Easter pics

It's a been a while since my last post, but Maddy has been puttering about as always. She had a lovely Easter yesterday. Ash's friend, Josh, is visiting this week, so when Maddy got up Easter morning, she found one of her favorite things. A can of Sour Cream and Onion Pringles.I distracted her with her Easter basket though. Maddy was pretty pleased by a basket of things.

She got a rabbit, and a tic-tac-toe board, some bubbles, and some gummies. Then she got dressed for church, which she didn't enjoy as much. She looked awful cute though. 

Now today, we are watching a friend's baby while he's out filming with Ash and Josh. Maddy is very interested in the baby. In fact, when I put the babyseat in the car, the first thing she said was, "Baby." So, when I brought the baby home, she sat right down next to him on the floor as if to claim him.

They chilled for a while there and then Maddy wandered over to her old swing, which we had brought out for the baby. She played in the swing for a bit and then gave it up to the baby, which was nice because when he got it, he passed out. After a bit of fussing, of course, but who likes to sleep when they are at a new place.

On the road again... sort of

Alright, so I was trying to think of a cute little entry to write for this video, but really. It doesn't need one. Maddy just loves to drive!

Paging Doctor Baby

So tonight I finished up the second pair of Maddy's birthday pajamas. These pajamas are all girl and she looks really cute in them. Check out what she's got around her neck though...

Maddy loves my stethoscope. When ever she sees me with it, she makes a beeline for it and throws it around her neck like a professional and proceeds to chew it to pieces. Luckily, those things are super tough and it has survived many hours of Maddy fun time.

Well, tonight she grabbed the measuring tape I was using to finish the shorts and ran, so I went looking for my stethoscope to make a quick trade. I couldn't find it. I did notice my Student Nurse bear that my grandparents got me when I started nursing school though and the stethoscope hanging round its neck seemed like a viable option. Maddy was delighted and proceeded to wear the stethoscope the rest of the evening. It's just her size. I just think it's funny she knew how to wear it. We didn't show her that. I know what Maddy's going to be when she grows up!

Maddy gets a life vest

Maddy is totally loving the whole swimming thing. She will romp all over the toddler pool now until she is exhausted and chilled and still cry when we take her out of it. She keeps looking longingly at the big pool though. Ash and I found a solution. It's a baby life vest/swim suit. It's the coolest thing ever. Now, she can go in the big pool and have some degree of independence. She's loving it!!



Finally, here's Maddy modeling her birthday pajamas. That's right. She got pajamas for her birthday. They are homemade though and have Star Wars ships all over them so she's still the coolest baby in town! She thinks they're great.

Maddy gets her big girl bed!

So, Ash and I have been debating for a few weeks now whether or not Maddy is ready for a "big girl bed." We found out over Christmas that she is big enough to crawl out of her Pack 'n' Play, which causes serious headaches when traveling because she's no longer confined. It seemed like an impossible task to get her to lay down for a nap without hearing an escaped baby trying not to sleep. With that vision in mind, we've been putting off making the transition from the crib.

Then today, I went into Maddy's room to get her out of bed after her nap and I couldn't get her out of bed. Not because she didn't want to get out, but because her legs were stuck between the bars. That's nothing new for her. When she wakes up she always sits on the edge of the bed with her legs dangling between the bars. This time though, her legs were just far enough between the bars that I couldn't get her knees back through to get herout. So, after a little bit of whimpering and some creative wiggling on Ash's part, Maddy was freed from her confines and the decision was made to make the transition.

The conversion was actually pretty painless. Her crib is made to convert to a toddler bed and all Ash had to do was switch out one bar and then I made the bed, all while mom was watching Maddy in the living room.

Once we were done, I called mom and her into the room and, of course, Maddy didn't want to come and mom had to drag her into the room crying. She set Maddy down on the floor and Maddy made that face like she was going to start really crying and then... she saw the bed and her face just lit up. She started giggling and laughing and climbed right up and started jumping. She was one happy baby.



So tonight, I laid her down in the bed and covered her up and she asked for some books and lay down looking very happy and so far I haven't heard any sounds of rampaging baby. Must be a success. We'll see how early she gets up in the morning now.

Birthday baby and her orange

The birthday baby is finally two. And Maddy celebrated in style. Well, not so much in style maybe. We had a small party with her best friend, Hayden, who you can see jumping in her crib with her in a previoius video. Nan made Maddy's favorite meal, macaroni and cheese with broccoli and chicken, and Aunt Kim made a cake.

Maddy's favorite present was a block of wood with wires that you push wooden beads along. It kind of reminds me of a complicated abacus. In fact, when her friend came over and gave her his present, she set it aside because she was playing with something else. We finally convinced her to open it when he started getting concerned that she wasn't opening his present.

Then, there was the blowing out of them candles. Maddy thought they were fascinating. It was hard to convince her that you don't touch!

Finally the festivities were over and guests got a gift bag. Maddy got one because, well, she's the birthday girl and had a delightful time pulling all the little things out of her bag... and putting them back in again... and pulling them out again, because that's what girls love to do!



So what does a two-year old do after a fabulous party? Well, peel an orange, of course!



It's great to be two!!

Maddy's snow day

The snow was just too perfect to stay indoors. Thank goodness for snowpants.