Maddie and Jay's Blog: 2008

Thursday, December 4, 2008

Hitting the books

I've got finals coming up, so I've been studying hard.

Wednesday, December 3, 2008

Thanksgiving

On the train to Minnesota.

With my Uncle Jeff and Cousin Tallie.

Great Aunt Patty

I love my cousin Tallie.

At Macy's with Mom and Dad.

Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Boston

me and Dad eating lunch in Cambridge, Mass

Me and Mom walking around the cute town of Portsmouth, NH

Me and Dad eating some good seafood in Portland, Maine

Doing my best "Rocky" in the Philadelphia airport

What? Are you surprised to see a baby so well behaved on a plane?

Sunday, November 2, 2008

My First Halloween

Dad wanted to name me Bumblebee; instead he just dressed me up as one for Halloween.

Sunday, October 26, 2008

Last weekend, October 18-19, was super fun. On Saturday me, mom and dad went to the lake shore for a nice walk. I love looking at trees! Then on Sunday we all went with Schnella and Clint to a pumpkin patch. A great weekend had by all!

A Day in the Life....

These are just some shots of me doing what I do, eating, reading books and bathing.

Fun In The Leaves!

Saturday October 11th was spent at my Grandma and Grandpa Thompson's house. There I got to play in the leaves! It was the best thing ever, except mom wouldn't let me eat them, so that was a bit of a bummer.

Saturday, October 18, 2008

6 Months Old

This is the first time I've ever eaten solid food! Rice cereal sure is yummy!

These are pictures of me at 6 months old. I was back in Alex again visiting Grandma and Grandpa Lenz. There must be something in the water, because not only did I get huge but I grew my first 2 teeth.

Maddie at 5 Months old

Here are some pics of me at about 5 months old. As you can tell, I keep getting cuter! Some of my interests included making my mom laugh, sucking on my own toes and geography.

End of August 2008

I was trying to escape, but I was busted

Me and Mom reading a book

Me and the homies at mom's friend Christa's wedding. Pictured are members of the posse, second generation. Maddie Thompson, Jackson and Anderson Stark, Lila and Kaden Cochran and Dominick Jacobson.

More Baptism

I'm so lucky to have such a great family. Uncle Rob and I were spent after a long day of partying down.

Baptism, August 3, 2008

Me with my Godparents Jeff and Kassie

Me and Uncle Colin

Welcome to our blog!

Maddie and Jay are fast asleep, and instead of going through all the work of getting them to bed again I just decided to let them sleep and write this blog update myself.

Well, it's been a while since I've updated the blog. I guess I've been quite busy trying to maintain order in this house. Life is good, and the kids are both amazing! Maddie is well beyond her years. Some of her vocabulary is unreal and she is quick as a whip. Remembers everything, which makes me have to be very careful what I say. She enjoys all sorts of pretend games. Lately she has been pretending to pack up and fly to Minnesota. She loves wearing my shoes, and basically doing everything I do, especially when it comes to things with Jay. She has her own "babies", which are Jay's stuffed animals. They are all her sons. She is very good about putting her babies down for naps, feeding them, pumping milk and rocking them. She even tells me to be quiet when any of them are sleeping. She likes to steal toys from the real baby in the house to give to her babies, which I am trying to teach her is not nice.

Jay is a wonderful little 6 month old bundle of joy! The kid is the most smiley, giggley baby ever. Even when he wakes up from his naps, he sees me and grins. He likes to be tickled, play peek a boo, blow bubbles and play with toys when his sister lets him. He thinks she is the funniest, best thing ever. He always watches her and is so interested in her. He rolls over and is close to sitting up on his own. He just started eating rice cereal which he seems to enjoy. He just had his 6 month check up and is the height of an average 10 month old. He is a solid little guy, and he doesn't fit into his clothes for very long stretches.

Seeing Maddie and Jay together is so fun. Maddie adores Jay now. She wants to make sure I don't forget him and that he is always coming with us when we leave the house. If he ever fusses she says "I"m comin' Jay" and runs to him. Although I can't remember ever feeling this tired, my days fly by and I have the best time with these two. I'm not sure how Joe and I got such cute kids, but I know how lucky we are to have them.

Love,

Stef

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