Sunday, December 4, 2011

Now that she is a big one year old...

...life has gotten a lot more interesting! The older Madison gets the more I see the differences between boys and girls. She has been my most content child so far, people are always commenting on how quiet and mellow she is. She really is a very good baby, I can't complain! She does have a little attitude though, just try taking something away from her or telling her no and boy will she let you have it! She has the fakest cry I have ever heard! Daddy gets her fake cry the most and you should see the water works that start when he doesn't give in to her! Here is what's going on in Madison's world at one:

*She now weighs 20 lbs and is 29 in long, putting her in the 50% for both height and weight. It only took her a year to catch up to half the kids her age! She was super brave when she got her shot and didn't cry at all. Riley was quite impressed with his little sister!

*She now has 5 teeth, 3 on top and 2 on the bottom.

*She loves to stand and is no longer content to sit. This makes bath time extra fun as we try to keep her from smacking her chin on the side of the tub! Add bubbles and it gets even more interesting! She can stand on her own as long as she doesn't realize she's doing it, once she notices she panics and sits down.

*Along with crawling she has added walking along the furniture and going up stairs to her resume. How did we learn she could crawl up the stairs? One night I was making dinner and the kids were playing in the living room when Tyler yells, "Mommy come see what Madison can do!" I told him he'd have to wait a minute and he replied, "You have to see Madison climbing the stairs!" She was on the fourth stair, the little stinker! I guess it's time to put the baby gate back up!

*She loves to play peek-a-boo! It's become her way of letting us know she's done eating. The minute she starts playing you know you're not getting another bite in her mouth!

*She talks and sings all the time, but as far as actual words go her vocabulary only consists of mama, dada and hi. Hi was her first word! She waves as she says it, it's so cute! To be completely honest mama seems to have dropped off the list of words she knows, so sad. We hear hi and dada just about every day though.

*She thinks Tyler is hilarous! She has the funniest laugh, it sounds like a machine gun. I'll have to post a video of it.

*As much as I try to put them on her, she is not a fan of headbands or bows. Some days I'll get lucky and they last a couple of hours, but those days are few and far between!

She really is such a joy to have in our family! We love our little girl!

A little preview from our Christmas card photo shoot.


"What do you mean we're not done?"


Hanging out with her best friend, Annabelle.

Her poor brothers can't keep anything away from her now!

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