It must be the holiday season, but everything is so busy! I haven't had much time to blog lately, nor really think about anything new I want to say.
A few new Maddy things:
-She drank her first cup of cold milk today! She normally likes only warmed milk. But she handled it really well. She didn't drink it the same way she normally would, straight down! She had to sip this since it was cold.
-Maddy answered three of my questions in a row today, "Where are the cookies? Where are the cherrios? Where is outside?" She pointed to ALL the right places. It was really neat to see her little brain work so efficiently! It was also neat to ask her a question and have her answer back!
-Maddy has a set of foam puzzle books that she loves. The puzzle pieces are REALLY hard to pull out and very tight. Well, today I decided to check on her (since she had been quiet and preoccupied for so long) and she took them all out on her own. No help from me!
-She's learning to give kisses and loves to give Nosey kisses.
-She's balancing a lot more on her own now, standing without any support for 2-3 minutes at a time.
So much fun! I love it when she does new things! I was able to finish my cookie bars today for my cookie exchange. They are chocolate chip cookie dough with Mint M&M's replacing the chocolate chips, with a layer of mint icing and then a layer of chocolate icing. I had two to try them out and they really are great! I need six dozen for the exchange, but I think I should have more than enough to bring down to Chesapeake this weekend for our trip to see Matt's parents. They are in the fridge now. I still need to cut them but I will wait for the day of so they don't get dried out before then. I do want to put some plastic wrap over them because I don't feel like these lids are very air tight and I don't want them to dry out.
Update on the cookies! One pan of cookies makes THIRTY FIVE cookies!!! They are good sized, too! So I only needed 2 pans and 2 extra cookies for my exchange so I have a TON left over. I may take some to my Bunco night tomorrow night and definitely some to Chesapeake for the weekend. I think I will freeze a few too. I'm actually freezing some now to take out tomorrow to see how well they defrost.
Ok, well, I'm off to get a few things done before she's up from her second nap!
Tea of the day: Ahmad Black Currant Tea
WO of the day: Elliptical for 30 min. Eating yesterday was pretty good, I'd say a 4!