We've got a talker!

Maddie has been talking/cooing for a while now, but trying to get it on video it not so easy. I would have had a longer clip but I had filled my memory card with all the pictures and video (how odd?).

Visiting Uncle Rick at W&L

Of course we took pictures and of course we dressed her in W&L stuff. Who knows, maybe she'll be a general someday?!

Things I can do now . . . week 7

We love to go and visit Donny at work and wear all our cute things, like this hat. Of course she likes to sleep when we are there and no one believes us that she actually makes noise or fusses.

Maddie loves to look super cute in all her new outfits. She also doesn't mind getting her picture taken, which is a good thing since I take her picture everyday! I have to keep you all updated.

Maddie also doesn't mind sharing her toys with the other animals in house. Nike doesn't care about the potential "edibles" dangling from the thing he just wants to lay on it because the rug is far too uncomfortable.
Maddie also loves to play and sit in the Bumbo chair. Maddie likes the be able to look around at everything and everyone. She also loves to put a vice grip on her rattle and fling that around too. Sometimes we can't get it out of her hand and she either tries to eat it or has to hold it while she is eating.

Going out golfing

We decided we would go out and visit Uncle Jim at their big golf tournament over at Roanoke Country Club. Maddie would be able to stroll on the cart paths and we would get in a nice walk. Well, it happened to be only five hundred degrees out that day so we walked shorter distances and in the shade. Either way Maddie loved her big hat and being out in the fresh air.

Week 6 in pictures

I have officially found some outfits that we are going to very quickly outgrow. This is one of them. The pudge look is what I call this, look at those cheeks, wow!

This is one of the outfits we picked out when Aunt Melinda was here. Obviously it is one of Donny's favorites, although, he pretty much loves everything that she wears these days. Also, Maddie loves to suck on her fingers, sometimes they get in the way of the actual bottle. Caught her suckin that thumb!

And finally, some of the new faces we have been working on. Maddie has been smiling for a week or so now, but, it is so hard to catch on camera. Here is what I have to work with for now.

Mother's Day!

Happy Mother's Day!!

This was my first mother's day this year and it was great! Little Miss Maddie was such a good girl - she went shopping with dad to get my gift this morning and helped to wrap it. They picked out a new camera for me! Donny said it was to help take even more pictures and so that I would be able to post them on my blog. We had a great day and had a mother's day dinner over at Bobbie and Pop's house where all us ladies got to sit and have dinner cooked for us. Here is how the day progressed: sleep, eat, more sleep.

(asleep in the swing, hence the blur)

Naked Baby!

Well, almost. I didn't want her to get any food on her dress so she ate in her underpants. See how focused she is looking up at Donny. This was right before she spit up on his dress pants (haha), I warned him! Nothing a little dry cleaning can't fix.


Oh, and the bib says "I am the boss" - so true.

Week 5 in pictures

Here are a couple things we have been up to this week. It has been pretty warm, so some days Maddie gets to rock around the house in just her onesie, it makes Donny jealous. We go for walks just about everyday in the morning when it is cooler out. Maddie loves to go for the walks, she gets mad usually when we stop. These bumpy city sidewalks do not bother her a bit either.

Here is Maddie sporting her first dress (from Aunt Carlie). It was warm enough we didn't need to wear anything underneath!

New shoes! Thanks to the Laucks who sent us these adorable little booties. They fit great too which has been a problem since little missy has some good size feet. So cute!

Playing with my play gym! Maddie loves to look at the lights that flash and swat at some of the toys and watch them move. I don't quite think she can do it on purpose, but she likes watching them swing anyways.

Other fun things this week - Maddie likes to talk to you. She first started cooing and "talking" to Donny last Saturday, it's so cute. She also "smiles" more. I have not caught a true big smile yet on camera. Keep checking back to see what we are up to next week!

Priceless

Daddy,
Sometimes I fuss when I can't sleep so you will pick me up and let me sleep with you...

Thanks daddy!
Love,
Maddie

Happy Birthday Uncle Jim!

Remember when we were both this young? Well, Maddie was only a couple days old, and well, Jim you were five weeks younger too!

We hope that you have a great birthday Jim! And, if you are lucky Maddie might flash her new *smile* at you at dinner.