The Drag

Madison has become very interested in playing with our dog Bailey in the past few days. Here is a little video of Maddie and Bailey playing tug of war. I had a hard time holding the camera still because I was laughing so hard. Madison holds on tight and is very determined to not let go.

Those darn ears!!

Madison had a unexpected trip to the Dr today. She had been running a low grade temperature at daycare last week, but was acting fine. Then over the weekend she developed quite the snotty/congested nose, runny eyes and cough. The poor little thing has been having a hard time breathing while eating and sleeping and just looks plain miserable. So, I decided that I had better take her to the Dr this morning and make sure she didn't have an ear infection brewing as well...and she does. The Dr also informed be that because she's had 3 ear infections since July, we need to think about tubes in her ears if she gets another one soon. Not really what I wanted to hear, but if it would help I'm for it. So, she's on an antibiotic for the next 14 days and hopefully it will knock it out. She goes back next Tuesday for her 9 month checkup (which I can't believe!) I'm not really wanting to think she's 9 months old already. Where has my little girl gone??
There will be another post after her checkup!

HAPPY FALL!

Madison has been doing all sorts of new things lately. She has added "Mamama" and "Dadada" to her vocabulary. I'm sure she doesn't know what they mean yet, but at least she says them now. She also has started some clapping, espcially after she sees us clapping. Also, the other day she sat up from a laying down position which surprised her a little bit I think. The funny thing is that the other night around
2am I heard Madison crying and fussing. After about 10 minutes I went in to try to calm her down and pat her back to sleep. Well, I walked into her room to find her sitting up in the middle of her bed with her pacifier in her mouth half asleep. I think she sat up and couldn't figure out how to lay back down. I layed her back down and she fell right asleep. It was pretty cute. She is also a pro at the army crawl and dashes across the living room floor very fast. There is nothing safe around her anymore. She is such a funny girl and all the workers at daycare love her. She still seems to be having a lot of fun there as well and is always playing and happy when I come to pick her up which makes me feel good. I'm sure there will be a lot of more new things to report very shortly. It seems like she does something or says something new everyday.

Love my hats!!

Here are two of the crocheted hats I've made Madison today. I have seen these in the stores and I figured I could try to make them myself. I don't think they look half bad and they're a lot cheaper as well.

Creeping around!

Madison has just recently learned the creep...otherwise known as the army crawl. She's pretty good at it I must say. She loves going after blocks that are stacked up and knocking them over. I think she's going to be crawling before we know it!

Swing Swing Swing

Madison's first time in a swing...do you think she likes it??

A visit to Little Rock

This past weekend we took a trip to Little Rock, AR for Madison's cousin Josh's Baptism. We were kind of dreading the car ride down there, but Madison did great! She slept and played and stayed happy so we were thankful for that. The weekend was great! Madison got to spend time with her Aunts and Uncles and cousins and got to meet her new baby cousin Joshua (who is absolutely adorable!!). It was great to see all the family and spend time with them. Here are a few pictures from the weekend.