Silly Girl

This past weekend we decided to do some finger painting. After awhile, Madeline turned the activity into face painting.

Then one morning this week, I went in to get her up and she was still sleeping. Usually she is wide awake and ready for the day. Look how I found her....butt in the air with the blanket all wrapped around her head.

28 Weeks

Another month already?! I guess so. I'm feeling pretty good for the most part, but I have the usual aches and pains for this far along.....back hurts, sometimes I have trouble sleeping, congestion. The worst though is I think I'm starting to waddle.

Where are we on names? I suppose we are a bit closer, but still haven't made a final decision yet. So I'll keep you all in suspense.

First two-word phrase!

This is so exciting! Madeline said her first two-word phrase tonight. Andy was taking her up to bed and I said goodnight to her. Typically Madeline will say bye-bye and wave but tonight she said, "night ma." Andy and I both screamed with excitement and Madeline looked at us like we were crazy. Ahh, these new developments are so much fun!

She is also starting to say No to things. When we ask her if she is ready to go to bed, she'll say, "No, no, no" and shake her head. It's hilarious and we crack up laughing. I'm sure we won't find this funny after awhile, but for now it's entertaining. I think it's because it's fun having the conversation reciprocated from her now. She is repeating everything we say, or at least attempting to say what we are saying. I wish I could get some of this on video, but once she sees the camera, she wants to be behind it looking in the view screen.

While I'm rambling, I'll tell you about our Toys R' Us trip today to shop around for Christmas gifts. We went to look at wagons first and found one that we liked. Right now we just have a small, toy one that Andy will take Madeline on rides in. But she is really too big for it. We need a real wagon. Anyway, right next to that section was the bikes and toy cars. We wanted to put her on a Barbie power wheel, but the batteries were dead. Then we saw this and put her on it.

Oh my gosh, she loved it. In fact, she wouldn't get out of it. So we finished up our "shopping" by pushing her around the store in it. Hopefully no one else wanted to try it out while we were there. hahaha

Here are some recent pictures. This one was taken at daycare doing what she does best, read books.

This is from one night when she was playing and decided to pull everything out of her toy box and climb in. She thought she was so funny.

Fall Family Photos

We haven't had a good family photo taken since Madeline was born. So 16 months later, I thought it was time to get a new one. I also wanted to capture our family of 3 before we move up to one of four. I called up my friend Tammy and we met at a local metro park. It was such a fun shoot! Check her out if you need photos taken for anything. She was awesome to work with!

Sorry if this is picture overload, but it was really hard to narrow down my favorites. I have too many! These aren't all of them, but I had to draw the line somewhere.

Trick-or-Treat # 2

Since our Beggar's Night was Thursday, we headed down to visit our families for their Halloween night on Saturday. Andy's family lives on a huge hill so we opted for my parents' house in a flat neighborhood. :) Andy's parents came over and Jackie, Mike and Alexis were there too. We had a great time together!



Here is Madeline cheering on the Bucks in the chair that Grandpa built for her.

After some LaRosa's pizza (of course) it was time to head out. How stinkin' cute is Alexis in her pumplin outfit?

With Thursday night under her belt, Madeline did great this time around. She knew the drill and we actually got her to say Thank You at one of the houses. We went to more than 10 houses this time but had to stop because the big kids were starting to run her over. But that was okay. She had plenty of candy. One house gave her bead necklaces so here she is putting them on.

When we got home, Alexis decided she needed an outfit change. I can't decide which one she is cuter in. They are both adorable!