Maddie - she is a'changin!

I cannot believe how quickly my baby girl is growing.  In three short days she will be 6 months old.  Over the last few weeks she has really started to change.  She loves to talk; in fact, she never stops talking.  Cat Bruce told was on the phone with me last week and asked if I had talked to the doctor about her squeal - she never stops, but it is so cute.

She also likes to shake her head from side to side.  This sounds crazy, but it is so cute!  We tell her yes and shake our heads up and down, but she just wants to shake her head no.

On occasion she will hold her own bottle - which I LOVE.  I know... all of you mothers out there are saying "there will come a day when you will want to hold her and give her a bottle."  I know I will miss it, but it sure is nice that she will hold it some of the time. 

She is in this new phase of wanting to be walked to sleep.  Most every night Scott walks miles around our house waiting on her to fall asleep.  She has no interest in rocking, being read to, or anything other than walking.  I am really ready for this phase to end. 

This is a picture of her after she fell asleep the other night.

Maddie loves to roll over from her back to her stomach - but then she HATES to be on her stomach.  One day she was trying so hard to get back over on to her back that she threw up! 

Her favorite toy is her Spohie the Giraffe.  She loves her, and we take her everywhere with us.  She has really helped us get through teething too.  Maddie now has two cute bottom teeth.  They are like knives!!  She has become addicted to orajel and smiles so big when you come towards her with it. 

Speaking of smiling, Maddie loves to laugh.  She is such a happy baby.  The other night I was working on my embroidery machine in another room.  Maddie began hysterically laughing when her daddy was calling her "Maddie Soy."  He was doing this because she smells like her soy formula.  She thought it was SO funny.  She laughed for so long that I got this video of her laughing. 

Our baby girl is growing so quickly.  She gets more of a personality every day, and we love to watch her grow.  I wish that I could push a pause button on these times with her.  I know that I will look back on this age with such fond memories of.  She is such a happy baby.  Her laugh is like music, and her squealing (even though it is loud) always brings a smile to my face.  God has blessed us so greatly!