It's My Birthday!!!!!

Today was my 1st birthday.  I had a great day.  Momma came into my room this morning singing "Happy Birthday."  I was so excited that it was my birthday...I was smiling & jumping up & down in my crib.  First Momma went to work until 2 then ran some errands.  When she came home she gave my this great toddler cookie.  I got it ALL over myself & the floor.  After Momma cleaned me all up, she put my in a very pretty birthday dress so that we could all go out to dinner.  I took a short nap in the car then we arrived at the Kani House.   It was so good.  I ate soup, fried rice, & chicken.  I loved the food.  I also loved watching it being cooked on the big grill.  I liked watching the fire on the grill too.  After my dinner the servers sang "Happy Birthday" to me & beat on a drum.  It was so much fun.  When I got home, Momma & Daddy had one more surprise for me.....my very own birthday cupcake.  Momma even put a candle on it.  I demolished the cupcake & got it ALL over me, my chair, & the floor.  I had it in my hair & even in my ears.  After I finished my cupcake, Momma gave me a bath & then we watched tv together.  I can't wait till my party this weekend.  

Fun With Cousins

This past Saturday, we had a very busy day.  We went to a swim birthday party for the kids in our subdivision.  Maddie had a great time with all of the other kids.  All the kids brought presents for a little boy in Canton that lives with his grandma.  He does not have a lot so everyone brought presents to help him out.  What a great idea.  After the pool party we went over to Aunt Edie & Uncle Karl's house for dinner.  It was so much fun to watch Maddie play with her cousins, Mason & Karli.  She would play with them for awhile then go off & play by herself.  It was so cute.  That night there was a big storm so the power went out.  So we all ate dinner in the dark. Karl had a small generator so he was able to plug in a small lamp.  It was very romantic!  Maddie tried salmon for the first time.  She LOVED it.  She will eat just about anything (just like her Daddy!)

You Are My Sunshine

Fun At Aunt Brenda's

This past Sunday, the three of us went to Aunt Brenda's house to visit with Brenda & Nana.  We had a great time.  Maddie loved playing in Aunt Brenda's living room.  It was wonderful to see them.  On Saturday we were working on saying "Na Na Na Na."

Maddie & Nana

Maddie & Aunt Brenda

More Posing

Maddie & I continued our photo session this afternoon.  I got a new camera so I was excited to take pictures of Maddie.  Here are some of the pics.  There are so many because I had trouble deciding which ones I liked the best!

Maddie was crying because she wanted Elmo.  I was using him to try to make her smile!

Posing For Momma

This morning I had Maddie posing for a practice photo shoot.  It is now extremely hard to take good pictures of her because she now crawls all over the place.  I think that I took about 75 pictures & these were the only good ones I got.  Thank goodness for digital photography!

Maddie Learning to Crawl

This is video taken of Maddie a couple of weeks ago.  She looked like she was swimming.  It was pretty cute.  As you can see...she is into EVERYTHING!

4th of July

Maddie is now 11 months old.  I can't believe my baby is almost 1 year old.  She has changed so much.  She has finally learned how to crawl!!!!  At first she was just pulling herself on the floor & she looked like she was swimming.  It was pretty funny.  She did this for about a week then finally figured it out.  She is also standing up all the time now & pulling up on anything.  She is also walking holding on to furniture.  You have to watch her every second now.  If you look away for one second...the next thing that you know...she'll be head first on the floor screaming.  She has a couple of bruises & scratches on her head.  She also has developed quite a personality.  She is our little "firecracker."  She screams when we change her diaper or take away something that she wants.  I have no idea where she gets this from =)  Still there are no teeth to report.  She has been teething for 7 months now.  Even without teeth she is able to eat table food.  She also has finally learned "Ma."  It absolutely melted my heart.  It was the sweetest thing that I had ever heard.  

Under the Table

I was cleaning up the kitchen & letting Maddie play on the floor when I noticed that she was very quiet. I peeked around the corner to find her almost under the coffee table. She then saw me & started laughing. She thought that she was very funny!