Fun with Food

So there sat Sandra, Maddie, and I, peacefully on the bed, eating Golden Oreos. But not the normal ones that are 'golden', the ones that are chocolate-filled with vanilla cookies. Maddie extended her hand, as if to say, "Father, might I have a nibble of cookie?", and as we all know, a 1 year-old in want of a cookie could melt the heart of the Abominable Snowman (it's about a 15 on the 10-scale of cuteness). I held out for as long as I could, which happens to be the approximate time it takes light to travel 1 foot (science guys and gals, here's your chance to reply with the ACTUAL TIME it takes light to travel 1 foot), so needless to say, she received a cookie in short order. I turned to talk to Sandra about how wonderful our daughter is whilst our dearest began consuming the cookie. We turned back to Maddie and saw the following:





This took every bit of the time it takes light to travel 932625 miles, which happens to be about 5 seconds. I was stunned. Zero to cookie smear in 5 seconds. This girl has got to be extra-terrestrial.

Or maybe, just maybe, she is Human, Evolved. (Wo)Mankind 2.0, if you will.




No one can resist the snaggle-tooth smile...

...Or Chuck Norris.

Funny Face

One of Maddie's favorite baby books shows a baby opening and closing his eyes. After reading it one night, she just started blinking to make me laugh. What a funny girl!

A House of Order

Madeline has found a fun, new game. She fills containers full of toys or other household objects and then dumps them out on the floor. From playing this game, she has become interested in our clear recycling bin full of cans and cartons. Needless to say she enjoys knocking this bin over to examine these treasures more closely. Today I opened the pantry to find all of the empty Gatorade bottles neatly placed back in the pantry next to the full ones. I don't know if being a neat freak is genetic, but I would not be surprised.

Baby Book

I am finishing the last page in Maddie's baby book today. It is kind of exciting and kind of sad at the same time.

Madeline's One!

Hello All! Since I have never posted before, I guess Madeline's Birthday is as good time to start. Donny got to stay home from work (yeah!) and that means we have a car! We started out the day with a yummy breakfast, after our first attempt at baby cereal pancakes failed. The pancakes sounded like such a good idea when I read it on the side of the cereal box, but Madeline was not fooled. She wanted the eggs and pancakes Donny and I had. After getting dressed and naps, we opened presents!

Baby Cereal "Pancake"



Breakfast and the Classic Maddie Point!



She loves her Baby Ballerina from Grandma!



Modeling some new swag

I sold the truck.

I sold my 1998 Tacoma yesterday. I loved that truck, but it was time for it to go. I keep justifying it, but it still feels strange, not having it around. I must've made 20 trips up to MD to see Sandra before we were married in that truck, and we left the church in Frederick, MD on our "honeymoon" (we got a hotel room in Frederick and watched T.V. for our first night as a married couple) in that truck. Lots of good memories were spawned from that truck... Offroading, road trips, driving really way too fast in a truck with oversized tires, teaching Sandra how to properly work a clutch (VERY good time, full of laughs)... Every time she stalled it, she would panic, and say, "I'm sorry I'm sorry I'm sorry I didn't break it, did I? Is it ok? Donny I don't want to do this I'm nervous... I'm gonna break your truck." She did learn very well how to drive it, and when I came back from being out to sea for a month, she was great at clutch driving. She still is, too.



She's a Beaut, I tell ya. But she's someone else's, now. And their money was a Beaut, and it sure is mine, now, as well.

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Just wanted to let everyone see updated pictures of the Bean.

Donny

Just lounging around.