Maddie is walking

My sister in law Melissa wanted video proof of Maddie walking so I took a few videos of her. She wasn't being very cooperative tonight, she usually walks a lot more than what I got on the video, but here is a little example of what my princess does. She has beat all the boys, Talan started walking at 12 months, Noah at 13 months and Maddie officially was a few days before 11 months so I am proud of that. She has been crusing for quite sometime, however she recently in the past week has been experincing walking from the ottoman to the couch and doing it over and over. Now she just walks everywhere.

Maddie's Photos from Picture People

So I bought Maddie an outfit for her birthday party and also just because she is my only princess, however I wanted her to get some pictures taken in it so I took her to picture people today. Here are the photos I got of her. The 1 that has the 4 pictures is going to go up in her room and the other 1 was the only one we got of her standing, she was being stubborn and kept crawling towards mommy. However in the picture of her standing she looks exactly like her daddy smile, cheeks and chin. She is so damn cute, everyone kept stopping me to tell me how cute she was.

What can I say about Noah

Well I sometimes buy powdered doughnuts for the kids every once in a while. I went to the bathroom this morning and this is what I found. Noah had taken out each doughnut and put it on his plate and then said to me............."whoa mommy that is a lot of doughnuts!"

Maddie loves her dogs

 

As seen above, Maddie has discovered her love for her dogs Zuka and Bella. This is what she does sometimes during the day, not only with Zuka but with Bella too. The dogs love her and just let her do whatever she wants. They wag there tales and it hits her in the face and she just laughs.

Michigan Trip

 

We did many activities in Michigan, which included lots of ice cream eating, horseback riding and canoeing. I got to ride in the wagon again for the 2nd year in a row and will probably have to next year because of the new baby, unless I can talk someone else into doing it and letting me ride a horse. Talan got to ride his own horse this year and led the trail group. I was in the wagon in front of him and he TALKED the girls ear off the whole time, she was laughing at some of the things he was saying. Noah rode with his daddy, however next year he can ride on his own horse and will get to lead the group. Our favorite activity is canoeing, it takes us about 90 minutes to canoe down this part of a river, it is so peacefull. The boys did great, Melissa stayed home with the babies so it wouldn't be too hard on them. Also the boys wanted to go tubing, they were scared at first but after a few minutes they loved it and kept asking to go faster.

First few days in Michigan

 

We had a great time in Michigan here are a few of the things that we did. Talan got to bob for apples at the Hesperia fun fest which was hard for him and he couldn't get one and so of course I tried and my belly was too big to get one. We went on the Mac Dunne rides which Noah was not thrilled about, however later that night he got Croup so I just think he wasn't feeling that well. Yes that is me, I am huge I have went through a major growth spurt gained about 5 pounds in 3 weeks so hopefully I will have a few weeks of "slow growth"...however I doubt that.

Noah's 2nd Birthday Party

 

Noah's 2nd birthday party was a success. We went to the Lewis Farm Market and Petting Zoo in New Era, MI. It was wonderful know where else in the world I think you could find, pizza, cupcakes, juice, feeding animals, jumping on a huge pillow, long bumpy slides, wagon ride and a train ride for only 7.50 a person. Everyone had a great time and requested that even if we don't do the birthday there next year that we still get that pacackage for the camp. He got a lot of wonderful gifts and he is going to be blessed to be able to have another little birthday get together with the Sass clan in Florida. I think Talan and him are the pretty lucky they seem to get 2 birthday parties every year. Enjoy!!!