On Your Mark, Get Set, .....Maybe Go???

So she started getting up on her knees and before we knew it she was on her hands and knees!!!  Forgive me Madelyn when you read this later in life; but at times I just want to push her over and keep her my little baby :o)  But she’s not a baby anymore….She weighs 16 lbs and measures 26 in long!  Where did she get all that chub from?  Well, she found a new love…..cereal with fruit!  Her first encounter with some rice cereal didn't agree with her very well, so we waited a little while.  Then our first successful meal included Oatmeal with Peaches and she loved it.  It went down real quick, which made me feel like I was starving the poor child.  Her teachers at school said, "she eats it so fast--the whole thing is gone in less than 5 minutes".  Since then we've tried bananas, pears and prunes (because we needed to--although I think she actually liked them).  Can't wait to start on those veggies; look out green peas, here we come!  Stay tuned for those pictures.

After we found our feet and hands, she connected them and now feet go into the mouth every chance.  She has also found her fingers and becomes very concentrated on little things and trying to work her fingers with them.  I even catch her in the morning trying to pick the printed lambs off her bumper pad.  As she tries to learn so much with those hands, she demands not to lay back or recline anymore.  The bouncey chair is no longer a successful play time anymore.  She wants to sit up and see the world!

The truth of the matter is that I was bald until I was like 5 and Ryan is bald now; so Madelyn is just doomed in the hair department.  Sorry kiddo!  Although, I am proud to announce that it appears we grew about two hairs this past couple of months!  Yes, I am trying to be funny :o)  But it is cute because I can see a few that have gotten longer and they just stick straight up.  So I must take a poll to see....what color do you think her hair is?????

School continues to be lots of fun and a great place to learn new things.  The teachers there have been so helpful with solutions to her teething and getting time to practice new things like sitting up and crawling.  I must admit that my favorite part is the art work that she gets to make.  It just melts my heart when I come home and open the diaper bag to find the most adorable things that my little one made!  I don't know which I like more, the elephant butt from last month or.....the Fire Dragon!!!!!  Arrrrggghhh!

Another great delight is the little noises and sounds that little miss has learned.  When she's concentrating really hard she makes this little moaning sound that is adorable.  If you "eat" her belly and make cookie monster sounds she'll laugh out loud.  Ryan even got her to laugh back at him when he laughs.  But she won't do it with me :o(  She also has started doing a repetitive squeals with huge smiles of happiness in between each.  Our favorite is when she sounds like she is imitating George Jetson's space car. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3F8fPiX6CLM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ST6uHZmwNns 

I don't know if I can even describe exactly how much she has changed this last month.  It seems as though she completely grew out of being a baby so quick within this month.  When I write out the above, it just seems a lot less than what it really is.  Again, maybe words can't describe it but hopefully I'll always be able to remember it.