"no, thank you"

madelyn spent some time in her room sitting next to the bookshelf 'reading' for a while this morning. i love (and sometimes hate) that she never gets tired of her books. its also nice that she has a different favorite every day, especially with all the "again please" requests.

the book of the day was what's wrong little pookie? - over and over and over. for those of you not familiar with this literary masterpiece the basic plot is that a little boy, pookie, is crying and his mom is trying to guess why by asking him questions. we don't read this book very often but madelyn brought it out to me to read today. later she got up and gave pookie's responses when i read the mom's questions. it was pretty cute. the best part was when she said "no, thank you". this was significant because madelyn has never said "thank you" anywhere close to what it should be and now here she was saying "no, thank you" clear as i would! but when i then asked her to say "thank you" she still couldn't (or rather wouldn't) say it - that is until i asked her in this video...

here is video of her solving her shape sorter. please don't feel the need to watch it. i know that it isn't very exciting over all but i think that is pretty exciting that she can do it now (without any major frustration).

i took a pseudo sick day today (meaning that i worked but took a nap and tried to stay off the phone) and for the first time - ever - madelyn took a long nap when i needed her to take one. she slept for three hours and i got to sleep for two - hooray! i am definitely feeling better than i did on sunday but still not able to breathe very well. this is one of the weirdest things i have ever had. it is not a sinus infection and not anything i caught. i am guessing this is what allergies feel like. my head is so clogged that it is hard to hear! hopefully i can sleep well enough tonight to finally shake it.

i will definitely get some more video of madelyn this week. she is so happy to be feeling better and really loves to sing (even though she doesn't know all the words). love.