Bumbo seat for the first time

Today I put Maddy in the bumbo seat for the first time. She did great. She can't sit up quite on her own, but she seemed to handle it well. She sat and played for over five minutes. I was impressed. Reagan even joined in on the fun with Maddy - handing her toys and kissing her.

I want her banana

Today, the girls and I were hanging on the couch watching TV and eating a snack. Reagan had a banana and was working on a second one. For some reason, the banana caught Maddy's eyes. She kept looking at it. Every time Reagan would lift it, Maddy's head would follow. She eventually reached out like she was going to grab it. She couldn't quite get there, but I could tell she was curious about it.

Carrying on

It is amazing to me how talkative Maddy has gotten. She cooes and gurgles all the time. Today, I put her down to grab a cup of coffee. As soon as I was out of her sight, she shrieked. She did that before, so I know she's trying to get my attention. As soon as I popped my head back around the corner, she smiled. I knew she wanted to see me.

She's just so easy to smile and so easy to entertain. I love it. She fusses if she's bored with what she's doing or if she's tired. I'm finally getting her little cries down.

The other really cool thing she did today was grab onto her little bear snuggly. I got her a snuggly that keeps her teething rings on it. She grabbed it and put it in her mouth. Yea Maddy!

So talkative

She is just so talkative. I can't get over it. I walked away from her today to go into the kitchen and she shrieked. When I got back, she smiled and cooed. It was hilarious.

Our first conversation

Today Maddy and I had our first conversation. She talked, cooed, gurgled, giggled and made other fun noises for about 10 minutes straight. I could tell she was trying hard to mimic me. She'd watch my mouth and then make a noise. It wasn't always what I did (I tried to stick to what she was already doing), but she made a noise for every one that I made. It was awesome.

Of course, in between each noise, she'd smile her beautiful smile. I love it!

Where did you go?

Today Maddy and I had a weird day. We didn't get a whole lot done except conversation. She LOVES attention. She and I went downstairs today to work out because she wouldn't nap. Sigh... So I put her on her play mat and worked out. She would kick and kick and giggle when she could see me. When she couldn't see me, she fell quite and didn't look around too much.

I find it curious that she only lights up and plays when her immediate family is near. She doesn't get as excited for anyone else. Reagan had a fear of some, but she would go to most that we were okay with. Maddy has no interest and starts looking for me as soon as she is not in my arms.

Way too awake

For the last two days, she's been awake again. The worst was last night. It was like she was over stimulated. She only took two cat naps yesterday - 20 minutes each. Then about 7:45 pm, she fell asleep fast. She took a bottle and I figured she was down for the night.

Nope! She woke up at 8:15 pm while Reagan was in the bath. My dad was here so we split the kid duty. :) She was wide awake and mad that she wasn't with me. We got Reagan out of the bath and into her pjs. We sat down to read books and I found that Maddy was not calming down. Her eyes were darting all over the place and she almost seemed as if she couldn't "shut down". The problem was the I couldn't figure out where to take her in the house to calm her down.

I tried her room, but she just cried. I felt so bad for her. When Jim got home, we just brought her downstairs with us and I put her in her sleeper. I just laid there with her. She cooed and giggled and laughed. It was so cute. We had our own little conversation. I heard more gurgles and other noises that I hadn't heard from her. She even started mimicking me. When I wasn't looking at her, she'd shriek. It was cute.

But at 9:30 pm, like clockwork, she fell asleep. Weird.