New Shoes!!!

Madeline got some new shoes today. I have been looking and looking and could not find what I wanted for her. She has a very small foot (3-6 month old shoes) and I wanted something that could go with a lot of outfits and still have a bit of a sole. I found some at a little boutique today. She actually got two pair, but these are the ones she will be wearing the most. Aren't they SO cute! :)

Here is Madeline sporting them today. I think she actually liked them...she didn't pull them off! :)

Cheerios and Noodles

Madeline had Cheerios (well Purely O's) for the first time on Monday. She did really well with them and by yesterday she was fine with handling like 4 of them at a time in her mouth. Mommy fussed at her for putting so many in her mouth and of course she laughed at me. I love Cheerios!!!!!!Last night mommy and daddy had spaghetti and so Madeline had noodles for the first time. She loved them! She even figured out how to suck them up. She was pretty good at getting them into her mouth...although they did get stuck to her fingers a lot. Mommy had to help her a little.
Oh and then she had pork roast for supper and she loved it! She ate really well last night...which has not been happening a lot lately! She is a big breakfast eater!!!!

Singing and Dancing

Enjoy!

Dancing

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I love that Madeline dances everytime music comes on!

No matter what song it is or what she is doing she will normally stop and start bouncing to the music. I guess starting her in Kindermusic at 4 weeks old really did work to make her like music! hahaha Sometime I have to change the channel if a song comes on and I am trying to put her to sleep b/c she will start dancing in her swaddle. Today Madeline and I played Just Dance together. I worn her for like three songs...talk about a workout!!!! She loved it and was dancing right along with me. Hopefully she will follow in her mommy's footsteps and take dancing for 13 years!

Eating with Aunt Jennifer

Aunt Jennifer was in town for Easter and came by the house on the Thursday night to being Madeline some more LSU pacifiers. THANK YOU SO MUCH AUNT JENNIFER FOR THE EXTRA ONES!!!!! While she was there she feed Madeline her supper.
Madeline was pleased with Aunt Jennifer's feeding skills!

Formula :(

So mommy is sad to say that Madeline is getting normally one bottle a day that is formula! :( I just can't pump enough for her to be able to go to daycare, so they are giving her a bottle of formula there. Madeline seems to really like it, so that makes me feel better. Oh and she would actually really rather nurse, so that make me a lot feel better.

She took her first bottle the day of my marathon, April 11th. That means she had a good 8 months of being breastfeed. I am happy with that! :) Daddy gave her the bottle first.

But later on she was fine taking the bottle from me!

Likes and Dislikes

Likes:

Apples, Carrots, Bananas, Fisher-price camera

Standing, Baths - LOVE!!!!!!, Swimming, To put this makeup bag on her head and daddy's head

LSU pacifier, The winter duck in her bath

Talking/Yelling, Playing with Kleenex , Laughing at mommy when she tell her no, Being able to get around by crawling, Screensaver on the computer, Cell phones, Being worn, Boys - her teachers tell me all the time about how she was flirting with the little boys in her class. And then on Friday she was flirt with the fireman., Jogging stroller, Prunes, TV - but she doesn't get to watch too much of it!

Dislikes:

Turkey, Carseat, Going to sleep, Changing clothes or diaper, This fish - scared to death of it!

Not getting her way!!, Wiping her noise, The tile floor People dressed up like Mickey Mouse or Pooh Bear

More fun facts about M:

She just started wearing a size 4 diaper today. Her size 6 month clothes are getting a little small for her and some 12 month stuff is fitting her well, but for the most part she is in 9 month clothes. She is starting to pull up really well on everything. Her claps are starting to make noise. She is 19.2 pounds. She is still sleeping in a swaddle...well at least for the beginning of the night. She sleeps inbetween mommy and daddy and LOVES it! She eats really well...not much of a mess, unless she is feeding herself. I think she really does enjoy daycare, b/c she never cries when I leave her there. She busts out in crocidile tears when I come into a room after being gone for a while. All of her teachers at daycare think it is SO funny! She thinks her daddy is the funniest thing on earth! I picked up almost all of her baby seat things yesterday. The only that is left is her Jeep/walker. She didn't like seat in the swing or the bouncer anymore!

Dinner at the Dartezes

Tonight we all three had supper together. Daddy bar-b-qued some steaks for all of us and mommy made asparagus and mashed potatoes. Mommy took all the food and pureed it for Madeline and we all ate the same thing for supper and ate at the dinner table. It is so nice to have a family dinner!

Madeline with her filet mignon, which daddy couldn't get over that an 8 month old was eating so nicely! Madeline and daddy at the dinner table!

Potty

Ok so I read somewhere that you can start babies when they are young on the potty and not that they really learn faster, but you might have less of a fight later...so I figured why not? I picked up a potty for Madeline the other day and we tried it for the first time Thursday morning. Madeline woke up and her diaper was dry so I figured this would be a good time to start trying. So I ran to get her potty and sat her on it...nothing happened! We did, of course, get some pictures though.
Earlier today daddy put Madeline on her potty again and then gave her the baby magazine. This is not normally my kind of humor, but this was just too cute and funny not to take pictures of! :)She likes her baby magazine that Maw Maw ordered for her!

Fun in the sun

This morning we went and played outside in Madeline's baby pool. At first she was not sure about it at all! She didn't want to go in the pool by herself and made me go in with her. We also had a bubble machine going. Madeline liked to watch the bubbles but didn't like when they popped in her face!The pool had a little sprinkler on it that M loved playing with!After a little while she was ok to play by herself...but that only lasted for like 10 minutes and then mommy was back into the pool!
Then it was time for a nap!!!!!

Spring Moms and Babe's Fest

On April 16th we went to a fest at Market Street in The Woodlands. We met up with Mrs. Annie and Arran over there and then ate lunch with them. We also saw Dr. Amber and Ms. Ashley.Oh yeah...and Pooh Bear!

Food Food and More Food

Starting a couple of days before Madeline's 8 month birthday we started giving her all kinds of fun foods.

Madeline did NNNNNOOOOOOTTTTTTT like yogurt!!!!!!!!!!! Daddy even tried to get her to eat it with some banana mixed in. She still was NOT having it!!!!

She learned to like it a lot!!!!! She LOVES banana yogurt!

Madeline's first cheese was Chedder!

She loves her cheese!

Madeline likes big kid oatmeal!!!!!!

She didn't really like her first meat...turkey!

"Mommy you can try to cover it up with all kinds of stuff and I still won't like it!"

Madeline could take or leave papaya!

Madeline liked her banana waffles a lot!!!!!!!! This was the first time that the three of us sat down at the table to eat as a family. So nice!!!!!

She had fun making a mess!

First bite of an egg yoke.

She wasn't too sure about, but now she likes them!

Chicken...yuck says Madeline!!!!!

Madeline finally liked some meat...meatloaf!!!!! I thought it was pretty good too...it has apples in the receipe!

I guess Madeline is not related to her Aunt Missy and Uncle Troy b/c she LOVES prunes!!!!! LOL Maw Maw Cloutier would love this!

On April 20th I tried giving her all kinds of my food and she didn't want any of it...just the jar baby food. Needless to say, I was not too happy! haha

Rice and Gravy...she liked this some what.

Banana

So Madeline has been eating lots of new things. Yesterday she had an unmushed up banana for the first time and today I got it on video. Enjoy!

And here is a picture of her proud of her mess!

Silly Madeline

Madeline has been doing a lot of fun things!

Yesterday she met me in the hallway with the camera case. She is getting around everywhere! Although most of the time she will not crawl on the tile floor. It is kind of nice b/c it keeps her in one room...sometimes! She loves playing with the door stop in our room. She sat there this morning popping it and laughing for like 5 minutes.She is always SO interested in us brushing our teeth, so this morning daddy gave Madeline mommy's tooth brush. She can't wait to get teeth so that she can really do this!

Madeline LOVES bath time!!!!!! Tonight right when daddy turned on the water she got all excited and crawled really fast to the bathtub...but then the tile stopped her. Mommy picked Madeline up and put her on the rug so she could be close to the bathtub.

She also LOVES the camera and smiles whenever she sees mommy pull it out! HAM!!!!