Undies on her head

Maddie now wears big girl (and boy) undies!  This morning when I went in to get her after making up, I set her (new, clean) undies down in front of her while I gathered the rest of her clothes for the day , and when I turned around she had put the undies on her head!

Video: Singing "Daddy Finger Where Are You?"

After nap time the other day, we played with legos and Maddie put the little flowers on her fingers and starting to sing the "Daddy Finger" Song.

It goes: Daddy Finger, Daddy Finger, Where Are You? Here I am, Here I am, How do you do?
and it repeats, Mommy Finger, Brother Finger, Sister Finger, etc.  We usually say Maddie Finger instead of brother or sister.

Maddie was on a roll and I was able to video it!  She sings Daddy Finger, then Maddie Finger, the Mama Finger!

Video: Counting to 8 and Singing Happy Birthday to Pau Pau!

We took Pau Pau and Uncle Jeff out to dinner the night before New Years Eve to celebrate our birthdays! (Vickie = September, Uncle Jeff = November, Pau Pau = December). We went to a place in Chinatown that we've been to often that has really good seafood.

Earlier that day we told Maddie we'd like her to sing "Happy Birthday" to Pau Pau when we saw her.

Here's the video. She starts by counting to 8!  She can actually count up to 12 with no issues (and counts to 20 but messes up the numbers a bit in between). So cute!

Videos: Stacking Toilet Paper Rolls

The other night before bedtime, Maddie got her hands on a big package of toilet paper rolls we hadn't gotten around to putting away yet. She would bring a roll into thee bathroom and unwrap it. I showed her how she could stack them, which she loved!

Here are a couple of videos. The first video is kind of long but shows her stacking a tower of 7 rolls - a tower as tall as she is!

Zoned out watching TV

Video: Green Ball Where Are You?

Maddie LOVES her red and green balls from Ikea.  Here's a cute video of her asking "Green Ball where are you?"

Merry Christmas 2016!

We stayed home in Chicago for Christmas this year.  We had lots of toys ready for Maddie when she woke up Christmas morning!

The first thing she went for was her stocking that was filled with goodies from Santa. The first things she ate that morning (besides her morning milk) was a ziplock bag full of gummy candies!  (After opening all her presents I realize all she had was candy that morning, and she threw the biggest tantrum when we took it away from her!)

Maddie got so many great toys, she loved each and every one of them! Some of the toys she got that morning were: a Ball drop toy from Grandma , an OU hat and a memory card game from Grandpa and Nana, a Trampoline from Aunt Jenny, and a dollhouse from Dad!  Maddie had tons of fun in the morning and barely ate anything all morning.

After her nap, I put her in a cute Santa dress and we got ready for our Christmas dinner with Pau Pau and Uncle Jeff. When they arrived, Maddie got to open another round of presents!  Pau Pau got her a little set of Winnie The Pooh beanies! She got a Pooh, Tigger, Eeyore and Piglet! We had a delicious dinner of ham and potatoes and sides. And we actually got family photos before everyone left to go home!

Tons of pictures and videos below!!

Eating all the candy in her stocking!

The cutest smile as she settles down to watch some tv.

We potty trained this weekend! This is the first day she has worn bottoms in a few days.
This is as far as she can pull her pants up!

Giving Pooh Bear kisses