Two years ago today

an angel was born. I can still remember it like it was yesterday! The nervous anticipation for the surgery, waiting in the big hospital room, my un-nerving fear of needles and the pain inflicted by said needle, the fear of becoming a Mom and knowing that I was in WaY over my head, my poor body not handling the anethesia well, the nurses begging me not to puke, my anger at the Dr. for talking with the nurses about the final Harry Potter book that I hadn't read yet and hearing Madi cry for the first time and wanting nothing more that to hold her. Madi has been such an amazing child! I hear stories about other peoples children having so many problems with stomach issues, illnesses, colic, not sleeping, etc. I can honestly say we haven't had any real problems like that at all. She has been a blessing from day one! I don't know what we did to get a child like her, but we must have done something right! Not a day goes by I am not grateful to have her in my life. She brings so much joy day in and day out. I love you baby girl and I hope you have the best birthday ever!!


Love,
Mom

Brainiac!

I know I brag on Madi all the time. She really lucked out in the intelligence department. The other day she was playing with her magnet animals on the freezer and I noticed she was pairing them up correctly. I hurried and grabbed the camera but she saw me and aborted the mission. Here is what she had done up until that point. She amazes me CONSTANTLY!!

I scream, You scream, we all scream for ice cream

Madi loves ice cream. Nuff said.....

Madi's First Sunburn (sort of)

So what do you get when you cross a busy, hard-working daddy that is stuck baby sitting on a really nice day?

A sunburned Madisyn.

In his defense, it was an overcast day and he totally spaced the sun-block. He has learned his lesson since Madi woke up the next morning and the first words out of her mouth were "Ow, I sunburnt!" That about broke his heart! From now on he doesn't leave the house with out the sunscreen in the diaper bag.

S L A C K E R!!!

I have SO much to say and SO little time! There is a lot going on in the World 'O' Davis! Lots of new things happening. Lots of fun pictures to share.... Unfortunately you will not hear/see any of it at this time. All of my new pictures are on Bryon's camera which I do not have with me. Madi is ridiculously funny these days and I can't wait to post all about her! Rest assured, I have not abandoned the blog. I shall return bearing great news and posting lots of fun pictures!

Mothers Day 2009

Yesterday we celebrated Mother's Day with Bryon's family and spent the afternoon/evening at Murray Park. The whole fam damily was there. It was great to get everyone together and just relax and enjoy the nice weather.

Bryon's cousin Nathan was in town and we were so glad we got to spend some time with him before he heads back home.

Grandpa Davidson came out too....

Madi had to get as much attention as she could.... from "Pumpa"

... and Justyn.....

....then Justyn, Amy and Skyler.....

Kenzi did a good job of keeping Madi entertained for a while. Skyler was working on his pitching so all the boys took turns practicing with him. (What are you so happy about Kenz?) Ü

Grandpa played catch for a while with Skyler...

Then Trevor.....

Bryon was loving playing with Skyler.... re-living the glory days.....

After playing with Skyler the guys all needed a breather but Madi wasn't ready to sit down.....

She wanted to climb the big hill......

As the evening winded down we went over to the river and saw the geese and Madi found some monkey bars that were just her size. She LOVED them!!! She would yell at whomever was closest "Daddy, watch me" and she would hang there forever!

Kenzi tried to do some pull ups....there not as easy as they look.....

Then it was Bry's turn to show off his big muscles......

Madi took a break only long enough to dance and sing the Little Einsteins theme song.... this kid has some mad dancing skills....check out those chicken wings!Finally it was too cold to stay any longer. Kenzi and Bryon raced back to the cars, sorry B, I think Kenzi won....It was a good day...

Race for the Cure 5.9.09

I have been the biggest blogging slacker and I apologize! It is funny how the weather warms up and you find yourself with less time to take care of the indoor activities. We have had quite a bit going on in our lives and I hope to get you all caught up. This past weekend in particular was very eventful. For those of you that know my sister-in-law Kristin, you know that she is an avid runner. She is incredibly active and participates in several 5K's throughout the year. The first on her agenda this year was Race for the Cure. As part of Bryon and my weight loss goal we have decided to enter in the 5K's that Kristin does and hopefully by the end of the year we'll be running the whole thing. I said hopefully. The great thing about our family is we all support each other. Kevin and Tenille entered along with my mom. Everyone else wanted to come but either had a back injury or were stuck at work. Nonetheless, the race must go on. The race started on 3rd West and ended back on 4th West. It was a lot of fun and the weather couldn't have been any more perfect! We had to make a little detour when we got there so I'd like to say that we really went 4 miles instead of the 3.2 but who's counting, right? After walking all the way through the gateway and back tracking back past the ESA we found the start line and we were off!The pace was a little slow at first so we just more or less ambled our way down 3rd West. Kevin and Tenille snuck in a photo op....

Along with a little bit of cutesy time..... Ahhhhhh

We had made it to the end of 3rd West and we were rounding the corner to head back up 4th...

Check out ALL THOSE PEOPLE!!!!

By this time Madi was getting a little bit restless. Who can blame her?

Bry got her out of her stroller and let her ride on his shoulders..........Which didn't last very long. She is SO independent. She wanted to participate too. She even ran for a little bit.....When we got to the cheerleaders they screamed and yelled and really wanted Madi to give them high 5's. Very reluctantly she did.....But she was scared from all the yelling and decided she liked Bryon carrying her best. Here we are at the finish line. Don't we look proud!?!?!?