Maddieisms!

I just have to post some of the funny things Maddie has been saying lately. A couple weekends ago we were out in Salt Lake and on our way to a wedding reception. Maddie did not want to be in her car seat, so she kept saying things like, "Out. Up. Off." Then she pulled out the big guns and said, "I want Mommy." She soon realized none of this was working and we thought she had given up, when after a few seconds of silence she said, " I wanna go potty!" Ster and I looked at each other astonished, and said, "Did she really just say that?" She repeated it again, and we laughed our heads off. Can she really be that um... manipulative already? I have started trying to potty train because I would really rather not have 2 in diapers, and she regularly tells me when she goes in her diaper, but we've yet to have success on the potty. So we knew she was really desperate to get out of her seat! (I wrote this forever ago, and we have since had a few successes on the potty. I think because I have been bribing her with candy. She now wakes up in the morning saying, "I want candy!")

I asked her the other day what she wanted to wear. She looked at me and said, "Ummm... socks!" I said,"Anything else?" "No."

She is fascinated with her baby doll and we literally do not leave home without her, or put her to bed without that baby. We were outside and she was carrying her baby around, when she heard an airplane. She faced her baby up towards the sky and said, "See it baby? See it? Airplane!"

We were at a wedding luncheon this weekend and Maddie heard a little baby start to cry. She looked up at me with such concern and said,"Ohh, poor baby. Sad." Then she started to imitate his cry.

My other favorite comment of hers was a few weeks ago when she was sitting in her high chair eating olives. She put a couple on her fingers and looked up at us and said, "I'm funny!" We started cracking up and a little while later called my parents to see if we could get her to say it again. This time she says, "I'm SO funny!" We won't mention what her first sentence was while at my parents house, with her Aunt and great grandparents present. Apparently they were watching a movie and didn't think M was paying attention, when suddenly she repeated something said in the movie that was a bit inappropriate. They all looked at each other and couldn't believe it. Man that kid listens to everything you say!!!

Last night we met some friends for dinner and Maddie had just woken up from her nap. She has recently decided that she is too old for high chairs, at least in public places. So I decided to skip the fight and just get her her own chair. I set her in it, she looks around the table and realizes she does not know these people. She gets this frightened look on her face and reaches for me and buries her face in my shoulder. Ster and I are laughing, because she is so not a shy kid. For 10 minutes she keeps her eyes closed "pretending" to be asleep. She would smile and giggle if anyone spoke to her, but never once opened her eyes. I asked her where her daddy was, and with her eyes closed she pointed right to him. Then a few minutes later she waves to our friends, again with her eyes closed. What a little character!

Where Have we Been???

K so sorry about my teaser post. I meant to put it up there for a day or two and then give some details. But I got super sick, had my mom up here for a couple weeks, then my sister, and a friend from Vegas, then we went on vacation... and blah, blah, blah! So I am now about 14 weeks along and am starting to feel ALMOST human again, except for the migraines I keep getting. My due date is February 6th. Maddie's was Feb. 3rd. Nice planning on our part huh! So, fingers crossed they won't end up with the same birthday. Maddie was born 5 days early.

So Ster and I just celebrated our 4 year anniversary last month, by going on a 4 night cruise to Cabo. We had a lot fun despite my constant nauseousness(pregnancy + constant rocking of boat... not the best combo) I actually did really well as long as we were out on the deck. Cabo was Hot! Hot! Hot! But we had so much fun there. We went snorkeling which neither one of us had ever done (Well Sterling says he's been before, but I don't think Bear Lake counts!)
So some info on me. I am a total wuss when it comes to water. Huge fear of it esp. the ocean. So we put on all our gear and it's time to jump in. Ster does a back flip, and is hollering at me to get in. So I grab on to the side of the boat and slowly lower myself in(With my life jacket mind you) He's already off... and I'm freaking out. So I had to stop him and explain that I really wanted this to be a good experience, but if he left me again, we might not make it to our 5 year anniversary! (I said this very sweetly! Wink!) So he quickly learned that as long as he held my hand he could pretty much drag me anywhere, including right up to the rocks that we were told to stay far away from.

It was so amazing to see this whole other world, and yet a bit creepy at the same time to have schools of fish swimming right between your legs. I would freak out and then try and breath thru my nose and then somehow my mask would fill with water. Sterling could not figure out how that kept happening. Only me! Ster got to touch this big old blowfish that everyone was passing around. So all in all, snorkeling was awesome, but I thought I would try and make the whole experience more memorable. I chose to do that by getting back on the boat and getting really nauseous... and then puking over the side as everyone was trying to get back on the boat, and shouting, "Hurry! It's coming our way!!!" Fabulous! As Sterling laughed, I consoled myself, by saying I would never see these people again!



This is us in Cabo at Cabo Wabo. Best lobster tacos ever!
Don't judge my outfit... it was REALLY hot there! I kept
going to the showers and drenching myself just to walk around.

Lovers Beach. The water was so pretty.

Our first night on the cruise. This was also our
anniversary.