No baby gates.

I have made a decision to forgo baby gates at this point. I figure she can learn where she can go and where she shouldn't.

Madeline learned in her own time how to refrain from any attempts in going down the steps....she took a spill one afternoon trying to find me. Fortunately she was fine, spooked, but fine. And to this day, she may peer over the edge, never does she try going down. Instead, she goes up.

The day before my 1st birthday....

Deep thoughts, by Madeline Maslow....



Tomorrow I turn one year old. Today I am still a baby. Being a baby is great, and boy do I have my parents trained. I'm learning lots, like crawling and walking, holding my own bottle and I can even sing myself to sleep, although the adults tell me I am "self-soothing" I just talk to my doll friend in my crib and then we decide it's so cozy we just fall asleep. A while back I missed my parents and so I would wake them up about 2am and cry...of course they would come pick me up and rock me back to sleep but then one day, totally out of the blue, they stopped doing it! Shooooooot! Now I actually have to continue to sleep through the night with no cuddling. Oh well, that's okay. But get this, I refuse to feed myself and I refuse to drink out of anything except my bottle...why? Well, because I am still a baby and I'm going to act like it as long as my parents will let me! I've heard my mom telling people that one of these days she's just going to stop giving me my bottle and stop feeding me....and when that day comes, I'll let you know....but I think she'll keep doing it for a while. Speaking of food, they did stop giving me formula. I guess I'm a "big girl" now 'cause I drink whole milk. It's pretty tasty, I don't mind it at all. And, did you know my favorite food is yogurt? I especially like it when my mom puts chunks of fruit in it and I gag. She thinks she's so tricky.



Anyway, today it was crappy. So I decided I needed to play on the couch....I forgot to mention that's my new favorite thing to do...play on the couch and on my mom and dad's bed in the pillows. Anyway, so mom was being a photographer while we tried to make forts with the blanket. Check out these photos of yours truly. I sure am a "babe" aren't I?

Zucchini and a baby.

I've posted photos of our neighbor's little guy, Channing, in the past while he and Madeline play. His mom received a gift from her brother-in-law recently. A HUGE zucchini. Here's a photo of Channing and his zucchini.
She baked Asiago Zucchini bread and brought several, warm fresh from the oven, slices to me. Mmmmmm, the savory goodness. I'm pretty sure she is still baking bread over there and it's been at least a week or two since receiving this lovely vegatable.

Walking to Elmo.

Madeline is walking a ton, with the support of furniture of course. Here are some shots of her the other evening on our deck. She loves to be outside and loves her Elmo bubble machine!

Tiny painted toes.

It wasn't easy....at all, but I did manage to paint her tiny toes the other day.

Madeline is 11 months!

Madeline is 11 months today. One more month and she'll be a year old. Where has the time gone? Madeline spent the afternoon in her swimming pool. As you can see by the photos here, she really does love the water. Happy baby!

At 11 months old, Madeline:

• Crawls...fast!
• Pulls herself up on anything and everything and walks circles around the furniture and even while we hold just one hand. Soon...very soon she'll be on her own.
• Finally started to get her first tooth, bottom left. She doesn't particularly care for teething...and neither does mom and dad. Many restless nights recently.
• Says "momma" and "dadda".

Crawling

Finally posting a video of Madeline crawling. She can get to where she wants to be in seconds! It's so fun to watch her go!