MADELINE AT SEVENTEEN MONTHS

Weight: Heavy   Height: 32 in.
Eyes: Blue    Hair: Cinnamon

Highlights from her seventeenth month:
June 19th – Says Grandmum for the first time (still mostly calles her Gaga though)
June 20th – Says “Humpty Dumpty Sat On a Wall”
July 5th –  Maddie started counting from 1-10 on her own. She had been counting with some nudging, but while sitting on the patio at the zoo, Maddie started counting all of the patio umbrellas by herself. She counted all the way up to 10.

Madeline is chatting quite a bit these days. She is regularly putting 2-3 words together and can communicate what she wants 90% of the time. There are very few words we don’t understand. She will attempt to parrot everything! Maddie loves playing Ring Around the Rosie and The Hokie Pokie and dances to Let It Go and the Mickey Mouse Club’s Hot Dog Dance. She likes to sing The Itsy Bitsy Spider and Somewhere Over the Rainbow. She sings loudly …”someWHHEERRRE over rainbow.” It’s also her favorite video to watch on our phones. She currently likes the Judy Garland version.

Maddie will say cheers and “clink” her bottle to your glass during meals. Breakfast is still her favorite, still going strong on her love of eggs and eggos.

Snoodle update: Maddie is still crazy for Snoodle. She sleeps with him every night and now wants him to come with her when she moves around the house and goes over Gagas. We need to get a back-up Snoodle, he’s becoming very crucial.