A Lazy Wednesday

It is rainy and cool out this AM. Maddox and I have been enjoying the great indoors, other than a quick trip to HyVee early this morning to get milk and laundry detergent....and a cinnamon roll for breakfast but don't tell Dad!! :) It seems we buy more milk and laundry detergent to keep this house afloat. Maddox was SO HAPPY to see Eric Sunday morning after having been gone since, basically, Tuesday night on Maddox terms. Despite having a little cold she enjoyed hanging out with Eric Sunday while I went to see a patient (we're still crazy busy at work). Then Sunday night we enjoyed our first family meal together. Eric sat on one side of her high chair and I on the other. At one point, Maddox smiled, reached over to Eric wanting a big hug then she reached directly over to me with those little arms getting a hug from me. It was so precious. She couldn't tell us but she was DEFINITELY indicating she was happy to have us both with her again. She has had a cold for the last few days but it seems we are managing this one a little better...could it be her age? She isn't quite as stuffed up and her nose isn't running all that bad and she is still sleeping and eating like a champ! We just keep using the booger sucker, plenty of boogie wipes, and fluids. We started having her try to use a spoon last week. She is pretty good at holding it but needs a lot of help with the actual motion. We say 'SCOOP' and then 'IN' and she is seeming to get it.....but will take a bit more practice. I SCORED big on Sunday in the infant baby boy clothes department. One of my good friends Terri Tucker has 2 boys, one born in May the other in June....and they are done having kids. She was ready to get rid of some stuff so I went over and got a TON of newborn and baby BOY clothes......socks, bibs, shoes, sandals, flip flops, onsies, little plaid shorts, overalls, jeans, holiday shirts, infant diapers, cotton pants, and even an infant DUCK Halloween costume....which Maddox has, more than once, gotten out of the basket and tried to claim as hers. She was even talking to it the last time I found her with it. SO CUTE. It is really soft and of course limp because it is a costume but she had a hold of the head and was talking right into the bill of it. SO FUNNY. Thank you Terri.....thanks to you and your boys our little one won't have to go around naked for the first 6 months of his life. Cousin Carter also shared with us several newborn sleepers last week.....can't believe he is really going to be that small to start out. How quickly we forget. Thanks Carter!! Maddox and I are headed out to the St. Patrick's Day parade downtown Davenport on Saturday, pending NO RAIN. Poor Eric is seeing clients on Saturday so he won't be able to join us. She really enjoyed the last parade and now being a bit older I think this will be just the same. I"ll post some pictures after Saturday. PS we love the new "Knowles Family" blog. I showed it to Maddox this AM and she was excited to see the pictures of Carter. We are working on saying CARTER but she just can't get the 'Ca' sound quite yet. She has been putting this lego container on her head and walking around the house lately. So funny....and she even kept it on long enough to allow me to get a picture.