JULY 2012

 4th of July Celebrations: breakfast and flag raising ceremony at church

 

 

 Then we headed for field of dreams park where they had TONS of things for the kids to do

played in the water pools

 she did not like their paddle boat ride

Checking out the bugs with daddy

Giant water gun fight

 They had tons of carnival games to play

 

 We watched a stunt bike show

 Later we met up with Kylie to do some more water playing

 they can be super cute together when they want to!

 this would be the giant water gun fight in the maze (I probably had a little too much fun but thats okay it was so worth it)

 Ready and waiting for the fire works in her own chair

 the sparklers were her favorite part and this year she watched all the fireworks

 a couple of randoms of me and madison...love this kid its like having a best friend!

my little clone

Made our First Beach Trip of the year

 She did much better when daddy took her near the water then when mommy did. apparently she trusts him more and that's okay!

 

 

 She was even willing to play in the sand some which was great because for Madison to touch anything that is texturally wired is abnormal...she just doesn't like it!

Daddy protecting his creation

always trying to walk in daddy's shoes its super cute!

When i said Madison and Kylie like to be together i wasnt kidding we spend a lot of time with the Markarians and its super fun!  she also loves loves loves her auntie Kelly more then her mom or her dad haha!

Walking on the pier

 Playing at the daycare

Did i mention we got a bunny! I must be nuts!!!           Auntie Collette (my best friend for 10+ years)
                                                                                       came for a visit so we had dinner together!

 Finally learned to be in nursery without screaming for 2 hours or throwing up! hallalua

JUNE 2012

playing in the office with mommy

love that huge smile she gives all the time

learning to play in the pool with no floaties

loves to be outside with daddy

it was good to have family over this summer

they are a crazy bunch but we love them alot

this kid is such a water baby she could play in it all day long if i let her

 we even had friends come over and play with us

 when Kylie, Madison's best friend, came over one day to play in our pool we decided to teach the girls how to jump in. they girls just loved it

 

 

 These two crack me up when they are together

Madison's friend Landon turned 1 this month so we went out to celebrate his birthday with him. it was so fun! he had the coolest mickey mouse theme and they even had mickey mouse there. 

 

 playing in the bounce house

 

 her first sucker

 

Madison is quickly learning to feed her self all her meals and becoming pretty good at using a spoon and she totally has the fork mastered!

we did not intend
to potty train
madison but several times she woke up from her nap dry and asked to sit on the potty so i let her and she pee'd in the potty. i decided not to push it and just let her go at her own pace.

first otter pop

 over the summer Anthony played on a co-ed softball team. they lost most games but it was good to get out and spend time as a family. I played a couple of games as a sub but for the most part i came so me and Madison could support daddy. this was so much fun i hope they get to play again next summer

baking with uncle Joe at red wagon child care while mommy works