buckeyes for cici...

posing with the buckeyes

hugging the buckeyes

Patting the buckeyes

Kevin and Maddie went outside to play the other day and they discovered our buckeye tree was covered with buckeyes!! They spent about an hour hunting and picking these buckeyes and when they came inside to show momma their bounty Maddie without hesitation announced they were "CiCi's buckeyes" and have been referred to as CiCi's ever since.

fall on the farm...

We live right across the street from Murray State's arboretum and greenhouse so every year when they have their "fall on the farm" festivities we are right there!! It's packed with all kinds of fun things like massive tube slides, a corn pit, a petting zoo, pony rides, a corn maze and other things like milking cows. Here are a few... well, more than a few pictures from the day.

Daddy explaining that this wasn't a horse.

We found Wilbur and apparently we are petting his bum.

"Hi rabbit... come on ducks"

Maddie was VERY vocal with all the animals in the petting zoo, she mainly told them what to do... she's going to make a great big sister. HA!

After this calf stepped on her foot we were all done with the animals.

We asked Maddie SEVERAL times about wanting to ride the pony and everytime she responded with a "PEEEEAS". However, just like the two previous years before the second she started to get on the pony she clung to her daddy for dear life. So, what did we do...

We walked beside "Pete".

I love her face here... "Seriously dad, you wanted me to do what?"

One of the massive tube slides.

Last year Kevin made her go down the slide the first time and she then wanted to go again and again. This year he didn't have to make her go down the slide and when he asked her if she wanted to go again she replied with a "No, thank you!!"

Maddie got to paint two pumpkins this year.

It was very serious business.

The finished product.

Just in case there was any confusion.

The corn pit was by FAR the highlight of her day...

More corny fun...

Do not all mothers think their daughters are SO beautiful?

Covering those toes.

This is Maddie's "What are you going to do if I try to eat this" face...

Thankfully she spit it out... Ewwwww!!

Dads are so much fun :)

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When we got home later that day Kevin and I made a bet as to how much corn we would find in her diaper. I guessed 7 pieces and Kevin guessed 15 pieces. Needless to say... we were both way off... That's right a whopping 46 pieces stuck in that diaper. That must have been comfy.

Baby Jack... or as Maddie calls him "Bebe Dack"

Here's the latest addition to the Cunningham clan, introducing... Baby Jack!! We had three ultrasounds with this little guy due to some "complications" that are no longer complications, yay. We had a feeling it was a boy from the beginning and decided to name him after Kevins' grandfather, Jack. We can't decide on a middle name yet, but hopefully we can come up with something in the next couple of months, hopefully. Boys names are hard for me for some reason, oh well. He is due on October 30th... as we all know Halloween is the 31st and some know that my birthday is November 1st, so we are hoping that he will decide to not make his grand entrance on either of those two days, lol. Actually, we are hoping he decides to follow his big sisters lead and come a couple weeks early, please? :)

With Maddie we had an awesome home birth experience(yes, on purpose - always the first question people ask me when they find out she was delivered at home). With Jack, we are also planning on another home birth. I was always nervous with Maddie about the fear of the "unknown" involved with pushing a human being out of your body... however it was such a quick and great experience. Now I couldn't even imagine having a hospital birth. With baby Jack... I no longer have a fear of the "unknown"... it's a definite fear of the known, lol. Even though Maddie's birth was a great experience, it's not something you really look forward to doing again... the bigger I get the more I realize "oh, crap... this thing has got to come out". I am looking forward to NOT being pregnant anymore, some women love it and claim it's "amazing" or that they "never felt better". I would like to know where those women live so I can come over and kick them. Morning sickness, Exhaustion and weight gain is not exactly my idea of a good time.

We are excited about baby Jack and look forward to meeting this new little guy.

Hopefully sooner than later :)

The Cunningham Trio

Here are a few family pics we took this weekend... unfortunately, the weather wasn't the greatest for taking pictures - but they still turned out pretty cute. Maddie has recently started walking... so, I added a cute walking sequence at the end =) She's still very wobbly, but it's so cute to see her teeter back and forth... whenever she falls she always pops right up and tries again. I love that about her... She's a very determined little eleven month old.

Here we start the walking...

Two peas in a pod...

Maddie loves to "help" out whenever she can... Here she is helping dada take out the diapers(a job that mommy is only too happy to let them do).

Big britches and little britches

Daddy... let me show you how this is done.

Just like that... your getting the hang of it.

Seems to be in good working order... I may let you help next time too, daddy.

Go Racers!!

When we got our season tickets to the Murray State Racers, I never thought I would enjoy going to the games as much as I do... I like playing sports, I'm just not a huge fan of watching them. It has been a blast and something we will definitely do again next year. We have met some truly wonderful people and loved being able to go to the games as a family. My parents came up for a game recently and got to enjoy the racers at their best... pulling out a win in overtime against Eastern Kentucky. Here are a few shots from the evening...

Maddie learned how to clap last fall during one of the games... now she has perfected it!!

Seeing "Dunker" is always a big treat at the games. He comes down our aisle and stops to see Maddie every game.

This is one place where Maddie and be as loud as she wants... She is so vocal. Of course with a nickname of "Chatty Maddie" what do you expect? :)

Maddie with her "BaBa"

Three Generations

COSI childrens museum

Maddie and I decided to brave the Columbus streets in need of adventure, in need of excitement, in need of a children's museum?... ok, sure... why not. A local Columbian(?) told us of this magical place for children called COSI. So we traveled 20 min. to downtown Columbus(how we actually made it there in one piece, I'll never know-I hate one way streets!!) to seek it out. It was awesome!! There was an entire level called kidzone just for toddlers filled with water, balls, blocks, germs and more. After we played there for a couple of hours we decided to visit other areas of the museum which included... an ocean exhibit, space exhibit, media center, frog exhibit, gadgets and more. And of course we visited the gift shop filled with everything a little girls heart could desire, she even got to pick her own souvenir... which happened to be a stuffed "E-COLI" strange perhaps... but fun. It looks like a brown football with about 10-15 shoelaces hanging from it, for a girl obsessed with shoes this was a definite winner!! Sorry for the amount of photos... It's hard not to post all 300!!

Maddie loved all of the balls rolling around everywhere!!

Where's waldo?... Where's Maddie?

She also loved these balls suspended in air... and desperately wanted to grab them!!

Maddie has recently started standing by herself, but she will only do it when she is unaware... like holding onto a toy, car or something. Here she was pushing this car along when all the sudden it got away from her... she was so focused on the other children around her that she didn't even notice that she was standing by herself.

She loved this water table for infants... they had a larger scale one for toddlers that looked intriguing also. surprisingly she didn't get too wet.

She looks like bugs bunny with those two little teeth

I love her funny little expressions