Easter Weekend and More!

Busy, busy, and lots of photos to go with it!! Last week, Grandma was here and so I have a few more photos that I wanted to share from her visit...we miss her! On Wednesday, Miss Kiki was back from her trip so Grandma and mommy took Madison to her house for an Easter Egg hunt and celebration...Madison was a little confused, especially because all of her friends were there, but she had not been there that day because she was at home with Grandma. It was still such a cute idea and we love that Kiki does such special, nice things for the kids. On Saturday morning, we went out to breakfast with our friends Pete, Dru, and Emery. The girls got these HUGE bear pancakes and they loved them, but if we would have known how big they were we could have split one between all of us :) And today for Easter, we had breakfast at home, went for a nice walk, went to church, and then had Easter dinner at our friends, Geoff and Jeanine's new house. We had a great Easter day and a great weekend!

Last week when Grandma was here, Madison got an early Easter present from Grandma and Grandpa...a cute pink purse with a bunny! Madison loved putting it on her arm like a big girl. Today for Easter, she carried the purse to church and brought some eggs in it :)

One of Madison's MANY expressive faces...Not sure what she was thinking here, but it looks like I was bothering her!

Putting in and taking out eggs out of her new purse...over and over again!

On Monday, we went to take Madison's Easter picture with the Easter Bunny. Grandma went with us, thank goodness, because it was quite the task (see the Easter Bunny picture from my earlier post today). After our picture, we ran into Old Navy, and this was Madison trying on one of the men's hat off the headless mannequin...she was so confused by that and kept saying "head"...so funny :)

One night with Grandma we walked downtown for dinner and this was walking on our way back home. It was getting late, close to Madison's bedtime and she was not so happy about sitting in her stroller, so we let her out to walk and explore for a minute. I think her little pink leggings in this photo are so cute! Wish I had legs like that!!

Daddy, Madison, and Grandma

At Miss Kiki's egg hunt...Madison looks so confused here! Miss Kiki always does such nice things for the kids and likes to have parties for everything fun! She made all the kids these bunny ears and bought them Easter bags/buckets to put their eggs in (which were stuffed with little organic chick crackers)

Searching for eggs

Cute litte Elliot

Madison, you found some!

All the cute little bunnies!

Trading bunny ears with Elliot

Mowing Miss Kiki's lawn

Friday was Nana's birthday and so we were about to call her. When I told Madison this, she kissed the phone...so sweet

Saying "cheese"

Madison loved her bunny ears from Miss Kiki's and so she kept walking around with them...unfortunately, she tore off both ears and all that was left was the headband part...oh well, she still loved it!

She likes wearing it upside down too!

Madison's new thing is to hide in the closet (and she knows how to completely close the doors and then open them again)...its cute and funny, except the first time she did it, I thought I had lost her because I didnt know that she was in there

Such a happy dog!! Ellie's favorite time of the day is when she is the center of attention again, so when Madison is in bed!

Another one of this child's many expressions :)

At breakfast with Emery...the timing of this photo is classic...both girls look like I just did something horrible :)

Emery approaching the BIG BEAR pancake

Digging right in! I think she ate every chocolate chip first :)

Chocolate face!

Still munching...

A slinky out of her Easter basket from Mommy and Daddy

A cute summer outfit from her Easter basket from Nana and Papa

Socks too...much needed!

Easter reading books and coloring books (The basket it came in was the big cute Minnie Mouse...at first Madison seemed a little scared of it, but now she loves it)

Madison also got snacks, other yummy food, and a bath baby in her basket

This morning, we decided not to fight the crowds, and so daddy made eggs and pumpkin pancakes...yummy!

On our walk this morning, Madison saying that she was "so big"

Our beautiful little Easter girl (and her handsome daddy)...while putting on the pouffy dress and tights was NOT her favorite thing this morning, she sure looked gorgeous! A bow, pearls, and all! Thanks for the beautiful dress Nana!

Looking at all the beautiful alter flowers...dont worry, this was before the service started...I love taking photos, but I wasn't taking photos during church :)

A teether to help her sit quietly :) She did SO well in church this morning and entertained all the people in the surrounding pews!

Mommy and Madison

Family Easter photo

Happy to be bare!

Showing Autumn all the bunnies on her shirt

Such a funny photo!! Sitting with Autumn (Geoff's niece) on the fireplace. Not sure what the girls were saying/doing here, but look at those faces!

Happy Easter everyone!

Happy Easter!!

Happy Easter! As you can see, Madison was clearly not a fan of the Easter Bunny, but still too classic of a photo not to buy! Maybe next year she will like him better (and Santa too)!

Monkey Bizness, Pizza, Park, and Grandma!

Another busy end of the week/weekend at the Fargo House! Like a friend of mine recently mentioned in her last blog post, I feel SO fortunate to have the part time work schedule that I do and to be able to spend so much time with my little Moo. I am so blessed and so very fortunate!

On Thursday we went to Monkey Bizness with our friends Susan & Daniel and Melissa & Anderson. The kids had a lot of fun and all played in the "big kid" area. The last time Madison went to Monkey Bizness she was only 7 months old, so this time, it was a whole new world for her!! She climbed on EVERYTHING, of course and loved going down all the slides (all but the big one), by herself :) She loves being a big girl, but it makes mommy sad sometimes :( Even though it got quite crazy in there, we had a fun time with our friends!

On Friday night we went to pizza with our friends Casey, Amanda, and Elliot. We ordered a spinach pizza for the kids and they loved it...until the end, when Madison had had enough! Elliot on the other hand was a machine, and Casey even started to call him "big slice" because he LOVED eating the whole slice, not little toddler bites :)

Saturday morning, we walked downtown and played at a new park (not newly built, just new to us). Madison had such a fun time playing in the sand and climbing up all the climbing structures!

And today, Grandma Cindy was here (she came in yesterday afternoon) and we had a great day! Grandma is here to watch Madison for half of the week while Miss Kiki is out of town, and she was SO nice to come in a day early so that we could go to two 30th birthday parties for our friends Drew and Christen...we had a great night with friends! So this morning, we took a nice long walk to Starbucks and played around outside. We all had a great day and are so happy that Grandma is here!

This is a random picture...but I thought it was too cute not to post. This is Madison "chillaxin'" while reading the newest Babies R Us catalog :)

At Monkey Bizness, Madison liked climbing inside the "tree house"

Riding the duckie! Its pretty funny to compare this picture to the picture I have of her on the duck when she was 7 months old...she's so big now!

Phones...her favorite thing!

"Knock, knock mom!! Do you see me?"

Madison thought that it would be fun to climb over this bar rather than going up the stair :) Unfortunately, she kind of flipped over the bar but she was ok!

This picture is super blurry, but this these are our friends Melissa and Anderson going down the big blow up slide...Madison and I went down too, and it was fast!!!

Going down the slide like a big girl...she loves to climb up the stairs and go down the slide all by herself.

In the bouncy castle...she thought it was SO funny even though she had a hard time standing up :)

Elliot munching away on his big boy slices of spinach pizza

Madison was done! Ready to get out! Sad baby :( And I was such a mean mommy to snap this photo!

Daddy is getting our little climber started already!

Climbing up the bumpy trail!

"WEE!!"

My baby looks so sad here, and a little unsure, but she really did like this slide :) Look how tall she looks here too!!

I wonder where Madison gets her climbing skills?!? See Matt up in the tree?

Climbing in the yellow dump truck

"What mom?!"

Snoozing in the swing :) Not really...she was just being silly with her hat!

Up at Starbucks Madison had a yummy breakfast sandwich, and Ellie kept wanting a bite...of course, but she settled for licking Madison's hand

Everytime Madison hear a car pull up or pull away, she would turn in her chair, stand up, and say "hi" or "bye bye"...she is such a social little girl!

We told her to wipe her mouth, and she did :)

Saying "up"

Saying "down"

Walkin' around Starbucks!

On our walk back from Starbucks, Madison got out of the stroller and walked for a while...she loved going down this big hill with Grandma

Walking on the path home with Grandma and Daddy. Grandma was gently leading Madison back on the path because Madison kept wanting to go down the grassy hill into the water!

Yea Madison!! She is only drinking milk out of cups now...so surprisingly, the transition happened in a day. The other morning, we decided to try the cup and to not do a bottle and she did great! No problems at all! and she loves it! My baby is getting so big :(

Madison loves pointing to body/facial parts...she has been able to identify them for a while now, but now she is clearly, expressively labeling them too (before she had a few of the sounds, but now the whole word...appropriate for her age of course...just because I am a speech therapist doesn't mean I've got her her /r/ already like in "ear" :) ). So today, she went back and forth between Grandma, Mommy, and Daddy labeling "ear"...it was so cute :)

And then onto labeling and counting knees :) Notice Ellie loving the grass in the background?

Ellie looks SO sad here, but I think she was really just sleepy and comfy...here she was laying on Grandma's lap on the couch...such a treat to be on the couch!

Our climbing little monkey knows how to get on the couch and today she was just SO silly. She thought that climbing on the couch and jumping off (into mommy's arms of couse) was hilarious!! Normally not a behavior we allow, but she was having SO much fun and I think she was showing off a little for Grandma!

Love this and the next photos of her...so sweet!

Reading with Grandma...we are so happy she is here for a few days!