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At some point this week... Maddie became obsessed with her baby dolls. You all know she loves real babies, and right around when she turned one she started being interested in baby dolls... but now she absolutely loves them. She likes to carry them around, rocks them in her rocking chair, gives them her paci and milk from her sippy cup. It really will melt your heart. Jim and I got a kick out of her trying to juggle not one, but TWO babies around the house this weekend. Im not sure if she saw Ms Katie carrying around her two babies last weekend and just had to give it a try or what.

I think if she could have carried three, she would have. She just keeps getting cuter. She kills me.

So Maddie had her 15 month check up this week (just one month late)! She did great. She's STILL teeny. 20 lbs 14 oz.... which is 10-25% and 31 inches... around 50-75%. We JUST turned her carseat around in my car and Im feeling like we need to change it back to rear-facing. She BARELY meets the minimum criteria to move it forward and it just makes me nervous! The kid eats - she loves anything pasta, potatoes, bread, fruit and gulps down her milk every day. The Dr. literally said, "Well - you're no jolly-green-giant yourself." I had to laugh at that. Im okay with her being little... although it would be nice to get out of 12 month clothes at some point!

In terms of an update - she's talking a ton now. Here are a few of her words -

Mommy
Dada
Tuh-duh (Tucker)
Baby
Night-night
Duh (duck)
Uh-oh
Shoe
Bubbles
Wah (walk)
Nana
Nana (banana)
More
and her favorite... No!

She says "no" in a very certain, meaningful way. And she says it at the appropriate times. Like... bedtime?

She's doing so well in her new classroom. She can still be a little bit clingy in the mornings, but for the most part will either go right to the toys and start playing or to a teacher to get picked up. Every day we get a little report that says what and when she ate, when she got changed, etc. On Tuesday her sheet said she was "Loving" that day. The note beside it said, "Madelyn asked all of her friends for hugs when she got to school this morning." I dont know how she did that, or what it looked like exactly, but I would have done anything to see it!

PS: Thats my Cabbage Patch Kid that she is holding. Her name is Estelle.