2 1/2 months old already!

Maddie is 10 weeks old today! Hard to believe....she's growing like a weed too! At her two-month check-up she weighed 13 lbs. 3 oz. and was 26 inches long!! She's grown 6 inches in just 2 months - no wonder she's outgrowing her clothes so quickly! She's wearing her 3-6 month clothes now and only has about 2 more inches to grow before she'll be too long for her 6 month clothes. I definitely think she'll be tall like Daddy. She is still an excellent baby - she sleeps all night now! Her bedtime is still between about 9:30-10:00 and she'll sleep until around 5:30. When she wakes up, she nurses for about 10-15 minutes and is then back asleep until usually 8:00-8:15 or so. My kinda baby!! She also smiles like crazy now (I'm just waiting for her to bust out in a laugh one of these times) and wants to always sit up so she can see what all is going on. She has strong legs too! She's always standing on them if you hold her up on your lap.

Travis & I did have our first night out this past Saturday! We went to a comedy night at The Elk's Club that the Pontiac Firemen were putting on. There was a big group of us that went for drinks (I had my one beer), dinner and laughs and boy did we all laugh! It was absolutely hilarious!! Travis had a headache by the time it was over from laughing so hard - we definitely plan on going next year. I think some of the older people there were a bit put-off by some of the language, but I'm not sure what they were expecting since these were professional comedians. Oh well - we had a great time! Maddie stayed with Grandma Joanne and I knew they would get along perfectly fine. All week long I was convincing Travis that we were ok to go out and have some fun. He kept saying how he wasn't sure if he was ready to leave her yet. I think he was glad he went, but we were both ready to get her back home by the end of the night! :o)

Daycare is going very well! My daycare kids are so stinkin' funny - I have one little girl that is 2 1/2 years old with the funniest imagination. Her mom has also told me how she has named one of her babies at home "Maddie Moose" - I wonder where she picked that up at? :o) Her mom also shared with me last night that when she gets in trouble for something at home, she'll tell her parents "Heather says 'yes'". So funny! I took all the kids outside for a little bit last Friday - it was so darn nice out that I just had to get them out in the sun. Our swingset is leaning really badly and I was nervous to let them play on it so we all just held hands (well, I held Maddie) and made two trips around the yard. They were so cute b/c I had them all hold hands (I had 7 or 8 kids that day) and they were all holding hands in different ways so some of them had to walk backwards and some were walking sideways and when cars would drive by they would honk at the kids and boy did they think that was so funny!! I've also received 2 requests this week for daycare which is encouraging. AND one of my current daycare moms has told me that she told her husband that they would not be having another baby unless I had the room in my daycare - what a compliment to me! It was nice to hear after some of the problems I've been having with another daycare provider in Pontiac. For some reason this lady has targeted me and likes to run her mouth. It's getting bad enough that I'm thinking about having a little talk with her - I've been biting my tongue long enough. I certainly don't bother other daycares or get into their business, but I've heard that there are a handful of daycare providers in Pontiac that are just out to get others. I'll never understand people.....

In other family news - we get family pictures taken on Sunday! I've been trying to get better about pictures. I think we're all just going to wear jeans and something nice on top - Lord knows we're not the fancy clothes kind of family! Plus Maddie has the cutest jeans!! Hopefully I can post one of the pics after we get them taken.

Kiegan has been signed up for baseball - he'll start practicing in April. He is VERY excited about it!! We think all the running will be great exercise for him. Also, Kiegan will be having some Auditory Processing evaluations done at ISU either this summer or early Fall. Cross your fingers that we can get him the help he needs to make school and learning easier!

Lexi has her last volleyball game tonight. She told us the other night that she signed up at school to play volleyball for St. Mary's next year. We're hoping this will be incentive for her to keep her grades up - they are NOT good at the moment. Lexi heads to a specialist next month to do something for all of the nasty warts she has on her feet. We've already tried having them froze off and that did nothing and now she has like 800 more! I wonder if stinky feet bring on warts?? This girl's feet smell AWFUL!!

Patrick is finishing up some eye therapy appointments that are suppose to help with his lazy eye. He also got another pair of glasses that are now bifocals - they seem to think this will help with his vision.

That's all the news for now - let's start praying for warmer weather!!

Her face cracks me up in this one (she's sleeping of course, not blinking).