May 2015

5-29-15, We have had a fun month enjoying the nice weather (and a lot of rain)! Madelyn, you are loving our new house and neighborhood and doing really well at school playing and learning with all of your friends!  I love it when I get notes that come home that say, "Madelyn loves to sing throughout the day!"  "Madelyn was very helpful today and played well with all of her friends!"

It's amazing how much you say and how much your personality has developed, here are some of our favorites and some new milestones you've reached:

"THAT'S A BIG ONE!"  Not sure where you got this from, wasn't at daycare apparently but you like to say it while you're eating if anything is larger than you're used to it being, you say it very slow and drawn out with a funny face!

"One mo time!"  Meant to be, one more time, but you sort of say it with an accent which is funny, and use it any time you want to keep doing something or we are doing something that is repetitive at all.

You also love to place your hand on our cheek and tell us, "it's ok," or ask, "are you alright?"

You love Disney movies already; we are regulars at the library checking out books and new movies. So far your favorite is Tangled, you also enjoy Aladdin, Rayrella (Cinderella), and Beauty and the Beast.

You love yard work, we have beautiful landscape at our new house and Mommy does her best trying to keep up with weeding it, good thing you're around to help!  We also have a family of toads that lives in our bushes and we see regularly, you usually go outside and call to them, "Froggy, where are you!?"

You can count to 20!  You are great at puzzles, and matching your colors, you still like to call most colors green but when we are practicing you know them all!

You're sleeping in a big girl bed and doing great at it, getting all ready for when baby brother comes! You say your prayers every night and point to baby brother when we talk about him and you've even kissed Mamas belly a few times :)

Park fun!  We are still finding and exploring all of the parks by our house and there are a lot!  You love the slides and the swing, but only the big girl swing, not the baby swing.  It makes it tough when you insist we sit and swing with you but also want us to push you at the same time. 

Chillin in your car, you love to load up your car and push it around, or color on it with chalk like Daddy showed you then wash it, and race Daddy in his van when he gets home from work!  Thanks cousin Lilly for passing along your cool pink car!

Safety first! You insisted on wearing Daddy's hard hat as your bike helmet!

Orange slices on the porch while waiting for Dada to get home! 

I can already see differences between you and baby brother.  I remember being pregnant with you and laying around poking at my belly trying to get you to kick me, baby brother kicks me all day long!  He's constantly moving, has the hiccups, or stretching his legs out to get comfortable in there!

Yee Hawwww, Madelyns 2nd bday round up! And more!

4-25-15 Big day Madelyn!! You had your first swimming class and your birthday party!!  You swam like a pro!  Kicking, paddling and splashing around, you couldn't wait to try everything your teacher asked of you and are definitely a little fishy!

Say, "Yeehawww!"  All dressed and ready for your cowgirl party!

Cousin fun!  Coloring with Lilly, and playing in your new sand box with Evan and Tyler, there was lots of fun to be had!

"Happy to you, happy to you!"  This is how you like to sing, happy birthday!  You blew your candles out like a pro and dove right into your cupcake!

Our sweet family.  Madelyn you're so sweet and so loved by Mama and Daddy.  We are so lucky and so proud of you every day!

Enter baby brother to the Hergott Blog!  Here he is with his cousin Baby Ellis.  Aunt Katie and I wearing our bumps proud!

4/27/15 Mama is 24 weeks pregnant, here you are demonstrating how large baby brother has gotten; he is the size of a cantaloupe!  Back to swim class you went, eager as the first class and once again you were all about getting your face and hair wet; you gave daddy a work out wanting to kick and paddle on your own!

 Flying a kite with Dada!  Madelyn you love showing off and impressing your Daddy.  You especially love when Daddy teaches you how to do something new, just like here where you got to fly a kite for the first time.  You are always impressing Daddy sweetheart, impressing and amazing him every day :)

 Babysitter in training!  Looks like you've got it down, should be ready to watch baby brother by August.  You can feed him and walk him around the neighborhood, should be fine while Daddy and I head out for a bit!

 A large covered front porch is something your Daddy and I have always said we wanted.  Here you are checking out the rain storm from our lovely porch.

5/10/15  It's because of you that I am blessed and able to celebrate the wonderful day that is, Mothers Day.  You made me a mother and taught me a lot, I may not do everything 100% right every day, but I will ALWAYS give you 110% of my love every day!