Madeline and the Munchkin

Prior to Madeline's arrival, this little 10 pound guy was the munchkin around our house...

In addition to being called the munchkin, he has a wide variety of other nicknames, but his official name is Freddie.  Despite his miniature size, Little Fred is still best friends with his 110 lb "brother" Edison 

(aka Big Ed)... 

In the pre-baby ear, he'd be on Mathew or my lap as soon as we sat down, and I'd carry him around all the time.  As I'm sure many of you know, things change with the arrival of a baby.  Our Freddie munchkin was {temporarily} replaced by a smaller munchkin.  However, a mere 7 months later, our little Madeline is almost twice as big as Fred...

                                                 

Maddie loves all of our dogs, but she REALLY loves Fred.  The combination of him being closer to her size as well as the fact that he has longer hair that she can grab probably contributes to him being her favorite.  We set the two of them on our bed the other day, and she was giggling like you would not believe...

We attempted to get a picture of the two of them, but Fred had decided that he wanted to run as far away from her as possible at that moment...

This picture cracks me up.  I imagine Madeline saying "What's wrong with you, Freddie?  You're supposed to be playing with me!", and Freddie is saying "Do I really have to sit here?  My dog siblings are much for fun than this thing."

Maddie saying "Don't take away the puppy!" when Mathew decided that Fred had been patient for long enough...

Most of the time, Freddie likes her pretty well, as do the rest of the dogs.  They're all big fans of us sitting on the floor and playing with Maddie as it means it is easier for them to crawl into our laps in an attempt to get more attention.  However, I foresee the day coming when Maddie is big enough to carry Freddie around, and we'll see what he thinks of her then...