Trick-or-Treat

Madeline's first time Trick-or-Treating was tonight. I wasn't sure how she would do and kinda thought she would be shy and weirded out. But she actually did pretty well. She was very friendly and smiled and took her candy about half of the time. It was so cute when she would take a piece and put it in her pumpkin basket.


We don't have any kids in our neighborhood so we went to a nice neighborhood nearby. We went to 8 houses in 45 minutes and then called it a night. Yeah, she's a slow walker.


Her costume was a hit! If you can't figure it out, she is a giraffe.

She got to a bag of skittles here on the way home.

And then of course she had to have some chocolate too.

Scratch that

It's now official. January 25th at 7:30am it is!

3 months away!

January 25th, 2010. It's not an official date yet, but that is the plan for now. We should know for sure in the next two weeks. So that means that as of today, we have 3 months left to get ready for this new little one on its way. That is both scary and exciting at the same time. I can only imagine how our life is going to change. But the closer it gets, the more excited I become. It means our little family is becoming more complete. I can't wait to see what the new baby's personality will be like and how that is different than Madeline. But also, how alike the two of them are and how they will play together and be best friends (at least until the teenage years).


She still doesn't have a name. We are working on it. Our list has two names on it now and neither one is a front-runner. I have a feeling we'll be waiting to name her until we meet her. Then we'll see which one fits.

Madeline's Date Night

Go here to see Madeline on her first date with Jake. Too funny!

Pumpkin/Apple Farm Trip

It was a beautiful Fall day today so we took a trip out to a local pumpkin and apple farm. It was a little chilly, so we needed to dress warm, but it didn't dampen our spirits. We all had a blast!

We started by checking out the pumpkins.

On our way to the hayride, we stopped and played in their play area.

Madeline had a great time on the hayride!

We made a pit-stop during the ride to pick an apple straight from a tree and eat it. It was delicious!

Before we left, we went and picked a whole bag of apples from their orchard. I have wonderful memories from when I was a kid of going apple picking with my Grandpa Cipollone. So it was awesome to be out doing it with my own family. I am looking forward to keeping this a tradition every Fall.

Update on me and the baby

I had my monthly OB appointment yesterday and all is well and good. Nothing really to report, which is a good thing. We did discuss scheduling the c-section already. Eek! So we should know the official date soon.


It's really starting to feel close, even though it's still 3 months away. I've been feeling the urge to make room for her arrival. I got out Madeline's newborn clothes and pulled out all of the sleepers. That's about all we can reuse, I guess. The rest is all short-sleeved stuff. Then I cleaned out all of Madeline's summer clothes from the closet and dresser and made room for the baby's stuff. I feel better having some things out for her. Now we need to figure out where she is going to sleep.


She's been kicking alot now and you can see my belly move with her movements. My bedtime has definitely gotten earlier now. I was able to do okay with my normal 10pm bedtime for awhile, but anymore, I really need to go earlier or I'm pretty wiped. Especially by the end of the week. I've also been adding alot of Tums to my diet lately. At least I'm getting some extra calcium, right? :)

24 Week Picture

My current picture is the one on the left. The one on the right is how I looked with Madeline at this same time. I don't know, do I look bigger now or the same? I think maybe I look the same.

Daddy's Little Girl

Madeline is becoming a Daddy's little girl now. She wants nothing to do with me if Daddy is around. Tonight I was sitting on the floor trying to play with her but she just ignored me. But when Andy sat on the floor with her, she was all about playing with her toys with him. Little bugger. When I started to take her to bed, she cried and reached out for Daddy.

She is starting to make-believe play with food items now. Daycare says she loves to play with the toy kitchen they have. And if you give her a bowl and a serving spoon, she will pretend to eat, complete with a "Mmmmmmm" sound.

Let's see, what else.....her recent new words are meow and socks. Both are hilarious with the way she says them.

I just have to say that I love the array of books Madeline has. For my baby shower, guests were supposed to bring books in lieu of a card. Best idea ever! I love reading her books at night from family members knowing that they enjoyed readings these books too. It makes it that much more fun and special for me. And hopefully extra special for her one day too. Right now, her current favorites are Wynken, Blynken, & Nod and Pat the Bunny. And yes, she picks them out. After bath time, I tell her to pick which stories she wants that night and she does.

Wine Trip

My Grandma Cipollone's birthday was this past week so we all went to my Aunt and Uncle's house in Louisville, KY to celebrate. This was an extra special trip for Andy and I because my Uncle Steve LOVES wine and he can afford the good stuff. And....he likes to share. :) And if you know us, you know we like good wine but we can't afford it. So we had a good time partaking. For anyone that knows wine, here is what we had. I can't remember the years of two of them. Andy and I both agree we liked the Camus the best, BUT they were all incredible!


Sea Smoke Pinot Noir
Penfold's Grange Shiraz 1998
Caymus Cabernet
Insignia Cabernet 2002


As is usual anymore, the kiddos were the highlight of the activities. Madeline is quite the pianist.



How cute is my little niece, Alexis?

My Mom had her hands full at one point.

Aww, what a cute family. :)