Happy Birthday to me!

30 years old???? Not possible! Actually, the day passed just like any other birthday. I didnt have a nervous break down and didnt even have the littlest bit of anxiety about it. Turning 30....no biggie! :-) My friend Jamie threw me a semi-surprise 30th birthday lunch. She was so sweet, wanting to keep it low key for the pregnant birthday girl. She knew it would suck for me if we went out and everyone was drinking except me.....on my 30th bday!! THANK YOU JAMIE!!! I had no idea where we were going or what we were doing. I just knew that I needed to be ready to eat lunch! We went to The Melting Pot, which I was very excited when we got there and realized that is was where my party was! I had never been there, but absolutly LOVE fondue and have always wanted to try this place out. So 6 of my friends (Jamie, Alissa, Christina, Susie, Melissa and Mel) gathered around a table with 3 different cheese fondue pots along with bread, apples and veggies. Next they brought out salads and then finally DESSERT! 3 pots of 3 different chocolates and 4 plates filled with marshmallows, strawberries, bananas, brownies, cheesecake & rice krispie treats. Our wonderful server set one of the pots on fire and let us roast our marshmallows! We had a blast. I am so blessed to have such wonderful friends in my life! I love you all!!

HALLOWEEN FUN

As you can tell, I still have not mastered this blog thing. My pictures end up in weird orders and in weird places. Anyway, I just love this picture of Maddie "reading" the newspaper with my dad. She is such a Paappa's girl and often mimicks him.

Halloween was a lot of fun. We've had so many activities and we definatly kept busy. We went Trick or Treating at Summerville on Tuesday which is where my Grandma lives. All the residents were set up throughout and the kids got to go around an trick or treat, and Maddie had a great time. Maddie has gymnastics class on Thursday mornings which she has really taken to and absolutly loves it! This past Thursday they were able to dress up for Halloween and they had lots of fun halloween stuff for the kids to do. On Halloween we were able to spend the day as a family. We had another ultrasound scheduled, so Dave had planned to work from home for a few hours, which he did and then we were all able to hang out. Maddie loved her Giraffe costume which she only wore on Halloween. All the other halloween things we went to, it was either too hot or (like gymnastics) would have been too bulky, and her ballerina outfit seemed more appropriate. Funny how in Ohio you really need to have one warm weather costume and one cold weather costume. Or at least be able to fit your costume over a snow suit.....just incase. As much fun as we all had this past week, I think it may have been a little too much activity. Just last week, Maddie had gotten over a terrible cold and ear infection. Well, now she has the flu! It started Saturday night and I have been without sleep since. It is no fun having a sick child.....especially when they use you as their puke bucket!!! She had been having a hard time getting comfortable (probably b/c her belly hurt) so I had been "sleeping" (if you want to call it that) out in the recliner with her. 4am Monday morning at 7:30 this morning I was drenched!! She hasn't eaten since Saturday, so it was all fluid! Her fever is finally gone and she actually wanted to eat something this evening, so I'm hoping that this bug is on its way out and that I may actually get some sleep tonight. I'm also really hoping and praying that her dinner doesnt end up all over me! Enough nasty details for now.....I'm tired!

Sorry its been so long....

Ok, so I know its been a while since my last post. Things have just been really busy. On top of that, our computer has had a virus, so I havent been able to do much or even download pictures. I finally got my pictures downloaded onto my moms computer so I thought I'd post some pictures. We've been really busy.....We took Maddie to her first Perry football game and she loved listening to the band and watching the drill team and cheerleaders. She danced right along with them! We've been pumpkin picking and apple picking.....which was a lot of fun. I had never been apple picking but it was something I've always wanted to do. Madilyn loved it too!!! We went with friends to The Holden Arb's Trick or Treat street which was an outside path and you could trick or treat. It just so happened to be 80 degrees that day! Not really your typical Ohio treak or treating. So last minute we had to change her costume from a huge (winter type) giraffe costume to a balerina so she wouldnt get too hot. She ended up loving her balerina costume and still talks about it all the time. These pictures ended up in reverse order......apparently I still havent mastered this blogging thing!!!!

IT'S A GIRL!!!!

We had our ultrasound last Tuesday and found out that Maddie is going to have a little sister! Boy is Dave going to be out numbered!!! Sorry it took me so long to post this, but the week has been really busy. Mom and I actually just got back from an over night scrapbooking event out in Middleburg Hts. We scrapped from 6pm-12:30am on Friday and then 9am-4pm today. We had a blast and accomplished a lot!!! I had so much catching up to do and needed to find time to do it so this get-away couldnt have come at a better time!! Our ultrasound pics are not that great. Maddie's regular 2-D pic is so much better than the pics we got this time around. First, he only gave us 2. One is a 3-D and is really blurry and the other is just of the "2 lines" and he typed in: ITS A GIRL! Don't ask me how '2 lines' are suppose to tell us its a girl, but he's the doc, so I suppose he knows what he's talking about. I think they just look for something hanging. If they dont see it than they say its a girl! :-)

Our visit with Auntie A, Uncle B & Maya

Auntie A, Uncle B & Maya came over last night to have dinner with us. It was so good to see them!!!!! All day Maddie talked about baby Maya coming over and how she wanted to hold her and hug her. She got to do just that! Maddie felt like such a big girl and was so proud of herself holding Maya. After dinner Maddie and I took Maya for a walk down to Maddie's favorite place....the BUCKEYE tree. We walk there everyday. Maddie was so excited to show it to Maya. We then stopped by my parents where my dad fell in love and immediatly took Maya into his arms. 2 seconds later she layed her head on his chest and fell fast asleep. My mom wasnt home, but I knew my dad would rub it in and she would be very jealous! Maddie helped get Maya changed into her pajamas and truly enjoyed every moment she spent with her. I hope she's as good with her little brother or sister as she is with Maya.

Our little Buckeye!

Every saturday morning Maddie has to put on her "BUCKEYE CLOTHES!" Last week was her jersey and this week was her dress. Lets hope she goes all out next saturday for USC!!!

On Saturday night we went to a surprise 30th bday party for Susie. It was great to see everyone and hang out with great friends!! Alissa was in from Cinci and Kristi was in from GA....soon to be on her way to Alaska!! Yes, your reading that right....ALASKA!!

On Sunday we went to a grandparents brunch at Summerville to visit my grandma. My aunt, uncle and cousin Michelle were there as well. Maddie and Michelle always have so much fun playing together. That afternoon we went to a surprise bday party for Kristi at her sisters house before she takes off for Alaska.

Here it is.....

Maddie loves her new room! We finally have everything in there except her dresser. It's not totally decorated yet either. I still need to hang up her pictures on the wall. But she started sleeping in there Thursday for nap, and has had 2 successful nights. Lets hope tonight is the third! She talks about her big girl room and is very excited about it! The first picture is Friday morning after her first night. Then after we made her bed, she wanted me to take more pictures of her!!