Paci

Madelyn has never wanted a pacifier. Even in the hospital she would refuse to take one. She would either spit it right out or turn her head whenever you tried to give her one. Before Madelyn was born we decided that we would be okay with it if she wanted a pacifier but we were not too upset when she refused – although there were some times those first few months that I wished she would take one… Anyway, this weekend I was cleaning her room, going through a few things and Madelyn found her box of unused pacifiers. She thought this was a great new toy!! She would chew on them and laugh….This lasted about 30 minutes and then she was tired with them! We thought it was so funny that she got a kick out of playing with several pacifiers.

New Look

Like the new look?? I was in a creative mood this morning and decided to play around with my digital scrapbooking program to make a new header...When I was done with that, I wanted to add a cool background also. I was stumped as to how to change the HTML code and that is where Jenissa comes in. She is a wonderful person that makes other people's blog look fabulous! I emailed her for some advice on HTML code and she helped me so much!!! Thanks :)...Check out her site at http://jennisajoy.blogspot.com/.

High Five!

Daddy has taught Madelyn to give high fives!! I apologize for the video quality - I am still practicing taking and uploading videos with my camera...

obsession

I am obsessed with taking pictures of Madelyn in her high chair. These pictures turn out so cute most of the time. I think this is because of 2 reasons: 1. She is confined and cannot move before I get the camera out and 2. she has food and is happy :)...Here are some of my favorite high chair pictures... Madelyn LOVES eating and is doing so well with 'big girl food'...this morning she enjoyed blueberry pancakes with Mommy and Daddy.

You're Gonna Miss This

I have been hearing this Trace Adkins song a lot lately and had to share my feelings about it. It is called "You're Gonna Miss This" and basically talks about how you are going to miss the days that are here now even if you can't wait to get to another place...These are the lyrics from the chorus:

"You're gonna miss this

You're gonna want this back

You're gonna wish these days hadn't gone by so fast

These are good time

So take a good look around

You may not know it now but

You're gonna miss this"

This song makes me think of Madelyn every time I hear it. I love the place that Madelyn is in now. She is so happy, active and curious at this stage. At times, I wish that she was older and she was walking and we could play more. And the next second I wish that she was still a little baby that wanted to cuddle! Hearing this song makes me sad because Madelyn is growing up so fast and each day is going by faster and faster. Sometime I think that if I blink, she is going to be grown! I have learned to take one day at a time and to savor each one with the people I love.

Sorry for such a corny/emotional post but I have been thinking about this lately and needed to get my thoughts down...

Anyway, here are some new pictures of Madelyn - she LOVES to play with magazines...she will put them under her hands and crawl around sliding on them. She will also sit and "look" at them before she decides she has had enough and will tear them up to eat them!!!

Swim Time

A few weeks ago, Madelyn was over at my parents house and since it was a warm Texas evening my parents decided that Madelyn wanted to go swimming! They turned the spa on, got Madelyn into her new swimsuit and blew up her new float! It was basically like a big bathtub and Madelyn loved it! She splashed around and laughed the whole time...

9 Months

Today Madelyn is 9 months old!! I cannot believe how big she is getting - these past 9 months have flown by!!! Madelyn has about decided that she wants nothing to do with baby food anymore. She wants to feed herself and eat big girl food! So tonight instead of fighting with her to eat some baby food, I decided to give into her. For dinner tonight she had peas, apples and chicken ravoli. She ate so much and was a complete mess when she was done, but so happy :). I am thinking it is about time to switch over to table food!! She has her 9 month appointment next week so I will have stats then! Madelyn is now a speed crawler...She loves to crawl even faster and laugh when she is going somewhere she knows that she is not supposed to go. She is pulling up on EVERYTHING!!! She can stand for about 1 second on her own and can 'cruise' behind her push toy...I know that walking is not far away! She is such a happy baby and loves to play. She is such a Daddy's girl - she loves to play with him and gets so excited when she sees him but when she is upset she wants her Mommy. She is close to saying dada and mama. She already says baba for bottle... Madelyn is such a joy in our lives and we are so blessed to have such a wonderful little girl :)

Hilarious!

So I have to admit that the following video was not my original idea...I got it from Summer but I could not stop laughing and had to try it out for myself!! Thanks Summer!

Hilarious!!

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Sacked Out!

This was Madelyn when we got home from the Zoo last Friday!! She was sacked out and was even snoring! :) Isn't she so cute?

Hoppy Easter :)

The Bird Family had a wonderful Easter this year!! It is such a blessing to be able to celebrate this holiday with Madelyn - she is such a joy and a wonderful addition to our family!! Madelyn was so excited to see what the Easter Bunny brought her that she decided to start the party at 6 this morning!!! The Easter Bunny brought Madelyn a new book to chew on...and a fun new toy that she can ride on and walk behind!! (She can actually walk across the living room with this now!!!) In the afternoon we went over to my parents house to have dinner and visit. Madelyn loves it over there!!! **On a different note I need to take a minute to brag on Madelyn...Tonight when I went to put Madelyn down for bed I knew that she was super tired but not yet asleep. I gave her a bottle and put her in her crib pretty wide awake...I did not hear anything in the monitor so when I went in to her room a few minutes later I did not expect to see her playing in her crib....30 minutes later she was finally asleep. Madelyn went asleep on her own with out a peep!! All the books I have read say that babies need to be able to put themselves to sleep so that they can get back to sleep when they wake up in the middle of the night without Mommy or Daddy. I think that we have that covered! This probably does not sound like a big deal but I was very proud of our little cupcake!

Easter Dress!!

Here are some pics of Madelyn's Easter Dress...I will post more Easter pictures laters....ENJOY!!

She loved playing with her shoes!!!

We Love Daddy

Madelyn is a Daddy's Girl! She loves playing with Daddy...all he has to do is look at her and she is all smiles...She is so close to saying Dada!! I love these pictures of Madelyn and Daddy...

Zoo

Today Derek took the day off of work and we took Madelyn to the Zoo! We decided to try the Dallas Zoo and I think that Madelyn enjoyed it! She actually looked at a few of the animals and tracked them. It was such a fun day...

Welcome Spring!

Today is the official first day of Spring!!! I am having so much fun staying home with Madelyn this week...I love playing with her all day. I am not looking forward to going back to work on Monday. In honor of Spring, Madelyn and I spent some time outside yesterday. Madelyn loves to be outside...she loves to feel the grass, watch the dogs and feel the wind on her face.

New Toy!!

Daddy bought Madelyn a new toy tonight...It is a penguin that wobbles and makes noise when you hit it. Madelyn loved playing with and watching it roll around... **On a different note, I am thinking about buying Madelyn a 'cruising' toy. One where she can walk behind it and practice walking. My concern about this is that because of the wheels, she will get excited and fall flat on her face if she lets go. What are your thoughts or comments about this?? Any certain toy that you liked or did not like??? Comment and let me know...

"Crab Walking"

Madelyn is now doing what I call "crab walking". She is pulling up on everything and anything she can get her hands on. When she is standing, she will walk sideways holding on to whatever is in front of her! She can go all the way around her crib and the coffee table...I know that real walking is soon on its way. She can also stand on her own for a few seconds at a time...She is growing up so fast!

Madelyn is in to EVERYTHING now!!