BIg girl shoes

Maddy got big girl shoes today. I took Reagan to Stride Rite tonight and asked for them to size Maddy too. They took me right to the early walker area. These shoes were adorable. We picked her up a pair of these shoes and she seemed very happy with them. She didn't seem to kick them off at all. My little girl is getting bigger. :)

Getting Bigger

Today, I figured out that Reagan is getting BIG! I can't stand it. She's wearing a size 4 (perfect fit) and a size 11 shoe. Um, yea. I figured out during our shoe shopping trip that she LOVES sparkles. I'm not sure that a big surprise, but she just lit up when she had the blinky shoes on. Too cute. Then she wanted to wear her princess shoes out the door. So she had on this pink skirt, white shirt and silver princess shoes. :) Love her.

Maddy and sleep

Last night, Maddy got up at 2am and didn't get back into her bed until 530 am. Ugh. I laid on the couch to listen just in case she settled down. She didn't. I went upstairs armed with a bottle. She was soaked through her diaper. So we changed that and then I gave her a bottle. Then, of course, she wanted nothing to do with bed. I held her for a while. After about an hour of her dozing in and out, she woke up and wanted another bottle.

So at 330 am, she drank another bottle. Wow! All of it. Again, she didn't sleep well. Every time I moved to put her in bed, she woke up. Needless to say, I held her til about 530 am. At that point, I was so tired, I wasn't too worried if she woke up on me. I needed to go to bed.

I let her sleep in til 730 am. I was thankful for the 2 hours of sleep.

Wonder if she is growing?

First sleep over

Tonight, Reagan is sleeping over at my parents house. We went down early this evening and had pizza with them and took off when Maddy started to get tired. I have to say, it is really weird not have her at home. I miss putting her to bed. I like snuggling with her. Oh well. I hope she has a great time with them. It will be a great experience for her. My little girl is growing up.

Daily pictures

I think I've given up trying to get both a standard daily standing and face shot for Maddy. For the past few weeks, I can't get her to stay still on the couch. So instead of having the two girls to compare on the couch, I'll have to figure it out. I am still getting her face and body shots, but just in very different places in our home and lighting. Oh well. It will still be awesome to have that daily view into her first year.

Cubbies

Reagan loved Cubbies tonight. I was a little apprehensive leaving her at church, but she walked into the room tonight and didn't even turn around to say goodbye. It broke my heart a bit, but at the same time I was happy that she was that comfortable.

When Mimi brought her home, she was glowing. She had her Cubbie package and a tambourine that she had made. She was singing and dancing around. She loved it. Ahhh. I'm so glad my little girl loves church. It makes me smile.

11 Months today

Maddy is eleven months old today. It just amazes me how fast time flies with this little thing. She is such an amazing baby. She is happy and funny. She loves to laugh and play. I love her more and more every day. I've been blessed to have this wonderful child in my life.

Windows

Maddy has a fascination with windows. She crawls to every window she can find and look out. She will often rap on the windows and loves to look outside when the dogs our outside. She'll grunt and make her noises as if she's talking to whatever is outside.

Up and up and up

Maddy is just amazing me. I keep expecting her to let go and walk. I am not sure she's quite ready to walk, but nothing would shock me with Maddy. She just does stuff - makes big leaps in skill quickly. So I'm crossing my fingers. either way, she's moving and shakin'

She's gotten into a habit of going behind the chair in the living room to visit the toy boxes. She crawls over the dog pillow and rolls around there for a bit before making her way over. Once she does, she pulls out toys and looks out the window. It's cute.

Tantrums galore

The past three mornings, Reagan has had horrible temper tantrums. She refused to go to soccer on Saturday. She was out of control She kicked and screamed and was just difficult to handle. I eventually got her to her room on Saturday. Sunday, she had another fit. This morning, it was another really bad one. She was out of control. I actually had to hold her legs to keep her from kicking me. Not to mention trying to get her dressed...

It was horrible. I felt bad but how do you handle that if you don't have a way to just let them cool down. Sigh...

Anyway. I did talk to her. She eventually came to me and spoke to me about being "sorry". She hugged me and said she was really sorry for acting up and being mean. I know she thought about it.

My friend said she was testing me. Sigh, she's never done this before with me. It's hard.  I love this little girl and she is so stubborn. I hope our efforts tonight will improve her ability to handle stress. We just didn't put up with the meanness.

Trying to walk

I'm starting to wonder when she is going to walk. She reached out for my hand and barely held on as she took a few steps. I was impressed. She didn't teeter or fall down. She was very steady. She's advanced quite a bit in the last week. She keeps trying.

Pro at the stairs

Maddy is now a pro at the stairs. She not only is good at it, she is really fast. Tonight, she crawled from our fireplace to the stairs, climbed all the way and went into the bonus room. It was if she had purpose - she was crawling right for the little piano. It was so weird.