Zoo

So this Saturday, Chip took Madison and I to the Houston Zoo. The weather was PERFECT and it was SO much fun! Madison really enjoyed the larger active animals. I'm sure it's because those were the ones she could really see! Her faves were the elephants, giraffes and monkeys! As soon as I can find a cord to get the pictures off my camera I will update them here!

It's a blurry picture but it's proof!!! DO YOU SEE THE HAIR!!?! OH! And she has 4 teeth! 2 on the top - 2 on the bottom!

Hurricane IKE

So sad.....I'm glad all of our loved ones are ok.

It's My Party....

So, seems I have a thing with hurricane's and tropical storms! First, Allison ruined Chip & I's engagement party and then Ike ruined my 31st birthday....well, tried too anyway! Turns out, we were fortunate, there was no damage to the house (only the fence) and the worst issue was being without power for 5 days!!! On the bright side, some exciting stuff happened during Ike. For one, my daughter took her first step while visiting Meme & PaPa!! SO CUTE!! She's so big! AND the power company gave me power yesterday for my b-day! Best present EVER!!! Yesterday was a peaceful and relaxing day. I spent the day with Madison and at Target - my 2 favorite things!!! All in all, I'm happy that we are all well and even though Ike cancelled my b-day party, there are no tears shed from me!!! I got to spend my day with my daughter, relaxing at home in my AC!!! 31 has started out great so far!

Pink and Sparkly

Take a deep breath and breathe in people!!! FOOTBALL season is here again!!!! As of now, the Texans are looking to be an embarrassment and Brady might be out for the whole season! Bad for Denise -good for the rest of the league! My parents took a small vacation to San Diego last week and while there, were kind enough to pick me up my very own Chargers Jersey!!! (Thanks Mom & Dad) AND because they LOVE me so much - it's even PINK and SPARKLY!!! They Rock!

Going....Going.....Gone!!!

I knew the day was coming...and as parents, we even try to encourage it....then, when it happens, you realize that even though it's cute and sweet, the days of you resting AT ALL are O-V-E-R!!! For months we have been encouraging Madison to walk in her walker, around the house, around furniture and now, we've given her a grocery cart to push around! Let me tell you, it took her all of about 2 seconds it seems to figure this out and now she is off! I know her walking without anything is coming VERY soon!!!

Give me the Penguin!!!

So over labor day holiday, Chip decided to finally take a day off/weekend off from work and do something with Maddie and I! Yippie! So, his choice??? Moody Garden's in Galveston for the day! At first, I was a bit worried how our baby girl would do with the drive and being out there all day and the ride back but she was a complete ANGEL as usual! I'm telling you - we have the best baby ever! She's just such a sweetheart! Well her favorite part of the whole trip was the penguins!! She was stomping her feet and talking to them, waving and banging on the glass! She had a fantastic time! To honor her new found love of the little creatures we went and got her a penguin at the gift shop....well, I attempted to remove the penguin from her kung foo death grip to add something else to it and she FREAKED out!!! I panicked! She's never really flipped out in public -- Chip just said "Give her the penguin back!" so I did and the world was at peace again! Whew! Won't be making that mistake again!!!