Maddy is on the loose

Maddy is moving every where. She is not stopping at all. She has walked around the entire first floor a few times tonight. It's hilarious to watch her. Her little shoulders go up and down as she moves across the floor. When she falls, it's controlled. She'll fall part of the way down and stop herself. Then she'll get back up again and just keep going. Every once in a while, she will turn around to look... just look. It's cute.

Walking fast

I'm trying to figure out why Maddy walks with her tongue out. She motors along really well. I am so afraid that she's going to fall and bite her tongue. :)

Walking fast

I'm trying to figure out why Maddy walks with her tongue out. She motors along really well. I am so afraid that she's going to fall and bite her tongue. :)

Maddy is walking

Showing no fear everyone. She is walking. She does so much better when she stabilizes herself on a table or chair before she starts walking. When she pulled up tonight on the coffee table, we called to her. "Walk to mommy or daddy". She would! She'd walk right to us, no matter the number of steps. I think her max tonight was 5 or 6. But she was so much more stable and confident.

The other funny thing is that she does not want to sit. She wants to walk or move. I tried to pick her up and carry her. She got so stinkin' mad at me. It was funny. She did everything she could to crawl out of my hands. As soon as I'd put her down, she'd giggle and start moving. Love it.

Next up

Maddy took five steps in a row. Holy cow. Now what. It's about the right timing as Reagan too. He hee like sisters.

Two steps

Maddy took two steps by herself today. I put her down and she stood up. Then walked two steps and fell.

Playroom with Sean

Tonight, we went over to Paul & Emily's house to hang out for dinner and playtime. It was probably the first time I let Reagan just go upstairs on her own to the playroom with Sean. It was more out of pure laziness than anything, but she was fine. Emily walked them upstairs and locked them in with the gate. They played HARD. It sounded like elephants were going to come through the ceiling. But they had fun.

Maddy and Lily played together in the kitchen while Emily put dinner together. At one point, the two little ones crawled out of the kitchen, down the hallway together and just turned around to "look". I leaned over to Emily and said "oh, we are going to be in trouble". They had done it together. They must already have their own communication. It's cute.

Maddy is also trying harder to walk. While there, she did some little leap/fall/walk thing from the coffee table to the couch. I keep waiting for her to just go for it. Not yet.

Park

The girls love to go to the park! Tonight, we took both girls up to the park to play and run. We put Maddy in the stroller and made Reagan walk. She hates to walk, but loves to get there. Maddy kicked and cooed the entire way there. She loves the stroller.

Reagan is getting really good at the hanging bars. She's starting to attempt to walk across the monkey bars. Tonight, she actually hung by herself and tried to move across to the next one. I was proud. She will hang forever on one bar, but has yet to start to move across. I loved it.

We both took Maddy around the park for a run. We actually thought that she would fall asleep, but she didn't. She had her eyes wide open and was taking everything in.

After getting home, Maddy was very anxious to walk. She's getting really brave. She has started to throw/walk herself from object to object. When she lands, she looks up and just giggles. SO cute.

Walking

I think they practice walking at school with the babies. Maddy gets so excited when we "walk her" between us. JIm and I started sitting on the floor and encourage her to walk between us. She had started walk/falling towards large objects this weekend, so we were helping that process along. She just starts giggling when we do it. It's awesome to watch.

Tonight, she walked a few steps on her own. I'm still waiting for her to do it literally on her own - but man is she close. Yea Maddy!!

Maddy just tried to walk

Over the last several days, I've watched Maddy take one step and then fall. I've watched her fall towards an object (person or thing). And, I just now watched her hurl herself towards the Dora Dollhouse in the living room. She walked two steps in a falling motion and landed with a BIG thump. How cool is that?

Climbing stairs like crazy

Maddy loves to climb stairs. Actually, she likes to move. She does not like to sit still for any reason. Well, unless she is sick. But even then, she gets really grumpy when she's held too long. We finally opened up her activity center to sit against the wall. She likes it much better now. She doesn't like to be in her walker or other things that confine her too much. She will, but just for short periods of time. It's kinda funny to watch her. She changes too quickly.

Standing up

Maddy is standing up on her own now. Sometimes she will even bounce up and down without holding on. She actually tried to take a step this morning and fell right on her face. She just looked up at me like "you didn't catch me mom". I think I was so shocked she tried that my reaction time was a tad slow. :)

Will she walk?

Maddy is so close to walking. She is cruising around on everything she can  - tables, wall, toys you name it! Tonight, I almost had her walk away from the fan in the hallway. She had a look on her face that she might actually do it. Then she giggled and sat down. Ahhhh. I was hoping she would at least drop her hand. So close.

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.

Walker butt

My parents taught Maddy how to walk under our kitchen table last night in her walker. This morning, she stood at the side of the table and waiting for us to move the chairs. Once we did, she giggle and started motoring through. Love it.

Motoring around

Maddy is so good at plowing around the house in her walker now. She often will crawl over to it and stand up next to it as if to ask to take it out for a spin. It's cute. She just looks over, grunts and smiles as if to ask.

She is so happy to be mobile. She just doesn't stop. She'll roam by the fridge in the kitchen and pull stuff on the side of the fridge. She'll carry it around with her as she travels through the house.

Reagan still loves her baby toys

Reagan cracks me up every day. She has such a cute personality (and boy is she head-strong). Whew. Today, she decided she wanted to crawl into Maddy's walker. Keep in mind, it used to be Reagan's and she knows that.

I was getting lunch ready after church and my mom said "hey Cath, come look at this". I walked into the living room and there she was - in the walker. This time, however, she was smart enough to not put her legs in the seat. She actually just sat over the whole thing. But she just looked at me like "mama..." and just had a sad look.

I think it's cute. I hope she's not too jealous. Hopefully, one day, she'll read this blog and know just how much I love her.

Put me in my walker

This morning, she actually asked to be put into her walker. She crawled up to me and when I picked her up, she leaned over towards it. I put her in it and she made her "happy sound" and took off as soon as she had her feet on the floor.

Maddy

Maddy is really able to communicate well what she wants through her actions. She wanted to get into her walker tonight. She crawled over to it, pulled up and started smacking the front of it. I asked "do you want to get in?" She just started making her Hooty sounds which means yes. I picked her up and put her in and she was off. She can really plow through this house. She's getting close to the point that I have to worry about my ankles getting hit and hurt pretty badly. It's so fun to watch though.

Squatters rights

Maddy is getting really good at squatting. She will pull herself up on the coffee table and the squat up and down. She loves it. She started doing this the other day - she'd pull up and down on me. Tonight, she did it all night. I am just waiting for her to cruise. She's so ready.