The week away

Popsicles and Picnic

The weather has been amazing here the last 2 days. Yesterday we spent about 4 hours at the zoo. Today we have been playing in the back yard and had a picnic lunch. Owen made popsicles for us. He used apple juice which is Madis fav so they were enjoyed by all. He is getting so big and has been so much fun. My fav. thing has been how much he is learning at Church. He has been praying at dinner lately and his prayer goes like so "OK, I am going to pray about Jesus. Jesus came to earth to save us from the bad guys who were trying to destroy the world....Amen". As for Madi....well she doesn't stop changing daily. Her new "tricks" are waving bye-bye, blowing kisses, giving high fives and if you tell her to sit down to put her shoes on she really does it. WOW are my kiddos amazing or what??

Walking

So it has been a few weeks since Madi started walking but I thought I would post a quick video of her. Since I am blogger illiterate I am sure you will have to watch this sideways but you get the point just the same :)

The many faces of Owen

Now that I have decided to get rid of the exersaucer it is her favorite toy.


She has been cruising for a while now, but no steps on her own yet



Owen's sad face



I am so Happy.

His surprised look. He makes you say "HUH" and make this face.

Reading

I caught my babes hanging outreading together and I couldn't resist catching it on film...or at least my memory card. I thought I would give a general update on how everyone is. After about 3 weeks of someone being sick we are all well (enough) now and that is a relief. Owen is 100% potty trained now and I am celebrating like you wouldn't believe. I am so proud of him and he knows it. Every time he goes to the bathroom he asks "Mommy, are you going to be so proud of me". There is always something new with this kid too. I am loving this stage in his life where he is so inquisitive and sweet (at least 30 times a day he says "mommy, I love you". I hope he remebers that when he is 13.

As for Madi, well she was the sickest of the bunch, but is much better now. I took her to the Dr. about a 100 times conviced it was an ear infection but it never was. She just decided at 13 months to go ahead and get all 4 of her 2 year molars. She now has 11 teeth. Not all are completely in but close enough. So needless to say she is ready for steak :) On the eating front it is such a joy to not have to buy formula or babyfood anymore. She loves eating just about everything we do and has yet to pick up her bubbas picky eating. She is also talking a bit. Still no MaMa but here is a list of her favorite words

Bye Bye

DaDa
Kat (our dog)

Bubba

Bap (bath)

woof woof

SNOW

Christmas, again...and again...and again

Owen had a great time making christmas cookies. the recipe I found made the dough to soft so we had a heck of a time getting them cut out. Also, I couldn't find any Christmas cookie cutters at Meijer so we had flamingos, octupus, dinosaurs and turtle cookies. Thanks to crafty GaGa we did manage to make an angel, and a few snowmen.


Decorating them was for sure the best part.



Madelines favorite part of Christmas is destroying my tree. Thank goodness for plastic ornaments.




Waiting, not so patiently, to open her gifts.

Owen got a ton of books, including a Tag reader, for Christmas. Here he is enjoying a good read.

PARTY!!!!!

Madi had an exciting 1st birthday. Gaga made the prettiest cake and Madi couldn't wait to dig in. She got lots of great presents and had a ball with her bubby, cousins and friends. She didn't nap all day long...to afraid she might miss some of the fun. However she did crash at 6:45 for the night.

Montage

If you click the link above it will take you to a montage I made for Madi's first birthday.

Christmas Picture Attempt #1

Pre-Halloween

I have been awaiting a knight so bold and brave.



The force is strong with this one.



Chewbacca or Tina Turner??

Who are these sweeties?

Just turn your monitor sideways :)

We have survived 10 months

Another Sneek Peek