I can do it myself!

Miss Madilyn has become very independent these last few weeks. Everything from walking alone, to playing alone, to feeding herself! It's really cute to see her little personality blossom more by the day, but also a bit sad watching your baby become less and less of a "baby".

She helps us put her clothes on now, and sometimes even manages to get an arm through all on her own. When we're down on the floor for playtime, often she'll look at me like I'm nuts if I try to play with her. It's like she's thinking "Um, Mom, thats so not how you play with that...". Too cute.

Help at feeding time has also become a thing of the past. While I do enjoy having my hand to myself at mealtimes (for the most part) again, it sure is a mess! She's just so darn cute though, even the mess somehow seems tolerable. Now we look forward to the day when she'll ba able to feed herself without needed a bath after every meal. Yeah, right.

Here are some fun pictures of Madi. She loves to take a bite and shout "ta-da!!!!" It's adorable. Like, hey, look what I just did! So as you can see here are some her mealtime "ta-da!!" moments!
Too cute. Here she is telling us "ta-da" because she stacked up the dishes all on her own and was so darn proud!

Mmm, desert!

New Shoes

This last weekend I picked up some new shoes for Madilyn while Brianna and I were in Dallas. Madi has been trying to put on her own shoes for a while now, so I thought I'd help her out by getting her a pair she could have some success with! As you can see, she loves them so much, she even convinced Daddy to let her keep them on while she took her evening tubby!

Happy Father's Day!

Slacking!

It must seem like I'm really slacking here lately! I'll try and fill you in on the happenings around here lately. We've been very busy trying to sort through things and pack up our house, it really is a big mess of boxes everywhere! We are set to be out of this house no later than July 14. Eeek!

In our spare time, we've been at the pool with Madilyn! She loves the water and will stay in and play for quite a while.

Madilyn's sign language is getting better everyday. Just the other afternoon she stopped playing her her pool and signed "all done, more eat" to us. It was dinnertime and she was letting us know about it!

Matt is enjoying his job and has been busy at work preparing for his deployment. This means lots of training and exercises. He says he's getting excited about going and thinks it will be a great experience, but we will still miss him plenty!

And here is a picture from today of our pigtail princess. Check out all that hair :)

Dada, read!

Every now and then I just wish I had a video camera constantly rolling. Tonight was one of those nights. We were all hanging around the living room together. Matt was laying on the couch. Madilyn got up and went to her bookshelf and brought Matt a book saying, "Dada, read"! It was clear as day. SO cute. We're so proud of our little girl!!

Other things she says on a regular basis:
-Mama
-Thank you (sounds more like "ank too")
-Ubby (tubby)
-Go! Goooo!
-Hi! (and waves)
-Bye bye
-Swing! (she should this every time we get close to the park)
-"mmmmmm" when something is yummy
-good
-what's that ("a dat?")

She also signs eat, more, all done, and please.

What a big girl :)

A Sunday Swim

Today we had some of our good friends over for a little pizza and swimming. With all of our busy schedules it sure is hard to find a time when everyone can get together sometimes! I know most of you are really after the pictures more than anything, so I'll just cut to the chase.

It's SO tough to get all of them to look at the camera together!!!!

Ben Shaub, Kate and Devin Shanks, and Matt hanging outside enjoying our wonderful weather :)

Congrats, Matt!

This afternoon Matt had his promotion ceremony. He is now a First Lieutenant. Way to go Matt!!







Yesterday, his office threw a party and surprised him with his picture on a cake. Too funny!



And for a little bit of Madilyn updating:
She is now practically running through the house, and loving every second of it! We're having so much fun watching her grow up and explore. Her hair is growing more and more and there is finally enough to do something with!





We also picked up a fun little blow up pool and some toys today. We'll fill it up and take it out tomorrow. She was having so much fun in it today (dry, in the living room) I had to snap a picture.

Our Photo Gallery Is Up!

All the pictures from our photo session on the 15th are now up for viewing. For anyone interested you can order prints right off the site by clicking the add to cart button as the slide show goes along.

I'd really love some input on which prints you all think are best, so please, please leave some comments and let me know your thoughts! I think she did a wonderful job and we're really going to have a tough time choosing!

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-Enter the site

-Click the Client section in the bottom menu bar

-Enter password: mm09

Thanks!

Pool Time Playdate!

Yesterday Madilyn and I headed over to Tara and Eva's home for a terrific playdate. Madilyn, Eva, and Madeline are all very close in age and it is so much fun watching them grow up together! As you can see, it is pretty tough to get all of the babies to look at the camera at the same time. Madilyn and Eva have very similar swimsuits as well. Madi is in the flowers, Eva is in butterflies.

Little Miss Diva herself!

Playing Catch up

The past two weeks have been nothing shy of crazy, but here is a little slideshow to show you what we've been up to! Enjoy :)