Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween!!!!

We had a wonderful Halloween this year. Phill had to work so I took the girls around the neighborhood. Our neighbors joined us with with their daughter Hailey who is within weeks the same age as Madyson. It was a great time. Every house we went to Madyson bravely walked to the door, said Trick or Treat, took the candy (after thanking them of course :)) then proceeded to ask me if she could eat it. Lilly enjoyed being carried the entire time by her mommy!

Phill and I also got into the spirit this year and went to a friends Halloween party. It was fun to have some adult time! Below are a few pictures from our Halloween.

I am back!!!!

Life with two kids has sure gotten the best of my blogging......OK so you all know I was no good before kids :).

So here is the knitty gritty over the past MANY months. Lilly is now 10 mths old and Madyson is approaching 2.5 yrs old. Our house is nothing short of excitement and tears 24/7. I love every minute of it but would be lying if I said I never wanted a few mommy minutes to myself.

Madyson is currently in the process of potty training. It has been almost three weeks now since we started and she is doing amazing!!!!!! We average 1 accident every few days. She is talking up a storm and can count to 10 and say the entire ABC's all by herself. I am also pretty sure she is going to be a singer, this little girl is ALWAYS singing some song be it Jesus Loves You, Mary Had a Little Lamb, The Wheels on the Bus, Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, Row Row Row your Boat, or a combination of all of them. I LOVE hearing her sing. Any ANYONE that ever spends any amount of time also has to spend time with her naked baby. She has a small baby doll that she carry's around 24/7. She even convinces her baby sitters to let her sleep with her baby. Another thing or pair of things that she has to ALWAYS have on is her flip flops. As soon as she wakes up in the morning she asks for her baby then immediately her flip flops, I think we are in trouble come winter time!

Little Miss Lilly Ann is growing sooo fast it is incredible. She is such a little sweet pea who loves to cuddle (OK maybe just with her mommy). She is truly a momma's girl. I cannot be in the same room with her without her crawling up to my legs and crying for me to pick her up. Then when I do she looks at me with her huge blue eyes and gives me a full face smile, precious. She now has 4 teeth (2 front top, 2 front bottom). She is crwling everywhere and pulling up on everything. She is also cruising the furniture quite a bit. I would not be suprised if she walks way before Madyson did. She is such a happy baby and suh a pleasure to be around.

Phill and I have been blessed with such amazing children and I thank God everyday for my little princesses.

We have been quite busy this summer. It started with Madyson's 2nd birthday. Then Phill and I took a much needed vacation to LA (SOOOO MUCH FUN). Then Mom and Dad come to visit in the beginning of July. Soon after Mom and dad left we went to . Then Lilly and I went to the lake with Lyla and Mrs. Jessica while Mady and Daddy shared a special weekend. Then a few weeks later me and the girls took a trip to Tulsa OK to meet up with some special friends. Shortly after Oklahoma we went to FL for a week to visit with all my family. We have had such a good summer and made so many memories, I LOVE it.

The next few months should be pretty quiet, nothing planned till the Holidays.

Madyson's 1 year picture

I just realized that I had not posted a picture of Madyson's 1 year birthday. Here is a picture of her from her birthday 6/20/2010.

Catch-up

It has been quite a long time since I got on here to blog our life. I know I have said it before but sorry, I will try to do better but make no promises.

The last six months have flown by and not without a lot of changes in our home.

The biggest change is the amazing birth of our second little girl, Lilly Ann. She was born at 1:08 PM 11/22/2011 weighing 7 lbs 3 ozs and 19 inches long. We are so excited and feel so blessed that we have another beautiful little girl. Madyson absolutely LOVES her little sister and is always trying to help me care for Lilly. The first couple of days after we brought Miss Lilly Ann home Madyson noticed that every time Lilly Ann cried we put the pacifier in her mouth. She took it upon herself to re-name the pacifier to the cry-cry. Now every time she hears Lilly cry she runs to find her cry-cry. She also loves pointing out all Lilly's features: mouth, toes, fingers, eyes, nose, belly, and hair. This is sweet except when she tries to put her finger on these features without knowing her own strength.

Lilly has been a great baby. The first eight weeks came with a little challenge and some adjustment. She came home and decided she really enjoyed the sound of her own voice and wanted to let everyone else hear it as well. She fussed ALOT. Although she also slept really good. At about 4 weeks she would go 4 or 5 nights sleeping from 9PM - 5AM without waking up. Right around 8 weeks we adjusted her means of food and have noticed a HUGE difference in her little personality. Now she is as sweet as ever and if she is awake she is perfectly content sitting up watching the house and smiling. We took her for her 8 week doctors appt a little late due to us being in FL. So her 8 week appointment was actually when she was 10 weeks 3 days old, at that appointment she weighed in at 10 lbs 14 ounces. She is in the 25% for her weight and 75th for her height. This is totally different from her big sister. Madyson from very early on was always over 100% for both her height and weight.

Madyson is now 20 months old and is just wonderful. She has a personality to please and always wants to help. She is smiling and trying to entertain us 24/7. We have also noticed that she is quite the little sponge. Just the other day out of the blue she recited the alphabet to me only missing two letters. Then she went straight into singing Jesus Love Me, I just instantly started smiling, she makes us so proud. On a bit of a different note I think we might be approaching a bit of the terrible twos. She has definitely developed quite the little attitude and makes it VERY known when she is not happy with something or someone. Phill and I have both agreed that we have allot of work ahead of us with Madyson and teaching her to control her temper and her emotions.

The second half of January we traveled to visit my family in FL for three weeks. This was a much needed visit. It had been a year since I was able to visit since I am unable to fly while I am pregnant. Aside from the fact that everyone had the flu the trip was great and we had a wonderful time seeing my family and our friends.

I am sure the next six months will go by just as fast as the last. Our little family of four is now complete and I cannot wait to see what God has in store for my beautiful baby girls.

Here are a few updated pictures: