Madeleine went in for her 6 month checkup (two weeks early) and she weighed in at 14 pounds 8 ounces and was 26 inches tall.

Madeleine also started cutting her first tooth around June 18th.

She also got through her first father's day with daddy and continued on her busy social life.

Madeleine has been sitting up for extended periods of time in the last few weeks.  She can't quite get up there by herself, but once she is up there, she is pretty stable.

She likes sitting up.  It gives her a much better view of the world.

Madeleine, daddy, and Felix pose on the bed.  Felix is Madeleine's favorite toy. He doesn't always stick around to be played with, but he holds out hope that she will rub his tummy some day. (Oscar just hides from her, usually in her stuff.)

Madeleine, Nancy, and their mother's group went to the movies.  Here they are all sitting together in the theater.  Madeleine is by herself on the left, as Nancy is taking the picture.  15 mommies and 15 babies attended.

Babies and mommies at the theater.  They saw "The Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood." (So no men were disturbed during the outing.)

We had lots of visitors for father's day.  Here is Madeleine with cousin Catherine.

We were running behind, so daddy gave the father's day bath to Madeleine. (You can tell that is daddy by the hair on his arms!)

Aunt Mary and Madeleine taking a short nap before the rest of the guests arrive.

Madeleine ended up with a lot of gift's for father's day... more than daddy!  Here is a stuffed bear she got from Mary and Roger Craddick.

Madeleine and daddy with the father's day cake. (A Baskin-Robbins mint chocolate chip ice cream cake!)

A wider shot of us, in which you can see some of our guests in the background as well as the mostly empty punch bowl that was at one time full of Nancy's delicious punch.

Madeleine out on the deck in her stroller.

Madeleine sitting up on the bed again!

With the advent of teething, she is starting to get some new expressions on her face.

We went to visit Jim, Adrianne, and Kylie on a Sunday afternoon.  Adrianne and Kylie are part of the same mother's group as Nancy and Madeleine.  Madeleine borrowed one of Kylie's bouncy seats for the visit.

And here are Madeleine and Kylie side by side in the bouncy seats.

Madeleine came to the office to visit one morning.  Here she is sitting with daddy at his desk.

Nancy and Madeleine hosted a first day of summer pot luck with some of the mother's group.

Most stayed inside, but Madeleine and Benjamin went out into the back yard to play on the grass.

Madeleine has a new hobby; ripping up magazines!  Well, Vanity Fair is mostly ads anyway...

Feeling good after another ripping session!

And if you cannot find a magazine, that paper at the doctors office will do in a pinch. (Though whoever heard of a doctors office without magazines?)

A picture that was supposed to be in the last update, Madeleine in her stroller wearing one of her many hats.

And, finally, one of Madeleine's new facial expressions.