Teaholic not quite anonymous

Let's start with yesterday first. Maddy and I went to my 12 week doctor appointment yesterday. Parking is a mess since they are doing construction. But I parked by the construction and thanked my lucky stars that I keep the umbrella stroller in the trunk. Maddy and I went into the doctor and immediately she says, "My tummy hurts." As she rubs her tummy. I ask, "Why?" She says, "Mommy, baby in there!!" *rolls eyes* HA! Little did Matt know he was going to be a grandpa at 30. ;) Anyway, she played with the toys for a while and then they called us back. I told Maddy that we had to go and quickly cleaned up the couple of blocks they had laying around and when I turned around she was gone! She had followed the nurse back and was trying to step on the scale! HA! After being weighed (argh!) they of course needed their sample. Maddy tried to figure that one out (apple juice? ERGH--NO!). She was great in the exam room and just quietly ate her popcorn I brought along for her. The doppler read the baby's heartbeat at 157-163, so that's all good! I'm glad to say I'm over the first trimester hump!

We stopped at Costco and Target on the way home. Maddy received some money in the mail from Grandma and Grandpa so I let her spend that at Target. She had a nice time and did a good job in both stores. She is now addicted to the Costco food court though. I guess her and Matt stopped once so when she saw it she said that she was hungry. Ah, whatever, she was great at the doctor! So we stopped for some soft serve.

Oh! Forgot to mention that Maddy and I are going to WI mid October! I found great airfare and only had to pay $339 round trip for two seats! That's CHEAP! So we'll be gone for a week. I didn't even ask my parents before I made the reservations.

Anyway, last night after nap we went over to the turtle pond to feed the turtles. All but one snapper was in hibernation. There were a ton of fish though that literally jumped out of the water for some bread. Maddy had a great time with it and it wore her out enough that she didn't fuss at going to sleep and stayed asleep until 5:45 this morning. I was glad for that.

I found out this morning that this is supposed to be the last nice day in September with all the rest being rainy. So this morning I decided we were ditching class and going over to Cox Farm to enjoy their fall festival. I had a coupon for September $3 off the $9 weekly admission and now that Maddy is over 2 I need to pay for her. It was GREAT as always and well worth the $12.

First, I have to say, the people they have working the slides are REALLY nice. They are normally women about 35-50. They are soooo sweet! Maddy loved the slides and had no issues going on her own. These are HUGE, long slides and move really fast!!! They are on the ground though and you walk up the hill to get to the top, so there aren't really any stairs or ladders to climb so it's pretty safe (unless you roll down the hill of course, but that didn't happen to us). The slides themselves are lined in hay bails on either side so you can't 'fall off' the slide either. Maddy LOVED them and went 3-4 times on each one, by herself! So I was able to watch her at the bottom climb to the top, sit down (under the guidance of the really nice ladies at the top) and watch her come down. It was so empty first thing this morning too that there wasn't a line for anything. So she could go as many times as she wanted without being rushed.

What's also great about this festival is that you don't have to pay for anything (besides food) once you're in the gate. They have apple cider for free, apples for free, hayrides are free, the petting zoo (with kids--as in the baby goat kind) is free although you can buy food for $1 if you want to. The kids are so sweet, too. Not huge and scary. Maddy loved it. We will definitely go next month and I hope Matt can come with us, too. Plus, you have to love the free pumpkin as you leave! What a great way to get kids to sneak out with you without having to fight them out of the farm. Maddy did NOT want to leave--but finally at 12:50 I talked her into going to get her pumpkin. So she was a bit late for nap, but nothing that bad. She has crashed and is still asleep for nap time!

Anyway, I have pictures that I will upload later. Check back then!