January 31, 2004
Happy New Year!!
Happy new year everyone! Madeline is now 14 months old; growing and changing every day. Some of her favorite things to do are read her favorite books - Are You My Mother (thanks Daddy!) and nursery rhyme Treasury for One Year Olds (thanks Godmother!), watch her Baby Van Gogh video (thanks Holly!), and ride her sled - inside or outside (thanks Grandma and Grandpa Bergmann!). She also likes her other toys, so thanks to everyone else, too!
Maddie can say No, Yes, Banana ("nana"), Uh Oh, and one or two other words. She likes to vocalize and sing, and can climb up the stairs very well.
For Thanksgiving, we went down to Iowa so Maddie could also celebrate her birthday with Eric's family.
Here's Maddie with Mom and Dad and cousin Blake.
We had a turkey hunt. Here's grandma with Katelyn, Madelyn, Madison, and B. J. with their catch.
Maddie with great grandma Soukup.
Aunt Janele has taken up a hobby as a cake decorator, and she really outdid herself with her Noah's Ark cake for Maddie. Pretty and yummy!!
Maddie had a great Christmas, even if she still hasn't figured out what's going on. Here are a few favorite shots:
Maddie with Grandpa Bergmann.
Maddie though that Blues-sax-playing Santa was really cool, so she kept turning him back on.
"I know it's cold out, but I want to ride my sled anyways!"
Grandma & Grandpa, and Uncle John and Aunt Janele and Katelyn and B. J. came up to visit after new years. I got this cool bike to ride. Daddy pushes me and we chase the dog and go really fast while Mommy covers her eyes! Whee!!
Here are couple of recent photos.
I love running around in my towel after taking a bath!! It even has my name on it.
My hair is long enough to wear pigtails!!
Sledding in the back yard is fun!!
That's all for now!!