Happy Birthday Madeline !!!

On April 17th Miss Madeline celebrated her very first birthday. For her actual birthday she ate macaroni and cheese with her mom and dad and then had a blueberry muffin with a candle on top. We ended the evening by going on a walk that Madeline insisted on walking home the last four blocks of in her tights. She is becoming quite the independent little girl. She insists on walking now instead of being carried which is nice sometimes and inconvenient at other times.

On April 19th we had a birthday celebration with Madeline and there were lots of friends and family over for a cookout and cake. We were worried about the weather but the rain held off until later that night and it ended up being a beautiful day full of sunshine.
Now it's a couple weeks later and Madeline has been continuing to grow and change every single day. She is walking all over, crawling up the stairs (only when Bri and I are present of course) displaying her likes and dislikes when it comes to food, using some sign language to communicate and talking talking talking. Brian and I feel so blessed and have fun every day watching her learn about her world.

11 Months and counting.......

Wow, Madeline will celebrate her 1st birthday in a little under a month. Time sure does fly when you're having fun. She is now taking 4-5 steps at a time but looks like a drunk while she's walking. It's hilarious. And now it's a game of her waiting for us to laugh and clap and she gets such a kick out of it. She is looking forward to the upcoming Tiger's season and still needs to find a baseball cap that doesn't make her look like a boy. She is growing more hair, slowly but surely. She has even worn a barrette a couple times. She LOVES food and pigs out at every sitting. She would eat blueberries until they made her sick if we let her. She even likes sauerkraut, GROSS! It will be nice to cut the formula expense when the doc tells us we can convert over to regular milk and Brian and i can't wait. I have a few pictures to update with from a few weeks ago but will update next week with Easter pictures. Hope everyone is doing well and let's start crossing our fingers here in Michigan to get rid of this snow. I know I'm ready for spring and i hope everyone else is too.

It's been far too long :( and I apologize

Well Maddy turned 9 months old this past week. She is HUGE. She is almost able to stand all by herself and she walks when behind her lion push toy. She plays patty cake on demand, can slap Bri high five and sometimes waves bye bye. The bye bye happens when you tell her or sometimes it happens after the person leaves, it's funny. I haven't updated the blog since Halloween so a lot has happened since then. At Halloween Maddy was crawling slowly but surely and now she is moving all over the place. she chases Lily down and tries to corner Louie so she can pet him. For Thanksgiving we went to Marquette and went to uncle Dan and Aunt Karen's for the big Lions vs. Packers game. Maddy wore her Packer's cheerleading outfit for the first time and looked adorable. Nana Linda went with us too but she was rooting for the Lions. In December Maddy went to Chicago for the first time to visit her auntie Leigh and see Richie and also go to the American Girl store. Maddy got her very first American girl doll, well actually a bitty baby, and she loved it. it was so much fun at the store and she was definitely the youngest little girl there. Then for Christmas we had a house full. All of Bri's family and my family came to stay with us for Maddy's first Christmas. Maddy opened a few presents but then she got hungry then tired and then she fell asleep. She really loves all of her presents and is still having fun playing with them. Besides that she has spent some time with Nana Linda and Auntie Megan and Grandpa Don came to stay this weekend so mommy and daddy could go on a date. She was home sick last Thursday from Ms. Kim's house but is feeling better and she returned back on Friday and will go all of this week too. Here are some pictures from the past few months. I apologize for not being a very good blogger, i will try harder. ENJOY!!!

Maddy at the Bowling Alley with her Auntie Leigh and with Grandpa Dave in their Packer's Gear



With Mommy and Daddy at the American Girl Store in Chicago and looking Oh so cute in her new sweater:)



With Nana Linda in her new Christmas Dress and also with Grandpa Dave in her new dress


Checking out all her Christmas Presents and playing with Tickle Me Elmo



Riding her Lion that can also be pushed to walk behind.

Happy Halloween!!

This was Maddy's first Halloween and she dressed up like Paw's the Detroit Tiger's Mascot. She was so adorable. She wore her Tiger's costume that fellow blogger Amelia sent to her and her daddy made her a t-shirt to wear on top. She had fun hanging out with her friends Jack and Addison and walking around trick or treating. Next year she'll be able to walk and i am already having fun thinking of what to have her wear next year.

This weekend Maddy spent time in Colorado with her cousins and aunts and uncles. Great Grandpa Don got married and Maddy has a new grandma, Great Grandma Ellen. She had a rough trip though and was sick with a cough and stuffy nose. She was happy to be home last night with her daddy and finally got a good nights sleep in her own bed.

Aunt Megan is spending time with us still until tomorrow and then this weekend her grandpa and grandma Bonsall are coming to visit. Maddy is crawling all over the house and i think she is cutting some new teeth. All in all though she is doing great and i am so looking forward to our first holiday season with our new family:)