I have a new cousin! Jaiden!!!!! Dont you love that name? Last saturday i was at my cousins house and she told me how my other cousin was in the hospital. A few days later, she told me she was in labor. the labor took 45 hours! Can you imagine? OMG.

Maddie is saying ahpah! J is so happy! lol. hes been saying this to her since the day she was born. who knew it would actually pay off so soon? He was giving her a bath and I was cleaning up the bedroom. In usual manner, he said "Ahpah" and clear as day, I heard her say it back! Whats even funnier is right before she said it, I handed J's flip camera to him. I dont know why....its been sitting in the same spot for a week. But she was being vocal and so i gave it to him. Anyway, she said it over and over and we have a few videos of her saying it. So cute!

I'm going with my sister in law tonight to book the place for maddies dol! omg... cant believe i have to plan this so soon! i think im doing a baby block theme, since i always take those monthly pics with her blocks. I'm also doing a candy buffet as the favors. also going to either hire a balloon dude (i heard hes AMAZING) or the same magician my SIL's always hire (hes pretty good too).

Maddie is also doing much better in the car. We have advanced to going to multiple stores in one trip instead of just one store lol. So sad. I know most moms can tote their babies around like nothing but my daughter is a bit high maintenance. Anyway, I think she is better in the car for a few reasons. One, she is just older and more mature. Two, we started taking her out at naptime and letting her sleep in the car. I think this helped her understand that the car seat is not a bad place. She got used to being the car in the process.

The other day we went to both babies r us AND Ikea. they are not that close in proximity to each other either. Today we went to Trader Joes and then to get frozen yogurt. I even took her out myself to the park this afternoon and let her play on the swings.

Now granted, sometimes I am bad and feed her in the car to keep her quiet. I will give her mum mums, sometimes puffs. Of course, only if im in the backseat with her. When we went to the park today alone, she just sat there like a good girl. I even had to thank her when we got home for being good and not crying. so pathetic.

gymboree - i signed up for a music class for this saturday. i really hope the class is good so i can sign up for regular classes. I hope there are no cliquey moms in this group!

Food - I made maddie some brown rice and lentils the other day. she liked it! I also started giving her whole blueberries now that she can feed herself. I plan to make some corn muffins for her this coming week.

The only problem with self feeding is that its soo messy. This is the bottom of Maddie's high chair. perhaps it doesnt come across too well in pics, but its MESSY!


I had to make maddie some more chicken soup, so i roasted a whole chicken and made the broth with the carcass. With the breast meat, I shredded it and made J and I tacos. i love getting more than one meal out of one item.



I was craving some fish so at the market, i bought 2 flounder fillets and made a crab meat stuffing to put on top. heres the before, i forgot to take an after pic. but yum!