Madeline is 5 Months Old [on Thursday]

Madeline will be 5 months old this Thursday!  We can't believe how big she is getting!  She's sitting up on her own super well.  She can roll over (when she wants to).  She holds her own bottle.  She giggles and laughs and is always happy!  If we give her a toy, she has a great grip and loves to play with things that make noise.  She still loves her Taggie and is starting to really like her soft baby doll Grangie and Paw-Paw Mike gave her.  She loves to see me, watch me, and hear my voice.  If I tell her to kiss me, she does!  When she hears me come in the room, her eyes light up and she looks all around until she finds me.  And for two nights now she's eaten carrots.  I think she really likes them!  Tonight she was really getting excited with every bite!  Madeline still likes to put her hands in her mouth, but I constantly remind her not to.  I don't think she listens to me very well.

So, like with me and my blue chair for two years, it was fitting that this past Sunday, still all dressed up from church, Mommy sat Madeline in her chair for her (almost) 5 month chair picture! A llittle later I came in and joined the fun. There are really no captions needed, so enjoy our wonderful pictures! [Mommy was super excited that we both sat still, close to each other, and smiled while both looking in the same general direction!!]

Happy Valentine's Day!

Mommy wanted to take a picture of me and Madeline in our cute Valentine's Day shirts that Grangie made for us.  I told her I would, but only if we could do it by the fire.  With the fire going.  Okay, she obliged.  So here we are!  It took several different shots, and we had a little storytime in the middle, but Mommy says she got a few good pictures.  I hope you had a great Valentine's Day!

Since Mommy and Daddy had to work today, they gave us some Valentine's presents yesterday.  Grangie and Paw-Paw and Aunt Barbara and Uncle Donald gave us some, too.  Thanks!  They gave me a new Thomas the Tank Engine DVD and an M&M contain that [Mommy didn't realize when she bought it] also dispenses sticker and has a stamper!  It's three presents in one!  :)

Food for Madeline

Sunday morning, after church and while Madeline was sleeping, Mommy made some baby food for her -- her first round!  I got to help put the labels on all the containers!  She ate the carrots at lunch... just a few bites until she gets used to it... so far so good!

An Afternoon at Gram's House

Saturday afternoon we went to Gram's house to celebrate birthdays for Gram, Papa, Ms. Michelle (Papa's daughter), and Mr. Andy (Ms. Michelle's boyfriend). All their birthdays are really close together, so we just got together for them all at once.

Gram and Papa got me a new chair to sit it.  It was pretty comfy!

And even though it was cold, I got to go outside two times for just a few minutes to feed the ducks.  They weren't around much, but when I saw them from the window, we went out to feed them some bread.

Mommy and Madeline hung out inside, too.  Mommy and Daddy didn't want me to get any sicker, so I had to stay inside mostly too.

Lowe's Saturday: Music Box

It was another Build-and-Grow Workshop this weekend at Lowe's!  This Saturday, I got to make a Valentine's Day Heart-Shaped Music Box.  It's great!  When you open it, it sings music, and when you close it, it stops!  I'm very proud of it!

And, while we were at Lowe's, I reminded Daddy Jer that we needed to get some birdseed.  I had worked very hard on my [albeit, very small] birdhouse the day before, and I needed some birdseed for the birds to come and eat!  I carried the big bag all by myself!