Nipples!

Maren:
The last few weeks have been pretty eventful.  Mommy, daddy, Maddox and I went over to Nonna and Nonno's house to help them do some yard work.  We were lots of help planting flowers and a few trees to make their yard look beautiful.  We get to spend a lot of time over there now that they are close and we sure have fun.
The weather has been really nice lately which means that we are able to be outside a lot.  We had our first pic-nic of the season!  It was kind of a big mess though because Maddox was crawling all over the place and grabbing everything!  We still enjoyed it though and then followed it up with some quality play time in the sand box.
Mommy went away for the weekend with Nonna and Auntie C last weekend so she could have some time to rest.  That was a bit rough, for everyone, but we all came out okay.  I had a really difficult time understanding why I didn't get to go and mommy had a really hard time leaving!  My Uncle Frankie came over to visit one night and so did my Grandma Ronnie.  Then, the best part of the whole weekend... I got to have my very first slumber party with my buddy Jace!  I was a really good girl for Miss Heather and we had lots of fun sleeping in Jace's new bed.
I think that I mentioned before that my mommy has been working on converting our guest room into a play room for us.  She bought a bunch of crates to stack together and use as a shelving system to store all of our toys.  Daddy and I were helping her stain them and I made quite a mess of myself.  I had stain splattered all over my face, arms, and clothes.  It was so bad that mommy jumped into the tub with me to scrub it all off but she was scrubbing really hard and I complained.  Mommy asked me "What if I can't get it all off of your face?  What are you going to tell people about these brown spots when you go to school tomorrow?"  I replied, very matter of factly... "Mommy, they're just my nipples!" 

Maddox:
I am a Mad Man!  Now that I am walking I am in to everything!  I still am sweet as can be with a touch of attitude... whenever I don't get what I want or get frustrated I have a tendency to try and hit or pull hair.  So far everyone is being pretty patient with me though and I haven't been hit back!
I am getting more and more of my teeth... my left side cuspids are both coming in now.  Upper appeared on April 3 and lower on March 31st.  They haven't been bothering me at all in comparison to the molars so I haven't complained a bit.  

I am starting to say more and more... words like Mamma, hi, and bye.  I am trying to sign a lot too... my colors (green, blue, red, and orange), and all done.  I use the sign, "eat", for a lot of things as well as the sign for "orange" (it is so similar to hot, cow, kitty cat... I have a hard time figuring it out!) which really confuses people, but I am trying.   

I really love my sissy and follow her everywhere I can.  I try and give her hugs and kisses a lot but I often times just slobber all over her!  I love it when mommy plays hide and seek with me too.  She will run and hide and I try to find her!  When I come around the corner she will jump out and say "Oooga-Booga"... and I giggle, and giggle, and giggle!