"what's that?"

my friend shannon and matt's brother came to visit this weekend. they both live in atlanta and decided to make the trip out to visit us together. and we kept them going the whole time. shannon came in thursday night and we spent friday out shopping with maddie. derek came in friday night and we got them both up and out earlier than they normally do on a saturday morning. we spent the day in chicago (much more on that later). sunday we took in maddie's first brewers' game and on monday maddie and i took them to the zoo, miller brewing, and the "cheese store".

shannon pointed out that maddie says "what's that?" when she points at something new (or its more like "wats tat?"). i tend to hear what i want to hear in maddie's noises, so i hadn't really thought about it before. but once shannon pointed it out, i could hear it really clearly and noticed that is always uses it at the appropriate time. as soon as you answer her question she points to something else and asks again. its very fun for me, but i am sure that it will wear me out on some days.

pointing is one of madelyn's new obsessions. she just started pointing properly in the last few weeks (actually bending all of her fingers except her pointer). but now that she does it, she does it all the time. she even points at her cherrios before she picks them up. this new skill has also made it easier for her to play a little keyboard she has one key at a time. playing each note by itself has provided her with much entertainment - and loud noise for mommy. love.