Mangum Memories: February

I was under the impression that moving to Oregon meant very little to no snow. Well, I was wrong. In total we got a foot of snow, which meant that our town shut down and the schools were closed for three days. The snow only lasted for a few days, but it was enough to give us cabin fever. We did enjoy playing in the fresh powder and Madi got to make a snow angel.

This month Madi went from walking a few steps to walking around the house all by herself. She also now prefers walking and if she falls down she stands back up and walks again. This has posed a problem at church because she would rather practice walking than sit with mom and dad. We can't wait for her to be able to go to nursery, and I think she will have more fun in there too.

Madi loves to carry things around. She is constantly trying to figure out how to stack things so she can carry more. She likes to carry pens, balls, paper, and magnets. On a recent trip to Target, Madi stacked four tomato soup cans on top of each other and she probably would have stacked more if she had them. Madi also likes to carry around Cody's golf balls and golf clubs. Cody can't wait until he can start teaching her how to swing a club.

Teeth have not been good to Madi this month, she got three more- her top right molar, bottom front right, and bottom front left. She now has ten teeth- six on top and four on bottom.

Cody and I worked very hard to not say the word 'no' around Madi. Instead we would say 'don't do that' or 'let's do ___ instead'. Our efforts failed us and Madi's new favorite word is 'no'. :(

Our silly Madi still won't eat fruit. She would rather eat the orange peel than the orange, which has happened :) I have discovered that she will eat banana pieces but only when they are covered in graham cracker crumbs. A few times she has sucked off the graham cracker and spit out the banana. We also discovered this month that Madi likes to eat marshmallows, another food to add to the list of foods only given to Madi right before bath time.