My almost 3 year old.

My sweet Maddie will turn 3 at the end of October...I could swear though that she has had the attitude of a 3 year old since she was born. (I should know...I work with this age all day long)
In the middle of October we are going to the State Fair with my parents....Maddie has been asking every morning if she can go to the fair and we keep telling her "Not today" and we have shown her on her calendar when we are going. (A Princess calendar of course!) Yesterday she got SO mad at Nick because he wouldn't let her watch Little Einsteins...because this is FOOTBALL season and he was not going to share his t.v. time. Maddie shook her little finger at him and said, "Dad, I am going to call Santa and tell him you can't go to the Fair!"
Now can you guess what we use as bribery around our house....right now it sure is Santa and The State Fair....I'm surprised she didn't throw her birthday into the mix as well.

Just wanted to give you a glimpse into our lives as parents of sweet Maddie. She definitely keeps us on our toes.

11 Months Old

Today Wyatt is 11 months old. It is so hard to believe. He has grow so much this past month. He now weighs 23lbs. 14 oz. and is 29 inches long. He has slowed down on his weight gain (due to crawling) but has not slowed down on how long he is. (He was 26 inches just 2 months ago)
He now has two pearly whites, pulling up on everything, clapping, waving bye bye (some of these things he was already doing...he has just perfected it now!) He is an absolute joy to be around and a blessing to our family.

Eating his green beans

Look at my happy smile...and you might see my two teeth!

Almost asleep!

Great Afternoon for SWIMMING!

My friend Kathy invited us over Saturday evening to swim at her parents home. The bought this amazing slide/pool for their sweet grandson, Noah, and were so kind to invite us over for some fun swimming time and even cooked us a wonderful dinner. Noah and Maddie are becoming quite the little duo and Wyatt got to get in on some action too. Thanks Noah and Kathy...we had so much fun!!!

Here she comes....

Splash!

Talking it over!

Noah and Wyatt

Sesame Street LIVE!!!

We took Maddie to see Sesame Street Live today. She had a blast and was mezmerized the entire time. We have been talking about this for weeks now...she was so excited she woke up at 4:30am this morning and we had to put her back to bed kicking and screaming. Enjoy!






Lovin on Elmo



Big Bird and Grover



The Whole Gang





Giving her best bud Luke a hug




Cheesin it up with her new Zoey doll

Dancing Queen

We bought Maddie this little singing troll at Lowe's about a month or so ago. She has made up a little dance to go along with the music. Enjoy! Oh and at the beginning she says, "Hit it dad!"

Poor Little Guy

Didn't Wyatt look all happy in the pictures of his first tooth? Well this picture should make you want to cry. This is the sweet face I have been looking at since 8:30last night when Wyatt awoke from his deep sleep and began screaming because he was in so much pain from his second (and maybe 3rd and 4th) tooth that is trying to come in. I have never seen a baby so unable to calm himself down or put himself to sleep. He slept maybe 5 hours last night and only an hour and a half today. (normal is 12 hours at night and 4 hours during the day)We have had him on tylenol every 4 hours and orajel all night and day and decided late this afternoon to give him ibuprofen. (Thanks Grandma!) He fell asleep at 5:30 and so far...so good. Please pray this little guy is able to rest tonight. It breaks my heart to see him like this.

**Update: We took Wyatt to the doctor today (Wednesday the 17th), wyatt has a throat infection and fluid in his ears. Good to know it wasn't just teething, he is on medicine and has slept the whole afternoon.

Yo...I got a tooth!

My sweet Wyatt finally got his FIRST tooth. I know...seems rather late...I actually was going to request x-rays at his next dr. appt to make sure he had any under there. Thankfully he proved that he does and he is already working on his second one. Yippeee!!! Despite being a little cranky it hasn't been that bad of an experience...of course we have been anticipating this event for a long time now.Bring on the Steak!!



Notice the teething drool all over my little gangsta.



I think if you look really close you can see his first tooth.

Walking...well...sort of!

I took this video of Wyatt walking with his walker yesterday morning. He is growing up SO fast.

Thanks Jennifer for telling me about the free video flipper!!

Wonderful Weekend

Hey everyone. We had such a great weekend. My parents and brother drove in to see us Saturday morning and stayed until yesterday afternoon. We celebrated my dad's birthday and enjoyed catching up with my brother. Here are some pics from our weekend.


Papaw and Maddie


Papaw and Maddie playing "Go Fish"


Maddie then talked Nana into playing "Go Fish"


Uncle Jame and Maddie



Dad and Jame



Maddie and Carson


Maddie, Nana and Wyatt


Uncle Jame and Wyatt


Wyatt watching Daddy mow this morning