The Adventures of Madeleine

We had our first playdate this week and we had a great time! Madeleine got together with Dominic, a little buddy who was born about a month after her. We went to Price Park where we played on the swings and then played with our toys. Madeleine and Dominic seemed to have a good time, and I was excited to talk to another grown-up :-) Here are some photos, I really love Madeleine's expressions in all of these photos.

This was really Madeleine's first time to be in a swing too! She enjoyed it, but after a while eating the swing was more fun than having Mommy push the swing to make her move, as evidenced in one of the photos below.

I took my Daddy for a walk last week. I think he had a good time! I got to wear my "intrepid explorer" hat so all was well with me. I particularly enjoyed being able to bang my hands on my daddy's head and pulling at his hair. As you can see, I'm full of all kinds of personality these days!

Sorry to have been MIA lately, we got hammered with the flu. We are all better now, but it was a bumpy ride! Here are a few recent pictures of Little Miss.

This photo was taken the day the flu began. We were at a youth retreat where Josh was playing in the worship band. Madeleine is hanging out in her stroller outside our cabin. We did make it home before the flu struck, fortunately.

Hamming it up for Mom!

Madeleine took her first ride in the "big girl" part of her stroller. There's a walking path near our home and since it was a nice day we took a family walk. Mom and Dad got good exercise walking, but Mom is secretly envious that Madeleine got to ride in style the whole time.

All strapped in and getting bundled with blankets before we started out.

While we were enjoying the breeze and sights, Madeleine thought that Crinkle Bunny was much more interesting.

And still...Crinkle Bunny gets more love than the pretty day!

Daddy showing me a cat-tail.

We took our first shopping trip to Babies R Us with our "Auntie Georgia". Madeleine and Georgia had a great time exploring the store while Mommy got some much needed shopping done.

Madeleine has just recently learned how to blow "raspberries". Here is her giving a demonstration :-)

Yeah, she's a ham!

Blowing more raspberries....she was quite please with herself.

Taking a break from the raspberries.

I think this one was taken as we entered the store.

I dare you, take a picture of me!

We were asked to have Madeleine's photos taken at Kiddie Kandids for one of the gals who was in training, as you can see Madeleine wasn't so into this plan.

One final try before calling the photo shoot a bust. The bonus was that we got a certificate to get a free 8x10!

Mommy didn't know her picture was being taken! Madeleine being very patient after over an hour in the store.