Eating like a champ

Tonight, Reagan got home from karate and was apparently really hungry. She immediately went downstairs to hang out with Maddy and the babysitter and wanted to eat. She ate all her mac & cheese, tomatos and even her chicken. Weird. She even said "I'm starving mom!"

I looked at her and said "what did you do with my Reagan?"

We both giggled.

Maddy tonight

For some reason, once we decided to potty train Maddy (or move to underwear) the desire for her to go IN the potty went away, at least at home. She still does really well at school for the most part - we're hitting probably 80%. So what's the deal. She goes to the new school, starts going on the potty ALL the time. Ugh.

Tonight, she actually sat on the potty and pooped & peed. Yea Maddy. Next we had dinner. Then I put her down and she promptly went to the couch, spread her legs and started peeing. REALLY!?

Maybe it was all the food she ate - she did eat two hot dogs, rasberries, two containers of mandarine oranges and a block of cheese. Seriously.

Food in mouth

Maddy has always had this thing of overstuffing her mouth with food when she eats. Lately I've noticed that she carries it around in her mouth. I wonder why she does this.

I ate beets willingly

Must be growing

Reagan ate an entire hamburger with a bun tonight. She got so mad at me because I cut up her burger and put it on her plate. She came over to me and complained to me. So I gave her a whole burger with a bun. She asked for mustard. I was completely shocked tonight when she called for me multiple times to tell me how much she had eaten. The fact that she was eating a regular burger was amazing itself. But, the fact that she willingly at half was amazing.

By the time dinner was over, she had eaten the entire thing. Holy cow. She was so proud of herself too. She ate it all and said "mommy, I was just so hungry". He hee - maybe the biking made her hungry or maybe she's growing.

Either way, I was totally impressed by her volume tonight.

Makin' pizzas

Tonight, we made pizzas for dinner. We actually had everyone make their own, including Reagan and Maddy. Maddy realized in the process that she apparently LOVES pepperoni. Reagan redefined her crazy love for cheese. I think she ate a bowl of it.

By the time the pizza actually was done baking, Reagan didn't eat much of it. Maddy did, but that's only because she eats everything.

Fruit

Maddy loves fruit. Actually both she and Reagan do. Jim started grabbing a piece of fruit as a snack. He's done that for weeks. And every time, both girls curl up with him on the couch and eat it with him. With the new summer season, we've had lots of different fruits. We have discovered that Maddy and Reagan both LOVE apricots, nectarines, peaches and all sorts of berries. Maddy tonight chomped down on a nectarine. She ate it like nothing. Super fast. Yum.

Reagan took her time. So I grabbed a bite. It was super sour. Wow. Reagan and I puckered up a bit. I was amazed. Maddy didn't seemed phase by the taste. Wow.

Maddy's New Breakfast

Maddy has never been super interested in cereal each morning. That was Reagan's thing. Today I gave in and gave her a bagel with cream cheese. It was gone in 60 seconds. :)

Maddy likes to eat

... but only fruit and cheese.

Maddy ate dog food

I didn't know that Maddy could open the dog food storage bin. Apparently she can. This morning, she opened it right after I closed it and put some in her mouth. I gave her some milk to wash it down.

Pub mix and the tent

For some reason, Maddy loves "Pub mix" and the pink tent. She will go into the kitchen and pull the Pub mix container out of  the cabinet and carry it to me. Then she will set it down and start pointing at it and making "that" noise. Once she gets some, she giggles, runs and then hides in the tent until she needs more. Odd. Very Odd.

Breakfast time

Maddy has decided in the last few days that she will eat breakfast like Reagan. She is starting to copy what Reagan does more and more. This will make the transition from bottle to food much easier I think.

It's too cute. Reagan got her own cereal and sat down nicely. Maddy went over to her chair and started fussing. I said, "do you want to eat cereal like Reagan". She said "yes" and pointed upwards toward the booster seat. Okay. Nice.

I sat her down next to Reagan. They looked over at each other and smiled. Maddy literally copied Reagan the whole time. It was just adorable. Sigh, they are both growing up.

Barfola

I went into Maddy's room this morning and the room smelled of puke. Nice. The weird thing is she was sleeping. I looked in her bed and she was snoring and laying in the puke. The best part - it was a giant fish stick. Jim had given the girls fish sticks for dinner. Maddy had not had this yet. Apparently it did not agree with her. She didn't wake up or fuss when she puked. I'm not even sure when it happened.

My little cutie pie got a bath with lavender this morning and I gave her a bottle. After she held it down for about two hours, I carted her little cuteness off to school. She was fine all day.

So does that mean she has a fish allergy?

I guess she likes pizza

Maddy must like pizza. She cracks me up. She picks up the slice of pizza whole, turns it over and eats it. She doesn't just eat it, she demolishes it. It's awesome to watch her eat it.

Eating pizza

I just watched Maddy eat an entire piece of pizza. Really?

Eating fun

Maddy might be the messiest eater I've seen. She gets literally everthying all over her. She finds new ways to get things into her hair and her diaper. I haven't figured that one out yet. Yesterday, she and Reagan decided to paint her highchair with popsicles. Nice. Today, she's spewing grapes everywhere. At least I don't have to peel them anymore. :)

I'm hungry now

Maddy started getting fussy tonight about 7pm. I told Jim that she needed to get "moving towards dinner". She kept fussing until we got her in her seat. Once we put her in her highchair, she clapped and giggled. Guess she was hungry.

Moving to Milk

We moved on to milk today. Starting half and half.

My daughter eats like a dog

We all went out to eat tonight to Bob Evans. Maddy is starting to enjoy the table food options now. She scarfs up just about anything we put in front of her. The funniest part is that she tends to eat like a dog. She will lean forward, when her hands are full, and eat straight off the table. It's hilarious to watch.

Having fun

Woo hoo. Reagan slept for 10 hours straight. It is awesome! She woke up in a good mood and had a fantastic day all day. No fits, no craziness. We went to church in the morning and  she had a great time. She made a mobile about the first days of creation. "God made the sun, the moon and the stars". It was cool. She told me all about it when I picked her up.

When we got home and ate lunch before we went up to the park. Mom and Dad met us after a while. We all had a good time. After that, they took her home with them while I ran an errand. After that, I picked her up and we went home. She got to play outside with the neighbor boys.  She played hard with them. She and Braydon were messing with a measuring tape and ended up breaking it. Nice. I laughed and was a tad embarrassed. They didn't seem to care much.

One thing I noticed. When Reagan sleeps well, she eats well too. She ate a huge breakfast (for her) a solid lunch of fruit and cheese (and donuts) and then had a good dinner (fruit, cheese, orange juice and pizza). I'm impressed.