spring has sprung!!!

it's a gorgeous day today! madelyn and daddy are out playing and i'm inside waiting for blaise to wake up so we can go on a walk! :)

this past week went by really fast for me! monday and tuesday we had our usual storytime and mom/me ecfe class. by thursday morning we were up in mankato for teresa's birthday mass at her school. friday we took pictures with cousin nolan and a few live bunnies...the pictures turned out adorable, but are copyrighted....so you'll have to go to the website to see them! :)

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blaise has 2 teeth in now (his bottom two) and we're just starting to see the spikes of the top-right tooth, the side tooth next to that. so he's not his usual self, but he's still pretty happy...just a little runny nose and a bit weezy. we took him to the doctor really quick thursday morning to make sure it wasn't anything too serious and got sent away with a 'he's teething' diagnosis.

{showing off his chompers!}

well, i lost the rest of this post, but i think it had something to do with daddy, grandpa r, and madelyn coming home from the exotic animal auction on saturday with NOTHING! :( i was so sad. i think a fuzzy little bunny is in the works for a precious easter morning suprise. :) that night after running around with daddy around the yard in the beautiful weather and the whole animal thing madelyn fell asleep in daddy's arms at 6:30! :) mitch didn't want to bring her up to her 'princess' room, because he 'loves to cuddle up with her' :) such a good dad.

circus time! :)

so it's been crazy this week getting back into the groove of the little things we do during the week. i've totally forgotten to post from the past weekend. we went to the circus and wish we wouldn't have...i think the zoo will be more fun and we won't have to wait around between acts to see the next thing. i think madelyn liked it enough...she still talks about it a bit. so here's one picture i got at the way end of it when you could get up closer to the animals.

daddy is gone until tomorrow...so we've been trying to keep busy and not think about it too much. when he gets back he gets to go to father/daughter night at ecfe and i think they're making some kind of birdhouse or something. should be cute to see her come home from that. they're so cute lately...she's got to cuddle in bed with daddy and 'talk about it'. she's a chatter-box...wonder where she gets that from?! she's been talking about her birthday and easter and baby jesus and her cousins and her painted nails and susie and all the little things a 2 1/2 year old knows so much about.

blaise has his first 2 teeth popping in. i can see both of them, but the one to the right is coming in a bit more. it'll be so cute to see him with some big white chompers! :) he had a couple squashed peas last night and made the funniest face i've ever seen a baby make...it's still etched in my memory as i type it tonight. madelyn thought he needed more and smashed several of her peas to give to him, generous girl.

a 'great' day

this past thursday mitch had to work late, so i decided to go and see grandpa and grandma weber and stop in to see great grandma prososki. it was a nice drive up and no snow or ice to contend with, finally. we had lunch with grandpa and grandma and madelyn had pre-mid-post dessert with grandpa weber and his m&m's.

after lunch we went up to see great grandma prososki. she was in great spirits and was in awe of how much the kids have grown (tell me about it!) madelyn pranced around her room and danced and sang for her. grandma prososki gave her a couple teddy bears to keep her occupied. she loved that. blaise was in a good mood too and excited to meet his great grandma for the first time. he smiled for great grandma and played pat-a-cakes with her. it was precious.

madelyn oddly remembered that great grandma's place had a fish tank and was determined to go see them. she was a bit overtired by the end of the time we had there, but was delighted to see her fish.

i forgot my camera (are you shocked?!) so mom took pictures for me. as soon as i get them sent i'll add to this post. i'm pretty sure i got some cute pics :)

we've been busy otherwise planning on the house. we're now thinking about taking the stick-built route and should have a floor plan by the end of this week. i'm pretty excited to see what they have for us! we're going with mitch's friend, brent, uncle. he's really nice and hopefully it ALL works out! :)