Best Friends!

Maddie and Max II

9 Months!

Maddie had her 9 month doctor's appointment on Monday. She's doing really well. They were happy with her development; crawling, pulling up, babbling a blue streak. Growth-wise, she is pretty much dead-on 50th percentile. She had some lab work done today, standard stuff to check for anemia and other nasty issues, but that's just a precaution. (PS - Mommy lesson learned: Always take 2 adults along to get baby's blood work done, and have one sit in the back with baby on the way home. Otherwise, baby will pull the bandage off in the car and get blood on lots of stuff. Less than fun.)

In the news, she's figured out how to get from crawling to sitting, and vice versa. So now she can crawl everywhere, then sit and enjoy the view. She's also discovered the "Tupperware cabinet". It's a source of endless entertainment for everybody in the house. She's also learned to pull up with no help by climbing on Mommy, Daddy, and Max. We're waiting for the night she pulls up in the crib and can't figure out how to get back down. :-)

Final Week of August 20th album (with a few more pictures)

It's been quite an exciting week, with over 100 pictures and several videos. Here is the final album, with a few more pictures. Watch as Maddie rides in a box and explores the Tupperware cabinet. We also had to say goodbye to the changing table. She's too big for it now!

Enjoy!

Maddie Week of 08-20-07

Maddie's New Modes of Transportation

Cardboard Box Driving and Scooting...

We Can't Stop!

Maddie is SO fun to take pictures/videos of that Mommy and Daddy are finding it hard to stop!

Here is this week's album, with even more pictures:

Maddie Week of 08-20-07

And here is another video. This time Maddie goes after the camera (and says "No more pictures, please!"):

New Videos & Bee Sting!

New videos taken this week:

Maddie's exploring the house, Max is entertaining, and Bob's "in his underwear":


"Maddie and the Baby in the Mirror"


And we had a bit of an interesting afternoon; We attempted to spend the afternoon at Gloucester Township park. We were planning to put Maddie on her first park swing (for babies). We brought a picnic, parked at a table, and we happily munched - she on her puffs. Then the yellow jackets came. 3 of them. We were trying to get them away, when Maddie started wailing out of the blue! She'd been stung! We think it was a regular bee, because supposedly yellow jackets don't lose their stingers when they sting, and there was clearly a stinger left in Maddie's arm. Maybe she smooshed it into the stroller seat with her arm.

Poor thing, she was such a trooper. I got the stinger out carefully and held her while DH put an ice pack on it. She cried for maybe 30 seconds and then proceeded to play with the ice pack happily. That's our girl!

We quickly packed up and hurried back to the car, calling Bob's mom to make sure it was indeed ice you're supposed to put on a bee sting (duh). The yellow jackets actually followed us to the car, and one charged me as I tried to get in. Got right in my face! It continued charing the car window, even as we drove away! We stopped at the grocery store to get meat tenderizer and made a paste for her arm. We had to put a sock on her arm to keep her from trying to eat the paste. Again, that's our girl!

She was absolutely fine though. She has a little red patch on her arm where she was stung, but no stinger mark left. She was fine all afternoon but very cranky in the evening, although she'd cheer up quickly if you tried the usual goofball stuff she likes. I put some cortizone on it and put her to bed early. So clearly she's not allergic to bee stings. Yay!

S0 that was our mildly scary afternoon.
~ Meg

This Week's Album (sneak peak)

We know the week of August 20 is not over yet, but we took so many good pictures in the last two days, that we couldn't wait. Here is an early preview...

Maddie Week of 08-20-07

Album Updated

Maddie Week of August 13 has been updated with MANY more pictures. Check it out!

Maddie Week of 08-13-07

Update *edited*

CHOP weigh in today: 19 lbs. 14.5 oz.
Doing really well with solids. Wolfs down sweet potatoes like crazy.
Trying table food slowly but surely. (Lady Gags-a-lot apparently doesn't take kindly to anything but overcooked noodles and banana, so far.)
*edit: Also loves 'grown up' applesauce. Mott's Healthy Harvest has blueberry, strawberry, or peach-mango. All delish. Plus after much effort, she's starting to succeed at getting those little baby rice puffs in her mouth. We're all very proud.*
May try puree of baked ziti tonight. :-)
Crawling all over.
Especially likes "reading", a. k. a. "eating" books.
Loves Max, especially his tags.

Picture Strips from OCNJ boardwalk

First we took this one, which didn't turn out to well. The camera was really close to the back of the booth, and we barely got the three of us into it before it started flashing.

Farther down the boardwalk, at one of the older arcades, we took this 'old fashioned' one. We've been doing pictures strips since the first summer we were dating, and we loved adding Maddie to this tradition.

New Pictures

Maddie Week of 08-06-07

Maddie Week of 08-13-07

She Crawls!

We weren't sure it was going to happen - some babies don't (Meg didn't!), but Maddie decided she wanted was in that basket over there across the room, and off she went!

She's been practicing it all day. She really enjoys chasing your toes across the room. (As seen here!)

Maddie Milestones Added!

They're here! Scroll down and you'll find the Maddie Milestones on the right sidebar on this page, below the pictures. They begin with the most recent and take us back in time to day 1!
They will be updated as regularly as possible. Enjoy!

Coming Soon - "Maddie Milestones"!

Something else for you dear friends and family, near and far:

As soon as we get all the records together (tomorrow, if she naps a while?) we'll be adding a new section to the kiddo's blog. "Maddie Milestones" will share what developmental/motor skill milestones our munchkin has hit, and when. (And perhaps a few interesting stories behind them.)

Keep checking! It's on tomorrow's To-Do list!

New Videos

Maddie Dances...


...and she sings!


Maddie and Max Playing Together

This Week's (and last week's) Pictures

Maddie Week of 7-23-07

Maddie Week of 7-30-07