Wednesday, October 29, 2008
pumpkin patch
Two weekends ago we went to a fall festival at a local nursery (as in place that sells plants). We called it a pumpkin patch, but it wasn't really. The did have flower pots that we decorated and planted a pansy in. Then we did the maze and picked out a pumpkin. And finally the petting zoo showed up. But the popcorn was Madison's favorite part of the day.
bathtime
What can I say, too cute. Her hair is a little crazy because I had just taken the ponytail out.
Monday, October 20, 2008
18 months
So Madison has been 18 months since the first of October, but we just had her doctor's appt last Friday. The doctor said she is doing great. She weighs 23lbs 12oz which is 50% and 33 1/2" tall which is 95%. Weight wise, she has always been average. But she has usually been average height wise. Not sure if its a growth spurt or if she is going to be tall.
Madison has become quite a little girl. She understands everything we say. And just in the last couple of weeks she is talking up a storm: dad, mama, baby, dog, kitty cat, airplane, all gone, right there, Elmo, down, eyes, Sadie, help, bath, park, outside, cheese (cheezzzzzz), sky. More is her favorite word when she eats. And this morning as we watched Seseme Street she said Abby. She loves to repeat words we say, so we have to be really careful!
She is good about helping us pick up her toys, she loves to throw things in the trash and take a tissue to blow her nose. She blows on her food when I tell her its hot, she knows her milk is in the door of the fridge and water is in the door outside the fridge. She loves to help with the laundry and push the buttons to start the washer and dryer. She is still obsessed with the park and the swing and runs to the front door saying park at least once a day. She knows where the crackers and cookies are in the pantry. She loves to sing, especially the song on Elmo's world. And when she sings she has to sway back and forth. She also loves to say bye bye and wave, blow kisses and even fake yawn. She usually has breakfast here, breakfast at school, a snack, lunch, another snack, dinner at school, and then dinner at home(or at least some of our dinner). She loves to sit on the kitchen chairs, on the deck chairs or on the coffee table. But she doesn't usually want to sit on the couch. She is also going to be an independent little girl. Not sure where she gets that. :)
She will watch Elmo or a cartoon in the car, but when we play it inside, she is only interested for about 5 minutes. She has diapers with the disney princesses on them that she wears to bed and she loves them. We ask her if she is ready to put on her princess diaper and she gets all excited.
She is a silly little girl, but we are having a great time with her. Its hard to believe how much they change in 18 months...
Madison has become quite a little girl. She understands everything we say. And just in the last couple of weeks she is talking up a storm: dad, mama, baby, dog, kitty cat, airplane, all gone, right there, Elmo, down, eyes, Sadie, help, bath, park, outside, cheese (cheezzzzzz), sky. More is her favorite word when she eats. And this morning as we watched Seseme Street she said Abby. She loves to repeat words we say, so we have to be really careful!
She is good about helping us pick up her toys, she loves to throw things in the trash and take a tissue to blow her nose. She blows on her food when I tell her its hot, she knows her milk is in the door of the fridge and water is in the door outside the fridge. She loves to help with the laundry and push the buttons to start the washer and dryer. She is still obsessed with the park and the swing and runs to the front door saying park at least once a day. She knows where the crackers and cookies are in the pantry. She loves to sing, especially the song on Elmo's world. And when she sings she has to sway back and forth. She also loves to say bye bye and wave, blow kisses and even fake yawn. She usually has breakfast here, breakfast at school, a snack, lunch, another snack, dinner at school, and then dinner at home(or at least some of our dinner). She loves to sit on the kitchen chairs, on the deck chairs or on the coffee table. But she doesn't usually want to sit on the couch. She is also going to be an independent little girl. Not sure where she gets that. :)
She will watch Elmo or a cartoon in the car, but when we play it inside, she is only interested for about 5 minutes. She has diapers with the disney princesses on them that she wears to bed and she loves them. We ask her if she is ready to put on her princess diaper and she gets all excited.
She is a silly little girl, but we are having a great time with her. Its hard to believe how much they change in 18 months...
aipan (or airplane)
I wanted to share a little more about the plane to KC. Madison was supposed to ride on our laps, but we were a little worried about how that was going to go. Luckily they had a extra seat. So Madison rode in her car seat, watched Elmo dvds, and was mostly happy. Unfortunately her window was entirely blocked by the engine.
On the way back, they didn't even look to see if they had a extra seat so we checked the car seat. (we found out later an earlier flight to Dallas was cancelled). So while we were getting settled, a women came up and said that she was supposed to be in my seat. We told the flight attentent and he called someone. I heard him say a couple of times that we were traveling with an infant. He asked the women to go to the front to get a new seat. And then just before take-off there was still no one seating next to us. (there were actually 4 empty seats right by us). So we did get an extra seat which was good, but it would have been better if we hadn't checked the car seat. Overall Madison was really good.
Oh, and she says airplane all the time! Or aipan. Airplanes fly over the house about every 5 minutes, so there is a lot of oportunity.
On the way back, they didn't even look to see if they had a extra seat so we checked the car seat. (we found out later an earlier flight to Dallas was cancelled). So while we were getting settled, a women came up and said that she was supposed to be in my seat. We told the flight attentent and he called someone. I heard him say a couple of times that we were traveling with an infant. He asked the women to go to the front to get a new seat. And then just before take-off there was still no one seating next to us. (there were actually 4 empty seats right by us). So we did get an extra seat which was good, but it would have been better if we hadn't checked the car seat. Overall Madison was really good.
Oh, and she says airplane all the time! Or aipan. Airplanes fly over the house about every 5 minutes, so there is a lot of oportunity.
Thursday, October 16, 2008
going for a ride
Madison has always loved playing in the laundry basket, but last night Dad hooked up a belt and is giving rides. And of course, being the daredevil that she is, she loves to try to standup as it moves too.
She is hiding.
She is hiding.
lizard, lizard
Sunday afternoon Madison and I were on the back porch when we found this guy. We see a lot of little gecko looking lizard, most that have lost their tail. But this is the biggest one we have see so far.
saturday at the park
Saturday morning we met friends at the park in PV. Rick did a horrible job of taking pictures so here are best of the few he took. It was great to see Carissa, Emaline, Wendy, Cole, Julia, Chili, Jeremy, Zoe, Connor, Becky, Brandon, Georgia, Sam, Mitch, Angela, Lucas, & Penelope.
Emaline and Madison.
Connor and Madison.
Emaline and Madison.
Connor and Madison.
Happy Birthday Luke
We celebrated Luke's birthday Friday night.
Luke, may the force be with you.
Luke showing Maddie her birthday card that she gave him.
Madison "helping" Luke open presents.
Madison got a present too, the cutest puppies in a dog house.
Madison and Luke hugging.
Renny brought some glow sticks for the kids to play with. We tried outside but it wasn't dark enough. Here Madison is shaking the glow stick like Renny and I were.
Here we are in the basement. This lead to a game of chase around the furniture. The kids thought it was hysterical.
Luke, may the force be with you.
Luke showing Maddie her birthday card that she gave him.
Madison "helping" Luke open presents.
Madison got a present too, the cutest puppies in a dog house.
Madison and Luke hugging.
Renny brought some glow sticks for the kids to play with. We tried outside but it wasn't dark enough. Here Madison is shaking the glow stick like Renny and I were.
Here we are in the basement. This lead to a game of chase around the furniture. The kids thought it was hysterical.
visit to KC
We went back to KC this last weekend for a wedding and a visit with family. It worked out that Renny and Luke were also able to come from Chicago. We had a great time celebrating Luke's birthday, visiting Grandame and Grandad, meeting friends at the park and the wedding. Here are some pics from the first afternoon in KC.
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
texas state fair
You know what they say, everything is bigger in Texas. We went to the State Fair this weekend and talk about big! It last for almost a month. Next weekend is the Red River Showdown (OU vs Texas) which is the weekend not to go. And we'll be in KC anyway.
We took the shuttle from downtown and while Madison enjoyed the ride, she did not sit still. Not a good sign for that plane ride this weekend. We got there a little after 10, left a little after 12 and we had had plenty. We managed to share a corndog (best I think I've had), a cheeseburger, fries and some fried cheesecake. We did pass up the newest menu item this year, chicken fried bacon.
We visited the barnyard exhibit which was Madison's favorite. And we also rode the Skyway. She loved that too. We did manage to pass up all the carnival games and rides since M was too little for them all. Good thing because they were kind of expensive to ride. Anyway, fun time had by all, but we might go every other year.
Big Tex in the background
Madison's first corndog
Madison discovered ketchup. She is into sauces lately. Although instead of biting off the fry with the ketchup, she goes back for more ketchup and licks it off. Talk about double dipping.
The Skyway
Doesn't even show how big it is.
We took the shuttle from downtown and while Madison enjoyed the ride, she did not sit still. Not a good sign for that plane ride this weekend. We got there a little after 10, left a little after 12 and we had had plenty. We managed to share a corndog (best I think I've had), a cheeseburger, fries and some fried cheesecake. We did pass up the newest menu item this year, chicken fried bacon.
We visited the barnyard exhibit which was Madison's favorite. And we also rode the Skyway. She loved that too. We did manage to pass up all the carnival games and rides since M was too little for them all. Good thing because they were kind of expensive to ride. Anyway, fun time had by all, but we might go every other year.
Big Tex in the background
Madison's first corndog
Madison discovered ketchup. She is into sauces lately. Although instead of biting off the fry with the ketchup, she goes back for more ketchup and licks it off. Talk about double dipping.
The Skyway
Doesn't even show how big it is.
too smart
Madison has figured out that the tile in the kitchen is a lot easier to push things around on than the carpet. So she takes her popper, her shopping cart, her stroller, her pull toy, you name it, in to the kitchen to push around. How does she know how to do this?
Monday, October 6, 2008
before and after
Here are some before and afters of the house. I didn't upload the pics of our vanity area in the bathroom because I painted it, but you can't tell so much in the pictures. It is basically a similar color, just not pink. It was pinky beige. Now its just beige. We have also painted Madison's bathroom, but we need to put some more things up on the wall and then I'll put up pics.
Before
After
Before
After
Before
After (this also shows the painting that Rick was working on a couple of weeks ago. Originally he painted it for my room in Jenny's house. We haven't used it since. So he recolored it for our room. It looks great doesn't it!)
Before
After
Before
After
Before
After (this also shows the painting that Rick was working on a couple of weeks ago. Originally he painted it for my room in Jenny's house. We haven't used it since. So he recolored it for our room. It looks great doesn't it!)
Sunday, October 5, 2008
i want to see the pics
This video is from last weekend. I finally looked up how to upload videos from mac and I have to use firefox instead of safari. We are much more safari people, so I had to download firefox. Anyway, hopefully you'll see more videos now.
Madison has decided that she wants to see the pictures on the camera instead of letting us take pictures of her. Here is a prime example.
Madison has decided that she wants to see the pictures on the camera instead of letting us take pictures of her. Here is a prime example.
joggin'
Rick and I went on a run on Thursday night after work and took Madison and Sadie. After we ran, Madison decided she wanted to go to, but she needed some support for her knees.
i like the box
Last Sunday we ran some errands, including Costco for new diapers. So when we pulled the old box out to throw away, guess who decided it was her new favorite toy. Dad got these pics and I think even gave Madison a few rides in the box.
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