Madelynn at 18 months

Madelynn is now a nursery kid. We are really happy when our kids reach the 18 month marker because then it means the end of roaming the halls for the last 2 hours of church. We are also really happy because Madelynn is LOVING nursery. She loves playing with her little friends and singing songs. So everyone is happy! Maddie had her 18 month check up and was a champ. She got two shots and didn't cry at all. I was really shocked because she can be quite sensitive to pain, but she did great! Her weight is in the 50th percentile at 23.5 lbs and her height is around the 70th percentile- I think around 33 inches.

Something I think is really funny about Maddie is that she loves her crib! She loves to sleep in her crib and loves to play in her crib. Sometimes she will ask to get into her crib just to play and will stay in there playing happily for about 20 minutes. She also loves books. Often we will realize she is missing in the house and look around and find her in a room just looking at different books.

She also loves her Grant. She likes to copy him (for better or worse) and likes to "mommy" him. Often she'll wag her finger at him and say "no, no, no". Grant does have to be careful because if she gets mad at him she will try to bite him. If he is fast enough to get away then she will try to bite the carpet or the closest door handle.

Maddie's favorite things are her pink blanket (aka snuggly buggly), baby dolls, sweeping the floor, pushing strollers, swinging, going down slides, having her hands traced, and snuggling with mama.


Maddie's favorite foods: ravioli, macaroni and cheese, oranges, and anything with sugar.


Maddie's favorite words: Mama, Dada, more, no, cheese, toes, teeth, night night, goose. (She is trying new words all the time and has about 30 + words that we can understand.)

Creative Cuties

I love my kids! I love to watch the little wheels in their heads turn and I enjoy watching them discover new things. Grant loves to paint and color. He actually has turned out some pretty interesting paintings. He is serious when he paints too- he doesn't like to be bothered.

Little Madelynn has turned into quite the little monkey. She will climb on anything she can reach, which has made dinner time, snack time, coloring time, and anytime kind of tricky. I'm always afraid to leave the room for more than 10 seconds because I'm afraid she'll fall off the table or chairs- but I guess that's life. She will be 18 months on April 30th so she will join the nursery gang, which Chris is really looking forward to. Since I have a primary calling in church he has to take her for the last two hours.

If she sees anyone with food (regardless if she's full of not) she will open her mouth and say "AHHHH"


Both of the kids love to wear tupperware hats. Heck I would too, but my head is too big.

I caught her on the table and so she happily performed for the camera.

We went to the Museum of Science and Industry with our friend Stephanie and her two kids. It was a lot of fun! Grant LOVED the farming section so much that he kept cutting in line to sit inside the tractor.

Madelynn loves to put things on her hands: sockes, shoes, chicken nuggets etc.- you know, the norm.

Notice the one little bite out of each nugget. I caught her with the nuggets on her fingers and making them dance while she sang.

Writing and Playing

Grant has taken an interest in writing his letters. So we have been working on practicing letters by writing words he finds interesting (ghost, spider web, monster, etc). Grant is also writing his name and we are really proud of him! Way to go little buddy!

Maddie is as sweet as ever and she has a sweet tooth (Below she just finished with her chocolate cookie dough facial). When she hears something getting unwrapped she comes over to me and begs. It's funny when she wants something that isn't food. This morning she heard me open the water filter wrapper and got really upset when I wouldn't let her eat it.

Maddie also loves to mimic Mommy. I put her in the sink and she dove into my make-up bag.

She is a very eager to fold her arms and bow her head when we pray. This is a shot of her folding her arms when she heard me say "Fold the laundry".

Flying Notions!

So I want to show off my wonderful mother-in-law's talent. Kathy (Chris's mom) is an amazing quilter and has taken her talents to Etsy!

Check out her shop: Flying Notions

Several months ago she started making these beautiful fabric birds and I was lucky enough to get one as a gift. If you have a moment, check out her shop. She's VERY careful with her work and only uses high quality fabrics. She'll be adding a variety of birds in upcoming days, so if you're interested, check back from time to time. Hooray for Kathy!