Standing room only

Thank god for Maeve's nap otherwise Madigan wouldn't achieve her developmental milestones early or even at all! Here she is in all her glory!

awww

hooray for maeves naps or there wouldnt be any pics of our madigan!

pantsless baby sister

hi! usually it is maeve who is pantless, well today Madigan is pinch hitting for Maeve! Today was great, we played in the rain/sunshine at Douglas park and then went on to have lunch with Maeve's good buddy Ronan, Madigan's good buddy Liam and my good buddy Lisa! Lunch was hectic but we did manage to eat (for those of you who feared I was wasting away!!!!). Both girls napped in the car (Madigan 20mins) Maeve managed to nap with a transfer to bed! Madigan, not so lucky! So these are the pics I snapped of our youngest heart breaker! She sits up really well and loves her fingers! Must be teething! She also likes to eat Maeve's Dr kit! I only break a bit of a sweat when she eats the scalpel! Well I have to run as it is day 2 of single parenting! It sucks! For all of you single Mommies out there I salute you!

Weekend Fun

Teeter tottering, sand sitting and tree hiding fun was what this gorgeous weekend was all about! Don't mind the fingers behind the tree in the last shot. It isn't someone offering Maeve candy, it is Auntie Erin! Uncle Jaycie and Auntie Barbie came over on thursday night/friday. Saturday was pretty low key, we went to the beach as previously posted. Yesterday we had lunch at one of Michael's and my old haunts. The Vineyard on 4th! Well, the girls were great, the service was good and the food was ok. Michael paid the bill and then came back to the table to collect us. He put some money down on the table for tip and for whatever reason, I'm still not certain, I picked up the money and put it in his wallet. Hours later I realized what I had done. Of course I was mortified so I told Michael we had to go back today and give the waitress back her tip. So, we met Auntie at the park then continued on to the vineyard for another "ok" lunch. How embarassing! Thank goodness for children tho, we had Maeve give it back to her after I explained what had happened! Sheesh, sometimes I feel like I'm losing my mind!

Soother Sisters

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Ok, generally speaking we don't allow Maeve to have her soother in public. Today she "found" this soother and tried to have some serious sister soothing with Madigan. The sad news is we are going to have to go cold turkey with these things. The last thing I want is a 5 year old with a soother addiction! Fortunately we have managed to wean her from the boob, kick the bottle at night habit, kick the sippy cup of milk in lieu of the bottle at night habit, kick the sippy cup of water at night in lieu of the sippy cup of milk in lieu of the bottle of milk at night, kick diapers during the day as well as kick diapers during the night! I guess we'll keep the soother for night time for a little while yet! I can't believe all Maeve has accomplished at just 2 years of age! What a girl!

I'm the cutest ever!

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I'm so cute and talented! Yes, I can take a picture of myself! Ok, so Daddy took the picture. But it looks like I was holding the camera! Here I am just before Mommy gave me a bath! Right now Mommy says she thinks there is nothing I like more than sticking out my tongue and drooling on people! Ahh this is the life!

oh the joy!

Big thanks to Auntie Erin for the excellent dinosaur rolly ball toy! Ok, Auntie gave it to her for xmas and this is the first time we've taken it out of the box! We love it! It is so awesome! Maeve loves it more than Madigan

Feed me seymour!

Madigan does love to eat! We are trying to keep costs down by only feeding her when she is hungry! Ha ha, no seriously, sometimes Madigan likes to eat food and sometimes she needs only boobie milk! Fortunately for her I can't burn, over or undercook boobie milk! To date Madigan prefers sweet potato, is ok with squash but is forced to have prunes anytime we give her iron fortified cereal! Baby Mum mums are like water, both Maeve and Madigan love them! Short post and sorry for the double pic but Maeve kissing her sister is so cute!

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sister kisses

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blogspot can lick me! this is the 6th...yes, that is right 6th time i have attempted uploading pictures today! what a big letdown! hope you enjoy the pics because my witty comments were lost in bloggerspace! grrr!!

Car time/Tub time

yummy

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mmmm toys taste good! today is gorgeous so we shall hit stanley park! maybe more pics to come!

sealed with a kiss!

mmmmmm good

Hows that bitches? YOu like tasty homemade bread? Whole wheat with flax seed? Well we do too! We will of course be lucky if this lasts us a week! For all of you with wheat allergies, we will apologize and we will eat this for you!

Ahhh the weekends!

I'd like to introduce you to "ringmaster" Madigan! It looks like she has a crazy french moustache! Hello prunes! Thank alot iron fortified cereal! Nothing like iron and bananas to bung a system up!
Next photo is hockey gorgeous day in canada. Maeve tries on Mommy's hockey gloves and seems to like 'em!
Auntie and Maeve climb up a big steaming pile of woodchips. I'm a little concerned as to why they were steaming!
Last but certainly not least is, Maeve meets wild bunny at jericho beach! We are so lucky to have such gorgeous weather here. It sure is cold but when the skies are blue and the sun is sunny we can have lots of good fun, fun that is funny!

Madigan chows down

Well its no steak but it will do! Madigan is on real food and she can't get enough!

The swing is the thing!

Maeve and Roan rule the swings!

What a weekend!

Ok so the pictures sort of came out in a rambled jumble order but here goes. Maeve playing in a box was taken today. She decorated the outside and inside of the box. Fun was had, tipping the box over while inside was fun, then the tears came when Mommy caught her chewing the tip off the marker that she had been decorating with! The joys of wondering if colours taste as good as they look. FYI They don't! Second pic is at Makadoodlenut's 3rd birthday at jumpin' jiminy's! It was a blast. I so wouldn't have brought Maeve there on my own but once I pulled my head out of my butt and ran around sliding with the kids it was SOoOOoo much fun! Big thanks to Auntie Linds, Uncle Bro and Makenna for inviting us! Third pic is more boxing around. Last pic is Auntie Linds holding our gorgeous Madigan. Now, if you look really hard you can see that there is NO pink on the child! I have grown and therefore my second child wont always be dressed in solid pink! Auntie Sara picked this cute little dress up when we went to Bellingham! Today of course, Madigan is wearing head to toe pink! 6-12 month pink pants that are almost too small and an 18-24 month shirt that Maeve *just* grew out of. By my scale Madigan weighs in at a whopping 13.5 lbs and Maeve weighs 30.5. Maeve's might not be 100% accurate but I weighed myself without Madigan and then with her and the difference was 13.5lbs!

Today was GORGEOUS! We hit the vancouver aquarium with Milo, Theo and Angela. Lunch with Belugas and hawks were fun but weighing these two otters was more fun! Ok ok, only Milo was an otter. Each of them stepped on the seal scale and got weighed. I can't remember what Maeve weighed only that it was more than the much taller Milo! Madigan was spotted sporting some stylin' shades at Douglas park before the aquarum outing. Mommy and Maeve and Maeve and some fishy friends. We had a very fun sunny thursday and are looking forward to a sunny friday! This weekend we are off to Nanaimo for Maeve's cousin Makenna's 3rd birthday. Its in some crazy ballroom with tonnes of stuff entertain the little ones!

Comfy sleep?

And how was your sleep last night? No one said having a toddler crash in your bed would be comfy! Personally I can't believe they were both asleep! Madigan and I were nice and cozy on the other side! Good lord. I think we are going to have to get a bigger bed when Madigan is older! This is a california queen and its not big enough! Oh well, the girls will learn the song, "There were 4 in the bed and the little one said, roll over I'm crowded" Maybe what we'll do later on is just go sleep in their beds!

How can one resist?

Ok boys and girls. We are going to be p assing around the hat as you can see we desperately need the money. Yes, our giant of a child has already outgrown her stroller! Ha ha! Michael put Madigan in this and wheeled her into Maeve's bedroom while we were reading books before bed. Once I recovered and stopped almost peeing myself I ran for the camera. Now, this is where Mommy love and Daddy love differ. On the stroller it says, "do not put your child in this stroller" and "for dolls and toys only". Ya gotta love Michael for being such a hit with both his children! He'll do anything to make his darlings laugh!

Young love

Of course Maeve is in love with a guy with a Mohawk! I can see the future kids and it looks grim!! Just kidding! This is Ronan and he and Maeve are in love! He calls her "May-Mays" its pretty frigging cute! This picture was taken in what is quite possibly, the biggest puddle ever! We hit kits beach the other day to do some puddle stomping! Note the puddle is over the boot line. The two kids loved tho! Mommies and younger siblings did not attend the puddle stomping session. We oohed and ahhed and took p ictures!