Izzy and Stitch

This is what I found in my room one afternoon last week...

Bumps and Bruises

Many of you may remember how prone Izzy was to bumps on her noggin while she was learning to crawl and walk. Turns out little sister is going to be more of the same! In one day, she hit her head while sitting down next to our sliding glass doors (butt went back, head went forward into the corner of the slider) and she had an encounter with her activity table that left her with a nice scrape on her nose! :-( Both are almost gone already, so no worries - she's fine!

An education...

I know this is the first of many times that Izzy will "educate" Maddy on the way things work around here. It was cute, though... yesterday I was in the kitchen cleaning strawberries for dinner and Izzy asked if she could show Maddy some of the toys we have out there. We moved the Leap Frog barn toy back down to the bottom of the refrigerator and Izzy put the lock on the cupboard where the cereal and cat food are stored.THEN... Izzy proceeded to introduce Maddy to the "joy" that is our tupperware cabinet! Ha! So many times, this picture included only a tot-sized Izzy in a sea of rubbermaid. Now, we have big-kid Izzy pulling it all out of the cabinet making comments like, "oh, here, Mad. This is a really good one!" So funny!

Little Firecrackers

Well, our 4th of July turned out to be rainy and cooler than anticipated, but we managed to have a great time anyway. Rather than getting wet at the Dublin fireworks show, we got together with our neighbors for some back-yard shenanigans.
The girls got all decked out in red white and blue...We had a down-home American dinner of Kentucky Fried Chicken and spent the evening in the backyard with Pop-its, smoke bombs and sparklers. I love how the only picture I have shows the kids sitting so nicely and watching... in reality, they spent most of the evening running around like lunatics, shouting, "it's gonna blow!" The boys (Nicholas and Noah) belong to our neighbors, Brian and Tara Rhea.
Happy Independence Day to all!

Crawling Caught on Camera!

Okay - So, this will be my first attempt to publish video to the blog! We'll see how it goes. This will be a video of Maddy taking one of her first "good crawls" on Sunday, 6/21. I have a better one from tonight, but it does not feature big sister saying "no!" and grabbing the "bait" toy away from Maddy once she gets it. Yes, I'm guilty - I set out bait for my child to get her to crawl across the room.

Here comes the video...



It's going to be interesting, because Izzy definitely does not know what to do now that Maddy can get to just about anything on her own!

Check us out on YouTube

Use the link to the left to check out "TheFryFam" Channel on YouTube! We have an iFlip that takes video at the touch of a button and is proving to be SO handy... plus the software sends videos straight to YouTube. So, check it out... right now there is Maddy in her Jumperoo and I'm getting ready to put on Izzy doing her "Handy Manny" dance! Hilarity, I tell you! :-)

What a Day!

Wow! What a day! To say that Maddy was "crabby" would be a HUGE understatement. However, how can you blame her? Her world is changing so rapidly! Today she is 7 months and 3 weeks old. For the first time today she:
- crawled for about 6 feet without stopping on a couple occasions
- pulled herself up to standing without any help (well, that was last night, but we'll call it part of today)
- ate cheerios by herself, instead of the usual little "puffs"
- got herself into a sitting position from her belly about 5 times throughout the day

She's working hard! No wonder she's a crabby pants.

You'd never know she had a bad day by this picture - here she is enjoying the "doodlebug." This was one of Izzy's favorite toys, too.