Pumpkin Patch!!

We L.O.V.E. the pumpkin patch and go every year!!! This year we decided to go very last minute and had a blast. This is a picture of the girls waiting for daddy to come home so we could leave! I was doing my hair and Madilynn likes to be close so I lay her in the hall and Lexie always comes to hang out with her, it is so sweet!

This is on the road!!

And the big arrival!!!

Lexie's favorite part is the train.  She talks about it all year long!

This is her happy scarecrow.....

And this his her scary one.

We had a great time.  I did feel like people are starting to look at Madilynn a bit longer, I wonder if they are starting to notice her differences??  No one was rude or anything, just curious I think!

Madilynn at 5 Months

Our little one has been busy this week!!! A few first for her....... Holding her own bottle. She doesn't get a bottle often, but she got some medicine and every time I gave it to her she spit it out or gagged on it, so into a bottle it goes. It's so cute to watch her feed herself.

She's also been doing the splits a lot, and when she does she likes to grab her toes.  Achon kids are very limber!

She started rolling over a while ago, but now she can roll back onto her back.  She's also started tucking her knees under herself!!

DANCE!

Lexie's dance recital.  This is actually the practice and Lexie is in a mood, she even falls once.  Then when she is suppose to have wings and fly around she just walks!!  The actual performance was MUCH better!

Madilynn giggles!

This is one of those had to be there moments, it was not as cute as I re-watched it.  Oh well!

Madilynn rolling over

Too bad she rolls over as I'm turning the video off, oh well!

Paint + Sandpaper + new Knobs

Can turn this........

Into this........

I woke up Saturday wanting a change so I painted something. So happy I did!

Ballet

Alexa started ballet this year and has really LOVED it!! She had her recital last night and did a great job. Here she is at the dress rehersal.....

Her classmates (including her buddy Ruby)

At the practice she had a meltdown.  It was her first time on stage and she started crying. 

Here we are that night, the big performance!!  Madilynn was ready!  Alexa was super excited to have daddy see her dance and she did so  well.  No crying and she wasn't scared, it was wonderful!

After the dance the got awards so their class was waiting on stage, I love that Ruby is telling everyone to shhhh. Too funny!

Lexie and teacher Valerie

Dwarfism Awarness Month

October is Dwarfism Awareness Month so I thought I'd share some facts about dwarfism (stollen from a friends blog). If you want to learn more about dwarfism I have several links on the right hand side that you can go to.

There are over 200 distinct forms of dwarfism and skeletal dysplasias.

People with dwarfism are generally not taller than 4' 10" at adult height. The typical height range is 2'8" to 4'5".

Eighty percent of people with dwarfism have average-height parents and siblings.

There are an estimated 30,000 people in the United States and 651,000 internationally with a type of dwarfism.

In July 2009 the word "midget" was declared inappropriate and offensive. Preferable terms are: having dwarfism, short stature, little person, lp, and the medical terminology use of dwarf. A person's name is always the most preferred.

Skeletal Dysplasias affect bone growth, but generally do not affect cognitive abilities.

Don't treat people with dwarfism according to their height, instead of their age or ability. Little people are attorneys, teachers, engineers and doctors.

I'm so happy we have our little person in our family, Madilynn is amazing and continues to make our lives brighter. I love both my girls so much, I am blessed!

Camping

About a week ago Lexie started saying she wanted to go on a camp out, feeling the same way I asked Alex if he wanted to go. We all decided it would be fun so we packed up and headed out. Our original plan was to go to Potato patch until I found out it was going to be in the 30's at night....no thank you. So we chose Woodsen Bridge but when we got there it was closed. My dad suggested Butte Meadows so we turned around and headed up 32 a bit. I was surprised to see other campers there too. It was pretty chilly the whole time, but I'm glad we went. It was Madilynns first camping trip and she did great, cant wait til next year, she'll be 1 and so much better!     We went with my parents, my friend Jen stayed for one night and my nieces.  I'm so glad Taylor and Bella were there, they kept Alexa busy, such a huge help!!!

There was a little stream there and my dad had this great idea to have a boat race.  He helped them make boats out of wood and they were sooooo into it!!!

Madilynn after her nap, you can never have too many binkies!

The last day, the girls got water to put out our fire

The crew and their boats before the big race!

Alex putting the boats in the water.

I'm glad we went, and I'm even more glad to be home!