So...

I got an early Christmas present....




a doppler



So I can listen to this little babe that will be coming the first part of June!

Ponytail!!

Madeline's hair is now long enough to do this...

Look how happy she is about it!!

Welcome to the world Hazel Crook!

My brother Justin and his wife Daphne just welcomed a new baby girl on Thursday at 1:52 am. She was 7 lbs. 2 ounces. I am so happy for them especially since doctors gave my brother a very low chance of ever having kids again after he had chemo. We are going to Oregon for Christmas and are so excited to meet her!

Temple Square Christmas Lights

Madeline likes to squint her eyes in pictures now...




Family picture!




Wow, whoever is married to that man, and has that cute girl for a daughter is one lucky lady!




Madeline and her friend Mason who came along. Notice Madeline's squinted eyes again. Silly girl!

Thankful for hand sanitizer!

Since this is the week of Thanksgiving I decided I should post something I am thankful for...

HAND SANITIZER!!!

Why you might ask? Well my darling little girl came running out to me in the kitchen carrying her Thomas and Toby trains, and kept saying they were dirty. Then I noticed in one hand she was also carrying a black sharpie. She had colored on her trains faces. I was praying that was it, but of course it wasn't. I then found black sharpie ALL over my computer screen. I was able to google "how to remove sharpie from a computer screen" and looking through the black sharpie I found a post about using hand sanitizer. With a paper towel, sanitizer, and a little elbow grease it came all the way off!!

Madeline's birthday bash!

We had a great combined birthday party with Madeline and her cousin Bennett yesterday, and it was her Uncle Nathan's actual birthday yesterday so we include him too. Madeline and Bennett's birthdays are 6 days apart so we decided to just have them together. We had a "zoo" theme and it turned out great.



Now Nathan didn't want us to celebrate his birthday, and wanted the party to be for the kids. But MarKey made him his own hippo cake, and I made him his own birthday picture dvd, set to the song "Your the best around" from the movie Karate Kid. He was embarrassed and so we accomplished what we wanted!!



Madeline got a bunch of great presents: pj's, giraffe's, thomas the train, books, a green dinosaur, an AWESOME quite book for church (Skippers mom made it and it is amazing!), and we also got her a POWER WHEEL!! Thanks for the gifts everyone!!

Happy Birthday Madeline!!

I CAN NOT believe that my little girl is already 2!! It has gone by way to fast. I absolutely love being her mom, and I am so glad that she was sent to our family. We had her 2 year appointment and she was 23 lbs. and 34 1/2 inches. That is about the 10% for weight and the 70% for height. She has always been a tall, skinny thing! When she was born she weighed a whopping 5 lbs. 13 ounces, and was 19 inches!! I am just glad that she continues to grow!!

She has been talking up a storm these last few months. She can count to ten all by herself, and she can count things. She is learning her ABC's and knows a lot of the letters. Yesterday she looked at me and said, "Oh no, what did you do?" I am still not sure what I did but it was really cute. Two days ago I was laying her down for a nap and she started singing I am a Child of God. Her new latest obsessions are horses, and trains. In fact I have been playing horses with her all morning! And she has finally started to get some hair!!! If you can't tell I am one proud momma!

We are having her party this Sunday and we got her a super cool present so stayed tuned for those pictures!!

Madeline I love you!!

Madeline and mom 11-13-2006

Madeline and dad 11-13-2006

Madeline's 1st birthday!!

This is a picture of her this morning!! She asked me to sing the Happy Birthday song 5 times!Happy 2nd birthday!!

Halloween

Yeah yeah I know these are a bit late but here you go! Madeline was a butterfly for Halloween. I have to say that she was super cute. We went trick or treating with grandma and grandpa Dean. She was scared to go up to strange houses at first but she soon realized she could get suckers out of it she was SO excited. Every house we went to she would run in when they opened the door and look for suckers. Funny girl!!

cousin Natalee, Madeline, and cousin Bennett

Fall Family Pics

On Saturday we got family pictures taken. My father in law has a fancy pants camera and took them for us!!







Look at these blue eyed babes!! This is Madeline's cousin Bennett. They were so cute sitting on the steps together.






I love this picture of Madeline. She isn't smiling, but I think she looks so pretty! Thank you Marcus for some great pictures!!

The Zoo

(Madeline looking at the elephants)

The other day Skipper called me up and said that he was leaving work early and taking Madeline and I out to eat for lunch and then we were going to the zoo.


Madeline loved the carousel and the giraffes. It was a great day!!



(If you look closely you can see the gorilla's huge face pressed against the glass)





(She was patting the tiger next to her trying to get some random girl to sit next to her.)