The Adventures of Madeleine

How can that little baby we brought home from the hospital be three already? Seems like yesterday! That little baby is now a young lady with many opinions, a lovely sense of humor and quite the vocabulary. And let us not forget her sense of style, she's been choosing her own clothes now for nearly a year.

Here are some photos from her birthday. Sadly, Daddy was out of town on business on her actual birthday but we still had her little party that day since she was VERY clear on what day her birthday was :-)

The cake, made by mommy

Eating her cake on a special plate made for her by mommy

Playing with her present from mommy and daddy

"Reading" a birthday card

Wow, our little girl is a year old! I can't believe she is getting so big! We celebrated her birthday this weekend with family and friends. We had quite a big day with her first trip to the apple orchard, picking her first pumpkin and her party. It was a long day, but she had a great time!

Mommy, I don't like the hat!!

I don't care if you are wearing it mommy, I still don't like the hat!

Hey people, look at me...I'm the birthday girl!

Do you think she's just a little bit of a ham?

Mommy, I'm not sure what to do with this cake...

Hey people, what's all the fuss about?

The gang after dinner.

Mommy made me this blanket, it's really soft.

Playing with my Uncle Joel.

I love my mommy!!

At the end of a big day, ready to go to bed.

I can't believe that the little baby we brought home from the hospital is now walking! This year has gone by so fast, today Madeleine is 11 months old. Here's a video taken just the other day of our "big girl" showing the world how well she can walk. Oh, and I made the pants that she is wearing :-)

I think Madeleine isn't far from walking! She's done this a couple of times, and is pretty pleased with herself each time.

(Excuse the poor quality, Mommy still isn't too good with the camera!)

I don't know what this means, but my mommy is calling me a crawling fool. I just want to check out off of my surroundings.....Mommy's laptop and the fireplace are my current favorite places to crawl to. But drat that mommy, she put pillows in front of the fireplace....what was she thinking??

Well, it's been a busy few weeks for Madeleine! In the span of two weeks, our precocious little girl has mastered sitting up and crawling. And her latest feat has been to pull herself to standing. She's going to be walking before we know it! Here are a few photos from just this morning of her new standing skills.