This kid..

I am happy to say that Nat and his brother have finished the fence!! I am very proud of them and think that they have done a great job!! 

Madelynn was up last night till 1... She just didnt want to sleep. Its not like she was fussy or anything... Just wanted to be up. Why do kids ALWAYS do stuff like this on days when you have to get up early and have a long day??? I tell ya, If she pulls her craziness, its always on the wrong night. So.. yes, Im still up at midnight after a long day and 4 hours of interrupted sleep last night... why you ask?? Well, I was spending a much needed evening with this guy that I love and I (very stupidly) told him that his Blazer/truck parts magazine came in the mail today.... I have lost him forever.

Speaking of magazines...... well hang on. Let me show you this little devil last night. Keep in mind, its pitch black in her room and like 11 or so.

does she not look tired?? ya  thats what im thinkin. I thought she was sleepin so I went to go cover her up... this is what I come in to see. She thought she was cute. (obviously I did to cuz I had to run and get my camera to take a picture) but dont tell her that. :)

Ok. Magazines... So super bowl sunday was what... Feb. 1?? or somethin like that. We went to HEB to get a few things for the party we were goin to, we leave and are puttin the groceries in the car and this guy comes up to us and starts talkin and were just like uh huh.. ya... ok... we had NO clue what he was talking about. He told us a sob story about his fiancee and how they were raising money to pay for her college and blah blah blah... thats all we heard... and somewhere in there the word magazine. Our heads are spinning and I am convinced that Nat knows what he is saying so im just goin along with it. He hands me a list of magazines to choose from and he keeps talking about points and he just needs this many points to get this much money. AHHH... it was insane... and so were like ok.. so we told him a magazine we liked and he gets all of our info and hes like is it ok if I write this down, I have to give the info to the boss people. So were like sure. Then he says ok, that will be $50.. WHAT?? no where in this 45 minute ordeal did he talk about buying or subscribing or anything. We are soooooooo confused and thrown off and like in shock that Nat pulls out $50 and gives it to him (ya, we carry around 50's all the time.. no big deal) HAHAHA!!! Just kiddin. He's like thank you, thank you, you have no idea how this will help.( He gave us a copy of the receipt and it had phone numbers to call and cancel and the website and stuff... so it has some meaning... I guess.) We get in the car and I am like... you just gave that guy 50 bucks... like thats ALOT of money  and we are both like what in the world did we just do??? Still couldnt tell ya what on earth we were thinkin... We just prayed that he was being honest and that God would use the money to His glory.  

Has ANYONE ever had this happen?? We have never gotten a magazine and I very stupidly threw the receipt away. So I have no clue what to do, and I am not to thrilled about it. Ugh.. I still cant believe it and I get so mad about it. Have you ever like done something so stupid and you kick yourself in the butt for it?? or are we the only crazies that have done something so stupid. (sorry that was so long)

Anyways... On to the better things in life. Madelynn finally figured out how to pick up food and actually get it in her mouth... That is a GOOOOOD thing!!! Ya'll have read a few stories about how crazy she is about food. Ok.. like I dont make it up and I have NEVER in my 10 years of childcare, seen a kid as psycho as she is. Im tellin ya... she  will scream, she will growl, she will throw a huge fit.. first of all when she is ready to eat, then when you dont go fast enough... look out. It is highly stressful to me and I dread it every morning, noon, and night. I shouldn't, but honestly, that is how bad it is. So im thrilled that I can just throw her food down now and she can go to town. And that she does!! She stuffs and stuffs as much as possible in her mouth, like I have to get up and not look at her cuz Im just like waiting for her to choke, and it drives me bonkers watching her. I get paranoid, as I should, my child is stuffing 8 whole green beans in her mouth and 6 pieces of macaroni all at once. So, Its been good. Just messy. 

this girl is crazy, but she is still alive and breathing. :) I have done my job successfully .

but she is awfully cute too! 

We went to the Barlow Girl concert the other night... Man. it was nice. Very refreshing. Im glad that we got to go, we took my my sisters. They enjoyed it so much! 

I am goin to bed now. Hopefully till morning, but we will see. This girl keeps me on my toes at night. You never know what she is gonna pull. Maybe, she will wake up with teethe and all this fever, fussiness, drooling, chewing, and sleepless nights will go away... Forever. Or atleast till more teethe come in. The one thing going through my head through all this is that she has to get a mouth full of these things??? Every mother before me has survived, and im sure that I will to. It just seems like it will be a long journey this gettin teethe business. :) ok. im done for real. Going to bed.

What is with this wind??? Several times today I was pretty sure that our roof was gonna fly away.. Im about ready for that to be done with!!

Anyways... just in case you didnt know, Nat is building a 4 1/2 mile fence out on a ranch. They (Karl is helping him) are almost at the end. The other day, they decided to give him a deadline of April 1. It can be done.. but they are working from sun up till about 9 or 10. So its been long days for them. Let me be selfish here for a minute... its been LOOONG days for me to. No Daddy to rescue me when its just that time... im about ready to put an ad in the paper for an ADORABLE 8 month old who is the best behaved child BUT... her daddy has abandoned her for the week and her momma is goin crazy... Ok not really. I wouldnt do that but, I have NO idea how single parents do it. So me and Madelynn have been here all day by ourselves for about a week now. I stay up and wait for Nat so we can eat dinner together and thats about all the time we have seen each other. As for Madelynn, she has not been able to spend any time with him. 

Out of our boredom, today we decided to make Nat a cake. Let me tell ya, he is not big on sweets (weirdooo!!!) but you make him a Betty Crocker cake with Betty Crocker icing. He will eat it all in 2 days. Not even kidding. he LOVES it!! And of course, he will not gain an oz... he will probably lose weight with the energy it takes to eat the cake... So I was gonna surprise him with it when he got home late tonight. Instead, he surprised us and came home early. He was excited when he walked in and smelled it. I asked him if he liked my new candle, it was birthday cake smell... he didnt believe me. 

This is what Madelynn found when she was supposed to be helping. I asked her to get the eggs out but she was to distracted...

and apparently thirsty too.. I fixed that with a good ol sippy cup.

Here they are, reunited... she was so thrilled to see her daddy and not her mean 'ol momma.

Just playin... gettin sooooo close to crawling. I can feel it. (excuse the cleavage...)

Madelynn has started something new this week... most parents talk about there kids crawling, or getting teeth, or being able to wave, or those first few steps, ya know, like a milestone in life... and one day I will be able to tell you all these things. For now, I will tell you that my daughter can snap her fingers, and she can now growl. Growl like a bear or a dinosaur.. you name it and she can do it. Talent I tell you. She growls when she is mad, she growls when she is happy, she growls when she is tired, she growls (very angrily) when she is hungry. She is growling right now because I am not paying a lick of attention to her. Whew... that, my friends, is where we are in life. I will have to get a video of it someday so you can all share this exciting new thing in life...

here is our newest sweet little baby. He/she/it is wavin to us. :)

So far, this one has cooperated 100% during ultrasounds so I have high hopes for being able to find out the sex!!! It is always lookin right at us with its legs NOT crunched up... like its sister was... We wont go there tho. :)

Sickeys

The internet has been down on and off over here. So I thought I would do this while I could. 

Nat is home sick today. He is runnin fever and feelin like crud. Guess thats what happens when you work 14 hour days outside in the sun/rain... with the work they are doin.

I am home today with Madelynn (I usually work Tues and Thurs at a moms day out.) She is runnin a low grade fever, coughin, stuffy nose and throwin up... I already have my throw up pile started for the day. Let me tell you, this kid will get sick if you look at her wrong. I took her up to MDO from the time she was 2 months till about 6 months and in those 4 months, she had 3 ear infections, she was sick every day (literally) with just the cold stuff, she had Pneumonia, RSV, and the flu. So needless to say, after all this, I took her out and she has just been stayin with her Nana. It has been great, she has not once been sick. On Tuesday, Sharon was in San Antonio with Bryce so she was not able to keep Madelynn, Nat was gonna stay home with her but ended up not bein able to so I went ahead and took her up there with me... thinking there is no way she can get sick ONE time... I was wrong.

 

my sick little baby.

Anyways.. yesterday my mom and Kinsey came out, we had lunch and just hung out. It was fun. 

Madelynn was in her bumbo on the table for lunch and we were cleanin up.. put the chips in Madelynns reach....

this is what happened... 

Yesterday was also her apt with the PT.. it went good. Madelynn woke up yesterday with her head leaning to the right instead of the left... Every time we have an apt for anything.. she will do the exact opposite of the reason were going. Know what I mean?? It makes me feel dumb... but the lady was very understanding and said that she has seen kids go from side to side with this. Little turkey... so she just felt around Madelynns neck and did some exercises with her to try and see what we needed to do. Its not bad at all and should be straight up in no time at all. She gave us some exercises to do with her and we will go back in 2 weeks and see the progress and go from there. This morning, she is not holding her head up at all. It is completely sideways. I dont know if its just cuz she doesn't feel good and doesn't want to mess with it or if it is sore from yesterday. Frustration.

I am tired. Nat has the bed and Madelynn has the couch... Im outta luck. Its gonna be a long day.

Life

This weekend, we went to New Mexico to visit some of Nat's family. We had lots of fun and it was nice to get away. We really didnt do much, just hung out. We were about half way there when I realized I had forgotten the porta crib. Oops.. thats just not something you forget when you have an 8 month old who is severely attached to HER bed. Porta crib is bad enough on her. So she slept in the bed with us and praise the Lord, it was a king size bed cuz I couldn't imagine the night going any worse than it did. She was awake like every 30 min to an hour, then she would wiggle her little body over to be close to me. I was already half way not sleeping to be sure everything was going ok. Just a mom thing I guess. At about 3:00 am, after we had both been awakened 1400 times, I told Nat that if we ever went on a trip again and forget her bed. We would travel to the nearest wal mart and buy another one. He agreed. By the morning, I was sleeping on the end of the bed and Madelynn was everywhere and Nat was as close to the edge as possible. Moral of the story... Dont leave home without the porta crib!!!!!!!!

I didnt take many pictures because I lost my camera somewhere in all of our stuff and never looked for it. When I realized I still never found it, we were already 20 miles from there house, so we had to turn around and go find it. It was under the bed... not sure how that happened.

We had to stop and get some Bbq from that place I was tellin you about. Then we were on our way. I got a Blue Raspberry snow cone... Madelynn just about fell over dead I think when I gave her some... She very much enjoyed it.

Anyways... On our way  there, about the last 45 min or so she was done for and was letting us know all about it. (She did sooo good traveling this time!!) I was in the back with her, acting dumb, trying to get her mind off of it so we could make it the rest of the way. I started to snap my fingers and she was very intrigued by this. So she decided to give it a try to.

She is now a snappin fool.

She gets her fingers just right and she moves em back and forth. Its so funny. 

Today I went to the Dr. (hallelujah) and  I got the best worst news (you got that??) that any pregnant lady could get. I am only 17 weeks instead of 20. I had it comin tho. So she couldn't tell the sex or anything yet. We got to see the baby and it looked great!! We go April 13 to find out what were having. So more waiting. Im due Aug. 28 but will go in probably a week earlier for a c section. Woo Hoo!!! (I still believe that I am 20 weeks and Im gonna prove all these people wrong when I go into labor on Aug. 5) HAHAHAHA!!! I wish. We'll just have to see if this one pulls a Madelynn and comes early. Maybe right after a baby shower?? :) 

Bryce has pulled through the surgery very well and is now in ICU. Best news anyone could hear!!! Thanks for your prayers if you have been prayin. He's a fighter. 

8 months

Today, Madelynn is 8 months old. I cant even believe it. I keep recounting all the months to try and come up with a different number... but its 8 every time. It feels like I just had her and we just got home from the hospital. Its crazy how time flies. They weren't kiddin when they say once you have kids time flies. Im ready to have a newborn again. AHH what am I saying?? What if I keep this up?? I see pictures of Madelynn when she was little bitty (not that she is 2 or anything) and it so badly makes me want another one. Anyone else ever have this problem?? or is it just me??

Anyways, the girls have gone home and me and Madelynn miss them bein here. She absolutely adores those girls and wants absolutely nothing to do with me when they are around. Not that we haven't seen them every day since they left, its just different when we get to see them every hour of the day. We went over to visit with my mom, the girls, Kinsey and cousin Cash yesterday It was lots of fun!! makes me so look forward to summer when they will be home and we can do that alot more!!

Today, we went to the park with all those ^ people and Jennifer. She has 3 boys, all under the age of 3 and I couldnt help but to watch her and all she had to do and think that I will be doing that in no time at all. Idk about 3 but definitely 2. 

Just about worn out. way over due for a nap!!

I love this picture!! This is for Kinsey.... Cash has the longest tongue than any 14 month I have ever seen. This isnt even all of it. He is like his momma. :)  

Also today, I took Madelynn to the Dr. she weighed 17 lb. 13 oz. Good Lord she has gained weight so  fast since she has been eating real food. She is even gettin kinda chunky. :) Anyways.... remember when I was talking about her neck and how she always has it to the left??  Well, I thought it was better, but apparently I was wrong. She started bein lazy with it again and it got worse and worse every day for about 5 days now. So I took her in to get it checked out. It is Torticollis which is basically just stiffening of the neck cuz  of how she was positioned in the womb. Just as I had suspected. So we will go have an ultrasound done on it just to make sure that everything is lookin ok in there and then she will have to go to PT to get it stronger.  So I am glad to get that going cuz it is something that is always on my mind and buggin me. I just wish I had done it sooner. 

Have I ever told you how much I LOVE heartburn... well I do. (Im just being positive here)

I go to the Dr for me on Monday and I am just about thrilled about it. Its Kinda hard to be 20 weeks and still never seen the Dr. I cant wait!

Baby Bryce (the one I asked for prayer for) has several problems with his heart. Im not even gonna try to spell the words and im definitely not gonna try to explain it all. Its just not good. He was scheduled for heart surgery today but it was post poned till Monday because of  bleeding in the brain. Continue to pray for him and the family. Its such a sad situation. 

short. short. and shorter

My goodness gracious!! I did not think that shorts or skirts could get any shorter, but they do every year. Its sad how these young girls are flaunting their bodies for all to see. As a wife to a human man, I wanna go up and slap some sense into them. HELLO??!?!?! this is my husband here and I'd like for him not to have to struggle any time we wanna go out so could you please go put some stinkin clothes on. Dont get me wrong, Nat has done very well with this kind of stuff. He made a promise long ago to not look at other woman and with Gods help, he has done very well with it. I am very thankful for it. I love summer time and love to be outside in the nice weather, but the second there is a warm day, here come the legs and the low cut shirts. Ugh... im so glad that I never had the desire to dress like that. I will do all I can for that not to be my daughter some day...

Anyways... I went to the mall today with my mom and 2 of my sisters. It was lots of fun. I was glad to look over and see my sisters who are (sadly) having to face this world and all of its sickness, wearing bermuda shorts and full coverage shirts!! I hope that they stay this way forever!! I will surely be on there case if things change. :) Got Madelynn some shoes and a summer dress. I cant stop buying her stuff. Its a bad problem to have. 

This weekend was crazy. Lots of family and cake. Ohh that cake.. I somehow got voted to take a cake home... We took Madelynn to the park for the first time in her life. It got a little chilly so it didnt last long. As with pretty much everything, she showed no emotion of excitement... this kid. She is turning out to be like her mother in this area and Im not to thrilled about it. I know deep down inside she loves every minute of it (i know this cuz like I said, I am the same way) 

maybe a little grin here... maybe??

she is so excited here... I just know it.

she was more fascinated with chains on the swing...

My sisters came out to stay with us for a few days during spring break. I like it when they come, they help me out alot with Madelynn and sometimes they even let me sleep in. :) 

P.S. I just realized that its 8:30 and wondering why Madelynn is gettin fussy while im feeding her dinner... DUH!! Its her bed time.............................. well I give up, I have been trying to put a picture of her. She fell asleep in her high chair when I went to make her a bottle. It was cute. So just imagine it. :) For some reason there a few pictures that it wont upload and I dont know why... 

*Prayer Request

 Nat's cousin had a baby last Thurs. they have been in the hospital since then with several minor complications. They found out this morning that he has a hole in his heart, they have shipped him to San Antonio and I believe that he will have to have surgery. Dont know to many facts yet. Please just keep all the family in your prayers. 

Be prepared...

I am sittin here. Just readin some stuff on the computer, Madelynn is playing on the floor right in front of me. All of the sudden I feel something sucking on my toes... I look down to see my child suckin away.. its kinda gross. BUT!!! it would be grosser had I not bought a PED EGG last night when we went shoppin (yes the nasty disgusting commercial where she pours the foot dust out...) I got one. I was desperate for help for my feet. My wonderful, loving , husband very kindly grated my feet down to  soft touchable feet because I can no longer reach them. I can only wear flip flops most of the time cuz of the swelling that I am blessed with while pregnant. This is why they are so bad off.  I am terribly sorry. I know that this is probably... GROSS to hear about but I couldn't help it. How often do you have a baby suck your toe?? Just wanted everyone to know that they were clean and freshly pedicured.  :)

Ok. now that I've lost everyone who reads this....

This is how Madelynn ends up most of the time when were shoppin. She just really like to be comfy and she will prop a leg anywhere. (If you wanna try the ped egg, I got it at target) HA!!

Is it just me or does she look like she is 16 here and is gonna come ask for the car keys?? :( She looks so big here. I love her growin up and tryin new things and I look forward to teaching her about life and shopping with her. But then again im like WAIT!! what happened to this??

How life flies.

Today we went to Karl and Crystals wedding shower. It was so nice to not be the one in the spotlight. It seems that between wedding and baby showers, Its been me... and if you know me, I am not to big on getting attention. I really really hope that this one is a girl. We wont need to have a shower if it is cuz I will have everything you will ever need for a girl.. boy on the other hand, could lead to a possible shower. Who knows, we will see very soon.

It was nice tho and they got lots of nice stuff! She'll be a good asset to the family! 

Frustrated

So, for about mmm... 4 months now, we have not been goin to church. (except a few exceptions) I know, we are heathens. Its been hard. I dont know why we dont go. I have such a desire to get involved and to make friends that we can ralate to. (That is kinda hard seeing as we are 20 and 21 and have a kid. People our age are going to college and not thinking about having a family for years.)  I know that I make it hard because I am so quite and shy, so people just arent flocking towards me. If ya know what I mean. I hate that I am like that and wish I could change it.  I want to get into a home group that we can go to every week. I want Madelynn to be in church and my heart is so heavy knowing that she has not been. I feel very guilty about it. I know that she is only 7 months old and more than likely she will be in the nursery, you may think that it sounds dumb but I guess its just the way I am.

I have just been frustrated about this and its been on my mind alot,  and I know that it is God tuggin on my heart. We just need to answer. This is probably more for me to write down my feelings than for your enjoyment of reading. Im just askin that ya'll would pray for us in this time, and I will continue to pray about it and seek God on what He would have us to do. 

Sorry if this is depressing, maybe this will help. :)

off to shopping for a wedding gift for the Rose to be.

Its cold.

So, let me just start out by saying that its a little bit chilly outside...

and we sat around all day (well not me, I was doing laundry and cleaning ALL day... Cuz im good like that. HA! I wish.) saying "you wanna go to town?" and never movin torwards the door.  We finally decided to go around 7 or so. Probably wasn't the best day to get Madelynn out in the weather... but we did it anyway. Bad parents... I know. Nat was itchin to go to Home Depot and I just LOVE going there myself... (not really) but he is a trooper and tags along every time we go shopping and never complains. I have been convicted of that. Complaining when we go shopping at his stores. Im workin on it.

We also went to Logans for dinner. Madelynn is a crazy beast about french fries... I do believe that she would have eaten my fingers off to get to them. This was her second dinner so its not like she is starving to death, you would have never known it tho. When we were fixin to leave, around 9:30 or so. Some old hag decides to tell Madelynn (like were not sitting there or anything) that it was way past her bed time and that she shouldn't be out. Ok... ya, it was past her bed time and ya, we probably should not have gone to town so late. BUT WE DID!! I could kinda (but then again not really) understand if Madelynn was in a crazy uproar and disturbing everyones dinner but she was sitting in Nat's lap laughing and smiling. Ugh.. I hate it when people do that. Mind your own business. She is my kid and if I needed help raising her, I would ask for it. I HATE that. People see that were young and apparently we look dumb??? and they think we have no clue what were doin. 

Anyways... let me calm down... haha. Then we went to Wal Mart and spent our weekly 'oops.. didnt mean to spend that much.' Just on a bunch of junk that we didnt need. We had fun. 

Madelynn decided that she didnt want to sleep last night. She was up every 3 hours on the dot. She would stay up for an hour or so laughing and playing with her eeyore that she likes to sleep with. When I would go in there she would just laugh at me... it makes it a little hard to be upset about losing sleep. It reminded me of when she was a new born. God help me. (we JUST got out of the newborn sleeping stage like last month) and I was quickly reminded that it is comin up again REAL soon... ahhh... what have I done to myself. But then I think of the sweet memories of Madelynn birth and the fun times that we have had with her and I really honestly cant wait to do it all again. Most people call me crazy. But I love it!! (remind me of this in 5 months.)

Thought you might wanna look at this cuteness... She has a little itty bitty butt. Oh but I love it so.

and those eyes...

Ok. Im done. I realize that this was pretty much a pointless post and I rambled alot but Im just sittin here wide awake and its 12:30 am. Ugh... I dislike this time change very much.

So exciting!!

Well, let me just tell you that I lied.. The picture still wont load. Who knows why. So I guess you cant see it after all. 

So... the most exciting thing about being a mom occurred today. (Well not really the MOST exciting, close tho)

Today, we got to take our first bath with no support. Just a nakey little girl sittin in the tub. Let me just tell you, bath time and bed time are the most special time to me. I have looked forward to bein able to bathe her and lettin her splash in the water and play with her toys for so long. Then getting her out and rubbin lotion on her little baby body and puttin her jammies on. Brushin her blonde hair and holding her close feeding her her bottle and watching her little eye lids get heavier and heavier till she is asleep. uhhh I just love it.  

   

oh. btw. Nat redeemed himself tonight and got me some bbq. AND he brought me home a reeces blizard with extra reeces. That is just about my favorite treat! 

Now, I need to go eat it.

This Guy

Ok. so you know this guy that I have been talking about on here??? The one my child calls daddy, the one that means the world to me. He is not so high in my book right now... you would never believe what he just did to me. There is a bbq place here in Mertzon that is really REALLY good and it is something that is high on the cravings list if ya know what I mean. He says you wanna get some bbq tonight and my heart beats a little faster and I get a big smile and I start to drool. Its the few words that I live to hear (they are not said very often to me... I usually have to beg and beg to get it.) Im like YEAH!! that sounds soooo good and he says BAHAHAHAHAHA to bad there closed... ok. you dont do that to a pregnant lady. ugh.. Im still not over it. I oughta send him to town to get me some bbq.

Anyways... Today was a fun day for us. We went to lunch with some of the Rose ladies. Went to Target cuz I was told not to home cuz Nat had not done the dishes yet and I told him that I was not going to come home to a sink full of dishes. (Im really not THAT mean of a  wife... but Nat and I have this thing about paper plates. He thinks that they are the biggest waste of money... and they are... but I am sooo for spending the extra money to not have to spend my whole entire day doing dishes. So every time we run out, I put it on the list and he says we dont need them, I will wash the plates... RIGHT!!.... so I am stubborn and leave the dishes for him. Then eventually I buy them when he is not with me. This happens every single time that we run out of paper plates) So we had to stall and where better than target?? 

Came home and swang?? swinged?? Just kiddin, its swung Duh! (I had to look that up, dumb moment) and let the dogs play in the sprinkler.

I know that you would probably rather see my sweet little girl than my dogs but I love to see them having fun and there most favorite thing is to play in the sprinkler. This is baby, (the lab) she was my first baby. And then there is Bob.. I mean Harley. she is rather... how you say dumb... Good Lord she is dumb. The only reason that she is still around these here parts is cuz she absolutely LOVES Madelynn. She will let her pull her ears off and stick her fingers in her nose, she is so gentle with Madelynn.

Baby is still warmin up to her... she has some jealousy issues that she is workin out. She mostly just ignores her. (excuse the clip in the hair, you know when your cleaning and you find a clip and just stick it somewhere in your hair... maybe thats just me and my mom)

Oh my,  im forgetting Nat's dog. I would get in big trouble if I left her out. Sweet little Mitsy, I do believe is the ugliest dog I ever did see. (dont tell him I said that) She is  the sweetest dog you will ever meet too. She just adores Nat. Once you get to know her, she is cute, just funny lookin. She mostly keeps to herself and doesn't care much about the other dogs and doesnt like to play in the sprinkler, or play at all. I call her the grandma dog.

maybe she's not so bad after all

ok.. sorry. enough about the dogs. This is the picture of the day...  Just jokin with ya... the picture doesn't want to load... ive been trying for 94 hours it seems. so... you'll just have to come back tomorrow to see it. Cuz it will make you laugh.

Guess I should go to bed... its been a looooong time since I stayed up till 1. Bad idea. I gotta get up early and go watch kids... 

Outside

So I have realized that I have not taken Madelynn outside a whole whole lot since she has been living. Although, half of that was 'winter'... So we have been hangin outside a little and she loves to look at the trees and play with the dogs (who dragged over a dead armadillo while we were enjoying the sunshine. It was kinda gross.) Anyways.. after I took care of that, we just layed around and played with some toys.

 

oh my, just look at all those rolls... uhhh I just wanna squeeze em.

. 

Yesterday, Nat set up her swing that has been sittin around, waitin for a glorious day to put up. Brace yourself for this.... 

Just about the cutest thing I think I have ever seen.

*Notice, the new SUMMER clothes and hat.. (yes, we went shopping) and she begged and begged for the sun glasses. (Not really, she was sleeping :)

Told ya it would work! He is a softy for this girl in case you didnt know. :)

oh and here are my 2 favorite people.

Do I post to many pictures?? Sorry If you get sick of them. I only take a bazillion a day of her. I am just a tad obsessed with this kid. Sorry. Oh, and I have vowed that I will take just as many of the next baby Roses. 

Last night, Tyler, Kinsey and Cash came over and we bbq-ed which was soooooooooooo good! (My man can cook!!!) Anyways, for the first time in... well there lives (Cash is 7 months older than Madelynn in case you didnt know. and they are cousins in case you didnt know that either) they were able to be on the same level without Madelynn taking a beating... well, not really a beating, ya know, just a slap in the face. Somethin that we have always waited for and looked forward to is them playing together and now that Madelynn can sit up, its comin true!! It was exciting to see them playing together. I know he loves her. He is going to have to be her big brother and protect her and beat anyone up that messes with her. Because as we all know, Kinsey will never have a girl and I will probably never have a boy. 

Here they are first time they were together. (no, Madelynn is not dead) she was very very small tho! Golee.. I never noticed 

I must go take a shower, were goin to my parents house tonight for dinner and I am just a wee bit lookin forward to my moms cookin.

Big girl

Madelynn and I are sittin here in our pj's watchin Little House on the Praire. It is a lazy day for us... Fridays usually are.  :)

Anyways... A few days ago, we had our first (successful) experience with REAL food... the good stuff. When we eat meals, I always put Madelynn in her high chair and feed her the same time we eat. She turns her nose up to the stuff in the jar and wants whats on momma and daddys plate. Reaching with all her arm length to try to get it. If I am holding her or she is just that close, she gets a huge fistful of whatever it is that we are eating. So I feel horrible making her eat that same stuff, just pureed. I gave in. She had macaroni, Green Beans and chicken. She loved every second of it and cried when I didnt get it to her quick enough. So... I am all for saving money and feeding her what we eat. 

Another exciting thing goin on in the Rose household is a certain someone  finally is able to sit up on her own (without a boppy.) Something that I have been working on for months. Madelynn spent the first 5 or so months of her life looking at everything with her head to the left. She never held her head up straight till about 5  1/2 - 6 months. Kinda later than usual. My personal opinion is that when she was in my tummy, she never had her neck straight so her muscles never developed correctly on the left side. (several people have told me stories about this. Im not just makin it up.) So, I worked and worked with her for months. changing the side that I hold her on, stretching her neck to the other direction, re arranging her room and the things in it to make her look in the other direction to stretch the muscles, tummy time, sitting up in the bumbo.

see what I mean??

So I believe that this slowed down holding her head up, eating baby food, (was not able to till 6 months) and sitting up. So to me, this is big and exciting and thing!!

That is such a great picture. I could look at it all day. All my hard work and frustration has payed off!! She is such a big girl.

Anyways, I am lookin forward to our family grocery shopping date tonight. We haven't gone out together in a looong time with all these sickeys around here lately. Im gonna try to get daddy to take us to the mall to do a little shopping. I dont think that Madelynn has enough clothes. Ha... well... maybe she does. I need to get her some dang shorts and short sleeved shirts. Who knew winter would end in February?? Thats a good excuse to tell him right?? :)

Dryer has stopped and so must laziness.

Madelynn and her Daddy

Ever since I was pregnant with Madelynn, (in case you dont know, we weren't ever able to find out the sex she would be, she was a little shy) but, Nat and I always knew it would be a girl, but of course, you have to be prepared for either one. Anyways. He would always talk to my belly and  call her princess. So since day 1, she has always been daddy's princess. I always told myself that my child would NEVER be the one wearing clothes with princess on it or have items with princess written on them cuz to me, it comes across as a spoiled brat who gets whatever she wants and throws tantrums and then gets her way. Know what I mean??   (Just to clear things up, she wont ever throw a tantrum or be spoiled rotten...) HA!!! 

However I will admit, it absolutely melts my heart when I hear him call her princess and her face lights up like it wont for anyone else in the world and her smile is so big that you can barely see her eyes. She buries her head in her hands or her daddy's chest like she cant handle it. Ahhh, its a sweet thing. Its love. 

He wants to buy her anything that says princess on it... and I am sooo ok with  that for that reason right ^^ there. When we went to Austin a few weeks ago, we went to babies r us and bought some stuff. One being a piggy bank that says princess on the side of it and the little pig is wearing a pink bow and a tiara, (as every princess should.) Every night, before I put Madelynn to bed, he picks her up and he says "I got some change for your piggy bank princess" and they go in there and he pulls the days change out of his pocket and one by one starts putting it in there. Madelynn just watches his every move, she is quickly learning what money is and where it is SUPPOSED to go, in her piggy bank. Uhhh... I LOVE it!! I cant get enough of it. He is such a good daddy!

Daddy and his princess

Fresh outta momma. The first time he got to hold her. Sweetest moment in my life.

2 weeks. Her favorite place to sleep

1 month. You cant really tell, but he is holding Madelynn and dancing with her. Another sweetest moment in my life.

2 months. Playin with her daddy

3 months. Goin to pick out our pumpkins for fall.

4 months. My two favorite people

5 months. They sleep the same exact way!

6 months. Ridin the 4 wheeler.

7 months. Getting ready to go to her first rodeo. 

(excuse the crookedness, not sure whats goin on)

This is for my best friend and such a wonderful daddy who takes such good care of his family. 

I love You!