Maddy updates

Since I haven't been too active on here, I thought I'd share some of the things that Maddy has been up to over the past month or so:

--She is cruising all over the furniture and loves to walk with her little push toy--no independent steps yet, though

--She is trying to imitate words: Bath, ball, kitty cat

--She says "up, up, up" as we go up the stairs and when she wants out of the high chair (I say this all the time where it applies in daily activities)

--She loves to wave at everyone

--She will try to use my brush to brush her hair, my hair, and Lance's hair

--She has somehow learned how to crawl up the stairs despite no practice--one day the gate was open behind me and Lance saw her just follow me up. Lesson learned!

--She is REALLY good at grabbing poor Chester's tail and pullling--HARD

--She is quite the eater--down to just 3 bottles a day

--She is FINALLY cutting her second tooth. Again, she seems in no hurry to do so!

--Her idea of helping to fold clothes is to unfold anything within reach, which results in piles of clean laundry on the backs of couches

--Even though she's not quite 1 yet, she just started riding in a new, front-facing big-girl carseat (she was way too big for the old one).

--She fell asleep in her highchair after eating for the first time last week--too cute!

--And, today, for the first time...we found her here:

We were all on the floor in the living room. Maddy disappeared for a moment...silence...then, her panic cry. We glance around the chair and endtable to find her on the shelf--neither of us saw her climb onto it--she's never done so before! She was stuck and couldn't figure out how to get down, so mommy had to come to the rescue! :)

As far as the pregnancy goes....thought the nausea had gone, but it seems it is back, but only during the late afternoons...yay. Still extremely tired. This is definitely a different experience from the first time around. I'm 14.5 weeks now--technically into the 2nd trimester. I really hope it starts getting better soon!