i'm ready mom

so today i had to laugh... i was in our kitchen cleaning when maddie starts yelling from her room, "mom i'm ready... i'm ready to go to work." she says it a couple of times and then comes to the kitchen. oh boy was she ready. she had on all sorts of fun stuff. it was the cutest thing ever! here is what she had on..

pictures

so we went and got family pictures done when Hallie was a week old. i can't believe i have two beautiful healthy girls. i am so thankful for these two. i will post more pics later.

3 weeks...

hallie's first bottle attempt
3 weeks old

thanksgiving

maddie eating her turkey name card
thanksgiving

well little miss hallie is 3 weeks old tomorrow. it has gone by super fast. we survived thanksgiving and had a great time with ryan's family. i am in awe that it is december 1st tomorrow... crazy. i am really behind in my christmas shopping. i guess i better get going.. it will be here shortly. Hallie is doing great. she is such a mellow baby. i hope it continues. she had her two week check up and her stats were right where they should be.

weight: 7lbs. 13 oz

height: 20 3/4 inches

amazing how fast they grow. maddie is still being a great big sister. she is such a good helper. we had a lot of fun putting up our christmas tree this morning and she loved it.. she keeps informing me she wants to go and see santa and ask for a scooter. so we will have to take a trip to the mall soon. i love that she is getting more and more into the holidays. it gets better every year. i just hope we get some snow so we can go and play.

Hallie is here!

yeah our little baby girl Hallie is here. she was born on nov. 10. we were hoping she would come sooner but she waited until my scheduled c-section. everything went well and she is a healthy baby. she was 7lbs. 8 oz. and 20 inches long. she looks a lot like maddie but not as much hair. so far she is really good. we are so excited to have her in our family. maddie has done really well with the change. she loves to "pet" her and kiss her and hold her. she is having a little bit of a hard time sharing the attention but adjusting fast. its so fun to have a baby in the house again.. and its so good to be done being prego! what was really great was my sister that lives back east came for a week to help with maddie. we haven't seen her in a year and a half so it was so nice. maddie loved loved loved her aunt tiff. they had tons of fun playing. my grandparents were also able to come to utah wich was great. it was so fun to have all my family together. we even had thanksgiving dinner on sunday so it was just really good. thanks everyone for all your help and support!

Fall Fun

I love when october rolls around. lots of fun things to do. we didnt get to do all we had planned but we still had so much fun. maddies little school group had a field trip to hee haws one day and she just loved the animals. it was fun. one night we decided to make a haunted gingerbread house... didnt go as well as we planned so ry and maddie just ended up eating all the candy. it was way messy and way fun in the process though. one night we went to ry's sisters house for family night and we carved pumpkins and had doughnuts and hot choc. it was way fun. maddie's school also had a halloween carnival one day. it had lots of fun games to play and blow up slides and bounce houses. and she got cotton candy. she was way excited. then for the big day maddie dressed up as the cutest little kitty cat. she loved it. then we went to ry's parents house and had a yummy dinner and then set out to do some trick or treating. maddie loved it. her and her cousin jace had more fun taking turns ringing the doorbell than getting the candy.. it was funny. then when we got back to the house and they had fun handing out candy to some trick or treaters. i can't believe that october has come and gone... now only a couple more days and we will have a new baby girl... and then... let the holidays begin!

maddie and her two cousinseating her cotton candy

ry hard at work with the pumpkins

watching and feeding the animals at hee haws

showing off their purple tongues

getting ready to decorate our house

yeah for the state fair...

eating a yummy sno cone and cotton candy
getting ready to ride the pony

maddie on the pony
in the stroller ready to ride
grandma and maddie at the pigs

auntie brookie showing mads the bunnies

hanging out in the stroller

maddie with ry being a mt. goat

thursday evening we met my mom and sister up in salt lake for the state fair. it was way fun. we walked through all the animals and maddie was alot more hesitant this year about touching them. she loved the pigs and the goats. then she went for a pony ride. we didnt walk around with her like we normally do and she thought she was so big. she had the cutest little smirk on her face like look at me. we ate some dinner and walked through the booths and then headed home. i love that maddie is getting older and totally into everything. kids make everything so much more fun!

catch up....

maddie eating an icecreamless cone...

maddie and grandma running from a wavedaddy making a castle while maddie tries to figure it out

riding the favorite merry-go-round
eating popsicles with her friends

riding the awsesome zoo train
us on the train

ry and maddie in front of the giraffes

ry feeding a bird out of a little paper cup
at the zoo
maddie picking yummy blueberries
well it has been a really busy time which means lots of fun. July came and went so by its crazy. towards the end of the month we went up to Washington state to visit my family. Maddie loved the airplane ride and i was so thankful we weren't driving. 6months prego and a 14 hour drive? no thanks. we had a great time while we were there. Maddie loved picking fresh berries every morning from my grandma's garden and she probably ate her weight in them too. we went to the Oregon zoo which was way fun. they had a cute baby elephant and an awesome train ride which was probably Maddie's favorite part. we also went to the coast. it was amazing weather. we played in the sand forever. my mom Ryan and Maddie played in the water but it was way too cold for me. Maddie had to of course ride the merry go round.. it was hard to get her off. she road it like 3 times. one day my grandma took me for a nice relaxing morning and we went and got amazing pedicures. my toes needed it so bad. it was awesome. my mom came for half off the week which was great. we met up with some friends and let Maddie have some play time. she had such a good time rolling around in the grass with Lincoln. it was way cute. it was just great to get away and spend some family time! now we are on our way trying to get things ready for baby sister to come. we officially have Maddie's room together with no more crib. she did really good with the transition. yeah. now we just need to get babies room together.. i did order new bedding which i am very excited for. so as for us that's about all the excitement for now! sorry lots of pictures!