Guess Who's One?!?!

Here she was one year ago...

And here she is taking her last bottle before she turned 1 last night...

I can't believe how fast this past year has gone and how big my baby is now!

Happy Birthday Mady-Lou!!!

Camping

Kendyl planned a family camping trip months ago. She called her aunt and her Paw Paw and asked them if they wanted to go camping with her and they both said yes!

This is where we planned to live for the weekend.

The plan was to go boating on Saturday and just hang out the rest of the weekend. Kendyl was most excited to have her Paw Paw make her donuts, but we didn't get to do that...

A big storm blew threw Saturday afternoon just as we were getting off the boat.

Aunt Heather and her family had left the windows of their tent open so all of their stuff was drenched!

Since the only thing we had planned for Sunday was breakfast and packing up, we packed it up Saturday once the rain stopped and headed home.

Even though our weekend got cut short, Kendyl enjoyed her first camping trip and we are looking forward to the next one!

10 & 11 Months

So, once again, I am behind! Maybe its because Miss Mady is soooo busy. When they say no two kids are the same, they are right! Kendyl was no where near as busy as Mady is...

So what does Mady do besides keep us on her toes? Well...

• She is still a wonderful sleeper. She is usually in bed by 8:30 and sleeps until 7.






• She pulls herself up and walks along furniture.






• She is starting to walk behind toys she can push.






• She laughs and smiles A LOT!






• She says da da, ma ma, and yeah.






• She loves animals especially our new hamster.






• She likes to swim, but has started not liking her baths.






• She still eats great. We have yet to find food she doesn't like. She is over being fed; if anyone is feeding themselves, she needs to feed herself too.

Viva la Mexico!

My hubby and I went to Mexico in April with my brother and one of our best friends. We had so much fun! We stayed at an all inclusive resort that was fabulous and we really enjoyed ourselves.

We spent time on the beach, played volleyball, did a canopy tour, played in the ocean and ate and drank to our hearts desire.

We missed the girls like crazy, but we enjoyed some adult time. Hopefully next time we can all go as a family!

Family Fun Day

Kendyl's preschool had a family fun day and we had a blast. There was a magician with a bunny who put on a show at the beginning.

After the show was over, the kids got to play at different stations. There was a playdoh station, a craft station, a puzzle station, facepainting, a silly mirror, a bean bag toss, bowling, hopscotch, walking on buckets, a sack hop, basket ball and a ring toss.

After they played at the stations, everyone got back together and we sang songs and had contests. Kendyl and I did a three legged race, but I don't have any pictures of that! She really loved Family Fun Day and was so excited to have me there with her!

Here she is at the play doh station...

and here is her arm after her "face" painting. She didn't want it on her face...

Here she is doing the sack hop...

Here she is walking on buckets...

Here she is doing the bean bag toss...

Here she is doing hopscotch...

And the ring toss...

She had a great time and so did I. Next week she has a recital at her other school and we are looking forward to that too!

8 & 9 Months

So since I am so far behind, and Mady turns 9 months old tomorrow, I thought I would just combine the 8 and 9 month posts!

Here is Mady at 8 months...

And here is Mady at 9 months!

The biggest change has been the addition of teeth! Her first tooth broke through the day before she turned 8 months and the second one broke through the day before she turned 9 months!

Mady went to the doctor today and here are her stats. She weighs 16 lbs 4 oz and is 27 1/4 inches long. She is in the 10th percentile for weight and right between the 25th and 50th for height.

Mady is a eating machine! Tonight we started her on 3rd stage foods and that seemed to help her get full. We also let her try out yogurt melts and we bought her some of the Lil Crunchies. She hasn't tried them yet, but I am sure she will love them! She absolutely loves puffs and we really haven't found anything she doesn't like. The girl loves her food!

She still sleeps great. She has also learned to hold her bottle, which I absolutely love! She looks adorable holding her bottle. (I am not sure why this picture is sideways or how to turn it)

She has also learned to clap. She loves it when you say, "Yay Mady!" This is also a picture of her first pigtails!

Her daddy and I went on a little vacation and Mady got to spend the week with her grandma! She was great for her and I was so happy that she remembered me when I got back! The day after we got back, April 19, Mady started army crawling! She is on the move and there is no stopping her now. She still rolls like crazy but now she scoots too!

She is still her sister's #1 fan. She just adores her! They play together and Kendyl pretend feeds her, which really just makes Mady mad. She doesn't understand why there is no food on the spoon! I am so happy that they love each other as much as they do.

So here's to hoping I will get better at updating this. I am sure there are tons of fun times to come!

Yo Gabba Gabba!

So awhile back I won tickets to Yo Gabba Gabba on the radio. Kendyl was so excited! I won four tickets so we let her pick who she wanted to take and she picked her cousin Reilly. They had so much fun!!

It was kind of cold and rainy but that didn't stop them. We took both girls to lunch and then headed downtown.

We had pretty good seats so I got some great pictures. I have to admit my favorite part was when Bizmarkie came out and did Biz's beats of the day!

We had a great time and I can't wait to take her to the next fun thing!