A blog for Maddux: A little late, just like you.

Friday, May 9, 2014

8 Months Old

Well we made it Eight whole months! Your personality develops more and more each day and you are such a little (adorable) person with an attitude. I see trouble maker in your future. When I say "No" to something you are doing, you look at me and then break out in the biggest grin followed with an all knowing (devious) giggle. I can't help but laugh even as you pull out every hair on my head, hit my arm, or bite my leg.

We took you to a restaurant for Aunt Amanda's birthday where you flirted with all the ladies in sight and make quite a ruckus that could be heard throughout the entire place. Inside voices isn't a concept you have grasped. You are a HUGE flirt. You also find yourself rather amusing and can't take your eyes off yourself when faced with a mirror. We maybe need to work in so humility there kid.

You learned to wave (well backwards at first so you waved to yourself), but you have since turned it around. You have also noticed that this makes the ladies just go crazy over you. So now you draw them in with a wave, really get them oohing over your ability to clap, and the icing on the cake is the huge grin and beautiful blue eyes that just melt anyone around. Even Pouncer is finally warming up to you. But Murphy still gets the most laughs around our house. You can be having a breakdown and that silly looking dog just turns your day right around.

You are really babbling a lot more lately. We think you say hi when you wave, but aren't 100% sure. You may have also squeaked out a Da-Da. Your dad says you didn't, but I think he is just trying to soften the blow of momma not being your first word. "They" say (and no I don't know who "they" are) that the M sound is a tougher to say than the D. I'm not buying it. I am not too torn up though because I know once you learn it-you won't unlearn it. I have many years to come of hearing Mom or whatever version you come up with. We have some fascinating conversations these days, one even lasting a half hour car ride home. You also make "raspberry noises" otherwise known as putting your lips together and spitting/drooling. I caught a nice picture of it.

You are a rolling machine now. It is astonishing how much ground you can cover these days. You are ridiculously close to crawling as well. This last week you have really been close to the point of being on all fours all you needed was a back leg move, but it looks like we will have to save that for month 9.

As you can see you hair is still red. Your dad coined a nice quote that finding a left handed red head is like finding a unicorn. I guess because he is a lefty he is projecting that on you. We will see.

You have two bottom teeth and weigh 23lbs or so.

Some things you love:

Hugs-giving and receiving
Attention. You are perfectly content...as long as someone is there to notice you.
Grown Up Food. You are now eating well on people food as well as sharing with Murphy. . Carrots, green beans, mashed pot, bread, eggs to name a few. We hope you keep eating everything without hesitation because you should always try something before you decide you don't like it. Except corn bread. That stuff is the worst.
Swinging. Aunt Erin brought over a kiddie swing for you and you are in heaven.
Balloons. But more specifically, Murphy trying to jump and eat the balloons. I taped you in a fit of laughter watching these shenanigans in our home.

Things you don't like:

The vacuum. For some reason after all this time of vacuuming around you since you were born, you are not a fan. Maybe it was because I hadn't used it in quite some time...oops.
Sleeping through the night. Now you had a cold and a pretty serious ear infection in both ears so we will give you a pass this month.
That Pouncer won't sit next to you while you ~~stroke~~ grab and pull her hair.
Getting your nose cleaned out during a cold . We had to go buy an automatic sucking contraption that plays music to have you sit still. All I can say is it's a good thing you are pretty because that tops the list of disgusting.

And this Month's Theme: Drum Roll Please.........Vanity Shirts

Admit it...I'm Adorable

I just love the innocent look on the second picture...it says Who? Me?

Bananas Over Mommy

Let's face it...who isn't?

Irresistible.

Quite frankly you are and you know it.

Happy Eight Months my little Unicorn.

You can thank your dad for that nickname.

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Wednesday, May 7, 2014

First Easter Shenanigans

We were busy, busy, busy this Easter. We started the day out at the Lehmann Farm. They had camped out the night before so you will see some random items you don't typically see on Easter like a campfire and RV's.

I can't resist a quote from one of my favorite movies of all time even if it is the wrong holiday.
Can't do it....

You probably thought I was kidding, but I promise I wasn't.

I didn't have my camera so we are borrowing these pictures from Aunt Amanda.

My favorite two red heads of the bunch!

And on to the next one....Amrein Family here we come!

Each year we have a $100 Egg Hunt. There are other eggs, but let's be honest-everyone wants the one with BIG BUCKS. We started this a while back at the old house -first ever winner of the $100 was your mom by the way- though Aunt Alyssa will tell you she should have won the year it was in the trunk of the car but time ran out as she unzipped the golf bag, or the year Jay found it on the basketball hoop because he followed her eyes as she saw it ,but he was closer and got it, or any year she didn't win-except oddly the time Todd found it . That time was the only time she didn't "see it first". But I digress.

I think Grandpa Phil and Grandma Shelley were so amused by grown adults running frantically through the yard (and more recently jumping in a cold pool on a rainy day) that they just couldn't resist doing it each year. After this year I think everyone in the family has now found it at least once. How cool is that?

The announcer gets the games in order...and we are off.

It has become quite competitive over the years. This year your dad found the $100 egg. I can't believe I don't have a picture of it, but he found it in record time as well-yes this is a timed event. The hiding spot was in a hollowed out tennis ball on the ground so it wasn't any easier than in the past. If it were me I would have pocketed the $100, put the egg back in the ball, and then sat quietly as everyone else continued to hunt, and then probably snapped a picture of the poor sap that found the empty egg.

But he came clean right away-you should follow his example, but just know my idea would have been hilarious. But I didn't find the egg, he did.

After the big hunt....

You were all tuckered out.

And for once in no mood for pictures....

Until Grandma bribed you with a little lamb.

Great Grandparents

Aunt Alyssa will want to show this picture in nice clothes instead of Egg Hunt attire even though she isn't holding you-her favorite nephew.

Group shot

Since we borrowed all the pictures from Amanda's Easter shots I had to include this little gem of Vera.

I mean c'mon...how cute.

And then on to the last stop before home : Davis Family

The kids were so excited to help you find your Easter Basket and you show up sleeping! They could hardly contain themselves-and not a moment too soon because you were sampling Avery's sandal until she brought you the goodies from your basket.

We sat outside and relaxed as the boys played a game of baseball.

We had just commented on how next year you will be Audrey's age walking around, getting into trouble, and out she came covered in icing from smashing a cupcake into her mouth. I can't wait until you are her age, but no rush kid. We will get there together in time :)