Happy 1st Birthday Sweet Maddie!

Happy Birthday Sweet Baby!!To even talk about my little baby turning 1, brings tears to my eyes! It is so true when people say that having a baby makes you wear your your heart on your shoulder! This past year has been filled with new things and lots of "happy tears!" Tears when Maddie was born; when she came home; when she slept on my chest all night long; when she took a bath for the 1st time; when she slept in the pac-n-play ( in our bedroom) for the 1st time; when she ate baby food for the 1st time; when she rolled over for 1st time; when she rode in the stroller for the 1st time; when sat in mommy's lap for the 1st time while getting ready in the morning; when she sat up for the 1st time; when she said "O-KAY" for the 1st time; when she clapped for the 1st time......I could go on and on and on. I look back to the first entry on this blog and am amazed with how much this little girl has accomplished in the first year of her life. This past year of my life, with Maddie, has brought me so much happiness, hope, life, love and miracles! Thank you Madeline Pierce Moore for being such a ray of sunshine in so many people's life! I can't wait to see wait the next year brings:)

I love you,

Mommy

Little Maddie Crocker

I baked and iced homeade sugar cookies for 3 days for Maddie's birthday party. My mom was helping and I asked her, "Why in the heck am I starting to bake after 34 years???" Her reply was, " You now have a daughter." She was right! The things you do for your kids. Here are some pics of Maddie helping her mommy and "Nena" bake her birthday cookies.

GOT MADDIE?????

I was getting ready this morning and had a head-band on so I could wash my face. Maddie kept reaching for it, so I got one for her. She loves to sit in my lap when I am getting ready and play with all of mommy's "stuff" and she has also started brushing her own hair. It's scary how much they learn from just watching you. It looks like a tornado has blown through the bathroom when she is done playing :) The other pics are of her playing in her "jammies!"

The world looks so different facing this way!

I finally switched Maddie over to her "big girl car seat" yesterday! I figured she will be 1 in a week in a half, so what's the big deal??? She was so funny sitting in it for the first time....she couldn't wipe the smile of her face! She was laughing, clapping her hands (and her feet) and hollering! It was one of the funniest things I have seen. I guess she was happy to finally be seeing the world facing forward and not backwards!

Do the Watermelon Crawl.....

Along with discovering how loud fireworks are, Maddie also discovered how fun and messy watermelon is to eat this 4th of July!

More 4th of July....

Happy 4th of July!!!

Sun, swimming, fun, freedom, friends, watermelon and ponies! This is how Maddie spent her 1st Independence Day! We had a lazy afternoon at the pool, came home and napped and headed out to Aunt April's parents house for dinner, ponies, good friends, fishing and baseball.....an All American afternoon! Maddie made lots of new friends and feasted on good food and tore up some watermelon! Here are some pics from the days festivities!

2024 Olympic Swimmer????

Here are some more pictures of Maddie and Daddy at swim lessons!

Did Someone Say Maddie Is Walking???

For the last month or two, Maddie has been taking one or two steps and then falling on her rump. The other day we were playing and she was fixated with something on the t.v. She took one step, I stood up to clap then realized if I made a sound she would stop. She took another step, and another and followed it with a couple more. She made it all the way to the t.v., turned around and clapped. Of course, I picked her up, cheered for her and told her how proud mommy was of her and then my eyes filled up with tears. Maddie just walked!!! She was in the bathroom with me one morning while I was getting ready. I was drying my hair and she was playing with a bag of my velcro rollers.....I went to roll my hair and was missing one roller???????

Maddie's Big Girl Chair!

Maddie recieved one of her birthday presents early. Mostly because it shipped too early and when I opened it, I couldn't wait to give it to her! I don't think that she has really gotten the idea with what to do with it. She likes to push it to the side of the bed, stand on it and beat on the top of the bed with her hands.....hey, what ever keeps her occupied and happy!