I used to..

I used to blog all the time. I think about it from time to time and say, 'later I'm going to blog about this' and I never do :/ I need to change that! I don't know if any one ever even reads them anymore..but I really love going back and rereading them myself. Anyways, so the catch up blog..

Maddox and Madleyn are sleeping in big kid beds now! We didn't even do the toddler bed..they just went straight to big kid beds. Mady did so well with it. I love going in to check on her. She's always curled up on her pillow and covered up with her silky. She never really tosses and turns. She looks so peaceful when she sleeps! Max on the other hand never wants to sleep. It's always a battle with him. I've learned that I just have to put him in his bed and shut the door and let him cry if he's ever going to go to sleep. He always gets out of bed and lays right behind the door and the second I open it to check on him..I bump into him and wake him up...smart little booger! But he makes it pretty impossible to put Mikhail in there..so the poor kid pretty much just sleeps on the floor in our room every night. I'm thinking about setting up a twin bed in there so he can sleep on that. I can transfer Makenna to her room with no problem..but poor Mikhail! Max is freaking halarious. He's figured out that if he gets really low to the floor he can look underneath the door to see what I'm doing. So anytime I go downstairs to do laundry, he lays down right behind the door and watches and cries for me to come up the stairs! I think he also does that when I lay him down to go to sleep.

The babies are getting so smart! Anytime I tell them to do something the turn right around and do it. They aren't really talking much..but thier ability to follow directions shows me they are learning. I know they will talk on thier own time..so I don't get upset about it. They are my babies..I probably baby them a little too much and that's why they don't talk..but that's ok. I'm in no hurry for them to grow up on me!

Haha so of course..I'm writing about what a good little sleeper Mady Jae is..and the tv gets quiet for a minute and I hear her crying. I went up there and she had been sleeping on the floor and must have woke up. She was still pretty out of it..but she just wanted back in her bed :)

Anyways, Tim taught Mady to say, "uh oh" and it's the cutest thing ever! She really makes her mouth in the O shape to say it and she puts her little hand out to do it! This past Saturday Mom and Dad took the big kids camping so we just had the twins. We went shopping and out to eat..and Mady just kept putting on a show for Tim..she was saying uh oh all weekend. We went and visited Tim's grandma and she just loved seeing the babies. I feel bad that we don't get over to see our grandparents as often as we should..I just feel like there's never enough hours in the day. I feel like just as soon as we wake up it's time to start getting ready to go back to bed.

Mikhail is getting really excited about going to school at the end of the month. I really can't believe it's almost that time. I was talking to the parents in Makenna's dance class and they thought I was crazy when I said that I would actually like to have two more babies. I feel like mine are growing up so fast that I'm really going to miss this time in my life. Life is changing so drastically for us..and I'm not ready for it. Mikhail going to school..it's sad for me. I'm going to miss all of our adventures during the week when all the kids are in school. It's only going to leave the weekends and evenings and that's when all the other families are out and about. It's nice to do things during the day when everyone is as school or work. I just wish I could go back and relive the last five years with him. I feel like it went way too fast :( His looks are changing more and more by the day too! He's starting to look so big, and sheesh just like his dad! He's a handsome little man that's for sure. His faveorite thing right now is playing video games..just like his dad. He's already (just recently) beat Call of Duty..at only five years old..I can't even play the game and he beat it!

We took them to the fair last friday. They had a blast! We let Max go on his first ride and he freaked out and we had to take him off before it was over. It was so funny too because when we walked in he pointed to everything and I thought he would love the rides..but they scared him. The kids had a blast though. I wish the fair was in the fall so the weather didn't ware you out so fast. But it makes me think about when I was little and my dad used to always take us to do fun stuff like that. I love that the kids get to do it and have so much fun <3

Makenna is my little dancer now! She's loving it! She dances at Judy Dollenmayer. She's taking Combo 1. Every tues and wed she goes and she just loves it. I love how pretty she looks in her clothes and the look on her face when I take her. It's just amazing to see her enjoying a hobby! It's def our special time every week. She's really excited about going to prek at Stoneybrook this fall. I'm not ready to let her go either. I know she's a big girl and she needs to do it...but I'm just going to miss her and Bubs so bad while they are at school :(

Well I guess that's all for right now! I'm going to try to start doing this at the end of every night again. I miss not blogging about all the cute silly things they are doing! I need to get back to that!