Two

Maddie is officially two. She throws an occasional fit, responds NO! thank you to most questions, learning to go potty on the big girl potty, reads her books all by herself, loves to dress up, but best of all she is so delightful and full of personality! She tells me "belly feel better" after she eats or goes potty, responds that I am her best friend, has a great little shuffle when trying to run and loves group hugs. She laughed and told me "pops kissed my yips" the other day when my dad stole a kiss.
here are a few favorites lately

Trick or Treating

Maddie patiently awaited her final debut as Little Red Riding Hood watching non other then Frosty the Snowman


Then it was time to go...the first house a success. Oliver loved it so much he ran right in. Then we hit a few not home or didn't have treats but ended with the best house who came around twice and Maddie picked an Almond Joy, who would have thought. We are pretty lucky to have so many friends that live so close.

Halloween FHE Redd style

We had a little FHE equipped full with soup, sugar cookies, I love to see the temple, the story of enos and pumpkin painting. We had a great time despite 5 minutes before the party started I looked over from my pot of soup to find my little red riding hood covered in paint sitting in a puddle of paint on the carpet. Heidi saved Halloween by preserving the costume for the real day.








This Grammy love her Red Riding Hood


We did not catch the rescuers (dad, Josh and Bubba) who left to help a broken down Cody nor the sleeping beauty little Josh but were grateful for there attendance. We missed our family members who were not able to make it.

Pumpkin Patch

Cody aunt Olivia and I took Maddie on a date to the pumpkin patch Friday night. She was so excited and happy as you can see! As she would finish the hay bell maze she would throw her hands in the air and say, "I did it!" which she copied that night for daddy, elora, nick and aunt wussy after she went pee pee on the potty for the first time! Another awesome thing she started doing this week is not wanting to nap and when I go in her room to see what is keeping her up she grabs all of her toys, jumps up and says, "I don't want nap and I will be happy!" she is getting too smart and all night when she starts to fuss from being wiped out I just remind her she would be happy and she smiles a big grin. We are so in love with our little two year old who tells me daily "i your baby momma" since I totally know she knows what I went through recently.


































































Hope everyone has a spooky and happy Halloween. I love when I ask Maddie why she loves Halloween and she says, "spooky" she is also in love with a house on our walk route that has giant spiders crawling all over.

This holiday season is off to a great start!

Sitka, Alaska

little friends

Maddie loves her little friends

Jack (Tay and Megs baby)



& Holden (Josh and Britts baby)

Swim Party

We got together with our friends now that most have kids. Duke, Kael and Maddie were the only ones interested in the pool.



They all love Kaitlins play room and Maddie and Jett loved the hammock.

Uncle Spencer

We are so excited Uncle Spencer returned home we had a delicious fresh Alaskan salmon and halibut feast with nanny an pops followed by bugs life then a little frisbee at the park. Maddie had to ride the "sheep" before Spencer got there.



When she looked at this picture she said daddy's cute and then laughed and said daddy's sleeping. Reminded me of Jeff and paiges latest picture.



The only thing that would have made our sunday even better is if Olivia would have taken Codys advice and hopped on the next flight home to join us.

Onto Ponies

Someone decided she likes ponies more then piggies. It's the thing for every two year old.



Loving aunt heidis bday present!

2 year stats

Dr appt 8/1/2001 the big Two

weight 25 lbs 28%



height 33.5" 51%






head 47.5 cm 50%

She was concerned with nurse bobbie until she gave she stickers rather then shots at this appointment.

We were sure to say bye to the "shishies" before we left with a positive well check.

Motion Sickness

We went to Pioneer Park to see if they had festivities and ethnic food like they have had in the past Pioneer Day celebrations. We were sad when we got there and found they were not happening this year. Maddie loves animals so we loved seeing all the geese and ducks with their babies and visiting the old amusement park for snacks and rides. Maddie loved her nachos and snow cone but I can't say the same about the rides. She was loving it until the rides began.
First attempt at the flying planes








Then we thought maybe she will like driving the cars at least she will be on the ground. Not a chance...she was crying before it started and they had to stop the ride because she was trying to get out of the seat.







We were glad we found out she doesn't have a thing for motion yet at the carnival rather then $100 later at Lagoon. Or maybe she was concerned riding rides that Grandma Ruthy probably rode as a kid.

A little bit about Maddie

She love to walk "wanna walk" she says and find bugs.


She thought it was funny to float on her back in the pool.


Loves eating ribs with daddy.


Finally got some use out of her baby swing while she was cutting three teeth these last few weeks.

Zoo

We had a little different zoo trip we watched the bird show (next time I will remember a 5 dollar bill to get a picture with the bald eagle) and spent more time playing with rocks then looking at the critters.

Still Going

Toms make good dancing shoes.

Just Below the Bird

We dropped Cody off at Snowbird and found ourselves a nice little stroll passed the river to the bridge over the stream. It was a perfect afternoon making a splash.












It is nearly impossible to get a good portrait view these days.