Cake decorating the cheaters way

So I totally cheated and used lace and silks but I love how it turned out!

Emma cheese!

Emma always says cheese when she sees someone take a picture!

Pictures

Here are some recent pictures of my babies. Enjoy! Read the last couple of posts for some cute stories and updates.

Listen Sissy

Today, while I was preparing to take Madison to the doctor, Emma was upset that I wasn't taking her along too. Madison leaned over to Emma, placed her hands on Emma's cheeks and proceeded to say "Listen Sissy, Me go doctor get medicine my rash" It was adorable. She repeated the sentence about three or four times. I guess she has heard me say that in similar situations...my little mimic. I thought that was adorable.

A Start

I know that I am terrible about blogging...I make excuses but really, I just need to be better about it. So thank you for waiting patiently...Maybe I would be better if I didn't wait until I had time to upload picture to post. So be prepared for more posts without pictures...although I know you are all dying to see my beautiful girls. :)

Madison is growing up so fast...she is talking up a storm. Full on sentences, paragraphs and stories. It is so much fun to take her anywhere in the car because she gives a continuous narrative of the things she sees, and the stories that those things remind her of. She is a loving big sister, who wants to play with her "sis". She loves to play in her new kitchen that Santa brought...she makes cookies, coffee, ice cubes and sandwiches and then serves them to anyone she can find. She has learned how to play hide and seek...and will play for hours, even though she always hides in the same spot. She is learning how to count, and counts everything. Her favorite song is still the ABC's and she is even getting closer to hitting most of the letters. Madi loves books, she has a dozen in her bed that she reads to herself every night as she is falling asleep. For Christmas, she received a leap frog junior reader, which looks like a dog and reads the stories to her. She has been loving playing with that! She is definitely Mommy's girl, and wants to be doing anything and everything I am. She loves to cuddle and give hugs and kisses. She is truly a sweet child and I am loving every minute of having her in my life.

Emma Lea doesn't act like she is 20 months old, she thinks she is already much older than that...I imagine it is because her sister and cousin are so close in age. Emma talks nearly as much as Madi. She is making sentences, and is really good about repeating anything she hears. She has such a spunky personality...she still only has two major moods...happy and not. Boy, when she is not...she tells you! Emma wants to be doing everything that her sister is doing, from playing in the kitchen, to reading stories, to climbing the stairs...you name it, Emma wants to do it, and she wants to do it now. She is our little comedian. She loves to make you laugh. Her favorite person right now is Uncle Mike. Brandon's friend Mike moved in with us in September and Emma has claimed him as hers...she even calls him "my Mike". Emma has no fear, and will climb  up on anything she can think of. I have found her standing on the dinning room table, the rocking horse, the desk in her bedroom, and the top of the toilet in our bathroom...I think I tell her 10 times a day that she needs to get down! I can't believe that she is almost two! She hardly resembles the baby she was, except for her size...she is still so tiny (21 pounds soaking wet).

Well I suppose that is a start. I will hopefully get some pictures loaded soon...Love you all!

Fall Memories

1. Madison to Mommy on the phone from Grammy's house at the end of the day:
Madi: Mommy, me sick.
Mommy: Oh, well then I guess I will have to come and get you and take you to my meeting
Madi: Me sick, mommy go home
Mommy: Ok Be right there.

Upon arrival to Grammy's house:
Mommy: Grammy, I heard Madison say she is sick, whats going on?
Grammy: Oh...I didn't hear that part of the conversation...she isn't sick, she has been perfectly fine all day...I guess I need to pay more attention to her conversations...
Mommy: I guess Madison has figured out how to get Mommy to come home from school...Ha Ha

Madison's first successful attempt at playing hookie...2.5 years old.

2. Emma to Daddy on the day he stayed home from school to play with the Girls all day:

Emma: Mommy work. Daddy stay home. No Shelly today.
(Shelly is our babysitter on Fridays)

Emma's first successful spoken paragraph...1.5 years old.

Happy Winter

Winter is Here!

 Madison asked "Play Outside Mommy Please"

 So we brought out the sled...

 and the dogs...

 and the mittens and gloves...

 to enjoy the beautiful

 Wyoming

 Winter day

Happy Winter Everyone!

Madison Singing

This is one of two great videos I have of Madi singing the alphabet song. Here she is playing the piano while singing. The other video she is playing the drums...however, she was in the process of getting dressed when we filmed the other one, so she isn't wearing a shirt...I am uncomfortable sharing that one online, so let me know if you want to see it and I will get it to you.

Emma Lea's New Favorite Thing

Emma has discovered the names of her facial features. She loves to point out the new things she is learning. This is great...however, we have all learned to cringe when she yells "eyes" and sticks her finger into you eye...we are working on being gentle. Ha Ha..

Conversations with Madison

Madison is really growing up. She is talking like crazy and loves to carry on conversations with us. There are a couple of conversations that she repeats on a regular basis. Here are the two most common conversations with Madison. 

 This first conversation occurs while we are driving to and from Brandon's parent's house. The route takes us right past the fields where my dad puts up hay every year.

Madi: Mommy! Hay!
Me: Yes, baby. Hay.

Madison: Mommy, Papa hay!
Me: Yes Madi, Papa makes the hay.
Madi: Hay Horses (which sometimes is the word, but most often is just her clicking her tongue which is how we call the horses.)
Me: Yes, the hay is for the horses.
Madi: Auntie Rawr hay (Auntie Rawr is my sister Jenni, somehow Madison decided her name was Rawr and it stuck.)
Me: Yes Auntie Rawr picks up the hay.
Madi: Yeah.

Nine times out of ten that we drive by daddy's hay fields, Madison and I have this conversation. Love it!

 The second conversation we have consistently is when Madison sees the moon. She recently discovered the moon and points it out anytime it is in the sky.

Madi: Mommy! Moon!
Me: Yes baby, I see the moon.
Madi: Me go moon
Me: No baby, you can't go to the moon, it is a very, very long ways away.
Madi: Me go MOON!
Me: Okay, sometime a long time from now, you might be able to go to the moon.
Madi: Sis go too?
Me: Sure, Sis can go to the moon too.
Madi: Okay!

 I am enjoying having these conversations with Madison. I know all too soon, they will be gone, and I will beg for my daughter to share her discoveries with me.

I also hope that you enjoyed the pictures scattered throughout. These were taken since the last post, and I never feel like a post is completed without sending a few pictures along the way.