10 Months and 11 Months!

The busyness of having two (now) toddlers and a full-time job ... sheesh. Blogging falls by the wayside, but I'm back on the bus! On the road again! Back in action!

First up -- Madeline is getting to be a beautiful baby doll, and I know I'm partial, but really, she's just the sweetest thing ever. She seems to be always happy, content, easygoing, fun. I love her demeanor. So pleasant all the time. And, she's a little sponge, soaking up all of big brother's antics. So, I'm sure some mischief and stubbornness is just around the corner. She's really into imitating, especially whatever Luke does. If he laughs, she laughs. And, he's great at getting her to laugh. Sometimes in the car, if she's fussing, I'll says, "Luke, make Sissy laugh." He lets out a crazy laugh and she just starts right up. At 11 months, she started walking. It happened so quickly! She went from standing, to wobbling, to walking. So, she's off and on a mission. Gone are the days of her sitting and playing quietly while I cook dinner. She opens cabinets, empties them, fills bowls, empties them, bangs mixing cups together, "helps" unload the dishwasher (beelines it for the forks and butter knives ... why is that?). Curious, curious, curious.

At this point (11 months), I'm still nursing and trying to wean her onto a sippy cup of milk. She drinks milk fine, but out of a bottle, not out of a sippy cup. I seem to have better luck than the daycare, probably because we don't do bottles at home. When she moves into the toddler room at daycare, bottles will be easier to get rid of.

10 months!

From this ...

... to this.

Oh ... hey there. Did you need this wax paper?

11 months!

Easter 2012

Easter came and went long ago, but I have to document it so Maddie and Luke can read all about it. They will, won't they?? Won't they want to see how the Easter bunny visited and brought such cool stuff like ... Thomas the Train underwear! books! a chocolate bunny (which I ate)! bubbles! What a neat Easter bunny. How did he know that we'd love this stuff? And, last year he brought Luke an orange and an apple. He must be talking to Mom ... she knows exactly what we want.

We even made it to church, and one day that will become a habit. Luke's definitely getting old enough for us to start going on a more regular basis. The hard part is getting Adam and me in gear on Sunday mornings.

The kids had fun hunting eggs with the neighbor pals the day before Easter and then again with cousins at Grandmother and Grandad's. Luke had it down for sure. And, he figured out that if he opened the eggs, there were wonderful melted chocolates in them. Awesome! And not at all messy.

Luke's mouth is full of some sort of loot from his Easter basket.

I see you, Easter Bunny.

Luke grabbing said loot.

Her beautiful Easter dress from Grandmother.

Would have been an awesome picture if not for the red things coming out of our heads.

Sissy was so happy to get an egg! And a bunny!