{Life is Sweet}

I came across my old dance costume ( as you can see it's from the early 90's.... and yet it still gives my heart a thrill... LOVE the sequinned leg warmers... sigh:) anyway.. i instantly knew who needed this sparkly gem.. MADDIE!! when i gave it to her she was sooo thrilled! she put it on and felt so special. She is always performing for us.. singing and dancing. Some of my favorites lately are her singing ALL the words to Annie's "Tomorrow"... and Little Mermaids "part of your world", and of course mama mia's "honey honey"! seriously funny! so since i did a post on Mia's fun facts, i thought i would do one for maddie too :)

Maddie Jane:
- almost 3 yrs old
-LOVES chocolate milk
-potty trained... no pull ups anymore!!
-tends to be the ring leader in a group
- loves to perform
-has a great imagination
- just stopped calling Cinderella, cindaberla, i was saad, i really liked her version of the name :)
- likes me to skip with her
-loves tubby time... HATES to get her hair washed!
-loves the princesses
-will tell long made up stories with lots of enthusiasm
- is growing up soooo fast... every day she surprises me :)

I did it!! i ran my 1st 1/2 marathon!! all 13.1 miles of it!! i was super excited and nervous to run my first one but now that i have i loved it!! hopefully i will be doing more in the future :) it was supposed to snow/rain the morning of the race but luckily it was nice weather (a little chilly)... then i was greeted at the finish line by my sweet sister-in-law krissy who brought the kids with her to cheer me on :)

i have nothing to blog about lately so i thought i would post a few random pix..... this one's for you grandma :)


traditional baby eating spaghetti picture... gotta love it!


not her most glamerous moment.... but she was way sad so i gave her some jello and she was in heaven!!! she fisted the jello into her mouth and by the end it was EVERYWHERE!! and she fell asleep to top it off :)

a few random things about mia....
- age: 11 months
-she LOVES bananas :)
-has the princess wave down!
-loves to clap
-army crawls everywhere
-hates the bouncer chair (bummer... mads loved this)
- laughs and crys when maddie comes near her :)
- looks forward to her nightly tubby with maddie
-is chubby :)
- says mama and dada
- gets a huge grin on her face when daddy comes home :)
-is absolutely a living doll!!!!