The Hergotts

Wednesday, April 15, 2015

Happy 2nd birthday Madelyn!!

Happy birthday Madelyn!!!! April 5, 2015, and you're 2 today!!! Today also happens to be Easter! You woke up and quickly found your Easter basket. The bunny left a trail of eggs for you that you quickly by passed, running directly to your basket! We all got dressed up nicely and headed to Grandma and Grandpa Ellis's for Easter dinner and birthday cake, but first we had a fun egg hunt with your cousins! You loved it, running around yelling, "I got it, I got it!"

You loved your Mickey Mouse Club House cake! You sang, "Happy to you, happy to you!" Then you blew your candles out like a pro!

Pictures from your 2 year photo shoot with Aunt Katie! You were so excited to see Aunt Katie for your shoot, and although you were a little emotional and hard to work with (just like lots of models), she got some great shots!

Sunday, March 29, 2015

Spring is coming, spring is coming!!!!!

2/24/15 This face sums up your goofy, sweet, fun-loving personality. You talk so much now and lately are always telling us a story, singing us a song or taking care of your dolls and babies. You're always sharing food with your babies, making sure they're fed and have their bottles; you wrap them in blankets, rocking them while whispering, "it's ok," then lay them down and make sure to let us know, "shhhhh, babies sleeping."

Madelyns talking up a storm:

"Uh oh, where'd it go?" (usually you know exactly where "it" is)

"I got you." (this usually follows one of the best hugs)

"Ok, I'll get it, one minute." (you walk away while holding up one finger)

"Bye, bye, see ya!" (see ya sometimes sounds a little more like sheeee ya, adorable)
"Whoopshh, Shorrrwy." (This is just the cutest every)

Busy caring for one of your dolls, as usual.

Here you are practicing good oral hygiene! You are very literal with everything Madelyn, for example, if you're told to brush and floss, you will try!

Could you been any sweeter? You love your cuddle time, we know you will be sweet and give your little sibling lots of your kisses and cuddles too!

Warm weather!!!!! Once temps hit the 30s it was time for some outdoor fun at our house! You loved exploring your new yard, shoveling the snow, and "helping" make Olaf!!! You love to shovel the big mounds of snow, typically we shovel snow off the driveway, but your goal is to throw the snow onto any area not covered in snow. Guess you're used to seeing everything covered in white! You have been riding your car and pushing your lawn mower around the court while singing and and cheering, if the neighbors didn't know we were here yet, they do now!

March 16, 2015, the big reveal! Here you are sharing our big news

"It's a boy!!!!!!!" You're going to have a little brother Madelyn!!

Cousin fun at the zoo! You three are a busy bunch, you and Tyler are fast, luckily we have Evan to help round you up! :)

3/27/15 20 weeks down baby boy, 20 weeks to go! You are a busy little guy, any time I'm sitting down I feel you in there kicking away! You must be very athletic and strong since you are in there training so hard every day!!

Sunday, February 15, 2015

February 2015, "Madelyn's Big Announcement"

Madelyn, when people ask me what kind of a little girl you are and how you are at this age this is how I describe you:

You're silly; you love to just run around and around, and purposefully fall down yelling, "whoaaa," and giggling as you make other people laugh. You like to splash in the tub and yell, "oh noooo," while water flies. Not only do you like to be tickled, but, you also have started to tickle yourself and laugh while you do it, tickling your next saying, tickle, tickle, tickle, to make Daddy and I laugh. You love to put your socks on your hands, which we don't understand, and last night I even caught you with mittens on your feet and socks on your hands!

You're talented; your dance skills continue to improve as you learn and develop new moves and gain rhythm. You will dance alone but prefer a partner, so even if Mama is cooking in the kitchen or Daddy is eating at the table, you will walk over, reach out saying, "hold hands?" and invite us to the dance floor with you. Your singing is also impressive; sometimes you will sing through a whole meal, dinner and a show!

You're compassionate and affectionate; in the middle of running around giggling and screaming you will run over to Daddy or I for a quick hug or a kiss, then back to playing! Your teachers at day care tell me that you don't like it when your friends are upset, and when a friend is crying you try to go over and cheer them up but giving them a hug, or holding their hand trying to get them to play.

You're smart; you like to count, (one, two three started out as, "two, two, teeee," which was ADORABLE). You can now count to 10, sing ABC's and Twinkle Twinkle. Thanks to Daddy you have the book Goodnight Moon almost memorized; you go through it pointing at everything almost like you're reading it to us!

There are so many things about you that just amaze us every day. Don't get me wrong though, even with all these sweet wonderful qualities you can still be a stinker. Sometimes when you don't want to do something you will shake your finger at me saying, "NO THANK YOU." Getting dressed can be a battle too, there are times you don't want to put clothes on because you're too busy. You love to refuse to food I make you, and instead will point at the cupboards crying for apple sauce, or a cookie,

We love you Madelyn!!!!

And there he or she is! Baby Hergott #2 is on their way!! Due August 12th, 2015, we are so excited to welcome our new addition and we know Madelyn will be a huge help and a great big sister! When Mama is pregnant she LOVES breakfast for dinner, luckily that's your favorite type of food Madelyn. Lots of eggs, waffles and pancakes in our house lately, poor Daddy...

We have been BUSY BUSY BUSY since we moved into our new home! Lots of projects, and making the house into our very own has kept us on the go, we went from, one thing at a time, to two things at a time! Lots to do before baby #2!

You were so excited to meet Elmo at the library, as long as Mama was close by.

Sweet girl, even when you splash us you're still sweet

Madelyn you're going to be a fantastic big sister, you've already been practicing and you take great care of all your dolls and stuffed animals.

Cousins Kenny and Lilly! You have fun chasing them, so far Kenny is, "Nenny!"

Adventures at the mall with your cousins Evan and Tyler! We got to visit a new aquarium and you loved watching the fish, sharks and sting rays! You even get to touch a star fish, you're brave!

Sunday, December 28, 2014

Merry Christmas! It's been an exciting December!

It's official! December 15, 2014 Mama and Dada bought you a new house!!! Get excited, the next few weeks will be packing and moving!! We are thrilled to start our lives in our new family home :)

Happy birthday Daddy!!! Madelyn sang, and helped Daddy open up his gift.

Santa's back!!! You got to see Santa again at school and he brought you a present!!

"SMILE!" This is the cute face we get when we tell you to smile for us :)

Santa likes Frozen too!! He even read your Olaf book with you!

Merry Christmas Eve! We celebrated at the Kotenkos house, you got to play with Kenny and Lilly, Uncle Mike brought his guitar and you got to sing and dance to Christmas carols, we had lots of fun and good food!

You did a great job showing Aunt Lisa how to open up presents!! You got so much nice, fun stuff from your family! You are such a lucky girl!

12/25/14 SANTA CAME!!!!! You were a great girl all year round, and Santa definitely noticed. It has been a crazy busy year for our family and you couldn't have been a better sport Madelyn. We are so lucky to have such a sweet, easy going, loving daughter. Merry Christmas sweetheart.

It was a Frozen Christmas! Filled with Frozen books, and even 2 Olaf's for you!! You love putting the Olaf's in your new baby stroller and giving them rides around the house!