Happy Memorial Day!

Here is Madison in her Sunday best:

We finally made it to Church last weekend. It is hard to go because Church falls right in the middle of Madi's morning nap. It also ended up being a great thing, because Madi slept through the whole thing. I was impressed.

I am pretty impressed with our new pastor so far. It is nice to have someone young and active in the pulpit. He has also come by several times to visit my grandma, who no longer can attend services. Although we did not make it to church on Sunday, I imagine that we will be attending more often now.

Madi's Mimi and Papi came up from Colorado again this weekend. It was fun to get together with the extended family. We spend a lot of time playing games, visiting and eating. I think we counted 5 cakes that we consumed this weekend, not to mention the other goodies. We realized that they have been to Gillette more times in the last 11 weeks than they have been in the past 3 years combined. Amazing what a great-grand baby can do. :)

I was ready for a weekend of relaxation after the week we had around here. I have been dealing with some big issues at work, including a move back to the other campus. And then my dad rolled his 4-wheeler chasing the horses on Wednesday. He broke his collar bone, but luckily nothing else. Thank goodness he is fine, we were pretty scared there for a while. It was just a terrible week, and I was glad to see it end.

However, I woke up Saturday morning with a sore throat. By Sunday night it had progressed to mussle aches and swollen glands. I was afraid I was coming down with the flu. So I went in to the walk-in clinic to find out what was going on. After a negative strep test, the doctor came and looked at my throat. She nearly jumped back from the sight of my throat. She said it looked like I had mono. Apparently all of the stress of pregancy, birth, new parenthood, and my job (which has been super stressful lately), my mono has flared up again. Grrr....

The good news is, I only have 7 school days left before summer vacation...a well needed summer vacation. Hopefully I can recooperated before school starts again next fall. The only treatment is rest, and so rest I shall (as much as one can with a 3 month old).

Well, time for more pictures. Here is Madi in her car seat waiting to go to Grammy Tammy's and Grampy Bruce's house:

And here is Jack continuing her love of Madison's things:

I suppose Madi will just have to learn to share right off the bat. :)

Well, I really need to get to bed so that I can work on that whole resting thing. Good Night!

Mommy's Little Helper

Saturday was chore day around here. Laundry, dishes and yard work were on the agenda for the day. Madison was helping with the laundry...

See how much I can get done with that cutie helping!

It was much more fun to take pictures of Madi than to make the bed. :)

I can defiantly tell that she is getting bigger. A couple of weeks ago, I tried to put her in these pretty pink coveralls, and they were huge! This weekend, they fit pretty good. It is amazing to see how fast my little one is growing.

Well, the seniors are graduating today. Three more weeks of school and then Summer!! Hurray!!

Speaking of graduations, my friend Amy graduated with her doctorate in physical therapy today. Way to go Dr. Melzer!!

2 Months Old

Madison had her 2 month appointment yesterday afternoon. She is growing like a weed. She was 11 lbs 1 oz (70th percentile) and 22 inches long (50th percentile). The doctor said that everything looks great.

She did receive her first shots yesterday. That was a hard thing to watch, but I was glad I was there to comfort her.

Time is flying by so quickly! We will see the doctor again when she turns 4 months old.

My First Mother's Day

What a wonderful weekend we had to celebrate Mother's day. The weather was beautiful and I defiantly enjoyed getting to spend the time outside. I worked on getting the back yard cleaned up and we started seeding some of the area's that didn't fill in with grass last summer. Hopefully by next fall we will have less mud. It sure is a pain to have to wash the dogs' feet when they come inside.

Madison and Brandon gave me some wonderful mother's day gifts. I love to bake and cook, and I received a set of nice mixing bowls, some small garnishing dishes and some more storage containers. It was a very nice gift.

My sister, Jenni, came over Sunday night and took some family pictures. I was anxious to have a picture of the three of us more recent than the day Madison was born. Jenni does a nice job and is getting quite practiced at taking portraits. Here is one of my favorites:

Sunday afternoon we went to my Grandma and Grandpa Hitt's house for dinner with my dad's family. My aunt Janet was here from South Dakota. It was very nice to be all together to celebrate Mother's day. Madison had to get all dressed up for the trip up the street, and we caught a couple of cute pictures of her.

Here she is with Aunty Jenni

Madi is most content first thing in the morning. After she has been fed and changed, she is ready to play. Saturday morning we were able to catch quite a few smiles as she was playing with daddy.


Madison is already quite independent. She often just wants to sit by herself and kick and play.

She is also starting to be able to sit in her Bumbo chair. She sat in this chair for nearly 20 minutes the other night. Brandon and I were able to eat dinner and she was happy just sitting and talking with us while we ate.

Well, we are counting down the days until summer vacation starts. I think there are 17 school days left until our "3 month weekend" as Brandon calls it. I am anxious to get to spend all day with Madison again. It is getting harder every day to leave her in the morning. I am finding myself rushing to get out of school to be with her again.

I suppose I should find my way to bed. I find myself going to bed not long after Madi so that I am not completely exhausted the next day at school. I really enjoy reading your comments, so feel free to leave them.

:)

Back to School

Well, I have just completed my first week of teaching after Madison came to join our family. I was incredibly busy getting myself and my students caught up from five weeks worth of substitute teachers. Luckily, I was able to have one sub cover the majority of my absences, and she did a nice job of keeping everything going. One week down, five more to go before summer vacation. Boy am I ready for that.

Madison gets to spend the days I work with Brandon's parents. Grammy Karen and Great-Gram Marie get to enjoy Madison, and Granddad Rick gets to join in whenever his railroad schedule allows. Madison has been good for her grandparents so far, I think it was a good thing that we would leave her for a couple hours here and there before this week. It was a pretty smooth transition.

I realized that I never posted any pictures of Madison's bedroom, so here are some shots of the butterfly themed nursery.

While I had the camera out this morning, I thought I would try and get a picture of Madison smiling. Here are a few images in order of her smiling at mommy.

What a doll!