Maddy's People

Had to take Maddy to the Dermatologist today. I won't get into all the details but she has some skin issues that have been going on for a few months so I decided to make an appointment. The good news is that it doesn't appear to be anything a prescription steroid won't fix. The bad news is that I have to take the prescription to the pharmacy and I'm sure it's some crazy $200 a bottle thing. Oh well, healthy skin is important, right?

The point of this post is to share Maddy's behavior at the doctor's office. She was great! Funny and great! I guess she wasn't scared because I've been telling her that we were going and I needed her to show the doctor her boo-boos so he could make them all better. So we get there and out of now where, she's starts calling everyone "her peoples." I have NO idea where this came from but every time the doctor and the nurse would leave the room, she would say, "Where my peoples go?" I tried to explain to her that this wasn't a show on MTV/BET and they were not her "people." They are the Doctor and the Nurse and they have names. She didn't care. So, she proceeded to call them her people and when they would come back into the room she would say, "There my people!" Luckily, the staff found it amusing :)

On another note - Maddy called Nana last night and Nana made the mistake of telling Maddy that next time it was time for a visit, Nana and Papa would come to Charlotte to see Maddy. The conversation continued and they hung up. Then Maddy proceeded to spend the next 10 minutes waiting at the door for Nana :( A crying fit started and I had to leave the room. Somehow Matt explained that Nana didn't mean she was coming to visit today. So, lesson learned....we are not at the age where talking about coming to visit makes everyone feel better. Next time we will know.

Hope everyone is having a great week!

Best Friend

The terrible two's are just that - terrible. But all that terrible washes away when she says "Mommy, you're my best friend." Maddy thinks her mommy is her best friend!!! Of course, she also thinks Daddy is her best friend so I'm not letting my ego get too big but OH MAN! What a great thing to hear. I know, I know - wait until she's a teenage. I'll just hang on to this post for those days.

Lots of chatting today so just wanted to pass along some thoughts from Maddy:

In the car - Mommy, those cars are too big to pick up - they heavy. Mommy, that truck too big to pick up - it heavy. Daddy heavy, Mommy - you little.

At home - Mommy, I'm mad at you. Now give kiss and we make up.

I would like to frame the first one and the second one makes me think that she got in trouble at school today and had to make up with a friend???

Charlotte, North Carolina!

This deserves it's own post because it cracks me up! So, the entire time Maddy was in Texas, my mom (Nana) would talk about when you go home to North Carolina, when Mommy and Daddy come visit from North Carolina, etc. Nana worked on this for three weeks straight and then really hit it hard in the final days before Maddy left. And if you know Nana, it sounds more like North Caroliiiiiiinnnnnnna when she says it :) So now Maddy says it all the time. On the way home from school she will ask me where we are going and I'll say home and she says, "our home is in Charlotte, North Carolina."

But that's not the funny part. The funny part is that in Maddy speak, it doesn't sound exactly like it should. I'll do my best to spell it out and then you can spend a few minutes saying it to yourself until you think you have it right :)

Charlet, Nort Taraliiiiiiinnnnnnnna

I'm just impressed that she can tell people where she lives now, we'll work on the proper pronunciation later :)

Return from Texas

I'm not sure where to start so this may be a post with multiple parts. I'll start with last Friday. Matt and I arrived in Texas around 1pm (during nap time) so we had some time to rest up before Maddy woke up. Once she did, there were plenty of hugs and kisses to go around. She was happy to see us but it wasn't overwhelming excitement. Within an hour though, she was attached to my leg. Thus began the game of trying to get her to detach from my leg. That's a blog post in itself so I will save that for later.

We had a great weekend watching Maddy play in the pool and teach us all the new things she learned. A few of my favorites: 1. My two year old now gives "bumps." For those not current with the lingo, this is a fist bump. I can't help but laugh every time she does it because I picture her as an NBA player before a game or a 15 year old boy in the hall at school. Just doesn't fit but it sure is cute. The best part is that by the time I picked her up from school Wednesday, all the other two year olds in her class were now experts at the "bump." 2. A new phrase - "Lookey there or Lookey here." So this is now what she says every time she wants to show you something. 3. Tri-lingual - she left speaking English (a little Southern, I admit) and now she will tell you she knows 3 languages - Spanish, Texan and North Carolinian. She had some homework for school while she was gone and had a few Spanish words to practice so now she thinks she fluent.

I've been trying to type this for 3 days now so I'll stop here and tell you more the next time. Maddy had a GREAT time in Texas but we are glad to have her back :)

Summer Camp is coming to an end...

Tomorrow is the day - well technically Friday is the day but we leave tomorrow :) Matt and I are loading up the truck tomorrow for our cross country drive to pick Maddy up from summer camp! Driving is one of those things that sounds like a good idea until it's time to leave. I always think of it as an adventure, family bonding and a chance to see new places. Check back with me early next week to see if my positive ray of light has faded. We will get to Texas Friday morning and spend the weekend. We head back to Charlotte sometime on Monday.

Just today we had two moments when we realized how long she's been gone. 1. I was sitting in the living room and looked over to notice a HUGE cobweb. It's in a place that Maddy plays but I guess it's not a place we frequent because it's collecting dust in her absence. 2. Matt came home from the store tonight and had picked up a few things so we don't have to run out as soon as we get home Tuesday. Maddy has been gone so long the packaging on the pasta she likes has changed! He almost didn't find it in the aisle.

We are both SO excited to see her but I dread leaving on Monday. I'm hoping she smiles and waves goodbye. I'm afraid it's more likely she will scream and claw on the back window as we pull out of Nana's driveway. If you have a free moment, pray that process is as painless as possible for all involved.

I have the empty suitcase ready that Pawpaw requested. Just a few of the extra things coming home with us include - a Dora tent, lots of "jewelry", a new bubble machine, new swimsuit/cover up, new shoes, new pajamas, new clothes, etc. I'm hoping a suitcase is all we need :)

I'm looking forward to a great weekend. We have lots of Father's Day celebrating to do with Pawpaw, Grandad, Papa, Daddy (Matt), Uncle Justin and Uncle Jeremy. We also have birthdays to celebrate with Aunt Brandi and Uncle Jeremy.

Happy Father's Day to all the great dads in our lives. Have a great weekend and I'll update next week!

Weekend Fun

We miss Maddy but we are making the most of our time. Friday I went with our friend Heather to pick out Maddy's flower girl dress for their wedding in September. She's going to be a little princess!

We finished the evening meeting Brent and Matt for dinner. It was actually really funny because around 8pm the lights and the music changed in the restuarant and it turned into Dance Party USA! I guess we've never stayed there long enough to see this change when the sun goes down because we're normally at home getting Maddy ready for bed! We're really living life on the edge this week!

Saturday was Dave and Amanda's wedding. We had a blast dancing on an uptown rooftop. SUPER hot outside but that didn't stop the party!

Sunday was a cookout at Kenny and Cristina's house. Again it was VERY hot but they had great food, good music and some fun games. We came home last night and it took everything I had not to go to bed at 7:30 pm.

All in all a great (busy) weekend

Summer Camp (aka Parent's Honeymoon) Update

Well, 11 days into summer camp and all is well in Texas. Maddy could care less that we're not around and we have come to accept that. She is getting much better at talking on the phone to us so that is a lot of fun. It's good practice for when she comes back to North Carlolina and can hopefully talk on the phone more to our family. She's been at Nana and Papa's house for the past week and has now moved to Memaw and Pawpaw's house for a few days. I just received a text message from Pawpaw informing me that I need to bring an extra (empty) suitcase when we come to get her. :) That text message was then followed with another one that quoted the following conversation:

Pawpaw: Maddy, here's your babies high chair. You can sit your babies bottle there or your sippy cup.
Maddy: Or my beer

Not sure of the guilty party just yet but wanted to make sure to document here for future reference :)

Other notable events from the past week:
- Washing the golf cart
- Riding in the golf cart
- Washing the plane
- Riding in the golf cart
- Swimming
- Riding in the golf cart

You get the point! She's happy and enjoying her time. Still haven't determined if summer camp means she gets a t-shirt but from the sound of things, we will be coming home with much more than a camp t-shirt!

Happy Monday!

Some more beach photos

Matt and I at the beach house

Just the Girls!

Time to relax!

Group Photo!