First shoes...

Juliana got her first shoes this past weekend. I don't think she was too thrilled, but hey she can't walk yet anyway. Soon...What she really likes is to put the shoes on her hands and crawl around like that LOL.

Madison's birthday party...

Madison's party was this past Sunday, so as promised here are some pics. She recieved a giant Dora doll from Rich's parents, and we got her (and Juliana) one of those big jeeps they can drive. Madison loved it and actually caught on to driving pretty quick! I do have to say I'm pretty proud of the cake I made her, although I think it could have been better if I'd have more time LOL.

A month of fun...

I posted the birthday pics, but have quite a few others to put up here from Sept.
Madison started preschool, there are a couple pics from that. The ones where she looks mad LOL. She is enjoying preschool and behaving herself, which is a relief.
The weather has been nice here so we have spent some time outdoors. The salmon are making their run up to the river where they spawn, so we have spent some time looking for them, looking over a bridge downtown. We havent really seen too many fish, but we did see some seals chowing down which was cool. Their are some pics of our gorgeous waterfront view.
There is a fountain downtown that people often play in when its warm, so I took Madison down there for the 1st time. She was hesitant at first, but then she got nailed by some water, and fell in love with it.
Last, for now, we went to the Puyallup fair. This fair is huge and tons of fun! Madison rode rides and had her picture taken with Dora and had tons of fun.

Birthdays!!

Juliana and Madison have both had their birthdays yay! Juliana is now 1 and Madison is 3. For Juliana's party we had a luau which went really well. She didnt seem overwhelmed at all which I am thankful for. Madison turned 3 this past Sunday, but we will not be having her party for a another week and a half. Here are some pics from each birthday. I'll post pics of Madison's party after its all done!

Well that wasn't any fun...

Today Juliana and I were in a minor car accident...really we just got rear ended, but when your baby is in the car, it's scary! We were stopped at a light, and the lady behind us wasn't paying close attention and she slammed right into us. Juliana just screamed, poor thing, and I cried. I took her to the doctor and luckily she is just fine! Fortunately our van wasn't damaged, at least not visibly, but I do have to take it in to get checked. Now I just have to hope that the insurance company will be easy to deal with!

Fun Fun Fun!!!

It has been a busy couple of weeks for us. I took a cake decorating class this month, finally! I learned a lot, you can see my stunning creations below LOL. The rainbow cake was my first, unfortunately before I could take a pic, Madison picked up the cake carrier, and tipped it a bit, so one side lost its frosting. I heard "mommy it's too heavy" LOL.

Last week we made a trip up to a nearby park and zoo, Point Defiance, which was a lot of fun. Madison loved looking at the animals, and playing in the kid's zone. When the zoo closed, Rich met his cross country kids for practice, while the girls and I played at the park.

I worked a lot of days this month, and while I have enjoyed that, I'm looking forward to working a little less for awhile. I hadn't done a delivery since April, and now I've done 4 in the last couple weeks, including my first set of twins, which was very exciting! It gave me enough of an adrenaline rush to last awhile for sure!

Juliana is busily cutting teeth. She got her first 2 four months ago, and I was starting to wonder if she had anymore, but she cut 3 in a row, and is working on 3 more. Her sleep is affected by this off and on I guess. She typically still wakes up at least once a night, but I know she will sleep through the night someday. She is standing really well on her own now, and it won't be long before she takes those first steps.

Madison starts pre-school on Thursday, which I think she'll enjoy. We had a visit to meet the teacher and see the classroom tonight, and though she was a bit standoffish with the teacher, she liked the toys in the room, and had a tantrum when it was time to leave. To be fair though, she didnt have a nap today because I was (finally) painting her room.

Rich starts back to work tomorrow, so it's back to our old routine!

To The Ocean Finally!!

So we finally made it to the Ocean yesterday yay! It was supposed to be hot here where we live, so we thought it'd be the perfect day to get out of town. We drove to Ocean Shores and had a great time. It was the first time either of the girls has been to the Ocean so I was excited to see Madison's reaction. She looked at the water and said "ooo hoo hoo!" Too funny! We spent a couple hours playing in the sand, building sand castles. Juliana enjoyed eating a large amount of sand, and Madison loved running around and rolling in the sand. We spent a while playing in the water too, jumping over the waves, which was a blast! Eventually Madison got cold and tired of the beach so we went over to the main area of town and walked thru some shops. It was such a nice day, when we first got there, there was still a cloud cover but it burned off by about 2pm. Someone told us that the cloud cover hasn't been burning off til 5-6 pm, so we got lucky. It was a really fun day!