Mad Gracie Photo Blog

(no kitties were harmed during the making of these images) On a nice fall in November Maddie was outside just running around enjoying the day and trying to get the hang of pedaling her tricyle around the yard. After a bit Maddie made friends with one of the little kitties and decided that he, the kitty, wanted to ride her bike. So the routine went: pick up kitty, carry him to bike, place him reasonably gently on seat, attempt to push kitty, Kitty jumps down almost immediatly and repeat about 30 times. The kitty took it REALLY well and never even made a peep let alone make a break for it and try to claw Maddie. After a bit kitty got smart and ran off leaving Maddie to ride her bike.

(more pics on the Bouncin page) One of the beautiful things about my job is that I often have assignments that I can take family and friends along on. Last Sunday was a perfect example, a fall festival at Swan Harbor Farms. Kathleen and I got married there so it made it that much nicer to take the munchkin. Maddie had a great time, especially in the “bouncy house” as she called it. We stopped by the performer stage for a few minutes and got the “wheels on the bus” song embedded in my brain for the afternoon. Kathleen and Maddie wandered around for a bit while I gathered up a few photos for the papers. We made our way to the water and Maddie loved watching the folks drift around in canoes and sitting on the pier with mommy. The petting zoo was entertaining. Maddie saw goats, a pony, a bunny even a pot belly pig.

    Yes, I know I’m a bit late with this entry but it’s been a bit busy lately. Maddie enjoyed Easter a bit more this year. She got a really nice bunny stuffed animal from Poppy & Nonnie along with some other fun stuff and a basket of goodies from Grams & Gramps. Nothing spectacular but she enjoyed pulling the fake grass out of the baskets and playing with everything.

maddie-walk-3  (click here to view movie) So for month number 13 we’ve truly reached a milestone…Madeleine is now officially walking on her own !! She has been walking with some help from people, walls, tables etc. but now she’s put it together and she’s a baby on the move. Her vocabulary is still growing like crazy. She repeats just about anything you say to her and I’ve really had to start watching what I say around her. Purple is one of the newer ones, I tried to get her to say Ravens along with purple…she’s working on it. We’ll have it nailed by football season !!