Starting tomorrow I am going to try and post AT LEAST 5 times a week...Hopefully I can do it!! We'll see! This weekend we will be out of town, but I will at least try to stop in and post something...even if it is pictureless!!
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Guilt...
Ok, so if you are follower of this blog you know that I really suck at blogging! I have VERY limited time on the computer between running a daycare, in which I no longer have 4 children napping at once, and a computer gaming hubby. And what time I DO have is usually spent listening to sermons online while I search facebook. I should really BLOG more and facebook less-I think I would REALLY enjoy my blogging experience rather than constantly feeling guilty over NOT bloggin in such a long time...perhaps I can start anew?? Is it too late? Is it possible for me to attempt this YET again?
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
Ten on Tuesday
1.) I am REALLY bad at updating my blog so it seems :( As most of you know I do daycare from home and then on weekends we try to find family time and starting in 3 weeks I will be teaching my Sign Language classes every Saturday-busy busy!
2.) This past week has brought a lot of new changes my direction mainly in light of my ASL business Blessed By Signing and I look forward to the next month as I prepare for teaching.
3.) Just because she melts my heart!!
4.) Joshua has just exploded with conversation lately and it is amazing to listen to him talk and play. He is full of emotion and expression and the empathy that he expresses is amazing! I forget that he isn't even 3 yet-though we are getting dangerously close!
5.) I am at a stage of 'contentment' with my little family! I REALLY want 2 more children before we say we are done for good (I really want 6 but I don't think that will happen). But right now I look around and I really feel content.
6.) He is just the best-and super funny!!! (mommy I talk on my foot-phone!)
7.) Joshua's birthday is coming in March and there is only 2 things that will "make him happy"...1.) A big boy bike, 2.) A big boy bed like mom's. He has a toddler bed, but that isn't good enough, he wants a BIG bed...I've got some tall orders to fill. And the best part is he will say, "moommy it make me heart happy me get big boy bike and a big boy bed for me super why birthday"...he melts my heart!!
8.) Madelynn has learned how to spit! Ugh! She loves to do it and the more your tell he to stop the more she does it :( But this face is just the sweetest!
9.) Joshua gets VERY excited over things and loves to celebrate by giving me this sweet face, with a giggle and then hugging the item that brought him joy...last night it happened to be his little parrot!
10.) And I'll leave you with this...my comedian, my baby, my son!
Thursday, December 30, 2010
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year
Here is another year later and I am in awe that time has flown by in the blink of an eye. A good friend told me one day that "The days are long, but the years are short" and I couldn't agree more! This past year has been filled with so many ups and downs and full of great heartache as well as joys, and lots of changes!
Madelynn is 13, almost 14months, months old as I sit here and she is amazing! She is so smart and she is an AMAZING little mama! She nurses her babies, dresses/undresses her babies, reads to her babies and totes them everywhere she goes! She has a new love of dresses and 'girly' things and she loves to carry clothes around the house. She has a tendency to grab baby wipes, washcloths, or towels and then she'll proceed around my house dusting and cleaning everything! Madelynn is such a daddy's girl and as soon as Dan walks into the door she runs to him with the biggest smile and she throws her arms around his neck. Whenever there is an opportunity to look outside, she is constantly yelling 'dad' as she searches out the window for him! It is so sweet! She's a great eater, will eat almost anything, and is still nursing strong! My personal goal is to nurse until 2 or until she self-weans. Madelynn is so sweet, and if you haven't had the chance to meet her, let's set something up, because she will surely melt your heart!!
Joshua is 2.5, almost 3 (March). He is all boy! Joshua loves his trains, his cars, and his play kitchen! He is a mean cook and loves to show everyone what he can do with plastic food!! In October Joshua decided that he was done with diapers. He woke up one day and refused a diaper and that was nearly the end of it. It took a little longer to be night trained, but from the get go he was day and nap trained-I'm so proud!! Joshua is a cuddle bug and a bookworm and he is s-l-o-w-l-y getting better with meeting new people. He is still very noise-sensitive and doesn't do well in large crowds, but he's learning that being close to mommy and daddy, and saying a little prayer, makes it all better! Speaking of prayer-Joshua is AMAZING! He prays anytime someone gets a boo-boo and he lays his sweet little hands on the owie and prays to Jesus asking Him to take the boo-boo's away. It is the sweetest thing! He tends to pray a sermon at dinner, but gets cold feet when we have company over. Joshua loves his sissy to death and he is also a GREAT big brother!
Dan is still working at Minnesota Teen Challenge in the IT Department and recently was promoted to Network Administrator. He loves his job but is starting to find it difficult to be at work as Joshua does not like for daddy to leave and often calls crying that he misses daddy. Dan is doing an amazing job at TC and we have been blessed that he loves his boss! 'The Boss' is great and his wife and I have become very close this past year and I have been truly blessed by their presences in our life!
I am still working from home doing daycare. Currently I am caring for 2 families, one part time and one full time. The kids both love that they have playmates and I love that the kids aren't easily bored with others around. The littlest daycare kid is just starting to get mobile and I have enjoyed her 'babyness' so much, as Madelynn was on the move from such an early age (crawling at 4months, walking at 8mo). We recently moved into another apartment in Maple Grove and we love it! (If you don't have our new address and want it let me know!)
So there you have it, a brief look at 2010! As we wrap this year up I pray that you will remember that Jesus is the Reason for the Season and that He is why we celebrate each Christmas. It's not the presents, the food or the guy in the big red suit, but because of Jesus, God's own son!!
Merry Christmas!
Dan, Autumn, Joshua and Madelynn
Dan, Autumn, Joshua and Madelynn
Monday, November 22, 2010
Blessed By Signing Black Friday Deal!
Hey everyone, I know you all love a great deal and even better if it benefits your children! This holiday weekend we are offering some great Black Friday deals on Signing Time products. If you are needing some great gifts for your little ones or little ones in your life click on the link and place and order through my online store. Listed below is the dates and the deals Signing Time has going on :) Again click the link to make your purchases! Have a Happy Thanksgiving and happy shopping!!
- Friday, Nov. 26: 50% off purchases over $50
- Saturday, Nov. 27: $15 off purchases over $50
- Sunday, Nov. 28: FREE SHIPPING with purchases over $50
- Monday, Nov. 29: 20% off all collections, bundles, and sets
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Birthday Bashes
Miss Madelynn Rene' has turned a year old! Her golden birthday and she loved every min of it! She loved the gifts, she loved the songs sung to her, she loved the cake, and most of all she LOVED her tutu! She tried to twill it-and she totally rocked it! Let me share with you some of her party excitement...
Madelynn's birthday theme was ladybugs and one of my Cafemom friends made white chocolate ladybug lollipops to share with our guests!!
Madelynn opening her birthday card.
Playing with her new baby, and her first baby with a paci!
Savannah decorated Madelynn's present in the BEST picture...the perfect FARM for Miss Maddie Moo
Madelynn loving her Leap Frog Counting Candles Cake
Madelynn likes to share...do you want some cake??
Friday, November 5, 2010
Hearty Bacon Potato Soup
It's cool out, the leaves are nearly all gone here, yet we still have green-ish grass...welcome to MN! Though I am not complaining. Madelynn's 1st birthday party, well 2 of them actually thanks to large families, is this weekend and it is going to be to GORGEOUS out 50-60's! I cannot wait (we've been in the 30-40's here lately). But with this fall weather comes some of my favorite recipes...Hearty Bacon Potato Soup being one of them. And I wanted to share with you how to make this yummy meal. We usually serve ours with homemade bread or french bread for dunking :) Enjoy!
Hearty Bacon Potato Soup
- 8slices bacon, cut into in 1 inch pieces
- 2cups cubed new red potatoes, cut into 1/2inch pieces
- 1 small onion, chopped
- 8oz sour cream
- 1 1/2cup milk
- 1/4cup celery, finely chopped
- 1 can (10-3/4oz) cream of chicken soup, condensed
- 1 can whole kernel corn, drained
- ¼ tsp black pepper
- ¼ tsp thyme
Add potatoes and onions. Continue cooking, stirring occasionally, until potatoes are tender (15-25mins).
Add remaining ingredients.
Continue cooking, stirring occasionally, until heated through (10-15mins).
Monday, November 1, 2010
My baby girl is 1 today
I can't believe it! A whole year has past and my little Maddie Moo is a year old. Wow! Moments like these (birthdays) are so bittersweet. When Joshua turned a year old I had just (the day before) found out I was pregnant with Madelynn...I am happy (yet sad) to report that this 1st birthday I am NOT pregnant!!
Madelynn was born 11.01.2009 at 12:13 in the morning!
Today she woke up at the EXACT time to nurse and it was so lovely! I sang to her "Happy Birthday" and she hummed along as she ate-it was the best! She was up a lot last night, like the night she was born, nursing like crazy but for some reason it didn't bother me as much last night. I was with my baby girl, giving her the best I could a year later!!
Madelynn is the sweetest little 'mama' I have ever met and she is also the happiest little thing! Since she was about 4months old she has always worn a smile. It takes a lot to get her to cry (physically-blood draws, for example, don't phase her) but she is very sensitive emotionally (tell her no in a stern tone and she's crushed!)
She loves her "mama's milk", pasta, bread, eating 'big food', and baths!
She has been walking for 4 months, but only steadily and constantly the last 2. She has 5 teeth and knows 8 signs (milk, more, all-done, dad, bath, cry, sleep and hi/bye) and adores her brother-though the feeling is mutual!
Miss Maddie Moo still sleeps in a crib (this is huge as she is a MAJOR climber) yet ends up in bed with mommy and daddy come morning. Madelynn loves her carseat-usually falls asleep in it- and she will remain rear facing as long as possible (35lbs limit I believe).
But that is all I have time to say right now, my baby is one...and it is bittersweet!
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