It's Been a While...

I am not sure what I have been doing for the past two weeks but I sure haven't been blogging!  It has been an exciting two weeks though :)  Maddy has done so many fun things.  The week of Maddy's dentist appointment we went to the zoo with Kim and Scarlett.  It was Scarlett's first time so it was fun to watch her see the animals for the first time.  I think Maddy's favorite part this time was feeding the birds.  Last year she was scared when the birds made noise so we never really got to do this.  She had a blast though!  I have a video of her feeding the birds but it is sideways!  So, you get a picture instead.

Odie and Grandma Pat took Maddy to the Porter County fair and she got to ride on the ferris wheel!  She came back from the fair and could barely talk fast enough to tell me about everything that she did.  Later that week Brett and I took Maddy to Deep River Waterpark.  We decided to take her and do something with just her.  She has been so good about having a little brother that I thought she deserved some quality time with Mommy and Daddy.  She was so brave and even went down a big slide all by herself!  I can't believe how fast she is growing up!

On Wednesday, August 3rd, Mason has his 4 month well child visit.  He weighed in at 15 lbs 2.5 oz and he is 26in long.  He is so much bigger than Maddy was at that age.  The doctor said he was doing great for 4 months old and gave us the go ahead to food.  We already started him on cereal before bed when he was about 3 months old so we decided to start him on some veggies.  I decided to give him carrots first.  He seemed to like the idea of eating food but didn't like the carrots very much.  Next, we tried green beans and he wasn't thrilled with those either.  We tired bananas for dinner last night and he loved them!  He would have eaten the whole thing if I would have let him.  So, we will be eating bananas for the next day or two and then it will be on to something new.  Wednesday was also the annual trip that Terri and I take to the teacher store in Mishawaka.  We also got Maddy a few more pieces of uniforms for school.  She is so excited about going to school!

On the way home from the teacher store we always stop at the park in New Carlisle.  It is a really great park and we had to stop and take a picture of Mason on the swings just like we did with Maddy on her first trip to the store!

 Mason August 2011

Madelyn 2008

Funny Maddy moment of the week:  I asked her what she wanted for breakfast and she asked me "What's on the menu?"  I was kind of shocked and had to immediately call Brett and tell him about it!