It's hard to believe that yesterday was Maddie's 8 month birthday. She has grown so much. Here are some 8-month facts about Maddie:
Favorite foods - anything! She is eating solids including crackers, cookies, veggies (carrots, peas, green beans), some meats (cubed ham, shredded turkey), pasta, fruits (peaches, pears, mandarin oranges, bananas). She is also eating Stage 3 baby food and baby treats like puffs & yogurt melts.
Favorite toys - anything that she can shake that makes noise. She also loves to pound toys against other toys to make noise. And she LOVES LOVES LOVES her music table.
Favorite games - peek a boo, jumping or bouncing, swinging, making funny faces, playing with Daddy's guitar, tickling, splashing water in the bathtub, raspberry kisses.
She also loves to clap and give hugs. She is learning to kiss but its really just pressing her sloppy face against your face. She can clap and wave goodbye.
Things that are difficult with Maddie - washing her face... she knows right away when she sees a wipe coming and immediately turns her head and starts to fuss. Diaper changing - she is a big squirmer, constantly trying to roll over and crawl away.
Maddie is generally a super happy baby, always smiling and laughing. Never cries and gets along with everyone. Sleeps 10-12 hrs at night. Doesn't give us a problem with anything - not even when its time to take a nap, or get strapped into the car, or cleaning her ears. She has been a tremendous blessing and we can't imagine our lives without her.
Here's a video from tonight... she was eating yogurt melts after dinner. She burps, laughs and makes all kinds of fun noises. Enjoy!!
I forced Tom to smile for a picture but then everyone else looked away... oh well.
An afternoon nap...
The view when I opened the back door of the garage. The drifting was so high back there that you can't see our table/chairs or the hot tub.
This was the first pass of the snow blower. It left about 4-5 inches of snow behind that we had to go back over and re-blow because the snow was so high.
That's our mailbox out there. And that was before the snow plow came through and buried it.
The view when we opened the garage door. Fortunately my car was in the garage but Tom's Sequoia is too tall to pull in so it becomes quite a pain to clean off.
Like mother... like daughter... We both love our cookies! Num num num num num ;-)
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To me, this picture looks so much like Tom. 
Hilarious!! She uses her stool to stand up and then pound all her toys against them. She loves when things make noise... just like Daddy!
This one is so devious... but totally cute too. 
Half her time banging toys together and the other half of the time she tastes all of her toys.
My little girls play together! Love it!
Zoey decides to be clever... just in case the food somehow falls through the seat.
And of course... Maddie never fails to wind up with puffs stuck everywhere. 
She seemed to enjoy them... and thank goodness for the bowl with the suction cup bottom. 
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