What We've Been Up To...

Madeline had some sort of virus over the weekend that had me literally praying for the poop to stop.  We went through enough disposable diapers to make Al Gore cry.

Then she got home from school today and grunted and groaned and strained enough for me to pray for the poop to start back up. 

 I thought the obsession with my child's bowel movements would fade somewhere around the one-year mark, but it's still a pretty big part of our lives.  Big enough for God to become involved.  Poor baby.  

Anyhow....awkward...ahem.  

Here's what we've up to: (besides frequent bowel movements) 

First, Eric went to NY for the weekend to visit with family, so it was just us girls.  

We basked in the sunshine:

We visited Drumlin Farms in Lincoln, MA with Amy where we saw sheep, lamb, chickens, fisher cats (shudder) and cows:   

And where I realized that as difficult as birthing babies can be, thank the sweet Baby Jesus that at least I'm not a sow: (hold the jokes, please)

 Although her piglets were pretty darn cute:

 And we learned Madeline is the size of a pony and not a horse:

 (as if we really needed a sign to tell us that....)

 And we ate delicious Popsicles:

 Then we played in the yard where we remembered NOT to mess with the water meter:  (Good listening, Maddie Bear!)

 And we admired our flowers:

 And colored the front walk with chalk:

 And contemplated the universe from the back stoop:

 And ate even more delicious Popsicles:

 And took lots of self portraits:

In spite of the frequent bowl movements, it was a pretty good Mumma-Madeline weekend.  It has me craving the lazy days of summer vacation....so close I can taste them...