Go To Sleep . . .

This video is very dark but you don't need to see it . . . Madelyn's favorite night-night song after prayers is "Go To Sleep". She asks for it just about every night. She decided to serenade her daddy while scratching his back with her own version of the song. She makes my heart melt . . .

He said MOMMA!

It's only appropriate since Madelyn said "dada" first that Marek say "Momma" first! He first said it last week while daddy was at work and daddy didn't believe me, of course. He's says it quite a bit now so there's no denying it! He also says daddy so he' s not showing any favoritism . . . yet . . .

Guy Guy Guy

Marek has been talking up a storm lately. His favorite thing to say is "goy goy goy" or "guy guy guy"! It's so cute! He is our little guy, guy, guy . . .

smiles and squeals

Marek has come out of his shell in the last month. He's such a happy boy!

Snow Days!

Ahhhhh . . . I love the first real snow - brings me back to MN weather! (Except it's not 100 deg below with windchill!) Then it turns to mud . . .

Brock loves the snow! He gets a little crazy and runs around like a maniac . . . During the winter when the trees are bare - we can see the lake on the golf course . . .

This hawk stands guard . . . until he sees food . . . we had to really watch Brock when he was a puppy . . .

Daddy and Maddie got all bundled up to go out in the snow!
Madelyn playing on the ice . . .

She absolutely LOVED the snow . . .

Maddie had a snow ball fight with Daddy . . .

She's got a great arm!

Marek's 1st Houston Trip

We set out in the family truckster this past weekend to go to Houston. We were all packed in like sardines. There is so much to bring with just one kid - with two - forget it . . . We actually went for a funeral of a dear friend's brother. Our thoughts and prayers are with David and his family during this difficult time.

Madelyn settled in for the long ride with her DVD player and a root beer (which is a big treat!) . . .

Marek played with all of his toys - and when I say "played with" I mean "chewed on" . . .

When he got bored with his toys - Brock came to the rescue and helped entertain him!

We stopped about 2/3 way there so I could feed Marek . . . Daddy was on "burping" duty . . .

Playing with daddy's face . . .

It's really too bad that he's so sad all the time . . .Madelyn was such a trooper!

She finally fell asleep with about an hour left of the trip. . .
Marek was very excited to see Mimi and be out of his car seat!

Madelyn got into her pajamas and made herself right at home . . .

Dziadek's favorite thing to do is cook and feed us! Just so happens my favorite thing to do is EAT!!

Maddie LOVES strawberries . . .

Marek was such a good boy all weekend - he just hung out and played . . .

This is what a sugar high looks like . . .

Madelyn loves getting her feet rubbed. I sure hope I don't spoil her too much . . .

On the way home we didn't want to stop because the roads were getting so bad. I sat in the back seat and fed my boy some sweet potatoes!

Another surprisingly successful road trip!

Let's JUMP!

Madelyn's favorite place right now! It's three giant rooms with huge bounce houses and inflatable slides. Kelly and I took the kids there on Thursday and Stephanie came along for back up while her kids were in school! It's a great work out and they have a BLAST! We have a little fun, too . . .

Maddie going down their favorite slide with Aunt Stephie . . .
Kelly got a shot of us all - well, Maybe not Stephanie . . . Marek enjoyed it, too!
Kelly looks like she's having more fun than the kids are!
Dylan likes to do tricks . . . going on his back . . .

And his belly . . .

Too bad she's not having any fun . . .

We went to lunch at Fresco's and had some margs! The kids took great naps and so did I!

Grins and Giggles

It's amazing how quickly children change. It's also amazing how different my children are! Marek is getting more and more responsive and his little personality is really showing through! He is ALL boy! He's so happy - long gone are the days of colic! He always wakes up with coos and giggles and I'm greeted every morning with a big toothy grin!

I just thank God every day for such blessings.

Happy Birthday Ashlynn and Papa!

Papa's birthday was on the 7th and Ashlynn's was on the 9th. We celebrated on the 9th as per Ashlynn's request!

Some balloon fun!

Ashlynn got the same star mirror/vanity/song playing/brush/microphone that Madelyn got for Christmas. Maddie was a little confused as to how her gift got all the way back to Nana's and Papa's house . . .
Marek even got to play with a balloon!
He's got great hand-eye coordination!

Ashlynn got a princess cake (also by request) - a princess tea party cake! Nana is so amazing!

I believe this was Madelyn's response to "how many pieces of cake would you like?"!

Poor Aunt Kelly got pummeled by balloons! I'm not sure what warranted this - maybe just the sugar rush from the cake and ice cream . . . Two of them were her own children . . .
Marek is so excited to get in on the action some day!