Texas Bluebonnets

Today we went to Brenham and took some pictures in the bluebonnets! It made for a good drive! I learned not to just take my 'I'll just snap the picture' husband with me next time-I need someone who pays a little more attention to details! He did get the good shot of Madison and I that I edited and put the butterfly frame around! I love that drive out there. It's always so pretty and it always makes me dream about my dream home with land! I did notice someone is building a humongous new house just outside of Brenham that is to die for! One day! I'm waiting on that pot of gold or winning the lottery-which ever comes first!

Easter Bunny

Madison and The Easter Bunny!

I was shocked! She actually went and seen the Easter Bunny! She was extremely hesitant, but she slowly walked up to him and let me pick her up and put her next to him....the rest is history. I didn't think she was going to sit with him!

Easter '09

Madison and Matthew Easter Day posing for pictures!

Madison and Matthew with their Easter baskets full! (They had to empty those pitiful small baskets a bunch of times while hunting for eggs!)

Matthew and Madison hunting the Easter eggs left by the Easter bunny!


Matthew and Madison with Madison's goodies from Aunt Christina, Uncle Trent, and Matthew for Easter!



Matthew and Madison coloring eggs Saturday before Easter!



Easter was fun! My sister and her family came up from Houston and we congregated at my mom's house! My mom cooked a great Easter dinner! We had a busy weekend! Friday, Madison went and seen the Easter Bunny at the mall! (I have to post that picture separately.) Saturday, we colored eggs after my sister and her family arrived a little later than planned. Sunday, my sister took Madison for her first haircut! I thought it would probably be a better idea if my sister took Madison for her hair cut because Madison always sits really still for my sister when she's doing her hair. That wasn't true this time! Madison put up a good fight! Poor Angie, my sisters friend who cuts hair, had her hands full! Never the less, the hair got trimmed and it's finally all even! After they got home, we enjoyed a nice game of Rummy, ate dinner, and went home!

It's official! We have started potty training! Madison has been going on the potty at daycare, but would not at home. I could get her to sit on the potty, but she wouldn't sit long enough to do her business-even with books. So, finally I decided while I had five days off in a row, the diapers would come off and the panties would go on. I asked Madison's daycare teacher if there was a problem with me bringing her in panties the next time she comes to daycare and she said, "That's the best way to do it. Just bring extra clothes and underwear." (No brainer!) So, Wednesday night I pumped her up by telling her tomorrow when she woke up she could wear all her pretty panties in her drawer and NO DIAPERS! She was excited about getting to wear her "sleeping eauty's" (that's right, sleeping beauty without the b)! So, when she woke up Thursday, off came the diaper and on went the panties! And increased mommy's workload! She peed three times and pooped once in her panties....then we had to go to WalMart so the pull up had to go on! Thank God, I have a carpet cleaner....it's my best friend right now. I ended up having to throw a puzzle frame and her sleepy time Dora away because Madison happened to be standing too close when the accidents happened. Dora was electronic so I figured I couldn't put her in the wash and the puzzle frame was wood so off to the trash they went. Today was the success day! The morning started off with an accident and I thought to myself...'Here we go again!' But the second time, daddy got her on the potty while I was napping and we hit the jackpot!!!! She went pee pee on the potty! Her reward....mini M&M's. After getting her cleaned up, because although she went pee pee on the potty, she hasn't quite figured out she had to pee down into the potty-it's squirting out, she was given her M&M's. I guess she liked them because she told us after eating about half that she had to go pee pee again. I figured the little terd is getting good...already knows that she can try to con us out of her reward candy!!!! This picture is her sitting on the potty eating her mini M&M's after she pee peed on the potty, showing me her candies! (Yup, that's a gold toilet....we rent....landlords motto..'If it ain't broken, don't fix it!') The whole potty training isn't over...but it's a start!!!!

Madison and THE dogs!!!

I thought I would post this cute picture of Madison with my parents dogs! When you ask her if she wants to go see Grandma and Grandpa without missing a beat she says, "And Pouchie, and Aussie, and Wally, and Joey!" Pouchie seems to be her favorite-he's the one who sticks by her, but little does she know he sticks by her in hopes to be pet. (Yes, the dogs are named after Kangaroos names-mom works at Killeen High and both my sister and I are graduates of Killeen High!)