Week Twenty-One

• Slept like a rock star until Sunday and Monday night.  Every night she would sleep from about 7:15pm until around 5:30am when she would wake up to eat and then go back to sleep until about 7:45am, which is when I have to get her up for school.  On Sunday and Monday night she decided to wake up at 3:30am, which was no fun for me.  She also decided to wake up again at 6:30am...our morning routine was a little off those days!  
• Is quite the chatty cathy.  She loves to talk to everyone everywhere she goes.  We took her out shopping on Saturday and she was talking quite loudly!  On Thursday night there was a community meeting for us to prepare to take over our HOA.  Shawn was in Jacksonville for work, so I decided to take Maddie to the meeting.  She was great for the first half and after she finished eating she decided that she had a lot to say about the HOA turnover.  Maddie just started going to town talking and blowing raspberries!  I finally had to take her out and walk around in the back, so everyone around us could hear. All of the neighbors thought she was cute and just laughed! 
• Rolls everywhere!  She rolls all over the floor, around in circles, and even tries to push her legs underneath her and push forward!  My guess is that she'll be crawling in the next two months...anyone else have a guess?
• Got a new tummy time toy and loves it!  Grandma brought over a super fun snail toy (the same one that cousin Kalia has at her house).  It didn't take Maddie long to figure out that if she grabs it the toy lights up and makes noise.  It's actually the first toy that she can self start and I think she loves it!  I love it because it will entertain her while I make dinner.  The other toys I had to keep walking over and pressing the buttons, but this one she can move herself. :)
• Has started to grab at things with intent.  Before she would swat at toys and hit things, but now you can tell that she actually reaches for things, grabs them, and pulls them towards her.  Her little brain is going a mile a minute....so cute!
• Met our friend's twin boys on Sunday.  Matthew and Christian were quite smitten for Maddie and she just couldn't decide which one she liked best!  Later that afternoon Jacob stopped by with his mommy and daddy for a little playtime.  Maddie was a little overwhelmed with all of the boys that day! 
• Can sit up and tripod.  This is the term that the pediatrician used to describe sitting up while balancing on their hands.  The pediatrician told me that she should be able to do this before six months and then sitting up would come by seven.  She is doing pretty well at balancing herself and gets stronger everyday!
• Loves her daddy!  She gives Shawn the biggest smiles and you can really start to see the daddy-daughter bond...very cute. 
• Screams like a Pterodactyl.  It's super cute, but I'm not so sure everyone out in public thinks that! 

Sitting up with Grandma

Sitting up by herself!

Maddie and Courtney

Maddie and Matthew

Maddie and Christian (they were just about the same size at birth and Christian's mommy (who is my size) had two of them!!  Way to go, Girl!)

Checking out the boys...

Maddie, Christian, and Matthew ... 3 little Marching Chief babies!

Neighbors!

Maddie and Jacob

Best buddies!