Splish Splash...

On Friday night I gave Madeline a bath. I've really considered myself lucky because Madeline hasn't, well, soiled herself, in the bathtub since she was teeny tiny, and actually it was when my Mom was bathing her. I suppose I thought she didn't have it in her. Unfortunately, this is not the case. I turned around to get a towel and as I walked back towards the tub I saw...solid where there had been liquid only seconds before. I was kinda freaking out because there were a bunch of toys in the tub, and I had to rebathe the kid also. I called Raymey in and held Madeline towards the back of the tub while it drained and Raymey washed off the toys. Then it was my turn to give Madeline bath #2. I did it lazy-style. I turned the water on, soaped her up, and started rinsing her without filling up the tub. I didn't foresee that Madeline would find the shower switch on the faucet. While I was finishing up the rinse, Madeline pulled up the pin and soaked her fully dressed mama. That little girl is pretty tricky. I have to give her credit, that was a good one.

Fun with Madeline

Make a Smilebox photobook

Funniest Website!!!

My mom sent Madeline a singing telegram from the website www.kakomessenger.com . It is the coolest thing! You get to write a 200 character message and then you can either have a man's voice or a woman's voice sing it (it sounds like a computer singing, but it is still great!). We sent messages to family members and we had a really good time. You MUST look at this webstite and write at least one song. No seriously, do it!

ABCs

On the way home from playing volleyball at the church I started to sing ABCs to Madeline. We sing this song A LOT along with Old McDonald and Popcorn Popping. Those are our top 3 right now. So I think I sang it at least 5 times in a row (we've been trying to burn it into her brain) and then I got sick of the song. A couple of minutes later I heard her sing "E-E-E-E-E-E-Eeeeeeeeeeee, I-I-I-I-I-I-Iiiiiiiiii, E-E-E-E-E-E-Eeeeeeeeee Yyyyyyyy" and it was mostly to the beat of ABCs!! It wasn't really to the tune but she sort of went up and down at about the same places of the song. I know she was trying!! I love in a lot of ways this little mimicking stage she's in. I guess it is because she hasn't mimicked anything bad yet. Although the other day Raymey said "Shoot" and she started saying "shoot, shoot, shoot, shoot". That wasn't bad or anything, it just made us realize that she's listening!!! I really enjoy the teaching part of being a Mom. It's my favorite.

Less time on the computer...

So, we bit the bullet and are now proud owners of an internet connection. I can't believe how fast it goes when you have your own! The cool part is that the cable guy "didn't have" a filter so we're getting 70 channels at the 10 channel price. But, I'm thinking that the guy never has a filter because he did the same thing when he connected us in January. Lucky us! I'm hoping I'll actually spend less time online now that it doesn't take 49 seconds each time we navigate to a new page.

More Carrots, Peas....

A few days ago I heated up some mixed carrots and peas for Madeline and to my surprise, she ate them! Well, she picked out the carrots (and gagged on them if one accidentally went in her mouth with the peas) and she only ate the peas. So, today at the grocery store I decided to get a bag of just frozen peas so I wouldn't have to sort out the carrots and she wouldn't waste them. When we got home I fed her the last of the mixed carrots and peas and I pulled out most of the carrots and figured she'd eat around them. Nope. She found the 8 carrot pieces on the tray and ate them, and totally turned her nose at the peas. I personally dislike peas, so I hope Raymey likes them because we have a big bag of them in the freezer. Maybe we could have someone over for games and peas...

Looks like we're home for a while...

We probably wouldn't have gone Friday if we'd have known about the escalation of the gas shortage, but Madeline and I went to the zoo with several moms and kids from church. I think we're going to try to stay home for the next few days to make our tank go as far as it can.

(To see about the crazy gas shortage in Nashville-it said that 85% of gas stations were OUT OF GAS in the Nashville area-people have been lining up and waiting forever at the few stations that still have fuel-click on the tennessean link below)

http://www.tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2008809200383

We had fun with all of the other moms and kids. I think that there were about 10 women from church-it was so fun to have such a big group together! We love the people at church, it is so nice to have a good network here. Madeline enjoyed being out and about but I don't think she really realized what the zoo is about. She did call a couple of animals "puppy". The best part was the indoor lorikeet cage where the birds fly around you. They had the same birds at the aquarium this summer, so I think Madeline remembered them. I can't wait until she gets a little more into the zoo.

Madeline with the lorikeets (it is a little hard to get a face shot when she's so interested!)

Madeline with Eli-a cute little boy the same age. Their family goes to church with us and they live right down the street. Madeline was looking a little haggard from face planting onto cement steps at the park the day before.

By request I took a picture for my sister to show her Madeline's belly on Friday night-the skin was so stretched! This girl eats and eats and drinks and drinks until her tummy circumference is 3x the circumference of her hips. Usually she goes to bed with a giant tummy and wakes up with a huge diaper and tiny tummy. It is so funny! I'm very glad that she's getting enough to eat and consumes a decent variety for a baby. We love this kiddo! (Also, please notice the painted toenails)