things to remember...

parker and madalyn are at such sweet ages right now. don't get me wrong we have our share of whining, crying, timeouts, and fighting but overall they are just a lot of fun.

madalyn is a nonstop chatting machine. she is constantly saying new words and phases that make us all laugh. current favorites are:

look obber there

look at me 

watch me daddy (in a very high pitch voice)

paco (parker...although she now prounnces parker)

i see horses, cows, sheeps, and pigs (everytime we are in the car)

a lion licked me in my room. it scary.

counting starting at five, six, sebben, eight, nine, ten, eleven, fourteen

parker continues to be all about construction, digging, and trucks. he spends most afternoons in the backyard with a large amount of trucks digging in the dirt. messy but keeps him occupied for hours. he is so sweet (most of the time) to madalyn. he is constantly on the move with some plan in mind...usually construction.

parker and madalyn.

wow. these two are just about the best things ever. together and separately. 

the relationship between them is priceless. brandon and i couldn't be more pleased with how they interact together. they play with each other, snuggle, laugh and get into trouble ;)

and of course they have their rough times too!

i love watching and hearing their conversations. parker loves to ask madelyn questions and hear her funny answers. she loves to follow him around and copy his actions. they build towers with legos, play trucks, take babies for walks, read books, watch mickey mouse club and so much more. just the other day they both were snuggled up in parker's bed together reading books...too cute!

a day in the life of madalyn and parker

I haven't done one of these in a loong time. mainly because i haven't really had the time to sit and write. parker and madalyn certainly have been keeping us busy...along with work and other normal stuff! i should be working right now but i'm recovering from a cold and having a bit of trouble focusing so...here i am! lucky you :)

here is a normal day with our almost 9 month old and almost 2 and a half year old!!

7ish- madalyn wakes up. i ignore her for a little while but since she is in our closet its difficult to. she claps her hands when you enter to get her which is pretty awesome!

7:30 we're downstairs, madalyn plays on the floor while i drink coffee. parker usually gets up between now and 8.

 

8:00 parker eats a banana (nanaana) and watches george while madalyn gobbles up some oatmeal and prunes. i then make a smoothie for p and i. he drinks that and has yogurt or oatmeal or peanut butter on a spoon.

9ish- madalyn goes down for her first nap. while she naps, parker plays with his cars and trucks and i clean up breakfast, the kitchen or whatever else.

10:30/11- depending on the day, we either head to the park, story hour, m2m/story hr, or hang at home. if it's wednesday, parker goes to preschool by 9:30 and madalyn and i work in bellevue.

12:30- lunch! parker loves his peanut butter and jellies but has been know to eat my cheese and avocado sandwich :) I've stopped eating while they are up!

1:15 naptime for both! hooray! work for me

4ish- both are up. playtime and snacks. facetiming or skyping with grandparents. a bit of dinner prep.

5- daddy's home!

5:30- dinner for parker and madalyn

6- more time for play

6:45- bathtime

7- snuggles, stories and bed!

7:15- brandon and i eat dinner and watch tv, talk and relax

9:30/10- bed!

lately.

 closest we got to full costume

 little turtle!

 zonked after an encounter with mud

 first solid food!!

she means business!

 checking out schools ;)

 my travel buddy

 nana and papa

 cousins!

 airplane snuggles

 cousin lincoln