Madilynn's 2 yr Doctor Visit

This morning we went to Madilynn's 2 year doctor's appointment. I told her before we went that we were going to pick up Daddy and she was happy with that, then I added that we would be going to the doctor to see how much she weighed and how tall she was and she said "no". So we stuck with going to see Daddy. She loved seeing the fish in the waiting room. They had Nemo and Dory, and she kept saying "Dory, dory" and pointing at them. That was the first time I had heard her say that! She continues to learn new words every day. She did really well at the appointment. The doctor commented that she had a good attention span for a 2 yr old. She weighed 25 pounds and is 361/2 inches tall! Tall and skinny, but not too skinny the doctor said. All was well until the shots she had to have two today (one was the flu shot). Then we had to go to the lab where they drew blood from her finger to test her iron and lead levels. She didn't appreciate that at all. She kept saying "no,no" while the nurse was squeezing her finger. But she loved her "boo boo"(band-aid). Afterwards we took Daddy back to work and got these pictures. She was doing much better by then and even ran a few laps around the shop!

Maybe you can see the shiny band-aid in the picture. She has continued to hold her hand out like this all morning. Now she is taking a much needed nap!

Fun Projects...

Okay, so I guess we found things to do. We got creative and took on a project...or two. Michael still got in all of his hunting despite the cold weather. (Currently the temp is 27 with a wind chill of 17. Too cold in my opinion for hunting). He actually just left for the afternoon for more deer hunting, Madilynn is napping and I have some free time....

On Friday afternoon I got some inspiration to do a little project after browsing etsy.com. And after a trip to Hobby Lobby I started it on Friday night. I basically just wanted to see if I could do it..make this sign that is. Well it's done except for attaching a ribbon to hang it by, and I love it! (turned out better than I expected). Can't wait to do more!!

Then, On Saturday morning Michael brought up the idea of re-arranging the furniture in the living room - this made me happy. I had been wanting to do it, but we were waiting until Thanksgiving break when we were going to have to clear out all of the furniture for new carpeting to be installed while we are out of town. Michael was motivated to do it, so I was all in. Actually it turned out great and we were able to move the computer and office stuff to our room to see how we like it in there instead. So I guess we got a jump start on moving out all of the furniture, now we just have mostly big pieces left. Notice the dark indoor/outdoor carpet. I'll have to post pictures after the new carpet is in! Oh, can you tell Madilynn is watching Nemo one of her favorites these days - kept her quite entertained during all the moving!

Oh, and here is a cute picture we took of Madilynn last weekend. Michael did her hair it was so cute!

First Snow!

Well, we awoke this morning to the first snow of the season here in Iowa. After last year's winter I wasn't ready to see it again yet! I just stuck the camera out the front door and took this picture at about 7:30 this morning, and now it is mostly melted off the grass. We are supposed to get more snow today, tonight and tomorrow. The current temp. is 33 and the wind chill is 20. I'm just not ready for winter to be here yet! I've been spoiled living in AR where you can get away without having a heavy winter coat. The wind here is partly what makes it sooooo cold - currently there are gusts to 28mph.

Well, we don't have an exciting weekend planned. I think Michael hopes to go hunting tomorrow either deer or duck, not sure yet which. It will depend on the weather if he goes or not. Otherwise we'll just be hanging out. I would normally plan to bake cookies or something, but I just made some on Wednesday, (Peanut butter blossoms - my first attempt) they are wonderful!

Hope everyone has a great weekend!