you should see the other guy

we feel pretty sure that madelyn had another growth spurt - mainly because her face keeps running into things. she has also outgrown almost half of her 18 month clothes even though she still doesn't fit into the bloomers and waists. she fell asleep on our drive home from the outlets yesterday and slept for a little over an hour. because of the extra, late nap, bedtime did not go very smoothly and somehow madelyn bumped her head. i can't figure out what she hit it on, but she definitely hit it hard! and it became more and more colorful as today went by. and then this morning she fell out of the kitchen chair while eating her breakfast, reopened a cut inside her lower lip (from a slip in the bathroom last week) and added some more scrapes on the outside. the whole left side of her lip is swollen and dark red and with the lump in the middle of her forehead, it looks like she was in a pretty nasty fight.

it didn't help that she got less sleep than normal last night and then took an earlier, shorter than normal nap today. she was pretty cranky. and since she wasn't at her best, balance-wise, there were a lot of head bumps and crying. for my own sanity i did whatever i could to keep the mood light and keep her occupied with safe activities while i tried to get some of my long list of chores done around the house (matt was doing some entertainment wiring and insulating in the basement all day in preparation for drywalling next week). what worked? jumping. i am not sure why, but she thought my jumping up and down or just kicking out a leg was hysterical. she is a little calmer in this video clip, but you can see how entertained she was. since i am jumping while filming, you might skip it if you get motion sick. enjoy. love.