Maddie and the Snot Factory

Daddy's girl - boogers and all!

I honestly can not understand how one teeny, tiny human being can produce so much snot! In a word…disgusting! I have spent a good part of my week, okay, let’s be honest, I have spent MOST of my waking hours this past week, wiping boogers from my daughter’s nose. It’s become my new hobby. Maddie got a nasty cold last week and she is just now starting to get over it. She’s been a real trooper through it all, except for the booger-wiping part. She HATES having her nose wiped. I took several pictures this week, but ended up deleting a lot of them because she just looked so pitiful. Here are a few keepers though. Carter did a great job taking care of his baby sister

Baby in da hood!
Our "tasteful" tub pics

We decided to go out to dinner the other night because Mommy wasn’t up to cooking. Maddie is a world-class restaurant diner. She made it all the way through dinner, but it was getting pretty late when we headed out to the car. We started heading home when she started to fuss and cry. I told John I could make her stop crying if he would turn down the radio. I then started singing “Old MacDonald Had a Farm” accompanied by my lovely, albeit tone deaf, children. Maddie stopped crying immediately. So, John put it to the test and had us stop singing. Two seconds later Maddie was screaming. We let her get worked up a bit and then started singing again…and poof…no more tears! We made it home after regaling her with more than 20 different animals, including an elephant and a monkey, which I honestly had no idea lived on a farm, but she didn’t seem to care.

Samantha picked out the cutest toy for Maddie that helps her work on her balance. She can sit up unassisted for long periods of time now. Here she is showing off her new mad skills!

We see the doctor this Thursday to check on blood tests, talk about our lack of desire to eat anything resembling food and to get our ears pierced.
I thought I’d also share one of Codi’s Lego creations he was busy working on this weekend. This is a two-story house complete with furniture and a fireplace. Pretty cool, huh?

Adoption announcements arrived and should go out this week. Hope you enjoy Maddie stylin' in her Mommy's shower cap. We just couldn't stop laughing!!!