Maddy's first birthday party

Maddy had her first friend birthday party today. She was so cute. She had actually totally forgotten about it. When we reminded her, she got hyper. We got to Silverlake and she saw her name - so happy. They both posed for me super fast and then went on in.

She bounced with her friends for a really long time and then they went swimming. She basically played with Arnov the entire time. It was really nice meeting some of the moms and meeting some of the kids too that she talks about.

Once we got to the party room, she had sweetly saved a seat for her best friend, Arnov. They are literally inseparable.  I was amazed at how well she did with all the kids and activities. I hope she had  a really fun time.

Jim was scheduled to go out of town after the party. She looked up at him on the way to the car and said "daddy do you have to go now?" and got really upset. It broke his heart, and mine too. But at least she had a really nice party.

Teeth!

Holy Cow! Reagan has molars. Tonight, I was brushing her teeth and wanted to look at her back tooth that had a dark spot on it. When I opened her mouth, that's when I saw it. The back bottom left molar was half way through. Then I looked at the rest of her mouth - all her back molars are in except the bottom back right. What!? Wow! Now to figure out what these things are called. I can't believe it.

Giggle fest and 15-month visit

So today, I took Maddy for her 15-month appointment. She does not do well with shots. Today she was going to get shots. Uh oh. :) We got through the appointment. She's great. The doctor said she was doing well - height, weight, milestones etc... Before the shots came, she already started crying. Ugh. She had such a fit that the nurse and I couldn't help but giggle. She just got so worked up that I didn't know what else to do. I felt so horrible.

So by contrast - I picked her up today after school and she was giggling. Amber said that she had giggled all day. They didn't know why, but at times she would just burst out laughing for now apparent reason. Okay. How funny. She's continued that all night and I've laughed right along with her.

Pointing

Maddy is pointing like crazy. She points at everything that she talks about. It cracks me up. She's been doing it for a while now, but the fact that her little index finger goes with her mouth is funny.

Kicking and throwing the ball?

Maddy is throwing the ball with the dogs this morning. It's so cute. She will pick it up and then throw it to them. She does throw it pretty well considering she's only one. :) But it's hilarious to watch her do it. She is actually trying to get some distance. When she does, she gets excited and runs over to it. Sometimes she'll stand there and kick it. Cute.

Dressing herself

Maddy is doing her best to dress herself completely. I am not sure if she is watching Reagan and wants to do what her big sister is doing or what. But it is hilarious. She actually leans over to get her clothes and tucks her head as if she's putting on her top. She will make all the right motions to put on her top and pants. Cute. She'll even grab her shoes and then undo the velcro and try to put them on too. So funny.

Finally dressing herself

Reagan is officially dressing herself now. She can and is finally willing to do it. She's been able to do it for some time, but she's been wanting to dress herself more and more lately. I love it.

Reagan got dressed

Reagan got dressed all by herself this morning. She put on her dress and almost her tights by herself. So proud. She put on her shoes, but hey were backwards. I'm counting that.

One-year old appointment

Today Maddy went to her one-year old appointment. She's now officially one. :) She had the shots. She screamed and cried for several minutes. She fell asleep on the way to daycare. Nice.  I can honestly say that this round of shots was the toughest yet. With Reagan, I didn't know what to expect. She also did pretty well. Maddy doesn't do well with shots at all. And this time was no different. I actually thought about taking her home and cuddling with her the rest of the day because I felt so guilty. Sigh...

The news is - she's in the 94th percentile for height and 88th percentile for weight. Nice. She shot up 2.5 inches in three months. I'm impressed. I knew she had a growth spurt, but man did she grow like a weed.

My little girl is one today

I'm so excited to say that my little baby girl is one today. She was brought into this world with a bang and she hasn't stopped since. Her original due date was October 21st, but the doctor had scheduled her c-section one week before. The morning of the 13th, I went in for my routine visit and they said "today's the day". Wow!

So one year ago today, we were blessed with a little baby girl. She is perfect in every way to me. She's happy, sweet, snuggly, smart, inquisitive and impatient (which I love). She's stubborn about everything and so hard to get dressed.  She loves to look at pictures and loves her family. She is just such a huge blessing to me every day.

I love my Maddy girl. My hootie. My sweetie. I hope one day she will understand how much she means to me.

Moving to Milk

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

Nursing

Okay. This may be too much, but I have to blog. I miss nursing terribly already. It's only been a day too. Dumb. I thought I didn't have any milk. Turns out I do. I tested my theory after I got done working out and I sent some straight across the room. Hmmm. Should I rethink this? Sigh...

Object permanence and humor

Tonight, Maddy was playing with some plastic lincoln connector things - one was a stick and one was a wheel. She loved to put the stick in her mouth, which was a problem for me. Every time I'd try to take it, she'd get so mad. So instead of trying to take it, I would just pull it out of her mouth. She had pulled up onto the couch and had the stick in her mouth and I decided to just take it and put it behind her on the coffee table. Whoa! It was like I had smacked her. She let out a yell that just shocked me. Boy did I make her mad. She got down, turned around and pulled up onto the coffee table and started looking. Her gaze went left and right. When she found it, she stopped crying, picked it up and smiled. Whoa!

Getting dressed

Maddy has started to help me get her dressed. She has started to put her hands into the arm holds and push her arm through. When I go to take her diaper off, she lifts her legs like "here mommy" and smiles. It just cracks me up watching her do this stuff.

9 month pics

Today we had Cara come out again and take our pictues - Maddy's nine months and some shots with the three girls. They were all dressed up and ready to go. Maddy got some cute shots from what I can tell. Ms. Cara brought a few tutus over for pictures - those are the shots I can't wait to see. Maddy was so mobile during the shoot, I'll be interested to see what kind of pictures she got.

How do I do this now?

Maddy is learning how to get around. She commando crawls most of the time. But tonight, she tried something different. My mom was watching her and said she got up on her knees and "walked" forward about four steps before going to her hands again. Odd. Just odd. I don't doubt it though. Right after that, she did a bear crawl and a real crawls in a matter of moments. I thinks she's trying to figure it all out. Cute.

Pulling up officially

This morning, Maddy showed off her new skills. She was pulling up on everything. She hates to be contained. I tried to get a video, but her leg was stuck under the coffee table. When I moved it, she got mad at me and crawled away. Hmm. Little attitude maybe? Impatient? Not sure, but love the new activity.

Milestones for Maddy

This morning, I got about half way to work when I realized that Maddy hit a milestone. When I went upstairs to get her this morning, she was sitting up in bed playing with the mobile she had pulled off the side of the crib.

She was sitting up in bed. So that means she got up from a laying down position (either belly or back) and had gotten to the seated position. Holy Cow!

Not only that, but she is motoring around the carpeting wonderfully now. She is amazing to watch. She just tools around like nothing anymore. When she gets stuck, she starts making the "eh eh eh" noise. We just know to go help her over the edge of the rug or something.

Pulling up

Tonight, Jim sat Maddy down in front of the mini grand piano we had for Reagan. She's played on it before, but tonight she didn't just play on it. She stood up. She reached over the top of the music stand and pulled her little butt all the way until she was standing. WOW!

pulling up to standing

I put Maddy in her crib to get stuff ready in her room before bedtime. I turned around for one second and realized she was standing in her crib. Whoops.