Look at that tunky:
We combined the words Tummy and Chunky
A little late, but better late than never......
On January 24, Madeline turn 10 months old! I cannot believe she is already in the month double digits.
I can honestly say that I have loved every stage, but she has kept us laughing constantly.
Personality really started shining through. She loves to put on a show and loves attention.
She started sharing her food, even though she will put it up to your mouth, She usually ends up taking it back and puts it into her mouth.
She finally started crawling on all fours instead of her military crawl (January 15). Ben was out of town with some friends and Madeline and I were at my mom's house. I was on the phone with Ben and she just started going on all fours. Ben was so sad he missed it. That is the same weekend Ben said he left a baby and she was a little girl when he returned, which I totally agree with. I feel like she changed overnight.
She started pulling up. Played a fun game of peek-a-boo with the coffee table. She would go down in a baby squat and then come up really fast to surprise us on the other side of the coffee table. Sound effects included. She would put her arm and hand in the air sometimes in order to intensify the surprise.
Still sleeps in our bed. Usually asleep around 6:45-7 and wakes up around 7 am for the day. She wakes up twice during the night, but for only a few minutes.
Does not like pureed food at all. Loves mushrooms. I made a baby friendly mushroom sauce for her whole wheat noodles and was a little worried about it. She picked the mushrooms out and ate them first. I also made a baby mushroom barley casserole and she loved it.
She gets very excited when we pull out the bag of yogurt bites for dessert. Her arms and legs start moving with excitement.
Hard to get a picture of her because she is constantly on the go.
Still loves the dogs.
We gave her first hair cut. We did not do very well. I held her bangs up and Ben took a snip. They were shorter in the middle and got longer. We will not do that again!
Hit her separation anxiety stage when we drop her off at school or the church nursery. Breaks our hearts, but she is fine once we leave the room.
Words: Momma, Dada and Poppa, Puppy. She wakes up in the morning and looks at the foot of the bed for the dogs and says Puppy (sounds more like Pupp-i)
Ben has started going by Poppa. She was not saying Dada very much and was saying Puppy all the time so Ben would correct her saying Puppy with the word Poppa.
Started making lots of faces and mimicking what we do. Most made face during the month was her face with her puckered lips making the "o" shape.
Ben was leaning back making a Tim the Tool time grunt and she leaned back, head up and made the grunting noise too.
Loves to have her teeth brushed.
Learned how lipstick is put on. The other day Ben was putting on chapstick and Madeline watched him and then got really still and pucked her lips for him to put some on her. After that, Ben called laughing and said he was not sure whether he should be happy or mad that my mom and me taught her about lipstick.
She learned the, I throw it down and someone will pick it up for me game. She thinks it is a pretty funny game to play.
She is a precious little sweetheart and I am learning to enjoy so much more in life from her! She is the best teacher I have ever had. We are so thankful for the joy she has brought into our lives!
We love you baby girl!
