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My wonderful brother came over to take some updated pictures of Maddie. He sent me a few preview pictures. I had to share them! There are more to come! I love that my brother likes taking pictures of her! We did find that pictures are a little more challenging when she doesn’t sit still anymore...

Last weekend we got together with the people from our baby class and their babies. Maddie is the youngest in the group. It was really fun to see the moms and dads, hear their stories and meet all their babies. All the babies are within a couple months of each other and they all have...

My baby is 3 months old already. Where did the time go? She’s getting more fun each day. She is learning how to play with toys, she puts her hands, toys, bibs, burp rags, my fingersanything she can find into her mouth. Maddie is smiling more and more and has been sleeping like a champ....

I found this funny app for my iPad that lets me add funny things to pictures. I thought this picture of Maddie would be fun to play with. 🙂 I couldn’t help but laugh when I was done. Does this make me a bad parent to laugh at my child? 🙂

We now have our new dining room furniture in our dining room all set up. I love the way it looks and I am looking forward to meals on it over the holidays (because really, who uses their dining room other than during the holidays or for big family gatherings?). I love the bench and...

Ok…that was a terrible pun. And I am sure you were expecting to see Maddie after that title. But really, I wanted to share how well my plants are growing! Pretty nice, huh?! They are quickly outgrowing their pots and I need to replant them soon. We’ve sent in the forms for approval of a...

Just a little picture of Maddie I thought I would share. I love her!

The last few days I have been so close to getting Maddie to laugh. She makes little squeaks, but no laughs. Then today, she was full of giggles. Thankfully Chuck was working from home today and was able to hear her giggle and catch it on video! It’s hard not to watch this and laugh....

Here is yet another meal from Kraft Foods. I have made this twice now. The first time I followed the recipe almost exactly. The only change I made was to use chicken broth instead of water and a bouillon cube. The second time I used brown rice (because that is what I had) and only...

I went to check on my plants yesterday and found a tiny little tomato plant had sprouted. Today I checked on them to find all these! These are all tomatoes. I also saw that an onion had sprouted. There are a couple more that I can see starting to peek up through the dirt! How...

The other day I got my hair cut. Here’s a quick little picture I took after I had it done. It’s maybe an inch shorter than I would have gone, but if I got 8 inches off, I could donate my hair through Pantene. So I went for it! I love it so far. I...

I’ve decided to try my hand at gardening. Well, other than lilies and other plants that don’t need much care! 🙂 Ow that I am home, I wanted to try growing some fruits and vegetables. I went this weekend and picked out some seeds to start planting and I couldn’t be more excited about it....

Yesterday was Maddie’s first Easter. We went to my mom’s house for lunch and festivities. There was an egg hunt and egg decorating. And my mom went all out with the Easter baskets as she always does! 🙂 We had a good time and it was Maddie’s first visit to grandma and grandpa Terwilliger’s house....

Look what Maddie learned to do yesterday! So yeah.She couldn’t hold her head up this much the day before. And now she’s rolling. Yesterday I put her on the floor and this is what she did! We were so proud! Now we just need her to start talking, walking and using the toilet!

Babies need Twitter accounts, right? Well, mine does. Chuck had started one for Maddie before she was born and I forgot it existed until recently. So I am going to try to post things to it.   I have added the Twitter feed to my right side bar under my Twitter feed. If you want...

Today was Maddie’s 2 month doctor’s appointment. She was 11 pounds, 6 ounces and about 24 inches long. She’s still a long little baby for her age! I don’t know where she gets the height from…it certainly isn’t from me! She also got 3 shots today for various vaccinations and little vaccine cocktail she had...

Our little Maddie is 2 months old! Maddie has been finding her hands a lot more and really likes to suck on her fists. Every once in a while, she manages to get her thumb and sucks on it for a couple minutes. It’s really cute. She will also grab your hand and has quite...

I have been making lots of meals from Kraft Foods lately. I made this the other night and it was really tasty. The things I did differently were to add 1/2 mild and 1/2 spicy salsa. It had a kick, but wasn’t overwhelmingly spicy. I also added a little more pasta and a little more...

A few weeks ago, I gave my dining room furniture (which belonged to my grandma) to my brother. It just didn’t fit in our house very well. So over the weekend, Chuck and I went looking for replacement furniture. We found some we liked and I went to buy them yesterday. Here’s what they look...

My baby is 8 weeks old already! Time sure flies by. If you haven’t seen the newest news from me, is that I quit my job last week to stay home with Miss Madeline. I’m so excited for this new adventure! Maddie has her two month doctor’s appointment next week. She’ll get some shots. I’m...