Video Crazy

I guess we're getting all of our blogging in at once! I have Raymey's computer for a couple of hours so I had to post some of our videos. Madeline is afraid of bubblegum. She is reminding me more and more of Monk (the show on USA network). She has a fear of bubble baths, slinky toys, rubber chickens, bubblegum, and sometimes of talking toys. It is really funny, and we can't stop ourselves from testing the fears a few times. I really wonder what is going on in her head!

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Big Smackaroo!

Raymey and I have been waiting a good two years for this moment. It is kinda funny that it took so long. Madeline has finally learned to give us kisses of her own free will and choice. We have to ask for a kiss, but she'll walk over and open her mouth for a kiss (it looks pretty funny and is extremely slobbery--I think mine was mingled with a little nose-run today...eeeeeeeeww). She also sometimes actually makes a kissing noise, and may blow kisses. Up until a couple of days ago she'd squirm and try to escape whenever we tried to kiss her. It was a little sad! I guess she just had space issues! Now she knows that we are proud of her when she gives us kisses. What a sweetheart!!!
P.S. I don't know if I can do a p.s. on a blog, but Madeline actually hugged me for a full 5 minutes after a nap today. This is also a truly momentous occasion. We have a loving baby, but she is so very wiggly! Maybe she's learning to slow down sometimes:)

Fall back, Spring forward...

I have to do one last post because tomorrow Raymey will have his laptop again and I'll have to use the troubled computer. Raymey and I are dorks. Last night we were talking and Raymey got excited because he remembered that today was the end of daylight savings. I asked if he was sure, and I checked on the calendar. Sure enough it said that daylight savings ended. We were really excited that we'd remembered and wouldn't show up at church early (we've done that before in Provo and we didn't get to enjoy the hour sleeping in). I went around and changed all of the clocks and we were so excited. Later, I was talking to my sister on facebook and told her not to forget to change her clock. She said that it wasn't the end of daylight savings until November and I told her to look it up. We both looked it up and of course she was right! It is next Sunday! (Our calendar said "Daylight Savings Ends" and when I rechecked I saw that in small print under that it says "select provinces". Whoops!) By this time it was midnight (not 11:00) and we had to reset all of our clocks again. It was such a tease to gain an hour and lose an hour all within the space of 2 hours! Maybe it will be extra fun to gain an hour again next week. It reminds me of the time my Mom set our clocks forward to trick all her kids into going to bed early. It worked! I really want to try that one:) Mom, I love you!

Madeline in October

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Here is a little slide show with videos and pictures. I didn't have a lot of space to write the text because it was a one-format-fits-all kind of thing. It gives you an idea of what Madeline is like right now. We don't really have videos of Raymey or me because if we did it would be Raymey studying or me practicing piano or Spanish. It really wouldn't be very interesting!
Our (church) ward was split today and we are in a new ward now. We're going to miss our friends that are in the Green Hills ward, but we're thankful that we have lots of good people in our new Bellevue ward. It was announced that we may only have 1.25 hour church for the next couple of weeks since no one has callings and the ward structure basically has to be formed from scratch. Between that and Stake Conference, the next time we go to church we probably get to leave Madeline in NURSERY!!!!!!!!! I feel like celebrating!!!!! We will actually be able to attend our meetings and not walk in the hall with her!

ABCs

Today we hung out with Andres (from Colombia) and Tori (from New Hampshire). We had some cool new foods including arepas (like thick cheesy tortillas), pumpkin atole (hot milky drink), and fried yuca (similar to a potato).
On the way home Raymey started to sing the ABCs and Madeline joined in, but then she changed it up a little. Raymey sang "A", then Madeline sang "B", so Raymey sang "C", but then Madeline sang "puppy". Raymey tried to continue with "E", but Madeline came back with another "puppy". So the rest of the way home we tried to sing the ABCs substituting every other letter with the word "puppy". Turns out it's surprisingly difficult.

Happy Halloween!!!

We had our ward trunk-or-treat party tonight. It was a lot of fun! Let me explain our costume. Madeline was a ladybug (same costume from last year) and Raymey and I were spider webs to catch her. We figured that we should dress up in some way. On Tuesday night I thought, "Hmmm, I have glow-in-the-dark paint and we each have an old black shirt, let's be webs!" I think it is kinda strange that I happened to have the paint. It was $1 and when I bought it I knew that glow paint was a must-have:) Weird!

Once we got outside it was pretty hard to get a picture of Madeline from the front! She was all over the place (it is ok, her back was cute!

SIDE STORY:We had a trick-or-treat lesson earlier today in hopes that she would learn to say something similiar to "trick-or-treat". We didn't have a bag so I grabbed a little pumkin decoration for Madeline and I went in the bathroom with some m&ms. Raymey taught her how to knock and then I opened the door and we tried to get her to say "treat" or "please". The order of the whole thing never stuck, but she thought it was an awesome game! After maybe 8 tries at the door we finally gave up. But Madeline wasn't done. A few minutes later she walked in our closet with her pumpkin and kept closing and opening the door and smiling and saying "he ye go" (here you go). It really cracked us up!

That little story did relate in some way. Tonight at trunk or treat she walked around saying "he ye go" and accepting candy. She also tried about half of the time to put candy back. Sometimes I took candy out of her pumpkin (which is about big enough for 2 mini candy bars) and put it back in at the next car. We didn't really want to collect candy, we just had lots of fun!

Last pics. Left: Madeline and I walking to the first car of the night. Right: After a few cars gave her candy Madeline was not shy in approaching others for treats!

Madeline's favorite...

I've always been a little freaked out by Teletubbies. I was sure that my kids would never watch the show becuase I couldn't stand it. But, somehow Madeline watched it once and likes them, so, fine. Teletubbies have made their way into my life. This is her favorite game right now. She likes to shake her finger when "Noo Noo" comes on. I think it sounds like "No No" to her. If she sees Mommy or Daddy on the computer she starts to say "Up! Up! Noo Noo! Noo Noo!" It's kinda funny:).

http://pbskids.org/teletubbies/peekaboo.html

Computers are the pits

Our computer is slowly and painfully on its way out. We're lucky that it has lasted until now. We bought a cheaper version to get us through our summer in Boise and Japan. Now we've been home from Japan for 2 years, so I guess that is a fruitful life for a computer-why are computers so pathetic? I'm wondering-does anyone have a wonderful, hard working, reliable, magic, and affordable computer that they can recommend? I don't even know where to start looking. I don't even know how serious I am, I just have a feeling our computer might not make it to Halloween.

If you're happy and you know it...

Madeline stayed up way too late tonight because we had family night with another family. When we got home and Raymey was changing her, she heard him say "sad" and she knows that the words happy and sad go together(run on sentences are allowed in blogs). My mom taught her the happy (smile) sad (frown) game a few months ago, and we still do it. So, anyways, Madeline heard "sad" and started wailing "happy, happy, happy". I ran for the camera and missed most of the sobbing, but you get the idea. Don't you feel like that sometimes, "I'm happy, I'm happy, waaahhhhh, I'm happy..."

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Splish Splash...

On Friday night I gave Madeline a bath. I've really considered myself lucky because Madeline hasn't, well, soiled herself, in the bathtub since she was teeny tiny, and actually it was when my Mom was bathing her. I suppose I thought she didn't have it in her. Unfortunately, this is not the case. I turned around to get a towel and as I walked back towards the tub I saw...solid where there had been liquid only seconds before. I was kinda freaking out because there were a bunch of toys in the tub, and I had to rebathe the kid also. I called Raymey in and held Madeline towards the back of the tub while it drained and Raymey washed off the toys. Then it was my turn to give Madeline bath #2. I did it lazy-style. I turned the water on, soaped her up, and started rinsing her without filling up the tub. I didn't foresee that Madeline would find the shower switch on the faucet. While I was finishing up the rinse, Madeline pulled up the pin and soaked her fully dressed mama. That little girl is pretty tricky. I have to give her credit, that was a good one.

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