Waving :-)

The last 2 days I was off work and spent time with Madelyn. It was a lot of fun to be off with her, but it makes me wish I could stay home with her. I am really thankful that I got to be there with her though because she did have a couple of "firsts" that I got to witness. On Sunday she walked with her walker like I said in my last post, and on Monday she started waving. It is really cute. Also, she must be about to get another tooth, because she chewed on her crib and actually scraped the paint off! This is the first, in what I am sure will be a long line, of damaged furniture courtesy of Madelyn.

10 Months Old

Maddie is 10 months old today...I cannot believe how fast the time has gone :-(. The last couple of weeks have been busy as usual, and Maddie celebrated her first Halloween last weekend. To celebrate Maddie we met Grandma & Grandpa Fogle for lunch & stopped by Nana & Grandpa Whitlock's house to "trick or treat". We also stopped by to see cousin Caitlin in her costume before going home. We did not go trick or treating this year, but think that next year Maddie will really enjoy it.

It is amazing to watch Madelyn grow, and it is amazing how much more independent she became once she hit 9 months. This morning she pulled herself up on her walker toy & started walking with it around the living room. She got stuck in a corner and I pulled them out & she kept right on walking....now she is doing it like an old pro. I think it will not be too long until she lets go & walks on her own. She has 2 teeth now (her bottom front two) and is finally starting to get a lot of hair. She will also sit and play with her toys by herself now, and she loves to play peek-a-boo with her security blanket when she is in her swing, and has been clapping for a couple of weeks now. We are still working on waving, but she will get that down soon. She is a lot of fun and loves to give big sloppy kisses and try to stick her tongue in your ear. Soon they will be moving her to the "older infant" room at the daycare and I am pretty nervous about that...we should know more about that transition relatively soon.