July Video Update

Not much to report really. It's been a long month of July for various reasons. We're looking forward to a fresh start with August... even thought that's kind of the peak of hurricane season on the Gulf Coast.

Here's a video of Maddie and Molly yucking it up over who should be wearing the bib.



Here's a video of Maddie crawling all over Ginger and chatting her up the entire time!

Maddie Practicing Walking

Video of Maddie practicing to walk using the walker that Aunt Julie bought for her.  Thanks, Julie!

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ou51__QSPVU

Maddie visits Mission Control Houston

While Molly was getting her hair cut today, Maddie and I swung by the
International Space Station Mission Control Center to kill some time.
I took a couple pictures of her at my console and in the center of the
room. She seemed to enjoy the experience. It was actually her second
trip there, but we didn't have a camera on the first visit. I look
forward to the day when she can look at these pictures and say,
"that's back when only astronauts could go into space!" You'll see
Maddie in front of the Expedition 17 plaque as well. We got to see
the American on this expedition launch on the space shuttle back in
May. So, it's almost like closing the loop for Maddie!

June comes to a close

Here are some pictures to close out June, 2008...

Maddie doing her Stevie Wonder impersonation.

Maddie still loves giving Ginger attention. Thank goodness Ginger still likes all the attention she's getting!

Tupperwear is still the coolest toy that Maddie has.

Nice portrait of Molly and Maddie.

Maddie tries out a new outfit.

We purchased a kiddie pool to battle the Houston Heat. The whole family enjoys it. Here are a couple pictures of it, including one of Maddie catching some air!

June Update

We started out the end of May and early June with a trip up to Indiana to visit family. Here is Maddie and Grammy.

Here Maddie enjoys some of the super-cool toys that Grammy has acquired...

As you can see, in Indiana you can lounge around in the grass without having to worry about fire ants devouring you in 10 seconds!

My brother Matt with their 7 week old baby girl, Olivia, and Maddie and Mike strike a pose.

Maddie and Granddad Allyn visit.

Maddie and Grandpa Meyer visit.

Maddie and Nana Meyer visit. Maddie's entranced by the lighted fan... it broke... and I haven't been able to find another one since!

These three pictures were taken in Florida on our bus ride out to the Causeway on site at Kennedy Space Center. We were there to view the launch of STS-124.

Counting down to the launch. Maddie doesn't know what's coming, but you can tell she's excited. Waaaay off in the distance, you can see the launch pad.

Maddie catches a quick nap before the launch...

Molly and Maddie strike a quick pose during the launch of STS-124. There's nothing like a space shuttle launch. It's too bad there are only a few launches left... ever.

Another shot of the launch.

Maddie now prefers standing. He's becomming quite good at it too. There are occasional spills and falls, but she's getting the hang of it!

Here is Molly reading one of Maddie's new books to her. Maddie really enjoys a good book... she primarily enjoys chewing on, or destroying them, but once in a while, reading them is a pleasure as well.

Here is Maddie in... well... yeah, her sailer suit.

Maddie and Molly playing with some bubbles... doesn't really need more explanation than that!

Maddie sure has taken a liking to Ginger and Vaska. As you can see, Vaska is no where to be found in these pictures. At six years old, he's just a little to "over-the-hill" to be getting his hair pulled out by a 9 month old baby. Ginger on the other hand, loves it!

Some more pictures of Maddie

Just another picture update. One would wonder what else is going
on... Here you'll find a unique perspective on Maddie as seen in the
reflection of our aquarium. The lighting was just right. Otherwise
of note is that Maddie gives kisses now! You'll see Molly receiving
one of said sloppy kisses...

Bulk Update

It's hard not to post lots of pictures because we got a new camera. I
hope these find you well. Included are pictures from our trip to a
Crawfish boil in Galveston and snapshots around the house. You'll see
that Maddie can stand on her own (pretty much) now. She's trying to
pull herself up too. Won't be long and she'll be tearing through the
house!