Mattie and Mommy: 2008

Monday, June 16, 2008

Our Fun Week

Last week was packed full of fun. We celebrated Jolene getting another year younger, Fathers Day, and our first week in Aunt T's house. We enjoyed the beautiful weather and even managed to get on the boat a couple of times. Mattie swam countless times because of our little heatwave and her and the girls took many walks in the choo-choo-wagon (it gets harder and harder to pull each day, they keep on getting heavier!)

Enjoy some pictures from last week!

Wednesday, June 04, 2008

I am back!

Mattie up at camp...Love this hat...Gift from the Steinbachers

Mattie loves Monkies. She would watch them all day if you let her.

"Love your brush and the brush will love you" is what Nani tells her. She loves her lip-a-stick.

Have you seen two cuter kids? I haven't. I love Zayne and Mattie!

I know, I know. I have fallen way behind on my blog duties. I am sorry. Lack of internet access and just no time have led to my backlog of updates and pictures.
Things are changing all the time around here, some things good, somethings bad, but I say.....CHANGE IS GOOD.
Mattie is growing like a weed, and her vocabulary is just blowingme out of the water. She can count up to 10, which I think is great for a 22 month old, but I am her mom, so I am biased. She loves going with me to work even more now because we have another baby to watch. Little Miss Haley has been with us for a little over a month now, and although she is only 8 months old, Mattie loves to play with her. She even helps me feed her when it is time to give her her bottle. I am sure one day she will make a great big sister... but not any day soon. ha ha ha

For those of you who don't know, Scott and I are no longer together. Well, we are still living together in the same house as of right now, but that will change by the end of the week. I don't want to go into lots of details, but both have agreed that it is better to be friends around our daughter than to be miserable. Mattie will know nothing different than her parents being respectful to eachother, and that is the way it should be. I believe all three of us will be happier in the end because of this. Everyone deserves happiness. I make no regrets, things happen for a reason and Mattie is living proof of that!

Mattie and I are going to be moving into Aunt T and Uncle Bill (or as Mattie says, Uncle Bell) house this weekend. We can't wait. Mattie loves the both of them, as do I, and it should be a fun experience. I haven't lived with my sister in...oh... must be atleast 15 years, so it will be interesting. I am so thankful to her for helping us our.

I will write more later, and will post pictures. Be patient, and by this time next week you will have blog dates from me coming out of your ears!

Friday, February 29, 2008

For all of the big girls!!!!!!!1

This website is funny. If you are big... you can relate. Oh crap... what am I talking about, all of my friends and readers are little twigs. You can still laugh about it.
http://manolobig.com/

Sunday, February 10, 2008

February Pictures

My new face I make when I smell something bad.

Mattie trying to keep up with the boys outside at Zayne's party.

Mattie in her Valentine's Day dress that Grammy bought her.

Madison in her V-day red! Isn't she cute?

Madison and Mattie out in the snow after the party. It was so cold but they toughed it out for a couple of minutes.

Today Mattie and I went to a Valentine's Day party at the Burnetts. We had a lot of fun playing with lots of children. Mattie and I had our fair share of cookies and pizza.

Yesterday we went to Zayne's birthday party. Its hard to believe on the 15th he will be 10 years old. I remember being in my dorm room, just getting back from a my Valentines weekend, and getting the phone call that I was an aunt. It was one of the best phonecalls I had ever gotten. And when I met Zayne the following weekend, I fell in love instantly. I love him more and more every day. Happy Birthday Pudder!

Enjoy the pictures from our February outings.

Sunday, January 06, 2008

Winter Fun

Yesterday it reached 40 in the North Country, so that means HEAT WAVE. Mattie got bundled up along with the other kids, and decided to "Get the stink off" as my father would say. Its always nice to get out and get some fresh air in the winter. It was Mattie's first time on the snow mobile and she loved it. Uncle Bill took the kids up and down the yard and by the looks on their faces, this day was long overdue. They had so much fun. They stayed out the whole day, only to come in for a little pizza and then headed out to the hills. We all agreed that the sledding wasn't as fun as the snow moiling, but all together, it was a great day. Mattie ate so much snow. She is definitely a North Country girl.

So Long Our New Friend

A lot of people have been asking...How's the dog. Unfortunately, we could not keep Bentley. The day after Christmas, he nipped at Mattie's face. My friend Marcey had a very scary experience with her dog biting her daughter and putting stitches in her head, I promised myself I would not have a dog do that to my daughter. I saw how much Marcey had to agonize with having to get rid of their pet, and although we had only had Bentley 3 weeks, it was just as hard. I have always wanted a Saint Bernard, now we had to give him back. It was the best decision, just a hard one.