've already started my list, but shh! don't tell him! I got him a box of chocolates he likes and the gift of not spending money on a gift for him....aren't I just so thoughtful! (Which, if you know Brent, was exactly what he wanted!) Here is a picture that was snapped that morning...it is HILARIOUS!

Aren't you just dying to know what's going through her mind?!?!

We wanted to go out to dinner, so we raced home, got ready as fast as possible, jumped in the car, and zoomed over to Olive Garden just to sit and wait an hour for a table. Brent knows how much I love that place, so even though lots of other people had the same thought, it was still a great choice! Here is us with our little Valentine at dinner...she was a wonderful date!

Lots of love to all of our family and friends! We hope you had a great Valentine's with someone you like, love, or you'd love to like! :)

Eight Months Old!!!

Dear Maddie,
Eight months?! Where's my tiny baby going?? You are SO stinkin' cute and SO much fun to be around! You have been up to so much this month, I can hardly keep up with how fast you are growing!

You started waving hi/bye this month. Unfortunately the cuteness of it only lasted a couple weeks because for some reason you just kind of quit doing it. Oh well, it'll be back soon I'm sure.

You LOVE the camera! It is not hard at all to get you to smile! In fact, you pretty much do it as soon as you see the camera/phone come out...it's like you just know or something.

You are so close to crawling. You get like this as if you are heading off to the races and then sit back down. I always laugh because if we watch you closely, it looks like you never actually move. Then all of a sudden we'll realize you're on the other side of the room from where you started! You are the fastest baby at moving really slow!

You have also just started pulling yourself up on things and clapping! Geeze, baby girl...you are getting so big! You look adorable just standing there by your little chair. I love that sweet face and smile like you know you are a cutie pie!

Well, I guess I can't slow you down from growing up. You are becoming so active and curious about the world around you. There's just no stopping you! I can't believe that very soon you are going to be one year old! *tear* I love you sweet Madison!

Big hugs and lots of kisses,
Mommy

Seven Months Old!

Dear Maddie,
I'm trying to be a good Mommy and catch up with your monthly posts! I feel like time is flying by SO fast!! *tear* I was looking back at your early monthly pictures and just can't believe how big you are getting! Every single day is a blast with you, but I do get a little sad when I realize your tiny baby days are pretty much done. Then, I see this sweet little smile and can't help but get happy again:

I feel like this past month you have grown so much! You've always rolled around a little bit, but now you really use rolling as your main source of transportation. If you see something you want, you just roll however many times it takes to go and get it! It's SUPER adorable when you roll around so you can get to us!

You have graduated to the level 2 foods. You are still a very good eater and though we give you them with caution, you do love you some prunes! Not sure you get that from any of us. You also have started spinning your bottle when you are eating. We can't figure out why, but you seen to enjoy it thoroughly!

You are really good at playing independently and keeping yourself entertained. I may have shed a little tear the day you didn't want to play with me at all. You just wanted to be left alone with all your fun toys. *tear again* AND you finally made the move to your own bedroom. You caught on really quick, and lucky for my emotions we didn't have to let you cry it out much at all. Whew!

So there you have it...growing up right before our very eyes! We love you so much, Madison!! You are such a beautiful and happy baby! Thanks for being such a joy!!

xoxo
Mommy

Project 365

So my friend Sarah has been doing Project 365, and I was determined to start it this year. Now it's mid January, and I'm just now starting it. :( Oh well...better late than never. Guess I'll just be doing Project 341. ;)

For now, here are a couple pics from this year. Be ready...I'll be taking a picture a day!









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Six Months Old!!

Dear Sweet Maddie,
Six months?!?! I can't believe a half of a year has already gone by! You have brought SO much excitment into our lives we can't even keep track of time! This month your personality has really started shining through. Everyone constantly says how happy you are and with big smiles like this, how could anyone doubt that?

You are officially sitting up completely on your own without being propped up. Every now and then you get a little too wobbly and fall over. Don't worry, soon enough you'll be able to get yourself back up! Until then it's mommy to the rescue!

Like I said before, you are such a happy baby. You smile all.the.time! Taking pictures is a breeze with you because it is so easy to get you going for the camera. As you can see from your last two pictures, you have been into the big open mouthed smile lately. It's the cutest little toothless grin we've ever seen!!

You are growing so well, too! At your 6 month appointment, you checked in at 15 pounds and 25 1/2 inches! That means you've grown half a foot since birth! Go, Maddie, Go!

You have started eating a jar of baby food at every meal now, and you haven't met a food you don't like...that's my girl! You even impress me with how clean you are when you eat. Most of the time the mess on your bib isn't even from you, it's from me spilling food on it! :)

Here's a little of your personality coming out to play! Haha...actually you are very good about keeping your headband on. You must know how obsessed I am cute you look in them! Grandpa Kurt thought it would be funny take it off and let you play with it...you thought it was some mighty good fun! ;)

We love you so much baby girl! JOY doesn't even begin to cover how we feel about our little family of three.

XOXO
Mommy