Maddie's "Pool" Party

So Maddie was supposed to have a pool party in Bronte, however, due to God's wonderful plan to make it rain that day, we got relocated to a pavilion down the road. It was pretty windy, and it did rain pretty good, but the pavilion was nice and big and no one got wet. I was a little disappointed, because she was supposed to look cute for her party, but we planned for a swimming party. So instead, she had messy hair and an over sized t-shirt. Oh-well, lesson for next time I suppose. It ended up being great anyway! She got so excited while opening presents, and would say, "Oh my Gosh", or "Oh Boy" every time she opened a present.


Maddie and Kylee at the party! Maddie trying to shoot in her basket, but its quite a bit too big right now, she will have to get some muscles. Maddie got a tricycle and wasn't able to pedal, so D'Laney took the job of pusher. She pushed Maddie around and around! It was so cute, and then Maddie took her eyes off the road and D'Laney kept turning her head so she would look straight ahead, it was very funny!

Maddie was so excited about all of her presents! It was so fun to watch this year, because she understood what was going on!

This is Maddie's monkey cake...I kind of rushed through it, because I got tired and frankly havent been in the cake making mood. But I really thought the cake was cute at Hayden's party and figured I could do it for Maddie. It may be a long time before I make this cake again, lol.

Tentative Due Date

So I had my doctors appointment today, and we did another sonogram. I CANNOT believe how much the baby has developed in just one month! It went from a blob- to a baby with arms and legs! We also set a tentative delivery date. He adjusted the due date to February 23rd, and he gave me a few day range of when I would like to deliver, and so I went with the 17th. So unless I go into delivery early, that will be K-Baby's Birthday!!! So very exciting!

WILD!!! A very long post!

So I finally got around to changing the background and such on my blog, its been awhile. The reason behind this theme is for 2 reasons.

1) Maddie is a wild thing! I mean look at that hair.
2) The theme at school this year is Wild About Fannin, so I am trying to get into the school spirit.
Maddie's birthday will be the jungle theme...I got the idea from Lindsey and loved it, so I am doing basically what she did for Haydens first birthday on Maddie's 2nd birthday.

Also, I finally downloaded the pictures off of my camera, so here are some updated pictures..Finally!

This was in the aquarium, and Maddie stood by that window for at least 10 minutes, she loved how close she was to the fish. She is trying to touch one through the glass.
This was Maddie's 1st official viewing of a real elephant. We have been teaching her all the animal sounds, but where having a hard time with elephant, but now that she has seen one, she does it really well! And I think the elephant was smiling in this picture.

They had a petting zoo, but it was just goats. So Maddie and I got a brush and brushed one.

What a coincidence that my little monkey, loved watching the monkeys! We would turn around a corner and she would say "monkey?", and point ahead as if they were around every corner. We did have to make a loop to watch them a second time because she liked them so much.

And this has nothing to do with the zoo, but I couldnt resist putting it up...How can something that messy be that cute?!!! I came up the stairs, and she waved at me like everything was fine and dandy...and it really was I guess, just a little messy.

Overall the San Antonio zoo was hot, but so very worth it! They have a very extensive kiddy area, that if we had known about, we would have come better prepared for. There are little geysers that shoot out of the ground and kids were running around in their swimsuits cooling off. They also have a building that is like a daycare full of toys so they can play in the air conditioner. The animals where awesome, and I will defiantly want to go back when they finish phase 2 of the African Safari.

Maddie is growing up so fast its crazy...so I figured I would update on her progress I guess you could call it since she is almost a 2 year old.

1) She talks ALOT! She has a very big vocabulary and I have had several people tell me they are surprised how much and how clearly she talks for her age. She still does not use the L sound or the R sound.

2) We are finally up to 24 month clothes, so we are no longer 6-12 months behind on sizes. We havent been to the doctor for her 2 year appointment yet, but it should be interesting. She is getting taller for sure, but her weight has not budged. It stays between 23 and 24 pounds and has for many many months now.

3) She is a MONKEY! She climbs on everything and jumps on everything. She carries her little chair around in order to get what she wants. She is still sleeping in her crib, but she will throw out all the blankets every morning so she can jump better.

4) She has very good manners, and knows when to use them....her favorite is "Pease" (please) because she usually gets what she is asking for as long as she uses her manners.

5) She still does not have any of her canine teeth, but one on the bottom has been close for a month now, lol.

6) She picks up on things very quickly that crack me up, such as the dumb Bratwurst commercials that say "Go Meat" at the end. She will hear it on TV and walk around throwing her arm in the air saying "Go Meat" for several minutes after its over. She also like the Dell computer commercial that sings the "Lollipop lollipop song"....since she doesnt use the L sound however, she sings it more like this " pop, pop, boom boom" its quite comical.

7) We still have just been toying with potty training, but she has gone #1 and #2 multiple times in her big girl potty. We tried big girl panties one day, and she tee teed 4 times in them and would tell me afterward, but Josh all of a sudden heard her grunting and went to check on her and she was sitting on her potty pooping. So at least she chose the more important # to do in the potty for mommy's sake.

8) She can do all of this animal sounds / motions: cow, pig, duck, puppy, kitty, elephant, monkey, sheep, donkey, lizard, and horse. (The donkey is the funniest!!, she learned that while hanging out with her uncle Tobin).

9) She eats EVERYTHING! I cannot think of one thing that she will not eat, and she eats all the time, which makes me a little curious as to why she does not gain any weight.

10) We have not mastered the art of dressing ourselves yet. She can put her arms through the shirt once I pull it over her head, and she steps into her shorts, but cannot do either without assistance. She can take her shorts, shoes, and socks off, but she has a hard time getting her arms out of her shirts to take them off.

Ok, so that is 10 things that mark her abilities or lack there of as a 1 year old. I love her so much, and cannot imagine loving 2 babies and a husband as much as I do....Sometimes I feel like my heart is overflowing! I love my family so very much!!!

Can we say emotional?

Its a little ridiculous I think that I am tearing up after hearing a commercial that reminds me of Maddie and she has only been gone for 10 minutes. My cousin Tina and my Aunt Tanya took Maddie for the night so that Josh and I could make some progress on cleaning the house. So Im going to blame all these emotions on the pregnancy, cause Im not usually this emotional....hahaha, yeah right! It's just me.

Maddie's birthday party!

Well I am sending out invitations sometime this week, but I am only sending them to Maddie's little friends and family. So if you do not get an invitation I am inviting you to come anyway! We are having her party on the 15th ( a week early ) at the Bronte pool from 6-8. The pools last day is the 16th so if we wanted the pool instead of a hot park we had to move up the party. My sister in law will be working that day so we will have a small family get together on her actual birthday so that Aunt Lacy can be there too.

Also I know I have been neglecting my duties as a blogger by waiting 2 weeks in between posts: for that I am sorry because I know I look foward to reading everyone elses post on a regular basis.

As far as my due date I am still semi unclear, but this is what I got from my doctors quick conversation....I believe that we are going with the 19th for the due date, however, he said we will deliver a week early due to the repeat c-section. So I would assume that it would be the 12th, but I guess I will have to ask for sure at my next appointment which is on Aug 10th.

I will get all my pictures off my camera at some point in time, but right now I am just being lazy. So maybe next time!

More than expected.

I was told when I made my first doctors appointment that I would just be speaking with the nurse today and we would schedule to visit with my doctor in 2 weeks or so. So we didnt worry about Josh working today because I knew I could answer all the questions, and I also took Maddie with me since it was just a chit-chat with the nurse.....WELL......

Turns out, I did talk to the nurse, but then she took me to another room to meet with the doctor. (What?!) So I have Maddie with me, and I have to get on the table, and she does not like that. Anyway, during the first visit, I talked to the nurse, got a pelvic exam, did a quick sonogram to check the due date, and also got sent for blood work!!! Maddie was not impressed, and I think Josh was a little bummed he didnt get to see the the first sonogram of K Baby.

Also, today is the my final day without braces, and I am of course partially terrified and partially curious. So I will of course take before, during, and after pictures. AHHHH!!

Another thing- I promise to get pictures up fairly soon...this past week has been crazy so I havent had much time to do anything.

Alot of updating and not one picture.

• Last weekend we went to Lubbock for one of my family reunions. Josh, Maddie, and I rode with my cousin Tina and her husband Nick. We had a blast riding up there and hanging around together. I cant say that we had a bunch of fun at the reunion, because in all reality is was pretty lame. We did get to eat at Raisin Caines while we were in Lubbock, which curbed my craving for a little while. However, Saturday night Josh got a call from his dad letting us know that his PaPa passed away.
• So Sunday we came home and spent the day with Joshs family and met with the preacher to decide on arrangements. Monday we went to Bronte to pick out flowers and do a few other neccessary activites, then that night we had visitation. It was wonderful, there were so many people that came to pay their respects. Tuesday was the funeral, and it was really nice. Joshs dad got up and read the obituary and then told a few stories. I was very proud of him for stepping up and doing that since no one else could.
• Before visitation on Monday Lacy was going to go back home and do some homework and come back that night. Well on her way home she saw an Expedition fliped over so she stopped to try to help. She called Jeff and Josh because it ended up being really bad and she needed their help. There were 9 people in that vehicle and 2 were already dead when they got there. There were some volunteer ambulances there, but they were young and had never seen such a serious accident. So Josh and Jeff kind of took over and started the excavation of the ones still stuck in the vehicle. They got the others out, and did what they could to help the other ambulances get everyone situated. One got medi-vac'd, and most of the rest went to the hospital in the ambulances. It still amazes me that my husband is so capable of helping people in such situations. He is very good at what he does, and I am proud of him for that.
• Thursday we went to my friend Mallorys place on the river in between Christoval and Menard. We had a nice relaxing time hanging out and sitting in the river. Then they shot off several fireworks on Friday night, it was great!
• Saturday Josh had to work so we went to the firestation to watch the fireworks with him. Watching the fireworks from the airport is beautiful! It was nice outside too, so it was altogether a great night. As the fireworks at the lake finished up, they got called to a run! It once again made me so proud to watch him and the others run to the firetruck ready to put out a fire.

So needless to say last week was VERY busy and emotional in several different ways. This coming week will also be very busy, because I am going to get my impressions for my braces on Tuesday, then we will leave for Schlitterbahn and the San Antonio Zoo that day as well. We will get back on Thursday. I have my first appointment with my nurse on the 13th, and get my braces put on the 14th. AHHHHH...Did I mention that what was pure excitement is turning into pure nervousness!

Then on to the pregnancy- I was feeling great until we found out about Josh's grandad and then all of a sudden I started to feel nauseous I suppose. Not real bad, just a little annoying I guess you could say. It's much better now, but I have found that when I get even a little hungry or a little to hot, it starts again. Other than that nothing has changed.

I hope everyone had a wonderful 4th of July!!!