03.30.09 - What's up, chicken butt?

Not a thing, chicken wing!

03.29.09 - A-OK!

Miss Maddie is A-OK!

03.28.09 - More tummy time

Since Maddie isn't quite big enough to truly appreciate playing in the snow, we stayed in today and practiced more tummy time.

03.27.09 - Not letting go

We got off work early today because of the spring snowstorm. We picked Maddie up from daycare early and she spent the afternoon doing a lot of chores with us that would have otherwise gone undone. At one point, Angie brings Maddie down to the basement to watch me doing laundry. Maddie had ahold of Angie's hoodie. I could decide if she looked like she was a parachuting or if she were saying "Now that I've got you home, I'm not letting you go."

03.26.09 - Like father, like daughter

Today was a rough day. Maddie's been fighting a cold and none of us slept especially well last night. This afternoon I was informed that a dear family friend had passed away following a prolonged illness. After getting home and finishing dinner, the only thing I wanted to do was hold my little girl.

03.25.09 - Squirmy worm

Maddie is apparently a restless sleeper as this is how I found her when I woke her up this morning. I sure hope this isn't a sign of things to come!

03.24.09 - Hangin' out with my girls

Mom let me take more than an hour-long nap tonight to cure a terrible headache. When I awoke, it was my turn to spend some quality time with my girls. Harley is becoming more affectionate toward her baby sister. Tonight she gave her two tiny puppy kisses. She's really starting to come around!

Angie shot this picture using my 10.5 fisheye lens. Today's the third day in a row we've used this lens. I thought about cropping tighter on us but I didn't like how much of the room was lost in doing so. This is one of those frames we'll look back on in the years to come and say, "That's what the inside of our first house looked like!" Hopefully within a couple of weeks it will have that historical factor at play as we have plans to move the bookcase and to add some artwork to that wall.

03.23.09 - Hug me, Mommy!

We were warned when we picked Maddie up from daycare after work that she'd been a fussy pants most of the day so we were somewhat expecting that to be the case tonight. But not so! She must have just really missed her mommy and daddy because she was a smiley, happy girl as soon as we got home!

03.22.09 - Best Week(end) Ever

To say this weekend was anything less than amazing would be an understatement. We didn't do anything particularly thrilling. Mostly we stayed home and enjoyed our baby girl, who spent the entire weekend smiling and cooing at us. She's so happy virtually all the time. We're so blessed to have been given such a great gift!

03.21.09 - Hug me, Maddie!

Angie and I really love the weekends. We've spent the entire day listening to Maddie coo and enjoying her contagious smile. And she does some really cool and unexpected things, too. During playtime this afternoon, she gave her yet unnamed dolly, which we refer to as the "hugame doll," a giant hug with both arms while watching her Baby Einstein video.