Madison 18 Months

Madison Marie turned 18 months old on September 12. She is in the 75% for both her height and weight at 26lbs, 4oz and 32.25 inches tall.

She is quite the character. She loves to scream and run around with her cousin Aiden. The two of them will chase each other through the house and then will sit down amidst a pile of books and read to each other.

This is Madi's "Cheeser" grin...it is how she always poses for the camera now. Between cheeser and her buckets of energy it is pretty hard to get her to sit still for pictures, so these are the best I was able to get... :)

This is the rocking chair that Grammy Hitt made for Madi. The chair was Grammy's when she was a little girl. Grammy took it apart, refinished the wood and covered it with beautiful plaid cushions. Madison likes sitting in her own chair. She is getting more and more independant every day. Her biggest goal lately has been to learn how to get dressed. She will play with clothes and shoes for hours trying to get them on properly. She was able to get her pants on this past weekend, although her pajama bottoms were on underneath.

Madi is still working on learning to talk. She uses several signs consistently, but the words she uses often are still very few. My guess is that she will just jump to using full sentences when she finally decides to talk. She babbles and gabbers constantly, it would just be wonderful to understand her world.

Her favorite word of the month is "ice". She goes to the cupboard in the kitchen, brings out a dixie cup and runs to the freezer where she says "ice". It is pretty darn cute...especially since it takes her whole body to say the word, and it now has three syllables. "iieeccee"

Madison loves to help take care of her baby sister. She will bring Emma diapers, bottles, pacifiers, and toys. Madison is good about entertaining Emma and is adored by her little sister. My hope for them is that they always love each other as much as they do now. I am sure there will be days that they don't get along...every set of sisters has those, but I sure hope the times they get along outnumber by far the fights.

Madison, You are turning into such a big little girl. I can hardly see the baby in you anymore. I love watching you learn about this world, and figure out how to climb and run and talk. You are truly my little angel. I love you, Mommy.