Walking with Dino

I saw Madeline walking behind the dinosaur for the first time yesterday! What a big girl! Mark said he has seen her do it before but I sure hadn't! She has so much fun pushing it around and any animals or walls or stereo speakers that are in her way better watch out!!

Madeline's onesie reads: "Still Living at Home". Very cute from Aunt Sarah.

But Madeline is growing up! She can pull up and cruise now and I know the first step isn't far away. We are starting to wean in anticipation of her first birthday and our vacation. It's been very bittersweet. I only nurse her in the mornings and evenings. I have definitely been more sad than I thought I would be. She doesn't need me for her food anymore. I will say I look forward to the mornings when Mark can get up with her!

She definitely knows what she wants and doesn't. When eating dinner, if there is something she doesn't want, we get an arched back and a sweep of the hand on the tray to knock things off for Maarten. Madeline is very nice at sharing. She will offer food and share. But don't try to take a yogurt melt or a puff! She doesn't share those. She loves to look at books.

I left her for the first time with a non-grandparent baby-sitter last week while I went to play tennis. Life's a journey and there are always changes on the horizon! She has started doing better when we take her to the church nursery or the nursery at the gym. For awhile she was very upset to see Mark and me leave.