Getting Ready for Christmas

We decorated our tree last Sunday after our lovely Thanksgiving weekend at home. Madi was very excited to see each ornament. We have a baby sized tree that we have had since our first Christmas together. Since we are never at home for Christmas anyways it works out very nicely. Maybe in two years we will grow into a bigger tree.





She has been carrying around this Christmas basket and putting things in it. Ashley-I think this was from you a few years back.

We have already been telling her she better be a good girl if she wants a toy from Santa.

I love Madi's little unique sayings. You know how kids say a phrase or word wrong but it is so darn cute. I am going to miss it when she doesn't say them wrong anymore.

Some of her classics:

"I get you me" means I want you to come and get me.
"trap pack" means snack trap
Mickey Mouse "craphouse" for clubhouse
" a sun-beep" instead of sunbeam

We need a vacation...countdown to Hawaii

I haven't seen my husband in 3 days practically. Midterms are this week (actually they were last week too) and Trevor has been studying non stop. It is not fun.

I can't wait for our trip to Maui!! We leave December 18th, less than a month away! The countdown is on.

Madi is 2!!

Madi had a fun birthday. She really understood what was going on this year. Her favorite things were cake and presents. We had a small family party at Russ and Karen's this year. We had steak and mac'n'cheese for Madi, her favorite. She got a Barbie bike from us, which she is still learning how to ride, and lots of fun presents from family and friends. I can't believe she is already two years old. That went by quick yet I feel like she has been in our family forever. She is such a cutie. She learns new things every day and is constantly surprising us. She loves to sing and dance, maybe she will be blessed with musical talents. She loves talking to people and loves her friends. What a sweetie we have!

Halloween time!

We had the best Halloween this year. We went to the WSCC party first and had a great time. They had a bouncy house and face painting plus lots of goodies.
They painted Madi's face really cute.

Madi was a bubberfly as she calls it. She was adorable.

She won a prize for Most Original Costume for the kids. Trevor and I went as Juno and Bleeker from the movie Juno. I had to stuff my tummy a little to pull it off. We won best costume for the adults! Sweet! This was actually the only year we have ever dressed up since we have been married. It was a lot of fun, I think we will try to keep it up. Trevor rocking the side part. After the party we went to Russ and Karen's house in Vancouver and went trick-or-treating. Toby the dog dressed up as a hot dog.
Tyler was a Star Wars person, Madi loved trick or treating. She was very polite and said thank you as she grabbed the treat out of the persons hand. It was very funny! Russ and Karen's neighborhood was awesome. The neighbors were into the Halloween spirit and gave good candy, we even got full sized candy bars.

Trevor's pride and joy, the pumpkin he carved this year. A spooky haunted house!

Pink or Blue?

Definetly Blue!! We were so excited to find out we were having a little boy today at our ultrasound appointment. At my last ultrasound at 12 weeks I just had a feeling I was looking at my little boy. I even said "He's so cute" the first time I saw him on the screen. The black and white image just looked like a boy to me for some strange reason. I even would find myself saying he or him when talking about the baby. So I was so excited to find out I had been right! I am really happy that we will have a boy and a girl now.

Our Working Weekend

We had a quick but fun weekend in Phoenix working for the Heid family in their baseball tournaments. Actually Trevor worked the whole time, I just worked one day and played the rest. I guess being a Mom does have perks. That's why Trevor isn't in any pictures, we barely saw him. Anyways we played with Madi's cousins and aunts and uncles.

Madi loved playing with her cousin Casey and taking care of Sophie.

Here they are swinging. She follows him around like a little puppy.

I got to watch my brother Sal play football and my other brother Santi cheer.
He had a little party for Madi's upcoming birthday. It is actually not for a few weeks but since we are never in AZ for her birthday we decided to celebrate early. She got scared and didn't want to blow out the candles so that is why I am blowing them out. Oh and I dyed my hair dark brown. I like it, I needed a change.
Now Trevor is back in AZ for another working weekend while we are home in Portland. We will miss our Daddy but he is in his element. He loves working those tournaments.

Singing Star

Madilyn has been singing up a storm lately. It is so cute. I don't know what the patting was about and she also likes to make a circle in the air with her finger while she sings ABCs. I think maybe this helps her to remember it. Who knows?
ABC's


Sunbeam Song

Fishing with Grandpa.

Grandpa Ted took Madi and Trevor fishing up the Clackamas River at Small Fry Lake. Madi caught like 8 fish and reeled one in on her first cast. We tried a week later with Grandpa Mark and Kiki and we didn't even get a bite. The video is her first fish she ever caught. She did it with her princess pole as Granpda tells us in the video.

We Had Some Visitors!

My Dad and stepmom Kim came from Utah for a visit. We were very excited to have them since we hadn't seen them in a while. The weather was so great the entire time and it was probably the most fun we've had sightseeing Oregon.

Our first stop was Tillamook, Oregon. My grandpa was stationed there with the Navy from 1943-45. It was in Tillamook he met my grandma and they were married. We went to the air museum and saw one of the old blimp hangars. My grandpa was actually one of the soldiers on the blimps and once crashed in the ocean. We found a picture of my grandpa in the museum. It was very cool to see some of my family's history here in Oregon.

Then we had to stop by the Tillamook Cheese factory.
We got some icecream and sampled some cheese.

Our day wasn't over yet. We drove over to Seaside and spent a few hours on the beach and in the arcade there. We heard about this addicting game at the arcade so we checked it out and ended up playing it forever. Trevor is still talking about it. Madi loved the sand and the swings.
The next day we went to Roloff Farms. That is the pumpkin farm for the family on the TV show Little People Big World. It was so much fun! We got photos with most of the family, picked pumpkins, and went on the tour of the farm. We wanted to go last year but never had time so it is something I have looked forward to all year.

At the Western town.

MAdi picking her baby pumpkin.

She loved riding in the wagon.

Matt, Jacob, and film crew guy.
we had to sign a waiver for the TV show so you could see us on TV soon!

Zach was our driver for the wagon tour, the family was very nice. Trevor chatted it up with him.

Grandma and Grandpa Roloff.

It was also Kim's birthday on Saturday. We went to a dinner at this fish house on the water of the Willamette River. Then we came home for some cake. We miss Kiki and Dad already, especially Madi. She loved having them here.

Pregnancy Update

My mini baby bump at 15 weeks.

Ultrasound at 12 weeks, sorry it is a bad copy.

My friend Jessica tagged me with a pregnancy tag so I decided to include a little update.

5 Things That Make My Stomach Turn:
1. Bread that smells like it is going bad, all bread smelled yeasty for a while.
2. I think I am past that stage luckily.

5 Things I Absolutely Love:
1. Chocolate icecream and steak, not together of course.
2. Fast food. Especially Taco Bell lately.
3. My couch.
4. When Madi says she can hear the baby cry in my tummy. So cute.
5. The rubber band trick for pants, I think I do need to get some maternity ones ASAP.

Things I Worry About:
1. Trevor having Boards and finals in the middle of being due.
2. Not getting to the hospital on time.
3. C-Section, scary!
4. Being able to work with two kiddos to take care of.
5. Everything! No I think I am more relaxed this time but I do know I got very lucky with Madi's delivery and hope this time is just as easy.

Things I am Excited About:
1. To know the sex of the baby!
2. That baby clean smell, I love it.
3. Being able to sleep on my stomach again.
4. Feeling the baby move.

Adorable Pictures

Madi got her pictures taken a few weeks ago by Heather Ward and they turned out so cute.
I love them. She looks like such a big girl.

Horsies

On Labor Day we went to Estacada and visited our friend Shawn's family farm. We rode their old horse Cory and had a great time. Madi really liked the horse, she was a little nervous at first but warmed up to her. She looked so cute up there all by herself, like such a big girl.

There's Shawn hiding behind the horse. Trevor and he go to school together.

Trevor the horseman, who knew?

Can't forget the piggies, Madi still talks about how they went poo poo and were stinky.
Then we went fishing for a few minutes with Madi's new princess fishing pole.