Minnesota!

"Cheese"
Girls weekend!

How very lucky were we to get to fly out to Minneapolis to spend a long weekend with Auntie Jessie! THANK YOU JESSIE!!!! I had so much fun at her house... where do I begin?

Well, the airplane was another experience for me. We flew on two planes and Mommy was tempted to get off in Dallas and call it quits but I encouraged her to press on. **Madelyn had a 20 minute (at least) screaming, kicking, arched back tantrum like I've never seen before. Why? Cause she's almost two... The independent stage is hitting us like a giant boulder. Sometimes cute, sometimes not. (Okay, mostly cute ;)

We did so much at Jess's. She took me swimming in her pool. She got Mommy a relaxing massage (while I freaked out in the car due to her sudden disappearance because I was sleeping when she left). We went to a zoo - yes, we love zoos! I got to see Sparky the Sea Lion perform, Polar Bears, a cool butterfly tent, and they even had a Splash Zone! (*** Oh how I wish we could get one of these!!)

My Auntie also had a BBQ with friends. There were 4 other kids for me to play with (ages 5, 3, 22 months, and 21 months). ** Maddy was absolutely a bully. We found her taking food from others and pushing when the toddlers couldn't agree. Being the youngest at a daycare of 2-year-olds I hope we are just learning our bad behaviors early and will outgrow sooner.

"Hi Xavier."

My Auntie's friend Angela taught me a new elephant noise.
I can't quite do it, but it looks something like this....

On the 4th we went to a big parade. After 1.5 hours we left and it was still going... It was a lot of fun! Then we went to a carnival before the fireworks. I got to go on a Carousel with my Auntie and try Cotton Candy for the first time. The fireworks were very exciting - a little loud, but exciting.

Practicing my pageant wave (while eating my sandwich).

Xavier got to watch the fireworks with me. ** All of a sudden I saw this face and heard "Sopping Cart".........

Yes, the girl is obsessed with Shopping Carts!
FIREWORKS!
Yes, I'm using my cool necklace as a teething ring.

I think Minneapolis is a certain repeat. Maybe with Daddy next time. We did have a bit of down time working around my schedule. I carried my poor sleeping to MN with me. Finally, Mommy realized my bottom canine's are coming in and gave me some medicine to help so life has been pretty good since that. On this trip we learned that I am NO WAY ready to be out of my crib (as I do not fall asleep), that I love "Gogurt", that I am VERY attached to Mommy (a little separation anxiety anyone?), and that I think my Auntie is VERY cool. We also learned that I am super excited about the potty and very successful at telling Mommy when I need/want to go - as long as we are at home. **We are not 'officially' potty training, but I think it will come naturally when we do!

We hope all of you are well and enjoy this week's post. Sorry, Mommy couldn't decide which pictures to share and we decided we had to go overboard so Daddy could see it all! Mommy also finally figured out her video mode on her camera! ;) Oh, btw, Mommy has had a full day (and a more successful plane ride home) to not post-pone our trip to SD next month...yet.

Love to you all! x



VIDEOS!!!!!

Splash Zone! Maddy + Water = HAPPY TODDLER!
P.s. You can see her stand up for her bucket in this clip ;)

Parade

"Iceee Keem!" Maddy was totally spoiled with all the sweets while on vacation!

Fireworks! (Pretty dark, but we had to get the reaction on tape for Daddy)