The Richards

Thursday, July 19, 2012

17 Months

Madeleine Marie is 17 months old

Peek-A-Boo!

Wow, this is going to be a slim update. I'm not sure where this month went.
Madeleine is saying bunny, giving tons of high fives, and raising her elephant trunk arm proudly in the air!
Maddie Rie "counts" by tapping her forefinger repeatedly on what your are counting with her.
On May 11th, Maddie Rie spent her first night away from Mommy while she attended Auntie Lauren's bachelorette party. She did great but her mommy sure did miss her.
Madeleine celebrated Mother's Day with both sets of Grandparents. And while at church that Sunday she chimed in with a super loud "Amen!" after a prayer that cracked our section of the auditorium up!
The following weekend Maddie stayed the night at CiCi and Pop's while her parents attended a concert. She did great then too and started really started walking that weekend on May 19th. She looks like a little drunk Frankenstein most of the time. The more tired Maddie gets the crazier she walks. We have a narrow hallway upstairs between our bedroom and Maddie's and as it gets closer to bedtime she runs back and forth down it ping ponging against the walls and laughing hysterically.
For Memorial weekend, we attended our annual Friend's Reunion at the River where we spent lots of time laughing, eating, and swimming with our friends! Maddie discovered the greatness of cookies, especially Tea Cakes, this weekend and I'm sure she will never be the same because of it! Madeleine also fed a horse and donkey and had the best time. We had to reign her in because she was pretty sure they needed hugs and kisses as well as their oak leaves.
We've started going regularly to the pool and it is definitely a different experience than last year. She LOVED everything to do with water last year but now there is definitely a fear factor involved. Maddie doesn't like being in her float and prefers to be held the whole time.

Mother's Day

mmmmm. Chick fil a!

Ride Em Cowgirl!

Sweetest.face.ever.

ahhhhhh

Bow head. She asked for all of these.

Working hard!

First fat lip. She had a pretty good crash onto the tile floor.

Sweet little profile

Uncle Kyle has the best phone apps ever!!

They're hilarious!!

What you don't play in your pjs all day?

Pool fear

Jo Ann's cookies make it all better though

The best group little kid photo I have. Notice there is a small boy, Hayden, under Maddie. I think this photo is an improvement over last year's though since no fathers had to be pictured to keep their kiddos in the frame.

Baby Frankenstein. Maddie's walking involves lots of arm moves.

I love my uncle Kyle!

What? Is something on my face?

We are in trouble...

Working on my sharing skills.

Monday, July 16, 2012

16 Months Old

Maddie Rie is 16 months old!

Our Bitty Girl is 16 months old! This month we've had some really great weather so we have been spending lots of time outside. Maddie loves everything about being outside - bubbles, pools, playing in water, sidewalk chalk, and taking walks in her stroller to visit the ducks at the pond.
Madeleine is wearing mostly 18 month clothes and size 4 shoes.
She has 3 new teeth and little curls at the nape of her neck.
The little chatterbox is gaining more and more words or reworking ones she has already said. Right now KaKa is for Kyle, says diaper, I did it (which she uses at hilarious times), yucky, cracker, and Ni-Ni for again. She also pants like a dog.
Maddie loves Sonshine school on Tuesdays and still loves the church nursery. We hear almost every week that she is the happiest baby in there.
Madeleine loves to headbutt her daddy and cracks up when she does it. He will lean in to kiss her and she'll "bonk" him.
Maddie is starting to climb things.
The girl loves her some stickers!
Madeleine had her first non family babysitter with Ms Sarah (MiMi) a couple of times and they had a blast. It warms my heart to see her play at her house like I did growing up.
Madeleine completely weaned at 15.5 months (tmi for some of yall but I want to remember). She knows the sign for milk and has really taken well to drinking it.
Maddie's current favorite book is "Hand, Hand, Fingers, Thumb" and "The Very Hungry Caterpillar." I've moved most of her books out of her reach downstairs to encourage her to move and play. This girl would read all day long if we let her. So since her books are out of reach she brings us consumer reports, cds, and mail to read.
Madeleine LOVES sharing her cup, paci, and food with Bou. He has to be locked in the laundry room now during her meal times. They are quite the pair.
Maddie pushed herself up to standing from the floor on 4-16 and taking started taking her first steps the next day. But crawling is still her mode of transportation. Walking is just a party trick for now.