lots "more"

maddie started signing "more" at mealtimes today! i was excited. she doesn't have it totally right, but she does it each time she finishes eating what is on her tray until she was full.

today was also exciting because i dropped her mid-morning nurse and instead gave her milk in a cup. i have done this a few times before, but now we are going to get serious about starting the process of getting rid of nursing. she was being super silly and chatty after she drank most of her milk so i got the camera. as usual - she settled down once i got to filming. shortly after this video the camera battery died so i figured this video was better than nothing. enjoy.


the real tragedy of the dead camera battery is that she started walking around a lot once it was dead! i even went to get my old camera, but the batteries in it were dead too. maybe another day i can show you, but i was pretty excited. she would just stand up in the middle of the room and walk to one of her toys or some piece of furniture. crawling is still her main mode of transportation, but walking is gaining ground. its cute because it is two steps forward, one step back, three forward and then a few in place kind of walking. and she is smiling and giggling almost the whole time.

i have also had to move her crib out about a foot from the wall because she can reach the mirrors hanging up. plus, she somehow managed to get her left leg between the bars and wedged up against the wall during a nap yesterday. i am not sure how she managed that considering that she sleeps in a sleep sack and i had to pull the crib out in order to free her while she screamed like her leg was broken (and i thought it was from her yells and trying to figure out how it got in there in the first place).

just to keep me on my toes, maddie decided to try her hand at climbing the bookshelf in my office. luckily, this is one of the first pieces of furniture that we secured to the wall thinking that it would be the easiest thing for her to climb. she pulls the books down and pulls out the baskets everyday while i work, but this was the first time she made an effort to climb it.

matt is still at the office (he didn't get home last night until 11!), but it is his last day and he wants to make sure that everything is taken care of before he heads out for the last time. monday morning starts a whole new job in a totally different type of hospital. hopefully, he can get some rest over the weekend - or he could watch maddie...

love.