Kids say the funniest things.

Yesterday Maddie told me that she was going to have a baby someday with the Jonas Brothers, that they are cute boys! How funny (and scary) is that!

Major Crisis... Maddie and her dolly.

Ok, so Maddie takes her dolly everywhere. And she's got about 6 different ones that she just loves! So, she trades off which one she wants to take with her. Well, today we went to Target, and she wanted to take Baby MARCO with us. First off, meaning behind the name, she's into this one episode of Sesame Street, where Gina (the Vet) adopts a baby, and his name is Marco. So, Maddie had to name one of her babies Marco, super funny! So, anyway, we're at Target, and she brings baby Marco. We do our shopping, and we're out in the parking lot, and Maddie realizes she has lost baby Marco. OMG, major crisis! So, I take her back into Target, and re-track our steps. Finally, I saw baby Marco's legs sticking out from a clothes rack! Phew! I grabbed baby Marco and gave him (well, it's actually a girl dolly) to Maddie, who was in tears by this point. Poor little thing. Baby Marco is now safe at home ;)

I feel like I'm ALWAYS shopping!

Does anyone else have this problem? I swear, I go to the store like 3-4 times a week it seems like. I think I have everything I need, then before I know it, I need diapers for Chad. Then I need diapers for Maddie. Then, Chad is out of applesauce. Uh oh, Maddie needs bananas again. Woops, out of Mac N Cheese! Crap, need more wipes. I swear, it's never-ending. And I don't ever have my own money because I work from home, and don't get many hours in, so I'm always having to write a check, then get it from Chris to put in my bank. Agh! I guess what I need to do is take an inventory before I leave the house. Maybe make a check-list. I just need to get a little more organized.

Starting to see some light at the end of the tunnell!

Well, things are finally starting to calm down around here. We're all finally feeling like things are falling into place. I never thought I'd be saying that, but I can finally breathe again! It use to be so difficult when we first brought Chad home. I didn't know what to do. Chad would cry, and Maddie would cry, what was I suppose to do? Can't comfort both of them at the same time. Don't know how I did it, but I managed. Maddie (bless her little heart) would just look at me with those big blue eyes, thumb in mouth, blankie rubbed up against her cheek, wanting me to rock her, while Chad is waking from a nap, frantic, wet and hungry. "Don't hold him momma, rock me, rock me" Not sure how to reason with a two year old, not sure if they understand, but somehow, Maddie did. She would climb up on the couch, and lay there and watch her shows until I was done with Chad, then once I layed him down, she'd crawl up onto my lap for her turn to rock and cuddle. I would feel so bad, like I was putting Chad first, and her second. But I'd explain to her that Chad can't talk, he can't do anything by himself, we have to help him, together. Just hoping she would understand, that mommy still loved her as much as she use too, if not more. I look at her, and am amazed by how much she has grown. just by looking at her new recent pic's, and her pic's from when she turned one, how her facial features have changed, her hair has grown (thank god!), but the one thing that has stayed the same, is that beautiful little smile of hers, and that sweet little dimple!

So, today, Maddie has gotten the swing of things. She knows what to expect. She knows that mommy has to feed Chad. She knows that she will get her mommy time no matter what. Just now she has to be a little more patient, and understand that she can't have everything she wants NOW NOW NOW!

Chad has started to fall asleep in his crib on his own. Not sure how I lucked out with that, but it kinda just started happening. I didn't put him down meaning for him to nap at first. I just layed him in the crib because I needed to put a load of laundry in. I put the monitor on so I could hear him. And, I realized that he was just hanging out, not fussy, so I thought I'd let him lay in there while I played with Maddie. Next thing I know, I walked in there to check on him, and he was sound asleep. Not thinking that would ever happen again, I put him down when I thought he was ready for his nap, and the same thing happened. After awhile, he just fell asleep. And, the really weird thing is, he doesn't cry. Maybe because I put him on his tummy (he loves loves loves laying on his tummy) and he is just comfy. Well, we're going on day two of this, so we will see how long it lasts.

Christmas Pic's

Last night we took the kids to get their Christmas Pic's done. Surprisingly it went well. Other then the long wait at Babies R Us. We had a 7:00 appt., and didn't get in until 7:45! So, Chad was a bit fussy, not to mention a little constipated! Madison however was loving the camera, and the camera loves her! She put her shyness away, and was giggling, posing, I was shocked! Hmmm.. maybe she'll grow up to be a model :) Chad wouldn't sit still, nor would he crack a smile. Like I said, he was constipated, so he was a bit uncomfortable. We only got two pic's with him in it, and the lady at Babies R Us had to take one of the pic's and make a close up of his face just so we could get one of him by himself :) So, they turned out really cute. Next challenge, to get Christmas pic's with Santa. Maddie is so shy that I'm certain that is going to turn out disasterous, but we must try! I told her she needs to tell Santa what she wants or she might not get the right stuff :)

Sleeping issues!

Well, I thought it may be too good to be true, because the falling asleep on her own, well, didn't last! I've come to find out that this only happens when she's super tired, which isn't often! I swear, my kids don't sleep! Poor little Chad cannot take a peaceful nap, as soon as I lay him down, he wakes, either by Maddie being loud and obnoxious, or by the slightest little noise. He sleeps pretty well if he falls asleep in his swing, which is where he takes the majority of his naps. At night I usually have to rock him to sleep, and he will sleep all night, thank god! Today I was having problems getting him to sleep, 1pm came around, and Maddie was tired and cranky, and Chad just couldn't fall asleep, I tried everything. So, I thought, well, I will just lay him on his tummy in his bed and see what happens. He of course cried and cried. Maddie wanted me to rock her, and I told her I needed to go check on Chad. Well, she wouldn't have it, she started to cry and carry on, so I said, ok, we'll just sit here and rock and watch Chad cry. I knew in time she would feel sorry for him. I kept telling her... "See Maddie, Chad is all by himself, he's really sad right now, don't you think it would be nice if we went in there and gave him his pacifier?" She said "No momma, you stay right there, Maddie go check on Chad." So, she went in the room and I could here her through the monitor "It's gonna be alright Chad, don't cry Chad" then she came walking out and said "Momma, now you go help him", sweet little angel, I knew in time she would feel bad, she just loves her little brother. So, we both went in there and I popped the pacifier in his mouth, rubbed his little back, and he just went to sleep. I think he was just so exhausted, from crying and all, that he just gave out. So, every day has it's own challenges, a new day brings something new.

Proud mommy

This past week, Maddie has been falling asleep on her own, I never thought this day would come! Chris and I use to have to lay down with her in order to get her to sleep, and some nights it would take hours, because she would just goof off and not try and sleep. I found that if I put her in bed, and tell her she can watch one show, then she needs to go night night, she actually will lay in there, watch her one show, and then go to sleep. I'm so proud of her. I tell her she's such a big girl to go to sleep on her own. She loves to be praised, and gets the biggest smile. She really is proud of herself, and I think the more I praise her, the more she wants to do on her own :)