Happy Halloween

Hello Everyone! I am officially 9 months old now and moving right along just as I should be. Would you expect anything different from me? Every time I hear Mommy talk about me, all she talks about is how perfect I am. I had my 9 month check up last week and I am weighing in at a whopping 17lbs and I am 29inces long. Needless to say, I am busting out of my 12 month PJ's but can still wear some 3 month pants as capri's. Speaking of clothes....my mom is having a really hard time with this for some reason. Every morning while I am laying in bed, drinking my bottle, wondering why I have just been woken up, I have to listen to her complain about how I have nothing to wear and nothing matches and what socks should I wear with this outfit and no not that outfit....what is wrong with her? Is it really that hard? I mean come on already! I would be perfectly fine with wearing my pj's all day and come to think of it, I would prefer not having my warm jammies ripped off me every morning and two layers of clothes put on just to go hang out at Aja's house. Really? What is wrong with that lady? Who cares what I wear? Do you? Well apparently she does!!! I am still my Daddy's girl! He is my favorite person in the whole wide world. My brother comes in a close second, but Daddy is #1 in my book. I love all men to tell you the truth. I love Aja's husband, I love anyone that has a deep voice actually. I think it is because they all remind me of my Daddy! I like my mom and everything, don't get me wrong, but I am crazy for my Daddy. When he gets home I go nuts. I do not let him out of my sight and I also do not let him eat anything without sharing with me. No matter how full I am, if my daddy is eating it....I need some too. I think I overheard Mommy telling Daddy last night that she is a little jealous. Perhaps I misunderstood her. Could it be? Mommy jealous? NO!!!! I have decided that I no longer like baby food and I think that is because baby food is for baby's and I am not a baby anymore. Too bad Mommy had just stocked up on baby food and rice cereal the day before I decided that no matter what, I am not opening my mouth for what she is going to give me. I love pasta, rice, cheetos, ice cream, pickles and donuts. I like sausage too, but Mommy says I am not supposed to have it...Daddy sneaks it to me whenever I want it. I am still an amazing sleeper....Mommy is trying to phase out the 5-7pm naps, but I am trying really hard to fight her on this one. If I sleep from 5-7, I do not have to deal with my brother and his temper tantrums and I get to stay up later and hang out with my dad all by myself while Mommy spends an hour putting my brother to sleep. I always sleep until my mom wakes me up to go to Aja's and on the weekends I have been known to sleep until 10:00. I love to sleep and I am pretty sure nobody is complaining. Well, maybe some of the people that come to see me, or want to come to see me, but Mommy and Aja are not complaining and let's be honest....who else matters? Well Daddy, but I think we already talked about him. I went to the pumpkin patch this weekend, but I will let my brother tell you all about it. I had a good time for the most part. I lost my shoe on the hayrack ride, I got scared by the corn cob shooter, I was not so sure of the real life scarecrow and I loved playing in the corn box. It was a first for me however.....the first day that I have not taken a nap. I slept for like 20 minutes in the car on the way home and that was it. I was pretty proud of myself. I never knew there was so much time in a day. I don't think I will make it a common practice any time soon however. Alright, well I had better let my brother use the computer and tell you all about his happenings.
Have a wonderful week everyone!
~Madyn

Brrr....it is getting cold outside.....

Hello everyone...it is me Girl! I have been very busy crawling around, playing with my brothers toys, climbing up anything I can get my hands on, traveling from room to room, getting hit in the head by balls, getting carried around and sometimes getting dropped by my oh so helpful brother, taking naps, eating food, not drinking bottles, did I mention taking naps?, flirting with my Daddy and getting run over by monster trucks. I am a prefect angel from what my mommy says. The most stress I cause my mom is that I don't like to get my diaper changed and I try really, really hard to get away. I love taking baths and splashing water all over the floor. I love cheese puffs and get really mad when mommy says I have had enough and takes them away from me. I gag when mommy tries to feed me something I don't like. However, when Daddy gets home I eat off of his plate and it tastes really yummy. This does not make mommy very happy. I am a crazy climber and have even been found up on the futon in the playroom. I have been taking a nap every day after Aja's from 5 until mommy wakes me up at 7. Mommy is sad because she never gets to see me during the week, but she does think that I am very smart because I miss the chaos of our house and then when things are starting to calm down every night, I wake up. I also get to spend more time with my Daddy when I stay awake until 9:30 every night! I think I am pretty smart too! I have been having fun playing at Aja's every day with all of my new friends. I am still sleeping all night like a good girl, in case you didn't catch it earlier....the only stress I cause my mom is that I try to get away from her when she is trying to change my diaper. Well, I had better get back to playing with my brothers toys and making him mad. By the way, in case you didn't know.....Blayke thinks and voices quite frequently that I am, "too little" to do EVERYTHING! Some day I will NOT be too little and I WILL get back at that boy!
Take care!
Madyn

6 months old

Hello! I had my 6 month DR appointment today. First I will say that a 9:45 appointment is WAY too early for me. My brother jumped in my bed and woke me up about it. I am sorry but there is absolutely no reason to wake up before 9:00 in the morning. Anyway, I am weighing in at 14lbs 9oz and I am 27 inches tall. Tall and skinny....just what I hope to be saying in 16 years. I thought it was all going to go smoothly at that place they call a doctor's office until that lady that I used to think liked me came in and hurt my legs really, really bad. I hope I don't ever have to go back to that place again! I have been busy learning how to crawl, eating food, taking naps and taking my brother's toys away from him. I am about 95% with my crawling. Look out Blayke, I WILL GET YOU! I am very interested in what people are eating and I get very upset that I can't have any. Sometimes they do share their ice cream with me....otherwise it is that nasty stuff that my mom makes me eat at night. I went to see my Aunt Kate in Pella last weekend and I hated every minute of it. I just am not a big fan of leaving the house, let alone leaving the house and hanging out at the beach, missing my nap, and not being able to roll around on MY living room floor. I survived however and am back to my normal perfect self. I spent all day Sunday sleeping and recovered nicely. I am headed to Ft. Dodge tomorrow for 3 days. I am going to try really, really hard to be a good girl. I think my Mommy will be a much happier person if I am. I will however be getting to see my favorite girls the CCA Clippers play their 2nd and hopefully 3rd state playoff game, so that makes me happy. Daddy is not going because he has to work, so this will be a real test for Mommy. Blayke, well we sure can't count on him to help Mommy out, goodness that boy is crazy. I missed him and his entertainment when he was gone at Aunt Kate's for 3 days, but boy I did not miss his high pitched screaming and I did not miss being pulled on and pinched and all that other stuff that he does when Mommy walks out of the room. His favorite thing to say...."nice Mommy, nice" YEAH, RIGHT!!! I can't wait until I can talk and call his bluff. Pretty sure Mommy and Daddy will believe me over him every time. I WILL use this to my advantage for the rest of my life, don't think I won't!!!!! I think that is probably enough for tonight. Wish my and those CCA Clippers luck in Ft. Dodge!
Madyn

5 months old

I had my 5 month birthday last week and boy am I getting to be a big girl. I am all over the place and my mommy can't keep me in 1 place. I roll over from my back to my stomach, and from my stomach to my back in both directions. I am really good about getting my legs under me to move, but I just have not mastered the arm and head part of crawling. I just keep my forehead on the ground and move around that way. Mommy keeps saying I am going to get rug burn on my head. I have been getting outside quite a bit lately in this nice weather. I don't enjoy being in my car seat in the stroller all that much however. If mommy does not strap me in, I try my hardest to scoot out. I think mommy needs to start letting me ride in the stroller like a big girl. I might enjoy it more, who knows. I went to my first parade last Friday and I was not a huge fan. I don't understand why those big red trucks have to make so much noise....and why there had to be so many of them. I got to go back to the car early with mom because it started raining. I enjoyed hanging out in the car with mom. I am not a huge fan of being on the go all day!! I like to keep my routine and when people mess with it, I tell them about it! This weekend, I felt like we were on the go the whole time. I let my mom know all about how much I liked it by crying in the car. She really hates it when she is trying to drive and I am crying. I think it is just because she feels so bad that she can't make me happy. I am still an amazing sleeper! Mommy feeds me, wraps me in my blanket, lays me down and I am asleep in less than 5 minutes. I think it makes her sad that I do not liked to be rocked to sleep. I know, however, that she does not have time to do that with my brother and me, so I try my hardest to make it easy on her. I wonder why my brother is not that way? Why can't he just go to sleep? He is like 2 right? I thought 2 year olds were big kids? Hmmm....I guess I will learn about that later in life! I went to my first birthday party this weekend too. It was fun! People always talk about how cute I am and they all want to hold me. Hey, I am ok with that!!!! I wonder when I will get to eat cake too? It sure did look good! My brother has been kind of picking on me lately and I am not too sure why. I don't really do much to him to make him want to do that. I just think he gets mad at mommy and knows that if he does something to me, it will give him attention. He really got me good the other night and it really hurt. I cried and had big tears. Mommy and daddy made him go to bed. Mommy told me that she gave me permission to beat him up when I get bigger and she said she would NOT make me go to bed early. So, I am just keeping track of each time he is mean to me, because some day kid, I WILL get even with you!!! I suppose it is about time to roll around on the floor or have a bottle or something, so I better get going.
Happy warm weather everyone!
Madyn

Summer is almost here!

Hello everyone! I have been enjoying my time outside much more lately now that the weather has been warmer and I have more body fat then before. I still hate it when the sun is shining in my face and the ind blows my 2 pieces of hair, but other then that, it is all good. I have been enjoying sitting outside with Mommy lately and falling asleep. It is so peaceful at about 9:00 sitting on the front porch staring at the bright lights from the ball fields. I am turning into quite the mover these days. I roll over, I scoot and I turn in circles on my back. I am soooo going to beat my brother to the major milestones in physical development. Look out Blayke, I will come after you some day! I have been doing a good job of eating food at night...it is much better now that Mom adds some fruit to that boring rice cereal. Up until 2 nights ago I had been doing a great job sleeping all night long. The last 2 nights I have been getting up at about 3:00am and having a great time talking and playing with mom until about 5:30 and then going back to sleep. I guess mom is not a big fan of our 1 on 1 time at this time of the day. I don't understand why!?! I did hear her say that she only has 5 days left of work though, so she will not be so stressed out about sleep after that. Yeah, right, I think it might be easier for her to go to work during the day. Chasing my brother around all day every day is a lot of work. It wears me out just watching. That boy is crazy! I have been very interested in playing with my toes and putting them in my mouth lately. I have also been very interested in playing with my toys and I can even put my pacy back in my mouth after I pull it out. I still am a very good girl! I am very content with just watching the crazy world go on around me and then after 2 hours of being awake I am ready to take a nap. When it is time to take a nap I usually just turn my head and fall asleep. I know my mom has to spend so much time putting my brother to sleep that I don't want her to have to do that with me, so I just do it myself. You should hear all the good things she says about me.....and the not so good things she says about my brother! :) I will strive to be the GOOD child. The nice thing about that is that it won't be hard. Ha Ha Blayke! I do love my brother though and he does some pretty funny things that getting me laughing pretty hard. I am sad because when school gets out in a few days I will not get to spend all day, every day with Grandma. Who doesn't want to spend all day with Grandma? I know I will still get to see her a lot though so that is good too. I sure am lucky to have her!! Well, I guess that is about all for now. I hope everyone is enjoying the weather!
Madyn

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Hi, It's Me GIRL!!!!

Hello everyone..it is me Girl...the best baby in the whole wide world. I have learned at the young age of almost 4 months that crying doesn't get you anywhere. So, I just really don't cry. I know my mom will feed me when it is time to eat, I know she will change me when I am wet and I know she will let me go to sleep when she sees my eyes start to get red. What other reason is there to cry? Oh yeah, when my brother gets crazy and happens to kick me in the head, or squeeze my hand too tight, or plop down on top of me, but that only hurts for a second and I do cry then, just to watch him get in trouble. Gosh, I can't wait until I can fight back. Mommy and Daddy already told me that I can do whatever I want to him when I am big enough....He has it coming. Ha, just you wait B-Money, I am going to be taller and stronger than you! I have become an extremely loud talker over the past week or so. I talk almost the entire time I am awake these days. I don't even care if there is anyone in the room to listen. You know the saying, "she could talk to a brick wall"? Well, I do spend a lot of time talking to a brick wall! :) I love to talk! Bet you can't guess who I get that from! My daddy is going to live the rest of his life with a headache I am pretty sure. That is ok, he deserves it! I had a good Easter. I got to see my Uncle Chris and my Aunt Kate neither of which I get to see all that often. They like to spoil me...how can you not? I have been building up more of a tolerance for the outdoors lately. I have been told that I have no choice in the matter. I am perfectly fine with going an entire week and not going outside. My brother on the other hand is the exact opposite. So, because my brother cries louder and hits harder.....guess who wins this battle? Well it sure as heck is not me! I have heard about this thing called Clear Creek Amana girls softball and I am excited to see what it is all about. Mommy even had me some shirts made so that everyone would know which team I am cheering for. I guess stay tuned for next time and I will let you know what the heck they were talking about. I am still not really moving much, I kick my legs a lot, I move my hands a lot, I grab things...everything and I put my hands in my mouth, and sometimes even down my throat, but otherwise I am perfectly content just hanging out on the couch or in my vibrating bouncy seat....however, I do not like it when the vibrating part turns off. I am starting to eat a little cereal in the evenings. Last night was actually my best night ever. I really am starting to get good at knowing what to do with that spoon in my mouth. With the combination of the fresh air, the cereal, and a bath yesterday....I went to bed at 9:30 and did not even make a peep until 6:30. Pretty sure Mommy is going to test that theory again tonight. You know what that means....I have to go outside today. Oh great! I overheard something about a little league game and a moo-moo. Ok, whatever....I will do whatever you say, just keep me warm. Ok, I must go watch some more TV, I will be sure to keep you posted on anything else exciting that happens in my crazy life!

Madyn