Silly Sunday...

15 Month Check up

On Friday morning we had our 15 month check up with Dr. Kauffman. He was very nice. Madeline is chugging along right on schedule with just about everything, though we are still working on getting the words to come out right. We'll get there, it's just taking time.

Here are her current stats:

Weight: 19lbs, 14 oz - 10th percentile
Height: 30.5 inches - 60th percentile

She stayed just about the same in everything. Dropped a bit lower in the weight category, and a little in the height, but overall one happy, healthy baby!

Pig Tails!!!

I finally got the nerve to try putting Madeline's hair into pigtails! I propped her in front of her mirror, so that she could entertain herself. Just lately she loves looking at herself in the mirror. It's quite hilarious really, she gets all giddy and grins from ear to ear! It gave me just enough time to get her hair into piggy tails! It turned out sooooooo cute. Now whether they are in when I pick her up from daycare is another story. But cute for now!

Had to get a shot of the back.

Yee-Haw!

It looks like Madeline and Daddy had more fun this weekend than I thought! When I plugged my camera into my computer to upload these photos I found these cute cowgirl pictures! This hat has been in my office for a few years now, and Madeline has always liked playing with it. Looks like she embraced her inner cowgirl again this weekend. Yee-Haw!

Silly Cowgirl.

Pretty Dress

Had to grab a few photos of Miss. Madeline in one of the pretty dresses from Grandma Ayres. This is another dress that Grandma bought for her when she was only a few weeks old. It fits her perfectly now!



Trying to climb the stairs with her new best friend, thanks Hope and Ross, and quickly discovering that it's a bit difficult. Oh and this puppy, she seriously carries around every where now! Too cute!

More bath fun!

Clearly, I have a lot of fun with Madeline and her bath time. She loves the water, so we let her have nice long baths! I love playing with her hair and giving her silly updos. Well, the other night I got a bit carried away with the foam soap...I thought it would be fun to see what she looks like with long hair. HA!

This is what I call her "surfin' do."

Long hair do up :) I laugh every time I look at this photo. It cracks me up! I even took Madeline out of the tub so she could see herself. She wasn't amused. Go figure.

Just Because

I took this photo back in November, but never had a chance to post it. My Madeline is turning into such a big girl. She knows just when to smile for the camera.

A new way to read

The other week before bath time, Madeline decided she wanted to read, and this is how she wanted it done...Silly girl.

Coloring

Again, the quality isn't the best, but Madeline was coloring the other night and I had to grab a photo. Too bad she liked eating the crayons more than coloring with them. I guess we have to keep at it. :)

Adorable Dress

This photo isn't the best, because I took it on my cell phone, but I had to try to get a photo of Madeline in this cute Dress and matching leggings. When I tried to get her to stop so I could take her photos, this is what she did. Ha ha.

Chef Madeline

Yesterday was a cold and blustery day here in State College, with the windchill the temperature fell to -15 degrees. Yikes! So, Madeline and I decided it would be a perfect day for some cooking and baking. We started off with homemade tomato sauce, and we are now stocked up for the winter, and finished with some chocolate chip cookies for daddy. Okay, maybe it wasn't an entire day, but it was several hours. :) Madeline had a blast playing with the bowls and mini spatula. She carried them around for hours playing and stirring, looks like maybe we should have gotten her a kitchen for Christmas. She even got to taste some of the cookie dough!

Starting out, yes, we wore PJs all day...too cold to wear anything else. :)

Mixing, Mixing and mixing!

Adding some fruit, veggies and eggs to the mix. We assumed she was making carrot cake?

Tasting...pretend.

Tasting for real! Thanks dad!

YUMMO!!!!

Bath time fun!

Bath time fun! Last night we had lots of fun with the new soap crayons and foam that Santa left in Madeline's stocking. It's hard to tell if I had more fun or Maddie did? Who am I kidding, I definitely did, I love this stuff!

Christmas Eve

Our Christmas began on December 23, when we had an amazing homemade dinner of lasagna, with homemade sauce, recipe courtesy of Nonna, with wonderful family and friends. It turned out great, and I know she was looking down on me the whole time we were enjoying it. To top it all off I decided to try my hand at homemade tiramisu, my all-time favorite dessert, and that also turned out fabulously! Next year, when we are actually home for the holiday, the traditional Italian dinner, will be held on Christmas Eve and everyone is welcome! Seriously.

After everything was cleaned up, we headed downstairs to set up the gifts and Madeline's big Christmas gift. We decided we would have our Christmas on Christmas Eve morning before we headed out for West Virginia. After it was all set up, we nestled in for a great night's sleep...and for Madeline to wake us up! Oh and Madeline wore her Milk and Cookies PJs to bed so Santa would have something to nibble on :) hee hee.

Our table set up for Christmas Eve dinner.

Our beautiful tree all set up after Santa visited.

The tree with Madeline's BIG gift next to it.

Madeline's adorable tree we set up in her room, Madeline doll courtesy of Aunt Sarah and Uncle Mark last Christmas.

Discovering her gifts in the morning!

Fun in the tent Christmas Eve morning!

Showing daddy her new phone from Cousin Emily.

Digging into the Little People farm from Aunt Sarah and Uncle Mark.

And of course loving the awesome magnum bottle of wine from A. Sar and U. Mark!

Finally getting to open the BIG gift from Grandma Ayres!

A Sled! Madeline had to hop in right away and check it out...

...and daddy had to try it out too. All around the room they went!

Christmas, Christmas, Christmas!

After Christmas Eve morning at our house, we packed up and headed out to Mamaw and Papaws in West Virginia. We had a great few days visiting with them, and as always Madeline got spoiled like crazy!

Madeline opening her stocking Christmas Morning (and showing off one of her new headbands).

Trying out the new chair Christmas morning from Mamaw and Papaw. She loves it!

But NOTHING was more fun than playing in the box that the chair came in...she played in this all weekend!

Eventually even Uncle Justin joined in with the fun in the box.

Our attempt at a family photo...obviously not working.

Me and Madeline...slightly better photo.

Cousin Lauren and her bean bag!

Aidan and Madeline, giving hugs. Aidan was amazing with her all night!