Saturday, April 11, 2015

Easter!

 
Easter Morning!
we hid the kiddos Easter baskets this year and it was so much fun watching
them search for them:)
 





madyn got a little tent, sleeping bag, fishing pole and a new dress.
later that day we headed up to curt gowdy so the boys
could shoot their bows and the girls could throw the kids an easter hunt.






































 
it was such a nice day out!
perfect for an outing.
of course madyn couldn't last long without her movies.
luckily megan has Frozen on her phone.
when we got home we had a lovely dutch oven dinner.
we had mt dew chicken and a pineapple upside down cake.
it was soooo good.
after we ate we decorated our sugar cookies. 















 
I thought they turned out super cute!
and super YUMMY!
we spent the rest of the night relaxing, talking and shooting the
air-nerf-bunny things that we got for the kids.
they were actually pretty legit and fun.
Monday morning our company took off
:(
much to my dismay...
we had such a fun time with them.
madyn slept most of the day away.
she never seems to sleep good when we have company...
I think she gets too excited and just wants to play.
she was fun to watch interact with her cousins,
especially laityn.
she liked to rock her in her car seat and watch her!
that girl makes me happy!
the next couple of days I spent working on my computer.
megan had taken some lifestyle pictures of her kids and wanted me to edit them.
I tell you what, I have one talented sister!
check some of these out.
I am soo in love!
 



















 
the rest of the week was pretty much same ol same old.
but it was a great week.
one night at dinner eric taught madyn how to do silly faces...
 
 
and I spent my time making madyn some sacrament books.
I am pretty happy with how they turned out
:)
 
 
Saturday we went to Murdoch's and had 25 cent hamburgers.
they were delicious as always.
then we took a little drive up towards vedauwoo.
we got out of the car and did a little hiking around.











 
when we got home we set up madyn's tent that she got for Easter.
she loved it!!!





 
oh man I sure love that little stink!
 later we barbequed and played outside:)
seriously don't I live the best life?!?
 




 

Monday, April 6, 2015

Company!

and the sickness continues....
sunday was a very very very long day.
i woke up to missed calls, texts, and voicemails from dad.
jamie was having some sort of allergic reaction the day before and sunday morning i
guess things just got really worse. her eyes were starting to swell and
she was having trouble breathing so the took her to evanston to get checked out.
i don't like when things like this are going on with my family...
it stresses me out big time.
by noon every thing was ok and they were sending her home.
but i still had a very sick husband on my hands.
things were just not getting better with him.
madyn seems to be still somewhat out of sorts...
oye! i want my family back to normal!
eric's fever was at 102, and with 4 blankets and the space heater on him,
he was still not getting warm.
mark and evan came over and gave him a blessing.
45 minutes later his temperature was at 104.5.
YIKES!
urgent care was already closed for the day so it was to the ER we went.
mark and brandy took madyn for us. i felt bad since she had been out of 
sorts, but the graciously watched her anyways.
we spent forever in the ER...
they tested him for flu, strep, and mono.
after 2 and a half hours
all of them came back negative.
but luckily they game him some antibiotics and sent us on our way.
Monday was a complete turn around.
eric's fever had gone down and madyn seemed to be doing somewhat better.
so it looks like we are finally on the mend!!!
we spent a lot of our week playing at the park and having fun outside.





Wednesday we went swimming with Easton and Brandy.
the swimming pool was sooo nice and warm and I
think the kiddos completely wiped us out.
Thursday we found out that eric GOT IN THE NURSING PROGRAM!!!
I cant tell you how excited that news has made us!
that is a huge burden off of our shoulders.
Friday the Meeks family came to Laramie to spend some time with us!
I can't say enough how much I love it when my family comes down!
we had a delicious dinner and hung out the rest of the night.
Saturday Mark, Eric and Scott went to Fort Collins
to do a 3D archery shoot.
So Me, Megs, Brandy and the kids stayed in Laramie and
hung out.
we tried doing an Easter egg hunt at the University but
the parents were crazy!
we walked the whole way through it with 4 kids and didn't get 1 egg
luckily brandy was pretty fast and shared some of Easton's eggs with us.
we hung out the rest of the day then when the boys got back we had some pizza and
the kids played outside.
that night we all dyed easter eggs:)
such a fun week... ya know after the sickness passed.



















Sunday, March 29, 2015

18 Months of Madyn

sunday Madyn turned 18 months!


 
18 Months of Madyn
weighing in at 22 lbs 5 oz and 32 inches tall.
she loves doing actions to songs. her favorite is roll your hands. and itsy bitsy spider.
she is still obsessed with movies. currently mulan.
I love watching her watch them. she giggles along, claps, and really gets into it. it's pretty cute.
her favorite toys are her baby dolls.
she can show you where her eyes, ears, mouth, nose, teeth and tongue are.
she loves to color.
she has 6 top teeth and 6 bottom teeth and she loves to brush them.
madyn has a HUGE sweet tooth! she especially loves reeses.
 she says "ready, set!" (she still hasn't gotten the 'go' part down)
she also started one, two, three!
madyn LOVES playing outside! the swings are her favorite.
she has gotten really independent and loves to do things on her own terms.
when ever she sees a picture of her cousin jett she excitedly proclaims JETT!!
she also started calling Tony and Glade - Papa.
she loves bubbles.
she loves to crawl behind the couch.
she can tell you what a monkey, elephant and dog say/do.
she doesn't make a fuss or make a peep when we lay her down for a nap or for bed.
she loves the phone!
she hates her earrings.
the little stinker has figured out how to turn on Netflix on Eric's phone.
whenever she gets ahold of his phone she turns it on automatically.
she LOVES Olaf from Frozen. she hysterically giggles whenever she sees him.
she hates going to the store right now. (mainly because I don't let her walk around)
she is a huge daddy's girl.
her current favorite book is Dear Zoo.
she loves going to my closet and pulling out my shoes and wearing them.
her favorite thing for breakfast is cheerios with yogurt.
if she is sad she calls me momma but usually just refers to me as ky.
her new thing is she likes to go in her room and shut the door and play and read books.
she LOVES her rocking elephant.

SHE'S A TALKING GIRL!
hi, bye, no, yes, yeah, uh-oh, momma, dad, kylie, ky, papa,
cheese, shoes, baby, what, what's that, peek-a-boo, juice, thanks, yay, jeep, coat, nose,
door, go, love you, Olaf, cracker, please, good, watch, why, eyes, Jett, ready- set, cute, one,
two, three, and all done.
 
it was the first day that Madyn survived church ok.
she handled nursery like a champ! that sure made me proud.
and she sat in sacrament for the full hour.
that sure took a load of stress off of me!
 Monday we went to an appointment and a lady said to madyn- your pigtails are sooo cute!
madyn proudly said- SO CUTE!
my girl seriously makes me laugh.
 and if you thought this girl doesn't keep me on my toes.... you are wrong....


this week miss madyn was busy with doctor checkups and her first dentist appointment

Wednesday was the doctor.
Elizabeth said mads is perfect! (but we already knew that) :)
oh but man she was a turd ALL stinking day!!!!
she only had a half hour nap and was very grumpy.
it was a pretty difficult day.
Thursday I woke up listening to her play in her crib
all happy when all the sudden she just starts crying 'why! why! why!'
that girl! she's pretty goofy!
once I got her up she was A LOT happier then the day before.
she did so awesome at her first dentist appointment.
once we got home things turned for the worse again....
mad's was just wayyyy out of sorts.
eric hasn't felt good the last couple of days so I was just praying she wasn't getting sick.
then I looked over and she was passed out on the recliner...
I knew she must not be feeling so well.
:(
Friday she was still out of sorts....
let me tell you Friday was a LONG day.
but I have to say grumpy little sick madyn still has the ability to crack me up.
she was all snuggled up on the recliner watching Mulan and
little miss just gets so into her movies.
she laughs and mushu, she cheers and yells during the war scenes,
the dances to the songs.
she really kills me.
Saturday I NEEDED to get out of the house!
I was definitely going stir crazy.
mads seemed to be doing ok and since eric was still down we decided to go to Cheyenne.
I had errand to run and stuff to try and sell so it seemed like a good get away....
boy was I wrong...
we got to target and madyn flipped! she didn't want to sit in the cart seat, or the basket,
didn't want to be held and didn't want to walk.
she just laid down and threw a major fit.
so we went and sat down and got something to eat in the little café.
after our little fiasco at target, I went to plato's closet to sale some clothes...
and you guessed it... she once again threw a major rolling on the floor fit!
after that I figured it was time to head home but I needed to stop at once upon a child
to sale some clothes from madyn.... and another fit....
so on our way out I wanted to stop by the car wash and she was FINALLY happy.
so then since I had the stroller in the car we decided to get more errands ran
and she was very pleasant the rest of the time.
but it was sooo nice to get back home.
eric is still down with the flu and madyn seems to be up and down...
so I guess we will see how this goes...