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Wonder where she gets those eyes? People love to comment on Maddie's big blue eyes. They say, "Where do those come from?" What do you think?
Thanks for being a great Uncle and Godfather, Uncle Ben! We will update you all on some great Blackhawk 4th of July Parade pics in the next few days.
On the latest episode of "The New Adventures of Maddie Crawling," the main character found a brand new, cool place to play. I was washing some dishes and overlooking the living room, when I could no longer see Maddie playing. I turned off the water and looked around. Immediately, I heard Nils barking at the window from outside, so I figured Maddie was taunting Nils, while he suffered in the heat (side note: do you think Nils is spoiled too if he thinks 80 degrees is too hot to be outside? That is pathetic! However, I think he might shed less if he is in air conditioning...what do you think?). I was right. Maddie was sitting by the slider giving Nils a funny look. But this time it was different. Not only was she giving him the look, but she was also straddling the vent blowing out a pleasant air conditioned breeze. Take a look for yourself...
Please don't call CPS, but these pics are of Maddie eating her first McDonald's Cheeseburger. Yes, childhood obesity is a problem in the United States, but we have already committed to limited TV, and encouraging activity. Thus, she is eating her burger in a swing! We will put some more swing pics on later. Jeff built the swing from a Home Depot kit the day before Father's Day. His favorite part of the process was when we were looking at the box. I told him, "Look, this one says it only takes 1 hr to put together. That means we can build it and play on it tonight." He wanted to throw a fit for false advertising. The swingset took him about 1.5 2 3 5 5 6 6.5 hours to build...WELL WORTH IT! Maddie squeals with delight every time we go swinging and sliding and eating cheeseburgers. Thanks Dad! Maddie loves the swingset.
So Maddie turned 10 months today...and she is changing daily. She seems to crawl twice as fast as any previous day and is now able to pull herself up and stand on her own. With the speedy crawling, several new challenges and funny stories have come up.
Nils used to get in Maddie's face, licking, sniffing, etc. She usually didn't get too upset; in fact, she usually got a good laugh at it. Now, Nils is running away from her, because she has figured out how to take his treats:) Jeff says that one of these days she will yank really hard on his privates tail...that won't be a pretty scene.
Maddie also loves to crawl into our closet and peruse through my shoes. She tends to grab only my red shoes, however. She loves my red polka-dot platforms I got in New York, but she especially loves a pair of my red high heels. It reminds me of the Kellie Pickler song, "Red High Heels." (Turn up your sound) Check out the pics below of Maddie after getting caught with my red high heels...still a tad too big for her:)
This is the "oops, I got caught" look
This is the "now that I am caught...look how cute I am with my extra squeezable cheaks" look
