Love & Marriage

"The bonds of matrimony are like any other bonds - they mature slowly." - Peter De Vries

So it seems Chippy and I are coming up on yet another wedding anniversary (WooHoo!) This year (April 6th) is our big 6 year anniversary! Not sure how we'll be celebrating next Sunday but I know I'm looking forward to it and at least another 6 years with Chip!!!! :)

Voting Hassel

Just a warning - seems I've had a response that voting for Madison on that site requires a lot of rejecting things and that it forces you to offer one so you can submit your vote which captures your email and sends you tons of offers.....be ware - if it asks you to do a bunch of stuff - just skip the voting :) I appreciate the thought but it's not worth being loaded down with spam!!! Love ya'll and thank you to those who had to go through the trouble!!!

Great American Photo Contest

Dear friends and family,
I just entered Madison in the Great American Photo Contest. The baby photo with the most votes this month wins $2,500 (that could be a nice amount to put away now for college!!). Please do me a big favor and click on this link to vote for Madison: https://www.greatamericanphotocontest.com/voter1/index_c.aspx?p=427627&x=.jpg
I really appreciate it, and so does Madison!!!

BFF's

So they don't really know it yet, but Addy and Maddie are future BFF's for sure :) Madison was a whopping 3 lbs and 3 inches bigger then Addy AND she's 4.5 months older so I'm sure she can bully Addy into being her bud :) Aren't they the cutest EVER! Say it with me people.....AWWWWWWWWW!!! Now, location could prove to be somewhat of an issue - that is of course until her parents move back to Texas! (HINT! HINT!)

Addyson Dorea Andrews

This was stolen from Jen & Daron's blog - she is a cutie!!! I think she looks like a great combination of both of them! Welcome Addy!!!

Daron's posting:

Addyson Dorea Andrews is here!!We'll post a bit more later, but just wanted to get a few much anticipated photos up for her adoring fans!! Jen and Addy are both doing fine after the 6:45 am birth. She is the most beautiful baby I've ever seen. Really.

SHE'S HERE!!!

She's Here! She's Here! She's Here!!! Our friends Jennifer & Daron Andrews had their baby girl Addyson Dorea Andrews (middle name pronounced Door-Rey-Ah) in memory of "Rodeo" Jennifer's beloved dog. She arrived in Kanab, UT at 7:45 AM and was 6 lbs. 1 oz. and 18 3/4 inches long. She has redish/brown hair and green eyes!!! The proud new parents have promised pictures soon but we have been assured by her daddy that she is "Sooooooo Cute!!!" Congratulations! We miss you guys and wish we were there but we are so happy everyone is here and doing well!!!

Future Blackmail :)

Ahhhh the joys of parenting - you get to have blackmail pictures for later in life and these are good ones!!! It was the perfect time to snaps some pics of Maddie while daddy was giving her a bath! Who says I don't plan ahead???

Memories

Cover Contest

I have submitted Madison's photo for the Parenting Magazine Cover Contest....semi-finalist will be notified by June 16th and winners will be flown to New York and will appear on the cover of Parenting Magazine in November 2008. Keep your fingers crossed for Maddie :)

2008 Stupid People Award Goes To.....

Generally, I don't like calling anyone stupid but this just took the cake - this lady for sure gets the award for 2008 in my book - this is bad - like even worse then something I would do on my worst blond day!!!
So I'm at work and one of our customer service reps is speaking to a lady who is trying to use our site and is clearly VERY frustrated...she's attempting to use her child's log on information and is looking everywhere on the keyboard of her computer for the upside down exclamation point. (crickets chirping) - (I'm not making this up) - After about 10 min. on the phone trying to explain there is no such thing and to calm her down - the question finally comes out and we ask "Do you mean a lower case i???" - Customer hangs up the phone......
I'm still laughing SO hard that I can barely breath!!! I'm embarrassed FOR her. She immediately called back and apologized (She should) and stated she was very embarrassed and to please not laugh at her. (Again, it's really way too late for that). So please join me and put your hands together (clapping) for our 2008 Stupid People Award Winner!!!! Congratulations lady! I'm thrilled to know you are using an education site! (iiiiiiiiii)

Cute, Comfy & Cuddly

Today is a nasty day and all Miss Madison and I wanted to do was stay all curled up in bed being comfy and cuddly but nope, had to go to work and school so might as well look cute too! Anyway, even though I had to drag my butt up out of bed to get ready for work, Jack & Madison continued to cuddle and sleep anyway.....

Howl At The Moon

Saturday Madison stayed at her MawMaw & PawPaw's loft downtown and Chip and I headed out with Danny and Janel to this really cool piano bar called Howl At The Moon - which we all later ended up doing :) It was SO much fun - I could of lived with out the South African man who spit so much when he talked you felt like you had taken a shower, but other then that, I think a good time was had by all!!! We ended up running into a former co-worker of mine, Mary who was there for her daughter's bachelorette party!!! (woo hoo - those are always a blast!!!) I just wanted to say it was good to see her and congrats on the wedding which I believe is next week.... which means grand babies are sure to follow which I know delights Mary to no end!!!

Luck of the.....Sweet Germ!

Happy St. Patty's Day!!! Instead of luck of the Irish, Madison has luck of the Sweedish/German! we just call her a Sweet Germ :) - Of course, I dressed my little girl up as a leprechaun this morning and we headed off to school - sleep deprived but whatever...I'm not bitter :)

Lucky Kitty

Ok, so I got Madison sleeping in her bed - it only took her own pillow, a soft addition to her current mattress and a few last minute touches - see, doesn't she look peaceful?? All was well until about midnight when I heard the neighbors cat meowing at the top of it's lungs and his stupid wind chime at his front door - ALL NIGHT LONG!!! This disturbed Madison so much she was up around every 2.5 hours, which of course, means I WAS UP as well! Ugh - I just can't win. Everything in your sleep deprived body just wants to scoop her up and head back to my room - where it's QUIET but I know I can't. I guess just as with sleep loss, her and I will get use to the annoying sounds of my neighbor's cat and wind chime - Jackie almost got let out this morning for a potty break and a "snack" at 3:00 am :) That cat should be grateful - seriously :)

Routine's Are Important

We all know how important it is to keep your kiddos on a routine, well, seems Madison's new routine includes cereal in the morning (oooooh, big girl!) and her daddy picking out her outfits the evening before. This was Chip's choice for today - he's pretty good!

Madison is doing several new things these days...one of which is sleeping in the bed like a grown up which just cracks Chip and I up - she looks so strange....just lying there....it's funny. Anyway, the rest of the pics are of her in her outfit her daddy picked out for her to wear today to school - say it with me Awwww!! and of her playing in her pack-n-play this morning (waiting for me to get ready for work) with JoJo (the bunny) and her pig and lamb that MeMe and PaPa got her. They also went on a massive shopping spree to Carters - trust me, I promise you'll be seeing several more pictures of Miss Madison in all her new gear - she should model for Carters!! Or, it would be wise for us to own stock in the company - one or the other :)

Flying By

Ok so where is the year going???? I can't believe Madison is already 4 months old and I've still not found the time nor energy to work off this baby weight! So annoying! This picture was taken at Kirk's Birthday....do we really look this old, fat and tired???? Look at the difference a year makes! The picture where I'm molesting Chip is from Kirk's b-day last year!

Not sure yet...

So Maddie had her 4 month check-up and shots (ouch!) Monday and the doctor went ahead and put in the order to start her on solid foods! Weeeeeeee! The day Chip has been waiting for! So, out to the store I went, buying her own special bowls, spoons and of course, Rice Cereal :) I raced home and put her in the bumbo (which has this cool tray attachment I found - just another reason to love it) and we did it - we tried our very first taste of rice cereal....now, after about a minute of looking at me like I was TOTALLY insane - she started crying (dying of hunger) and we immediately put a bottle in her mouth....we'll just have to try again tomorrow when she's not so hungry. I can already tell this might be a wee bit challenging as well as messy!!! Anyway, daddy was on stand-by with the camera to catch her experiencing her first big girl food - she looks happy huh!?!?! LOL

More Yumminess....

Not that yumminess is a word, but if it was, Matthew and Jared would be the definition...I'm by no means straying from my 1st pick Matthew but Jared (front man for 30 Seconds to Mars) is a VERY close 2nd!

Cuddle Time

So, what is every new parents favorite thing to do??? Cuddle with their little one of course!