Priceless Moments

So everyone knows about those priceless moments that you just wish you had your camera with at that very second. Well that definitely happened Thursday night as I was fixing supper in the kitchen. It's very unusual if Maddy is not right there as i'm fixing it wanting to help, and she wasn't.... and then the realization hit me that, hmmmmmmm, I haven't heard her making any noise..... So I went to investigate... and found her in the computer room. this is also the room in which I keep all of my scrapbooking things (as I have been working at getting caught up on Maddy's).

There on the floor sits Maddy. With the floor covered in pictures. As she has gotten up on the table in the room, gone through the drawers and has gotten out.............. pictures, my picture/paper cutter, glue, paper and stickers.. and by no means there is not a mess on the table. She obviously knew exactly where each of those things were and got them out. She looks up at me and says "i'm strapbootin (scrapbooking) see" . and all I could do was laugh... She was pretending to cut the pictures and then putting glue on the back and sticking them to the paper she had picked out!!!!! I couldn't believe my eyes... My 2 year old had gotten out the things she had needed to scrapbook and was actually putting glue on the back of the pictures.... which just a little bit of glue... I mean I work with 5 and 6 year olds who can't figure out a glue stick and Maddy was doing great...

She never fails to amaze me on all the things that she picks up on and even says!!!! It's like I have a 5 year old in a 2 year old body!!!!

Happy Father's Day

Happy Father's Day to all the great dad's.. Here's just a few that I tend to love :)

To a Daddy of three beautiful girls :)

My Daddy and Me at college graduation!!

Papa and his favorite littlest girl!

Papa and his favorite littlest guy!! Proud Daddy Erik!! And to a Daddy who's always lots of Fun!!

Family Day

Saturday we packed up the car with Grandma and Papa and headed to Neponset to visit Aunt Melissa, Uncle Erik, and Jackson. Maddy was super excited and couldn't wait to get there... and when we did get there, she was so excited to get in the house and took off running.. and ended up with a scraped knee and a bandaid to start the afternoon :(

But we still had tons of fun playing and hanging out!!!! Maddy got her wish to help hold Jackson and Mommy even got to put Maddy's hair in piggytails (I need a little bit more practice) and Maddy wore her pretty new dress just for Jackson! :) If there were only more pictures to post; Aunt Melissa has not held up her end of the deal to put her pictures on Facebook, so we'll work with the ones from my camera.

Swim Swim Swim

Since 0ur summer vacation has finally begun.. that is, for Maddy and Me. We are starting off the summer with lots of.............................. yes, softball....... but swimming too. Some of our friends have an inground pool and threw the offer out to come and visit anyday and anytime since they have the excitement of working all day, so we took them up on their offer. One of my college friends and her sister came along. And since Maddy just loves Erin, she let her put piggytails in her hair (something she has never let her mother do)!!!!!One of her favorite things to do in the pool is jumping to someone, as long as you don't let her go underwater AT ALL!!!!! She has never been a big fan in the bathtub of getting her face wet or having water dumped on her head, so it doesn't really surprise me that she doesn't care for going underwater. Here are some pictures of our fun swimmng day (with hopefully lots more of these to come in the next month and a half).

Happy Belated Birthday Aunt Melissa !!

Maddy and I don't always get on here to update and put up new things. Yesterday was a day of events which started from about 7:30 AM. I had a sand volleyball tournament that I played in with friends, which lasted all day until 5:30 pm. We got 3rd place out of about 12 teams which is great for a 4 on 4 tournament. Got home, showered and got Maddy and I ready for a Bachelorette Dinner with some friends and then ended up asleep about 9:30.

Most importantly yesterday was Aunt Melissa's Birthday.. She's one year away from the huge 30!!!!! And we're so excited for that :)

GO CUBS GO

By request, here is Maddy.. in her pj's with breakfast face and all singing her adorable little heart out!!!!!! All you Cubs fans should enjoy.. she's making Papa proud!!!!!

New Toys

Now that the warm weather has finally started, when it's not raining, we have a new toy at our house to play on. Grandma and Papa brought over the rest of Maddy's birthday present: A New Swingset!!! and boy does she love it already!!! As you can see before it was even off the trailer and set up she was pretty excited.

Of course when we finally got it to the backyard and decided where to put it, she was all worried that Papa was not putting her swing up first.. completely did not understand that the rest of the swingset needed to go up first so she could swing... She kept bringing it right beside Papa and telling him to put it up, then decided that she should just go get the tools and do it herself.. too cute..

Some of the Best Mommies!!

Happy Mother's Day to all the beautiful Mommies Today!!!!

Vote For Maddy !!!!!!

So I just thought I would throw it out there for everyone to see and pass along to all their friends. The Clinton Herald is having a Cutest Baby Contest. So really i'm pretty biased and want Maddy to win ;). So here's the link so you can got and vote. You can vote as many times as you want!!!!!!!!! Voting starts May 11th, so don't forget to tell everyone!!

https://www.communitynewscontest.com/entries.php?contestid=65

Happy Birthday to Me; Happy Easter to You

So today not only do I get to celebrate my 25th birthday, but Maddy celebrates her 3rd Easter.... We celebrated this weekend, at my parents house on Friday with family pictures, lots of egg coloring, and some cake. Saturday we celebrated again with more time at my parents and more egg coloring. Today we celebrated Easter by finding eggs over and over again inside and outside the house, finding eggs and baskets at grandma and papa's house, supper at the Wild Rose Casino and more egg hunting!!! What a fun filled Easter and birthday!!!!!

2 Year old Debut

Maddy (and Mommy) thought we should show off a little bit since she is 2 now!!! Yyyyaayyyyy!!! We decided that we'd start the week with a clip of Maddy and her awesome ability to identify her shapes... and I should remind you again that she only just turned 2 on Sunday.. Now how many 2 year olds do you really know that know their 8 basic shapes??? She is a smarty huh :)

Birthday with My Family

Today we shared Maddy's birthday with my mom's side of the family. We started out with all sorts of family love, opened lots of present, and filled ourselves with Sweetheart Bakery Cake... Turned out to be a perfect day, except for the yucky weather and sleet!!

Maddy got to see her favorite cousin :) Which made her soooo happy, cause she loves him so much!!

Maddy's version of smiling pretty for the camera...

Birthday with the Hensel's

On Friday, we started out our weekend of birthday events for Maddy...... who turns 2 on Sunday!!!! Here's a shot with DaddyRiding the horses at Happy Joes!

And Maddy with one of her presents..

The Start of a Scrapbook

So with some minutes here and there I have started putting together a scrapbook for Maddy..... and yes we're starting all the way from day 1. Really i've just started putted some basic pages together and then as I get going hope to add some more detail and pizzazz to each page. There aren't pictures on the pages, but i've resulted to looking for the ones I want on my computer and marking them, and then as I get more pages done then the pictures are being printed and then put in. I definitely have a long ways to go, but thought i'd share the start with everyone.........

*Who Says Rain Isn't Fun*

Even though it was cold this morning, Maddy thought she needed to go out and check out the rain. We were happy that it wasn't snow, like we've seen for the last 4 months so we got all bundled up with our Kitty rainboots and umbrellas and walked around in the driveway. We didn't stay out long, but she had lots of fun.

~HaPpY BiRtHdAy~

We're wishing Aunt Kelly a Happy Birthday today. We Love you cause you're so much fun!!!!!