Madison is 2!

Our big girl turned 2!!  I can't believe how fast time has gone.  We were blessed to celebrate with many of our family members.  Uncle Aaron, Aunt Shawna and Christopher spent the weekend with us before her birthday and then Grandma, Grandpa and Grammy were there to celebrate on the special day.  Since baby brother could arrive any day, we kept things low key.  It was a fun day filled with Curious George (Madison's favorite right now), pizza, cake and presents.  

Happy Birthday Madison!  We love you so much!! 

Easter 2013

 Someone is ready for Easter!

 Mommy teaching Madison how to dye "Eggies".

 Daddy helping with the stickers!

We went to Easter service on Friday night.  Our church opened a new campus and they asked the regular members to attend Friday night so there would be more open seats on Saturday and Sunday.  Saturday we went to Corbin and spent the day with Todd's family.  His mom made us a nice Easter dinner and Madison got an Easter basket.  Easter morning Madison got her basket from the Easter Bunny and then in the afternoon she dyed Easter eggs for the first time.  She ate a lot of candy and had a wonderful day!

World of Words

As a parent, I often wonder/worry if my child is on track developmentally (I'm sure others do this as well).  For a long time I thought she was never going to talk!  Her pediatrician assured me she was on track.  I decided to make a list of her words and she is actually saying a lot now.  It's amazing how quickly her skills developed.  Here is her current list (I'm probably missing some and she is truly adding new words every few days).

Mama
Daddy
Baby
Dog
Duck
Monkey
Mouse
Bunny
Bee
Birdie
Elmo
Cookie
Milk
Apple
Egg
Cheese
Eat
Bite
Hot
Done
Gone
Up
Out
More
Stuck
Make
Help
Back
Walk
Stay
This
Go
Mine
No
Bark
Pink (any color could be called pink)
Ball
Bow
Book
Bible
Hat
Bot (meaning robot)
Boat
Pool
Bath
Bubbles
Morning
Bit
Nice
Nose
Eyes
Feet
"K"
"Uh Oh"
"Oh No"
"Weee!"
Bye
Hello
Hi
Please (still signs)

She also knows many animal sounds and can point to many body parts.
A few words I'd like her to learn: Please (actually saying it), Thank You, Sorry, Love You
She loves music but hasn't started to sing yet.  I can't wait to hear her little signing voice! 

Egg Hunt

Our church had its Easter egg hunt a few weeks before Easter this year.  We lucked out and had beautiful weather!  Madison's little friends, Alex & Hudson, were also there.  Madison was a pro and wracked up the most eggs in her age group.  She wasn't a fan of the Easter bunny so we couldn't get her to take a picture alone with him.  The kids had a great time!

Explorium - Children's Museum

This seems to be the winter that won't end.  Since we've been trapped in the house so much, we decided to meet up with our friend Amanda and her son, Alex, for a trip to the children's museum in Lexington.  Madison and Alex had a great time exploring.  Their favorite parts were the water table and bubble station. 

They got pretty wet.  Next time we will bring a change of clothes!

When you live in Kentucky, you learn to care for horses early.

Tapioca Art

This winter we have had a lot of colds in our house.  During one of the rounds of sickness, we decided to help Madison feel better by trying a little art project I had heard about from a friend.  We cooked some tapioca, added food coloring and let our little Picasso go to town.

Not so sure, checking it all out.

Getting the hang of it.

Taking a taste... not a fan.

"Hold on, I'm making a masterpiece."

It was a success!

Cousin Birthday Fun!

Cousin Christopher turned 6 this month!  Since we live so close to Aaron's family, we were able to go up and spend two days to help celebrate.  My parents made the trip down, making it extra fun.  First we met everyone in Cincinnati for lunch and then toured the aquarium.  We normally go on a weekday, but went on a Saturday since it was Christopher's actual birthday.  It was busy!!  We battled the crowd and had a great time.

Next we headed up to Dayton to Aaron's house and spent the night.  Madison loved playing with her cousin, as always :)  We had a great time and are thankful that we could spend the weekend with everyone!

Some special time with Grandpa.

Playing at a nearby park.