Sunday, September 19, 2010

Lovies

The story of our family would not be complete without mention of the very important "lovies" that are part of our everyday life. They accompany us on every vacation and have traveled to the beach and the mountains with us. They comfort us after bad dreams and boo-boos, and by "us" I mean Cady and Maddy.

Cady's special lovie is a blue-footed bear that Daddy gave her for Christmas 2006, just days after Maddy was born. At the time, there was another more important animal in play, an orange monkey named "Ho Ho" but he was lost soon after we moved to South Carolina in the summer of 2007. At that point, "Teddy" moved up into 1st place in Cady's heart. Cady has been given many other teddy bears but Teddy remains #1!


Maddy's special lovie is a purple bunny that we just call "Purple Bunny" for lack of a better name. He was given to us as a baby gift by a friend in our ward in Virginia Beach soon after Maddy was born. After three years of heavy hugging and lugging on Maddy's part, he is raggedy. Cady calls him gross. Maddy sucks on his tail and has finally stopped using his ears to wipe her nose. Both of his ears have fallen off at different times and been sewed back on. He is the Velveteen Rabbit incarnate. If love and wear could make a bunny real, this bunny would hop away today!

Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Georgie Porgie

Maddy is enjoying her 3-year old preschool class this year, especially their study of nursery rhymes. My personal favorite is Georgie Porgie and the enthusiasm with which Mad recites it. When she says "and made dem cwy", I just want to eat her up!! Enjoy!

Sunday, September 5, 2010

Dad and his five-year-old daughter, a conversation.

Act I, Scene I
Cady enters dining room. Dad utters something to Cady, who promptly folds her arms and furrows her eye brows.
Dad- "Cady, I am tried of that mean look you give me. If you do it again, I'm not paying for your wedding."
Cady- "That's fine because you're not invited."

Thursday, September 2, 2010

Firsts ...

We've had some pretty significant "firsts" in our home in the past few weeks.

Our "big girl" Cady started kindergarten on August 9th. She was so excited!!

Bailey enjoyed her first "real" bath, not just the sponge variety.


As soon as we get a "first" sleep through the night entry, I'm sure I'll be blogging a lot more!!