Flashback Friday

Today I am missing my friends in this picture who have moved away. Comments welcome!

Madelynne's First Dance Recital

Madelynne had her first dance recital last Saturday. The theme of the recital was "At the Movies". Each class did a dance from a movie. Madelynne's class danced to "The Happy Working Song" from Enchanted.


Madelynne, Lily, and Grace before the recital.



Grammie and Grampa made a special trip, so they could come to Madelynne's dance recital. Lucky girl!



Madelynne did a great job at her first recital. We were so proud of her and how brave she was dancing up on the big stage in front of everyone. We love you Madelynne!

Mama, Mother, Mom, Mommy, Mere, Moder, Mutter, Madre, eh....

No matter what language you speak it all means the same thing: Mother. I feel so blessed to be entrusted by my Heavenly Father with my two children. Through laughter and tears we are learning that being a family is the greatest blessing and that together is the best place to be. All though I sometimes feel less than qualified for the job, I can honestly say I have the best job in the world: Mother! To all the Mothers in my life, thank you for your love and example. Happy Mother's Day!


I got to spend Mother's Day with my Mom! May I be half the mother she is...


Check out my new toy!

Now working out will go faster when I listen to my ipod!

Saturday in the Park

Last Saturday we took advantage of the warm weather and took the children to the park after dinner. Here is Jackson enjoying his first time on the swing!


This picture pretty much sums up Madelynne at the park. A blur! Running from one place to the next trying to get everything in before it is time to go home.

Madelynne-isms

A couple weeks ago at the dinner table Madelynne started singing, "You change your mind like a girl changes clothes." Leave it to Madelynne to pick up on the song she heard once on the radio!

The other day while driving in the car Jackson was sitting in his car seat and babbling away. Madelynne turned to him and said, "No Jackson, those are not words!"

My eyes have eggies(pupils).

Madelynne was sitting in her booster seat at the table eating lunch and Jackson crawled up and started trying to "eat" Madelynne's booster seat. (He is nine months old everything goes in his mouth.) Madelynne responded with, "No Jackson, this is not lunch!"

Speaking Madelynne-ese:

tiptoe: pitoe
kangaroo: tangaroo
YMCA: POY (if they can pick random letters why can't she?)
caterpillar: catapillow
Fiona: Finona

Anything in the future is tomorrow. When I go to preschool tomorrow next Fall)...When I am a little mother tomorrow...I am going to be a pink teddy bear(Care Bear) for Halloween tomorrow...

And apparently Madelynne has been reincarnated. She will talk about when she was a little mother or when I was a worm I liked to crawl in the dirt too. Silly girl!

Jackson at Nine Months

Jackson had his nine month well check and here are his stats:
Weight: 20 lbs. 15 oz. 50th percentile
Height: 28 1/8 inches 50th percentile
Head circumference: 18 inches just over the 50th percentile

Grampa Babycakes Comes to Cleveland

Madelynne calls Matt's Dad "Grampa Babycakes". This started when grampa started calling her his Babycakes. Soon after she started calling Matt's parents Grammie and Grampa Babycakes. I love endearments!

During Ron's visit we were able to visit the Bronze Statue Exhibit at Historic Kirtland and attend a baseball game. Matt's family loves baseball and Matt is passing that love onto his children. Madelynne has been talking all winter about going to baseball when the weather gets warm. A few weeks back Matt purchased a baseball glove for Madelynne. I stumbled across this one night when getting ready to put Madelynne to bed. You never know what she will come up with next! This is what Madelynne prefers to catch in her baseball glove-marshmallows. (It is hard to tell in the picture, but the marshmallows are pastel bunnies.)


As we were trying to find our seats at the baseball game Madelynne started crying. She said,"No! I can't sit here. I have to go down there!" She thought since she had her own baseball glove she got to go down on the field and play with "her guys". I adore how her little brain works. Precious!

Madelynne loved having Grampa here and was totally spoiled by him when he bought her two Disney princess shirts from the Disney store. (Something Mommy and Daddy would have never done.)
Thanks for coming to visit Grampa Babycakes. We had a blast!

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Madelynne was watching her daddy mow the lawn from the window. She turned to me and said, "Look at Daddy! He is so handsome!" "He is really BIG handsome!" So cute how much she adores her daddy.