Thursday, April 14, 2011

No title for this one...

Here are a few recent pictures of our little busy body!! We have been enjoying the great (but very odd) outdoor weather, had a fun visit with Grandma & Grandpa, and are such a silly girl with an amazing personality!
The other week Madison cut her finger, so in order to stop the bleeding we put a bandaid on her finger...ever tried to keep a bandaid on a 15 month old?! It doesnt work! So, we put gloves on Madison until the bleeding stopped...she wasnt sure what to think of it :)
Our weather has been so weird lately...most days are warm and sunny but every once in a while there is random snow and rain! We love etting outside and playing no matter what the weather. You can't tell from this photo (all of these photos are with my camera phone and they are not the best quality...it's so much more convenient than our big camera, but not as good) but Madison is trying to "catch" the rain drops falling...she doesn't have a jacket on because it wasn't even cold and the rain had just started while we were already outside :) Wow, that was a big explanation for a photo that is not really even that good!
Madison loves to push her stroller! This picture is really blurry for some reason..maybe its the movement from the stroller being pushed...oh well!
Always loving mom's sunglasses
My mom and dad sent this shirt to Madison...for those of you who do not know, my dad is a BIG Rotary man! This shirt says "Future Rotarian" and mom must have found it at one of their many conventions that they attended. My dad LOVED the photo of course!!
Last weekend, Grandpa and Grandma came in for a visit...we wish that they could have stayed longer but we really enjoyed our time with them (We are excited that Grandma is coming back though on Saturday to babysit Madison while Miss Kiki is gone). On Sunday, after breakfast we walked down Pearl Street, and Madison loved showing grandpa all the flowers.
If we would have let her, she would have climbed in the flower beds!
Madison, Grandma, and Grandpa
Posing with Daddy, Grandpa, and Mommy
We went into the Crocs store on Pearl Street, and Madison loved trying on all the different shoes...especially the big girl shoes!
She thought this was so cool...even though she is not smiling in this photo :)
Loving on Daddy!
Cheetah girl in her "jungle hat"!
"Peek a boo"!
One of Madison's MANY expressive faces! We have to work on not scowling so much though :)
Playing peek a boo with her breakfast napkin
"Here I am mom!!"

Sunday, April 3, 2011

A week of fun!

So, I'm catching up again...here are lots of new photos from our past week. Spring is coming and we are loving enjoying the outdoors, while still doing lots of fun activities inside! Life is great!
Last weekend, we walked down to breakfast to meet our friends, and on the way back Madison had a blast running down the sidewalks and screaming (in happiness)!
Our good little eater...tilapia, broccoli, and brown rice :)
Riding her pink cow with helmet and all! We bought this helmet for Madison a few months ago so that she could wear in it the bike trailer, but I'm not sure she is ready for it! While it fits inside (because its adjustable), the helmet is three times the size of her head! Also, it pushes her head too far forward when she has it on in the bike trailer...oh well, it will still be good when she's a little older.
The other morning, Madison loved playing in this empty laundry basket and I was able to snap a few cute photos.
I just thought that this was a cute photo :)
On Thursday we went to the Lafayette Children's Museum with our friends Amanda and Elliot. The kids had a great time playing with all the different toys and activities. Madison thought thee puzzles were cool and liked making all the animal sounds. **All of these museum photos were taken with my phone camera, so they are not as good of quality as our real camera, but you gt the idea even though they are a little blurry**
They have a large sandbox and of course Madison found it! She loves playing with the sand and had fun using the shovel to scrap away the sand from the bench.
Madison thought it was so cool to watch the sand go through her fingers!!
At the museum, they have these chairs that go up and down on a pulley and Madison tried it twice buit seemed a little unsure. She was buckled in, so I knew she wasn't going anywhere, but she is not the biggest fan of heights!
They also have this huge pirate ship and Madison had fun helping another little girl "drive" the ship
Sharing pipes with Elliot
Inside the music room, they have an area that where you can see rainbow lights (hence the pink lighting), and these xylophones happened to be in there, so Madison sat down to play them :)
Little Mozarts!!!
Madison found this conductor hat in the train station and loved wearing it!
Another picture of the little Mozarts! They made such cute music together! Elliot is really checking out the keys and MAdison really looks like she is reading the music :)
On Friday we went to the zoo again! Our friends Susan and Daniel joined us and we had a great day! Madison loves the giraffes and thought it was funny when they started chasing the geese.
Daddy's favorite animal...the polar bear
Such a confused face :)
Chasing those darn geese again...Madison and Daniel were fast too and Susan and I really had to run after them!
Cute girl! Climbing the fence to see the polar bear
We finally caught a peacock with its feathers open
Susan and Daniel riding the carrousel
Mommy and Madison...Madison was a little scared of the carrousel, again because of the horse going up so high...we really do think she is scared of heights!
Loving the train again!!
After the zoo, while Madison was napping, Ellie and I enjoyed the amazing 70 degree weather! We both laid in the grass, but Ellie preferred the shade :)
On Saturday morning, we continued our family tradition of going to the Denver Auto Show. This is Madison's 2nd time and she really had fun driving all the cars. Matt of course is a big car guy, and I think its fun to see all the new cars!
Such a serious face, but she really was having fun sitting like a "big girl" in the backseats
Driving the big GMC Denali...her favorite thing is to say "beep beep" while she's driving or attempting to push the horn...luckily the people at the car show are smart enough to diable the horns ;)
Madison was fascinated by the two different color carpets :)
Shiny wheels!
"Oh, I like this part too!"
"Dad! I really do like this car!"
Driving the new Jeep Wrangler with daddy. She really thought that she was "driving"... see the movement in her hands?
She loved climbing in the backseats!
In the new Jeep with mommy..."daddy, can we trade mommy's in for this one? An even trade you think?!"
At the Saab station they had they had this neat retro floor and Madison was fascinated by it! She kept trying to put her fingers through the floor and into the holes.
Jeep had an off road course, and you could ride with a Jeep employee to ride the course. One part of the course was this 45 degree up and down climb...CRAZY!!! It doesn't look that steep from the photos, but HOLY COW!! I would never do that! Matt's comment though was, "Oh, I've gone steeper than that in my car while off roading!" (and I bet that's true...he has no fear!)
"Mom, let's go that way"
Driving with mommy
Siting in a cool red convertible!