Playing with Elliot

On Friday, our good friends Amanda and Elliot came over to play and for dinner. Madison and Elliot have so much fun playing together, and its nice that they are close in age (Elliot is turning 1 this weekend!). Madison especially likes to tackle Elliot, and he is so cute and tolerant! Most times he doesn't seem to mind it, but someday very soon he will be getting her back!

This says it all...Madison is jumping all over him and he is just so calm :)

"What did we do?!"

Elliot is trying to get away

"Come this way Elliot!!"

She tried to lay on top of him, but he quickly got away :)

Crawling after him!

Two cute little booties!!

I LOVE this picture of the two of them...cute friends!!

Laundry Basket

Last week (I'm behind on my posts again!), I was doing Madison's laundry and left the basket in the family room. Madison, being the climber that she is (she will literally climb anything she can!!) tipped the laundry basket over and sat on it. It was kind of cute, so I didn't mind her playing on it until I realized that the basket was starting to break! It's made out of pretty flexible, plastic material, but I guess not that strong...oops. I fixed it as best as I could and it still works!

Leaning back

Meeting Great Uncle Doug

Tonight we went to dinner with my dad, my Uncle Doug (my dad's brother), and a friend John. This was the first time Madison officially met her Great Uncle Doug (she has seen him on Skype before) and she really liked him...he's a pretty cool dude :) Papa also helped out with Madison a lot at dinner and they had quite some fun! We had a great time!

Checking out Great Uncle Doug

Loving on Papa

Silly face!

These two were such goof balls!!

A kiss for Papa

Madison has such a serious face in this photo, but she really did love her Great Uncle Doug and warmed up to him very quickly

She loved his glasses

Papa was swinging Madison in the air

Family...Matt, Papa, Madison, Mel, Uncle Doug

This and That Fun!

I haven't posted in a few days, so here are a few recent/random pictures. Madison is 14 months now and is still so much fun everyday! She is such a little goof and a fun little love bug! We're always having fun...

Madison loves throwing the ball to Ellie...and I promise that Ellie is very gentle!

This adorable hat that Madison is wearing was a gift from my godmother, Debbie. She had matching hats made for Madison and I and sent them unexpectedly to us! They are so cute and have interchangeable flowers. It was so thoughtful of her and we will certainly keep wearing them! Thanks Debbie!

Madison in a daze

Yesterday Papa came in town for a Rotary Conference, so we picked him up and went to lunch with him. Look how tiny Madison is compared to him :)

SHe loves looking down at her sparkly shoes!

Silly girl playing with her applesauce pouch!

Papa and Madison love :) I think Madison got a little applesauce in her hair too!

Diaper girl in her slippers from Rick and Diane for her birthday! She loves wearing them...especially with just a diaper! :)

She found the flip camera and looking back through the video camera she recorded a few things...oops...at least they can be deleted!

Still clothes-less :)

This is the chair that Grandma and Grandpa Fargo got Madison for Christmas and she LOVES it! She is always in this chair...reading, sitting, playing, you name it...

She just thinks its SO fun and is always so happy in her chair..THANKS Grandma and Grandpa!

Reading in her chair :)

Fun Friday!

We had a fun day today! This morning, our friends Emily and baby Hannah came over for a visit. This was the first time that the girls have met and Madison LOVED Hannah...it's pretty easy to love that cute, beautiful little baby though! Madison kept wanting to kiss Hannah and give her all of her toys, and she didn't quite understand why Hannah did not want them :) Someday the girls will both be old enough to play together!

"Come here Hannah...I want a kiss!"

Happy girls!

I LOVE this picture of Emily and Hannah!

"Here's another kiss for your cheek!"

Poor Hannah had had enough kisses!

Later this morning, we went outside to play. Madison is really into throwing the ball for Ellie and Ellie is very usually very patient with Madison. After 13 months of not liking Madison so much, Ellie is finally warming up to her since she drops food for her and throws her ball :)

Waiting for the right moment to throw the ball...

"Ready Ellie??"

We also had a fun evening, because Madison's chair came (the one that Grandma and Grandpa sent her). It's SO cute and Madison loves it! I took a bunch of pictures of Madison opening the box and playing on the chair, but I will post those tomorrow!!

Valentine's Day 3 and A Messy Night

So unless I put her in another cute Valentine's themed outfit tomorrow this will be the last Valentine's post...you tired of them yet? :) So today, Madison was dressed in a pink tutu dress and of course heart shoes!

She's just getting so big to me...I can't believe how old she has been looking in her pictures lately!

Cutie pie!

Heart shoes from Nana :) Like I mentioned in the last post, she has loaded her up with heart stuff from the beginning!

Her new trick! Silly girl! She likes when we go on the other side and say "peek-a-boo"!

So tonight, like most nights, was a very messy dinner! Madison has never been bothered by getting really messy or having food in her hair, on her face, or all over her hands. For some reason though, she was ESPECIALLY messy tonight and I swear that I was cleaning her up forever, not to mention the amount of time it took me to clean up her high chair and her surrounding area. She is also getting much better at using her fork and spoon, but since she is still learning it is still a messy process. So, my question to all you parents is...is this just a messy learning phase that we have to get through or are there ways that I can help Madison to be a little less messy during meals? Are we letting her get too messy? or is this a typical 13 month old messiness?? I realize that not all babies are so skilled and clean, but almost every night, her clothes have to come off after dinner and the clean up is insane! Anyone have any advice??

Notice the food she out in her hair and on her cheek?

See what I mean?! She's adorable, but oh so messy! And I'm not a total clean freak, I just want to know if this is a phase or if I could be helping her be neater?

Getting even messier!

And now she has dumped the applesauce container onto her highchair (I removed the tray because it was so messy), but this is where I drew the line and removed the food.

Well, at least she had fun (and don't get me wrong, I like that she has fun with food, but every night is a bit much) and she looked cute, but just oh so so messy!

Valentine's Day 2

In honor of Valentine's Day, Madison is dressing in pink/red/heart outfits all week :) (Nana stocked her in heart attire since Nana is the queen of hearts!) This little girl has so many pink clothes that we have no problem covering this task! It is also Valentine's Day all week at Miss Kiki's, so Madison is dressing with the theme!

Looking at daddy!

Hi sweetie!! Coming out of her room in her heart dress, pink pants (they look red in the photo) and heart shoes :) She also had pink/red heart socks on, but obviously you cant see them in the picture.

Such a serious face for such a cute girl and outfit!!

Is it just me, or does Madison look much older in this picture?!? I can't get over the fact that she looks like such a little girl in this photo...not a baby anymore :(