Maddy likes toast

Maddy sat down with Jim this morning for breakfast and proceeded to eat his apple and toast. At one point, she had a huge piece just hanging out of her mouth. When Jim went to take it away, she was sucking on it. I guess she likes the taste of butter.

Nail is gone

Maddy's nail on her big toe has been a little concerning for a while. Over the last few weeks, her nail looked like it had been banged up pretty badly or infected. The doctor wasn't too worried about - he said just to watch it. So we did.

Today, we picked Maddy up from school and Rita had cut her nail off. She said that it had gotten snagged on something and pulled it back from the nail bed. She said she didn't have a choice but to cut it off because it was causing her pain. I was glad.

When Jim brought her home, I noticed that the other piece of her nail was in a place that she could still snag it. So I had Jim hold her down so I could clip it off. The good thing is that she has another nail underneath the damaged one. She wasn't too happy about the process, but it's much better now.

More teeth? and a weird toe.

She looks like she's getting more teeth. Her gums look swollen and are hard. I'm wondering when she's going to have more pop through.

I've also been watching her toe. I keep waiting for her big toe nail to either pop off or flake off. It's gross! I can't tell if there is another nail growing underneath or if it's just going to come off. Ugh. Driving me crazy. At least it doesn't seem to bother her.

Labor Day 2011

Today was really nice. We all hung out in our pjs as long as we could. Jim and I both got out for a run in the morning and just kicked around. Maddy was up and around quite a bit. I've noticed lately that she sticks a ton of stuff in her mouth. Not only does she bite everything, but she stuffs a lot into her mouth at once. She also carries her toys around in her mouth. So when she plays with something and she wants to go somewhere else, she puts the toy in her mouth and just starts crawling. I'm hoping that she will stop that once she starts walking. Fingers are crossed.

No need for sleep mama

Tonight, both younger girls decided that they did not need sleep. Maddy typically goes to bed by 8:30 pm. Tonight, was the second night in the row that she wasn't interested in sleep. I'm thinking it was because my parents showed up and she was just too excited to go to bed. Either way, she was up until 10:00 pm again.

Because of this awesome un-sleepy time, my whole family was able to watch the fireworks together. All in all, not a bad tradeoff. :)

Biting

She's a biter folks. I'm convinced that she is going to be a biter. I just hope I can change this course. Oh no.

I have watched her quite a bit lately - she loves to chew. The first thing she does is stick something in her mouth. She'll crawl over and bite on the table and will move to bite something.

Tonight, she didn't want to go to bed. She leaned over and bit my shoulder because she wasn't being held right. Ugh.

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.