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Last weekend we had my mom, stepdad and brother over to help clean and carve pumpkins. Maddie had a fun, just like last year. First, here are a couple videos of Maddie helping to clean out her pumpkin. She was a little hesitant at first and really didn’t want to touch it, but she eventually...

I have a few things saved up about Maddie that don’t really need a full post. So I thought I would just put them all in one little post. I didn’t want to forget about these little tidbits! * Maddie has started to say “grandpa,” but she says it “ba-ba.” She gets really excited when...

Last night, Maddie decided she wanted something. So she came on the couch next to me and said “leh-low.” In Maddie speak, that is yellow or window. I kept trying to figure out what she wanted and she just kept repeating “LEH-LOW” with growing frustration in her voice. Finally, after a couple tries of me...

Chuck came home one day with a huge stack of paper cups for Maddie to play with. They had loads of fun building towers and knocking them down! I love how patient she was with Chuck waiting for him to build a tower before she knocked it down. Who knew paper cups could be so...

I had Chuck’s sister come over yesterday to help me put the finishing touches on the nursery. We decided to use the same room that we used for Maddie’s nursery. So a while back we moved Maddie into a new room. And here’s a little recap of what the nursery looked like when it was...

I came across a few projects recently that I thought Maddie would like. I picked up some popsicle sticks from the craft store. I had intentions to cut a small hole just large enough for the sticks to fit into on a peanut jar or other canister. But then I realized that the opening on...

Maddie likes to play with toilet paper. With a toddler in the house, I don’t usually get to go to the bathroom without her joining me. So I can usually keep her happy by giving her a square or two of toilet paper. She likes to wipe her nose with it, clean things with it...

Maddie is at such a fun and curious age. She is always trying new things. The other day I was washing her clothes and she thought it would be fun to play with her hamper. She was walking all over the house with it on her head.or really her body. She brought a toy phone...

Maddie has recently realized that running around the kitchen island is fun. She does it all the time. I remember my parents had a place we could run in circles around their house and my brother and I spent a lot of time chasing each other around it. When I saw the island when we...

Last month, a friend and I went to a canvas painting event. The company was offering a new painting that I wanted to do, so I got my friend, Camilla, to come with me again! We painted the spoon and cherry from the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden. Here is the picture we were painting. So with...

Maddie likes to growl. It’s normal for growling to happen when she is making the noises of a bear or lion. But lately, she has started growling words, too. Mama, Dada, Baby, No.it’s weird and frankly, a little creepy. Take a look! Yeah, she’s special!

Maddie has learned to wink. Well, sort of. If you wink at her, she will blink. But she thinks she is winking and it’s really cute. Here’s a video of her demonstrating her “skill.” I love that little face!

I have 4 weeks to go until we will have TWO little girls! That is just crazy! Today I also realized that it is only 3 weeks until my birthday. Having another baby a week after my birthday and our anniversary (Annibirthary) made me completely forget that I am almost a year older. Yikes. And...

Last week I took Maddie to a local community center. The first Monday of the month, they set up a bouncy house for the kids to play in. Maddie had never been in one before, but she thought it was a lot of fun once she got over her initial hesitation of it. It’s incredibly...

I’m 34 weeks today. (Even though it is late, it is still technically 34 weeks.) I can’t believe how quickly this pregnancy is going. Of course, at the same time, I feel like I have been pregnant forever! I realized last night that we are going to have a baby in no more than 5...

Or knew someone that needed a perfectly wonderful high chair.I would replace mine with this one: Only because I love the pattern. That is all. I just wanted to share a picture so that when I want to look at its pretty chevron stripes in wonderful shades of grey, I have somewhere to look. And...

A number of months ago, I came across this book at the library. I was renewing it all the time because Maddie loved the book and so did I. I did a little looking online and found that there are actually three books in the set. Mommy Calls Me Monkeypants Daddy Calls Me Doodlebug Grandma...

A couple weeks ago, my MOMS Club was invited to join another club for a fun Mom’s Night Out event. We went to Canvas Collaborations which is located in a café/wine bar. They provide the paint, canvas and instruction to paint a picture that we chose. This was a private event so we got to...

Adam (my brother) and Katie’s wedding was wonderful! They had great weather, a fantastic turnout and everything went just the way they planned! We started the day by getting my hair donewhich quite frankly, I spent way too much money on for the atrocity that ended up on my head. Thankfully I had a couple...

Over Labor Day weekend, we went up North with our friends the Fishers. They had made plans to go and invited us to go along with them. We went a couple years ago with them. Trisha and I were both pregnant then with Maddie and Chelsea. This time we were both pregnant with our second...