A Little Look Back- - Madden turned ONE yesterday!!

Well, I can't believe it but a year ago on June 22, 2006, Madden Rebecca entered the world! What a sweet day it was...as I rocked her this birthday night, I said a prayer for her future years...what I most want for her is to come to know the Lord Jesus at an early age and fall deeply in love with Him. How He has blessed me to allow me to be her mommy for this time here on earth.
Lord, help me to pass on my faith to my little ones...

I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth. ~III John 1:4

Here are a few recent clips of Maddie (these are for you, Mom!):

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Hey Baby, What's Yo Sign (The Follow-Up)!

Many moons ago, I posted that I was working on baby sign language with Madden. Well, I must say it definitely fell by the wayside when I was feeling so bad these past several months. But, she can do three signs: 'more', 'milk', and 'eat'. She doesn't always do them at the appropriate time, but often she does and I am so proud! Her favorite is 'milk'. 'Eat' and 'more' are not as easy for her but she is learning--I caught a little video clip of her the other day asking for 'more', and it is precious...

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And here is one more of her doing a little bit of dancing/bouncing and walking--it is so difficult to get videos of her these days. I try to catch her walking and she decides to crawl...it's like she knows or something...


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Maddie Rae is a Walker!

Okay, she is a wobbly walker right now, but the fun of moving around on her own two little feet has officially started! Which, by the way, is a nice break for my two feet which will soon be swollen on a regular basis...She took a couple of steps on Memorial Day (but she didn't realize it). Then, about a week later on Sunday, June 3, I was at a baby shower for a friend and I came home to a little girl taking steps! It is so funny how quickly they become 'brave'! She has been standing on her own and cruising the coffee table and furniture like a mad woman for quite awhile now but has been pretty much the avid crawler until just of late. I have attached a video, but even in the last few days since it was taken, she has started walking more and more and staying on her feet (and off her bottom!) for longer stints. Her daddy is so proud, and I am amazed that my baby is walking and her 1st birthday is around the corner...how the time flies by too quickly.

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More pics from our recent days and outings to come when I can sit down and make a slideshow. Well, we are off to the beach for the afternoon...hopefully Miss Madden will not ingest too much sand this time...