Madison at 7 Months

Yes, she'll be 8 months old next week, but here are some pics from this past month.



She is crawling all over the place and really enjoys pulling up to get a better view of things!

House Painting

We had the house painted a couple weeks ago. The guys that did the work did a great job. We used this as an opportunity to tone down the color! ;)

Grandma & Grandpa's Visit

Seems like it's getting harder and harder to take pics of the kids these days. I managed to get a few pictures while my parents were visiting.... Evie developed a real love affair with her grandpa.
It was very sweet to watch. Jared curled up on Grandma's lap the night before they left; he sat with her for more than 30 minutes, which is unheard of these days.

Graduating...sort of

It seems as though Jared has made such great progress in the last few weeks and is ready to "graduate" out of OT. I'm excited and nervous at the same time. Last week his psychologist said we could scale back our weekly visits and today our OT said she thought he was ready to end our weekly OT sessions and focus on group settings. It's a little scary for me, but I'm excited for Jared. I have an IEP meeting at school in a couple of weeks and I'm super-anxious to get feedback from his teacher. He's doing so much better in one-on-one settings; I hope this has translated into better behavior in group settings, too. Looks like I'll be finding out in the coming weeks. Yikes!

Mom really does have a life---no, really, I do!

Today Jared was pretending it was my birthday and kept giving me race car related toys for gifts. After several of these gifts, I asked Jared what he thought I would like for MY birthday. He didn't know so I asked him what mommy liked to do. He came up with three things, in this order: clean the house, drive the car, and mop the floor. :(

Mopping the floor??? I don't do that as much as I should and felt convicted...was he trying to tell me something??

I was shocked that he doesn't know I have actual interests. I was mostly surprised that "talking on the phone" wasn't at the top of his list. :-)

Confessions of a five-year old

So, my mom and I are sitting in Evie's room with Evie and Madison, playing on the floor. Enter Jared carrying a latex glove*. Jared begins placing small toys in the glove and announces, "I'm stealing stuff 'cause I'm a thief." What??

A few days prior to the clep's confession, Jared attempted to help my mom "clean up." As they were waiting at the bus stop, Jared asked Grandma why she had chocolate on her face. Upon trying to wipe off the chocolate, Grandma figured out that Jared had discovered her age spots. Nice.

*found an old pack in Evie's closet that I bought when I had an allergic reaction to some rash cream a couple years ago---felt the need to explain :)

May I have this cruise?

Okay, so the title only makes sense if you've seen the movie "Cars." I have had the pleasure of seeing the movie more than 20 times. :)

Here's a seven month update...

Speaking of cruising, my baby girl, Madison, is ready to go. Earlier this week Madison decided to try cruising and take some steps while holding on. Tonight she actually got going. She even tried to "walk" behind a walking toy tonight---the toy got the best of her when it rolled out away from her and she "ate" the carpet!

Yesterday she pulled up and let go! Amazing! I guess I have to mention that she only lasted 1/4 of a second.....

I'm convinced her motiviation to move comes from fear of being fallen on by a "short person."