18 Months

I can't not believe Miss Madeline is already 18 months! I am absolutely loving this new stage we are in. She is such a happy fun girl! We adore her so much and she makes life so much more interesting! Her personality is coming out more and more the older she gets! She is also very extremely girly, which I absolutely love! Madeline brings such joy to all those around her. Everyone everywhere we go always has to stop and talk to her and make sure to let us know how cute and beautiful she. She is such a sweet girl and has the ability to make anyone smile!

Here are some things she does at 18 months:

• she is obsessed with shoes. She loves to get them out of her closet and carry them around the house and leave them in piles everywhere she goes.
• She also loves to carry her purse and/or backpack around the house.
• She loves to stuff things in boxes. She got a new pair of shoes and has been filling the box with her toys, books, snacks, whatever she can find.
• She is very good at waving, clapping, and blowing kisses.
• She loves to say Uh-oh. It is the only actually word she says right now and she says it ALL the time.
• She loves to make animal sounds, She has perfected the dog, cow, and chicken.
• She loves to feed herself. She is doing much better at feeding herself independently.
• This girl is obsessed with reading. She loves books, She brings dozens of books everyday to me to read to her. Once I stop reading to her she will just sit in her room and read to herself. Her all time favorite book right now is Pinkalicious. 
• She is a monkey. She loves to climb, her newest trick is to climb onto the kitchen chairs and onto the table. I am not a huge fan of this!
• She loves to show us her bellybutton, she then has to lift up your shirt to see your bellybutton as well.
• She knows all the parts on her face, she does really good with her eyes.ears, mouth, and nose.
• She loves to pretend to go bye bye. She will gather up her purse, give goodbye kisses and waves then hides behind the couch. It is so cute!

I just love her so much! She is so fun and she just has such a sweet spirit. Alan and I love her so much and are so glad that she is apart of our family! So far the toddler stage is a blast and I can't wait for whats to come! We love you Madeline!

Madeline Turns ONE!

Madeline's Birthday was so fun! She was so excited that morning and must have known it was a special day because she woke up at 6:15 am! We started out the morning by letting her check out her decorated birthday door!

She loved it! We then played with some Birthday balloons! That is all we could have gotten her for her birthday and she would have been completely satisfied. We then had some breakfast. She got to eat her first Cinnamon Roll!

After nap we had a small birthday party with our friends. The Rubisch's are like our family out here. I am so glad that they were able to celebrate with us on this special day! Plus Madi absolutely adores Levi and Lily! We had dinner and the kiddos played. We then let Madi open her presents and she got some really fun stuff! After presents we had cake. Madi wasn't sure what to do with the cake. She kept spitting out the frosting and she didn't like touching it. So overall I would say she wasn't a fan of Birthday cake. Oh well. We will try again! I made all of Madi's Birthday decorations due to the fact that well we are poor students. Thank you Pintrest! 

We had a fantastic day Celebrating our Special girl turning ONE! 

Happy Birthday Miss Madeline!

We love you!

One Year Old!

I can't believe my little baby is One! I know I have said this a thousand times but time really does go by so fast! This past year has been amazing! Having a child changes your life in so many ways you don't even think possible. Madeline is such a blessing to our family. I couldn't imagine it any other way. I am so glad that she is mine. She is my little buddy. I love that I get to spend all day with her and we can just play. It is so fun to watch her progress and change into the next phase. She is getting to be such a little toddler ( yikes, did I just say that?) She is so funny! I love calling my family everyday to tell them the next hilarious thing she has done. She is so sassy and such a little spit fire! We are going to have our hands full in these toddler stages! She loves to be the center of attention and entertain everyone. She is such a little show off! She is really so adorable and has a cute little personality. We just love her so much and feel so blessed to be her parents!

Here are some things that Madeline does at 1 years old:

• She loves to clap her hands, she especially loves to clap for herself. 
• She folds her arms when we say prayer. It melts my heart every time.
• When we ask her "how many are you?" she will hold up 1 finger. This is probably her greatest trick.
• She is such a good walker. She took her first steps on 11/17/2013. She was just barely 11 months. She loves to put her arms behind her and "fly" I think she thinks it makes her go faster.
• She now has two bottom teeth. She is currently working on her top teeth!
• She loves to blow kisses! She is really good at blowing them to her Papa on Skype!
• She loves to wave!
• She is so ticklish. She will giggle and scream so loud but she loves every second of it!
• She likes to watch Mickey Mouse and Little Einsteins. She has a very short attention span though.
• She doesn't really like eating. She likes to eat cheese. She wants to be independent and feed herself but that just doesn't happen.
• She loves Milk! Which is so great because it will help with her being so tiny!
• She weighs 15. 2 at the doctor. I am pretty sure she is like the tiniest one year old ever!
• She loves to play "peek a boo" but she will sometimes only cover one eye!

I could seriously go on and on. She is so funny and does the cutest things! I am so excited for this next stage. It is amazing watching her grow and develop! Miss Madeline, Thank you for being our daughter! We love you more than you will ever know!