How Big is Maddy?

So you know the game you play with your baby when you say "How big is [insert baby's name]?" and you raise their hands and say "Thiiis big!" Well just a couple weeks ago Maddy started doing the "this big" herself. She raises her hands and says "deeeh daaaah". It is sooo cute.

In other news, we are in the process of switching from bottle to sippy cup, and she loves it.

I have mixed feelings. I find sippy cups are a lot more messy and easier to create spillage!

We had a Halloween party the other day.

Maddy was so cute in her butterfly costume. When we bought the costume that was the only one she reacted to. In the store everytime we showed her the butterfly head she laughed and held out for it. So she basically picked out her costume this year!

We carved the pumpkins we got from the pumpkin patch. We have a daddy,











a baby,

and a mommy!

I also toasted the pumpkin seeds using this recipe. http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Toasted-Pumpkin-Seeds-with-Sugar-and-Spice/Detail.aspx They turned out good, I would use half he sugar it asks for next time though!

Pumpkin Patch Blast!

Today was Pumpkin Patch day! I guess Washington is having problems with their pumkins this season so we went to the first pumpkin patch and it turned out to be a huge bummer. all the pumpkins were rotting and gross. They were suppose to have a corn maze, but all the corn was smashed down....it was a huge bummer. So We traveled 40 minutes away to try out another pumpkin patch...and there we hit the jack pot. We found a whole community of farmers and pick-your-own places. So everyone was in compitition with the other and it made things very fun and interesting. One place did a festival with live music and different vendors and another place shot pumpkins out of a pumpkin canon every hour. The best part though, is that Madison watches Baby Einstines, A Day at the Farm a lot when we go on car trips. ( we strap a portable DVD player to the headrest of the passenger seat). In the DVD they sing "Old McDonald had a Farm". Well today Madison decided to pick up on the song and sing "EeOohEeOohEee" When the kids in the song sing "Ee I Ee I Oh". I thought that was so fitting as we were driving past the different farms. Needless to say, I took a lot of pics!

Well, Sleeping is not going well. I know this isn't what should be going on, but I gave in to her. After a night with many tears from both of us, we decided to keep her in our bed and figure out another way of getting her to her room. The last two nights she's been great because she's back in mommy and daddy's room. The nights where she had to sleep in her crib she was oh so clingy to me all day the next days. So even though it makes me a wishy washy mom, she won this battle. Our Idea for the next attempt, is a little wierd. But at this point, I'll try anything. We're going to get a mat to put in her room on the floor. And then I'll nurse her to sleep on the floor and sneak back to my room. If she wakes up, I'll come back in and nurse her again....fool proof, right? riiight....
In more happier news, Every Friday Maddy and I take a music class. It's called upbeat music together. She absolutly loves it, and this time I got pictures!

This ones a little blurry but it's cute because she decided to become queen of the drum. Looks like she has someone who wants to overthrow her...literally.


We love music class!

Who came up with the saying "sleep like a baby?"

So Madison has been sleeping with me and Dave every night as she nurses the night away. A couple of days ago we decided it was time to put her in her crib. It is a struggle! I nurse her to sleep and then try to put her in her crib, she wakes up. I let her cry for a few minutes and then come back in and nurse her to sleep again. I attempt #2 to put her in her crib, she wakes up. I let her cry again and then come back in and nurse her to sleep again. The first night i just had to hold her down during the 3rd attempt to put her in her crib and she just let out a cry or two of protest and then she slept for a few hours. Last night however, I held her down and she just continued to cry and cry. We started this process at 9:00 and it was coming onto midnight at this moment. Well proving that great things come in small packages, Maddy, as she was crying, looked around the crib and spotted this little lamb stuffed animal.
She immediately stopped crying and just stared at him. And then she felt his ear and just laid there looking and feeling him. 30 minutes later she fell asleep. Thank goodness for Lamby!

Two hours later she woke up again...and ended up in our bed again.

It's going to be a loooooong and tiring week!

And I thought I had bad hair days?


I wanted to take some cute fall photos of Maddy so we went outside and I put her on top of the hill and let her crawl down as I went camera crazy.

We had tons of fun! She loved crawling on the grass.





Things were going great until she found some dog poop and almost put it in her mouth. (I took the picture cause at first I thought it was a leaf.)

All Grins

Maddy's working on her third tooth. They are all three in a row on the bottom. I have been working for a while to get a good grinny picture, this is as close as I can get. But hey, It works.

She looks so thrilled to have her picture taken..."Mom, you want to see my teeth, here you go!"