Madison's 7 Month Happenings

Holy Cow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Maddie is 7 months old today, which means she is closer to a year than not, and I am not going to lie it is breaking my heart. Can I please just freeze time and keep my baby as a baby forever???? I don't think she would like that very much because she is growing, developing, and discovering the world around her more and more each day and I think she is liking what she is seeing and figuring out!

 Madison's 7 Month photo shoot with Tinkerbell (Daddy wasn't here so I had to entertain Maddie and keep her wondering hands away from Tink all by myself, also she was more interested in her toes then me LOL) 

 

"See look what I can do Mommy, I can touch my toes!!!"

"Thanks for letting me eat Tinkerbell. She sure tastes yummy!"

Maddie Updates:

• Eating solid foods 3x a day- her MOST favorite thing to eat is BANANAS!!! Madison's face lights up when she sees them and eats them, and I can't eat one in front of her without her making me feel guilty about it.
• Almost ready to cut out her 3rd nap of the day (she only gets it when she really needs it). Sleeping 12 hours a night and taking two 2 hour naps. She is a good little sleeper!!!
• LOVES her feet and constantly wants to play with them, hold on to them, or suck on them...yep imagine all that toe jam going straight into her mouth LOL.
• Sits up and plays all by herself-Sitting up is Maddie's new fav way to play. Way to strengthen your core baby girl!!!
• Starting to wave (mostly mimics). I am also working on Baby Sign (more, pleases, all done)
• Learning how to drink from a sippy cup
•  Got up on all fours like she was going to crawl (only did this one time)- I have mixed feelings about her crawling. Once she starts moving she really won't be a baby girl who needs me all the time, so I am trying to hold off. But can tell she is ready and sometimes even gets frustrated that she can't move, or get a toy that is a little too far from her reach.

This past month was an extra  fun one because Maddie and Mommy took a vacation together. We went out West for my Girl's Retreat 2012 with my BYU Roomies, and visited family in Washington and Utah.

 I think being up at the cabin with my roommates brought out Madison's wild side....check out how she woke up! Breaking out of her sleeper.

 First 4-wheeler ride. Don't worry we drove really carefully! Also don't you just love my hot jean jacket???

 Meeting her Zaugg Cousin's for the first time. They were loving Maddie's chubby cheeks almost as much as I do.

 Maddie with cousins, Aunt Jenny, and Grandma Tracy

 Maddie with Grandma Karen at Aunt Audrey's soccer game in Washington

 Maddie with Grandpa Hansen....wishing him a happy birthday!!!

 Maddie looking cute with Mommy after church

 Swimming at the Great Wolf Lodge

 Having fun with Mommy on vacation.

It was a great month, and we are looking forward to an exciting fall together, including Mommy's marathon, Daddy finishing another rotation, and OSU football!

Madison's Room Before/After

Madison's nursery is now my favorite room in the entire house! I just love how everything turned out and feel like all our hard work; sanding, staining, painting, and organizing has paid off!

 Before- Maddie's Room (an organized mess LOL)

After- Maddie's finished room. The final product!!!

 Before- Bookshelf unstained

 After-Bookshelf Stained!!! lookin good

 Before-Glider-BLUE

 After- Glider Tan

Before- Dresser unstained (the only before pic I could find....bummer)

After- Dresser Stained

During

Here are some of the during pictures of our efforts to beautify Madison's room.
 Scottie working hard and spending many hours sanding away at our furniture.

 Scottie did most of the sanding and I did most of the staining. (I never got a pic of myself working...oh well...I promise I did!)

 Scottie picking up our crib from Babies R' Us

 Scottie assembling our crib...we are crib owners and just love the one we picked out!

Check out the cutie sleeping away in her crib (Maddie has started sleeping on her tummy, and there is nothing I can do about it). Also I had a show off my cute bedding. I ordered this bed set as soon as I found out I was having a girl.

Before- Taped wall

 After- painted wall

 During- us working hard and painting away.

 During- My sweet mother in law recovered my glider and did a wonderful job! Thanks Tracy for using some of your vacation time to make my chair look amazing!

 Thanks everyone for your hard work and for making Maddie's room so perfect. Now you can see why I just LOVE this room!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Goodbye 27, Hello 28!!!

So it's been almost a whole month since my 28th birthday (August 24th), but it was so special that I just have to blog about it. It was an especially special birthday because Scottie threw me an ice cream/cake party with friends. I realized it was my first official birthday party with friends in 10 years!!! WOW time is flying by. We also celebrated my special day by going golfing, eating out at the Cheesecake Factory, and having the traditional birthday circle of gifts.

Us at the Cheesecake Factory! Love that place:)

 Family picture at the birthday party. Don't you just love Maddie's stiff arm? Getting a good family pic, is tricky now that we have a little wiggling one.

 Some of the party goers

 Me with my goodie loot!

 Maddie with her friends (Frost 7 months, Madison 6 months, and Reese 9 months) BFFs already!

 Cute girl wishing Mommy a happy birthday!

 Me in the birthday circle

 Me with my birthday loot. Loved the red pants and blue dress Scottie surprised me with. Scottie is such a great shopper and always gets me a the greatest things!

It was a good birthday and I am thankful for a sweet hubby who made sure I felt loved all day long. Goodbye 27, hello 28!

Change!

Why do things have to change!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Blogger just changed their settings and I am going crazy! Just when I have something figured out they change it....man alive I can't stand change! I am sure change is for the better, so I am going to keep my chin up and not revert back to the old style!
Speaking of change....I have changed ages and am now 28years young! Also Maddie's room has changed and I am finally ready to do before and after pictures. Oh yes one more big change...my hair!
Here's to change!

Before 

 After

 During

I have always wanted a pixie cut and now I have one! I will have to post pics of the back, it's short and I LOVE it!

Maternity pictures!!!

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So these were taken almost 7 months ago (obviously because I am not pregnant anymore and Maddie is almost 7 months old). lOl. Thanks to Shutterfly I got a free book, so i decided to use the pics from my maternity photoshoot. I seriously loved being pregnant with Maddie, and am happy to have these pictures to always remember the precious time that was.
PS. holding my Sweet Maddie Sue in my arms now beats being pregnant tho!

Florida trip from forever ago

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I just made this free Shutterfly Photobook of our first family vacation we took back in May to Hollywood, Florida. That trip seems like it was forever ago and my sweet Madison was only 9 weeks old! Wow time is flying by, and I am glad I have the precious memories to remember our good times by.