Papa Turns 60!!

Today, Papa (my dad, Greg) turned 60 years old! It's hard to believe because he is still so active and young at heart! We were so happy to have spent his birthday together! We had a nice breakfast, relaxed a little, took a walk, and enjoyed a yummy dinner together! We are also celebrating my dad's birthday with the rest of our family (my two brothers, my sister-in-law, and nephew) in Kauai in a few weeks!! We are all SO very excited and can't wait to continue the birthday celebration! HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAD/PAPA...we love you!!

Madison and Papa playing with all the farm animals and the hand clapper

Madison was "talking" on the phone here

Madison and her Papa

My mom made Slop for dinner per my dad's request (its an old family recipe and so yummy!!)

Eating Ginger Snaps together :)

Sharing a Ginger Snap

Madison LOVED the Slop but was not a fan of wearing the birthday hat :)

Yea! Birthday hats with Nana and Papa

Oh my! Another messy noodle night!! In her hair and all over her face...the perfect time to give Nana a big smooch!!

Opening birthday cards with Papa

A preface to the these pictures...when I think Madison has gone #2, I sometimes ask her, "Are there poo poos in your pants?", and most times she says "Nope!"...either because she really doesn't or she doesn't want me to change her. So, as Madison walked behind Nana (who was siting on a stool in Madison's room), she looked in Nana's pants and continued to say, "Nope!"...HILARIOUS!!! We could not stop laughing!!!

Nana could hardly hold still because she was laughing so hard!

Tickle moster with Nana!

Madison was laughing hysterically here!

Angel food cake and strawberries, but as my dad kept saying, "Somebody put the wrong candles on this cake!"

Blowing out the candles together

As Papa was talking on the phone to my brother, Madison ate ALL of his strawberries in no time! She is such a berry girl!

After the berries, she went onto the cake...not just a piece, but she picked up the whole thing!

"Ok Papa, I'll let you have a bite"

"Here Papa...take all this cake too!"

Madison made such a mess with the angel food cake, that my mom vacuumed them off!! Yes...she actually vacuumed them!

Crazy girls! Playing chase with Nana...all around the house! I think my mom burned off all her dinner chasing Madison and yet Madison never seemed to get tired!

Me and my dad

"Gotcha!!!" Madison had so much fun playing chase with Nana and laughed nonstop! She looks like she is in pain here, but is actually laughing hysterically!

"Still gotcha!"

Nana was beat, but Madison wanted to play more!

Such a great day!

Mother's Day

Today was my 2nd Mother's Day and it sure was a great one...except that I was not with my mom :( I woke up to my little Miss and my wonderful husband bringing me a gourmet breakfast in bed, followed by a walk downtown to get coffee with Papa, painting pottery, and ended with a great backyard BBQ with our friends Casey, Amanda, and Elliot. I had a GREAT Mother’s Day and I am so fortunate to have such a wonderful husband and to be the mother to such an amazing little girl!

Coffee downtown with my little girl, Matt, and Papa

Saying bye to Papa after we got back from coffee...it looks like she's saying "give me a kiss right here Papa" :)

Madison painted me a plate and I helped her a little so that the brush would not go in her mouth :)

Painting with Daddy

This was supposed to be a video...I'm, not sure what happened, but Madison was saying "Yeah!!" and was so proud of herself for all the painting!

Such a silly girl!! Madison had two pacifiers in her hand, and so I said, "Oh you have two pacis", and so this is what she did with them :)

(She is in her old car seat by the way because we were in Matt's car)

A little athlete!

"What am I supposed to do with it now?!"

Me and my girl!

I love you Madison Mae!

Amanda, Elliot, Madison, and I tried to get a picture and it was such a difficult task! If 3 of us were looking, 1 of us was not, if one of us was looking, the other 3 were not! I'm making this face because Madison poked me with my sunglasses!

The kids were playing behind the grill (don't worry, Casey checked it out and there was nothing that they could get hurt on, and its was cold) and they were laughing hysterically!! There was a drawer that they were pulling in and out and they both thought that it was the best thing ever!! The 4 of us adults were sitting in the grass, and all we could here were giggles!

My beautiful bouquets...one from Matt & Madison, and the other from my in-laws

These next few pictures are from earlier in the weekend...

On Thursday (Cinco de Mayo), we went to Casey and Amanda's for margaritas and the kids had a great time playing with the wagon...this is one of their favorite things to do!

Getting into the wagon together...it was a little tight!

The other night we walked downtown with our friends James, Melissa, and Anderson for pizza. Because of the sun, we turned Madison around, and the kids liked seeing each other and giving high fives in their matching strollers

Last night after we walked home from downtown, Madison and Anderson had a fun time playing on the porch...why the porch, I have no idea, but it was pretty cute! Anderson enjoyed ringing the doorbell and Madison liked making silly faces

One of Madison's new facial expressions and phrases..."Oh my!"

A blurry picture of Anderson (sorry Melissa!) but the kids were giving each other a hug here and it was so cute! Unfortunately, all the fun ended when Anderson took a tumble and got hurt :(

Silly Girl!

Madison's is becoming more fun by the day! She is such a little sponge and is learning things/words faster than I can write them down! She is filled with giggles, energy, and personality! Oh how we adore our silly little Maddie Moo!

A few weeks ago we went to the zoo...yes again (we are zoo members now)...and rode the very exciting train. Anytime Madison sees or hears a train, she gets very excited, "honks the horn", and says very enthusiastically, "tootoo"!

I gave Madison a piece of cheese and she put the whole thing in her mouth!!

She looks like such a little Boulder girl here...backpack, hat, and most impotantly, hugging a tree :)

Stil lovin' the tree

Silly face!

Not sure what she's doing here, but I think she was trying to push the tree

A beautiful Boulder day!

Dipping chips in the salsa with Daddy

"CHEESE!!" This is also her new thing...when you say "smile", she gives you an adorable, but very exaggerated smile :)

Chillin' on the swing

Sweet girl...she looks SO long here!

Yummy! When we go to the ice cream shop, we sometimes get Madison a little kids cone and have them put a sample size spoon of ice cream in her cone (not much), and she really enjoys it...unfortunately, they were out of kids cones that night so she got a big cone, but we only let her take a few bites :)

Such a silly face!

Oh my!! This was a MESSY night!! She ate refried beans and they were everywhere!!! At one point she put her hands in them and then rubbed her hands through her hair!! It was straight to the bath!!!

And beans all over the face too!

This picture was taken with my cell phone and so the quality is not great and there was a funny flash on the picture, but it was too cute not to post. I just loved her little smile here

Again, bad quality, but a cute, silly smile

The other day when we were picking out Mother's Day cards, I gave Madison one to look at...it happened to be a musical card, and when she opened it up, she was so surprised! She thought it was the silliest thing and could not stop smiling!

Not the most polite picture to post, but I thought it was pretty cute...I asked Madison, "Honey, what's in your mouth?", and this is what I got :)

The new smile