Yes!

Garrett slept through the night last night....no waking up at all(which is a big accomplishment for many of you that know Garrett, he never sleeps through the night). And on top of that he didn't have a single bottle yesterday. I do believe that we are done with the bottles! So this is a good day and I hope that tonight will bring the same thing...it was nice to sleep although Madison got up once she has been having a lot of dreams. Anyway just something exciting I wanted to share!

Snuggle Time

Annie is such a cuddle puppy. She snuggles right up with the kids, She will sleep on Madison, which Madison thinks is wonderful. We love that little puppy!

Little Mommy

Madison loves to help out with her cousin Kaden. She is a "little mommy"

Name that Tune

Playing the piano with Dad! The kids love to play the piano at Grandma Mary's house.

Lots and Lots of Pictures

Madison doesn't have many pictures, say she was too busy to take pictures but I grabbed a few anyway!

Little Annie (she is 3 months now)



Swinging away! He loved the swing, the people around us were amazed he would laugh so hard!
At the park with cousin Bryce

Climbing on the file cabinet than got mad cause I was getting the camera

Success!!!! Boy are those crackers GOOD! In the second picture you can see the pure excitement he was laughing so hard! Note to self....never put boxes by stove even temporarly!

Loving on each other!

We are still alive

It has been a couple of weeks since our last post. We are all okay just really busy. I will post new pictures later tonight hopefully. Garrett is into everything....he is a little climber.....today he climbed in top of a 2 drawer file cabinet and later in the day he climbed on top of the stove....I know bad mom but everyone has to use the bathroom....and he is so fast.....he will have to go into the bathroom with me next time. I took a picture!!! He is fast and is walking so much better. He has gotten 8 teeth in total and has a few more starting to peek though. He eats everything and is down to 2 bottles a day.....morning and night and in a few days we will take away the morning one! He is a typical boy and eats everything in sight! He won't let us cut up or tear his food he has to eat it whole and take the bites himself.....what a crazy kid.....the great thing is he still eats anything we give him so he is open to new foods. He has been known to eat more than Madison almost every meal!
The weather has been beautiful the last 2 days in the 70's!!!! We have gone to the park and have been playing in the back yard a ton! Madison is loving having cousins around...although talks all the time about her friends in Idaho. She had a sleep over with her cousin Grace last weekend and well lets jusst say they didn't go to sleep til they were in seperate rooms. Too much laughing and talking going on I think they finally went to sleep aroun d 11:30PM!
I have started watching our nephew he is just a little shy of 8 weeks and adorable. Madison loves him and says she is the "little mommy" I will get pictures posted and try to be a little better at posting! I think about it a lof just never get too it seems that the days are just not long enough.

Good Friends and Good Times

Friends of our Nathan and Stephanie let us stay with them the night before we left on the move, good thing cause we had no furniture left in the house. We took them out to dinner to thank them and Madison and Stephanie shared this enormous drink and Madison thought she was in heaven.....something straight out of Dr. Seuss~

Poor Garrett

Okay so the post is a little out of order should have come before the trip.........2 days before we left this is how Garrett woke up in the morning. Puffy eyes, runny nose and his poor eyes just watered.....all we could think of was the different cleaning supplies and maybe the dust from disturbing so many things at once.....after about 2 days he seemed to be better. He was miserable at the time!

We are Alive and Well!

We made it!!!! What a long trip! we took 4 days to get out to Ohio....we had the spilt the last day up we just knew the kids couldn't handle another 12 hour day! So we started off Sunday morning and as you can tell I got to follow the truck for 1800 miles.....okay so I cheated and would go ahead, I would get bored looking at the back of the Budget truck.



See the beautiful trees and mountains.......no more of that. After about an hour of driving this is what the kids looked like....and this was at 9 in the morning my first thought after seeing this was these kids are never going to sleep when we stop at night! They surprised us and did really well at night and also helped they got up at their usual time of around 6:30am so we could get on the road and start the day.

We traveled through Idaho, Wyoming, Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana and Ohio.....one of the funniest towns I remember seeing a sign for was a town by the name of "Normal".....so how normal do you think the people would lived there were? And yes, I know there are signs missing...it would either creep up on me or it was dark......I had to drive safely I was already tempting it with the pictures I did manage to take! No time to STOP! I have decided I don't know why people live in Wyoming and Nebraska there is absolutely NOTHING to look at!

We did take the time to stop at the "Worlds Largest Truck Stop" Located in Iowa. It was a fun little place....Madison and Garrett liked the big Semis they had inside the building, Garrett especially liked the one that flashed bright lights....Madison liked the one that was painted on. In Iowa we also saw tractors stacked on top of one another, one that looked like a clock....sorry no pictures, we drove by at 70 miles an hour!

Madison liked the idea of riding in the big truck and than about 30 minutes to an hour later she was ready to get back in with mom. Maybe because I had the movies?

Madison misses all her friends and thinks that we can go right over and see them, she also thinks they are all coming to her birthday which she will tell you....."on a June Day" We have tried to teach her on the 4th of June but it is not working.

So we are hear and hopefully we will start posting again more regularly....I will email out our new address for now.....if you don't get an email post a comment with your email address and I will get it too you.

We love everyone and we do miss all our great friends that we left in Idaho and everywhere.....please keep in touch!

Garrett Update

Garrett walked about 10 steps last night.....it was so cute I am trying to catch the moment on video and than I will post keep looking for it, right now he just wants to grab at the camera. That is how it works when you want to get a video of something new he refuses!

We Are..........

to

We will be packing up on the 16-17 and heading out on the 18th of February!

1900 miles later we will be there hopefully in 3 or 4 days. But with 2 kids and a dog anything can happen. Our Internet will be off on the 15th and so will our phone.....please use our cell phone numbers if you need to contact us. We will keep everyone updated as the move gets closer but as of now we are 9 days away and I have to pack a 3 bedroom apartment up...I have had lots of help from Madison and Garrett, if you call it help. We are excited to move and look forward to the new adventure and finally being closer to both families. We will also truly miss all the great friends we have made here!

Love This Picture

Took this picture this morning, What does everyone think?

Welcoming A New Addition

Everyone Meet Annie!

She is a full Black Lab, complete with papers and is beautiful! She is 7 weeks old today so just a new little puppy. Madison loves her and was the one to name her. At first Madison wanted to call her "cute puppy" that's it, so we had to explain the name thing and than she got it. She has been a lot of fun and also a lot of work I will be the first to admit it is like potty training.....bathroom every 1/2 hour to an 1 hour. But we have fallen in love with her. She loves Garrett will just crawl up in his lab and sit down, and loves to lick his ears and toes.

Anytime you are in town stop by and see her. And look forward to many post that will involve our new addition, Annie!

Growing Up

Garrett received this little outfit as a Christmas gift and he wore it for the first time on Sunday and when I looked at him I couldn't help but think how fast he has grown up. From his rocky beginnings to a strong, healthy and I may be bias but HANDSOME LITTLE BOY! The coming days, weeks, months and years will be filled with memories of all the things I know he is going to do and attempt to do and all the times he will make up laugh because right now he is a lot of fun to be around, always brightening any cold and gloomy day!

ON A SIDE NOTE - This last week wasn't all the happy for him we went through 4 very trying days and nights. Garrett got his bottom teeth 5 months ago and nothing since well this week he decided to mix things up and all four of his front top teeth came him. He was not happy, and nothing worked....but now all have broken the skin and life has returned to the happy normal state, although strange to see four teeth on the top of his mouth.....TOTAL TEETH COUNT = 6

Another Day

So I know I post a lot of pictures of Madison dressed up bu that is what we do a lot of the time...an awful lot of the time! Madison's cousin Caitlyn sent her the outfit she wore last year at her ballet recital, it is a big hit, Madison puts it on and then instructs Garrett and myself to sit on the couch while she performs various dances complete with lyrics. They are very cute and one of these days I will get it on video (she always stops when I turn it on). I just couldn't resist taking another couple of pictures a fun little girl! I guess that is what little girls do they entertain and are constantly be dressing up!

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Can We go to the Beach?

Madison came out of her room yesterday, ready to go to the beach. She was serious! In a swimsuit from last year that fits but she has grown to tall and it is starting to pull......darn we will have to get a new one.....sun glasses and pink little sandals. I think she is beginning to dread the "wonderful" winter days we are having! She was so cute in her sunglasses, after taking some pictures she put on her little robe and walked around in her swimsuit for awhile, taking time to pretend she really was at the beach and build a sand castle out of toys!

On a note though.....I went to Target and couldn't believe they already have swimsuits out. It is January!!!!!

This morning we woke up and what do you know we looked outside and it is snowing again!

First Slide Experience

A Day of Play!

Yesterday we went on a play group to a place called Blast Off. We had never been there but they have a indoor play area with slides and tunnels, dress up etc. The kids had a blast! Madison loved running around and getting out all her bottled up energy! Garrett I am sure wished inside he could do more.. He climbed on everything he possibly could, and to my surprise he is quite the little climber. We got to play for a couple hours and it was well worth the 3 dollars! I got a lot more pictures of Garrett, Madison was far too busy to take pictures!

And than.........................................................that night,

We were invited to go to Leo's Place, a pizza place with a indoor play area and token games. The play area isn't as big but that doesn't stop us from having some fun, plus this one is enclosed so you don't hear all the screaming. Dave and Diantha also got on the slide...Garrett too. We don't normally plan so much in one day but it was fun anyway.....beats staying in the house because it is so cold outside!

Moon Sand

Last night for family night after a short little lesson we got to experiment with "moon sand" This stuff is really neat.....doesn't dry out and sticks together like playdoh but is sand! Madison loves it and Dave and I really got into it too. I would recommend for any family. Kept Madison busy for a awhile and the first thing this morning she asked if she could play with her sand. It made for a good activity to take our minds off the fact that it is so cold and we can't go outside (We have been well into the negative numbers for almost a week now!)