Easily Amused...

Isn't it great how little kids are so easily amused? The other day I was trying to get some cleaning done and Madi was being my usual shadow, getting into everything. I had decided that our fridge decor needed a face-lift. I had moved the magnets to the bottom and in normal Madisyn fashion, she immediately took all of them off and thus began Madi's time consuming game. We have a deep freezer in our kitchen (you heard me, in our kitchen). It is perfect for magnet play because it has such a broad canvas. Madi's afternoon consisted of puting the magnets on the freezer, taking them off, and repeating steps one through two. You can't imagine all the stuff I got done. It was amazing! I'm glad that Santa had the foresight to think of magnet games for a certain little someone. Oh the cleaning that will get done in our house every weekend! Yippee!!! Merry Christmas Everyone!

Don't you be hatin' on the mad volume this kids hair is sportin'! You all are just jealous!

It's official..... we're rednecks......

In case there was any question, it is confirmed that we are rednecks. I think that we have always had a little bit of redneck in us, but boy did it come booming on out this past weekend. We have been dying to get Madi a snow suit because she has been begging us to let her ride her 4-wheeler. Since our living space isn't conducive to 4-wheeling, we thought it would be best if we could just bundle her up and take her outside and let her play. Not to mention her Daddy can't wait to pull us around the back yard on a tube behind the big 4-wheeler. So we began wondering where to purchase such a snow suit. It needed to cover her from head to toe, yet agile enough for her to move around and operate her wheeler. All of a sudden the light bulb went off and we headed out the door to Cabela's. Below is what we found. I may have to sell a kidney to pay for the blasted thing, but doesn't she look like her dad!!!! SO CUTE! Little bugger! Now we just need to go out and play in the snow!

At first Madi wasn't too happy about wearing it but once she found her spoon, she was ok with it...

Of Course she had to ride her 4-wheeler, even though it was just in the house....

What a cute little redneck! She looks ready for the bow hunt! Watch out Daddy!!

Merry Christmas!!!

So, this year I have been a little bit eager for Christmas. My usual surly attitude has melted away much like the ending of the Grinch story and I have been all about the Christmas season! I cannot wait to spend Christmas with Bryon and Madi this year! As you can tell, I got a little bit anxious and as soon as our tree went up the presents were wrapped and in their places under the tree. I wish there was a way to take a good picture of our tree with the lights out. It really doesn't do it justice with them on. Also, please note that the ornaments start right about where Madi stops, this was not an accident. We were very worried that she was going to be a terror with the tree but she surprisingly has been great. She will go and look at it sometimes but she doesn't touch the presents and she doesn't touch the tree either. I just don't think she gets it yet. I'm guessing next year will be a whole different story......

We hope that everyone has a wonderful Christmas and a happy New Year!!!

Pink Eye SUCKS!!!!

When Madi was so sick one of her main issues was Pink Eye in both eyes along with a severe cold and major ear infections in both ears. Before we went to the doctor to find out what it was, me being the genious that I am, kept digging the goop out of her eyes and carrying on my merry way. During some point in the day I must have touched my own eye with my disease harboring finger and gave my self the wicked crap! Please note that I am fully aware that this picture of me looks more like something straight out of Lord of the Rings, but that is exactly how I felt too! You know you're jealous! ÜI had to go to the doctor the day after we took Madi and I was diagnosed with Pink Eye in my left eye, an ear infection in my right ear and a sinus infection. Keep in mind that is only half of what Madi was going through. I wanted to die!!!! I have no idea how Madi has been so easy to deal with this whole time. I don't know how she does it. Once again, I must tell you all how wonderful my child is. She really is the greatest! I don't have any idea how both of us hellions were blessed with such a sweet child! All of our lives Bryon and I were cursed with "I hope you have a child that is just like you!" Apparently the big guy upstairs didn't care for those curses upon us, because he sent us the best little girl two parents could ask for. Lets just hope she stays this sweet for ever!!!!

Black Friday Shopping Excursion....

Ok, so we don't get excited to go shopping on Black Friday. In fact, I have always prided myself on the fact that you couldn't pay me to go shopping the day after Thanksgiving. I still have pretty strong feelings on the subject. However, Tenille called me and stated that they went to the hot places to shop around 10:00 am and it was pretty much dead. She said there was no waiting, nothing. I had a bit of shopping I needed to get done and I had nothing better to do, so Tenille, Kevin, Bryon, Madi and I went a shoppin'. While we did accomplish all of our goals for the day, we wore poor little Madi out! She was just coming down with all of her sicknesses and hadn't been able to nap at all. No sooner had we pulled in to the neighborhood home, Madi zonked out. We knew that if we took her out of her car seat she would wake up and it would be impossible to get her back to sleep. Alas, Bryon had a stroke of genious.......

.......We took out the whole car seat, Madi and all. Bryon carefully crept down the stairs to our apartment and he carefully lifted her out and put her in her bed. It was pretty amazing and hilarious! Honestly, I think she was so tired she would have slept through him just getting her out of the truck, but it wouldn't have been nearly as funny to watch! Until next time......

Letters from Mom....

Dear Sweet Madisyn,

Another month has gone by and so much has happened. We celebrated Thanksgiving with the Davis Family. We had a wonderful meal provided by Mark and Paula. Everything was delicious! You even ate a plate full which is pretty impressive in and of itself! In your typical Madi fashion, you stole the show and hearts of all of the guests at dinner. It never fails to amaze me (and terrify me) how confident you are to approach even the scariest of people with zero hesitation. You are so accepting of everyone in your pure being. You walked directly up to some people at dinner that you had never met before and insisted on being held. Some of which, if I didn't know better, would have caused me to run yelling out of a dark alley way! Ha ha!

You are saying so many words now. You love to tell us when the neighbors dogs are barking by mimicking them. It is so adorable how your little cheeks puff up with each "woof, woof". You are very interested in books. You don't quite have the patience to actually read the books, but you love to look at the pictures and have us count to you. You know that 2 comes after 1 and tell us so if we start to count. We haven't quite progressed past that but we are getting there. You also know that B comes after A. Your knowledge is really impressive! We are in awe of you every day!

This past weekend has been very hard on your little body. You have come down with about every bug you could get! You have a horrible cough, you have pink eye in both eyes and very severe ear infections in both ears. In spite of all of that, you are still the cute loveable Madi that we so enjoy spending time with. In fact, we would have never known you were sick if it weren't for the goop in your eyes. You never let sickness bring you down. You are such a sweetheart! We love you Madi and we can't wait to spend Christmas with you! You bring such a joy to our lives and we couldn't imagine life with out you!

Love,
Mom