Little Hands, Inc.

Just 14 months in, motherhood has been more incredible than I ever thought possible. I continue to be amazed by Madeline's little developments, popping out of nowhere, completely unexpected. Signs that she is growing up.

This week has been full of them. I loved it.

In the last couple of days, Madeline:

• pretty much mastered forks and spoons (only 70 percent of her oatmeal hits the walls or floor)
• learned how to take her diaper off (oh yay)
• became determined to buckle herself in the car
• took our milk from the real fridge to her fake fridge on several occasions (another yay)
  
• and then this:
  

Yup, that's my precious little baby cleaning our floors. Apparently, she couldn't take our dirty floors any more. (Honestly, I couldn't blame her.)

While I have every intention of raising her to help around the house, I promise I'm not starting this early.

But dang, she's pretty good. Look at the speed on this one!

It is amazing to watch my daughter develop.

She went from a tiny infant, completely unaware of anything eight inches beyond her eyes, to a little girl who is so aware of her world, she desperately wants to participate in it.

Oh, I love watching her grow.

(P.S. The pictures aren't fuzzy because of the haze in our child sweatshop. I had to take it on my Crackberry so I didn't distract her.)