Mommy's Sunglasses and Mashed Potatoes

My daughter has been resorting to feeding herself lately, and she's gotten to the point where she pretty much refuses to eat unless welet her feed herself, so we're kind of just going with the flow. But here is a picture of my Maddie feeding herself Mashed Potatoes, the picture does not do it justice, because it was everywhere. She went stratight from the high chair to the bathtub. She just kept rubbing it all over her face.

This is just a quick photo of Madison in Mommy's sunglasses, she loves glasses, but not so much on herself, even though she is quite adorable.

Wow stairs are fun!!!

Well it's been a big weekend for Madison, she took her first steps with Auntie Carrie last night, and then today she started crawling right up the stairs and was so good at it, it seemed that she had been doing it forever. She hasn't figured out how to get down yet, but I am sure that isn't far behind. Anyway, here is a picture of her mid-stair, and then a video of her too.

Enjoy the video, she is getting so dang cute!!

Grandma's House

Last weekend we left daddy at home in Cheyenne, and made a trip up to Greybull with the kiddo's. My sisters were fortunate to come up at the same time, and I must say that Grandma sure had a blast with the grandkids. This was one afternoon when everyone else was asleep but the kids, me and grandma. The kids were no where near napping, but we put them in the pack and play just to see, as you can see they both have the most beautiful blue eyes.

Just playing and being full of it. And this was miss Madison pulling things out of the shelf by the oven, she fit perfectly in this little cubby and sure had a good time there too. We all had a great time, the weekend was by far not long enough, but will do til Grandma is done with Tax season!!

My Birthday Present

So for my birthday this year I got a new car. That's right I said a new car, and I absolutely love it. It is a Honda CR-V and it is wonderful. The color is royal blue, and absolutely beautiful. Best of all, it is just the right height to put Madison in her car seat, I don't have to climb in it, or bend over, it is perfect.

Sledding

A while ago we had a big snow storm here and we just couldn't resist the snow. We got the girls all dressed up and ready to go Sledding. It was pretty cold outside, so they didn't stay out to long, but while they were out, they sure had a good time. Enjoy the pics.

Madison's 9 month Photos

Today we went and got Madison's 9 month pictures taken, and she did wonderful. I'm going to keep this short, but hope you all enjoy.

We have a super busy week this week. I have the 4-H Mardi Gras Carnival this weekend, and I am so ready to get it going. It will be a busy week of picking up raffle prizes and just preparing. Anyway hope everyone has a great week!

DC and Virginia Pictures

I know it has been forever since I last posted, but in my defense we have been sooo busy. However I did decide that it is time to post pictures from our trip to DC. I had a wonderful time with my meetings, but was super excited by the end of the week to see my Baby and Husband. After they got to town, we drove down to Virginia to spend some wonderful time with his Aunt and Uncle. There place was beautiful and right on the lake, I quickly decided that we need to come back in the summer, what a blast that would be. His aunt also owns horses and of course we decided that it was time to get Madison out there and really see these gorgeous animals. As you can see she was not afraid at all. She loved them!!! She road with dad, and almost fell asleep on the saddle she was so relaxed. Anyway enjoy the pics.

This was me in DC. We had one night free and took a bus tour around to all the major memorials. As you can tell it was absolutely freezing, but I loved having the chance to actually see all these wondeful landmarks.

And We're off

So I leave today for DC. I am super excited. I have never been and can't wait to be out East. Robbie, Maddie and Susie follow on Friday, she is such a happy baby, hope she continues to stay that way for Rob on the plane. We are super excited to see family and friends, we are even having dinner with Rob's old commanders the Stanley's. There will be new posts in a week, so look forward to them.

Look at those Curls

So my baby girl has finally gotten quite a bit of hair, and it it CURLY!! We have no idea where it came from, cause we don't have any curls on my side of the family. But it is cute. So here are some not so great pictures of her curls, but they were the best we could do.

And another one

So the same night that we got Madison Clapping, we got a video of her clicking her tongue, which she does all the time now, and it is fairly loud. Anyway, here's another video of her.

Madison Clapping

So lately Madison has learned how to clap. She has always loved us doing it, so much in fact that she will crawl up to you and hold your hands while we do it. However lately when she gets excited she has started clapping and loves it. This video doesn't show it too great, but she was also eating part of a waffle, and didn't want to drop it. But she's still pretty cute.

Well we have big plans for February, we are going to Washington DC. I have a business trip out there the first week, and since Rob has family close by in Virginia, we decided to make a trip out of it. Rob, Madison, and his mom are coming out my last day of the trip, and then we are driving to Virginia to spend time with his family. We are so excited to be taking a trip, but a little nervous about the trip with Madison on an Airplane (any useful suggestions apprecaited). Hopefully she will be great, and not get too antsy!

Christmas and more

So I know I have been an absolute slacker lately and I am sorry, but we have been so busy, I am not quite sure where December went to. Anyway, I will get everyone caught up on that at a later date, for now I wanted to post some pictures from Christmas and then some of our crazy baby. She has grown up so much lately, she is crawling like crazy and is even pulling herself up on everything that she can reach and she is really wanting to walk. Our little one just doesn't seem to be so little anymore. She also has two teeth and now regularly says Dada.

This is new in Maddie's room, and added some much needed storage after Christmas, I am sure all of you mom's can understand. Anyway after we got it all set up, she decided it was of course time to pull herself up on it and pull out all the books, it was so dang cute.

This was Christmas day at Grandma Susie's house, she loved this bell more than any of the toys of course.

Then this is Madison at Grandma and Grandpa's house on Christmas morning. She had such a blast opening presents and playing with it all.

We had a wonderful Christmas back home in Basin, and it was a much needed break for all of us. Of course the ride home was something else. My sister and her husband had to work on Christmas Eve and the daycare was closed, so they had no one to watch their baby. So we thought, sure we'll just take her home with us on the 23rd. My other sister Carrie also came home with us. So we had three adults, two babies (one who was thoroughly fed up with her car seat) and three dogs in one vehicle. Needless to say it is something that I could go without doing for a very long time. But it all worked out in the end. Hope everyone else had a wonderful Christmas and New Year. We are back to work tomorrow and not really looking forward to it, but I guess we all have to get back to reality.

Rasperberries

Madison came home in a great mood today, so I just couldn't help but catch her blowing raspberries.

Sad Times

I find myself completely overwhelmed with questions. Early saturday morning one of my good friends from college passed away after being shot by her ex-boyfriend. Apparently he was quite troubled, and he was jealous that she was with another boy. I just don't get some people, why ruin some one else's life because you are deelpy troubled and don't know how to cope. I feel like a part of life was ripped away from this earth, a great part. My friend, Catherine, was a wonderful person. She was very involved with Highland dance and for the past 10 years had been a teacher to many youngsters. She was a great spirit, and loved many. My favorite part of her was that she was a smart-ass. She said what she felt and was always passionate about life. She will be missed by many. I feel awful because in the past few years we hadn't kept in great contact. I almost feel like my grief isn't justified because we had lost touch. However I can't help but think about the great memories had together, and then just break down in tears. My heart goes out for her family, the holidays will never be the same. Hopefully they can get through this by knowing that her life was a brilliant one. Please keep her family in your thoughts and prayers, I am sure this is a very difficult time for them.

Rest In Peace dear friend. You will be missed.

Catherine Woods Oct 11, 1982 - November 22, 2008

Picture day!

So today was picture day. We drove down to Loveland with the whole family to get Maddie's 6 month pictures and pictures for our Christmas cards. I have some here for you to see, but for most of the Christmas ones, you'll have to wait until you get our card. But here are a few.

One of me and Maddie. Robbie wants to photoshop this one, and make it black and white, and then make our eyes blue. We'll see when that gets done.
This is a cute profile shot of my Maddie.

And of course my smiley girl in her pretty Christmas dress. She was so great. They said she was the easiest baby ever. Hope you all enjoy.

Moving baby!

Here is a video of Madison, getting so close to crawling. She wants to so bad, but just can't seem to figure it out. Excuse the dogs in the picture, they just can't seem to stay out of the shot. Hope you all enjoy.

My Bell

Here is a cute little video of my baby girl as Belle. Robbie was swinging her and she was so funny, she loved it at the end, but she was so stiff and unsure while it was going on. Hope everyone had a great weekend!

Corn Maze, Halloween and More

So even though my baby girl is a little shy of six months old, it seems that she has just gotten so big lately. Here is a picture of my baby holding her own bottle, this is a blessing!

Yesterday was Halloween and the girls (Bailey & Madison) had a great time at daycare, they had a big party and all the kids were so adorable. Madison was Belle, and Bailey was a Ladybug, look how adorable they are.
Here is a picture of the cake that we all made for the daycare. The Frosting was a bit too runny, but other than that it turned out great, and let's be honest, it was cake, the kids loved it!

Here is Madison a little too excited. I can't believe I actually go the picture taken of her looking like this.

Here are the girls at Daycare with their teachers, Merilee, Wendy and Hope. They were all so cute, and had such a great time.

Last weekend we took a trip down to the cornmaze, and needless to say it was quite the trip. The cornmaze was awesome, however Robbie was on alert so it was just me carrying Miss Priss, so needless to say the next morning my back was killing me. However the girls love being outside so they had a blast. Afterwards we went and ate at Roma's one of Carrie's favorite restaurants in Greeley. This was quite the experience and honeslty I am surprised we didn't get kicked out. The kids were super loud, we were obnoxious, and above all else Bailey spilled Sara's pop on her, then Shane was trying to help and knocked his tea on her as well. Thank god the food was good, and yes we left a dang good tip.

Whoa Baby Blues

So I just couldn't resist posting these pictures, my baby girl has the biggest, bluest eyes ever. They are sooo cute.

Here she is playing with her toy, and just laughing away.

We haven't been up to much here, just being together. Rob got promoted again, so he's not gone every third night anymore, talk about a huge relief. His new job is going to be pretty stressful again, but at least he'll be here. Other than that, nothing new. I have to be in Laramie all week next week for training, so Maddie and Daddy get to spend lots of time together, and I tell you they are both going to hate it!

I've been Tagged

10 years ago I was...

1. A Freshman in High School

2. Playing Volleyball and mostly loving it

3. Just starting to drive, thank goodness for Farmer's permits

4. Just about to meet my Hubby

5. Being an Irresponsible teen.

5 things on today's to do list..

1. Get the 4-H budget done for tonight's meeting, Check

2. Do my 14 day survey for my trial contacts

3. Clean my office, Check

4. Actually spend time with my husband for an hour, while we're not sleeping

5. Clean out my e-mail box, check

5 snacks that I enjoy...

1. Chocolate

2. Chips

3. Fruit

4. Crackers

5. Cheese

5 things I would do it I was a millionaire...

1. Pay off debt

2. Invest

3. Travel

4. Donate to worthy causes, like 4-H & Relay for Life

5. Build my own house, complete with cleaning staff

5 places that I have lived...

1. Emblem, Wy, Population 10, WAHOO!!

2. Laramie, Wy

3. Grand Teton National Park, Wy

4. Vandenberg, AFB, CA

5. Cheyenne, WY

5 jobs that I have had...

1. Fabric Cutter at http://www.bighornquilts.com/

2. Teacher's Assistant

3. Gift Store Cashier

4. Bank Teller/Personal Banker

5. Laramie County 4-H Educator (current)

Alright, so I did this instead of taking a nap, I know what was I thinking. I have a long meeting later tonight, and I have a cold, and I am pretty sure that if I went to sleep I'd never wake up, .

The 5 people I'm tagging are Jill, Merilee, Sara, Summer, and Katelyn. This was pretty fun to reminisce.