Weekly Update 1

So as I mentioned in my last post that I wanted to try to blog more and I was going to try to blog on Wednesdays as it's approximately mid week and normally a slower night for us.  And here we are on the first of those Wednesday blogs. I'm hoping to be able to keep it up but we will see.

This past week or so since my last post has been pretty busy. Maddie was sick but is feeling much better and has been great. We're working on getting her to sleep through the night still and the past few nights she's only gotten up once which is a lot better than where we've been in the past. While there are certain things that I would do differently next time in terms of sleep i don't regret the closeness that i have with Maddie and our nights of cuddling.

It's been crazy to see the changes with Maddie in her personality and even in looks. As she is getting more hair it is starting to curl more, especially after bathtime.  She is also learning cause and effect and likes to pull things off, knock things down, and just see what kind of reactions she can get.  She is talking more these days as well and signing more too. She has more down pat and is pretty good at eat and we're working on drink, please, and thank you. I'm always very excited when she says please as it's very cute and she always looks so proud of herself when we clap for her.

One of her favorite toys right now is her picnic basket that sings and talks and has shapes with it. She dances and claps her hands when she gets the shapes in the correct spot and its very cute. That's about it for this week. Until next week - Happy Wednesday!

Happy New Year!

Happy 2012!

2011 was a great year and it went very quickly. So much has happened only some of which we've been able to write about. Maddie has grown so quickly and has gone from being our little baby to an independent little toddler.

She is starting to get into everything and give us a run for our money. Right now some of her favorite things to do include playing in the dog's water bowl, pulling tissues out of the tissue box, trying to make a grab for the toilet paper when it's bath time and anything else you can think of. :) It's sometimes hard not to laugh when she is doing these things but I've found for the dog bowl that raising my voice just makes her laugh. So now I just have to try to find someplace else for her attention and to put the dog bowls up when Marco's done eating.

Maddie and Marco are getting along better these days for the most part. Marco tolerates Maddie crawling near him/on him most of the time. Maddie will give him hugs and kisses which is very sweet. We do have to watch Marco sometimes during dinner to make sure he waits till Maddie is done to clean up but other than that they are pretty good.

As far as resolutions this year I haven't done great at them yet but I'll give myself a bit of a break because Maddie was sick on Wed/Thursday and then I caught it so was out of commission on Friday/Saturday. I figure they are a work in progress anyways but I will list them below.

1. Keep on top of laundry

2. Eat at home more

3 Keep up with housework

4. Blog More

I figure if by the end of the year i've improved in these categories that will be a success. Little by little I'll get there. We are slowly getting some of the tools that will make this easier. Other than the housework I think I'm going to try to blog on Wednesday nights. I can take 20-30 minutes to write about our past week and what we have upcoming and of course to post new pictures. Speaking of pictures here is one of Maddie from Thursday with a doll she got for Christmas. Soo sweet.

Not quite sure when she became a toddler but that she did. :) I can't wait to see how she grows this next year.

Till next week!