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Maddie is officially mobile! She goes anywhere she wants now. She likes to army crawl her way to my glasses or a laptop. I love the determination in her eyes when she is crawling to something!

Chuck’s dad’s parents stopped by last week on their way to visit Chuck’s dad. I snapped a couple pictures when they were visiting. Maddie and great-grandpa Chuck. Maddie and great-grandma Kathryn (with great-aunt Deb in the background).

Maddie has her very own personal trainer. Did you know that? Don’t you wish you had one? Chuck’s sister, Paige, is an Occupational Therapist and likes to work with Maddie on things. Maddie is also a great guinea pig for Paige to practice on for the kids she works with. She helped work on getting...

Maddie has been scooting around. She inches herself forward to get to something she wants (which is usually a cord to a laptop or a mouse). She’s really getting her feet up and her knees under her. She just needs to push onto her hands instead of her elbows.then she’s really going to move! She...

The other day I went to visit a friend from my old job who just had a baby. Maddie was quite fascinated by baby Joslyn! They are definitely bound to be great friends! Maddie really wanted to eat her. I’ll pretend she meant to kiss her instead of eat her! Welcome to the world baby...

We started giving Maddie cereal the other day. It went very well! Here is a long video of the first attempt. About 6 minutes in, she starts coughing, then sneezes and hits herself in the face with the spoon. Am I a terrible mother for laughing at that? The second day was an even bigger...

Chuck’s mom is fabulous at sewing. She asked me to keep my eye open for ideas for her to make things for Maddie. I suggested a Taggies blanket. Maddie is obsessed with tags on her toys. So Linda made these for her. This little one has bells inside. Which made me want to try making...

Here’s a video of Maddie laughing the other day. She was sitting on Chuck’s lap and he was holding out the video camera. I was just leaning towards her and she kept cracking up. I love her laugh!

Now that Maddie is rolling all over the place, we need to start baby proofing. But really, what’s the harm in her learning about computers early? In this next picture, do you see all these toys behind her? Yet she insists on going right to the laptop. This one was just taken today.

I was going to a neighborhood BBQ and I was hankering to bake something new. Then I came across this recipe. It was the strangest, yummiest cookie. It was so unique and such a  hit. I thought it would be a fun summer cookie. You’ll need: package of sugar cookie mix 1 package lime jello...

Chuck is a builder. He can build anything! He is currently building us a porch/deck in the back yard. Here is a rendering of what it will look like when it’s done. The porch will be screened in and the grill will be on the deck. We will also replace the window in the porch...

I found the most delicious cookie recipe online. It has easily become my favorite cookie and I would eat the entire batch! The only change I made was to add a teaspoon of vanilla. But they are really easy. No harder than any other cookies you would make. Here are some pictures I took. Put...

Maddie and I have gone to my mom’s house a couple times to go swimming. This video was from a couple weeks ago when we were there swimming. Maddie LOVES the water. We were there again today, and she was even more active than she is in this video. It’s so fun to watch her...

A while back, I posted about a little garden I was planting. I started with some seeds. You can read about it HERE. Then Chuck cut out grass in an area of our yard and made way for my garden. We decided to make it a nice shape in case I hated gardening, the area...

How did my baby get to be 5 months old already? Where does the time go? I think I this same thing every month. I am sure, as a parent, you never really stop feeling this way and wondering how your kids grew up so fast! Maddie is a rolling machine. Last month I said...

It’s been a long time since I have posted on here. I think I am saying this a lot these days. 🙂 Maddie has been keeping me busy. She is rolling all over the place and I think she’s getting close to getting a tooth, so nap time has been thrown way off and she’s...

My mom took this picture of Maddie last week when she was over. Maddie has learned she has hands AND feet! I love this picture. It cracks me up!

I’m a little late posting this. Time just got away from me. My little peanut is growing up so fast. On the 16th, she was 4 months old already. She has learned so much in the last month. She rolls over.lots! She has been doing great sleeping. Since she started rolling over, we had to...

I was looking through my phone and found some silly pictures of Maddie that I thought I would share. (With Maddie captions.) I found my feet AND my pacifier! I could play with my feet all day! Umyou’re upside down. How did that happen? (Or maybe mom just didn’t flip the picture.) Yeah, I’m cute....

Last year on Memorial weekend I found out I was pregnant. I was reminiscing about it last weekend over Memorial Day. I remember taking that first test and how nervous I was. And how I wanted to take a dozen more just to check, but I was also scared that they might not show the...