Big Girl

Miss Madison has been looking and acting like a little girl more and more lately. We got her a table and chairs for the playroom. She seems to like to color...even on the walls!! I hadn't realized how big she looked until after I took these pics.

And, yesterday at snack time we had a banana. I always cut it up for her in big chunks. Well, lately she's been wanting to hold the banana herself. So, I gave her half of the banana. She was sooo proud of herself. She laughed and laughed when I gave it to her, but then she started chowing down on it!

She's talking a lot now, and she tells you what she wants and doesn't want. She really wants to walk on her own, but she is really scared to let go. We walk her everywhere. She holds on to our hands and off we go. She's let go a few times here and there, but then the eyes get big and she immediately grabs back on. It won't be long until she's running circles around us!

In other news, we are supposed to be getting solar screens installed in the next several days. Our house faces West, and it gets sooo hot in here. Plus, the whole back of our house that faces East is just full of windows. I would say that there are 10 windows across the back of our house. So, we get it in the morning and evening! We are hoping they help and cut down on our electric bill. We are also finally getting our roof replaced from the hail storm. They are supposed to do that on Wednesday, and they are putting on full gutters. We only have gutters over the doors! So, between all of that and all of the stuff that has been wrong on the inside (it all required an electrician, drywaller, painter, carpenter, and a window person), I've been busy dealing with contractors! And, most of them have been out at least twice!! I'm ready to be done with dealing with stuff to be fixed on the house. Isn't this why we bought a new house??!!! Oh well!! It will all be over shortly...I hope!