Madison was a very nice time last night! Maddy, grandma and grandpa and I went to Madison to meet with Nate at the mall. It went too quickly, honestly. It's hard to talk at the mall because well, it's crowded and there are a lot of distractions. But it was a good place to meet up with Maddy, because other than that, it would have been a restaurant. But even as it was I didn't get Maddy to bed until 9 which is 10 our time. I felt bad for Maddy though. She was over tired and was crying a lot about how she missed her daaaa-daaaa! Poor kiddo. I think I got both us ready for bed in record time!
I bought Matt some tshirts at Steve and Barry's. He had asked me to pick up some weekend wear for him and well, I hope this fits the bill. Maddy also saw Buid-a-bear and Grandma and Grandpa bought her a koala (after I talked her out of a $20 bears). Maddy loved stepping on the foot pedal to put in the stuffing and adding heart. Then she went over to 'wash' her bear. She picked out a frilly party dress for it and we put it on. Then Maddy said, "But wait, we need shoes!" Hahahahaa...that's my girlie girl. We helped her pick out matching shoes (strappy gold and silver sandals with heals...ha!). Very cute.
But yes, it was nice to see Nate but it went by too quickly! We've seen a lot of people this trip so far: Jenni and her daughter Madi, Pat, Aunt Diane and cousin Cathy, Joy and her daughters Chloe and Margot, Erica, and Nate. But we've had downtime as well with grandma and grandpa so it's been fun.
Maddy has made out this trip. She received some toys from a lot of different people when we've seen them. Add in a trip to build-a-bear at the mall and the new toys grandma and grandpa had ready for her when she got here and the toys from the backpack and new movies for the plane. She's really made out! Add in that grandma and grandpa are thrilled to play playdoh with Maddy for hours on end, she loves that, too. (As compared to mommy.)
Other than that, I could really use some good sleep. Maddy likes to snuggle me at night and as nice as that is, it's hard to sleep that way. And my allergies/cold is acting up today. I'm thinking it's just allergies as I don't feel bad, but I am STUFFED UP. I've taken sudafed for it this morning. (Speaking of, do you know how hard it is to find info on the web about taking sudafed while pregnant, no one has the guts to say it's ok to take!--contact your doctor--well, I can't, it's Sunday!) I'm sure it's change in weather and also having fall in full force here (we just started in Virginia) and playing outside in the leaves, but man, I'm stuffy!
Okey-dokey! Have a good rest of your weekend!