wonderful weekend

doesn't that face say it all? we had cool, sweet treats after dinner out tonight. madelyn had chocolate ice cream (at her request) and then a bite of daddy's vanilla based ice cream cone. her mouth is full in the picture. the sugar from the ice cream kept her up for at least an hour after going to bed tonight.

she kept telling us that she made a big, sticky mess when we were trying to clean her up enough to get back in the car. she said this with a sense of pride too. she told daddy about it on the ride home too, as if he had not been there watching her make a big ice cream mess.

this was just the end of a happy day for madelyn. she got to play with her friend, ava, this morning while i made a presentation and it sounds like they had a really fun time together. i guess they put on princess dresses and then put on a cabaret show singing the abc's with ava playing piano and madelyn sitting on top of it. ava's mom tried to give me a reenactment when i got there, but they weren't interested in singing. they would just get into position. i got the general idea and it was very amusing. unfortunately, i did not have my camera.

we spent a very quiet weekend at home just being a family. matt and i couldn't remember the last time we had just had a weekend to relax at home. it was wonderful! we are hoping to have a repeat this weekend.

madelyn was given some zoo animals for her blocks by papa and nana during their visit. on saturday she built them all "towers" the important part was that the "lion cub is waving 'hi' to everyone".

we also got to be treated to some great conversations with madelyn. matt's favorite was when she raided the winter scarves. she brought one for daddy to put on her. once he tied it around her she walked over to mason's swing and asked if she could "carry mason now, please". she thought that my moby wrap was the same as her scarf, so she was ready to carry him. so cute! i loved it too.

my favorite conversation was when matt was working on his laptop and madelyn came over to me to ask, "mama, buy me a computer, please. a little one." she went on to tell me that she wanted me to buy her a little computer of her own. the cute part was that she was very sincere and asked so sweetly.

we spent several hours measuring everything in the house too - including madelyn. she even measured the growth chart board matt made. it was kind of like she was verifying his work (and mine - i wrote the numbers). i measured her against it and discovered that she has already grown an inch since her birthday!

madelyn helped me make dinner on sunday night. we were having asparagus. when i took it out of the refrigerator i asked madelyn if she knew was it was. her response - "it's archie!" as in, archie the asparagus, from veggietales. that totally surprised me! what surprised me more was that she still ate it at dinner because he is one of her favorite characters.

a new expression that amuses me now but that i am sure will get on my nerves in a few years - "'cause". i ask her why and she answers 'cause.

she has been so delightful for the past several days now that her fever and sore throat is gone. i think that is part of the reason we enjoyed our weekend together so much.

mason has given me three 8 hour nights now. the shortest night over the past week has been 6 hours, so we are still doing pretty well there. he doesn't seem to be a great napper though, more of a cat napper. if i put him in his crib on his belly he will sleep up to three hours, but that seems to be his max for daytime sleeping. he is still in a great mood so i think he is just someone that doesn't need a lot of sleep. at least he sleeps at night. he still doesn't cry except when his diaper is dirty. he is 'talking' a lot more and it makes me so happy. i love how excited he gets when he smiles. maybe i can get some video tomorrow. the camera is still pretty distracting though.

i also think that he is going to get teeth early like madelyn (first tooth at 13 weeks). he has started to work his tongue and drool. he also cries out in pain randomly. but overall he is a very laid back boy who loves to eat! i think we are hitting the 8 week growth spurt right now. he can't seem to eat enough and it is definitely not because i am not producing enough. sorry to be so detailed. hopefully things will ease up once he gets through this growth spurt. i can't wait for his 2 month check up. i think that he is bigger than madelyn was and can't wait to see if i am right. love.