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Leprechaun Days Parade

Posted on July 31, 2012July 30, 2012 by Andi

Saturday, my mom, Maddie and I walked in the Leprechaun Days Parade in our city. We were walking with my MOMS Club. Maddie sat in the wagon that had banners decorated by some kiddos while my mom pulled her. I handed out candy to moms in the parade with little cards promoting MOMS Club.

It was a hot day, but we had lots of fun. Maddie was a trooper and sat happily in her wagon through the whole parade and then on the walk home. I about collapsed when we got home. Smile Here are a few pictures.

When Chuck dropped us off, we ran into Ronald McDonald.

Then we hung out for a little while until the parade started.

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And this picture would be really cute if I weren’t making such a goofy face!

Then the parade started! My mom took most of the pictures, but here’s one of her.

And Maddie was clearly having a good time!

Then we had some water after the parade.

As we walked home, Maddie made herself comfortable in her wagon.

And Chuck took this picture of us when we got home. I was hot and tired and this was a pretty forced smile! But we had a great time!

My mom took a bunch of other pictures. You can see those HERE.

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A Couple Videos

Posted on July 19, 2012July 19, 2012 by Andi

Maddie has been such a fun, silly girl lately. She likes talking/babbling and dancing these days. Here’s one of her dancing to some music.

And we were recently playing upstairs and she was cracking me up dancing, playing with a toy and her dolls. So here are a couple videos of her goofiness!

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Lake Time

Posted on July 18, 2012 by Andi

I took Maddie to a local lake yesterday. I was a little weary that she wouldn’t like it because she doesn’t like splash pads and can be hit or miss at the pool. But she LOVED it! I am definitely going back. Here are a few pictures I snapped with my phone while we were there.

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My mom and one of my brother’s also came by the lake while we were there and had some lunch and played in the water with Maddie. The one funny thing was Maddie hated when the sand would get on her hands or arms. She just likes being clean. I only had to get sand off her feet when we left. Smile

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17 Months

Posted on July 16, 2012July 17, 2012 by Andi

Miss Maddie is growing up so quickly. She changes so much every day. We were discussing all the words she says now and realized I should make an updated list of all the things she says like I did when she was 15 Months Old. So here you have it.

*Words (21): dance (dee dee), shoes (shoo), cup (pa), water (wa wa), bottle (ba ba), hat (ha), please (eeee, while signing please), yellow (le low), key (eee), ha, hey, yeah, help (ay ay, while signing help), nose (no no), eye, boom, ow, num num, doo doo (she wants a microphone toy or tube to yell into), beep (beee), teeth (teee…and makes a sign with her pointer finger by her mouth like she is brushing her teeth) – Total 37

*Signs (3): Food, help, teeth – Total 8

*Animal Noises (4): frog (gasping noise), owl (who who), crab (makes a crab motion with her hands), sheep (ba ba ba) – Total 14

*Body Parts (9): shoulders (shrugs her shoulders), toes, knees, arms, hands, tongue, hair, feet, teeth – Total 16

*Other: She nods “yes” which has been such a life saver from the constant “no”, the funniest thing ever is she sees a picture of Santa, she says “ho ho ho”, she likes to tickle people and makes a “tickle” noise while she wiggles her fingers to tickle you, when you as her what does Maddie say? She says “Hi”, makes her mouth make an “O” shape, can knock on a door when asked, points to planes in the sky, makes the “itsy bitsy spider” motion when she wants me to sign that song to her, says “neeee” and wiggles like crazy for raisins or cranberries (and I have no idea what “neeee” means), Maddie will pick out the snack she wants or tell me yes or no for things she wants, has started to pick out books she wants to read at bed time, she gives lots of hugs and kisses. We spend a lot of time with her cousin and she just loves bringing her things when she is upset; she will be such a good big sister! And we got to Target way too often because Maddie knows to ask them for a sticker when we leave by pointing to her chest and saying “doo doo doo.” Smile

I am sure I have forgotten some things. And she learns something new every day so it’s hard to keep track and keep up. But it is so fun that she is communicating more and telling us what she wants. Our big girl!

Here’s a couple pictures…since I spent the whole time blabbing for my virtual baby book. Smile 

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Omaha

Posted on July 11, 2012July 10, 2012 by Andi

We took a trip to Omaha recently for Chuck’s cousin’s wedding. She is so sweet and came all the way to Florida for our wedding, so we knew we wanted to make the trip to see her tie the knot! Here’s a picture of the happy couple! (Which I took from her Facebook page.)

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At the wedding, We got a picture with the three of us and Chuck’s sister and her daughter, Amira.

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Before dinner, all three of the great-granddaughters were hanging out on the couch together! Maddie really liked holding Amira’s hand. Smile

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Before the wedding, Maddie took a really long nap. This was how we found Maddie when we went to wake her up.

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One morning we took Maddie to Bass Pro Shops to run around. I think she wants a 4-wheeler!

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And here’s a picture we took with Chuck’s grandma, mom, sister, the cousins and me!

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June Photos

Posted on July 10, 2012July 10, 2012 by Andi

Before I post some more recent pictures, I wanted to make sure I posted ones leftover from June first. So here you have it.

Mmm…Muffins!

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Mmmmm…Hummus!

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Such a big girl. She went to get some snacks out of the pantry and went back to eat them on the couch.

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Stay away from my goldfish, Mom!

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That isn’t how you use the Sit & Spin, Maddie.

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Much better!

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Maddie likes to sit on her balls and bounce.

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Here is a link to all the June photos.

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Sea Life

Posted on July 6, 2012 by Andi

Maddie and I went to Sea Life at the Mall of America to meet my friend Hillary. My mom came with us, too. Maddie had a great time making a fish face at all the fish there! Smile 

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Maddie LOVES Her Pillow

Posted on July 1, 2012 by Andi

The pillow that Chuck’s mom made for us has been a huge hit. Maddie plays on it all the time. I like to lay on it. Chuck and Maddie spend a lot of time wrestling on it. Needless to say, it has been a great addition to our living room. Smile 

Today while we were playing, Maddie learned how to do somersaults on the pillow. We took a number of videos and Chuck put them all together into one long (4 minute) video for me. There isn’t any sound because there were various shows/music on. There’s some of her rolling around and some of her playing in a blanket, too. Happy watching.

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Another Zoo Trip With Friends

Posted on June 25, 2012June 22, 2012 by Andi

A few weeks ago, we met our friends Trisha and Chelsea at the Minnesota Zoo. The girls just love hanging out together.

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Maddie was showing Chelsea how to go through the bamboo door.

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Now you see her.

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Now you don’t!

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Can you see this goofy face Maddie makes? What a strange one!

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And this silly pig was sleeping in his trough!

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Table

Posted on June 24, 2012June 21, 2012 by Andi

Along with the other little goodies I have gotten Maddie recently (Ball Toy and Slide), I also got her a table and chairs. I found this at a garage sale. It took Maddie a little while to figure it out (it was a little tall for her), but once she figured it out, there was no stopping her. She uses it every day. She either pushes it around the house or uses it to stack toys she is playing with.

The other day I caught her standing on the chairs and then sitting on the table. I have also caught her go over the couch from the table. Little stinker! Keep in mind, she was the one that pushed it over to the couch. I didn’t have it there. She’s resourceful, too!

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Look at this face? I just want to kiss her to pieces!

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