The Big Move

About a month ago we decided that Maddy needed her own room. We have a two bedroom apartment and when Maddy was born, Ash and I were using one of the bedrooms and the other was the office. So we looked around the apartment and decided that the perfect place for Maddy would be a cozy little corner of the dining room. So we set up Maddy's "room. It was nice. All her stuff fit and really, for the first few weeks, Maddy was sleeping in a little bed in our room anyway so it wasn't a problem. As she got bigger though we started to use her crib more and Maddy spent nights in her "room." Not a problem except that Maddy's "room," the living room, and the kitchen are really just one big room. So putting Maddy to sleep meant that Ash and I either had to spend the rest of the night hanging out in our bedroom or watch TV in the living room with all the lights off and the closed captioning on. And so the great Maddy moving began.

First, we had to clean out her old room...



... and displace a lot of stuff.



Maddy was so excited about the move she just didn't know what to do...



...So she decided to sleep. Which was actually the best thing she could to do help...

And now, a month later, Maddy has her own little room.



And that suites her just fine.

And now, for something completely different. So Maddy was laying on her back on the floor today, kicking her feet as she always does, and we decided to try to play with a toy. She really hasn't done the whole rattle thing before this so it took her a while to figure out a) who to move her arms with a definite purpose and then b) how to actually make the toy do something. She finally caught on though...



...sort of. At least she's cute.