Dora Live! and Madeline update

Mimi and Grandbuddy treated us to Madeline's very first theater experience.  Dora Live, no less. Madeline had a ball!  She sat still the entire time and was really enthralled with the show.  A theater buff in the making, maybe?  She'd come by it honestly!  We all had a wonderful afternoon together.  Such a special day!

Our little bitty girl isn't much of a little bitty anymore.  She has given up her paci, officially, and is losing interest in her lovey, too.  She's just not a baby.  So bittersweet for her mom and dad.  She's still entertaining us to pieces with what she says and does - here are my favorites these days:

• She's saying her ABCs
• She says "I can't like it" (I don't like it)
• She hugs your neck tight and says, "squeeze, squeeeeeze"
• She is very protective over my belly...when Derek (or anyone for that matter) talks to my belly, Madeline runs over and says "Nooo, that's MY baby brother!"
• She'll ask you a question, or you tell her something, and she responds with "Oh ____?  Okay." (i.e.: Oh, we're going to the store?  Okay).

She's a joy and a blessing.  Love this amazing girl.