Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Little sis and bro

We did something so fun tonight. We took the girls to Build-A-Bear to make a stuffed animal for their new brother and sister. Someone gave me the idea and I thought it was so cute. Saige picked an animal for our baby girl and Madi picked one for our baby boy. Then we brought them home and put them in their cribs, awaiting their arrival. They are going to be the best big sisters ever.









Easter

Dying Easter Eggs-one of my girls' favorite things about Easter and the thing I hate most about Easter!






Two Front Teeth!

Saige decided on Friday that she wanted to pull out one of her top teeth. It all started when the girls were wrestling in the living room and Madi accidentally kicked Saige in the mouth and loosened one of her front teeth. The next thing I heard was, "THANKS MADI! You loosened my tooth!!"
She then spent the next 3 hours wiggling it with a paper towel in her hand (to clean up the blood). When Brett got home she asked for help and he tried but couldn't get it. 10 minutes later she got it out herself.

 I guess getting the 1st tooth out allowed her to wiggle the 2nd tooth a lot more because the next day she pulled it out too. We were worried that the Tooth Fairy and the Easter Bunny would run into each other on Saturday night!
Here is the difference between the two girls. When Madi looses a tooth, Saige cries for days because "It's Not Fair"!
When Saige looses a tooth, Madi makes her a poster that says, "Happy Tooth Day Saige-Love Madi"!

Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Spoiled

I have been spoiled a lot lately. I am supposed to be 'taking it easy' to try to keep these babies in my belly as long as possible (and keeping my giant feet up to reduce the swelling). I'm 28 weeks now and I started going into pre-term labor with Madi and Saige at 29 weeks so I am starting to get pretty nervous. I have cut back on a lot of things that I normally do and we have been living a very simple lifestyle. My girls have been SO helpful. I am confident that if I had to go on bed rest (at home) they could hold down the fort. This is what I have been waking up to the past two weeks. Madi gets up and puts on her cutest outfit so that she can be the waitress. Then she sets the table and 'makes' cereal. Because she is the waitress, she gets to pour everyone's milk-this drives Saige crazy! She also makes a name tag for everyone to know where to sit and puts a small chocolate by our bowls for an after breakfast dessert. :) 
I am so thankful for all of their help. They helped Brett put 2 cribs together last night and they are constantly helping me around the house. They are the perfect age for us to be expecting twins-again!




Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Brrrrrr!

My girls are nuts! Brett was out in the yard today working on the garden and they asked if they could run through the sprinklers. Brett said it was ok so they put their swimming suits on and went outside. The next thing I knew, they were jumping in the pool. It is 71 degrees here today but the water couldn't be that warm. When they got done they said, 
"it was cold-but it was fun!"


 CANNONBALL!!!!
 Madi told me this was one of her strokes.
 Madi playing with Marilyn (our pool vacuum)
 Dive-or belly flop?