She's 18 months!

Miss Maddie turned a year and a half a week ago. Amazing. She's really become a busy body lately and her attitude is as spunky as that hair of hers. Here's a few tidbits on our amazing, Little Miss that I don't want to forget!

Maddie's personality is pretty serious. She's reserved around strangers and people she doesn't know well...still stingy with her smiles but has been randomly doing this scrunchy,cheesy grin at people lately...especially if they're not paying attention to her! She really makes you work to get that smile and she pays close attention to who's always around. But to sum her up, she's quiet, shy and sweet. Maddie loves being held, rocked, and is really affectionate. It's so fun having a little girl :)

She just started "jumping" and it's hilarious! Running is her other new skill (just a faster walk with her head tilted). She loves to dance, climb up the bunk bed ladder and of course on top of all of the furniture and into anything she can fit into.

Words she uses often: "itty" (kitty), "beebee" (baby), "ow" (cow), "orsie" (horsie), "oooie" (sophie), "heago" (here you go), "sup" (up), "eeees" (please, cheese), "memememe" (mine), "oys" (boys), mama, daddy, nany (naneeee), ba, papa, ma (grandma), "ace" (Jace), "ade" (Cade), bye, hi, owie, "baba" (bottle), no, "ses" (yes), go

She is still getting up once at night. I can count on one hand the number of nights she's actually slept continually through. After "force feeding" her for all of those months as an infant, she now loves her bottle and enjoys a little snack around 2am. I'm mixing her bottle and sippy cups at 25 cal (half Pediasure/half whole milk or half & half/whole milk). She has actually turned into a great eater and likes a variety of foods. Some of her favorites are green beans, rice, peaches, spaghetti, cottage cheese, grapes, honeynut cheerios, cheese, noodles, and popcorn.

Weight 22 lbs. 6 oz. (21%) and Height 32 1/2 in. (83%) and her 02 Sats range 76-78%

She loves reading books and will sit for long stretches of time just going through piles of books. Maddie also likes her baby doll and especially pushing it around in the stroller. She loves putting on jewelry, shoes, and puts everything over her head to "wear it" (towels, brother's underwear, my shirt). Her absolute favorite though is being outside. She loves to swing, climb around on the playset, play in the dirt pile, and chase the cats and dog around. She's not a big fan of the horses...yet. She also loves to carry around markers, taking off the caps and putting them back on is major business for her as well as coloring on herself!

Maddie Mooms is so much fun and watching her grow, progress and thrive these past 18 months has been an absolute blessing!