Fancy Paintings

Nana Pat purchased the house a fantastic painting yesterday. Take a look... Isn't it beautiful? I feel all fancy and stuff now. It was an early Christmas present and I am super excited!

Maddy is still pretty perfect. I like to tell her that she is so pretty, but that more importantly she is really smart. I pinch myself regularly, it is hard to believe I got so lucky.














We are also getting ready for our trip out West... to California! Besides that absolute fun fact that we are getting to meet Mickey we also get to see Grandma Bridget, Grandpa John, Auntie Christen, Uncle Chris, and cousins Mikayla and Brandon... Oh, and Auntie Jen and Uncle Tim! Happy Thanksgiving to me! Hopefully they have stocked up on Popsicles because I'm digging me some of those!

Yummy, give me some mo'

Maddy and I have been branching out and trying some new snacks. I have sadly been one of those mommies who provides their child with puffs, and curls, and baby snacks... which would be fine for most little cuties, but my baby girl likes to eat. So constant puffs can not be incredibly good for the body. Right?
With the resolve to feed her better foods we went on a Babies R Us mission. I do not usually shop at Babies R Us, but when you are looking for that special thing I always go there first. I think it is a trust thing. Back on topic... we found the baby netting mesh feeder thingy.... tadaa...


Cut up any fruit you'd like to give baby and place it in the netting. Pooff.... Let them eat fruit, safely.

I did mention that we had both found "new" foods. Mine, is Pomegranates. Yum.

Off to California for us in a few days! :) I am very nervous about the flight, but am very excited about seeing everyone!

Friday Fun

Thursday Thoughts

I saw this on another blog.
Type "why" into Google, go ahead type it.

Did you get this?

Where on Earth did... "Why is there a dead Pakistani on my couch" come from?!

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."