Sunday, September 20, 2009

6 Months Old

OK, so I am a little late with the 6 month post. I was hoping to write this on her 6-month birthday which was a week ago Saturday (the 12th). I guess life gets a little busy around here when school is in session.
Here are some pictures of her I took on her 6-month birthday.

Madison is growing by leaps and bounds a changing every day.

She prefers to be sitting up rather than laying down.

She only spends about 2 seconds on her tummy before rolling over to her back.

Madi is starting to try and turn back to her tummy, it will only be a matter of time before she is rolling all over the place.

She loves her toes and plays with them a lot.

Madi will hold her own bottle while she is lying flat, and that makes our mornings go a lot quicker when she can feed herself.

Our Texas vacation this summer offset her checkups, so she will see the doctor on the 28th for her 6-month check up and shots. I will post her stats after her appointment.
Madison has been sure having fun with her daddy lately. She giggles at him when he plays with her. They have been spending more time together, but when she is tired or upset it is mommy or nothing.

We have two aquariums that house our collection of turtles, chiclids, and tetras. We were cleaning the aquariums the other day and Madi decided to help. She was sitting on the floor out of reach of the hose...or so I thought. I left the room for a couple of seconds and came back Madi holding the hose and water shooting all over the office.
These pictures were taken after we had cleaned up the mess and she was trying to get the hose again...our little "helper".
Madison loves music. She has this cool toy at her Grammy and Granddad Cone's house that plays all kinds of classical music. She almost always stops to listen when it plays. Daddy let Madi play with his guitar the other day. Madi really liked hitting the strings to make it play.
She is really starting to play with her toys. She will sit and occupy herself for quite a while with her box full of toys we keep in the living room. Her favorites seem to be the plastic blocks we have.
It sure makes a mess for mommy to pick up when she is done as she is learning to throw her toys around. She is happy until she can't reach them any more.
Madi is really starting to stand. She can hold on to my fingers and pull herself to a standing position. She can also balance herself if we stand her up against the chair.
Somehow I think she might walk before she crawls.
She is definitely getting busy. She wants to go and wants to go now. She will climb all over our laps when we are holding her trying to get to a toy, our food, or the TV remote.
This morning, she was actually rocking the chair as she stood against it.
In other news, Brandon and I are getting back into the routine of work. We have finished three weeks of school and so far so good. I am really trying to keep my students accountable this year, and will probably start calling parents next week if I am still seeing missing assignments...I don't get it when students don't turn stuff in.
In terms of our next little angel, we had our first appointment on the 10th. We just saw the nurse, who drew blood and asked questions. Our estimated due date is April 4th, Easter Sunday. This makes me 12 weeks pregnant today. We are not quite sure of the dates, so we will have an ultrasound on the 29th to verify the due date and to make sure everything is going as expected.
Here is my first belly picture with baby #2. This was taken on Tuesday when I was 11 weeks and 2 days.
Well, my weekly laundry is clean and is just sitting there staring at me to put it away before bed. It is amazing how our laundry increased when Madi joined our family!
I will try and be better about getting a post up every week, but no promises. :)

Monday, September 7, 2009

6 months going on 16?

One of the nice things about living across the street from my parents on a private dirt road is...

letting my 6 month old drive? She was sitting on my lap and grabbed the steering wheel on her own. I thought it was pretty hilarious that she has this whole driving thing down already. She definitely mimics the things we do.

We were coming back to Grammy and Grampa Hitt's house after meeting the horses for the first time.

Madi seemed to be interested in the horses, but they are quite a bit bigger than any other animals she has been around so she was a little cautious.


In other news, Brandon and I started started teaching again on Tuesday. 4 days down...176 left to go until our next 3 month weekend. :) So far things seem to be going well. I am going to enjoy teaching a couple accelerated classes this year, although I am going to have to remember that they need and want a challenge.
Brandon and I had football crowd controll duty Friday night for the home opener football game against Laramie. It was a good game, the Camels won 31-7, and the crowd wasn't too bad. We have duty again this coming Friday and then I am already done with my crowd control responsibilities for this year. Yay!
Well Madi is taking a nap...I better go take advantage of this time and get some things done around here...or I might just join her. :)

Friday, August 21, 2009

Lets Try This

Brandon was able to fix the video in the previous post. You can now hear the sound from the original videos...including a priceless clip of her laughing at the end of the video. Just thought I would let everyone know that the video has been replaced. (I know it is pretty long...but it is worth it to watch)

In other news, Brandon and I are gearing up to go back to work next week. We have meetings starting on Tuesday, and the students start on September 1st. I am so not looking forward to leaving my little girl everyday, but I do know she will be in good hands with her Grammy and Granddad Cone and Great-Grandma Frisbie.

Madison and I are planning on going to the lake for the first time this summer. Grammy and Grampa Hitt are planning on taking us to Keyhole Reservoir while Brandon hosts his fantasy football draft at our house. It should be a fun time. We haven't yet made it to the lake this summer because the weather hasn't been warm enough.

Well I should have more pictures to post next time...

Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Madi's First Five Months

If you want to see the video in full and not cut off double click on it and watch it on youtube.


Thursday, August 13, 2009

5 Months Old!

Madi turned 5 months old yesterday. She is sitting up without support for significant amounts of time. She has still only rolled over a couple of times, but she gets close to rolling over a lot. Here are her five month pictures.




I have been collecting pictures for posts for the last 2 weeks meaning to post...but, as you can see, I haven't made it to the posting stage yet. So this post should really be titled "a dozen mini posts". :)

My Best Ponytail Yet

When Madi's hair is wet, it is super curly. These beautiful little ringlets cover her head. However, her hair isn't quite long enough to dry curly yet. She also has a major cowlick on the crown of her head. The combination of these two factors can lead to some really bad hair days. So I try and put her hair up in pigtails or in a ponytail when we are having issues. This is her best ponytail yet.




Animal Zoo

Animals have always been a part of Brandon and my childhoods, and our family will always have a few animals running around. Madison loves the animals we have, and giggles at the dogs every day. She loves watching the dogs play fetch. She is getting the idea of petting the dogs and cats down, but she is in the pulling hair phase. The animals have really been awesome and so very patient with her so far.


Cheyenne is 1 year old

Hailey is 5 years old

Salem is 6 years old

And Jack is 2 years old.

Grasshoppers Galore!

Every so often we have a year where the grasshoppers come in clouds. This is one of those years. Anytime we walk outside we are surrounded by a literal cloud of grasshoppers. Here are some pictures of our fence to demonstrate the huge amount of hoppers we have.



John Deere Wyoming Style (AKA: you know you are a redneck when...)

Madison got to ride the John Deere with her Daddy clear to the mailboxes at the highway the other day. She seemed to enjoy the ride and loved looking around at all of the sights along the way.




T-R-O-U-B-L-E

Daddy loves Crown Royal whiskey. Apparently Madi already does too.



Daddy's Chair

Madison gets to use her Daddy's high chair when she is eating at her Grammy and Granddad Cone's house. This chair has survived two floods and cleaned up really nicely. Madi seems to like it.



Mommy's Blanket

This blanket has always been very special to me. I was really attached to it as a kid. I don't think I slept without it until I was about 10, and I know I couldn't watch a scary movie without it until I was old enough to start watching the scary movies in the theater. It has been re-sewn three times, and I was the one who fixed it the last time around. I still have few close feelings for this blanket so I had to have some pictures of my baby girl and her mommy's blanket.



I think she really liked it too, she kept grabbing it and putting it up next to her face.


Congratulations Jessica and James!

My best friend Jessica and her husband James gave birth to triplet boys yesterday. I am excited that we have children 5 months apart so that they can grow up together like Jess and I did. You can read up about their story here.

And finally:

Madi's Announcement


Madi has some exciting news to share with everyone.


If you can't read her shirt, it says "Big Sister To Be". Madison will be getting a brother or sister next spring. I am guessing the first week in April, but we don't see the doctor until the end of September. Our lives will defiantly be busy with two babies a year apart, but I think it will be great for them to be so close together.

Sunday, August 2, 2009

Pictures


Celebrating Brennan's 3rd Birthday

Brennan showing Madi his John Deere truck

Madi showing off her John Deere outfit

Madi really likes graham crackers

She likes the independence they allow her

They do make quite the mess, however

Our pretty little princess

Madi loves her puppies, she giggles whenever they come close to her

Madi is sure getting better about tummy time

See her two pigtails!

Playing with Mickey

I love this picture!

Madi with her puppy she named doc...Grammy Tammi thinks doc is not too far from dog...talking at 4 months old...oh dear!

Madi chose her puppy while we were in ToysRUs in Texas, she just started giggling when Brandon showed it to her

Oh... Madi rolled over last night from her belly to her back. I laid her on the floor on her tummy and by the time I stood up, she was on her back. While we were in Texas, she rolled from her back to her tummy. I started babyproofing the house this morning. :)

UPDATE: Since posting this Madi has rolled over again from tummy to back...I think she has this rolling thing down... Go Madi!