Madison 2 year pictures

Beach House

Madison finished celebrating her birthday with friends. Just when she got the idea that it was HER birthday, it was over and she wanted more cupcakes & presents.

We went to the annual Kids Fishing Tournament at our lake this past weekend. The tournament was 2 hours, and Madison was done after 10 minutes. She only tried to walk off the dock once (I was standing right there & caught her) and caught 2 fish...her total weight was 0.24 lbs :)

Madison had a disease called "Hand Foot Mouth" last week. It is typically picked up at daycare & is very contagious. However, she is the only one at daycare who had it, so we're not sure where she got it. She had a terrible rash on her hands, feet & a few bumps around her mouth. We kept her home from daycare last Tues & Wed and she's much better now. We're looking forward to spending Memorial weekend at the lake & leave for our Florida vacation in 10 days!!

Spring is here!

Spring is here and Madison is feeling much better. One more month until she turns 2!

Here are some pictures from Easter & a recent trip to the St Louis Zoo. She is old enough to know all the animals now & the elephants are her favorite. Ask her what an elephant does with it's nose & she'll swing her arm in the air like a trunk. We are going back to the Florida Beach House with friends in June - Madison is going to have so much fun this year!

She has learned so much since my last update:

*Knows all of her ABC's and loves singing the song - especially the "next time won't you sing with me" part & she can count to 10.

*Knows most of her colors (blue & black are tricky - she gets those mixed up)

*Loves airplanes, we'll be at the park with kids screaming & she will hear an airplane in the sky and look up for it. It doesn't take long for her to find it and say "I found it!"

*Knows the words to Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star, Row Your Boat, No More Monkeys Jumping on the Bed and many more. She must learn a lot at daycare b/c she will start singing songs that I didn't even know she had heard before.

*Knows that play-dough on the carpet makes Mommy "nervous"

*Madison is extremely shy around new people. She will warm up pretty quick, but is very silent until she is comfortable with new people or surroundings.

*We started swimming lessons at the YMCA last week. Willie was in the water with her and she didn't like it. Even though she clung to Willie the entire time & cried, she said she had fun & wanted to do it again. Some friends of ours have a pool & we swam again this past Sunday. She is getting used to the pool & will hopefully do better at lessons this week.

*We have stopped potty-training for now. She did great & used the potty for a few weeks, but then got too busy to care & stopped wanting to go.

*She loves My Little Pony, so we're going to have a My Little Pony theme birthday party. She also loves bubbles, Dora the Explorer, cupcakes, baby dolls, Princesses, Yo Gabba Gabba, play-dough, playing outside and Dum-Dum suckers (I'll admit that we use them to bribe her sometimes!)

She really does amaze us with all she knows. But with knowledge comes attitude. I'm hoping we hit the "terrible twos" early and that this is just a phase.

RSV

Madison came down with a fever Thurs night & got worse on Friday. I took her to the Dr (since I don't trust her) and she tested positive for RSV (Respiratory syncytial virus, which causes infection of the lungs and breathing passages and is a major cause of respiratory illness in young children). RSV is highly contagious, so we are spending the weekend at home. The antibiotic that she has been on does not prevent or help the RSV since it's a virus - it just has to run it's course. The Dr says her lungs sound fine & she should be better by Sun/Mon. Our main concern is that RSV can cause bronchiolitis or pneumonia, both of which she has had several times. For now we keep her fever under control with Motrin, continue breathing treatments & try to keep her comfortable. She was up every 1-2 hours last night coughing & throwing up. She still has a fever today, but I'm hopefully we'll have a better day today.

Yo Gabba Gabba

Madison seems to be doing better on the 6-week antibiotic, Zyrtec & Nasonex. She still gets congested a day or so after playing outside. But like Willie says, "she can't live in a bubble"! We went to see Yo Gabba Gabba this weekend @ The Fox Theater & Madison really enjoyed it! Madison & Daddy feeding the ducks in our front yard.

Getting ready for Yo Gabba Gabba to start.

Covered in balloons that fell from the ceiling.

She was shy & quiet the entire time (I don't think she liked all the people & noise). But she watched like this the whole time.