It's time to build!

This morning we officially closed on our house! It was a little sad saying goodbye. We built it when we were engaged and moved in the day we returned from St. Lucia. It's been a great house and I'm sad to leave it. 

But--I'm VERY excited for the next house. We officially started building yesterday!

We cleared the lot and had the surveyor come out to stake. Next week, we're hoping to dig the hole and pour the foundation.

Chris took today off for the closing. He ran some errands and then brought Madeline downtown. We took her to the museum and again, she loved it.

 Going through noodle forest with daddy.

 Coming through the tunnel

 Going down the slide (daddy is at the bottom)

This week, Madeline learned the word "hair bow." Her teacher put her hair in a pony tail and Maddie loved it. She walked around grabbing it saying "hair bow." Here is her hair bow with her aunt Mercedes.

Have a wonderful holiday weekend! 

Many many thanks to those who serve and have served for our nation! 

Fun Friday and BUSY weekend!

Friday was the first day of my new work schedule. I worked four hours...it was FABULOUS! I worked 7-11 and then had a few hours before Madeline woke up from nap at daycare. I did some house things (returned the cable box & remote, changed our address at the post office, etc) and then went and got Madeline.

I took her to the Science Center downtown and it was a HUGE hit. I only was able to get a few pictures because I spent the majority of the time running after her! The Museum itself is geared towards older kids, but they have one section (and it's pretty big) specifically for kids under 7. Madeline spent most of her time in the raincoat (they have all sizes) splashing at the water section. She was SOAKED!

They also have a market with carts and food, a huge school bus that sings, an ambulance, a space ship, coloring and crafts, mailboxes for kids to deliver mail to, a place to climb, a place to build, a place to dress-up, etc, etc. I don't even know if we saw everything b/c Madeline mainly rotated between the water and pushing her baby around in the shopping cart. I'll bring Chris next time and get more pics. She could have played all day. The museum is getting an even bigger children's exhibit at the end of the month and I cannot wait to take her back.

Also on Friday, I took Madeline for her hearing test. She passed with flying colors. The tubes have made a world of difference on her. I'm so happy that she hasn't had an ear infection since. She'd basically had a lasting infection from 5 months to 13 months so this has been such a relief. A little pic from the audiologist's office...how cool is this bus?

I love my new schedule and love that I get to spend more time with Madeline. It's also nice to have a day that I know I can schedule appointments on. This Friday, we're closing on the house! FINALLY. We packed and cleaned ALL weekend. And I literally mean all day Saturday and majority of Sunday. The house is empty now. It's a little sad, but we are so excited for the next house. While we build, we are staying at nana and grandpa Hughes's house. They are so sweet to let us stay. I know it's an adjustment for them and we are so grateful that they accepted our big ball of crazy into their house!

Happy Monday!

A post from Maddie for Mother's Day

Today is Mother's Day - the day you should celebrate your mommy! I'm giving my mom a break from blogging today and taking my turn at it. Here's what I've been up to this week:

Mommy bought me some gogurt but she made me eat my first one naked. I heard her tell daddy, "I'd rather not oxy-clean blue raspberry out." Whatever that means. It was awesome!

 I made this face right before I pooped in the bathtub. Mommy and daddy both screamed! In case you're wondering, that's macaroni on my face. 

 Mommy let me play at Pottery Barn Kids this weekend. I love that place! They have a lot of construction going on so they have no floor right now. At first I squatted while I played...

But then I decided to just sit on the floor. I knew I was going to get messy making my cake!

Mommy has a new work schedule where she leaves early on Friday. She told me we can go on fun adventures every Friday when she picks me up from school. This week, we went to the library and played checkers. I also pulled 6 books off the shelf but got in trouble. Whoops. 

This is a picture of my Stella. Normally she is really wild, like me. She is worn out in this picture, though. 

Happy Mother's Day to my mommy! Also, Happy Mother's Day to my grandma and my nana and my great-grandma! I love you all!!

A new toy!

Another great weekend in the books!

On Saturday, we went to a tile shop to start picking out tile and bathroom layouts for the new house. And, what I mean is, I chased Madeline around the tile store while Chris talked to a designer.

 Madeline carrying her purse around--wouldn't let it go!

Madeline would get in and out of one of the showers and scream as loud as she could. I'm not sure why...but she really enjoyed doing it. 

On Saturday, we watched the derby with Kyle and DAnielle, who just had baby Hudson. Madeline loved Hudson. She kept saying "hi baby!" and trying to get him to play with her.

On Sunday, daddy set up Maddie's water table. (I won't say how long it took him!) She loved it!

Hope everyone had a great weekend! 

Always on the go!

I am finding it harder and hard to take pictures of sweet Madeline because she is ALWAYS on the go!! 

 Her and Dane sat still for about 6 seconds....then both wiggled off the chair to go run!

Showing daddy exactly what she wanted for her new house at Lowes. She knows what she likes.

So I have the one child who always is on the move. Then I have the other one...who, well, she is just always in trouble! The other night we were on the couch and could hear her chewing on something. When I went to see, she faked being "asleep" and tried to act like she wasn't doing anything mischievous. Do you see what's wrong with this picture?!  She was clearly eating my shoe and then tried to pretend like she wasn't!

In other news, our pod is being delivered in 15 short days. That's not a lot of time. We'll be busy, busy, busy getting everything ready. We have some great friends coming to help us load up all of the heavy stuff - moving day will be here before we know it!  Happy Tuesday!