A current picture

I had my brother take a picture of us last night, so I thought I would share it here. We don’t have a lot of “family” pictures. Most of them are of Madeline by herself, and then we have a handful of them with David or me individually so it was kind of a big [...]

Sunburn in September

I’ve been MIA as of late, but for a good reason! David and I spent some time away at a spa. We spent our time at Sundara in Wisconsin Dells. Sundara has been voted as one of the top 10 spa destinations in the United States, so it’s pretty cool to have it so [...]

This is how we roll

Yesterday was my birthday. I turned 28. Unlike David I don’t feel old. I’ve never been the type of person to freak out about my age. Now, I would definitely be one to freak out about premature wrinkles, crows feet, and the jiggly skin underneath women’s arms, but the actual number of years old I [...]

A Companion

Last night we took Lucy to Petsmart for a haircut. While we were there we decided to walk around the store with Madeline and look at the other pets. That is always a dangerous undertaking…especially when you get 2 pet lovers walking through the store with their little girl who loves every pet she sees. 
We [...]

Beautiful Sleep

Madeline getting ready for bed while camping this past weekend

It’s been a while since I’ve blogged about our sleep drama with Madeline, so I figured some of you may be interested in hearing a progress report. No news is good news, right? Well, not really. I just didn’t want to consume my blog with complaints [...]

She’s Not into Crafts

Madeline has never been very much into coloring, or really anything artistic for that matter. She much prefers to be running around, jumping off of furniture, taking everything out of my drawers and moving it into new places, etc. So, getting her to sit still and color a picture is pretty difficult. If I give [...]

Happy Birthday David!

Today is David’s 31st birthday. He thinks he is old, I think he is young. So to celebrate I figured I would list 31 reasons why I love him to hopefully take away some of the sting of his old age.
1) His giving heart (David will give you the clothes off his back if he [...]

Follow That Ball

Last night David and I were in the car driving to drop Madeline off at Danielle’s house so we could go fulfill one of my cravings for Mexican food. On the way I was trying to tell David about Madeline’s time at gymnastics that morning, and we kept hearing Madeline talk about a ball. We [...]

Did I Mention She Started Gymnastics?

As you can tell from the pictures, I have a little monkey on my hands. She loves to climb, jump, flip, somersault, and basically do any type of daredevil stunt she can come up with. So, I thought Madeline would enjoy taking some gymnastics classes.
She is signed up for class twice a week. She had her [...]

All Good Things Must Come to an End

Including growing pumpkins.

It has been a great, albeit somewhat short season of growing pumpkins. What started out as an experiment turned into a family project, but now things seem to be wrapping up in the pumpkin growing department.
It seems a little early to be done growing pumpkins, doesn’t it? I mean, Halloween is still quite [...]