June 2011! 9 months old!

Madison James Shine!! Oh how big of a personality you have! haha!
Madison is so fun to play with now! She is clapping, playing "peak-a-boo", and playing "catch and throw" with mom and dad! She has also learned how to throw temper tantrums! Oh joy!! She has been doing this for a few months now but now she has mastered the art of tantrums! Holding her breath, kicking legs and swinging arms... fun fun fun! lol!

This month, Madison also welcomed a new cousin into the family. Callen Robert Shine was born Sunday June 12, 2011. Madison is no longer the "baby of the family"! I'm positive that she will be an excellent Big cousin! :)

Madison has already attempted to: climb on the coffee table and JUMP off, dive head down on the stairs, and climb in her old bouncer only to shoot off backwards! Ummm does my daughter think she's Evel Knievel or something?! LoL

We also celebrated James's 1st Father's day! Madison and i made him a poster ("Why daughters need a dad"), a nice card, a personalized coffee mug and bought him a book :) He loved his gifts and had a great day!

Madison is a lil smarty pants! She loves her baby Einstein flashcards and now whenever I put up a card with something edible on it she chomps down like she's eating! Especially the peas! She LOVES peas but has only had them pureed so it's funny to me:) I showed dad today and he was so proud;)

June 24th Madison took 2 steps for mom! I was so excited!! Then the following day, while grandma was visiting, she took 4 steps for grandma and dad!!  By the end of the month she was taking a few steps at a time! So close to walking!!

Towards the end of June we took Madison to the Santa Ana Zoo. It is a small zoo but perfect for her 1st trip to the zoo! She LOVED it! Now we need to take her to a bigger zoo! She especially loved the monkeys:)

We had Madison's 9 month checkup a little late (around 9&1/2 months). No shots Thank GOD! :) Appointment went well! 20.8lbs and 29" (75-90th%) She just had to get a lil' finger poke to check for anemia but she didn't even notice they did it(and it was negative).

The bottom right picture (above) is 9.5 months.... just goes to show how much she keeps growing since the 1st day we brought her home!

PICTURE TIME!!! My favorite! haha!