Blog Challenge #1

I'm lucky enough to be a part of a fabulous online community of mommies known as the Nest. The "Nesties" are a wonderful resource and I've made lots of friends over the last couple of years. We've started a blog challenge to hopefully all get more out of our blogs and to learn a bit more about each other.

Today the first challenge was posted so here it goes:

Why do you blog?

I originally started blogging to keep my family and friends involved in my pregnancy and to be able to watch Mads grow up. It's kind of evolved into a digital baby book of sorts and a place to "brag" about Mads.

What do you hope to get out of this challenge?

I hope that this challenge encourages me to write more in my blog because lately it's become more of a photo album with a few short blurbs here and there.

It's been awhile...

I've been slacking on updating my blog lately because I've been busy with, well life with a six (almost seven) month old.

Mads has been doing great. She's loving daycare - Lots of art projects, friends and new stuff to explore. She's close to crawling and can actually crawl backwards now. She also loves to stand.

She's tried lots of new foods and is drinking juice out of a cup like a big girl.

Mads had a doctor's appointment today and she now weighs 17lb 2oz and is 27.5 inches long. She's up almost a pound and half an inch from her six month appointment. That puts her somewhere in the 75th percentile for weight and the 98th percentile for height.

Here are some random pictures from the last few weeks.




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Giants!

Matt and I are determined to let Mads make her own choices and find her own interests and hobbies ... except that we insist that she loves the Giants as much as we do. Hopefully it doesn't backfire and make her a Dodgers fan.

6m 1w 5d