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My brother took more pictures of Maddie after she turned 6 months old. He recently gave me all the finished and edited pictures. They turned out great! Here is a small sample of the fabulous pictures he took! HERE is a link to the rest of the pictures he took. And if you need a...

This is how Maddie likes to sleep. She also usually burrows her head into one of the corners of the crib.   She looks so snuggly!

Last weekend we went to my brother’s house to celebrate my mom’s birthday. We snapped this picture of my mom, step-dad, brothers, future sister-in-law and Chuck, Maddie and me. It turned out so nice, I wanted to share it! And, this picture turned out great, but wait until you see the ones my brother gave...

My dad came over last week so we could make some salsa using some things from my garden. We used a ton of my tomatoes in the salsa as well as garlic, green peppers, other peppers and cilantro. Here are the things I picked the morning we made salsa. And here is a picture of...

Here are a couple pictures of Maddie I captured in the last couple days on my phone. She is growing up so fast! I’m excited for her to walk, talk and be more self sufficient, but I am definitely enjoying every moment I have with my baby while she is still a baby!

The last weekend of the State Fair, we decided to go eat some food and see how Maddie liked the great Minnesota get together. We went on a pretty cool day, hence why she looks like it’s winter time! We ate lots of food and even got to spend the fair with my dad. It...

My motivation level to blog has been quite low lately. I have been spending my day chasing Maddie around the house and seeing what thing she is going to climb into, onto or over. It’s so cute to see her growing and changing everyday. Then when she naps, I need to get other house things...

The other day I wrote about a purse I wanted when I was away, but I was too cheap to get it. Well, my very sneaky, very fabulous, loving husband got it for me! He sent my friends text messages to find out where we went and he had the picture I sent him to...

I took this video a couple weeks ago, but I still think it is cute and worth sharing. She has gotten really fast. Even faster than she is in this video. She is still army crawling, but her legs and getting much more involved. So sometimes her legs go faster than her arms and she...

We made it through my first weekend away. I only cried once late Saturday night. I was getting homesick and was sad that I was going to get home kind of late on Sunday. Turned out, I was gone exactly 48 hours.   Friday night, Chuck had a softball game, so my mom watched her...

Recently, I wrote about Maddie and her foam letters. I finally caught her goofiness on camera when she was playing with her letters and had one hanging out of her mouth. I love her little personality and how she does funny little things. She just makes me laugh and I love her so much!

My brother came to take 6 month pictures of Maddie last weekend. He sent me a couple right away. There are more coming, but I had to post the first ones he sent me! I can’t wait to see the rest of them! I think they are going to turn out great! Thanks again to...

My mom gets the summers off and it has been so great having her home this summer so Chuck and I could go on a couple dates while she babysat, going on walks with, hanging out at her pool, having lunch together and just hanging out to play with Maddie. Last week we went to...

Today I am leaving for a girls weekend with a bunch of friends. I am excitedand scared.and excited. This is my first time away from Maddie for more than a few hours. I know we will both survive, but I am still nervous to go. I started trying to get Maddie to drink from something...

Here’s a little video of Maddie snorting. She does this all the time. When she wants more food, when she is playing with a toy, when she is just sitting there, when she looks at youshe’s a goofy one!

Sometimes I like to sit Maddie on the counter in her bathroom. She likes to talk to herself and kiss herself. She just cracks me up. And this oneshe looks angry, but she is really just snorting! I took a video of the snorting and I will share that as soon as I get it...

Who do you think will win? I hope it’s me! I leave in a few days for a weekend away with a bunch of girl friends. This will be my first time away from Maddie for more than a few hours. To say that I am nervous is an understatement. My friends riding with me...

I made myself some candy! I came across a recipe for hard candy that you made in the microwave. I ran to the pantry and got cooking! I made strawberry, banana and raspberry. They turned out really well. The recipe I found was to make suckers. I decided to just pour it all out on...

Maddie likes her foam letters I got for her to play with in the tub. She does the funniest things with them. Her newest trick is to put one in her mouth and keep playing. So she has a letter sticking out of her mouth. When I went to take her out of her car...

Our baby girl is 6 months old! I can’t believe how fast she is growing up! But at the same time I am so excited for her to get older. She gets more fun every day. Maddie was 14.15 lbs. and 27.25″ long. She is still very long and thin for her age. Her growth...