Bryon, Tiffini, Madisyn & Eastyn: Letters from Mom

Friday, February 6, 2009

Letters from Mom

Madi, Madi, Madi......

I could count the ways I love you, but I fear this post would never end! I can't believe you are 18 Months old! Where has the time gone? The month of January was full of laughs and plenty of time outs. I couldn't stop laughing when you started "blowing your nose" into tissues copying me. I guess I need to work on blowing my nose a little quieter since you think you have to be as loud as possible every time you do.

I will never forget the day I thought you were giving me the look of death only to realize you were saying a prayer. You had your arms folded so neatly and you were trying to bow your head and close your eyes while peeking at me all at the same time. Priceless!

The day Papa brought home his deer mount and you were SO proud. You ran in the room and covered your mouth and yelled "He's So Cute"! I don't know who was more excited about the deer, you or Papa! It is obvious that Papa is already working his hunting magic on you. You not only can tell us what a cat, dog, cow and horse say, you now know what an elk says too. You have such a short attention span with TV shows but if you start watching a hunting show with Papa, you are glued to the TV. You are even telling the hunters to "shoot it".

You are especially considerate of Daddy when he is sleeping for a graveyard. You tell me "shhhh, daddy sleeping". You look so dang cute with your little finger up to your mouth.

I think one of the cutest things I have ever heard though, was your version of the birthday song. You sing, "Happy Day to you" you repeat that about 100 times and then say someone's name. Some times you just make up names too. On Wednesday you were singing happy birthday to "Shannon". I have no idea who that is, but apparently you did! So cute!!

I guess what I am getting at is, I love you kid!

1 comment:

Hayden and Kelly said...: Tiff- she is so dang lucky to have you as her mommy! Wow! Your letters to her always make me cry! You are such a GREAT mother! I can't believe she is already 18 months. Seems like yesterday we were sitting at the office just waiting and waiting for the phone call that she had finally came! Give Madi big kisses and hugs from me! Love ya! xoxo; February 21, 2009 at 4:23 PM

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5 New things you may not know about Madi

- She knows how to spell her name and has for a while now.
- She is incredibly smart! She picks up everything like a sponge! We have to watch what we say around her, she already has 2 swears in her vocab and knows how to use them.... Oops!
- She REFUSES to be potty trained! She knows what she is supposed to do, she just doesn't want to. She can be SO stubborn... definitely her momma's child!
- She loves to play with trains. Who woulda thought?
- She never really out-grew the security spoon thing. Her spoons have just grown in size along with her. She now plays AND sleeps with my big wooden cooking spoons.

5 ThInGs you may NoT KnOw about BrYoN

* Bryon is a movie junkie! He has a massive collection and loves to go see any and all movies in the theater
* Bryon doesn't like to watch sports on TV. He LoVeS to play baseball and football and even watch them in person, but he can't sit through a game to save his life. One of the reasons I love him so much! Ü
* Bryon's jaw PoPs! I mean, it POPS! He had broken his jaw years back and it now makes a really loud PoPiNg noise. Just listen......
* Bryon is a CoWbOy! He is a true, blue, RoPiN', RiDiN' CoWbOy! Who would have thought!?
* Bryon is an AmAzInG father and husband! He treats us both better than we deserve and works day in and day out to make sure we have everything we could ever want! WE LOVE YOU HONEY!

....But Oxygen is good for you.

....But Oxygen is good for you.

Not long after Madi was born we noticed that she would gasp for air when she slept. We asked her Doctor about it and at first he checked her throat and didn't find anything, so he told us that all babies do that and not to worry. The problem was, she never stopped and I couldn't stop worrying. At her next appointment I again asked him about it and he said that as a precaution we would have her hooked up to a monitor for a couple of days and test her to see where her levels were. He said that the alarm might go off but not to worry. Well the alarm NEVER quit! Now we have an appointment with a specialist on October 1st. Wish us luck that everything is ok and that she will be better soon!

Georgie was SO sick!

Georgie was SO sick!

Not long after we bought George he got really sick. We were really worried about him and didn't know what we were going to do. After about a week with the vet it was discovered that he had very severe ulcers (apparently his cushy life was just too much to handle!) When he came home he had an IV line sewn into his neck and we had to give him lots of meds! He laid in his stall all day and it was so sad to watch! But he pulled through like a champ and he is back to rockin and rollin! We love this guy!

Buddy Boy

Buddy Boy

This is Buddy. Bryon bought buddy when we started dating. He was looking for a dog and I found him on the internet. Bryon just had to have him! He was such a cute puppy. It took some adjusting to get used to being at our house. When he was about 6 months old he was trampled by one of our horses. We had to take him to the vet to get all fixed up. Buddy hasn't quite learned his lesson yet though. He is always having close calls. I guess we'll just wait for his next emergency. In the mean time he has become an excellent bird dog and Bryon LOVES to take him duck hunting!

Sparky Park

Sparky Park

This is Sparky. He started out as a barn cat but has since turned into one of the dogs! Sparky was born in a storage box at the feed store, Saddle Up. When he and his litter mates were old enough to leave mom he didn't know how to walk. Because he was raised in a box he never had to walk. I took him home and kept him in a crate in the barn and I had to bottle feed him milk. It just so happened that at the same time, Molly was going through a false pregnancy and had milk but no babies. She felt that it was her duty to raise Sparky. She took him in an nursed him and cared for him. To this day they still love each other and Sparky eats and sleeps with the dogs. Now if he could just figure out that he is a cat and start eating the mice in the hay we would be in business!

Stormy the half faced wonder!