Isn't she just the most beautiful giraffe you've ever seen?!
Happy Halloween!
Nile, David and Maddie the Giraffe
Sunday, October 31, 2010
Halloween
As we all know, Maddie is an early to bed, early to rise little girl. So staying up for Halloween is tricky because it gets dark past her bedtime. Add to that the fact that Maddie woke up this morning at 4:30am instead of 6am - and did not fall back asleep - and keeping her awake for the festivities was a very long shot! We decided to dress her up tonight though as we still wanted her to be in her costume and we went outside and had a great time running around with her all dressed up! She hates having anything on her head so we knew that the hood on her costume wouldn't stay on for long, but David was able to catch a few shots of her in full gear! She missed going door-to-door, but she had a ton of fun in her giraffe costume! And she looked so darn cute too! Here are some of our favorite pictures from tonight...
Isn't she just the most beautiful giraffe you've ever seen?!
Happy Halloween!
Nile, David and Maddie the Giraffe
Isn't she just the most beautiful giraffe you've ever seen?!
Happy Halloween!
Nile, David and Maddie the Giraffe
Our Peanut
We have shared our exciting news with everyone, but I realized we never officially announced it here! This April Maddie is going to be a big sister! We are so happy and feel so blessed! We are so incredibly thankful too that we didn't have to go back through the infertility clinic and routines in order to be blessed with this little peanut. Maddie was absolutely worth every appointment, pill, shot, poke and prick it took to get her, but I am very happy that we didn't have to do that all over again! We affectionately named Maddie our "bean" and this little one is known around the West household as our "peanut"!
It's still hard to believe it's real...and how close April is already feeling! Maddie is going to be such an amazing big sister though - I can't wait to see her interact with a little one! At Ms. K's right now too she recently went from being the only one there to having a little 2 month old there with her. So she's getting a lot of great experience being a big sister there too and learning how to softly touch babies, etc. She's also getting used to sharing Ms. K's attention - she really loved having that all to herself!
Maddie is doing really well and has recently learned how to nod her head "yes" and also figured out how to do a somersault all on her own about 2 weeks ago! We are looking into a local gymnastics club that offers classes for little ones. We think she would love having a place to tumble and jump around!
Here are our most recent photos of the little peanut that were taken at the end of my 12th week. I have a checkup appointment on November 4th and then the big gender-telling ultrasound is scheduled for November 29th - I cannot wait! It's so crazy to think that I'm almost to that half way marker!
I know ultrasound photos can be hard to decipher, so hopefully these descriptions will help orient you! In this one, the baby's head is on the left hand side of the picture and the baby is looking up. The white you see extending above it's belly is an arm.
The baby is in the same position in these next two photos too...
Here's a foot!
On this one, the baby's head is still on the left hand side, but it is now looking down instead of up - you can see the whole body though! The round circle underneath the baby's belly is an arm and you can see the legs and feet off on the right hand side. It's so amazing!
We love you!
Nile, David and Soon-To-Be Big Sister Maddie
It's still hard to believe it's real...and how close April is already feeling! Maddie is going to be such an amazing big sister though - I can't wait to see her interact with a little one! At Ms. K's right now too she recently went from being the only one there to having a little 2 month old there with her. So she's getting a lot of great experience being a big sister there too and learning how to softly touch babies, etc. She's also getting used to sharing Ms. K's attention - she really loved having that all to herself!
Maddie is doing really well and has recently learned how to nod her head "yes" and also figured out how to do a somersault all on her own about 2 weeks ago! We are looking into a local gymnastics club that offers classes for little ones. We think she would love having a place to tumble and jump around!
Here are our most recent photos of the little peanut that were taken at the end of my 12th week. I have a checkup appointment on November 4th and then the big gender-telling ultrasound is scheduled for November 29th - I cannot wait! It's so crazy to think that I'm almost to that half way marker!
I know ultrasound photos can be hard to decipher, so hopefully these descriptions will help orient you! In this one, the baby's head is on the left hand side of the picture and the baby is looking up. The white you see extending above it's belly is an arm.
The baby is in the same position in these next two photos too...
Here's a foot!
On this one, the baby's head is still on the left hand side, but it is now looking down instead of up - you can see the whole body though! The round circle underneath the baby's belly is an arm and you can see the legs and feet off on the right hand side. It's so amazing!
We love you!
Nile, David and Soon-To-Be Big Sister Maddie
Fall Festival
We have been having such a great time with Maddie and were excited to really get into the fall season with her! On the weekend of October 9th/10th, we took Maddie to a fall festival at Butler's Orchard, an orchard that's about 20-30 minutes away. The weather was amazing for an outdoor fall trip - I think it wound up being close to 80 degrees! The festival is set up with a huge area with games for the kids, animals and a big pumpkin patch. A lot of the games were geared for kids older than Maddie, but she had a great time seeing the animals, playing in this huge open barn with hay and at the pumpkin patch. Here are some of our favorite photos from that day! There are a lot, but I have such a hard time narrowing down photos of her - they are all so adorable to me!
Watching the chickens and roosters...
And the black pigs...these guys were cute, but there were stink bugs everywhere which mommy did not enjoy!
Having fun with a painted pumpkin...
Her favorite animals were the goats! They were very mellow and friendly and would walk up by the gate so you could easily pet them. So fun!
She had an absolute blast in the barn with hay! There were a lot of older kids running around and jumping off the hay bails (which I'm sure she'll be doing in no time!), but we were able to grab a quiet corner for her to play in and she had so much fun! I think we must've spent at least a half hour in there!
This one just cracks me up! Maddie's expression is so priceless! She was smiling all the way through and then we have someone take a family photo and the stern look is all she gave the camera! I guess we were taking away from the real fun and she wasn't very happy about it!
My sweet baby girl...
Here Maddie is in the pumpkin patch. She loved walking around and wanted to pick up all the pumpkins. She was surprised to find out how heavy they are!
And this is her winning pumpkin! Maddie's first pumpkin!
We love you all!
Nile, David and Maddie
Watching the chickens and roosters...
And the black pigs...these guys were cute, but there were stink bugs everywhere which mommy did not enjoy!
Having fun with a painted pumpkin...
Her favorite animals were the goats! They were very mellow and friendly and would walk up by the gate so you could easily pet them. So fun!
She had an absolute blast in the barn with hay! There were a lot of older kids running around and jumping off the hay bails (which I'm sure she'll be doing in no time!), but we were able to grab a quiet corner for her to play in and she had so much fun! I think we must've spent at least a half hour in there!
This one just cracks me up! Maddie's expression is so priceless! She was smiling all the way through and then we have someone take a family photo and the stern look is all she gave the camera! I guess we were taking away from the real fun and she wasn't very happy about it!
My sweet baby girl...
Here Maddie is in the pumpkin patch. She loved walking around and wanted to pick up all the pumpkins. She was surprised to find out how heavy they are!
And this is her winning pumpkin! Maddie's first pumpkin!
We love you all!
Nile, David and Maddie
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Summer Updates
Boy, it has been way too long since I've posted! This post is packed with lots of goodies...an status report on the 18 month check-up Maddie had today, some pictures from the summer and an awesome video that David put together of Maddie. So, away we go!
We had Maddie's 18 month check-up today. Let me start off by saying that I cannot believe we have an 18 month old! Wow! All of her stats were great...she is up to 23 lbs, 10 oz which is awesome and she is now 32.75" tall. Her weight gain put her just beneath the 50th percentile and she's tracking at almost the 90th percentile for height! This little girl is one day going to tower over David and me if she keeps growing at this rate!! I asked about moving Maddie to 1/2 Pediasure and 1/2 milk since she is gaining weight, but the doctor would like us to stay on 100% Pediasure. I was hoping I could make the Pediasure stretch farther since that stuff is so darn expensive, but no luck there!! The doctor said that while she was really happy with the weight gain, there's still a big discrepancy between where she's tracking on height (90th) and where she is on weight (50th), so she wants us to keep giving her all those extra calories. If only I could get on a diet like that!! :) The bad part of the visit was when the shots came out. Maddie now knows - even before a needle is unwrapped - that something bad is going to happen. It breaks my heart having her cry and having to hold her still while they poke her. I know it's for her good, but heavens!! They really need to make all vaccines in liquid form!! She had a total of 4 shots today - 2 in each arm - and was such a great trooper! Since our last post was about 2 months ago, I haven't said this all that recently (well, at least I haven't posted it here!)...we have the best, sweetest, most wonderful daughter ever!!
For the wedding David performed at last weekend, he learned this beautiful song called "Little Hands" that they sang for the father daughter dance. The lyrics are so touching and ring so true with what we hope for Maddie. David put together an incredible video of Maddie - from ultrasound photos all the way through our most recent pics - and set it to this song. So turn up your speakers and enjoy the amazing song and video!
Now, on to the photos! We downloaded all the photos we had and I've included all my favorites below. Be forewarned, there are a lot of them! I am making up for lost time! I hope you enjoy these as much as I do!
Back in July I think, we had one of many hot days and decided to blow up an inflatable pool that we had bought for Maddie. Let me tell you, blowing up those things manually is a lot harder than it sounds! Oh, how I wished we had an air pump! Well, we finally had it inflated and brought it out front for Maddie, filled it with water and let it sit in the sun a while so the water would warm up. Then the comedy of errors began...we realized the pool was really sloping downwards and one end of the pool was completely dry while the other end had a foot of water! We tried to move the pool around to more even ground and quickly realized it would've been a lot better to do that before putting water in it! Needless to say we didn't make it too far, but Maddie had fun in it nevertheless!
Over the summer I tried to capture this great daddy daughter moment that David and Maddie had. David sat down on the floor and played the guitar while he sang for Maddie. She joined him and helped him along on the strings and got an up front seat to all the action. As luck would have it, all the photos I took turned out blurry...which is why I'm not normally the photographer for the family! I wanted to share these anyways because they make my heart smile!
Of course, with college football season starting, we wasted no time in making sure Maddie knows who she's rooting for! She loves taking David's baseball hats and putting them on our heads (especially David's!). We try them on her too...she normally pulls them off her head pretty quickly, but we were able to catch this cute photo. Geaux Tigers!
A couple weekends ago we had a beautiful spring like day and brought the camera with us to the park. David caught a ton of adorable photos of Maddie at home that day and at the park. There are a lot here, but I just couldn't narrow down my favorites any more than this!
Doesn't this expression just make you smile?! I love it!
We love you all!
Nile, David and Maddie
We had Maddie's 18 month check-up today. Let me start off by saying that I cannot believe we have an 18 month old! Wow! All of her stats were great...she is up to 23 lbs, 10 oz which is awesome and she is now 32.75" tall. Her weight gain put her just beneath the 50th percentile and she's tracking at almost the 90th percentile for height! This little girl is one day going to tower over David and me if she keeps growing at this rate!! I asked about moving Maddie to 1/2 Pediasure and 1/2 milk since she is gaining weight, but the doctor would like us to stay on 100% Pediasure. I was hoping I could make the Pediasure stretch farther since that stuff is so darn expensive, but no luck there!! The doctor said that while she was really happy with the weight gain, there's still a big discrepancy between where she's tracking on height (90th) and where she is on weight (50th), so she wants us to keep giving her all those extra calories. If only I could get on a diet like that!! :) The bad part of the visit was when the shots came out. Maddie now knows - even before a needle is unwrapped - that something bad is going to happen. It breaks my heart having her cry and having to hold her still while they poke her. I know it's for her good, but heavens!! They really need to make all vaccines in liquid form!! She had a total of 4 shots today - 2 in each arm - and was such a great trooper! Since our last post was about 2 months ago, I haven't said this all that recently (well, at least I haven't posted it here!)...we have the best, sweetest, most wonderful daughter ever!!
For the wedding David performed at last weekend, he learned this beautiful song called "Little Hands" that they sang for the father daughter dance. The lyrics are so touching and ring so true with what we hope for Maddie. David put together an incredible video of Maddie - from ultrasound photos all the way through our most recent pics - and set it to this song. So turn up your speakers and enjoy the amazing song and video!
Now, on to the photos! We downloaded all the photos we had and I've included all my favorites below. Be forewarned, there are a lot of them! I am making up for lost time! I hope you enjoy these as much as I do!
Back in July I think, we had one of many hot days and decided to blow up an inflatable pool that we had bought for Maddie. Let me tell you, blowing up those things manually is a lot harder than it sounds! Oh, how I wished we had an air pump! Well, we finally had it inflated and brought it out front for Maddie, filled it with water and let it sit in the sun a while so the water would warm up. Then the comedy of errors began...we realized the pool was really sloping downwards and one end of the pool was completely dry while the other end had a foot of water! We tried to move the pool around to more even ground and quickly realized it would've been a lot better to do that before putting water in it! Needless to say we didn't make it too far, but Maddie had fun in it nevertheless!
Over the summer I tried to capture this great daddy daughter moment that David and Maddie had. David sat down on the floor and played the guitar while he sang for Maddie. She joined him and helped him along on the strings and got an up front seat to all the action. As luck would have it, all the photos I took turned out blurry...which is why I'm not normally the photographer for the family! I wanted to share these anyways because they make my heart smile!
Of course, with college football season starting, we wasted no time in making sure Maddie knows who she's rooting for! She loves taking David's baseball hats and putting them on our heads (especially David's!). We try them on her too...she normally pulls them off her head pretty quickly, but we were able to catch this cute photo. Geaux Tigers!
A couple weekends ago we had a beautiful spring like day and brought the camera with us to the park. David caught a ton of adorable photos of Maddie at home that day and at the park. There are a lot here, but I just couldn't narrow down my favorites any more than this!
Doesn't this expression just make you smile?! I love it!
We love you all!
Nile, David and Maddie
Thursday, July 22, 2010
Playing Around
Over the last couple of weekends we've captured some great videos of Maddie!
Here's one we took when she just started walking. She is now zooming all over the place!
Maddie is just playing around in this one! We still have her jumperoo upstairs (with the basement in utter disrepair!) and she's been hitting the buttons on there to get the music going and will then stomp her feet to it! She's also really gotten into "throwing" balls around and this shows her having a great time with that new skill!
And she's also adopted one of the sofa pillows as her "princess pillow"! She picks it up, carries it around the house with her, puts in on the ground and then rests her head on it. She'll also sit on top of it, as if it's her little princess throne!
She also has this shoulder dance that she does sometimes and it is the funniest thing! She'll stand and move her shoulders up and down, so that her right shoulder is up and left shoulder is down, and then vice versa. Sometimes she even throws a little tummy thrust in there. It's too cute!! Maddie is just so much fun!
Maddie's also becoming quite the little builder! We have a set of giant legos and she loves to build with them! I have so much fun watching her do this too! You can see her thinking about which piece she wants to grab next and playing with where she'd like it put. I love it too that she doesn't bat an eye if it falls over or something doesn't work. She just starts over and builds something completely new and is totally happy building that! We may have a budding architect on our hands!
We are having an awesome time seeing her personality emerge and playing alongside her!
We love you all!
Nile, David & Maddie the Movin Machine
Here's one we took when she just started walking. She is now zooming all over the place!
Maddie is just playing around in this one! We still have her jumperoo upstairs (with the basement in utter disrepair!) and she's been hitting the buttons on there to get the music going and will then stomp her feet to it! She's also really gotten into "throwing" balls around and this shows her having a great time with that new skill!
And she's also adopted one of the sofa pillows as her "princess pillow"! She picks it up, carries it around the house with her, puts in on the ground and then rests her head on it. She'll also sit on top of it, as if it's her little princess throne!
She also has this shoulder dance that she does sometimes and it is the funniest thing! She'll stand and move her shoulders up and down, so that her right shoulder is up and left shoulder is down, and then vice versa. Sometimes she even throws a little tummy thrust in there. It's too cute!! Maddie is just so much fun!
Maddie's also becoming quite the little builder! We have a set of giant legos and she loves to build with them! I have so much fun watching her do this too! You can see her thinking about which piece she wants to grab next and playing with where she'd like it put. I love it too that she doesn't bat an eye if it falls over or something doesn't work. She just starts over and builds something completely new and is totally happy building that! We may have a budding architect on our hands!
We are having an awesome time seeing her personality emerge and playing alongside her!
We love you all!
Nile, David & Maddie the Movin Machine
Sunday, July 11, 2010
Where Has the Time Gone?
I can't believe that our little girl is 15 months old already!? I honestly don't know where the time has gone!! She has become a wonderful little girl and has left behind her baby traits. Her personality is really emerging and it's so neat to see the little person inside her!! She is a determined, happy, independent, loving and stubborn little girl! She's wonderful and so much fun!
Last weekend (July 4th weekend) Maddie officially became a walker! Yep, all of a sudden, she decided that would be her primary mode of transportation and she does so well at it!! She barely falls, balances and catches herself from falling and can get around pretty quickly! It's so fun to see her waddling through the house and to come walking into your arms!! I love it!! She's also giving kisses now, which is so sweet!! They're a little slobbery at this point, and they sometimes involve teeth and turn into more of a love bite, but they are just the best!! Gosh, I just love our little girl!!
Maddie's picky food habits are continuing and I am still praying that it's just a phase!! Her meals are a smorgasbord of items, not knowing what she'll eat or not want to eat at that particular moment. Right now, her go to foods are...
1) Eggo multi-grain waffles
2) Scrambled cheesy eggs
3) Finger foods: graham crackers, multi-grain cheerios, baby goldfish and yogurt drops
4) Bananas
5) Avocados (that's my California girl!!)
6) Cheese...this girl loves American cheese!
7) Yogurt
8) Kraft Mac & Cheese
9) Gerber Mac & Cheese with chicken and veggies
We just tried goulash tonight and she liked it! So that's definitely going to be in her lunch bag for tomorrow! We also tried a fruit smoothie for the second time today and this time she loved it! At first she turned her nose up at it and didn't want anything to do with it, and then when I walked into the kitchen to get her something else to eat she decided to try it and ate every last drop! I was so happy!! The only bad thing about those is that the noisy blender scares her!
We had her 15 month check up on the 29th and she has grown 1.5" and is now 31.5" tall, which keeps her in the 75th percentile! I think Papa Bob's genes may be coming through in that area!! Her head circumference is right on track at 50% and our little string bean gained just under a half pound and is now 20 lbs, 2 oz. This part dropped her from the 25th percentile down to the 10th percentile! Because of this, our pediatrician asked us to stop having her drink whole milk and juice and instead to use Pediasure to bulk her up on the extra calories. Pediasure also has all the vitamins she'd get from fruits and veggies if she was eating a balanced diet, and since she's become quite the finicky eater, she definitely needs those vitamins added to her diet! The doctor's office also gave us a list of ideas on how to add calories to each meal - adding butter to things, stirring powdered milk into items, etc. so we've been doing that as well. We are going back on August 4th for a weight check and I just pray things are heading in the right direction!!
Our doctor also let us know that at this age, they are generally looking for children to be saying 3 words. That said, she understands that each child is unique and has their own timing for everything. Maddie only says 1 word right now (mama!), so our doctor suggested that we have Maddie evaluated and see if she might need some speech therapy. Our county had a great infants and toddlers program, where they will come out to your house to do the assessment and if they find that she needs any therapy/services, they will provide them for free! I'm so thankful that something like this exists!! I honestly think Maddie is just taking her time in the language area, but I am very happy that our pediatrician is proactive and that we're having Maddie's development evaluated. If there are any areas of concern, we'll be catching them and addressing them so early on that I know Maddie will be in great shape by the time kindergarten rolls around. Wow, it's so strange to think of her being a kindergartner one day! Maddie's assessment is scheduled for the 29th, so I'll be sure to post an update on what they see and suggest for her.
Other than those two things, the appointment went well! Well, up until it was time for shots that is! Maddie was able to anticipate what was coming and was not so happy about having to endure the shots! Not that I blame her one bit!! She did great though! I forget which type of immunization it is, but there is one that is a liquid that they just have her swallow...some serious money should be invested into making all shots available in a good tasting liquid form! It would save a lot of agony!!
We love you all!
Nile, David & Maddie
Last weekend (July 4th weekend) Maddie officially became a walker! Yep, all of a sudden, she decided that would be her primary mode of transportation and she does so well at it!! She barely falls, balances and catches herself from falling and can get around pretty quickly! It's so fun to see her waddling through the house and to come walking into your arms!! I love it!! She's also giving kisses now, which is so sweet!! They're a little slobbery at this point, and they sometimes involve teeth and turn into more of a love bite, but they are just the best!! Gosh, I just love our little girl!!
Maddie's picky food habits are continuing and I am still praying that it's just a phase!! Her meals are a smorgasbord of items, not knowing what she'll eat or not want to eat at that particular moment. Right now, her go to foods are...
1) Eggo multi-grain waffles
2) Scrambled cheesy eggs
3) Finger foods: graham crackers, multi-grain cheerios, baby goldfish and yogurt drops
4) Bananas
5) Avocados (that's my California girl!!)
6) Cheese...this girl loves American cheese!
7) Yogurt
8) Kraft Mac & Cheese
9) Gerber Mac & Cheese with chicken and veggies
We just tried goulash tonight and she liked it! So that's definitely going to be in her lunch bag for tomorrow! We also tried a fruit smoothie for the second time today and this time she loved it! At first she turned her nose up at it and didn't want anything to do with it, and then when I walked into the kitchen to get her something else to eat she decided to try it and ate every last drop! I was so happy!! The only bad thing about those is that the noisy blender scares her!
We had her 15 month check up on the 29th and she has grown 1.5" and is now 31.5" tall, which keeps her in the 75th percentile! I think Papa Bob's genes may be coming through in that area!! Her head circumference is right on track at 50% and our little string bean gained just under a half pound and is now 20 lbs, 2 oz. This part dropped her from the 25th percentile down to the 10th percentile! Because of this, our pediatrician asked us to stop having her drink whole milk and juice and instead to use Pediasure to bulk her up on the extra calories. Pediasure also has all the vitamins she'd get from fruits and veggies if she was eating a balanced diet, and since she's become quite the finicky eater, she definitely needs those vitamins added to her diet! The doctor's office also gave us a list of ideas on how to add calories to each meal - adding butter to things, stirring powdered milk into items, etc. so we've been doing that as well. We are going back on August 4th for a weight check and I just pray things are heading in the right direction!!
Our doctor also let us know that at this age, they are generally looking for children to be saying 3 words. That said, she understands that each child is unique and has their own timing for everything. Maddie only says 1 word right now (mama!), so our doctor suggested that we have Maddie evaluated and see if she might need some speech therapy. Our county had a great infants and toddlers program, where they will come out to your house to do the assessment and if they find that she needs any therapy/services, they will provide them for free! I'm so thankful that something like this exists!! I honestly think Maddie is just taking her time in the language area, but I am very happy that our pediatrician is proactive and that we're having Maddie's development evaluated. If there are any areas of concern, we'll be catching them and addressing them so early on that I know Maddie will be in great shape by the time kindergarten rolls around. Wow, it's so strange to think of her being a kindergartner one day! Maddie's assessment is scheduled for the 29th, so I'll be sure to post an update on what they see and suggest for her.
Other than those two things, the appointment went well! Well, up until it was time for shots that is! Maddie was able to anticipate what was coming and was not so happy about having to endure the shots! Not that I blame her one bit!! She did great though! I forget which type of immunization it is, but there is one that is a liquid that they just have her swallow...some serious money should be invested into making all shots available in a good tasting liquid form! It would save a lot of agony!!
We love you all!
Nile, David & Maddie
Friday, June 25, 2010
No Mama, No!
Maddie is officially entering her toddler stage! Over the weekend, Maddie took her first step into toddlerism, by refusing to eat any of the pureed Gerber food we had in the house and only wanting big girl food. I have absolutely no problem with this, the only thing is that she eats so few things that it's impossible for her to have a well rounded diet! I thought, well, she eats things with Ms. K that she won't for me, so Ms. K will have better luck than I'm having. Come Monday, I found out that assumption was wrong! She was refusing all her "baby" food with Ms. K too! So I have been on the hunt, trying out as many new things as I can think of for her, but she is proving...at this point at least...to be one picky eater! So far I haven't found a single vegetable she'll eat, the only fruit that she'll touch are bananas and avocados and she will eat bread, cereal, graham crackers and anything dairy. That's her entire diet right now! Normally, I would say that she's a girl after my own heart - loving carbs and diary - but I really want her to be healthy and have some fruit and veggies in there! If anyone has suggestions on foods to try, please let me know!
Her second step into toddlerhood happened on Wednesday night. David and I were at the kitchen table feeding Maddie dinner (and trying to get her to eat, or at least try, some fruits and veggies!) and while we were doing that, she started shaking her head in the "no" motion. As in "No, Mama - I do not want to eat that piece of watermelon you just tried to give me!" It was the funniest thing! It was right on cue and just made us bust out laughing! She's done it a few times since then and she loves getting us to laugh from it! I think she has fun doing it and sort of making herself dizzy too by moving her head back and forth quickly! Then she charms you with this smile where she scrunches up her nose so that her eyes are almost closed. Oh my goodness, it's the cutest thing ever! We'll try and capture a photo of that for everyone!
Maddie's also getting more independent and confident in her walking skills. She's still crawling primarily, but all on her own she'll take 5 steps or so. We haven't been getting down and trying to have her walk to us...she'll just decide to let go of the coffee table and walk towards what she sees. She normally ends up getting about half way there and then deciding to crawl, but it's a big step that she's deciding to do it all on her own!
We have her 15 month check-up this coming Tuesday, so I'll be sure to update everyone with her new stats. She has to get a couple more immunizations, so it won't be a fun visit for either of us!
Love you all!
Nile, David & Maddie
Her second step into toddlerhood happened on Wednesday night. David and I were at the kitchen table feeding Maddie dinner (and trying to get her to eat, or at least try, some fruits and veggies!) and while we were doing that, she started shaking her head in the "no" motion. As in "No, Mama - I do not want to eat that piece of watermelon you just tried to give me!" It was the funniest thing! It was right on cue and just made us bust out laughing! She's done it a few times since then and she loves getting us to laugh from it! I think she has fun doing it and sort of making herself dizzy too by moving her head back and forth quickly! Then she charms you with this smile where she scrunches up her nose so that her eyes are almost closed. Oh my goodness, it's the cutest thing ever! We'll try and capture a photo of that for everyone!
Maddie's also getting more independent and confident in her walking skills. She's still crawling primarily, but all on her own she'll take 5 steps or so. We haven't been getting down and trying to have her walk to us...she'll just decide to let go of the coffee table and walk towards what she sees. She normally ends up getting about half way there and then deciding to crawl, but it's a big step that she's deciding to do it all on her own!
We have her 15 month check-up this coming Tuesday, so I'll be sure to update everyone with her new stats. She has to get a couple more immunizations, so it won't be a fun visit for either of us!
Love you all!
Nile, David & Maddie
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