Wow I cannot believe my girls are this old! It is such a joy to have the two of them. Here are their “stats.” 
Madelyn is 9 lbs. 14 oz eats so fast (Anna was a LONG nursery, like 20 minutes each side), she just found her hand last week. Doesn’t take a binky (gags on it or plays with it), Loves to be swaddled to sleep. Loves to rock and fall asleep in my arms or her swing. (Need to work on that).Is such a babbler and loves to tells us cute stories. (Last night I had a dream that she started singing a song and I could understand the words…not quite yet.) She looks for sounds, loves watching Mia, and loves her big sis. I wonder if she’ll be a Daddy’s girl because she lights up when she hears him. She is a joy and most days is happy go lucky. She is loosing her dark hair and we watch her eyes everyday, thinking and hoping they will stay blue. They are really pretty. We will see. Maddie also has rapid breathing which we have been nervous about and she gags a lot, but the doctor didn’t seem concerned She has a cold right now, so it was hard to explain to the doctor, so we’ll see next appointment if things change. Last night she slept 6+ hours, then ate for a minute and went back to sleep for 3 more hours… I hope this is a new trend! We love our Maddie girl!
This is her giraffe from Anna and is our measurement tool. We will take a photo with it each month to see progress. We did this with Anna and it was fun to see not only physical growth, but developmental growth as she started interacting with her elephant more each month.
Anna loves to tuck Maddie in. I love these photos because they show Anna sharing her blanket and Maddie’s response. Ha. Priceless.
For some reason Dave thinks Anna looks one dimensional in the above photo. It is a funny pic.
Anna is such a good three year old. She has done so well with the transition to Big sister. She is 31 pounds and about 36 inches tall. Here are her birthday photos. (right after she woke up- how do you like the bed head?)
*She got a scooter, which she worked on learning how to ride it all day and finally got it that nigh. This ugly set of Barbie clothes that my family found at the flea market, Ursula (from our friends the Tibbs- Anna has a weird obsession with the “mean” people in the Princess stories. She is scared, but also talks about them all the time. She has nightmares about them as well, but then says, “I like Ursula, Mother Gothel, or Swiper…” It is weird, it’s like she tries to figure out why they are mean. She is so kind hearted, we are hoping that secretly she isn’t a little devilish inside (: She also got a Rapunzel doll (which was her cake- photos to come), an ABC game, puzzles, and many other nice things from family.
* Anna is so smart. I’m going to write some things down before I forget, but by no means mean to boast. She speaks sentences, actually paragraphs. She is a negotiator “does that sound like a good idea? or “ I’m just doing … first”, “who said the prayer last, I said the breakfast.” And though she is still a sweetheart she is getting a little spunky, “Are you listening to me, Do you understand what I am saying??” She tries to use big words even when it doesn’t quite make sense. “I am trying to discover what my favorite thing was.” She knows her letters and can count to 20. She can count to 10 in Spanish. Knows all her shapes, colors, and most importantly Disney Princesses (and their coordinating color, prince, songs, story and friends. (:
She is really into nicknames and other funny names right now. Whether it is a made up nickname or just someone’s name said short, it is pretty funny. Doba (has been one for the last year now.. Tinker,Cinder, Sar, Mad, Sal (For Sally her bee pillow pet- which she also named herself and named her sister’s Ladybug Sudy), Her little snake from Chuck E Cheese is Swamey and Seedoo is his new friend. She also just started calling her Ariel- Amy? Where did that come from?
She LOVES music and singing and seems to always be singing something. She makes up words to familiar tunes and when she hears something it reminds her of a song and she’ll start singing it. She loves Little Einstein's and is learning a lot about music from them. She is obsessed with Tarzan right now and loves singing, “Zab e dap Zoo be dap” ( as she calls it.") She loves Nursery where she comes home singing a new song each week. Last night I asked her what her favorite songs in Nursery are, this was her answer: “I am a Child of God, Jesus wants me for a Sunbeam and I’m trying to be like Jesus.” She has also been into singing “you are my sunshine” to Maddie, it melts my heart!
She just discovered how to take her own shirt off and now likes to pick her outfits out. Sometimes they work, other times, like the one in her birthday photo, they don’t. It is great having this independence, especially for me with the new baby. Luckily if we are going somewhere I can convince her to wear something that is somewhat matching. Now with this independence, her hair is another story. She was so cute her birthday morning (when we went to Chuck E Cheeses), then the night came and she was a shaggy mess.
Oh I could go on for hours about this little girl. She is at such a fun stage! Happy 3rd birthday little one! You are simply amazing!
Here are a few pics from Chuck E Cheeses…
I took these photos in Dec. Shows her little personality…
