talk me out of it!

someone get this out of my head...madelyn really doesn't need one for her 3rd birthday, does she!? oh, but it's so cute! i can't stand it...and i don't like animals...ahhh! what's wrong with me!?but i have a really cute name picked out for it and everything...

no, laurie, no!

my big girl

madelyn and i started the day off with a blueberry crescent breakfast...it was pretty good and my little chef even helped put all the blueberries on it! later we got ready for her first hair appointment with a lady from town. i was really hoping auntie marie would be able to do it, but she's a busy mom and has her hands full enough. the weather really hasn't been very nice to get up to see her. so it had to be done...and i did it without going crazy that my little girl was losing her curls. :( she sat in the chair like she'd done it a million times and talked about all the things she got for christmas. when it was all done, she looked like a grown-up girl! so now we're at home and i can't believe she was once a little baby wrapped up in a little blankie!!!

before:

after:

like father, like son :)

father:

son:

you can't see mitch's picture very well...but he's doing the same thing blaise is doing...precious :)

little of this and that...

it's been super-cold and windy around here lately. all of us have been in the house for what seems like forever, except mitch. last night he caught almost his limit of walleye. i guess the new fish house i bought him (early) for his birthday is just what he needed to start bringing us supper. it was a long day without him here, but i think a walleye supper will make up for that.

we've started looking into housing options, although i think mitch is crazy and i'm a little scared to dive in like he has. we like the layout of this home a lot and went to tour it. the kitchen's island was really big and seemed awkward in the space so we'll definetly revise that if we end up going with it. i love the giant pantry it comes with. the rest of the house is really nice and basic. with a few changes in the plans oringinally made for the house, i think it could be a good home...now we just have to come up with how to pay for it. that's a whole other story. it's nice to dream for awhile.

so back to reality, blaise has been sleeping really good lately. he's found the two fingers his daddy used to suck on and we find him loving that all the time. he looks so contented and precious when he's laying there all relaxed sucking on his fingers. i'll have to get a picture.
madelyn has stayed healthy all through the fall and so far through this winter...KnOcK on wood!!! i feel so blessed to be at home and care for both of them. she's starting to get two (maybe three) of her 2 year molars in. a couple days ago she had to call a bunch of random people to tell them she has a tooooth! she's pretty excited and not in pain which is so nice! we finally put up her princess wall stickers in her room. she loves them. i'll get a picture of that too...she's pretty proud of the work she did.

as for me, i'm in for a full week. the last 3 weeks have been easy with mitch being home for most of the week. it's going to be an adjustment now getting back into non-holiday-winter-vacation. we've got a trip to walmart planned tonight...should be a doozy, we haven't been there in a while and we're in need of LoTs of things! i really should buy stock in that place! ick!

i hope to get pictures posted later today in between the heaps of laundry, cleaning, organizing things i have to do today!!! have a good week all!

our prince charming

blaise was 3 months yesterday!!! i feel like i was just saying he was 1 month!!! we went yesterday to get pictures taken. at first we were going to do them locally, but didn't really know where to go. so we ended up at sears again. we didn't get very many shots to pick from and they seemed rushed/busy, but i think they turned out all right anyway.

after that, we spent time at grandma's house where auntie mary made us a gourmet spaghetti meal and gave me a break and played with both madelyn and blaise. i'm so lucky to have such great sisters! santa left marshmallows in madelyn's stocking at grandma's and she was in heaven! we didn't get them christmas morning because mitchel thought we should drive home in the middle of a blizzard. i don't think he'll make that mistake again. it was horrible. horrible.

anyway...here they are :) gotta love my little man and my princess!

{full view of the cute jeans/socks auntie cathy and uncle blake gave him and the pretty blanket from auntie marie, my favorite!}

{she adores him} {madelyn at 2 1/2 years}

{my favorite}

{so him!}

thank you God for such a wonderful gift!

welcome 2010!

2010 rang in pretty quietly for us. we got the kiddos to sleep and headed to sleep ourselves. we woke up in the morning to the new year and had a nice breakfast.

blaise is already 3 months today! we're trying to get a quick appointment in for a portrait. he's been quite the ham lately, so hopefully the pictures will reflect his personality.

we woke up to -27 degrees...brrrr!!! i can't wait for summer!!!

we got this picture of blaise in his bathtub yesterday morning...so full of smiles! gotta love it!and one of our madelyn who LOVES dress-up!!!

{bathtime!}

{our pretty princess}