Little Gym

Today Madelyn and I went to a birthday party at Little Gym. This was our first trip there and I was very anxious to see how Madelyn would like it. We are thinking about signing her up for classes there this summer. She loved it!! She ran around wild and had so much fun!! What a fun party!

Love Her!!

In Awe

I love the look on her face in anticipation of bubbles!!

Night Night

The other night I told Madelyn it was time for bed and she proceeded to go and get her Elmo and Elmo blanket and layed down on the floor. She wanted to go night night right there! I finally convinced her sleep in her bed. Her bed time habits have been going much better lately! She is going to sleep on her own with out fussing! I think that we are finally getting into a bedtime routine...(I hope that this does not jinx it!!)

Happy Birthday Daddy!!

Today is Derek's birthday. Madelyn and I are so lucky to have such a wonderful daddy and husband!! After we both got home from work we spent some time as a family (and opened presents) and then went to dinner at our favorite little Mexican restaurant! Madelyn LOVED her beans!

Happy Birthday Daddy!! We love you!!

PS - Madelyn did not fall asleep sitting up tonight but did take her pants off before she well asleep! Oh well, she is asleep sans pants but covered with a blanket! What a crazy little girl!

Sleepy Head!

Madelyn has had her own ideas about going to bed lately...We do our usual bedtime routine, we lay Madelyn down in her crib and she proceeds to play in her crib until he decides it is bedtime. This sometimes lasts for 30 or more than an hour!! For the past two nights, I have gone in to check on Madelyn and I have found her sound asleep sitting up! She does not stay that way for long and sleeps great the rest of the night! What a silly girl :)

Night #1

Night #2

Fore!!

Madelyn recently got this golf club set/toy and loves to play with it!! We have played "gof" everyday since we got it!

Daddy showing Madelyn how to swing correctly!

Trying out her own swing!

Time to clean up!

Happy Mother's Day!

We had a great Mother's Day today. Even though it started bright and early, it was for a good reason...Papa D is out of town for a while so Gigi and Hallie came over early to make it to breakfast before the big crowds.

Ready to go with her backpack!

Mommy and Madelyn before breakfast (she was not super happy this morning, she might be coming down with something...)

Mommy, Madelyn and Gigi (we could not get her to smile at anything!)

After breakfast and a nice little nap, we went out shopping for a little bit. We picked up some cute new outfits for Baby Mason and some new shoes for Madelyn!

Before dinner Madelyn and I took a trip to the park. We have not been there in a while because it has been raining so much lately. It was super hot this afternoon so we did not stay long but had some fun anyway!

After a good dinner and bath, Madelyn is now laying in bed and Mommy is going to relax!!

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY TO ALL!!

Queen of the Rock

Peek a Boo!!

"Kimbing"

Madelyn has recently discovered the love on "kimbing" on EVERYTHING!!

How could you not love this face??

Cheesy!

I have heard from other Moms that their kiddos began to fake smile for the camera around this age. Madelyn has never really done this, she is always smiling anyway but I thought that I would test it out. We were playing outside a few days ago and she was in a really good mood - being very goofy...She looked up at me and I asked her to smile and this is what I got...

Real Smile

Fake Smile - she looks a tad confused! :)

GoofBall!!

Wow - her hair looks super red in this picture...

"Pretty Peet!"

Last night Madelyn spent the night with Papa and Gigi. Hallie was in town and had fun playing with Madelyn. They decided to paint her toenails for the first time! She sat very still and is very proud of her 'pretty peet'. She will show them to anyone that will listen and tell them that 'Hallie do it and Gigi too!'. She is getting too big :)

Elmo Undies

Madelyn is very interested in all things potty lately...She wants to sit on the toilet and wear big girl panties. We found this pacakage of Elmo undies recently and she HAD to have them!! She wants me to put them on over her diaper...I think that we need to start potty training soon (as soon as school is out for the summer!)...YIKES - I will need some advice...

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