VGCDC

Everyday Madison goes to Virginia Gallian Child Development Center - Yes, that is a mouth full so for this post it is VGCDC! It's Denton ISD's daycare for teacher kids. It's actually a great little place and we are very pleased with the people there. Madison is happy to be dropped off each morning and is seen playing happily every afternoon when I go pick her up. They are always doing cute little things that make you stop and say, "awww."
This past week was no exception.
They obviously are not going to take these babies to the pumpkin patch, so this week they brought the pumpkin patch to the kids. They brought in the haybales and the pumpkins and let the kids climb and explore. Then they let Madison pick out her very own pumpkin. I have to laugh at the fact that she did in deed pick out the largest one in the "patch." They then finger painted these pumpkins in class and we now have a very lovely blueish colored pumpkin as our fall center piece.

Yesterday they had dress up day for all the kids to wear their Halloween costumes to school. Madison went as a ladybug. We sent extra clothes for her to change into and when I went to pick her up, I was so surprised to still see her wearing her ladybug costume. They said she didn't mind it at all. She had worn it ALL day. She still had the hood part on. It was halarious to walk in and see her happily chewing on her toys in full ladybug gear. We wore it home and they were right - she didn't mind it at all! :-)

Below is a photo of Madison's class all dressed up. Her teachers, who are alot of fun, are in full cosutme as well, in case you were wondering. ~ ha~

What a Voyage it is...

Whoa. Life really is a moving target. I can not believe how fast our life is moving and how quickly Madison is growing up. Of course, it is all very exciting, but i still find myself very emotional about three days a week that I am a working mom and that Madison is a daycare baby. I so badly want to be home with her and just watch her every move. Every day is new and it seems that as she is getting older the more quickly she is learning. At 9 months she only wants to feed herself. She eats more than I thought was possible for a baby. Her favorite foods at the moment are steamed carrots, sliced bananas, and sweet potato chunks. Just this week she decided that she no longer liked avocados and she started (purposefully, I do believe) feeding them to the dog. Needless to say, Chloe has a new hang out spot during dinner time. She can stand by herself but has not formerly taken a real step forward yet. Give her a toy that rolls and she is all over the place. Last week we discovered that she can climb the couch, the fire place, in the dishwasher and officially up the stairs. Yes, I'd say she is busy. Her favorite time of day is either in the outside swing or in the bathtub.

At 9 months some things haven't changed~
She still puts everything in her mouth. All she wanted to do in this photo session was eat the "9 month" sticker. She kept ripping it off and then eating it. I did get one photo that I will use for the scrapbook and chalked all the others up to Madison being 9 months!

The one below is the one I'll keep. She is obsessed with q-tips. She loves the box. She loves to dump them all out. She loves to eat them. Finally, I bribed her with two q-tips to get her to stop eating the sticker. It worked!

No doubt that 8 months was a blur. I barely made the cut off to get these taken. These were much easier due to the fact that we were outside. Madison loves being outside. She loves the sun in her face and the grass in her toes and hands.

In case any of you are wondering, yes she continues to be the happiest baby that I have ever seen. She rarely gets fussy. She laughs at everything. She still sleeps from 8:00-8:00 with not waking up. She wakes up happy and waits for someone to go get her from her nursery. She is beyond patient with us. Needless to say, we are in love with this little lady. We are blessed. I couldn't imagine our lives any differently. Life is good.