giggles

This if from back in October, but I never got it on the blog.
Enjoy. I can't help but laugh when I watch this.

St Paddy's Day

I had an work thing after work on St Paddy's Day, so Madison and Daddy had some alone time. They played in the front yard, went to the park and were generally goofy. Madison also stole Daddy's hat.

enjoying the day

After going night night in the tent and a trip to Costco, we decided to hang out in the backyard and enjoy the weather. Madison wanted to ride her tricycle, although she doesn't quite get how to push the peddles yet. Oh and notice the dress again.
We had lunch on the patio together. And then later after nap she took the shirt off under the dress because it was so warm!

going campin'

We are planning on going camping in a couple of weeks with the Braleys. So the day that Grandma left, we practiced being in the tent. We are going to attempt to get Madison to sleep in the tent with us. Should be interesting...
She did make all her friends go night night and then she and I also went night night. So maybe there is hope.

Madison going night night with her friends.

little table

While Mom was here, we made a trip to IKEA. We found lots of things we would like to buy, but won't just yet. Madison did however load up as usual. Mom bought Madison this table and chairs for her for her birthday. She LOVES it and sits at it for breakfast every day. She also sits here while we are making food in the kitchen. Its perfect! She loves to make her babies sit with her. And she says "sit here" over and over to her baby.

dresses please

Saturday night of Grandma's visit Madison decided she wanted to wear a dress. She has been on a dress kick ever since. So she found this dress in her closet and I talked her into putting the leggings on as well.

snacks

We had beautiful weather for Grandma's visit. So we had a snack in the courtyard. Madison thought something was funny.

Nema!

The weekend after my birthday my mom came up to help us paint the living room. Since Madison was in daycare anyway on Friday, she and Rick painted on Friday while we were gone. Then I helped Friday night. It looks really good! Thank you Mom!! We couldn't have done it without her. Madison loved seeing her Nema too.

Happy Birthday to Mommy

It turned out that I needed to switch my days off the week of my birthday. So since I had to go in on Friday, I decided to take my birthday off. Madison and I had a wonderful day together. We met Rick for lunch at Cheesecake Factory. I had to get a picture of Maddie with her cute coat and pigtails. She also went through a stage for about a week where she wore her baby legs over her socks and under her pants, as demonstrated in the pictures below. She even slept with her socks, baby legs and pjs on for a couple of nights.

getting the light just right

Rick took some fun pictures of Madison and I sitting in the sunlight the next day.

swaddle the baby

After presents Madison wanted Dad to practice swaddling the baby.

fashion icons

Later that night after the aquarium, Madison gave me her birthday present to me. She gave me a bunch of tank tops. She had to help me open the present and then she wanted to try on the tank tops. She also wanted me to try one on...

The Dallas World Aquarium

The weekend before my birthday we went to the Aquarium to celebrate. The Dallas aquarium is more like a zoo than just an aquarium. You start at the top and then work your way down and under water. At the beginning is the monkeys, birds and river otter. Then the alligator, spider, trantulas, bats, sloths, rays and turtles. Then you go "underground" and see the manatees, and catfish and turtles as big as Sadie. Then through a tunnel to the next area that has the saltwater fish in a bunch of separate tanks, then penguins, and then a huge tank with a glass tunnel you can walk through that has sharks, sawfish and rays swimming above you. Then you make your way up and see the jaguar, flamingos and storks. Needless to say it is quite a tour. We had a wonderful morning.
Looking at the birds.


Looking at the monkeys.

Well, I'm only putting this picture up because Madison's face is quite funny. My face is awful, but oh well. BTW, Madison just saw the waterfall.

The waterfall.

The stingrays.

The see through tank.

The penguins.


The Jaguar. He would pace around his enclosure and right when he got to this corner he would roll over. He was definitely showing off.

The flamingos.

lounging

Lately Madison wants to put her blanket from school over her legs on the way home from school. So when we got home 2 weeks ago, she decided it should go on her head. And then she wanted to lounge...