LOUD

Maddy makes all sorts of LOUD NOISES. Oh my. She squeaks, squaks and hollers all the time and for absolutely no reason. She loves to shriek to get your reaction. It's hilarious.

Clapping

Maddy has gotten the hang of clapping. She knows that when you cheer for her, she should start clapping. Tonight she did something cute, as always, so we started clapping and said "yeaaaa Maddy". She just lit up. Her face got so bright. She smiled. She started giggling and then she started clapping. It's just way too cute.

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.

Maddy loves avocado

Tonight, I got home from Reagan's music lesson and Jim was feeding Maddy. She was eating everything he put in front of her and she was a mess. She had eaten a half of an avocado, a banana, an entire container of meat sticks and some other random things. Holy cow. Her face was covered with a mix of green and brown and she was sticky. Wow.

By 8pm tonight, she was ready to go to bed. We had her in the exersaucer while we ate and she looked as if she was falling asleep while she was playing. Poor Maddy. So I got her bottle and took her upstairs. She was asleep in minutes.

Last violin lesson

Tonight was Reagan's last violin lesson for a while. I had made a decision last week that I was done battling her to practice with me. She's fully capable, but has no desire to do it. She does great in the lessons, but then that's it.

The nice thing was the Ms. Wan was a great teacher for her. She seemed to be just the right blend for her. When I spoke to her tonight, she was not surprised. She seemed perfectly fine with it and suggested we wait until she turns four. So we'll approach music again next year.

Ah well. At least she tried. The cool thing - she can play Twinkle Twinkle fairly well.

New foods

Maddy loves table food. All you have to do is load her tray up and she will scarf it down in a matter of moments. Most of the food actually lands in her belly too. It's just amazing to me. We've tried all sorts of things - most of them she likes.

She loves meat sticks, fruits and cheerios. Tonight, we tried avocado. It was a huge hit - she ate four whole slices (probably close to a third of a whole one). I was impressed. I do remember Reagan not being fond of them. But Maddy just ate them up and asked for more. Love my little hungry girl.

Bottle and routines

Maddy has moved on in the last little bit. One significant item is the bottles. She's now down to five bottles a day. A big change, but the school finally embraced this change as I asked. The funny thing is now she is more than ready for a bottle at 5:30 pm. If I don't pick her up from school, the second she sees me, she starts fussing and crying.

She wants me and she wants a bottle. My girl is getting big.