Madelyn Playing part 2

I broke the video into two parts cause it was taking forever to upload!

Madelyn Playing

Here's a clip of Madelyn sitting up and playing.

7 months (almost)

This is Madelyn in her new PJ's I ordered from Gymboree. So cute!

Playing with toys before bath time.

On her way to Tokyo for her modeling audition. Eating some Mum Mum's while waiting for the train.

Can't believe Madelyn is almost 7 months! Time is flying by way too fast. In fact, this year is going by fast. Before we know it we will be packing up and heading out of Japan. We have been here almost 2 1/2 years and it seems like just yesterday that we landed at Yokota Air Force base. Well, here are some of the new things that Madelyn is doing:

• Rolling over both directions
• Scooting to get to her toys
• Babbling
• Picking up blocks and other toys (Her favorite toys are the red shape sorter bucket and her phone)
• Banging toys around to make lots of noise
• Eating solids (her favorite fruit is banana and her favorite vegetable is sweet potatoes, with carrots making a close second, and she LOVES Mum Mum crackers)
• Sitting up for extended periods of time without falling over
• Busy busy busy and very wiggly! Tries to get to everything!

We definitely have a pretty set daily schedule by now. Here is a typical day in the life of Madelyn:

7:00 Wake up and Nurse

7:45 Eat breakfast

8:30 Go to the gym with mommy!

10:00 Nap time

11:00 Nurse then Play time

12:00 Lunch

1:30 Go down for afternoon nap

3:00 Nurse

3:30 Play

5:30 Nurse

6:00 Dinner

6:30 Bath, Massage, Story, Prayers, Lullabies

7:00 Asleep

Madelyn and I had a fun Easter together. Wish Daddy could have been home! This is my 3rd Easter in a row without Greg, and he has never been able to see the Cherry Blossoms. Always deployed this time a year it seems. Anyway, we went to church and then had brunch at a friends house before catching an afternoon movie. I think my taking Madelyn to a movie days are starting to come to an end. She is really getting active and babbles all the time! It is really cute. I was having a hard time not laughing at her during the movies cause she is just so cute. She wants to be on the move so bad! Hard to get her to sit still. Definitely not a little newborn anymore! She will be crawling and on the go before I know it.

Cherry Blossoms 2010

The cherry blossom trees are in full bloom in Japan this weekend! They are breathtaking! To enjoy them today, we went on a walk along the river with some friends. Madelyn drew quite the crowd. Every step we took someone was stopping to say "kawaii" (which means cute in Japanese). The Japanese locals took several pictures of Madelyn with the cherry blossoms and wanted to talk to her and squeeze her cheeks. The Japanese sure do know how to enjoy themselves and throw a great picnic. Everywhere you looked they were out with their families and friends sitting on blankets and grilling meat and veggies, drinking beer and sake, and taking pictures of the beautiful cherry blossoms!

I made Madelyn a hot pink tutu today for her to wear during her 6 month photo shoot. Here's a couple of pictures of her trying it out.