Abby's 4-Year Checkup

Abby had her 4-Year checkup at the doctor yesterday.

I have to say, I was dreading it because I knew it would come with a few shots (which she hasn't had since she was 2!! So I know she doesn't remember getting any!!)

She did GREAT! She was excited to get the shots over with, but cried a bit during the process once she realized the pain they entailed. She was a champ, considering she got 5 shots (one was her flu shot!).

Most fun of the visit was making her paper gown into a ghostly Halloween costume during the moments of boredom waiting for the doctor to come in. Now she doesn't need shots again until she's 10! That seems like DECADES away.....but I know it will be here before we know it!

Abby's 4 Year Stats:

40 Inches Tall (56th percentile)

35 pounds, 4 oz (52nd percentile)

Perfect vision and hearing!! (And both tubes from the second set, installed in 2010 are out...nice!) 

Hunt Club Farm

We took a fun trip to a local farm with our mom's playgroup today!

It was a true Fall blustery day, but the kids still had fun, while us mom's froze!

Miss Lounger

Miss Madelyn knows how to lounge! Juice and cereal, and she's set! 

Naked too! Legs crossed.....the joys of being the baby of the family and being catered to.

Hiding....

Abby does quiet time (instead of naps now...) in her room everyday for 2 hours (while Maddy naps!!)

The other day, Maddy woke up, and it was a good 30 minutes past Abby's quiet time. So we went in her room to check on her, and found her under her bed playing with her animals!!

She said it was fun to play under there!! So cute.

Monkey Girl

Maddy has been a ball of fun lately.

Her personality shines through more everyday.

 Just this week she attached herself to an old monkey stuffed animal of Abby's

 It has always been around, but now she LOVES it. Its cute to see her love on something else, since she's usually the one being loved on by us!!

Our local zoo had a military appreciation day today (free admission), so we took full advantage and had a great free trip to the zoo (our membership expired and I'm waiting to find out if we will continue to live here before I renew!!). The girls had a lot of fun and Maddy got to ride on daddy's shoulders for a while.

Abby's 4th Birthday.....Week of celebrations!

Our BIG 4 year old got to celebrate her birthday ALL week long!

 It started with us waking her up (7:30am) on Tuesday because she chose that day to decide to sleep in......not happy to be awake....until she saw her NEW Scooter!!!

 Of course Maddy was equally happy to see the new toy!

 Tuesday I made Abby a homemade cake with vanilla meringue buttercream icing!!!

 And we made homemade pizzas that Abby got to help with!

 Then after dinner it was present time!!

 This was a fun year to watch her open gifts. She was so appreciative for everything and LOVED all the special gifts she received. (Can you tell Rapunzel is her favorite character right now???!!!)

 Cake time!!

 Well, her birthday week continued with celebrating her birthday at her school on Wednesday (I sent in Dunkin Donut, donut holes for all the kids and she handed out goodie bags!

Lastly on Saturday we had a handful of her friends over for a low key party at the house!

 All decked out in one of the gifts she received from a friend! Cute bakers outfit with apron, hat and oven mitt!!

Now the birthday banner for Abby is down and the house is getting back to normal......until Maddy's birthday in two weeks of course!! Luckily she's too little to appreciate big celebrations, so we'll keep it small :)

Playdough!

An easy go-to entertainment for the girls! They love playdough time! 

And even better, I love when the weather is nice so they can do it outside and save me the cleanup!!

Mowers Little Helper

Someone was fascinated with helping daddy mow the grass!

Maddy's 2 year update....a little early

Maddy had her two year check-up today (2 weeks early, but that's when they got us in)

Here are her stats:

Height 35 inches (85th percentile)

Weight 26 pounds, 4 ounces (66th percentile)

Her doctor was very pleased with her growth!

We can't believe our little girl is 2 soon (November 4th) . Where did the crying baby days go??

Maddy still naps 2-3 hours a day, sleeps 12 hours solid every night. (No pacifier!!! YEAH!!!)

Big girl time is on the horizon! She is such a fun girl and makes us laugh everyday!

This is a cute photo of her from last night when we celebrated Abby's birthday.....we were all done eating our cake, so we thought. While we were in the living room, Maddy was sneaking back in the kitchen, climbed up in Abby's seat and proceeded to eat the rest of Abby's piece of birthday cake. She is getting so big, sometimes we forget she's not so little anymore.

Shiny EARS!!!!

DONE! For her 4th birthday we took Abby to get her ears pierced today!!

She was SOOO brave and barely flinched for each piercing.

Great Grandma & Grandpa Reiss got her beautiful light pink studs (her birthstone) for her birthday!

They are beautiful!!! And she loves them....most important!! No more stick-on earrings for this girl!

 Prepping the ears

 Marking the spots

 And BLING!!!!