Maddilyn: 8 Months

Maddi turned 8 MONTHS on December 13, 2009.

Photos in our living room taken on Dec. 14.

She scratched her face with her nails. I have to trim these very regularly as they are really sharp and Maddi has a killer grip. Just ask anyone she has pinched!

Maddi loves playing with the plastic bowls cupboard.

Notice the toys on the floor? I did too, so I removed them before taking the next picture. I thought it looked funny as I scanned though these, deciding what to post.

She pulled herself up!
Dec. 17

I cannot believe Maddilyn is eight months old. Only four months until she is one. I think I'm going to cry! She is such a good baby. It is fun to watch her grow, but a part of me just wants to keep her a baby forever.

Audrey's Exercises

Audrey does her "exercises" many times everyday. I think we should all take some fitness tips from her- we would be really buff!

She holds herself up between two bar stools and swings her legs up and down for a really long time. Then she does it over and over several times throughout the day. Sometime she moves the bar stools to the living room or the bedroom just to do her exercises. This is one strong girl!

Yuck!

Every now and then things get really quiet, and as a mom you start to enjoy it for just a minute. Then you realize something must be wrong, because it is just too quiet. So the other day (well, actually Dec. 10), I thought Audrey and Maddi were playing in the girls' bedroom with toys. I was hearing a little noise, but nothing alarming or unusual. It was Kimee that discovered them, in the BATHROOM, not the bedroom.

OH NO.

Audrey had covered Maddi (I think she was styling her hair) with Neosporin ointment.

Talk about SLIMY!

They both went into the tub. BUT that didn't really work, because it was just so greasy. We did our best to get it off and out of the hair. Needless to say, both girls were extra moisturized for a few days after.

Mom and Maddi

Sneaky Dave caught this photo on a rare day that he was awake before me.
(Actually, not that rare when he goes to work at 6am, but otherwise, rare.)

It's funny because I have so many photos of him sleeping with our girls when they were babies, so I am glad he got this one of Maddi and me.

Nov. 29, 2009

Not so rare is mom working on the computer at the kitchen table.
Maddi fell asleep in my arm. How sweet!

Dec. 8, 2009

Snow and Gingerbread

Dec. 7, 2009
It finally snowed!
Jeremy and Audrey loved eating snow.
Jill helped them make a mini snowman.
We even added snow cone flavoring to make a real "SNoW" cone.

Dec. 13
Kimee and Audrey playing in the snow.
Kimee loves clearing the snow off of things, like the table.
Audrey is making a snow ball.


Dec. 10
Kimee made a Gingerbread House at school.
Yum!

Dec. 16
Audrey made a gingerbread boy hat at preschool.
I asked if I could take her picture and here are her poses
(with a piece of candy in her mouth).

everyday cuteness

This is what Kimee and Audrey look like often in the morning as they eat breakfast and do games or watch videos on the laptop.

(Photo taken Dec. 2)

A typical Saturday or Sunday morning. This often turns into tickling or wrestling and most likely someone getting hurt. We try to get Maddi out of it before it gets too rough.

(Photos taken Dec. 4)

I found Audrey teaching Maddi how to push the doll stroller. I was amazed that Maddi could do it by herself, as long as she had something to run into to stop her.

(Photos taken Dec. 5)