One and a Half Already!

Can you believe our baby is a year and a half already? As I sit here typing this Madison is reading to Daddy. It is just amazing how much more she is enunciating her words even since last week. She's truly growing up before our eyes. This month Madison learned how to turn on the dvd player, take a dvd out, put it in the vcr and get her hand stuck in the process. We thought the living room was Madison proofed enough for Mommy to take a shower without worrying- guess not. She sat there patiently waiting until she heard the water turn off, then started yelling 'stuck, stuck'. Mommy to the rescue, I lifted the flap so she could pull her hand out. She managed to stay away from it for a few days before curiousity set in again. Time for a new entertainment center!

We had a great time playing outside this month too. The weather is off and on- hot/cold. One day we play in the sprinkler, the next day pants and a jacket. We also started painting this month. Madison had her first encounters with finger paint and paint with water. She LOVES them both. If she isn't asking to go 'side, side' to play, she is asking to paint.

We started working on letter recognition too. She knows 'M' and 'a' now. She knows star, circle, square, triangle, moon, tree, flower, house. It's so fun to color and paint with her-she gets so excited when she recognizes a shape or letter.

The month wrapped up with a trip to Dr Pattan for her 18 month check up. Madison weighs 24.4 lbs and is 32 1/8 inches tall. This puts her in the 60% for height, but just under 50% for weight. Even with that big belly she is still underweight. It's all the running and climbing she does! Dr Pattan was impressed by Madison's vocabulary and overall interactions. She says not to worry about weight- Madison is still just perfect. Of course, we agree! We also noted her upper left eye tooth is finally poking thru. Such a growing girl! Madison did have a bad reaction to her tetanus shot. Her leg was so sore she couldn't move it all day. It made me so sad, she just sat around on my lap lethargic all day. Thankfully it only lasted a day and she was back to running around by the time Daddy got home from work.

In the post picture she is 'enjoying' a peanut butter and jelly sandwich.