Family Photos

Our family is TOO DANG CUTE!! We spent about an hour last Wednesday taking pictures. Our friend Michele did an awesome job capturing the sweetness, tenderness and goofiness that adds up to US! Maddie wasn’t exactly in the mood to smile at first, but as she got comfortable with the whole thing, she was all grins, but all energy too and would NOT HOLD STILL!! It was a lot of fun and I’m so excited that we got so many good pics. Here they are for your enjoyment!

On a side note, Madison is doing GREAT potty training! She was doing ok in Pull-Ups and I was getting frustrated because we weren’t making any real progress… So I took a gamble and put her in panties. You know, sometimes gambles pay off! She HATES being wet or dirty and takes after her Mom when it comes to messes (this kid is already straightening the kitchen towel on the oven handle and smoothing out the rugs on the floor…) so I figured that the feel of water, well, pee would drive her crazy and I was SO RIGHT!! I don’t know what upset her more, the fact that SHE was a mess or that the FLOOR was a mess! That first day we went through 4 pairs of panties (each accident was smaller and smaller until she literally started squeaking when a teaspoon-full amount came out!), the second we went through 2, and she’s been fabulous ever since! I still put her in Pull-Ups when she sleeps or travels, but she’s awesome about asking to go potty even when we’re out and sometimes wakes up to pee then goes back to sleep. She’s had two days about a week apart that almost kicked my butt, but I’m learning patience and she’s probably getting cavities from all the M-n-m’s she’s been earning! She still hasn’t mastered the whole poop in the potty thing, but she tries really hard! I think we’ll have it down in a few weeks.

Another reason to be excited - starting in January, the $ that we were spending on diapers will start going toward dance class! Maddie and her best friend will be starting next semester and I am SO looking forward to all the little costumes and recitals… Can this all really be starting ALREADY? Where did my baby go? When did my toddler turn into a little girl… I mean a big girl! :0) All of you with babies, enjoy it while you can because one day you’ll suddenly look at your baby and find you have what I have… an independent, self-sufficient (with a stool), curious, mind-boggling, awesome KID running around in princess panties, eating at the table like Mommy and Daddy, dressing herself (except the buttons), and remembering EVERY LITTLE THING or even worse REPEATING EVERY LITTLE THING!! Trust me, it’s gone before you know it, but I’ve loved EVERY MINUTE!!!