Talking and Playing

well...it's been a little while since I've made a post here...it's Hot outside...and work has been..well...work...

Every now and then I have the chance to catch little snippets of Madelyn talking away and playing. It's hard sometimes though by the time i run and get the camera on she will quit. But finally I have been able to catch one of her rare moments where she says a little bit and as an added bonus she's playing with her toys while in her bouncy seat.

In recent weeks she has been doing this a lot more. Just becoming more alert and actually playing with stuff. Watching TV, looking at you and talking to you. It's a shame there have been some really interesting moment when she first wakes form a nap or something and will just talk an talk and talk. I have captured several instances on my camera phone, but alas I haven't been able to work out the compatibility with my Palm software to play on anything but Palm software. So unless you have a Palm phone you won't see the really good videos of her talking away. But, hope this will suffice.

Our first weekend away with Madelyn

Madelyn had her first trip to South Carolina! She was a wonderful traveler since she slept the whole way there. I was so excited to get her up there for a visit. Madelyn finally got the chance to meet some family members. She got a chance to meet cousin Asher, Uncle Andrew, Aunt Danielle, & Great Aunt Charlyn. Her cousin, Asher, took some time to get over having some of his lime light taken away, but he eventually fell in love with her. He also had her laughing and smiling more than anyone else. It was so cute to watch them together and I can't wait until she gets a little bit older to do more with him. She was totally overwhelmed all weekend with all the new sights and sounds. My parents house is like a zoo compared to our quiet house. She was very overloaded!

On Saturday evening, I had my 10 year high school reunion. I can't believe it has been 10 years! It was so great to see some of my friends. It was great to see my friend, Kevin, which I had seen in a while. Also my friend, Lydia, is always hard to get into touch with and we had a wonderful time talking like it was old times. My friend, Will, is getting married next year and I was able to find out their wedding plans so far. It was fun! Especially watching some of the guys getting volunteered to do the YMCA, which I added the pic.

On Sunday, I had my friend, Kathy's baby shower for her little boy, Noah, that will be arriving in hopefully in 3 weeks. It was great! I was able to pamper her with a bunch of gifts. I also was able to show Madelyn off while switching up with my friend, Melissa, and her little girl, Izabella. Izabella is 8 months old and crawling like crazy. Ben was also able to show Madelyn off to our friends, The Francis'. The youngest, Megan, fell in love with Madelyn and had a blast feeding and holding her. Megan has offically decided that babysitting is great now that she was able to hold Madelyn. I hated that I missed it but Amy sent me some good pics!

All the excitement and visit really made me miss everyone in South Carolina. I look foward to going back in a couple of weeks for Madelyn to meet my extended family at my cousin, Chris' wedding. It was a very over stimulating weekend, but we all survived!

Madelyn's 2 months old today!

Wow! I can't believe I have had this wonderful miracle in my life for 2 months. It is amazing how much she has changed. She loves to smile first thing in the morning when either one of us get her up. She is starting to talk a whole lot more. We have a video but can't download it from Ben's phone, but I am going to try to get another video of her talking on my phone to download. I can't wait to post it for everyone to see! I look forward to seeing her grow even more each hour, day, month, & year. Thank you for being there to share these wonderful moments with us through her life. I love my baby girl!!