Hoppy Easter

We woke up Easter morning to surprises from the Easter Bunny. He brought candy and presents for Madison and Daddy. Some foam stamps for Madison so she can stamp like Mommy, a silly bunny necklace and bracelet, a pretty silver 'Jesus loves me' bracelet for Madison (and one for Pickle), Madison's first story bible, and a bunny counting book. Pickle also got a softy Chick book. Daddy got camoflauge eggs, candy, and some dinosaur grow eggs to share with Madison. Gramm sent Madison some Easter books and 2 beautiful Easter dresses with a white sweater. Grandma Shemenski sent Madison a beautiful Easter dress and a home made card from cousin Lisa! Madison's favorite Easter treat was her new easel. She colored on it for hours!


After coloring, Madison helped Mommy cook Easter ham, home made mac-n-cheese, and green bean casserole lunch while wearing her Christmas apron- so cute! We went to church after Madison's nap, where we ran into our friends, John, Megan, and Spencer Snee. Madison and Spencer (and his cousin Ava) got to play while the grown ups went to church. After nap we came home for an egg hunt in the backyard.


It was a great relaxing day for all of us.

Where's the woof?

Madison and Mommy dropped Sierra off at Petsmart this morning for a bath and haircut. Madison was so excited to see all the other animals- dogs, cats, birds, fish. When it came time to leave she looked at me paniced and asked, 'Where's the woof?' (She calls Sierra 'the woof'). I told Madison Sierra had to stay for her haircut and she started crying. She cried the whole way home begging for her woof. We knew Madison loved Sierra but had no idea how deeply. What a funny girl.

Loving the hose

Last night Daddy was watering the grass and Madison wanted to help. She was half way to her bath so her pants were already off when she meandered out the front door to 'help' Daddy. They had a great time playing in the water. Check out that fabulous face! She was squealing with excitement.

St Patty's Day

We didn't do much during the day for St Patty's this year. When Daddy came home from work we started our 'celebration' with a green beer for Daddy. Madison helped Mommy slow cook corned beef all day and wrapped up with cabbage, carrots, and potatoes for dinner. Madison had her first taste of corned beef this year and LOVED it. More than the corned beef, she loved the potatoes. So much so, she slathered them all over her face, hair, in her ears and up her nose. Daddy finished up the green celebration by bathing all the potatoes off our little leprechaun.

19 months

This month was all about increasing vocabulary. I say that, but my understanding is from here on out it is all about increasing EVERYTHING- so we'll see.

Madison now knows, with confidence, the letters M, A, and W (aka double). She says purple, blue, red, and yellow but doesn't really know the difference between any of the colors yet. She also knows her basic shapes, circle, square, triangle (she says 'tie' for this one). Her daily vocab just continues to impress us. She's constantly looking at new items around the house and around town telling us what they are. She loves to tell us about all the animals on her favorite show, Wonder Pets. Now she recognizes catapillar, crane (the bird), Panda, and Butterfly in addition to the characters of the show, Ming Ming (the duck), Tuck (the turtle), and Linny (we are still working on Linny's name).

This month we had fun visiting with friends too. We had lunch with our friend Jen (aka 'Puh') that Daddy grew up with. We played with Mommy's friend Stacy from Progressive twice in one weekend! Played at Jason and Kelly's house when we got to go preview their wedding video- which was absolutely beautiful! Like a trailer for a movie. So cool.

Madison had her first taste of Frozen Yogurt, and loves it. She now says, 'Num, num' whenever she eats something she likes. These days everything is num, num.

One of our big milestones, ok sort of milestones, this month was wearing her first hair clip! They make these tiny clips for baby hair that actually clip- no velcro. She has enough hair on the top of her head now we can gather it to one side and put a clip in. So fun! Mommy and Daddy neither one had much hair until we were 2 years old. Maybe she is beating our curve. :)

We rounded out the month with a trip to the Perinatologist as a family to take a look at 'Pickle'. Madison found out Pickle is a sister, not a brother. She is still clueless about it, but Mommy and Daddy are excited and working on getting the nursery and house ready for our new little girl!

Kisses

Daddy snapped this one during our little Pickle photo shoot. Too sweet!

Pickle is a.....

GIRL! Girl #2. No names yet. She is super healthy and we get to go back at 26 weeks for more pics- including 3D! She is crazy active. They could barely get her to sit still long enough to take measurements. She's measuring right on track too- right at 18 weeks. We are 'scheduled' 17 weeks 3 days, so looks like all is GREAT!

Caroline's Birthday

Madison and Mommy went to Caroline's 2nd birthday on Sunday, March 2nd. Madison had lots of fun playing with the other girls. Mostly she enjoyed the balloons though. The other girls had fun playing together though, so it wasn't a big deal. Caroline really liked her Dr Suess books from Madison. We were sad to leave a little early, but nap time was calling! Look at all the big girls. Caroline is to the left of Madison. What a challenge to get 5 girls (one is missing) to sit still for a photo next to all that tempting tissue paper!

Pickle- 15 weeks 4 days

A little late on the update- this photo was taken March 1st. Madison's little brother or sister is really growing- so is her Mommy!

Jump Around

February 28th Madison went to Jump Around to play with Ryan and Caleb-Spencer's cousins. Madison was more interested in playing with the basketball throw than playing on all the cool jumping toys. She did LOVE the big slide though. She even learned to climb the ladder by herself! The pictures weren't all that great, but we had a super time playing!

Dinner Date with Spencer

February 22nd, Madison had a special date. John, Megan, and Spencer Snee came over to have dinner and play at our house. Madison got to show off her new adirondack set from Gramm, although the kids were more interested in playing than sitting down to eat!

I thought they looked so cute at the table together.