Hard to believe Madison is 2 months away from being 2! Ugh! Make it stop people! It's going by way too fast!!!

Playing outside with some friends in the neighborhood!

Big Girl Room

Most of you know that Madison, the crib and I have been battling it out since she was born. She did not love her crib. With her 2nd birthday approaching, we got her a big girl bed and I have to tell you - she LOVES her big girl bed and her big girl room!

When I Grow Up....

I took Madison bowling with my parents, my sister, her husband and her kids (well 2 of them) Rachel and Jacob. It was SO much fun! Madison was a mess! She was very excited to pick out her own ball and couldn't wait to run (or crawl - not sure what that was about) down the lane to push it! Before the ball would even hit the pins, she would throw her arms up in a touch down sort of thing and scream "Yeah!" or "Go Ball!" Who knew a 22 month old could bowl? Unfortunately, I didn't bring a camera to capture this hilarious event but she did bowl the best out of all the girls with a 118! Can you believe that? Perhaps she'll be a PRO BOWLER when she grows up! LOL

It was pretty clear to Chip and I how much trouble we are in when our 22 month old is sweet talking the boys next door out of their electric car and M & M's!

Cookin' Up Something Special

So Maddie got a baby kitchen this weekend and she's been playing with it every since she woke up from her nap and discovered it! She loves to cook up something fun and make Chip and I eat her plastic food!

Under The Big Top!

I have to tell you - I had so much fun with Madison on Saturday! We got to take her to the circus for the very first time! Our seats were incredible! We were about 10 rows back from the ring! It was so worth it! I've never seen her eyes so big and she was SO excited to see and wave to all the animals! We had Lemonade, snow cones, cotton candy, you name it! Her fave was the elephants although I think Chip and I liked the Tigers and the men on motorcycles in the round cage the best! Unfortunately, the pictures did not turn out great so I don't really have any to post! It was SO much fun and I loved seeing Madison all lit up!

Washin' The Rides

Madison watches Chip wash his car and me have mine washed all the time :) What? Your surprised I don't wash my own car in 110* heat?!?! LOL So, we decided to wash Maddie's ride - her wagon - turned into a HUGE family water fight!!! By the end of it, we were all soaking wet but it was SO much fun!

Chip and I finally got Madison on her bike seat! It only took 6 months and we are still working on wearing the helmet but it's a start! Chip and I took turns riding back and forth in front of our house - she had fun!

Fab-u-lous!!!

Ok, this KILLS Chip! He HATES! HATES! HATES! that I have Madison hooked on having her toes and nails painted :) Apparently, she and I are the only ones who think it's FABULOUS!

Trailer Park Princess....

Admit it! You're loving the no shirt, tutu, silver shoes, pigtails....it's PRETTY!!!

YMCA!!!

So Maddie is taking swim lessons at the YMCA. This is a site to see for sure! It's so funny! It's chaos - little people flipping, splashing and going everywhere! Everyone has the attention span of a flea and all they want to do is scream and jump off things. I would know - Everyone was patiently waiting on the wall to get in the water on the first day but not Madison - nope - she plunged right in. We got called out by Miss Heather the instructor and were forced to sit back on the wall and wait our turn with everyone else. Things get better each time so hopefully by the end of this, we will have actually learned something :)

Maddie's First Carousel Ride

Video by Chip - Try not to get sick!!! Weeeeeeeeeeee! LOL

Celebrate!

This past weekend was very busy but very fun! We were celebrating the 4th, my parents anniversary and my mom's birthday!

To celebrate, we went to Kemah where Madison road the airplane (getting her off of this thing was a challenge! So was waiting in line for our turn!) and the carousel (the hole time - she had a kung fu grip on the bar and was screaming "weeeeeeeeeeeee" in sort of a nervous manner!) Not sure she really loved it but after like the 5th time with PaPa, all seemed to be well :) We played at the splash pad AND we rode The Beast - this was my mother's idea which was probably the most fun I've had in a long, long time. However, it is a speed boat and we were all sitting in the perfect location to be completely drenched! My sister has those pretty photos after we got off which I will have to post later!!! Then we watched the fireworks downtown and took a trip out to the outlet mall for some b-day shopping for my mom whom got her very own coach purse :) Now she has a baby :) It's even all decked out with scarfs! I love it! I hope everyone has as great of a weekend as we did!

Happy 4th!

Happy 4th of July!! I hope everyone enjoys the weekend! This was Madison this morning feeling like a little firecracker and all dressed up in her 4th of July dress!

Really!?! Is this what we have become!?!

Time to vent! I'm am sick to death of our government and people in politics! The latest proof is the S.C. Governor whom I wish would just shut up! Every second this man speaks, he continues to lie and get himself in even more trouble! Mark Sanford has now fessed up to 20 inappropriate acts as a married man and is now calling his mistress in Argentina his soul mate all while trying to work things out with his wife! Are they crazy! Why would you want to be with a man who confess to all that and says someone else is his soul mate but what? You'll do? I don't think so! AND to top it off, he says that the trip to Argentina in which he had his fling that he paid for with government dollars (he did end up paying it back after he was busted - what a stand up guy!) has had no impact on his job or how well he does it......(crickets). Is he joking? Please, someone tell me he's kidding! He's in a position of power, he should be held to a higher standard (as should our Presidents, etc)! Not that I think being faithful to your wife is a high standard - I think it's a given! It impacts everything! I'm SO proud that we have people like this representing us and what we stand for!