Madilyn and Madeline

Today we had our friends Julie and Madeline over for a play date! The girls are only a few weeks apart and are reaching many developmental milestones at the same time. It was great fun watching them interact with each other. Neither one was quite sure what to think of the other!



Madilyn was absolutely fascinated by Maddie's stylin shoes. She realllllly wanted to taste them too! But, when Madeline wouldn't give up the one in her hand, Madi went right for her other foot.... silly girls!




Thanks for coming over! Hopefully we'll make a habit of it :)

Madilyn Dances :)

We're making the switch!

Look what came in the mail today!!!!

We're finally making the move to cloth diapers. The poor mail woman could barely carry all the boxes to the door this afternoon. Everything is in the wash and I can't wait to put them on our little princess :)

Hooray for fluff!



And just for a bit of random fun, this is where Madilyn seems to back herself into these days. Too cute...

We'll be crawling soon....

Lately Madi has been trying harder and harder to get places! The only problem is, she can't figure out how to go forwards. So, she gets on all fours and wiggles away, backwards. This is very frustrating for her as you can see. Hopefully the little princess will get this figured out soon and we'll be much happier!

Soooooo Big!

How big is Madilyn?

Make that seven....

TEETH!

Yes, Madilyn just cut her 7th tooth last night. Everyday my baby is looking more and more like a big girl and less like my little baby!

New Playroom!

Okay, so we've recently been moving things around in the house to make it feel a bit more cozy and baby friendly (I'm sure she'll be on the move one of these days...). I'm pretty happy with the way our new "playroom" turned out and just wanted to share :)




Playdate, anyone?

We're back!

After a long but wonderful trip to Arizona, Madilyn and I have arrived back to Altus safe and sound. We planned to head out on Saturday morning and stop for the night in Albuquerque, but Mother Nature had a different plan for us. There were some pretty bad wonter storms going through the area we would be traveling, so we had to change our route. This added about 5 hours to our journey! Matt drove the entire trip. Every time we'd reach a large town or city, I'd ask him if we should stop for the night, and he'd always reply "nope, I'm doing just fine, let's keep going". Well, 19 hours after leaving Phoenix, we arrived back home around 5am.. He drove all day and night! Needless to say we're all still catching up on sleep around here. It's nice to be home again.

Madilyn seems to be growing by leaps and bounds these days. She's extremely interesed in her surroundings. Within the last week "dada" and "doggie" have become a regular part of her vocabulary, and she's even using them appropritely! On top of new words, she seems to have learned how to wave. As Matt was leaving for work today he waived "bye bye" to her and she waved back!

Well I think that about sums it up for now, Madilyn is up from her nap!

Baptism

Today we had Madilyn baptized at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church in Tempe, AZ. It was a wonderful celebration and we were so blessed to be able to share it with our families. Here are some pictures of the event :)

With Mommy and Daddy in her gown

Anointed with oil

Baptism

Megan (Godmother), Mommy, Madilyn, Daddy, and Bret (Godfather)

Here we are with the Deacon who baptized Madilyn!

Eight Months!

Happy eight-month birthday, Madilyn!

Our little girl just keeps getting bigger and bigger by the day it seems. At this point she has mastered "da-da", "ba'ba" and "hi", although she does not use them appropriately yet.

She continues getting herself on her belly and trying to crawl. So far we're still rocking, but I'm sure she'll be zooming around in no time at all.

Meal times are finally getting enjoyable! She often gets excited when she sees the baby food coming and loves to try different things we're having at meal times too....especially bread :)

It seems like just yesterday I was in the hospital in labor, and now here we are, eight months later! This year has just flown by, and I'm sure all subsequent years will continue to go by quicker than the one before.