what blizzard?

that seemed like a plain old winter storm to me . . . what did I miss?

yum

Anybody else still eating loads of Halloween candy? If not, come to my house and I'll give you some!

leaves

The weather was so nice last weekend. Maddy helped me rake leaves.

Notice the chapstick in her hand? She walks around the house with a tube clasped in her hand all the time. I've had to give her ones where the seal hasn't been broken becuase otherwise she takes off the lid, puts her finger in, and paints things - herself, the dresser, the ottoman, the dog!

my baby and her baby

Maddy has a dolly. My friend Brenda gave it to us at my first baby shower. The other night Maddy was playing around and it was time to get ready for bed. Lately she's been reluctant to let me dress her, change her diaper - anything that I would want to do, she fights. On this night, I won with "look Maddy, your baby has on pink pajamas, do you want to put on your pink pajamas?" (notice Maddy's baby had to have a pink binkie too) and it was just too cute that they both are blonde with blue eyes and pigtails. I only wish that I had a better photo. This blackberry takes wretched pictures but it was what I had handy.

Maddy's Holiday

Maddy came to my office for trick-or-treating on Friday before Halloween. She was a cute little doggy. unfortunately, she wouldn't let me get a very good picture, nor would she stand for a picture at home later. So, here we document Maddy's second Halloween, but the first one she really knew what she was doing.

Happy to report that she got the hang of things pretty quickly. The only negative was that she was a bit reluctant to put any of her candy int he bucket. I'm not sure if she didn't make the connection that it twas still hers or if she just felt the need to hold it all in her hands . . . at any given time she had a snickers bar and whoppers in one hand while holding a sucker, laffy taffy, and m&ms in the other!