She's got a sweet tooth (in theory only)!

O.K., so no ACTUAL teeth yet, but this girl loves her bananas! We started her with veggies, and she got bananas the other day for the first time. I thought she might chomp through the spoon, she was so crazy about them! It's so fun to watch her as she's turning more and more into a little person and leaving some of her other traits behind. (She now knows to do the "baby bird face" for food instead of trying to suckle the spoon).
Maddie has also started noticing the dogs. Deacon (the big yellow lab) LOVES this girl. Cooper (the "more mature" mini schnauzer) is still warming up to her. How can we tell? Cooper steals little licks on Maddie when he thinks he can get away with it, and he watches her from his dog bed the rest of the time. Deacon walks brazenly up to a Tummy Time Maddie and plants a big lick on her hairless little head! Then he'll lay down beside her tummy time blanket. :) What a family!
Here is just a cute picture of Maddie with her Daddy.

Maddie, Meet Mr. Green Bean!

Ha, what a mess! She seemed to like them though. She sees the world through green bean-tinted glasses I guess. :) But that's not all!
Maddie has also started playing in her Johnny Jumper:

And then sleeping in the Johnny Jumper!

Tripping along the Country

We're back! I know it's been a long time, but it's been a busy time too! Maddie is growing like a weed! She will be 3 months and 3 weeks this Saturday, and she's so much fun as she grows!

All three of us went on a Meet-the-Grandparents trip a couple weeks ago, and it was a blast! Maddie's first flight was a long one, but she had the other passengers eating out of her hand by landing. Her smiles are contagious!
The first stop was in Dallas to see Grandma and Grandpa McDonald. We got to be there for a great thunderstorm (RARE out here in San Diego!), and Maddie got to hang with their new puppy - an adorable Golden Retriever. We met tons of very sweet people and had an awesome, relaxing time. It was nice to see Maddie bonding, and it was even nicer to get a much-cherished trip on the town with Mike while Grandma and Grandpa babysat! :-D

Oh! I forgot to mention that Maddie did her share of modeling work during the trip. It wasn't hard since we all kept dressing her up, and Gloria had a lion's share of cute baby-girl photo props!

The next stop was sunny SC! We landed on a rainy day after an easy plane ride on a small plane. Maddie spent most of it trying to beat the jet lag so she'd have smiles galore for the next family to meet.

We ate lots of good food, went on a beautiful hike, hung out with grandparents, great grandparents, and a great-great aunt (that makes her sound much older than she is-sorry Aunt Aggie!) Somehow, not a single picture of the great grandparents landed on my camera, but I did get one with Aunt Aggie.

AND... Mike and I are new Aunts and Uncles! We got to meet Sara's new family member too!

And finally, after many tears good-bye, our trip was over...or so we thought. We ended up stuck in Chicago overnight, re-routed through San Jose, then stuck in San Diego with no luggage (which contained our car keys!) At least all that happened at the end of the trip!