How funny is this?

So this past Friday and Saturday I had a horse show. My entire family went bow-hunting and so I was flyin' solo with Madzilla. It was kind of a circus for a while but we made it. Anyway, on Saturday morning I was trying to clean out the dishwasher and get Madi dressed, etc. and wasn't being very successful at either. I had gotten Madi's shirt on and after an enormous struggle, Madi was up and crawling away from me as fast as she could. I had left her shorts on the floor and proceeded to clean out the dishwasher. A few minutes later I look over at her and she was putting her shorts on her head like a hat! What a dork! It was so funny I hurried and grabbed the camera to get a few shots. Here she is in all of her glory!

Here she is getting them situated just right......

And here she is crawling at me in a blinding fury.....

And helping me clean out the dishwasher.....

She got bored pretty quick with the dishes and headed out to do her own thing....

Finally she had had enough of me laughing at her and taking pictures and she just started to cry. Isn't she just so precious!?

Happy Birthday Madi!

Madi celebrated her first birthday on Sunday August 3, 2008. We headed over to a park by our house for a family BBQ. Madi couldn't have been more excited!!!

Here is the Davis Family! We were so happy that everyone could make it!

Madi scored some great gifts! (which she tore into with a frightening amount of fury!) She mostly got clothes, which she desperately needed, but she got some really fun games too!

Here's Madi modeling her new hat and checking out her cute jacket from Cory, Barb & Family!! Madi loved all of her new shirts and her pretty brown dress from Chad, Kristin & Family!

Kevin & Tenille set Madi up with her own pair of baby Nike Shox. Since we go walking together (and all of us wear shox) they couldn't pass up the opportunity to set her up so she would match us all too!

Madi got a great Alphabet learning bus from Justyn, Amy & Family. She LOVES to take the frogs out of the bus and try to put them back in! It is really cute!Madi got her first Dolly from Grandma & Grandpa Doyle. She loves to carry her around with her. Who would have thought that MY child would want to play with a doll?Of course her dad had to get her some bath tub toys, ie. a fishing pole for the tub. She is going to love it! Maybe it won't be so hard to talk Bryon in to giving the little squirt a bath if they can fish together! Ü

Madi got a 4Wheeler so that she can ride around the back yard with Dad now on her own "machine"!

Grandpa Davis hand made Madi her very own Rocking Horse. It is SO cute! I know that he put A LOT of time and effort in to making that for her and she couldn't love it any more! At first she wasn't sure about it but now, she is a rockin' fool! She loves to rock as hard as she can. She actually tries to rock when we put her on the real horses now. It is really funny!

After Madi had torn into all of her gifts, she was ready for something new (she is tapping her hands on the 4 wheeler box). It was Cake Time!!!!

Isn't Madi's cake cute? Jaci, Madi's sitter, has a relative that makes cakes. She was gracious enough to make this awesome cake for our little angel!

You would think that Madi is afraid to get dirty or something. We set the cake out for her and she just kept breaking off small pieces to eat. She really wasn't that messy at all. It was kind of funny! She is too cute! We really appreciated all of the gifts that Madi received and we are so thankful that everyone could make it (except my dad, he was stuck at work). We love all of you!

Breaking Dawn Festivities...

Ok, I really hope that no one makes fun of me, but IT WAS FUN!!! In my previous post I had stated that Tenille and I had made plans to go to the Breaking Dawn shin-dig down at the local Walmart! Ü So, about 9:00pm we headed down there. As soon as we walked in we felt stupid! I mean seriously.... who wears an evening gown to a friggin' book release party?!?! Who you may ask... this girl......

The line there was ridiculously long, but it was fun. Tenille and I plopped down and played a little Phase 10, a little Uno.... it helped pass the time. There was a really nice girl that was in line next to us that would save our spot if we wanted to go somewhere.... i.e. to stand in line to get bite marks painted on our necks..... yeah, that's right, we got in to the WHOLE spirit of the party! Ü (This is me getting my bite mark painted on... sweet!!!)

Some of the people in line started pulling chairs from the camping area for a place to sit. The employees figured it out and started checking for receipts of purchase. Luckily this little girl had paid for hers, or her mom had at least. She spilled her free drink all over her chair. Her mom left her with her sister to go and get something to clean it up with and the little girl continued to drink her soda..... from out of the chair..... too funny!We scored some killer swag.... i.e. fake teeth, necklace, wedding ring, stickers, the whole she-bang! It was great!

Finally, they handed out books at 11:30. Even though we couldn't officially buy the books until 12:01. We got a jump on things and headed to the registers so that we didn't have to wait in too long of a line. GOOD IDEA!!! We were out of there by 12:04! While waiting, we scored a chance at a shirt, but didn't spin the wheel to the correct spot to win. We were bummed out that we didn't win but were more annoyed with the incredible rude GROWN WOMEN in line behind us that were so rude to the KIDS that were in line with us that I almost punched one in the face! But that is a whole different story all together! So by the time we got back to my house we were extremely tired and in a goofy mood. Since Bryon had waited up for me, we went inside for a few funny pictures and some laughs! That is exactly what we got! All in all, it was a great night!!!! Oh and the book is great too!!!

The wait is over.....

Ok, I am NOT one of those people to wait in long lines and dress up in a costume to see a new movie. I am NOT one of those people that camp out in line for concert tickets. I am NOT one of those people that get all worked up about the release of a new book in a series. Oh wait.... I guess I am. Sort of. I didn't take the day off work or anything like that. In case you haven't figured it out, I am going to get the new Stephenie Meyer book, Breaking Dawn tonight with Tenille, Kristin & Julie. I wasn't one of the original "Twilighters". I just started reading them a couple of weeks ago, but I loved them so much I zipped right through them and like just about everyone else, I am anxiously awaiting Breaking Dawn. Now let me add my disclaimer, I am still NOT one of those people that wait in line for a copy of a new release book. Tenille had casually mentioned it and Kristin and Julie are going so we thought, what the heck! We'll make an appearance and if it is too hokey, we'll bail! Personally, just hearing the media coverage of all of this and hearing about how long people have been waiting in line ALREADY, I don't forsee us staying too long. I'm not what people call a, "people person"! But, I am willing to step out of the box and make an attempt to be one in order to get this book. I feel bad for my husband, because I am pretty sure once I get my hands on this book, my whole world will be put on hold until I finish it. For those of you that haven't read them, I strongly suggest you give them a shot. They really are awesome books and I can't wait to hear about the latest with Bella, Jacob & Edward! Happy Reading!!!

Madi's First Sleepover!!!!

This past Saturday night Madi had the opportunity to spend the night at her Uncle Kevin & Aunt Tenille's house. Bryon has been working so much and we haven't seen him at all it seems. So we decided it was time for a date night... sans the Madster! We ended up going to see The Dark Knight. It was excellent! I actually stayed awake throught the whole thing, which in and of itself is pretty amazing! On the way home, we couldn't resist and had to call to check on our little Monster! As expected, she was doing great and had been asleep until our untimely call.... Sorry! The next morning we got up bright and early to take the horses up the canyon for a relaxing trailride. It was so nice! Don't get me wrong, I love Madi more than anything, but sometimes it is nice to get out on our own and just relax! By the time we got home from our ride we couldn't wait any longer and went and picked up Madi. Leaving her for a night was semi-painful but the reaction we got when we walked in the door was worth it all! I have never seen Madi get so excited over something in my entire life! She almost jumped out of Kevin's arms! Anyway, we really appreciate Kevin & Tenille taking Madi (all the time) they are such lifesavers as are the rest of our family members, always helping us out of a bind! We couldn't do it without all of you!

THANK YOU!!!

I just thought I would add this picture. This is how Madi looked after Uncle Kevin did her hair a couple of weeks ago. Luckily this is not how we found her after her sleepover! She had her hair done and it was adorable!

Sleeping Babies...

I don't know how I haven't posted this picture before now! I just saw this pic and fell in love all over again! What a cute husband I have!!! He loves our daughter more than anything in the world and I am so grateful for that! There are a lot of people out there that don't get any help from their husbands. Mine does it, not because I nag him (which I don't, right honey?) but because he genuinely loves to spend time with her! I love when I get to catch them in a photo moment like this one. I could just stare at them for hours......

Our very own money pit!!!

Wow, it's a good thing I love my horses or this little guy would be down the friggin' road! As you know, when Bryon and I got married we bought him a horse (that I have officially taken over). I guess we didn't factor in that he is 19 years old and that he was going to have issues, can I just say that he has been SO expensive to maintain!?! We had the whole ordeal with the Ulcers and the trauma that it took to figure out the issue. As a result of the ulcers he got terrible bed sores on his front legs. We have had a heck of a time keeping them cleaned and healing. Everytime one heals up the other gets bad and so on and so forth.... Well, I went to my very first horse show after having Madi and right in the middle of my class, he started limping really bad....... WHAT NOW!?!?!?! Seriously, I was so upset! So we had the farrier out to do some hoof tests on him and then the vet out to block him and take a million x-rays, it turns out he has Navicular. I guess the best way to describe what that is - is inflamation or degeneration of the navicular bone (thank you Wikipedia) which sits in the foot. Basically his bone is pushing down on the tender part (frog) of his foot. So every time he takes a step he is feeling it in his bones in his front legs. I can only imagine how painful that is! Anyway, the best solution for our old guy right now is special shoes. He is now wearing the Dr. Marten's (or todays equivalent to the 90's version of top selling shoes) of horse shoes. Check this out!

His shoe is made up of a thick rubber wedge, A mesh layering and a thick cushion material that works similar to Dr. Scholls and the metal shoe of course. I hate paying the shoe bill every 8 weeks but he is feeling better than ever before! I guess he is worth it... I'm kidding, we love this old man and he is worth his weight in gold!