Sweet Pea

As many of you know, Shelley nicknamed Maddie "Sweet Pea" before she was even born. So now that she's feeding herself real peas, I had to share this. When she likes what she's eating, or when she's getting tired, Maddie starts shaking her head back and forth. She usually puts her hands up behind her head, leans to the side, shakes her head and kicks her legs. She's also started imitating us when we shake our heads (which you can't see me doing). I'm happy to report that now that they're whole and not pureed, Sweet Pea loves peas!

Now You're Bouncin'!

Here's a recent video of Maddie in her Bouncin' Tigger. I put the old video that I took a few months ago next to the new one. You can see the difference, she really gets going now (those of you who get motion sickness, watch out)! Tigger says all kinds of things while she's bouncing in it, including "Now you're bouncing!" She's come a long way :)

GIRLS, GIRLS, GIRLS!!!

We finally got all the girls together for the first time: Marissa and Kaitlyn, Maddie, and the new addition Livia. We tried so hard to get a picture with all four and this is the best I could do. Kaitlyn is walking now and she's not still for more than 2 seconds! Livia was a trooper with the older ones all over her (as you can see in the video)! I failed in my duties to keep Maddie off of her when I was taking the video. Sorry Michelle :) Michelle had to play defense to keep her little hands away. Marissa is so sweet with Maddie, she just loves her. It's adorable seeing them all together. The guys (needless to say) felt a little outnumbered by the girls and just decided to drink beer and play pool. It's safer that way :) Brownie Troop 101 here we come!

Shuffle off to Buffalo!

We took our first road trip with Maddie up to Buffalo to see my grandparents in April. They finally got to meet her! My grandpa had just gotten home from the hospital the week before and it was great to see him getting around at home. Madeline was spoiled of course by Uncle Mark who got her some cool new Fisher Price toys. It's great to have connections :) He's a designer at Fisher Price. We all had a great time and Maddie loved playing with her cousins. We miss everyone already!

"Here Great Grandpa, try these Cheerios!"

"Can I play with that tube?"

Great Grandma!

Aunt Joanne

Aunt MaryBeth and cousin Anne Marie


The Woj kids playing with Maddie and her new toys.

Happy Easter

We hope everyone had a Blessed Easter! We had such a nice weekend with both of our families. Easter Sunday we went to church with Chris's family and Maddie was such a good girl (with a little help from some Cheerios...thank you General Mills). Aunt Samie was home from college for the weekend, so Maddie had fun with her and Aunt Kim. Below are some pictures from Sunday.

"I thought this holiday had an Easter Bunny....Is this Santa Clause? Oh, no it's just you Grandpa!"

The girls

The day before Easter, we went up to Pennsylvania to my Nana's house and spent the day with Great Nana, Aunt Lorraine and her family, and my Uncle Billy and cousin Patrick. It was great to see everyone. We missed you Patti and Greg :(

Dancing with Nana