Happy New Year!!!

So 2008 has come and gone in what seems like the blink of an eye! So much has happened and yet so much is still the same. We are still living in an apartment in my parents basement.... waa waa... But we see the light at the end of the tunel. We have a game plan and we are hitting it head on! I see great things happening in 2009! You just wait! We are still happily married, just pluggin' along working and trying to keep our little ranch out back going. We are enjoying parenthood and even though it is stressful sometimes, I think we are succeeding at it.... luckily! Madi is changing every day. She is getting so tall. Sometimes I look at her and just wonder where the time went! She is SO smart! I know every parent thinks their child is the smartest but I really think mine is! Ü She is really amazing! I can't wait to see how much she changes in the next year!

Our family rang in the new year with Tenille and Kevin. We hung out at their house and ate pizza and played games. Big holla for the Scene It game Seinfeld Edition! That was a blast! Even though I really think my Elaine dance impression beat out Kevins, but whatever, I'm not bitter.... The WII was also a blast! We played Rayman Raving Rabbids (or something like that). What a hoot! Kevin and Bryon doing the dance was hilarious! I haven't laughed that hard in a LONG time! The evidence is below...

Here is Bryon & Kevin Bustin' a move!

This is Bryon & Kevin doing the dance "Spank".... hilarious!

Here is Bryon doing the down hill... priceless

Tenille giving the down hill a try..... "are you supposed to go through the flags?"

Here I am, Of course as soon as I decide to play the damn WII freezes.....

Madi was a trooper and stayed awake until about 2 minutes after the ball dropped and she was OUT! Like a light! She fell asleep on Kevin with her spoon in hand up in the air. Priceless!

Happy New Year everyone!

Merry Christmas!!!

So I know this is a little bit late, but I just wanted to post about our wonderful Christmas! Once again Madi was spoiled rotten and enjoyed every minute of it! Bryon's brother and his family were going on a vacation on Christmas so we celebrated Christmas on Christmas Eve. We all went to Justyn and Amy's house and opened presents. It was a lot of fun to get together with all of them and enjoy each others company. Madi really enjoyed showing off her new clothes, movies, ball and purse with hair accessories.

Here is Madi checking out her new threads.....

Madi was diggin' her new Little Mermaid Ball.....

Grandma had to try out every one of Madi's new hair clips and bows. Isn't she cute?

On Christmas morning my mom and dad came down to our appartment and helped us celebrate Christmas and watch Madi open her gifts. When it came to opening the gifts, she was a little bit distracted by the previous gift unwrapped. She got the hang of it though and loved every minute of it. She made a haul!

Check out that hair! Wow, who is supposed to be making sure this kid looks presentable?!?! What can I say? It's Christmas!!!! Look past the hair people! She got so much fun stuff! The toys are getting annoying, but she still loves them! Santa did good work!

Later that afternoon all of my side of the family came over to have our Christmas Feast! Yea!!! The stuffed mushrooms rocked! Thanks Kristin!!! We opened our gifts between our families. Madi got a big My Little Pony from Oakley, which she calls her baby and must have at all times! I thought she was going to break through the box when she opened it up. She couldn't wait to get at that pony. Bryon tried to tell her to wait until everyone was done and she wouldn't have it. She started pounding on the box......

Madi also got some Jammies and movies from Grandma and Papa..... One of Madi's favorite gifts was the magnet farm. She played with that thing for hours. It was so cute to see Bryon on the floor playing with her.

What a great Christmas! This will definitely go down in the books as one of the best Christmas's ever! It is so much fun when there is a little one in the house to help keep the Christmas magic! Ü

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......