Spring Break

Well, it is the end of spring break. It went by WAY too fast as usual. We began the week by going to cousin Brady's Birthday party! He is two!!! The next day we spent some time with Grandma Gaila and Grandpa Jim. We went and ate lunch and went to the Little Elm Park by the lake. We had a lot of fun getting to spend time with them! Monday was spent at home, and Tuesday going shopping with Shara (and Brady, Logan, and Alanna). Wednesday I spent some much needed crafting time with my friend Michelle! On Thursday we left to go spend a couple of days with Great Mema and Pepa- We always love going to visit them! The traveling effected Madelynn's mood quite a bit, so we had quite the moody baby on our hands but it was still lots of fun. My camera batteries disappeared and I have not made it to the store to grab some new ones so this is the only picture I have for the week. Its kind of my tradition to get this same picture with Mema and Pepa each time we go. It is fun to go back and look at each visit since she was a little baby.

Happy February!

I realized today that I hadn't posted in several weeks, so I figured I would do sort of a recap!

Happy Valentines Day! This is M with her new pal Snowy. She LOVES this dog. Unfortunately when I went back to the store after Valentines they didn't have any more for me to buy and put away for when Snowy is not so Snowy any more.

Happy Super Bowl! Even though the Cowboys were not playing in the Super Bowl Madelynn is still sporting her Cowboys Tony Romo Jersey.

New fun game...climbing in and out of laundry baskets while Mom is trying to do laundry!

Crazy Hair

I have a page in Madelynn's Scrapbook that I add pictures of her on "Bad Hair Days". I think this one takes the cake! I love that second picture where it looks like she is pointing to it. I don't know what she was actually doing...but it made for a funny picture. HA!

Snow/Ice Week

Well, I have been home ALL WEEK. I worked on Monday, and then I was home every day after that! Jeff went into work every day except for Friday...it took him forever to get to work and back each day. Tues-Thurs we had terrible ice, and then Friday it snowed a ton!!! I really enjoyed the surprise week off, but I did get a slight case of cabin fever. I got a lot done around the house though! Here are some pictures of Madelynn playing in the snow today. We waited until today when the temp was around 50 so Madelynn wouldn't freeze, but that meant that a lot of the snow had already melted. It was fun though!

Nothing too exciting here!

Nothing too exciting going on here...just the usual day to day activities. Madelynn has been attending her weekly classes at "My Gym" in Frisco, which she LOVES and doesn't ever want it to be over. She has been talking more and more and adding more words to her vocab each day. Recently, my favorite thing has been her sounds. We will ask her "What does the snake say?" and she will say "SSSSSSSS" and wiggle. It is so cute. I love when we ask her "What does Cookie Monster say?" and she says "YUMYUMYUMYUMYUM!" and pretends to shove cookies in her mouth. She will also tell us what puppies, cows, lions, monkeys, pigs, trains, and ducks say. She loves to dance, and recently I have seen her try to copy the dances on Barney. She also sings along with Barney while she is watching. Here are some random pictures from lately...

Looking cute, and like such a big girl!

Playing with the other kids during circle time at "My Gym"

Making a giant mess with blackberries- which she obviously loved!

The Little Gym

Jeff and I decided that Madelynn needed more "socialization". She is super shy around people and will hang on to my leg and NOT let go. She also does not get to interact with other kids very often. I looked into some "Mommy and Me" programs and decided to go try out a free class. I was expecting a shy little girl who might cry, and would not leave my side. However, to my surprise, this is what I got.....

We are still going to try out a couple of other places, but as you can see...she loved it. Now she needs to learn how to pay attention and do the activities that are being asked of her...but she was having too much fun for that.

Snow!

Madelynn was not too sure how she felt about the snow this year. She seemed to kind of like it at first, but she really didn't like the cold wind that came along with it. Needless to say, we were only outside for about 3 minutes. (Enough time for pictures right?)