Week Thirty-Five

• She started taking just one nap a day.  Her naps were getting so short (20 minutes), so we decided to just go along with the new schedule since she will have to eventually go that direction anyway.  I am usually a book follower when it comes to Maddie and I know that every sleep book I've read says that babies need 2 naps until 18 months, but with daycare we don't have a choice.  She actually did pretty well with her one nap this week and was happy just about every day when she came home.  
• Started clapping! She gets a big smile on her face, claps her hands together, and bounces up and down!
• Pulls up on everything and can now get her knees underneath her to sit up.  
• Is teething again...  I can't feel any teeth on the top yet, but she has been cranky and lets out her "Oh my gosh this hurts like heck" scream.
• Celebrated Philip's birthday with good friends on Saturday.  With everyone going back to work, we haven't seen our friends in awhile.  Maddie got a chance to play with her friend, Brayden while Shawn and I got a chance to see all of our friends!
• Tried lentils, but wasn't a huge fan.  If you fed them to her then she was okay eating them, but when given the choice she passed. 
• Got a much needed care package from Granny!  She grown out of all of her 6-9 month clothes and now is in all 9 month clothes (despite the fact that she is only 8 months old!).  I didn't realize that our hand me down have pretty much ended, so when I went through her clothes she had about 5 outfits that fit her.  One day she went through 3 outfits in one day at school, so you can see our problem!!  Granny came to the rescue and now Maddie has clothes to wear!! :)

Daddy and Maddie

Trying to pull up