A Little Bit of Home

Just a few things I love about being a 'bama girl...

Curious George

Storytime at the library this week was about Curious George and all things monkey.

Maddi just happens to love monkeys and even makes the cutest little monkey sound, so we added to the monkey mania by going to the Curious George show at the civic center. Maddi LOVED it! She danced, sang, and jumped around like... well, like a monkey :)

chalk

After this horrible heat wave, the 90's have felt like a much needed reprieve, so we celebrated by spending the day outside and decorating the driveway with beautiful squiggles, hearts, and smiley faces. Drew and I had so much fun playing tic-tac-toe and drawing pictures, and Maddi enjoyed eating the chalk and scribbling.

Centennial Olympic Park

Lake Lanier Dam

We took a quick little trip to Atlanta last weekend. We went to visit family and made a quick stop by the Lake Lanier Dam. We played in the water until the siren went off warning us that they were opening the dam. We hurried to the bridge where we watched the water quickly rise. Within minutes, the riverbanks we were playing on were covered in rushing water. It was quite a humbling experience to watch the peaceful river quickly turn into a powerful, rushing current. Truly humbling.

Huntsville Botanical Gardens

Ok... I know this is a ton of pictures, but I just couldn't help myself. I had two gorgeous babies, beautiful light, and an amazing backdrop. We went for the Green U day, so we got to learn all about recycling and ways to protect the beautiful earth around us, and we got in for the thrifty price of 10 recyclable items. Another perfect day.

Little Lady

Maddi has really blossomed over the last few weeks. She will repeat every thing you say, has her own little personality, will make friends with any kid she sees, and has even started sleeping in her own big girl bed. It seems like she's growing so quickly. I find myself going through newborn withdrawls. I miss the newborn smell, the napping all day, and the serinity of a having a tiny baby cradeled in my arms. But I absolutely love that she can look into my eyes and recognize me, that she can tell me what she needs, that she giggles and smiles when she finds something funny, and that she absorbs and learns everything around her.

At 20 months Maddi regularly says:
One, Two, Three
A, B, C
Boo Boo
Please, Thank you
Sorry
Mommy, Drew, Dad
Baby
Hi
Hey boy
Doggy
Moo, meow, ruff
Oh my toes!
tickle, tickle
I love you!
eye, nose, ear, button, knee, hair, toes, elbow
hungry
Uh, Oh
shoes
passy
Go
You Okay?
Yes, No
Hurt
Got it!
Blast Off!
Weeeeeeeeee!
Hot
Go Away!
Oh, Pretty
Potty
Bad
All done, all gone
Yumm
Want some?
bye bye
Where did he go?
Ball (everything round is a ball. Including melons which I learned the hard way when she yelled BALL and then chunked it down the isle at the grocery store. Oops)
And a whole bunch of other words I can't understand.
I love listening to her chitter chatter :)