We were swinging!

Look how cute Maddie is swinging!! She just loves to swing and we just love the park. Anyone who knows Daniel and I know that we are not fond of the Hampton Roads area. But since Maddie has been in our lives we have been trying to be a bit more open minded and explore more of the area and see what it has to offer at least from a family perspective. One of the new places we have found is an awesome park in the city of Chesapeake. Its a nice mile and half gravel track around a beautiful lake with a well equipt playground. We have been trying to go there every weekend and get some fresh air, exercise and swinging. Maddie just loves to swing. Its also nice that the park is practically nestled in between a Home Depot and a Lowes so afterwards Daniel can get his fix of hardware.



Here is a picture of the lake (and me).

My little 11 Month old!

I can't believe my baby is 11 months old. Since my last blog, Maddie has become skilled at crawling, she is pulling herself up, and she is successfully using a sippy cup even though she still prefers her bottle (the doctors say I need to wean her from the bottle by her first birthday, I can tell its going to be tough on both her and me). Her favorite word is still Dadda but she also loves to say "GET" because Daniel and I are always saying "Get Cooper, Get!" and she says Momma every now and then. Here are some photos of the past month:

Maddie and I in one of the gardens at Colonial Williamsburg. It was sooo hot that day it was almost a 100 degrees, but we still enjoyed walking around and enjoying the sights.

Ever since Maddie has been mobile we had to install a baby gate to keep her out of the kitchen. I dont know who was more upset about the gate, the dog or Maddie. Its funny because as soon as Maddie sees that gate open she crawls as fast as she can towards it, its always a race to get there before her and get it shut.

Here she is crawling and playing with her fun cube toy.

Here she is "helping" me fold clothes. See all the toys in the background? She could have a million toys but she would rather play with a clothes basket, an empty box or a baby food jar cap.

Here she is too busy playing than eating. Her hair is getting so long we had to start pinning it back.
Here she is mesmerized by the TV. I swore I wasnt going to let her watch TV, so much for that. I try to limit it to Sesame Street and Word World. She just loves Elmo!!

Here she is during our weekly trip to BJ's. We had to become members when we started to buy formula, that stuff can put a dent in your wallet! Now I know why some stores have it behind lock and key.
Here she is with Daddy, antique shopping in my favorite store in Smithfield, they don't have hams in that store but they have oh so much more! I cant get over how long she looks in this photo!

Here she is at the pediatrician's office where every visit we learn that she is above average in height and weight. Big and healthy is good with me!

Finally, here is Maddie and me sweltering in the heat at Colonial Williamsburg. Right after this photo was taken we had to duck into a bookshop for some coffee and to cool off.

Wow! Where did the time go?

Ok, this blog has had some serious neglect. The main reason for such neglect is the fact that I have been without a computer for some time. Months ago I spilled a glass of water on my laptop. I had my fingers crossed for sometime that the water didnt do any serious damage to the computer but alas it had and eventually it rendered my computer useless. Its amazing what a little water does to electronics. So I finally broke down and let Daniel convince me to buy a new computer. As we speak, I am transferring all of my millions of photos of Maddie to my new computer and I will post many very soon. As you probably guessed she is now crawling like a pro and climbing up on everything! She loves the stairs and TV in particular, probably because these are off limits to her. I will be posting pics very soon but for now, good night!