Miss Maddy is one month shy of being two! And boy is she giving me a run for my money. Lots of tantrums and throwing her shoes in public. I cheated by using this photo which was actually taken yesterday, not the day she turned 23 months old.
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This was the best I got on that day. She wasn't feeling well and wasn't going to pretend.
This is from a few weeks ago when she had yet another cold. Every time she coughed, she cried - there's not much I could do for a sore throat. She's now on allergy medication that doesn't seem to do a thing. Next month she can start something stronger.
When she's feeling well, she climbs on everything. She pretty regularly gets up onto the piano. Sometimes I'll be washing dishes and hear her plunking keys. Doesn't matter if I move the rocking chair away, she always finds something to use as a step stool.
The other day Mike yelled across the house to me, "Hey, did you know Maddy can get from the floor to the top of the dining room table in under 30 seconds?" Oops, I had figured that out the previous day. Here she had climbed up onto the chair (by herself, no step) and when I ran for the camera she climbed onto the table. It is really hard for me to get anything done in the house now while she is awake. She is constantly getting into trouble.
She has been practicing standing up. Sometimes she gets into a position like this and lets go of whatever is supporting her arms for a few seconds.
This was from the LPA regional earlier this month. She combat crawled up and down this hall. She was less timid with the kids this time than at the last LPA event we attended. She was still too upset to be left in the kids room without a parent though.
Super Why is her new favorite TV show. At first I thought it's because she figured out how to say "why" but she really seems to like the program. Yes, she always tries to get this close to the TV set. No, she does not always stand inside a pumpkin.
