December Pictures

I was able to tie rubber bands on her hair. She thought there was something on her head, but when she felt her head, she couldn't find it (she'll normally feel the top of her head, not the back). So these rubber bands stayed on for a while before she accidentally felt the ponytail and she immediately took them off.

Madison loves to read. One trick I use to distract her from nursing is to tell her that it's time to read, then she'll get her book and bring it over to me so we can read/talk about the pictures.

Learning to self-feed

Taking a nap with her best friend Dora

It is freezing here in Whitmore and she hates anything on her head so we used this pillow to help keep her head warm.

She loves to carry and caress this doll. The doll came with a bottle and Madison loves to feed her with it.

She also loves to pretend like she's drinking from the bottle too!

Coloring with Daddy

14 Months Old

It is so fun being a mother. We all know that Madison loves me (of course!)...Anyway, yesterday while watching TV, Madison saw me and Ryan holding hands. She came up to us and took Ryan's hand away from mine. We held hands again, she took his hand off again. We did this about 3 or 4 times before she decided to take ownership and threw herself on me. I love it!

She's only 14 months old and it's amazing how much she understands. We always encourage her to say new words and nothing comes out of her mouth but she does have a handful of words in her vocabulary. She says Mom, Hi Dad, uh-oh, hat, ball, rrrrrrrraaah (growl like a lion), mmmmm (moo like a cow), mmmm(in a very low, choppy sound--imitating her fart & burp), Ra-ra (Dora), Bruh-Bruh ("Brown Bear" from the book Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?)

She also dances! She has 3 styles of dance moves. The first is your typical swaying side-to-side to a slow melody (she does this to Barney's "I love you" song). The second is when she swings her arms back and forth like Daniel-san in Karate Kid II (you know, that toy drum thing). The third is when she sings and spins around in a circle (she usually dances this way when we sing the alphabet song).

This video clip is dance move #2

More pictures

We don't know what this is. But she does this
impression a lot.
She seems to like dogs. She'll go up to them to touch, but if
the dog gets too close to her she'll turn away.

We saved the box that her carseat came in. She
loves playing in it.

Babysitting her baby cousin Marlan.
She loves babies and little children

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.