Happy 1st Birthday Maddie!!!!

WOW!! I can't believe a year has already gone by. It seems like it has gone so fast and slow at the same time. I cannot imagine our lives without Maddie, it seems like she has been a part of our family forever. For the past week Josh and I have been reliving what we did a year ago at this time. It is so weird thinking about our lives without her. She is such a sweet heart. We are so blessed.

At one year Maddie is...

• Taking a few steps here and there (2-3) before falling
• Runs behind her shopping cart and princess mobile
• Saying Baba for Baby, Oh Oh for Uh oh, Mama, and Dada
• She loves to feed herself--if I am spoon feeding her she will help me by putting Cheerios on the spoon herself
• Eating all big girl food
• Sleeping 7:00 p.m. to 6:30 a.m. on weekdays. (She sleeps in longer on the weekends!! Hurray!)
• Nursing in the morning and at night with 2 formula bottles during the day
• Wearing 12 months clothes
• Loving Peanut--she chases him around the house all day, poor dog!
• A mommy...she has 2 baby dolls she loves to rock, kiss, and snuggle
• A shoe addict--she picks up my shoes and tries to put them on her feet
• Obsessed with talking on the phone. She loves to hold it up to her ear and act like she is talking on it.
• Able to stack cups/buckets inside one another and rings on a little cone
• Able to put coins in the slot of her piggy bank

She is just way too much fun right now. It is so much fun to see her pretending with her toys and doing new things. It is amazing watching it all unfold in front of our eyes.

Happy Birthday Maddie!!