Three Years Old

Maddie is growing up so fast! She turned three a couple of weeks ago and both Matt and I have noticed what a big difference a year has made for Maddie. At two years, she was just learning to talk, and now, she is now our little chatterbox. So much, in fact, that her big brother Drew complains that she keeps him awake at bedtime! One of the many things she has recently done to make me laugh happened after her last doctor's visit. She had been given a pretend doctor playset for her birthday and was playing with it as I was changing Ashlyn's diaper. All of the sudden, I heard Maddie sneak in my room and poke me in the back with something. I asked her what she was doing, and she responded "Nothing." I asked her what she had in her hand, and she quickly ran from the room holding her toy SHOT needle. I guess she was getting even with me for taking her to the pediatrician where they gave her a shot that day. Funny little girl.... Here are pictures from each of her past birthdays...
3 years

2 years

1 year

A few days old

Valentine's Day

I found a way to FINALLY get Andrew to practice writing the alphabet...to make Valentines for anyone he could name. His list consisted of his grandparents, cousins, uncles, and teachers. After sorting all the Valentines, he asked when we were going to be delivering the cards. I told him that we'd do it Sunday on Valentine's Day. He said that would be "too much TRAVELING for [him] to do that day." Unless we find some Valentines hiding under our couch or in a drawer some where, I think we managed to deliver all of them! And below is a picture of my three little Valentines...

FOUR MONTHS!!

Where does the time go?! Ashlyn is 4 months old and growing so fast! She keeps us super busy, which is why the blog entries are so few. Here's some pictures of the past month or so...

Halloween with our little chunky pumpkin...



Maddie as Tinkerbell


Drew as SuperWhy


4 months old today!!

Ashlyn's one-month pictures

These are the studio pictures we got of the kids last week. There were lots of pictures to choose from, but these are the four I selected...

Ashlyn's Blessing

Sunday we had Ashlyn's baby blessing in church. She was surprisingly well behaved during it, which was a relief to us! Here's a couple of pictures from her big day...

Storytelling Festival...

We made it to a puppet show put on by my sister's mother-in-law. The kids had a great time trying to move these cute puppets on the stage!!!

Miniature Golfing

In trying to train Andrew to be more helpful and Maddie to use the potty on her own, we resorted to bribery. We took them mini golfing after they earned 25 stickers each. They had lots of fun with each other...