M is so darn cute
Her new cute saying (stemmed from months of hide n seek) she now says:
" X, ARE YOU!"
X = any name and she sort of skips the word where and is very loud with her ARE YOU
That and her always asking "Where did X go?" Its adorable. She gets a very serious face and its adorable.
We have video and its wonderful that technology allows to keep these moments forever and share often. I will add video soon, just haven't downloaded to my computer yet.
Thursday, April 5, 2012
Sunday, March 4, 2012
Happy 18 months
WOW Madison you have surprised us all along this wonderful journey with you. From being so full of personality to learning so fast. Your smile, laugh and continuous parade of hilarity makes our world so incredibly perfect.
Your teachers tell us you are talking way ahead of your classmates (they are all older) and your friends parents say "wow she is so advanced". We think you are perfect no matter what you do or how fast or slow it takes you to do it. But you have definitely marked more things off your baby to do list early.
Some of your new things included:
Naming your favorite cartoon friends: Mickey, Minnie, Goofy, Elmo, and Ernie.
Naming all your friends: Eva, Emiliee, Brayden, Christian, Luke, August, Evie, Alice (for Allison)
You are mastering animal sounds and actions: Sheep says "Bah", Ella (elephant) says "roar with a shaking head", Horsey says "neigh", Rooster says "loodleloodleloo", Goose says "ah", cow says "boo", dog says "ruff", monkey says "ooh ooh", cat says "mow", lion and tigers say "roar" and penguin does the cutest little waddle/shake. You know duck, cow, kitty, turtle, bear, dog, puppy, ella by picture. Those she says name or sound sometimes both. It super cute that you sometimes say bite for rooster because they warn the kids at school that one of the roosters will bite you if you put your finger out. So funny.
You know the colors yellow, red and blue.
You currently repeat everything we say with almost perfect annunciation. Outside and upstairs are two very key words for you as going up stairs and being outside are your 2 favorite things. Wader for water seems to be your favorite word these days as you say it all the time even if you don't want any water. You don't like juice but any beverage that is colored is now juice even soda, coffee and tea.
You know Momma, Daddy, Zeus, Gade (renegade), Nana, Papa, Uncle, Ella (Gabriella), B (brian), and Evie.
You know eyes, ears, mouth, belly, toes, fingers, hand, hat (for what goes on your head.
You say Thank you, Bless you, No sir, No thank you, Please and I sorry.
Books are your favorite thing other than your baby and we spend most of the day reading with you or you reading to us.
You gallop with grace and jump with force even though you don't get very high off the ground and your run now has the cutest little hip shake when you are trying to faster.
You have had a few meetings with our friend "time out", at home you have to go sit against the wall. One night daddy said "if you do that again your going to time out against the wall..so you just went over and sat down." We had to laugh. You know what not to do but when you do it anyway you say "go sit down" and then you have to go sit down. Not sure if thats punishment enough but afterwards you say sorry or give kisses. You have been pushed down and biten at school but have returned the bites to others. Not a fan of this process you are going through but I'm sure we will be over this hump quickly. You get frustrated easily but we are working on that with you daily. You get your afterschool cookie on good days and thats pretty much every day.
You say waffle, cookie, cracker, chip, banana, apple, berry, pizza, noodle (noodloo) and yum yum (that one we end up guessing what you want but you always tell us with a big smile and giggle that we got it right).
You are turning into a climbing monkey and making us re-evaluate our choice in certain furniture peices. Your babies and animals are always dancing. You know ball and you LOVE balls you are not a fan of sharing the ball. You share pretty good but if its something you just don't want to let go of its not going anywhere..you get that from your momma, sorry.
You also give the sweetest Muah's via phone or of course in person, you zerbert us and giggle, you blow kisses, parade restaurants waving hi to all you pass, you say hello when on the phone and buh bye when leaving.
You follow a lot of direction. Take this to daddy or whomever and you do, give the trash to mommy (usually with saying dirty), put your toys away, etc etc.
You have started waking up a few times at night lately but we are praying its just because you are a little sick. We will hope that gets back to normal.
We absorb every second as its probably going to result in something new a new word, sound, phrase or action. I'm sure I missed something cause you are doing so many wonderful new things and turning into a sweet little toddler. Your friends mommy says you and August should have your own tv show cause your such little characters. It would be quite hilarious.
Happy 18 months sweet girl!!! We love you love you love you!!!
Your teachers tell us you are talking way ahead of your classmates (they are all older) and your friends parents say "wow she is so advanced". We think you are perfect no matter what you do or how fast or slow it takes you to do it. But you have definitely marked more things off your baby to do list early.
Some of your new things included:
Naming your favorite cartoon friends: Mickey, Minnie, Goofy, Elmo, and Ernie.
Naming all your friends: Eva, Emiliee, Brayden, Christian, Luke, August, Evie, Alice (for Allison)
You are mastering animal sounds and actions: Sheep says "Bah", Ella (elephant) says "roar with a shaking head", Horsey says "neigh", Rooster says "loodleloodleloo", Goose says "ah", cow says "boo", dog says "ruff", monkey says "ooh ooh", cat says "mow", lion and tigers say "roar" and penguin does the cutest little waddle/shake. You know duck, cow, kitty, turtle, bear, dog, puppy, ella by picture. Those she says name or sound sometimes both. It super cute that you sometimes say bite for rooster because they warn the kids at school that one of the roosters will bite you if you put your finger out. So funny.
You know the colors yellow, red and blue.
You currently repeat everything we say with almost perfect annunciation. Outside and upstairs are two very key words for you as going up stairs and being outside are your 2 favorite things. Wader for water seems to be your favorite word these days as you say it all the time even if you don't want any water. You don't like juice but any beverage that is colored is now juice even soda, coffee and tea.
You know Momma, Daddy, Zeus, Gade (renegade), Nana, Papa, Uncle, Ella (Gabriella), B (brian), and Evie.
You know eyes, ears, mouth, belly, toes, fingers, hand, hat (for what goes on your head.
You say Thank you, Bless you, No sir, No thank you, Please and I sorry.
Books are your favorite thing other than your baby and we spend most of the day reading with you or you reading to us.
You gallop with grace and jump with force even though you don't get very high off the ground and your run now has the cutest little hip shake when you are trying to faster.
You have had a few meetings with our friend "time out", at home you have to go sit against the wall. One night daddy said "if you do that again your going to time out against the wall..so you just went over and sat down." We had to laugh. You know what not to do but when you do it anyway you say "go sit down" and then you have to go sit down. Not sure if thats punishment enough but afterwards you say sorry or give kisses. You have been pushed down and biten at school but have returned the bites to others. Not a fan of this process you are going through but I'm sure we will be over this hump quickly. You get frustrated easily but we are working on that with you daily. You get your afterschool cookie on good days and thats pretty much every day.
You say waffle, cookie, cracker, chip, banana, apple, berry, pizza, noodle (noodloo) and yum yum (that one we end up guessing what you want but you always tell us with a big smile and giggle that we got it right).
You are turning into a climbing monkey and making us re-evaluate our choice in certain furniture peices. Your babies and animals are always dancing. You know ball and you LOVE balls you are not a fan of sharing the ball. You share pretty good but if its something you just don't want to let go of its not going anywhere..you get that from your momma, sorry.
You also give the sweetest Muah's via phone or of course in person, you zerbert us and giggle, you blow kisses, parade restaurants waving hi to all you pass, you say hello when on the phone and buh bye when leaving.
You follow a lot of direction. Take this to daddy or whomever and you do, give the trash to mommy (usually with saying dirty), put your toys away, etc etc.
You have started waking up a few times at night lately but we are praying its just because you are a little sick. We will hope that gets back to normal.
We absorb every second as its probably going to result in something new a new word, sound, phrase or action. I'm sure I missed something cause you are doing so many wonderful new things and turning into a sweet little toddler. Your friends mommy says you and August should have your own tv show cause your such little characters. It would be quite hilarious.
Happy 18 months sweet girl!!! We love you love you love you!!!
Thursday, February 16, 2012
10
10 years ago today I lost the most beautiful smile I'd ever seen and the most amazing laughter I'd ever heard. The passing of my beautiful mom Olivia Diane aka Sissy.
In the past 10 years I've graduated college, moved up the work ladder, moved to a city I now know in my soul is my home and once again will be, I also got married to an amazing man whom she would LOVE so very very much, I've given birth to an amazing daughter that Sissy would spoil like crazy and I'm now pregnant with another precious child.
She would spoil our kids to the point of irritation if she were here and keep us all fat and happy with her amazing southern food. But the best of all is she would make us all sit and watch old tapes of me in dance recitals and remind us all of how fun life can truly be by sharing fun stories in a way that you can picture yourself in them even though you weren't there.
I share our stories, our moments, our laughter and of course her recipes. :) Its my way of keeping that amazing woman in my life.
Sissy I love you all the grains of sand in the world and now more than ever you are truly and deeply missed!!
In the past 10 years I've graduated college, moved up the work ladder, moved to a city I now know in my soul is my home and once again will be, I also got married to an amazing man whom she would LOVE so very very much, I've given birth to an amazing daughter that Sissy would spoil like crazy and I'm now pregnant with another precious child.
She would spoil our kids to the point of irritation if she were here and keep us all fat and happy with her amazing southern food. But the best of all is she would make us all sit and watch old tapes of me in dance recitals and remind us all of how fun life can truly be by sharing fun stories in a way that you can picture yourself in them even though you weren't there.
I share our stories, our moments, our laughter and of course her recipes. :) Its my way of keeping that amazing woman in my life.
Sissy I love you all the grains of sand in the world and now more than ever you are truly and deeply missed!!
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Words are key
Madison is a chatter box, the vocabulary is expanding by multiple words daily at this point. My goodness I'm sure I'll forget some on this list.
Go (with a cute arm motion)
Out..a multipurpose word for up, down, in, and out
Elmo
Zeus
Ella (for her Cousin Gabriella and for elephants)
*Gabriella is the first "name" other than Zeus that she has said
Dog
Daddy
Hi
Good Job
Up (just recently)
Coco
Uncle James
Thats good
Tree
School
Bye
Football
Cookie
Horse
Octo (for octopus)
Fork
Madison still continues to use certain signs as well and she's A CRIB SLEEPER!!
Daddy and Mommy used the No Cry sleep solution and it worked magically for us. We are still not out of the woods yet with a few more steps to go but for now its pure heaven to be able to put her down and do things.
We also found out today after just a few weeks of spending time in the toddler room that she is graduating to it completely. She's a few months ahead of most but she has proven she is ready, enjoys the class, the structure, the added learning and all the activities. Our sweet little bugger boo is growing up and we are loving every single minute of it!
Go (with a cute arm motion)
Out..a multipurpose word for up, down, in, and out
Elmo
Zeus
Ella (for her Cousin Gabriella and for elephants)
*Gabriella is the first "name" other than Zeus that she has said
Dog
Daddy
Hi
Good Job
Up (just recently)
Coco
Uncle James
Thats good
Tree
School
Bye
Football
Cookie
Horse
Octo (for octopus)
Fork
Madison still continues to use certain signs as well and she's A CRIB SLEEPER!!
Daddy and Mommy used the No Cry sleep solution and it worked magically for us. We are still not out of the woods yet with a few more steps to go but for now its pure heaven to be able to put her down and do things.
We also found out today after just a few weeks of spending time in the toddler room that she is graduating to it completely. She's a few months ahead of most but she has proven she is ready, enjoys the class, the structure, the added learning and all the activities. Our sweet little bugger boo is growing up and we are loving every single minute of it!
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
1 year
I'm so late and so behind on keeping up. Maybe its that I'm working and getting busier, maybe its that I have a full blown walking machine on my hands or maybe I'm just finding something to blame. :)
Goodness where to start...
Quick checklist first:
Madisons first steps were around 11 months (now this is free standing no walker steps)usally 3-5 before plopping down. :)
She began full blown walking at 1 and at 12.5 months has pretty much got it down pat
She signs or speaks: hungry, more, all done, dog, mooo (for what the cow says), this, thank you, tickle, brush your teeth
she blows kisses
she waves hi and bye (cute princess royalty wave)
she does touchdown
she dances (booty bounce and hip shake)
she brushes her teeth (after telling you she wants to and showing you were it is)
She will go show whatever she has to whomever you tell her to show. As long as its daddy, papa, nana or mommy.
She will go get minnie, mickey or cookie monster if you ask her "where is.."
We pat pat pat and kick kick kick and tickle tickle tickle..our car routine mixed with a touchdown here and there. :)
she hates milk in a sippy cup and now prefers more nursing
she walks laps and laps and laps and laps and laps and laps..this means we are now down to one small leg roll and its sad!
She zerberts mommy and giggles
she still plays tricks on us
goodness she adds new great things all the time I'm sure I've missed some.
Her favorite things to do are dance, push the button, brush her teeth, be outside, and look at Nana's picture book.
she eats whatever but LOVES: Snack n go applesauce, fruit (by the pound), peas, wheat waffles, pancakes and eggs.
She is anything Minnie Mouse (or Mickey). She can spot minnie from across a crowded room and LOVES LOVES LOVES anything with Minnie on it. Mommy got her first "your so cool" look when I surprised her with my minnie mouse pj pants. She will be minnie for halloween and I think it'll be a minnie christmas this year! :)
Nothing but joy these days. Watching her walk around and dress more and more like a little girl make me sad but its so awesome I can't help but love it.
We also got to view Madison's magazine debut as a baby model. Super cute. She was in Gurgle and the baby model for Tiny Turnip's baby sock product. Pretty cool.
I'll try to update some pictures and videos soon!
laughter is abundant from this sweet little girl
Goodness where to start...
Quick checklist first:
Madisons first steps were around 11 months (now this is free standing no walker steps)usally 3-5 before plopping down. :)
She began full blown walking at 1 and at 12.5 months has pretty much got it down pat
She signs or speaks: hungry, more, all done, dog, mooo (for what the cow says), this, thank you, tickle, brush your teeth
she blows kisses
she waves hi and bye (cute princess royalty wave)
she does touchdown
she dances (booty bounce and hip shake)
she brushes her teeth (after telling you she wants to and showing you were it is)
She will go show whatever she has to whomever you tell her to show. As long as its daddy, papa, nana or mommy.
She will go get minnie, mickey or cookie monster if you ask her "where is.."
We pat pat pat and kick kick kick and tickle tickle tickle..our car routine mixed with a touchdown here and there. :)
she hates milk in a sippy cup and now prefers more nursing
she walks laps and laps and laps and laps and laps and laps..this means we are now down to one small leg roll and its sad!
She zerberts mommy and giggles
she still plays tricks on us
goodness she adds new great things all the time I'm sure I've missed some.
Her favorite things to do are dance, push the button, brush her teeth, be outside, and look at Nana's picture book.
she eats whatever but LOVES: Snack n go applesauce, fruit (by the pound), peas, wheat waffles, pancakes and eggs.
She is anything Minnie Mouse (or Mickey). She can spot minnie from across a crowded room and LOVES LOVES LOVES anything with Minnie on it. Mommy got her first "your so cool" look when I surprised her with my minnie mouse pj pants. She will be minnie for halloween and I think it'll be a minnie christmas this year! :)
Nothing but joy these days. Watching her walk around and dress more and more like a little girl make me sad but its so awesome I can't help but love it.
We also got to view Madison's magazine debut as a baby model. Super cute. She was in Gurgle and the baby model for Tiny Turnip's baby sock product. Pretty cool.
I'll try to update some pictures and videos soon!
laughter is abundant from this sweet little girl
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