Halloween - Take #1

Wednesday night was the Fall Festival at Maddy's school. I knew Maddy was excited when I put her to bed Tuesday night. I told her she had to go to bed so she could go to the party the next night and we didn't hear another word out of that child the rest of the night - not normal by the way. Anyway, she was the best Tinker Bell ever! She had a great time "Trick or Treating" and even got her face painted. It was a good practice run for Sunday.

Tinker Bell

Face Painting!

Enjoying some of her candy

Team Sports - Not for us!

What can you learn from an afternoon at the park with your 2 1/2 year old? You can learn that she's not ready for team sports. We took Maddy to the park today because Matt thought a little soccer game and sunshine would be good for all of us. It was and we had a great time but we quickly figured out that Maddy doesn't really want to play soccer with anyone but herself! She kept taking the ball away from Matt and saying it was her ball. She wouldn't kick it away, she would just dive on top of it. Maybe football is her sport? I do think she loves running. I guess maybe all two years old love to run but she would rather run laps around the soccer field than kick the soccer ball :)




In other news - I did learn that my husband is the kite whisperer. He bought Maddy a lady bug kite months ago and finally decided to give it a try at the park today. With little wind, he managed to get it high enough to make Maddy squeal so that's all we needed :)

Happy Birthday Mommy!

I had a great birthday this year! I must say, birthdays are much more fun once your child is old enough to participate in the gift giving. Thursday night Maddy came home to tell me she was going to buy me a pretty candle that smelled good. The result of that shopping trip was 12 tealight candles that smell like a vanilla cupcake. Just what a pregnant girl needs, something else to make me want to eat :)

Phone Conversations

Had to type this before the moment was lost to my pregnant brain. Maddy has an old cell phone of Matt's and she gets it out from time to time to "talk." Tonight she has been calling all over the country to Nana and Papa, Grandma and Grandpa, Memaw and Pawpaw. Here is how the conversation went:

"Hey Nana, I'm just hanging out. Your daughter sent you an email but she's tired. Yeah. My boots are pretty. Can you here me? Are you there? Are you there? I have to go. It's time to chill out."

"I'm off the phone now Mommy but somebodys gonna call me. I need to sit for a minute and chill out."

Random but hysterical for the bystander listening from the other room. Good thing the phone isn't real because she has used a lot of minutes! We're in trouble once she's actually old enough for a real phone. Pre-paid minutes here we come!

20 Weeks!

Officially to the 1/2 way mark with Baby Hannah! Feeling great - the sickness is gone and my biggest problem now is heartburn so I'm grateful! Here are some pictures from the Ultrasound day. Not looking forward to getting big but glad that I'm past that "Is she pregnant?" stage. There is no doubt now :)

Maddy's Little Sister

We are so excited to find out that Maddy will have a little sister sometime in late Feb, 2011. Now that we've made the big announcement to our family, we can announce to the blog world. Maddy's little sister will be Hannah Dean Hecht! Matt and I both love the name Hannah and Dean was my grandmother's middle name. She passed away in January of this year. This was my way of honoring her memory in such a special way. I know she would be so proud. I only hope Hannah can be half of the woman that Ganny was.

Maddy knows that she's going to have a little sister and she seems excited. It's hard to tell with a two year old but she seems happy. We still have to work on the name. She will only say Hannah when it's convenient for her so don't be surprised if you ask her and she says, "I don't know."

The reality has set in for Matt and he is happy to have another little girl. Late yesterday he realized how much money this will save because we have so many things already that we can resuse. Both girls will be going through the same sizes during the same times of the year so hopefully we can use a lot of Maddy's clothes.

We are so excited and can't wait to meet our baby girl!