Madi is now 9 months old as of yesterday. How time flies!!! It sure doesn't seem possible. We just got home from her well-baby checkup. She is now 17 lbs 12 oz and 28 inches long. She has made it to the 31 percentile in weight and 65 in height. Her doctor was very pleased with her weight, which makes me happy. I was a little worried when the nurse weighed her that she was still a bit on the small size. If the doctors not worried then neither am I.

Madi has been fighting sleep again since last Wednesday. So we have started putting her down and letting her cry. It takes about 15-20 minutes of her crying before she calms down and goes to sleep. But once she does, she sleeps all night.

She is also starting to cruise around the house. What ever she can pull herself up to she does and then she can walk herself around as long as she has something to hold on to. Won't be much longer and she will be walking!!

Not much else going on. Chris has a busy, busy week last week. But was able to get everything done and took Saturday off to spend the day with me and Madi. Which was very nice. We haven't had a weekend together in a long time. Next weekend is the Ambuc's show here in Salina at the Bicentennial Center. Chris' cousin Bob with Bob's Creative Taxidermy will have a booth setup. So look for him. Chris will be helping him probably all weekend. So Madi and I will probably spend most of Saturday there. I think my mom is going to join us and we will walk through all the campers and they also have a craft show at the 4-H building.

Take care and have a great week!

Love, Amy

Happy Valentines Day!!!!

Love, Amy and Madi

I finally took some pictures yesterday of Madi playing. I have been really bad about getting the camera out lately. I wrote last time that Madi is pulling herself up onto things. She is a climbing monkey. Yesterday she managed to get herself up and standing at the back door, how she did that with nothing to pull on is beyond me, but she did and she had a wonderful time. She also likes to scream...very loudly. Everything that moved outside she would scream!!! I am trying to get her to stop. I can just imagine what she would do in a store or restaurant (that is when we ever get to leave the house again).

She is driving our dog insane. He is getting older and she is constantly wanting to play with him. He is finally realizing that she can move and she can catch him when he gets too close. There were several times yesterday she got him and he wouldn't move, just growled...made me so nervous. He is so temperamental and Madi doesn't know when to leave him alone. I finally had to send him to the other room, my lap is no longer the safe place for him.

Madi has been working on her second tooth for over a week and it finally popped through today. But I don't think she is feeling well today. Chris came home last night with a nasty cold and she woke up this morning with a runny nose (again, she is going to be just like me, catches everything) and has had no interest in her food and diarrhea this morning. Yuk!!! Knock on wood, she has yet to have anything other than a runny nose and cough. Not looking forward to the first really bad sick and throwing up.

I am so excited for Saturday!! Why? RACING is back!!! Tomorrow is the first race of the season, the Bud Shootout at Daytona. It's a short race and no points are involved which should make it a good race. Dale Earnhardt Jr. starts 17th out of 21 drivers and the good news is, he has won this race from the last postion, so he has a good chance. Go Jr!!!!! The following weekend is Daytona 500!!! One guess where I will be every Sunday from now until November. I love this long season!!!

Well, it sounds like someone is waking up from her nap. Enjoy the pics and check out more in my photo albums!!

Love, Amy

A few new things going on since my last post. Madi is crawling every where. She follows me around the house as I do my housework. She is also pulling herself up onto things. She is still a bit wobbly so I have to keep a close eye out, she is hitting pretty hard and hasn't learned to catch herself. (Chris just lowered her bed, kind of sad) She has also learned to sit herself up this past week. Which is sooo nice. Before she would lay on her back and kick her legs and lift her head up, she looked like a turtle stuck on his back. She is much happier and content playing on the floor now. I think she is cutting another tooth. We have had some sleepless days and last night she would not sleep in her bed. It was a very long night.

Really not a lot going on. It has been so cold we haven't been getting out much and Chris is just working.

Take care and stay warm. GO BEARS!!!

Love, Amy