The Sevy's: November 2013

Saturday, November 30, 2013

Staycation 2013

This week Alan had a WHOLE week off for Thanksgiving. We were both very excited to finally be able to spend some good quality family time together without having school or studying get in the way. We decided to not go home for Thanksgiving because it was so close to Christmas. We had a staycation here in Florida. We started Alan's break off with going to see Catching Fire, which was amazing! We both loved it! On Monday we went to Disney World's Magic Kingdom. It was so unbelievable crowded. Not sure what we were thinking. Luckily we live here and had just been there so we weren't too worried about doing everything, we just wanted to spend the day together. Madeline sure loved it. She danced the whole time on Small World. She clapped and pointed on all the rides. She also loved the Tiki Room. She has been to Disney World twice before age one, She is definitely one spoiled girl and doesn't even know it! Alan and I aren't the best at taking pictures, we were too busy having fun. But here are some that we did take..

We were all so tired on Tuesday that we just hung out in our sweats and watched movies. It was a much needed lazy day. On Wednesday we thought it would be fun to go to the beach! Well mother nature had other plans for us. We drove all the way to the beach and the wind was blowing so hard it was crazy. Madi loved it and wanted to stay and play but she was at the perfect height for the sand to blow into her eyes. We just walked on the beach and found some awesome seashells. We decided to try a beach on the bay side to see if it would be less windy. Hooray it was! We sat and played for a little while. Madeline ate about a cup of sand. We couldn't stop her. Thursday we had a fabulous Thanksgiving with our Friends! (more on that later) Friday we went out shopping and got our Christmas tree. We got it all decorated and finished the night off with a Christmas Movie.

I am normally opposed to artificially Christmas trees and this was a sad day for me. We decided since we will be in Utah for Christmas that there is not point in having a real tree that would just be a fire hazard while we are gone! I do have to admit that this was extremely easy to set up and Madeline has really enjoyed playing with it.

We are so glad that Alan had a nice break before he has to hit the books hard for the next three weeks before finals. It was so nice to spend time together and do some fun things! We are counting down the days to his next break and Christmas!

Thursday, November 14, 2013

11 months

Today Madeline turned 11 months old. I find myself getting extremely emotional to think that next month we will have a one year old. Where did the time go? Anyways, that is not for another month so I won't worry too much about it yet. Madeline is the happiest baby. She always just goes with the flow and is happy as long as people are paying attention to her. She loves to play and be social. She loves to giggle and smile. She brings so much joy to us and we just adore her.

Here are some things that Miss Madeline does at 11 months:

She loves to clap her hands
She gives kisses, she will put her lips to your cheek and make the cutest little noise.
She can stand on her own for about 15 seconds takes a step and falls over.
She loves to play pat-a-cake.
She loves to eat but mostly when she can feed herself. She will stuff as much food as she can in her cheeks until she gags and has to spit it out.
She loves to look at books. She will go over to her bookcase and pick a book and look through it.
She loves to drink water and not out of a sippy cup but out of straw.
She loves to hide and crawl through small spaces.
She loves to crawl into the kitchen and pull down the dishtowels off the oven.
She loves to run with her walker across the living room.
She insists on standing up in the bathtub which makes it extremely difficult to bathe her.
If she is playing with or doing something that she isn't suppose to and she gets removed she gets very upset and has a mini tantrum but most of the time she can be distracted with something new.
She thinks other kids are hilarious. She will laugh hysterically at kids just running around because they are kids!
She got her very first tooth on 10/29/2013
She loves to hang upside down
She does this new thing where she throws her head back and smiles or laughs. Its pretty cute!

Madeline has matured so much over the last couple months and I can slowly see her turning into a toddler. The only time she seems like a baby is when I hold her in my arms to nurse her. My heart burst every time she crawls over to me, looks at me with those bright blue eyes, and reaches up for me. I knew that I would love being a Mom but no one prepared me for how much I would love her and all those precious moments that come with it. Madeline is so much fun and keeps are lives busy and fun. She is such a blessing and truly brings us so much joy! Madeline We love you!

Oh and if someone has a solution to slow time down please, send me a message!

Monday, November 4, 2013

Halloween 2013

I have always loved Halloween, especially when I was teaching because I could always dress up and act like a kid! This Halloween was by far my favorite! Everything is so much better when you have kids! Madeline decided she wanted to be a piglet for Halloween. She was the most adorable piggy you have ever seen! We started the day off with going to visit Alan at school. He was so proud carrying her around and showing her off to all of his classmates. Then he had the rest of the day off! It was awesome! Later that day we went over to Chuck and Brittany's for a lite dinner and then Trick or Treating. It was nice to be able to take Madeline out in a neighborhood with houses instead of trying to hike up and down a billion stairs at our apartment complex. She loved Halloween! She kept her costume on all day and loved it! She even got to have a few treats, so overall I think she is a big fan of Halloween!