the deur's

the deur's

Friday, January 9, 2015

seven months.

well, madalyn turned seven months before christmas...but better late than never :)
madalyn's personality over the last month is really starting to show! so much fun to hear her giggle and yell with her brother :) she is very spunky and strong willed. she knows when she is hungry and let's everyone know!

 big brother got in on the picture action! he's getting sooo big!
 madalyn was upset that i took parker's picture first ;)
 much happier! (look at those legs!)

 very distracted
 this picture ended poorly, she fell off the chair and ended up with a huge bruise on her face! poor girl! (note to self- do monthly pictures when no one is home...too distracting with daddy and p around! leads to falling!)
post fall :(

this month has been full of changes for this little girl! madalyn has started moving! she army crawls backwards on her belly. she sits up great on her own. she has perfected the sit and reach ;) she can reach sooo far and gladly steals things out of parker's hands. madalyn is now eating three solid meals a day. she gets a bottle of goat milk before bathtime. madalyn and parker now take baths together! the room gets soaked...she loves to splash! her two bottom teeth can in this month. she loves to scream and screech...especially if parker is there to egg her on! madalyn is continuing to get up in the night, normally around 3:30...we know she can sleep thru but her screaming is unbearable. sleep training has happened and failed but we will most likely try again. madalyn is very strong willed and stubborn (no idea where she gets that from...) we love her very much! 

Wednesday, December 31, 2014

christmas 2014

merry christmas! we had such a great christmas. celebrating with an enthusiastic two year old and animated 7 month old was such a blast. everything was either super awesome or ended in tears....just the way holidays should be :)

it really was special though!

 we started the festivities with cookie baking! parker was a huge help...licking, tasting, and sampling!
 nana and papa let them open a gift early! a nativity! both were sooo excited and had been playing with it non-stop!
 on christmas eve, i let them up one gift before church...new christmas pjs! as you can see parker was disappointed :)
 so i caved and let him open his school bus! definitely better!
 and then christmas morning! parker got a race track! brandon set it up christmas eve...it was so fun to see his reaction when we brought him down stairs!
 a new fire truck from great-grandpa and grandma deur was a big hit!
 madalyn was in love with her new doll
attempting for a cute christmas morning picture..
 after opening gifts and a morning nap for madalyn, we got ready for the koster's. another attempt at a photo turned into madalyn wanting p's school bus...ending in screams and tears!
 kind of satisified with a smacker and toy camera ;)
we had a great time celebrating with friends at the kosters. we feel so blessed to have such wonderful friends in our lives! brandon was able to join them to see a movie while i stayed with the two littles for a nap (which ended in lots of crying so i drove around for over an hour while they slept in the car...it was a beautiful day so i drove along the lake!) 
we ate great food and the kids had a fun time!
 brandon had a 4 day weekend! so we loved having him home!
we walked steward park on saturday. cold but sunny.

 madalyn is turning into quite the ham ;)
 lots of days in our pjs! (parker wore his christmas pjs for almost 72 hours! he didn't want to change!)
 "ice skating"
swinging at the park!

 urban "hiking"

it's been a great end to 2014! can't wait to see what 2015 brings!

Friday, December 19, 2014

we've been...

doing laundry...
 goofing off...
 walking and praying...
 supporting our teams!
 listening to carolers...
 protecting daddy's ears...
 trying to take family selfies...
 crafting!
 playing...
 reading...
 stealing cars...
 bathing and splashing...
 cheesing..
 helping grocery shop?
  and farming...

it's been a crazy month! we are looking forward to relaxing and spending time not working and enjoy family this Christmas!

Friday, December 5, 2014

thanksgiving.

I probably should post this before it's christmas...
so happy thanksgiving, everyone!
we had a great week. grandma and grandpa came to visit so parker and madalyn were busy being spoiled...well we all were :)

we started by heading up to guemes island! it was a sunny and windy weekend! it was great to get away from the seattle area for a bit and enjoy life. we ate great food, relaxed and played!

on monday, we celebrated this guy! happy 30!

brandon and i had a date night!

 we did a lot of fun things...the aquarium, university village, indoor parks, church, celebrated thanksgiving and christmas :)
 thanksgiving with the koster's
 sink baths are the best!

 cheese!
 smile, grandma
 the dangers of "selfies"
 focused determination to open the gift herself
:)