good signs

madelyn is getting pretty good at signing. well, maybe "pretty good" is being generous, but at least i can understand some of her gestures. she can sign "milk", "more" (her version that is just holding her hands), and tonight she added a "drink" sign. and she waves "hi" too - very enthusiastically.

i have added beans to her morning porridge to make a 'complete protein' and round out a healthy vegetarian diet. we intend to add meat, but the food plan we are following does not include meat. plus, our doctor asked us to wait until she was at least 9 months old (its just her preference). we will probably add it after our next appointment on monday. other than beans lately we have added spinach, cucumber, flax seed, cheddar and feta cheeses, whole wheat pitas (buttered with tahini), and beets are next.

matt and nana took maddie to "lotza fun" today and she had the whole place to herself! i guess someone else was there when they arrived, but didn't stay much longer. i don't think that they were as impressed with "lotza fun" as i was, but then again, they don't spend as much time stuck at home with a crawler either.


maddie did try the "gerbil" tunnel with them today. i hadn't taken her over to that part of the room on our previous visits. it looks like she liked it! i think it helped that she has had a lot of practice crawling under our coffee table when the baskets are pulled out.

so now i have to finish packing. i have all of maddie's clothes, toiletries, and food packed but i need to get myself ready for our morning departure. love.