Bookworm

My girl loves to read. Like mother, like daughter. I always had my nose in a book growing up and it looks as though Maddie might be the same. Her favorite thing to do right now is go into her bedroom when we are all upstairs. She closes the door and things get silent. Of course, that causes some concern for Lehr and/or I, but we have yet to open her door and find her doing anything other than sitting next to her bookshelves, flipping through a book. She also loves to sit next to the toy shelf upstairs and read books. Since we put a lamp in that spot last week, she now sits in the 'Mater chair after her bath and reads every night. EVERY night. I love it.

Maddux has some new signs and words now. She calls Daddy, "DA!!" She calls to him all of the time, and when he's not home, she looks at me and asks, "Da??" She calls cats "yeow!" and cows "oooh!!" (like 'moo'). Maddie can sign 'baby' (she swings her arms back and forth as though she's rocking one), 'sleep' (she lays her head to the side, on her shoulder), 'shoes', 'tree', and 'cereal'. She is also nodding all of the time. If you ask her a question and the answer is 'yes', Mad Dog is great at nodding as she looks at you expectantly.