Father's Day

Wow!  Time sure does fly!  I can't believe it has been so long since I have posted on here.  It's been a busy summer already.  Madison really enjoys being outside and we are out there pretty much every minute she is awake and not eating!  Madison has picked up a few new skills lately.  She has really taken to eating with a fork and a spoon.  She still likes to use her hands because they are faster, but she is getting better at using silverware.  Yogurt is really messy when your just learning to use a spoon!  

She is also getting very good at throwing the ball, usually liking to throw it in the street so we can chase after it as it rolls all the way down the block!  She has also learned to kick the ball while running.  I guess soccer is in our future!  I believe dance and gymnastics our also in our future.  Madison loves to stand and "dance", stomp her feet really fast while standing in place and looking at you with all smiles.  She is also always trying to stand on her head, one of these days she is actually going to flip over and do a somersault on her own!

Madison is now able to get on and off all her toys without any help.  She has even started rocking back and forth on some of them.  I hope pretty soon she'll be able to start going by herself  on her toys.  The other day I actually caught her using her Bounce and Go Zebra the right way.  She climbed on and started bouncing.  She's getting the hang of things!

Madison's newest play area is throwing all the towels out from under the bathroom sink and crawling in to see what things she can find to play with.  That usually keeps her occupied for quite some time.  Actually her favorite thing to play with under there is my box of tampons.  Go figure!

We enjoyed a nice trip to Lake Redrock on Father's Day.  Madison had a great time being in the boat and didn't even fuss too much about her life jacket being on.  I couldn't believe how much fun she had in the lake.  She hates it when I take her to the splash park because the water is too cold, but she had no problem walking in the very cold lake on Sunday!  She loved walking in the water, splashing around in it and even plunged her head in.  I think she took a drink of the nasty water too because she started coughing on it.  Yuck!  Madison and Daddy had fun getting out of the boat and building sandcastles too!  It was a great day to be on the lake!  Maybe in another year or two we can think about teaching her how to ski!