First Haircut!

 Madison did AWESOME for her first haircut! And it is adorable...I love it! She was so excited because she got to go with her cousin Rylie, or RyRy as she calls her. She was able to sit in two cars because she had to get some more cut off so that I could have some for her scrapbook.

This are the sweet cousins playing after the haircut! They had a great time that day. They played all day, as after the haircut, I had a surprise, or at least tried, baby shower for my sister. The girls literally played all afternoon...no nap for Madison as they were having way too much fun to stop!

November...

So...we did not have much going on last month. But here are a few pictures that I was able to get of the girls!

Halloween 2012

 Madison had a blast helping me "carve" the pumpkin! She cleaned out the entire pumpkin for me, and she LOVED it. She loves getting dirty, what a little tomboy...just like her mommy!

 I don't have the best pictures from trick or treating since it was just me this year, since daddy had to work :( but here are the best that I had!

 

 

One really funny story from that night...we went next door to our awesome neighbors house for dinner before we went out. We took over some cookies since they were kind enough to have me and my two kids over for dinner! They even had chicken nuggets for Madison to eat!! At about 615 we left to do our trick or treating. My plan was to only do about 10-15 houses in our neighborhood since it was a little chilly. Well...Madison had something else in mind. After the second house, she told me she had gotten enough candy and was done for the night! What 2 year old says they are done after 2 houses?!?! Only mine I would guess! After we were done, we went back over to our neighbors house to had out candy. Then she got cold and wanted to go home.

All in all, it was a great night for the Russo kids!!

A look back at summer...

 

So I decided to do a post about summer since we are slowly entering fall; which I love! I have selected some of my favorite pictures from our adventures...enjoy!

 

 

Beach time!

A few weeks ago we were able to spend an entire week at the beach with my mom! We all had a blast, except for the days when it rained; but we did have some good fun inside! We of course needed to get some family pictures while we were down there, since it is so nice in front of the house and at the dunes.

 

here is our first attempt at the beginning of the trip...

Before Rob left to head home for work, we went down the beach for some more pictures!

 

Daddy and his girls!

 

Sweet moment

such sweet sisters

one more family picture

NaiNai and the girls!

kids with ashley's name in the sand

big girl sitting in the high chair!

running on the bear into the water...one of her favorite things to do

madison and mommy at our family breakfast out!

We had such a great time while we were down. We are so blessed to have such a wonderful place to retreat to when we need a break! 

Another sweet memory!

The other night, I was putting the kids to bed; I typlically put Madison down first and then feed Ashley her bottle. So we did our normal routine: bath and then pjs. After pajamas, we read some books. Madison was set on "reading" books to Ashley, so we all sat on the floor and Madison "read" her nursery rhymes book to Ashley. She can identify which ones they are by the pictures on the pages. She sang "Are you sleeping Brother John", "Jack be nimble", "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star", and "Teddy Bear Teddy Bear", and the repeated them all! Ashley absolutely LOVED it and was laughing the whole time and smiling at Madison. It is moments like these that make all the stress of raising children all worth it!

Thanks for letting me share!

Sweet story...Awesome memory!

I have to take a minute to share a story that made a memory for me. Last night, after bath time, we were all in Ashley's room, as I was going to get her pajamas on. Madison saw the radio, and decided she wanted to have an impromptu dance party. She said "Mommy, please turn on music. Lets dance!" This put the biggest smile on my face! So I turned on the radio in Ashley's room to B98.5, as that is about the only one that is appropriate for her. Her idea of dancing is turning in circles, nonetheless, we danced! Ashley got in on it too, she was giggling the whole time, and LOVED watching Madison dance! My favorite quote from the night was this: "mommy, spin in circles like me mommy!" Such sweet innocence that she has.

It reminded me that we all need to take a few minutes out of everyday and just dance!

Thanks for letting me share this!

We have been busy...

Ok...where do I start?!? 5 weeks ago, we had our first major incident with Madison. We were having a snack at the kitchen table and then all of the sudden the chair was slipping out of underneath her. I caught her, but not quick enough. Before I was able to get her, she hit her chin on the table. On our table, there is a tiny raised lip before the edge. This is what she hit! I did not see much blood, until I was checking her out to make sure that she was ok. Thankfully, it did not bleed too much! She did great! She just kept saying "Momma, just put a bandaid on it". Needless to say, we went to the urgent care immediately once Rob got home from the gym, I had to call him to come home becuase I did not want to take both kids there with me by myself (knowing there would be stitches involved!)  Rob stayed home with Ashley while I took Madison to the urgent care!

The picture below is of Madison with the numbing agent they put on that numbed the entire chin; it was a gel that they mixed up, put on, and covered with a bandaid. We had to sit for 30 minutes for it to do its job!

waiting to see the dr and get her stitches!

Once we finally got back to see ther dr, she took one look at it and said it was pretty bad! It took an hour to get all 7 stitches out in! Below is the final product!

that night we had family movie night with Nainai!

Before our trip to urgent care, we went to Bed Bath and Beyond to get some things for the house...when Madison saw these chairs, she screamed so loud and was so excited! These are her favorite chairs! She asked if she could get one, and then proceeded to make sure that Ashley got one too! After naptime, Madison wanted to sit in their chairs; as you can see Ashley is not quite there at sitting up by herself in this picture...but Madison was happy!!

Quick update!

We have had some awesome things going on in our house lately! First, we got the house painted (pictures to come)! Then, we got new flooring, including new carpet AND hardwoods! I know, I know, who gets excited about new floors?!?! ME! This week we are getting the fence installed; this is very exciting because this means that Bailey will have a yard all to himself, and we can just let him out the back door in the morning instead of walking him (since I get up at 4:30, it is too early for a proper walk!).

And for the kids! Well, Ashley is now rolling over both ways very well! She started on rice cereal (pictures to come!), and is giggling all the time! Madison is now sleeping in real PJ's! I know what you are thinking about that; but she has had a naked issue where she likes to take EVERYTHING off, including diaper. Well, now that she is POTTY TRAINED, I think that is over that finally! It was so exciting buying her real PJ's!

Side note: this morning I found Ashley laying on her belly in bed, this was a first for me! She rolled over in her sleep, which was not too much of a surprise since she sleeps on her side anyways! But it was so fun to see her that way.

Madison LOVES helping with Ashley. Anytime you change her diaper, Madison wants to help and sit on the changing table too. She will sit there and give her kisses all morning when we are getting ready for "school".

Madison also loves going to "school". She gets so excited when she gets there and her friend Matthew is already there. They are too funny together; they always run and give each other a big hug in the morning! Ahh...young love!

I promise to have some new fun pictures soon...life has been way to busy lately to have time to sit at the computer at home and sort through the pictures!

Fathers Day!

We had a wonderfil Fathers Day this year! First, we went swimming in the afternoon after nap time; then we headed to dinner to celebrate my wonderful husband, and father to my two sweet baby girls! I could not ask for a better partner for me to raise our children witth. We love you daddy!

Ashley's first swim!

Mommy and sweet baby girl

loving sistera

Daddy and his girls!

Nothing sweeter then a daddy and his little girl!

Summer Fun...so far...

Here is a picture of Madison eating some corn on the cob! She loves it...eats it all up!

 Close up!

Here is Madison showing off her monkey, it goes EVERYWHERE with us! We have a few of them incase one goes missing!

Ashley just loves looking up at her big sister. Makes her laugh everytime! She looks so interested in what Madison was saying to her!