Madison's Surgery

Is scheduled for this Friday, February 27th. Chip and I have to be at the hospital at 6:30 am and she will go in at 7:30 am. She has to fast (so she's going to be very grumpy and hungry!) but hopefully she should be done around 9:00 am. I'm hoping she recovers well and that this finally puts an end to her pain and everything that has come with all these ear infections!

Ear Drama

Well after 15 ear infections in 12 months (can you believe that!?!?! - crazy!) we have finally been able to schedule Madison for tubes! Say it with me people - Yeah!!! Any parents who has been through this knows the hell it is. It's costing Chip and I everything we have literally to do it but it's so needed. The ear drama regarding Madison must stop. No more fevers, vomiting, diaper rash from medications, ear pain, no sleep, grumpy baby, wobbly walking, no talking - it should all end. She's scheduled for surgery next Friday and although my stomach sinks at the thought of her being under anaesthesia (she's just so small), I'm confident all will be well and in the end, she might actually feel better - for once!

Beauty Runs In The Family

So like most parents, I am more than happy to toot my own horn if you will about how adorable I think Madison is! Every parent thinks their child is just especially cute and I am no different! I also happen to think that Chip and I both come from a long line of cuties! :) Last summer, Chip's parents had all the grand kids together for a photo shoot. It went really well and apparently the photographer thought our little darlings were just as cute as we did! She ended up putting Madison, Caleb and Tyler's pictures on her website! I'm telling you - it's in the jeans! You can check out their little piece of fame at her website www.picklestogiggles.com

Lookin' Guilty

I promise I'm not doing anything sneaky MeMe......

Look Mom & Dad!

I can TRY to feed myself! So like most parents, I went a bit nuts in letting Madison try to feed herself! She tries really hard so I went and got her a big girl plate, fork, spoon, cup, and a bib that catches it all! Last night was our first attempt and I'm thinking not too bad.....

Children's Museum Update

Here is the proof! We had a blast! We rode the train, saw baby chickens, milked a "fake" cow, played in the grocery store (mainly with the garlic!), sat in a big red hand and anything else we could reach! Even if we had to stand on our VERY tippy toes!

Great Quote!

I think I've found a new favorite quote!

"Wine makes daily living easier, less hurried, with fewer tensions and more tolerance."
- Benjamin Franklin

AMEN! The man knew his stuff!

Children's Museum Bound....

This weekend, Maddie, myself, MawMaw, Courtney & Caleb all went to the Children's Museum downtown. We road the train from Chip's parents loft to the Museum. It's was Maddie's first time on the train and she didn't seem to mind a bit! Her and Caleb had tons of fun running around and checking everything out. I will post more pictures soon but this was her as we were leaving for the day! We had so much fun and I can't wait to go again!

Don't you wish we had this much fun taking a bath!?!

Little Princess

It's FRIDAY!! WooHoo! Goodness this has been a LONG week! To celebrate the end of the week, I decided to dress Maddie up for school a bit today! She's so fun!

Puppies! Kittens! Bunnies! Oh My!

Last weekend was a beautiful day and my poor daughter has been couped up with double ear infections! I took her to the ENT who stated when this ear infection clears, next one she has to have tubes :( Poor baby. On one hand, I'm happy that it will bring some relief to her. She's had 1 ear infection a month since she was born and has been on and off antibiotics every 2 weeks for that long as well. I'm sure we will both be glad when the pain is finally gone! Not to mention, SLEEP!!! In the meantime, to lift her spirits and knowing how much she loves animals, I decided to take her to the pet store! I'm not sure who had more fun, me or her! With all her walking, talking, pointing and squealing at the animals....she had me laughing so hard! Her favorites were the Shih Tzu's, Puggles, Bunnies and mice!

Ear Drama

So Madison has yet again another set of ear infections! I know - shocker! Let's see, she's had practically one a month since she was 3 months old! The doctor is suggesting we see an ENT which I requested MONTHS ago and possible tubes in her ears. More to come. Anything to help her at this point.

The Hair Fairy

So I'm not really sure what happened to the hair fairy when it comes to Madison but my 14 month old is still practically bald. To make matters even worse, I've waited what seems to be a lifetime for her to grow enough hair on the top of her head to give her the famous and oh so precious pigtails that I LOVE doing to her hair! WELL - seems she has a different feeling about those pigtails as the other day when I picked her up from school, she had ripped one of them off her head! NOW not only is she bald but she has a little patch on her head where one pigtail USED to reside! KILLING ME! She has no hair as it is and now it's even LESS and spiked on one side of her head! I really, really need the hair fairy! Doesn't she understand I'm only trying to help!?!?

The Andrew's Visit

Our good friends Daron & Jen who moved to Utah so long ago (which is the whole reason I started the blog!!) finally came to visit with their beautiful daughter Addyson. Jennifer and I always said we would be pregnant together (of course, she was supposed to live here with me when that happened but whatever....moving on) and we were! We also knew that our daughters would be the best of friends and from their visit to Houston, seems like that will work out well too! The girls were so good and got along great! Can't wait for the next time! Aren't they just the cutest!?!? I could just eat them up!

Specially For Maddie

My friend Julie at work has one of the biggest hearts of anyone I know. During her travels to Guatemala this year, she brought back this adorable bag for Maddie!!

School Days

Today I dressed Madison up in a dress I got her over the holiday's. I just can't resist. She's growing up way too fast!!!

The Zoo

In September, Chip and I took Madison to the Zoo. I don't think I ever posted the pictures...

Here is the old post: 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!