Sleeping Beauty

Maddie is cracking me up! Since she was a newborn I have been trying to get her to bond with something: a blanket, a doll, anything. Well she picked out her own thing she bonded with the hooded ducky towel for her doll. Anymore she has to have it at bedtime and naps. Here she is with her blanky-towel over her:

Not long after bonded with the towel she found this tiny pillow I had stashed away and now she needs that pillow in her crib. Normally its just in the crib. However, the other night I went in to check on her and I found her sleeping on it. It was the cutest thing ever so I came back with the camera and took pictures!

How she can stay asleep with all the flashes is beyond me. I think she looks adorable and just like a little princess!

Field Trip

Earlier this week we got to take a field trip with one of our moms groups to BiZi Farms. To be honest I wasn't sure how any of this was going to go over with Maddie. And when we first arrived and Maddie wouldn't get close to a pumpkin I thought "Great this is going to be a waste!" But I was quickly proved wrong.

Our first activity was making it through the haybale maze. I'm happy to report that we made it through!

Maddie leading the way!


"Whats on the other side?"



From there we moved on to the farm animals. Maddie has always loved animals but getting close to them thats another story. So when she walked up and after a short checking out period reached out for the goat I about feel over.




One of her favorite animals was the baby cows. She was soooo happy to see them. She made little cow noises at them...very cute!



Next up were the piggies. Lately Maddie has been very much into the movie Babe. I'm not sure what animal is her favorite on the movie. But she is so cute when she wantws to watch it because she looks at you all puckered up like a piggy face instead of saying "pig" When she saw the pigs she watched them very intently. I was curious if she was waiting for them to talk or just trying to make the connection.


By the end of it she was a pro at feeding the animals and keep saying "more" "more" which made me smile and Donnie laugh!





After we had enough animal feeding we moved on to the hay pyramid. Maddie climbed it once with Daddy and once with Mommy. When she got to the top she was hesitant about going into the center(that required crawling through a small tunnel) She finally worked up the nerve to be met by a mean boy on the other side that pushed her down and made her cry. It took a few minutes of snuggling and lots of kisses but she recovered.





It was now time for our hayride out to the pumpkin field. Why I didn't take any pictures of this part of our adventure I don't know. But Maddie found the perfect pumpkin and insisted on carring it all by herself! After she founf her pumpkin she spotted the house with the slide and was trying to convince us that we should go over there. It took a lot of convincing from us that those people probably whouldn't like us playing on their slide since they don't know us!
We took the hayride back and then it was time to wash our pumpkin and take a few last picture. I'm grateful the rain held off and we all had a good time!

Halloween Preview

Heres a sneak peek at Maddie's costume!

Mommy's Big Helper

Maddie is one of the biggest little helpers! Anytime I am cleaning the floors she right there with her broom helping. She has been helping unload the dishwasher for a few months now and for the last month or so she has been helping to stock mom's soda. Last week she discovered teh joy of cleaning the glass. I'm enjoying this eagerness to help...I hope it lasts for sometime!