Robby, Amanda & Madison

2011-02-12T18:18:00.000-08:00

we are moving our blog to something more private. If you would like the link to the new blog...email me :)

maddie's personal camera pictures

2011-02-09T12:58:00.000-08:00

these are too funny! I swear she takes these all on her own..except the ones with her in it b/c she asks us to take those pictures of her.

self portrait

our neighbor peeking over the fence haha

"smile daddy"

her fish "buddy"

"take a picture of me sliding"

this one is pretty good! She got robby's dad!

"me and kitty"

..what do you do on a rainy day?

2011-02-09T12:48:00.000-08:00

We have had the most random weather here lately...so most of the time we are stuck in the house. What do you do? You "take pictures!" Maddie's idea! :)

Pregnancy update!

2011-02-03T12:08:00.000-08:00

For those of you who have been asking to see my belly..here it is in all its glory haha! Nothing special. :) (please excuse my wardrobe)

I had an appointment today and everythings looking good! Baby is measuring up right and the heartbeat was nice and strong. I can honestly say how AMAZING it feels to have a healthy 2 year old and a healthy baby growing inside of you. It really makes you feel blessed every single day! I can't be more thankful!

Next appointment is in early march where I will do my glucose test (to check for gestational diabetes) and then I will have appointments every 2 weeks after that. I'm looking forward to those...its always reassuring to have checkups more often!

Maddie has been coming with me to my appointments and has been such a good girl! She LOVES going to see "mommy's doctor" and "check on the baby." She also thinks there is a baby in her tummy and she says it "kicks and kicks." HAHA! Oh and according to maddie, daddy has a baby in his tummy too. SURPRISE, we are expecting 3 babies in may, not one! ;)

Only 15 more weeks and baby green will be here! I can't wait to share with everyone who this little addition is!

Cousin visit

2011-01-31T13:13:00.000-08:00

We LOVE having maddie's cousins come to visit! They are so much fun and love to play. My stepsister, Holly, and I decided to start doing this once a month so we don't go months without visit like we have in the past. So next visit will be at their house in Lake Jackson. We are excited to start that up :)

Maddie and Aidan

2011-01-30T12:46:00.000-08:00

As most of you know maddie loooooves her little boyfriend Aidan! We always try to get pictures of them together but that's pretty complicated considering they are both 2! We managed to get a few of them when I went to take some pictures of Aidan for Valentines Day (check out my photo blog to see Aidan's pictures).

Maddie's BIG girl room!!

2011-01-30T12:33:00.000-08:00

A few months ago, Maddie told us she was ready to be in a big girl room....pretty much INSISTING we do it one night we weren't even prepared. But that's how it goes as a parent! You're not always ready when they are. :)

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Here is a line up where we got her bedroom stuff:

Furniture: IKEA <---yes, all of it! We were/are really shocked how awesome and sturdy it is! Bought all of it for $700 (including tax). Way to bargain shop!

Bedding: Pottery Barn Kids <---my mom purchased this stuff for her birthday gift and we LOVE it! It looks hand stitched (who knows if it really is?) and its very durable. I can throw this whole quilt in the wash and not think twice about it.

Pictures of Maddie: I took here at the house and purchased at a website I use for photography stuff and only paid $2.50 a picture. The frames I paid $26 for both from Aarons Brothers.

"I am a Child of God" print: purchased off of Etsy for $24...if you want to know the vendor, I'll look it up.

Maddie is soooo excited and LOVES her big girl room! It took her all of 2 hours to get used to "sleeping" in her big girl room and we haven't had any trouble since. Easiest thing we have ever done!

Now...if we can just get her potty trained ;)

2011-01-21T12:15:00.000-08:00

You know what always cheers me up and makes me feel better?? Madison's laughter :) I wish you could hear it now!

2011-01-14T14:20:00.000-08:00

Maddie has had a cold this whole week and is still having trouble sleeping b/c of her congested nose, so sometimes she ends up sleeping in mommy and daddy's bed. Complete with her Tinkerbell blanket and her kitty. We don't mind :)

P.S. Don't you just love how sweet they look when they are asleep?

P.P.S. I am now officially "Amanda Green Photography", complete with a DBA and Tax ID! Yup, you may now call me Amanda Green DBA..HAHAHA :)

need an opinion!

2011-01-09T12:42:00.000-08:00

So i've been playing around with what to do in maddie's room on the wall behind this dresser and need to know what you think :)

I want two big pictures of maddie in her room but can't decide which ones. What do you think of these?

Christmas in Baton Rouge & Trip to New Orleans

2010-12-29T08:52:00.000-08:00

christmas eve...ready for church

bye bye hugs for cousin gabby

christmas day...by the way maddie woke up at 1 am, 4 am and 7am asking if we could open presents yet. When I say asking, I mean "PRESENTS!!! WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA"

dancing with the mickey she got for xmas

maddie and gabby

baking cookies with mawmaw

unfortunately, we did not get a chance to eat at Cafe du Monde b/c the line was down the street..so that just means we have to go back again :)

when maddie sees this picture she says "mawmaw scary!" haha

enjoying lunch at a cafe on Jackson square

pirates alley

pure class on bourbon street :)

this was a street entertainer that made some chirpy noise..not sure how he figured out that was his gift but he prob makes good money doing it

Life as seen through maddie...pt 1

2010-12-23T21:19:00.000-08:00

So..we have this old digital camera and let maddie use it to "take pictures like mommy." These are actual pictures she has taken and is getting much better at aiming these days :)

She will tell me that she wants to take a picture of something...and its always things that she loves "christmas tree", "kitty", "princessesss", "horse-ies." I actually really think its so cool that she is showing us what she likes and she always wants to go back and look at the pictures to laugh at the ones she took.

i think this was the one of snow white

we were watching shrek and she loves it so she took a pic of it

I was changing her diaper during this one :)

mommy helped with this one but what a great smile !

christmas tree and foot

Our first annual gingerbread house

2010-12-23T13:31:00.000-08:00

Even though it didn't go so well...we will try again next year :). It still tasted really good but fell apart by the time it was all one house..not to mention mommy's good job on construction where some walls were taller than the others haha.

(this is when it fell over)

elf yourself

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check out this wedding book I put together for one of my clients :)
HERE!

maddie's visit with santa...a broken down version

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random pictures of maddie from my phone

maddie and lily in the back seat

maddie at the library and maddie reading to her baby

2010-12-14T15:02:00.000-08:00

Here is baby#2...its hard to tell but the baby was "relaxing" during my 16 week ultrasound with their arms by their head. Too precious!

2010-12-08T19:17:00.000-08:00

go to my photo blog and check out miss maddie and her friend lachlann! Too sweet!

maddie sleeps in her big girl bed!!

2010-12-03T18:38:00.000-08:00

Maddie has been asking us for MONTHS to sleep in her big girl bed and we finally decided tonight that we should let her try it. So we took out all the dangerous stuff (that we could think of) and her bed is on the floor with a few randoms to play with. So, we will see :) Hopefully she does well and make it the easiest transition we have ever done with her!

Maddie meets Santa again......

2010-12-01T16:05:00.000-08:00

and still doesn't like him haha!

2010-11-29T19:50:00.000-08:00

Alright...now for girl name votes! We have a week and a half until I find out the sex. As some of you know, Robby doesn't want to know the sex so we decided to have all the choices (names, nursery theme) picked out before the ultrasound so I don't drop hints on accident. :)

Girl names:
Audrey
Ava
Cailin (pronounced: Kay-linn)

Please send email or leave a comment on your favorite :)

Happy Thanksgiving!!! - xoxo maddie

2010-11-26T19:37:00.000-08:00

We had a wonderful thanksgiving..and hope y'all did too :)

we are anxious for thanksgiving!

2010-11-23T08:32:00.000-08:00

Here is maddie playing in the backyard..during November...in a short sleeve shirt. Only in Texas :)

...need a vote for boys names

2010-11-20T19:03:00.001-08:00

I have a hard time making decisions...as many of you already know

these are two boy names we are thinking of:

Levi

Kanon/Cannon

send me an email or leave a comment letting me know which name and spelling (if you like cannon/kanon name) you like better :)

THANKS!

just some updates...

2010-11-18T18:25:00.000-08:00

It has been a while since I have just "posted" about whats news..besides big events. And I haven't really talked about the new baby in a while either :)

I had another ultrasound this afternoon and they said the baby looks great! HE/SHE was waving their arms around and we even caught the baby laying on his/her arm like Robby does. It was really neat!

Maddie has been literally an angel child during this entire pregnancy (well really her whole existence)...while I was sick in the 1st trimester all I had to say was "mommys tummy hurts" and she would just play for hours by herself and come and check on me while I laid in bed. She has been so well behaved and listens to me (yes we will have 2 yr old moments) when I tell her to stop. We probably end up doing time outs once or twice a week b/c she rarely pushes my buttons. I could not have asked for a better child.

I also have to praise my husband..b/c he has been soooo great! Cleaning the house, cooking dinners, buying dinners, helping with Maddie and not to mention working a full time job. It's been so nice coming home to a clean house after I have done a session or a wedding. I feel so blessed to have such a great family!

is this not a funny face? I don't know what she was doing?

the evolution of undressing herself...still a work in progress! haha

above: baby at 13 weeks and 4 days. You can see the baby's hand on the right side of the ultrasound and their profile.

2010-11-17T11:50:00.001-08:00

while passing someone driving today, I hear Maddie say "lets race"...and sometimes you just know EXACTLY where she heard those words from!

HER DADDY!

Hahaha! I got a good laugh out of it :)

Painting ceramics with Amalie and Ethan

2010-11-10T16:59:00.000-08:00

Today we went with our friends Amalie and Ethan to paint ceramics here in katy. We had soo much fun! Maddie picked out her pieces with a little help of mommy and she even got to paint all by herself! She did good!

such a pretty girl :)

mommy and maddie working on our pottery

Amalie and Ethan working on their pottery

maddie taking a food/movie break

Happy Halloween!

2010-11-05T07:57:00.000-07:00

Maddie had a BLAST this year! We went to her friend Aidan's house to go trick or treating with them. It was sooo much fun! They figured out really quickly they would get candy going door to door...who doesn't like that concept though? Haha!

Maddie picked out her costume when we looked online for ideas and wore it for about 50% of the time. It was still cute :)

She even missed out on her nap b/c she was sooo excited! She just sat in her crib for 2 hrs talking and singing haha. So needless to say, she was OUT by the time we did bath and bed.

She always thinks aidan is soooo funny!

holding hands

WAY EXCITED to go trick or treating

Posing for the camera

The dads and their beers

this house was scary! They had some crazy music and the front door was kind of hidden...so needless to say we made aidan's daddy go first haha

holding hands again

....and they're off!

2nd Annual Dewberry Farm trip with Gram Gram

2010-10-24T20:52:00.000-07:00

This weekend has been SOOO busy and I feel like a train ran over me a couple times..but I survived. :) Friday robby and I went to a wedding while Robby's mom generously came to watch maddie for us (which we didn't get home until 11)...then saturday I had a wedding that I took pictures for and didn't get home till 11, and then we went to dewberry farms on Sunday morning..so needless to say I AM EXHAUSTED!!

This is the second year we have gone to dewberry farms and maddie LOVED it!! Even more than she did last year! She LOVED the "horsey ride" and the petting zoo, the pumpkins and the popcorn and snow cones. We even rode a hay ride out to the pumpkin patch and at the end of the ride, the tractor driver gave a big talk about everything going on and she kept saying "ALL DONE!!!....mommy ALL DONE!" b/c she wanted him to stop talking and let us off the trailer.

waiting to go inside

maddie rides her first pony!

Maddie did NOT like the scratchy hay

she kept asking the baby chicks "where's your mommy?"...she was pretty concerned they were not with their mommy like she was haha!

HERE is the chicks mommy!

these slides are just WAY to fast and bumpy for my liking

"Hi Mommy, Hi Gram Gram"...she said this EVERY time she went around

Madison and mommy go to the park

2010-10-21T14:01:00.000-07:00

FINALLY the weather has cooled down some for us to make some outings during the day! It has been sooo great! She LOVES the park and is now able to play mainly by herself without mommy freaking out when she goes down the slide by herself. She understands the "park rules" haha

Pawpaw took us to the ZOO!!

2010-10-15T11:34:00.000-07:00

Today, we all met up at the zoo since the weather is feeling AMAZING!! Maddie loved having pawpaw there with us, she kept saying "c'mon pawpaw, c'mon pawpaw." She even gave him a hard time when he left b/c she wanted him to come with us to our house haha.

Thanks pawpaw for a fun trip to the zoo!

kisses for pawpaw

coloring at the zoo

i love this one! We were in front of the lions and she was making their sound and I happened to catch her mid sound :)

pawpaw decorated maddie a pumpkin

2010-10-11T17:13:00.000-07:00

Guess what Maddie is going to be for Halloween?!?!?

FOOFA!!! Maddie's favorite Yo Gabba Gabba character! Incase you were unaware :P

and she is EXCITED!!

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if you wonder what I'm doing....go to my photo blog :) It consists of cute little kids like this guy!

Robby's 28th birthday

2010-10-04T13:13:00.001-07:00

Can you believe how much maddie has changed?? WOW! Robby looks handsome as usual..men are lucky and don't age much :)

mawmaw C was here to visit :)

2010-09-27T10:43:00.000-07:00

My mom came to visit this weekend. We had a great time, especially maddie...she didn't want mawmaw c to leave this morning. Even after mawmaw told her that she had no toys at her house and it would be boring, maddie said "I want to go see pawpaw." haha!

Thanks Mom for all your help this weekend! We needed it more than you know :)

maddie has some important news...

2010-09-16T12:08:00.000-07:00

Day 2 - Children's Museum

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We were on TV!

driving the cop car

at a "mach" grocery store

so sweet how she is looking at this boy!

Robby's week off!

2010-09-06T12:40:00.000-07:00

Well, we were packing this morning to go on our trip to corpus christi when we found out that there would be a tropical storm there allllll week. So, instead of sulking around in self pity (like we did a little bit) we decided we would do some things we never get to do as a family this week, here in Houston. Today's trip was to the downtown aquarium! We had soo much fun! You pay $15.99 a person (we lied and said maddie was under 2 so she could get in free) and you get unlimited access to anything of their attractions. Well worth it! We rode the carousel 2 or 3 times and the train twice. We also plan on hitting up the children's museum and the space center...and possibly the beach b/c maddie really had her heart set on that this morning. She kept sitting in her beach chair that gram gram got her and saying "BEACH!!!" So we promised her if the weather changes we will head to gavleston :)

we got her a kids sundae...which had all the sides so she could make it herself!

the white tiger

riding the carousel!

Flood block party

2010-09-05T11:35:00.000-07:00

On Saturday, it rained hard for about 3 hrs straight...which caused a "flash flood" in our neighborhood. I'm not quite sure if it's how our street was built or if our drains are clogged? The water made it up to our big tree which is the middle of our front yard (if you haven't visited before). Most of our neighbors made it outside to watch it rise and some of us let our kids play in it. :) I don't know WHO would let their toddler play in sewage water?!?!? Don't worry we all took HOT baths with lots of soap to de-germ ourselves haha.

Logan trying to hug maddie.

One of the neighbors girls who LOVESS maddie and wants to pick her up like a baby. Haha!

Mawmaw Pat's visit

2010-08-31T14:12:00.000-07:00

We had a great time with mawmaw pat here! I LOVEEEE when my grandparents come to visit! Maddie loves it too....well and robby b/c he gets fed more often when someone else is here :)

We stayed soooo busy! She came in tuesday and left friday morning...in that time period we went for a 1 mile morning walk, library - toddler time, candy shoppe for some hula hooping (see below), shopping, DONUTS, a ladies night out to paint pottery (thanks to my wonderful husband), and endless hours of play time at the house! When I say endless, i mean endlesssssss. Mawmaw is sooo much fun! I'm already trying to talk her into visiting again soon..and how can she say no to these 3 precious faces :) haha

Painting pottery

playing at the candy shoppe

as much as I like to pretend I'm graceful...I will also admit that I'm not. Here is a video of me trying to walk and hula at the same time. It's one of my many talents...that's what it is :)

watching movies

playing a nose game that made for hours of entertainment

Mawmaw bought maddie the woody doll she has wanted FOREVER from the grocery store! Spoiled!

eating at the donut shop

playing at the water park

dancing at the library

our 1 mile walk..can you tell she is a pro? and she is almost 70!

Maddie's Birthday Party...this will be a long post!

2010-08-29T20:05:00.000-07:00

Madison's birthday was an under the sea/mermaid theme and it turned out so cute! Lots of bright colors, baby pools, slip and slide, candy, cupcakes! Does it get any better than that? Probaby, but we had a blast! Maddie LOVED every minute of her party and it was sooo much fun to see her enjoy it as much as I did :)

We had about 30+ people come and madison was spoiled with lots of gifts!

The morning of her party, we had the decorations all up from the the night befores preparations (thanks to gram gram)...she came into the kitchen and said "PARTY!!" with her hands in the air. It was soo precious! Made my day :)

cupcakes for breakfast...OF COURSE!

her mermaid dress my grandma bought for her! Sooo cute!

she made it into the pool with her tutu on

Everyone sang happy birthday to maddie and at the end she said "birthday, again"...which means she wanted people to sing it again. She was soooo happy to FINALLY (after a lot of other kids birthdays) have it sung to her :)...she kept saying "me me me" when we were about to sing b/c she knew it was her turn. Haha!

Birthday kisses from her boyfriend, Aidan :)

Treat bags

Dog pile on the gifts!

Madison is 2 video

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Photo and video editing at www.OneTrueMedia.com

Madison's 2nd Birthday Party!

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...more to come later :)

and we had a BLAST!

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GREAT GRANDMA Pat is here!! (aka...my dad's mom)

Aren't you missing out?

maddie's 2 early birthday gifts

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...it cooled off for one day

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again...never too late :)

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Make an on-line slide show at www.OneTrueMedia.com

Here is madison's video from birth up to right under a year

it's never too late

2010-08-10T14:55:00.000-07:00

These pictures were from june when I had a beach session and brought robby and madison along. She LOVED the beach! We are def. making a trip back soon!

running towards the water!

Madison the Artist!

2010-08-06T07:54:00.000-07:00

I said "Maddie, What happened to your legs?"
Maddie: "I PAINTED!"

new love for camera, painting, playing, babies

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Aidan kissing maddie at the pool. I love her expression!

holding hands :)

"CHEESE!"

Maddie's "Baby"

Maddie sleeping in time out

NOPE! Not really!! She fooled you hahaha :)

Here is maddie's beautiful fake smile :). She likes to say "CHEEEEESE" when I pull out the camera, especially when her friends are over.

Painting with daddy

i promise we are still alive :)

2010-08-02T18:05:00.000-07:00

we have been doing A LOT of playing, A LOT of photo sessions....which mean a lot of editing, and A LOT of keeping busy.

(above is a picture of maddie playing with her boyfriend, Aidan)

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check out madison's 2 year pictures HERE !

Day 2 - Alcatraz, Lombard Street, Golden Gate Bridge and Muir Woods

2010-07-14T11:56:00.001-07:00

Alright..so on day 2 we slept in till 10am (houston time)!! Refreshing! Then we headed to Pier 33 where we met a boat to take us to Alcatraz Island.

Pier 33

robby was sea sick....no not really :)

this was the BEST tour I have ever been on in my life!

Robby was bad..so if you want to visit him, you know where to find him :)

...really not that bad of a place to end up if you have misbehaved, look at these breath taking views, even the prisoners got these views.

the road up to Lombard...the picture doesn't do it any justice at how steep this hill was

Lombard St. was soooo scary! Ask us about it sometime..its a long story and I can fill you in, but not on the blog :)

one of the houses on Lombard...BEAUTIFUL!

Golden Gate Bridge

Muir Woods

When we got back from Alcatraz, Spain had won the big soccer game (I'm embarrassed to say I don't know the name of it?) and were busy celebrating on market street. It was really neat to watch!

...and that is it! We had a GREAT time and feel so lucky to have been able to have the funds and the babysitter to get away for the weekend. Truly blessed!

Day 1 continued - Fishermans Warf

2010-07-14T10:41:00.001-07:00

When we got back from Napa we decided we would ride the trolley down to Fisherman's Warf and eat at Bubba Gump's restaraunt (which is a lot like joes crabshack in taste). It was SOOO cold by the time we got down there we ended up buying tourist jackets to beat some of the cold wind off. Also, the trolley took a LONG time to make it down the hill so we ended up taking a cab back. Surprisingly the cab was $5 dollars more than the trolley was.

Basically the trolley is moved by gravity (going down hill) and when going uphill it catches onto some type of pulley system underneath the road and the driver releases this latch to catch onto that system. When going downhill it goes pretty fast...a little too fast for the people just hanging onto the outside of the trolley.

*We aren't 100% sure this is how the trolley worked but this is what robby and I figured out while riding it*

a view of Lombard street (you can barely see it at the top of the hill)

The seals that took over the pier

Bubba Gump's Restaurant

Day 1 - Napa Valley, CA

2010-07-13T13:08:00.000-07:00

We drove out to 3 or 4 different wineries out of thousands in Napa Valley, which is about an hour drive from San Francisco. It was soooo neat! I was obviously in picture heaven out there and the weather was PERFECT! I told Robby it was like God was with us at the winery..the wind was just whistling through the grape vines and it was so peaceful.

Driving over baybridge towards Napa.

Welcome to Napa!

Us at Silver Oak Winery

Silver Oak

These were the bins they made all the wine in...it is a long process. You will have to get robby to tell you all about it :)

Our tour guide..poor guy. He puts up with a lot of wine snobs, like the ones in our group.

Mustards Grill for lunch! It was GREAT!

Robby's dessert(sp?)..I believe it was called Lemon Meringue Tart..or something along those lines :)

Silverado Vineyards

Vine Cliff Vineyards

The same people who own this vineyard also own a 22,000 square foot house at the top of the hill. WOW!!

a local college is trying to create stems that are immune to bugs and disease...i can't remember what the name of their degree is but they have specific degrees that focus on wine. So you could literally be a "wino" if you wanted to when you grow up :)

they water EVERY day..sometimes twice a day

(Caves)...these are extremely expensive to build but they are energy efficient and in the long run become worth the purchase. Our tour guide told us it takes a HUGE chunk of money to start up a wine business and you shouldn't expect income until about 6 years later. It takes 3-6 years for your grapes to become good enough to use and a few years to let the wine sit and age before they bottle it.

We got away!

2010-07-12T18:56:00.000-07:00

We just made it back from San Francisco/Napa Valley, CA and we are TIRED. Soooo glad to be back home with our baby but we really enjoyed the time away, thanks to Robby's mom!! They had a BLAST!

We saw almost EVERYTHING in those two areas!

I will post more pictures later!

Houston Zoo Trip

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Maddie LOVES the zoo and she LOVED the train (which was her first time on one).

summer is....

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....flower buying

.....movie watching (and no..i didn't pose them like this)

....watermelon eating

Mom

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Photo and video editing at www.OneTrueMedia.com

I made this video for my mom a while back and have finally been able to post it :) Enjoy!

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also...take a look at the wedding I did

HERE

Swim Lessons @ Houston Swim Club

2010-06-18T11:09:00.000-07:00

WHAT AN IMPROVEMENT from the first class till this 3rd class. She only cried a few times and held her breath EVERY time she went under water. It's amazing how fast they learn. I guess some of you may not know that maddie has been taking swimming lessons for 3 weeks now. We go once a week for 4 weeks at a time. I will probably sign her up for july's lessons b/c I am so impressed with how well she is doing. The first 2 classes she SCREAMED the entire class...which is to be expected. The second class she screamed almost the entire class and this time she only cried a few times (mainly when the teacher held her) and even voluntarily went down the slide (which she hasn't wanted to do in the past). I kept telling her "you did soooo good" on the way home today and she said "I DID GOOD!....HIGH FIVE!" haha.

she always gets upset at this part....all they are doing is looking into a mirror in the middle of this floating mat and she gets upset.

working on her kicks!

floating on her back

going down the slide

she doesn't care for this part...being away from mommy is tough :)

teaching her to use the wall to get around the pool

"1...2...3...bubbles" -this is where we tell them to hold their breath b/c they are going under water.

The teacher dropped rings at the bottom of the pool and maddie was about to go down to get one.

and she did it!! Pink ring, of course :)

...two things

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1. Our daughter is ADORABLE. :)

jumping on the bed

2. ROBBY AND I ARE GOING ON A TRIP TO SAN FRANCISCO, CA IN LESS THAN A MONTH!

random pictures of maddie

2010-06-09T19:23:00.000-07:00

Mawmaw C was here for a whole WEEK!

2010-06-06T14:33:00.000-07:00

We were lucky enough to have mawmaw take time off work and come stay the whole week with us! It was sooo nice b/c we got a lot done and went to all the places we talk about going to but can't seem to find the time when she is here for a few days at a time. Mom and I went shopping in San Marcos one day while Robby watched maddie. We also went to the splash pad and my mom cooked almost all of our meals and washed our clothes the whole week. (We compile a lot of clothes over a weeks time) haha.

Thank you so much mawmaw for coming to stay with us and pampering us!

Why is she so excited you ask?

Because, mawmaw was scaring her. Which happens to be maddies favorite thing to do haha

Yoga with mawmaw

mawmaw's glasses

Reading!

isn't this the sweetest picture? Maddie kept her hand on my moms lap while she read :)

the cousins have been here :)

2010-05-27T11:37:00.000-07:00

2010-05-27T06:56:00.000-07:00

Robby put in gutters with the help of a friend and saved us about $600 dollars! What a husband!

we still have to paint some of them but they work good :)

her "prissy" walk

she LOVES to pick the flowers out of our flower bed :)...atleast she brings them to me as a gift haha

shaking her little pigtails :)

some things you may or may not know about madison

2010-05-24T12:36:00.000-07:00

Some characteristics of madison:
1. she is persistent. A little too much at times :)
2. she is lovey and loves to cuddle. She loves her mommy and daddy and has started having real bonds with the grandparents as well.
3. she gets her feelings hurt easily. She will cry at the drop of a hat if someone is mean to her.
4. She is funny and is often making other people laugh with her facial expressions and dance moves.

she has a love for dancing. She will demand you to "DANCE!" with her if you are just watching. She is actually pretty good at it :) We may have a future here!

She loves her friends! We talk about them on a daily basis and she knows them all by name.

she is a little giggle box

she loves to laugh with her friends...she likes to entertain :)

she is cautious...and likes to warm up to things on her own pace. You can't talk her into anything she doesn't want to do.

she is silly

she is beautiful!

she is perfect! and we love her soooooo much!

2010-05-23T17:51:00.000-07:00

I've been busy with photo sessions (like the one above) + chasing a toddler around = lack of post on the blog :)

forgive me.

I hope this tides you over :)

my arkansas trip through mawmaw's view:

2010-05-18T06:45:00.000-07:00

Maddie and I just got back from a 5 day trip to Arkansas. We had some good times and we had some not so good times...its hard to travel with a toddler. But we made it and will remember it for a long time:). I forgot my camera...can you believe it? So here are some pictures my grandma (dad's mom) took.

good morning

Aunt Brenda had cupcakes ready for me to make when I got there. I put the sprinkles on all by myself!

Aunt Brenda brushed my hair and I almost fell asleep standing up

She was so tired (this was day 2 or 3, I think)

sitting in granny's house

Mawmaw and Uncle Todd (or as maddie says "toddd!")

They put me in baskets

Mawmaw let me push her around in the chair

mawmaw let me watch tv on her coffee table. Its a better view from up high :)

breakfast at mawmaws!

mawmaw let me dance on the table

2010-05-03T06:49:00.000-07:00

such a serious girl sometimes :)

2010-04-28T07:12:00.000-07:00

The last two days we have been house-bound. Day one of being house-bound was my fault..i didn't go anywhere. Day two the car was in the shop so I was FORCED to be at the house since robby took the car to work, which by the way feels much worse than if you choose to stay home :).

Here is all we did most of those two days...watch tv and lay in our pjs. Oh and we walked to the mailbox twice haha. Try not to be too envious :P

first swim of the summer

2010-04-23T19:24:00.000-07:00

My mom bought maddie this pool to put in the backyard and so we tested it out today. She wasn't very sure of it when the water started spraying but got used to it quickly when mommy was ok running through it. I have a feeling she will be asking for it tomorrow morning :). She kept saying "pool pool pool!"

the face on the left..she was saying "COLD!"

yummy...yogurt!

Cookie Swap Party

2010-04-21T19:30:00.000-07:00

Today we had a cookie swap party. I had read about this on another blog and thought it was such a great idea! Each person brings a dozen cookies and then swaps out their dozen for 12 of everyone elses cookies. Kind of like a sample :).

The kids LOVED maddies water table and had a great time.

Maddie was frustrated about something before the party :)

i LOVE this picture. She is so happy all her friends are there

This is where everything got crazy! They all LOVED maddies water table and all got soaking wet..so we stripped them all down to their diapers :)

"up up up"

check out miss madison on another blog :)

2010-04-20T06:58:00.001-07:00

click here

random pictures :)

2010-04-17T07:06:00.000-07:00

a girl and her daddy

this is normally the look I get when I pull out the camera :)

What a handsome husband I have :)

Maddie's new boots.

2010-04-17T06:40:00.000-07:00

i finally managed to catch maddie sleeping somewhere other than her bed. I'm always so envious of the other moms who get tons of pictures of their kids sleeping. I NEVER get to do that :(...but today I did. Don't worry..i didn't disturb her sleep taking pictures.

Madison's Picture People pictures

2010-04-16T11:18:00.000-07:00

Baptism weekend!

2010-04-11T18:32:00.000-07:00

Our big baptism day was GREAT! Madison did soooooo good and was so quiet and patient during the whole service! We were in shock! A few days before the baptism, maddie and I went and let maddie play in the water and play with Rev. Meyers so she would be a little more used to what was going to take place on sunday. Rev. Meyers was so patient and friendly with madison that they were best friends by the end of our meet up. She even gave her a big hug when we left. So I knew we would be better off coming to the baptism than if madison hadn't met the rev. She was..she recognized her and let her put water on her head without freaking out...which is what I was afraid would happen :). I could not have imagined a better day for our baptism!

patiently waiting!

Getting baptized!

Rev. Kim Meyers

Looking at her gift that gram gram gave her!

Eating cake...grandpa bob kept commenting on how she was eating her cake (with her hands) and she was giving him dirty looks. It was so funny!

Mawmaw is hilarious!

Madison's friend, David's 2nd birthday party

2010-03-31T17:31:00.000-07:00

These pictures were some that a friend of mine took at the party...thought I would share :) And..we don't have any of the birthday boy (sorry jennifer) but i didn't bring my camera :(. shame on me!

So mommy took maddie to the party by herself b/c daddy had to work on saturday. We were probably 30 minutes into the party and madison was playing when in walks DADDY!! He surprised us! We were sooooo thankful to have him there with us! Maddie was so excited and kept running up to him saying "DADA!"

"BFF's hold hands"

skills at the dinner table

2010-03-30T15:50:00.001-07:00

"maddie smell your feet"

afterwards she says "peee youu"

"cheeeeese"

a more strained "cheeese"

feet on the table

playing outside pt 2 :)

2010-03-30T15:39:00.000-07:00

here are some from today

drinking from the hose. oh..the memories of the summer :)

spending more time outside

2010-03-30T07:10:00.000-07:00

So, I've had some requests for updates. I've been slacking, I know :). We have been doing everything you can think of lately! Playdates, lots of playdates...park visits, lunches with daddy, long naps, redoing the yard, visitors..etc. Since, Robby is now working 6 days a week for 10 hrs a day..we have had to keep ourselves very busy and haven't had much time just hanging out at the house. Don't get me wrong..hanging out at our house all day would be nice. But entertaining a kid who lives here and has played with every toy here gets a little anxious to get out of the house :)

Madison had her 18 month doctor appt. and did great! She is 30 lbs and 33 or 34 inches tall. The doctor said everything looked great and we would be seeing her in 6 months for her 2 year visit.

These following pictures (and the one above) are of maddie at this water park in the middle of a shopping center here in katy. I wanted to check out this new store we got for kids clothes and decided to let her play in the water park to exert some energy. She even made a couple of friends while we were there.

ps...this is going to be a long post!

My friend Kasi and her son Aidan always meet up with us at a park towards the end of the day to wear them out before bed time. Here are some pictures of them playing one day last week.

Aidan is soo funny! He was screaming while on the swing. He and maddie LOVE to swing! They will say "sing sing" over and over.

i LOVE this one of maddie. It was such a windy day!

Here are some randoms from last 2 weeks.

some bath time photos! my favorite!

madison on st patricks day!

just another saturday..

2010-03-20T09:47:00.000-07:00

Robby has been working these past few Saturdays and will probably continue for the next 5 months. So, that leaves me with another day to entertain Madison. Today it was supposed to rain (which it is currently doing right now)...so we woke up and bought donuts and then played outside before the rain came in. Isn't this outfit adorable?? Mawmaw C (my mom) bought it for her when we were in baton rouge last weekend. I love how it looks in photos too!!

2010-03-16T12:16:00.000-07:00

We had a BLAST in Baton Rouge..but it's always nice to be back in your own bed :)

2010-03-11T18:15:00.000-08:00

check out my baby over HERE

Rodeo Run 5k pictures

2010-03-03T18:34:00.000-08:00

2010-02-27T10:34:00.000-08:00

I ran my first 5k today. It is just over 3 miles and I didn't stop once! It was sooo great! Easy if I do say so myself :). Maybe I'll do another one?

finished the race in 35 minutes...maddie was sooooooooo happy for mommy, can you tell? :)

in line to start the race

Holly and I at the starting line

cookies, new talents & computers

2010-02-22T18:14:00.000-08:00

About a month ago I made madison a skirt from a tutorial I found online. I think it turned out really cute!

Robby made us a new computer..one that will be better and easier for me to edit photos

Maddie's new talent is to climb the entertainment center and sit next to the TV. Daddy LOVES when she does this!

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Today, I found this recipe on another blog and decided to try it out...and it is soooooooooo yummy! Maddie had one bite and kept saying "cookie cookie cookie!" Robby had a few and I am eating some as I type this :)

Whole Wheat Chocolate Chip Cookies

All the ingredients needed:
3/4c oatmeal
1 c whole wheat flour
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/4c butter, softened
1/4c canola oil
1/3c sugar
1/3c brown sugar
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla
1 c chocolate chips

Grind oats in blender

Transfer to bowl & stir in flour, baking soda & salt.

Beat butter in mixer until fluffy. Add oil, sugar, b. sugar, egg & vanilla. Beat until smooth and creamy. Add dry ingredients, beating on low until combined.

Stir in chocolate chips

Drop by spoonfuls onto greased cookie sheet @ 350 degrees for about 9 minutes

and TADA!! They are sooooo good!

Happy Valentines Day!!

2010-02-14T09:25:00.000-08:00

This is madison's little cat she wanted for VDAY. Yes, she actually picked it out :). We were shopping in the valentines aisle at Target and she managed to see this TINNNNNNNNNNNNY cat in the shelves and kept saying "cat cat cat cat." I was looking around for a cat and finally came across this one. I think its her favorite gift haha.

Hope everyone had a great one like we did!

On another note...I'd like to ask for some prayers to be said for my grandpa (my moms dad). He has been in the hospital after a surgery to remove part of his colon that had cancer on it and he hasn't been doing as well as we would like, recovery wise. So I would just like everyone to please keep him on your prayer list.

2010-02-11T19:34:00.000-08:00

Madison has discovered how to pose for the camera!! FINALLY! She will see me with the camera and say "CHEEEESE!" I win!

don't tell daddy i was dancing on the chest...only for a second though :)

Tea parties with pawpaw and mimi

2010-02-06T18:36:00.000-08:00

2010-01-29T11:06:00.000-08:00

I have had the best birthday ever! I mean really...looking back I don't think I have had a birthday so eventful! I'll start back on Monday, all the moms in our play group(well not all..but most) met at 3 olives and my friend kasi picked up my meal! Which was GREAT! Then on thursday, maddie slept in till almost 8 which NEVER happens..I woke up to a phone call from robby saying happy birthday. Then throught my morning i found different notes throughout the house saying happy birthday! Around lunch time some moms came over and brought me donuts and kohlaches. We let the kids play...which really was perfect! I love having company over anyways...especially on my birthday :).

Robby came home early and surprised me with dinner plans (he was cooking!). He made me, my favorite, chicken parmesan and fettuccine Alfredo! It was delicious!

Not to mention he got me some really AWESOME gifts!...and to top it off I got a TON of birthday cards!

my little shadow

american girl dolls

2010-01-29T10:03:00.000-08:00

These were my dolls growing up and I let maddie play with them last week. I let her pick out one that she wanted to play with everyday instead of them all..since we all know little kids don't take care of their toys. :)

playing with mommies dolls

Maddie lined up all the dolls like this and was deciding where she fit in :)

nope...wrong place..

ahh this works :)

and p.s. madison LOVES this cat!

2010-01-20T17:18:00.000-08:00

Madison's vocabulary:

-dog
-cat
-bear (bea)
-bye bye...bye bye mama...bye bye dada
-hi
-hello
-logan (our neighbors kid)
-thank you
-yellow (lellow)
-green
-2 and 3
-purple
-shoes
-car
-bird
-juice
-baba (milk or she's hungry)
-dat (that)
-NO..nonononono
-please
-baby
-up & down
-gabba (tv show she watches)...muno, brobee, tootie and foofa (the characters from the show)
-night night
-cookie....COOKIE...COOOOOOOOOOOKIE
-sings to two songs of Lady GaGa
-eye, nose, mouth, teeth, ear
-key
-Mimics a lot of animal noises

I'm sure there are more but we have gone from saying only a few words to repeating a lot of what we say. INSANE!

and whats a blog with no picture? here is maddie helping mommy squeegy the shower.

updates..

2010-01-12T11:38:00.000-08:00

Last friday night our neighbor (rebecca) came over and sat here while maddie slept and we went out on a date. We had a FANTASTIC time and the food was AMAZING! It was nice knowing madison was sound asleep in her crib while we snuck out for a dinner by ourselves. :)

Then today...I got a root canal. Which by the way is not bad at all. I was a little worried because everyone always cringes when you say the word "root canal" which is funny b/c most of the people I talked to who had them said there was no pain. The people who haven't had one cringe. It was pretty much like sitting through a long cavity filling appointment. I had my mouth open for a little over an 1 1/2. So my jaw is a little sore. But no complaints.

our date night picture :)

maddie likes to ride the mule in the backyard...although she says "woof" when she sees it..insinuating its a dog

maddies favorite game..to be chased by mommy on daddys shoulders

new play-room

2010-01-06T07:03:00.000-08:00

this is her model pose!

Playroom complete with a princess palace and everything!

Over thanksgiving my dad gave me a box of my old art stuff from when I was really little. So I framed two paintings for maddie's play room.

Happy New Years!

2010-01-01T17:50:00.000-08:00

Our new tradition will be to make red/white/blue new years day cake with the year on it..might be silly but we need traditions! :)

smiley girl!

2009-12-31T19:49:00.000-08:00

This week has been BUSY! Monday we ran errands and drove to Humble to have lunch with robby's mom on her birthday. Tuesday, I had a photo session (check it out HERE) with my childhood best friend and her fiance, which took up most of the morning and early afternoon. Then on wednesday, I got away and met up with one of my friends for lunch. So while I was away...daddy and maddie played :). They had a BLAST! Tuesday they played around the house and then wednesday Robby took maddie out and showed her all the animals at petsmart and then to kohls. She has clung to him so much since he has been able to spend all this alone time with her..i don't know what she will do when he goes back to work on monday. :( I don't know what I will do either :(.

Anyways...today we went to the Natural Museum of Science in Houston (since the childrens museum was BUSY). Madison LOVED it! She ran around and touched everything. I love those kinds of places where she can run and touch anything she wants and she won't hurt it or hurt herself. Here are a few pictures and videos.

oh and......HAPPY NEW YEAR!

walking around the butterfly museum

running in the museum...FREEDOM!