Summer update

It's been a busy month for the three of us. We finally have started on the yardwork, front and back. We're about halfway done. Of course, this last half is going to take the longest time to finish as Mike and I will be doing the labor ourselves. EEK!

Maddy's been keeping busy learning all sorts of new words and phrase over the last month including: Sit down, Git up, Eat Eat, Melmo for Elmo, Bubbles, and Ball. Hmmmm most of her phrases are commands, is that good or bad? LOL

We've started playing with the toilet training idea now as Maddy seems to understand the concept of pee pee and poo poo. She'll point to her diaper and say poo poo when she's done her business. So, we've bought her her own potty. She'll sit on the potty and read a magazine, so funny to watch. But she still hasn't actually used the potty for its purpose.....

I'm including some photos of Maddy from various occasions over the last month. There's her swim time with Keira on July 4th in our newly concreted backyard, Maddy at Keira's bday party sitting with all the big kids, and last but not least is Maddy with her ponytails.....