Shake Rattle and Roll Baby!

Madeline's first earthquake hit tonight!

Here is a link to the local news report:

http://ca.today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2007-10-31T043231Z_01_N30209776_RTRIDST_0_NEWS-QUAKE-CALIFORNIA-COL.XML&archived=False

Reports say 5.6 on the richter scale...for now. In actuality, it felt like a huge
truck drove by our house. We were placing Madeline down in her crib as it hit us (we are 30 miles from the epicenter-Alum Rock, CA, basically between San Jose and San Francisco proper) and it sounded like a loud plane was overhead. Then there was the rattling of things in her closet and then the whole house seemed to be rattling. Don and I emerged from her room and said "was that an earthquake". No biggie...

They say that within 72 hrs is always the possibility of an aftershock being stronger than the original quake. But the particular faultline that this one came from hasnt produced anything strong in a long time.

Yes,this was the strongest quake to hit since the big one that collapsed the bay bridge in '89. but its pretty tame. We were certainly not effected except in the sense that we are slightly more aware of the awesome power of mother nature than we were yesterday.

much love to you all.
xoxo

Monday with a friend

Madeline's friend Claire comes over every Monday and then on Thursday Madeline goes to her friend's house. Claire's mom, Sara, and I get two glorious hours to take a shower, cook, clean, fold laundry and sometimes even check out email or read a chapter in a book! We started this trade a couple of weeks ago and the girls have a blast with eachother.
Yesterday we went to the park together and if you have ever tried to wrangle two 1 year olds on the slide- it is Exercise! One is going up the stairs, the other is trying to climb off the edge, they dont want to come down together, or at all- it is a hoot!
Only matched by the fun we had on our wagon ride to the park wherein each little lady threw something out of the wagon every 2 steps. A cup, a hat, a ball. Mayhem! But it keeps us in shape, right?!

Anyway, here is a snapshot of the girls before we left for our excursion. Don't they give the appearance, at least of cooperative little angels?

 

 

twins?

this is madeline's friend Emory. he is almost a year older than her. He sat down, got up, pulled another chair over, and kept pointing to it for madeline to sit down. She finally did and we caught them on their date.
funny...doesnt he look like he could be her older, but twin brother? the hair, the skintone, the face etc?

 

 

 

pre halloween playgroup

playgroup has a costume parade, starring:

peacock: Sachin, "the king"
Monkey: Matthew (a big teddy bear)
Witch: Isabella the gentle
Dalmation: Claire bear the scholar
Dragonfly: Madeline, your sweetheart of course!

 

 

 

 

Halloween at school!

Last weekend we went to Little Hands, the school that Madeline and I go to together,
and celebrated halloween with daddy and our other friends. Madeline was the cutest
and only dragonfly there! (at the end she made a quick change into her pumpkin hat to pose with her jack o lantern)

 

 

 

 

Its been a month!

so it has been almost a month since her birthday and i am only now getting the chance to post these vids- sorry! I guess the whole walking thing has kept me busy. the dr warned me that an early walker was trouble but i had no idea how busy i would be. i will try to get a few more posts and pics out to you all this week.

xoxo
stroller excitement is only eclipsed by shaddow excitement!


okay- this kid loves wagon rides. and i have to catch one of her with her friends in it becuase they are hysterical! Then when we get home she goes in and out and in and out for 120 min, through the little door. she loves it!

Halloween

We brought Madeline to the Lemos farm pumpkin picking spectacle in half mooon bay last weekend. She had a blast feeding the animals and picking out pumpkins and we got to see our friends ride on the ponies, take a train trip through the haunted house and jump in a giant pumpkin!

i love halloween!

I love this time of year- isn't she cute?!

 

 

 

At school

 

 

 

 

Madeline loves the water table and the farm animals at school
Her favorite, though, is the ladybug ball and toys. She always finds them!
She is making lots of friends, and mommy is learning a lot about one year olds!

Cousins Birthdays!

 

 

 

 

Eve and Madeline were born two days apart and her brother Ian's birthday is the 19th!
We spent the afternoon celebrating birthdays at Chantal's house!

My how they grow!

Okay...look at these girls and how they have grown!
need i say more?
xoxo

More awesome gifts!

 

 

Madeline has so many great new things to play with she doesnt sleep anymore!
no...really...like wake up time is 5am.

She has been pushing her babydoll all around the hood in her new stroller and stops periodically
to walk around and check on her. it is the sweetest thing!

And she has taken several friends out for a spin in her wagon. This thing is great to take
to the park. It is the cadillac of baby accessories.

Thank you to our awesome family for showering madeline with such great things.
Now that that is done. for xmas she would like a college fund! :)

XOXO