Such a cutie

She won't go in the pool!

13 1/2 months old

Here are a few of Madison's recent pictures.

She is a handful. We are constantly chasing her around

and playing with her!

Let's see, as you'll notice in the following

pictures, Madison's hair is getting long.

She hates barrettes in her hair. The only time I can put

it on is when she's

sleeping, but once she finds it, she'll pull it off. We don't

want to cut her hair so in order to keep it away from her

eyes we use baby oil on it.

Ever since she started standing/

walking, I give her a bath in our bathtub instead of the sink.

She loves playing with the water and

sometimes cries when her bath is over.

When we started

switching her over to solid food, she never cared for it

much. She enjoyed the mushy food that was easy to

swallow, but now, she's been taking more bites. Her favorite

is plain bread, plain rice and noodles.

She's now sitting in the toddler car seat facing forward

and I've started sitting in the front seat again. She enjoys

it better because now she can see much more

than just the backseat.

Alright, enough already. I'll try to post more

pictures soon!

Happy 1st Birthday Madison!!!

Please feel free to leave a birthday wish for Madison
at the end of this blog in the comments section!

I'm so busy!

I know, I know...
It's been a while since my last post. It's tough having a toddler running all around, especially since we never really baby-proofed our house.
Let's see, Madison took her first steps at about 10 1/2 months old. She does prefer walking over crawling but since she hasn't learned how to run, if she needs to get somewhere quickly she'll land on her butt and start crawling. One evening while shopping at Macy's I decided to let her walk. After taking a few steps, she lost her balance and fell (she almost did a face plant onto the hard floor but she caught herself) so I picked her up. She got mad at me because she didn't want to be carried, she wanted to walk by herself so she started screaming. I had to take her outside to calm her down.
She loves using the remote as her telephone. She'll put it by her ear and start talking. When she sees us on the phone, she'll put her hand by her ear as if she's talking on the phone too!
We bought her halloween costume the other week. She had a choice between Elmo, a cow, a horse & a ladybug. As soon as she saw Elmo she grabbed it and wouldn't let go of it.

Thanks for viewing all of Madison's pictures, I'll try to post more soon!

Judy

Having Fun at Daddy's Office

She loved being pushed around in the chair

She had a lot of fun crawling in the open area

She's getting bigger!!

Madison is almost 11 months old!!
She took her first steps on her own this past week.
She loves it when we sing to her. Her favorite
is "Wheels on the Bus." She and Ryan are always
fighting for the remote. We thought we could trick her
by giving her the remote for the other room, but
she knew it was an imposter. She hasn't said "dad" yet
but she does call me " mum-mum-mum-mum" or
"ma-ma-ma-ma". She's such a big girl. The 12 month
sizes may/may not fit well. The 18 month sizes
fit better on her.

She's been doing this a lot lately...

Sexy Butt!!

I don't know what to call this pose...
She was giving us her big smile, standing up,
and drinking from her sippy cup all at the
same time.

Mum-Mum

Cruising at the beach for the Konishi Annual Picnic

Tired GirlThe infamous rubbing of the eyes

Almost sleeping

K.O.

Stand up!

Big Smile!

10 Months Old...what a rascal!

She loves playing Peek-A-Boo!

I gave up folding her clothes. She loves tossing it
all over the place.

Cruisin with Cousin Hailey

She doesn't like kissing us, but she has no problem
kissing her toys

For a few days, her favorite toy was this lid from the
Gerber Graduates Finger Foods

Madison has a new friend to play with

We saw this bikini at Old Navy and we HAD to have it

Isn't she adorable?

This is how she poses for the camera

Look at how much she's grown!

Yay! No hands!