Maddy's first snuggly

I bought Maddy two snugglies so she would quit taking Reagan's (and making her mad). Jim said when he showed them to her, she giggled. She grabbed them and immediately pulled them to her face and snuggled with them.

Hello Kitty

This weekend, I bought Reagan and Maddy matching Hello Kitty tshirts. This morning, I showed them to Reagan and she giggled with delight. She was so excited to wear Hello Kitty and to be dressed just like her little sister. I love it! :)

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.

Writing her letters and numbers

It dawned on me tonight as Reagan was proudly writing her letters and numbers for me. She's only been in her new class for a few weeks and she can write all her letters and numbers very well. She's able to do so much in such a short time. What a smart kid.

She told us before her first day that she wanted to learn how to read and write. I know she's working on her sight words too. She is well on her way.

I can't wait to see how far she's grown by the time she is four!

Sleepy sweetie

Tonight marks the third night in a row that Maddy could not settle down and sleep. She cried out about 11pm tonight and just sounded so pitiful. We went upstairs to get her and she had a sad sleepy look in her eyes. Poor thing. She wouldn't go back to sleep, so I brought her down to the living room and finally got her comfortable on my lap.

She eventually dozed off. I must admit, it was quite nice holding my little girl. She's so snuggly. I just hope she starts to feel better soon.

I love stairs

Maddy was in the basement with me tonight and she made her way over to the stairs. She looked back to make sure I was coming and started to climb. She got up to the top and saw the was door shut. She grunted as if to tell me to open it. I laughed and pushed open the door.

She climbed the rest of the way to the top and stopped on the rug with the dogs. She turned around in about a minute and started climbing the second set of stairs up the top floor.  She climbed all the way to the top and smiled. I think she was happy she got upstairs.

Sleep over again

Tonight, I tucked Reagan in bed and said "go to sleep". I knew she wouldn't, but we are trying to get her to learn to settle down and go to sleep. I went back into her room a little while later and she was packing her overnight bag. She was packing for my parents house.

"I'm packing for Mimi and Papaw's house," she announced as she proceeded to put her toy car in the bag. I said "not tonight" and continued to put her back into bed.

I giggled that she wanted to go hang out with my parents again. She loved her time with them. I think it gave her a way to feel special - just her and them. It made me smile.