Boogers... Be gone!

Daddy has been pretty sick since Thursday night. Maddy and I are trying our hardest to take care of him, but he doesn't feel good! So this is just a quick post to wish boogers away... Looks like Maddy's gathering some up too!

Friday Five

Guilty Pleasures
~Hoodsies!
~Reality TV
~Wheat Thins... (Boxes and boxes of them.)
~Spongebob Squarepants
~Facebook

Useless Info
~US dollar bills are made out of cotton and linen. (Hmmm, easy-peasy right?)
~Your stomach creates a new layer of mucous every two weeks. This is so it does not digest itself. (YUM. that's all I can say.)
~A female ferret will die if it goes into heat and can not find a mate. (Hahaha, really? Come'n)
~In Ancient Rome when a man testified in court he could swear on his testicles. (Could women testify?)
~Donkeys kill more people than plane crashes. (G*Dang Donkeys!)

Birthdays are a special thing.

Did you notice? There was no long, wordy, meaningful post on Maddy's birthday. For that fact, I really didn't even blog ABOUT her birthday. I sat down at my laptop ready to bring finality to a years' worth of laughs, poops, and tears.... I took my seat, grabbed a nice tall glass of ginger-ale, placed my hands above the keys and... nothing. I can not write about her birthday. It was a very special day, a day that I hold very dear, but I can not write about it. Every time I think about a post I can make in her birthday's honor my eyes become glassy, my chest feels heavy, and the lump in my throat grows a little more. My baby is one. There are no clever words I can put together to explain how that feels.
Moving on... *tear* *tear* clears throat.....
Madelyn has really started to come into her own these last few days. It is as if turning one was the exact point where she changed a little. I was laying in bed last night watching ABC comedies with Ray when I realized how truly fun it is to get to hang with her. I turned to Ray to let him know that "she is my best friend." He turned back to me and said, "no, she is mine and she can not have two best friends."

Wordless Wednesday

I wonder if she likes cake? Hmmm... Maybe we'll have to go with broccoli next year.

PS... I am ordering the book I had made of this blog. Yipeeeeee!

Pooh Bear Likes Honey

Happy Birthday sweet baby girl.

Sleep... Beautiful Sleep

She slept last night, and it was wonderful :)

Constant Tears

This has been a tough week! Between the fall and Maddy's teeth coming in we can not seem to get out of our own way! She has been up a lot at night lately and while she is screaming and fussing I can easily slip into a state of panic, I want to throw the remote and be angry. As I was entering this "zone" last night I stepped back and realized that is life. A crying baby is a crying baby, that's it. Not the end of the world, just a stage in life. She will not always cry, but hopefully she will always find safety in my arms.