As you know we have taken up biking. It is a new obession. We try and get out at least one day during the weekend for a ride around Natomas Lake. Due to weather, we are not able to get out like we want. Joe totes Maddie around in her little burley trailer. She loves it. The first time she rode in it she sat straight up and held on. Now she kicks back in the seat. She loves it. We can make it all the way around the lake 12 miles or so without a fuss.
Maddie is getting so smart and bigger by the day. Well, maybe not much bigger. She is still very petite. She has no waste for your pants. Even the pants with the elastic adjustable tabs don't fit her on the smallest notch. I still have to fold them over. She now has 12 teeth. She is completely off bottles and drinks from sippy cups. She is not quite ready for regular cups. She drowns herself still with cups. She does pretty good feeding herself if the food sticks to the spoon as she often turns it upside down to get it in her mouth. Maddie is getting a little more hair, but not much more. It seems to be filling in and a few hairs are getting longer, but for the most part she is still bald.
She talking more and more. Repeating everything. I mean everything. I made the mistake of saying a bad word which I don't usually say and she was standing next to me. I said it in a sentences and of coarse that was the only word she picked out and repeated. Joe was happy it was me and not him. She is learning to sit on ner little potty. We are only introducing the concept. She is still too little yet. She goes when she gets up from her naps and is super excited about it. She thinks her potty is a toy. We caught her on her potty reading a road bike magazine. It was really cute. She is also getting timeouts now. She has been screaming at the top of her lungs for no reason other than to scream. She thinks that it is so funny. It is not. Everyday is something new she learns.
Oh, so exciting! She can read words in her word books from the Your Baby Can Read program. I told you it would work. How many 14 month olds can count to 10 and actually read. We are in so much trouble. She is already too smart for her own good. She already tells me what she wants. Milk, down, up, snacks, blanket, poopie, nigh-nigh. She puts herself to bed at 8:30pm nearly ever night. Well, not really by herself. She just walks into her room when I tell her it is time to go nigh-nigh.
We have been taking Maddie to Gymboree every Saturday. She loves to climb and slide. She is making new friends in class. It is really fun. She has a slide in her play room that she loves to play on. But her favorite toy is her pony that she got for christmas from her grandma. We know the song by heart now.On the 17th of January, my grandparents celebrated their 63rd wedding anniversary. They are working towards 75 years. I look forward to the 75th anniversary party in 2022. I look forward to the day when Joe and I can say we are celebrating our 75th wedding anniversary. Only 66 more years to go. When you put it like that, it seems like forever. I hope I make it, but that would make me 99 years old.
On the 16th, we had a reunion of some of my closests friends from grade school. For Christmas in 8th grade, I asked a select group of my girlfriends to come over for a sleep over. That group became known as PBTT. We continued to have sleepovers throughout our 8th grade year. And after 19 years from the inital party, we reunited on the 16th of January for lunch and continued our fun into dinner. Although one of us was missing and we wish she hadn't missed it, we had a great time. We already scheduled our next reunion for 2011. Check out this picture of us.My sister found out she is having a girl. She is due at the end of May first of June. She is doing good, but you can tell that she is uncomfortable already. Her pelvic bone is separating as she gets bigger and bigger. I can't wait for the new baby. And she can't wait for her to come.
Hope you have a happy valentines day. Talk to you in about month.
