reading is fun

i wasn't going to post tonight because we spent the day running errands and had nothing too major to report, but then i got this great video of matt reading madelyn her bedtime stories. i was starting to clean up the kitchen after bathing and feeding maddie when i could hear her laughing. matt was reading her an animal sounds book where you spin the wheel and make the animal noise. maddie hasn't really liked this book in the past (i think that she was just too young), but tonight it was a hit! i think that she knew that it was funny that daddy was making all these noises. you can tell that she is laughing at him because she keeps looking up to see what he is doing.



since i am already blogging i will also mention that she had her first bath in the real bathtub tonight. i picked up a mat at babies-r-us on friday because she is really too big for her infant tub and the last time i tried the real tub she just slid all over the place. being in the real tub was definitely more fun for maddie and me. and it made it a lot easier to make sure that she got really clean!

we tried mango this morning but it must be an acquired taste that maddie doesn't have yet. this is the first food that she has truly rejected. i guess i will wait a week or two before trying it again (it is really expensive to by organic mangoes and they don't make much). on a brighter note, she can't get enough yogurt with pears! she gobbles it up and gets mad if i take too long with her next bite! this is a major shift to the sour face she made after every bite earlier in the week. still no luck with the homemade rice cereal. i think that it is a texture thing. we are going to try the millet next and see what happens...

love.