Madeline

Eleven months old! Can you believe it? We certainly can't. How easy it is to forget just how fast the first year flies by! So many things have changed since I last posted about Maddie. We finally have a tooth! Its a bit lonely now, but at least two others are trying to come in. They've been "trying" to break through for awhile now with no luck though, so who knows when we will be able to say that she has teeth. Despite the fact that she must be uncomfortable from it, she has remained our happy little Maddie May.
The past few weeks, her personality has really started to come through. She is turning out to be a little stinker and getting into all sorts of trouble. Now that we put a gate at the bottom of the stairs, I no longer have to chase her away from them every five seconds, but she still is obsessed with trying to get into bathrooms, electrical outlets (she figured out how to get the plug covers out of the sockets), and crawling under and into the tiniest spaces. The other day she got herself stuck underneath her crib and couldn't get back out.
Whenever I tell her not to do something, she just heads towards it even faster, giggling all the way. Or she'll shake her head yes at me when I tell her no, no. She loves to growl. She'll crawl around the house growling at her toys, and loves to growl at her sister and parents. Its hilarious!
She adores her big sister, following her wherever she goes and trying to play with all of the big girl toys. As much as it drives her crazy sometimes, Kailey is really good about entertaining Maddie and loves to sit her on her lap and read to her. It always melts my heart to see them interact.
We don't have a walking 11 month old, which surprises me a little because Maddie has done everything else so early. She took a few steps a couple days ago, but I think she has realized that crawling is faster at this point, and she is always in such a hurry to get where she is going, she doesn't want to take the time to slowly walk there.
Finally, she loves to snuggle and give kisses. She usually doesn't snuggle for long, but whenever we ask her for a kiss, she is willing to give us a big sloppy baby kiss. Nothing gets better than that!
I know she has a runny nose in this picture due to her teething, but you can see her first tooth!