Saturday, January 31, 2009

25 Random things about me

I got this on Facebook, but i'm putting it up here too.
Rules: Once you've been tagged, you are supposed to write a note with 25 random things, facts, habits, or goals about you. At the end, choose 25 people to be tagged. You have to tag the person who tagged you. If I tagged you, it's because I want to know more about you.
1. I am a people pleaser.
2. I live in the land of perfect weather and often complain about it.
3. I love everything about the rain, except how other people drive in it.
4. I'm terrified at the thought of getting pregnant again, but know that I want more children.
5. I am a lazy perfectionist. I stress out when something is out of order - but you'd never be able to tell by looking at my cluttered house - I don't know where to start.
6. I love to read, but can rarely find a book that sounds interesting enough to start.
7. I've always wanted to enter Madi into a beautiful baby contest, but can never choose just one photo and I'm scared of rejection.
8. I'm addicted to making baby headbands and the more I make, the bigger they get.
9. My second semester at college I wore a skirt 98% of the time - purely by my own choice.
10. I actually only dated my husband for two weeks before we moved away from each other and we were never actually boyfriend/girlfriend.
11. I'm addicted to the Ellen Degeneres Show.
12. My cake was the only thing I liked about my wedding reception. But it was BEAUTIFUL!
13. I'm obsessive about my pillows - I can't stand having other people squish them.
14. The longer I'm a mom, the more of a germ-a-phob I become. Isn't it supposed to be the other way around?
15. I was arrested when I was 10 years old.
16. I love the smell and feel of launrdy out of the dryer. If I still fit, I'd probably curl up on the basket like a child.
17. Everytime I visit my family in Oregon, I seriously consider never leaving.
18. I work out at Curve's 6 days a week and can't see any results yet.
19. I'm very protective of my mama and want to protect her from the big bad world.
20. I was 17 yrs. old the first time I rode in a plane.
21. I went on my first date with my husband because I had asked him to help fend off a stocker.
22. The day I had Madi was probably the happiest and scariest day of my life. I really wasn't ready for a c-section.
23. I don't kiss Madi on the mouth for fear of causing her to get cold sores.
24. I have reoccuring dreams. Some I've been having since I was 6 or 7 years old.
25. It has taken me 6 days to compile this list.
So some of these might cause a stir, but it's a list of things that not everyone knows about me. I hope you just have fun with it! :)

Friday, January 30, 2009

Diaper Cake!

So, I've never actually hosted a baby shower before, and I'm finally doing one for my friend on February 3rd. I wanted to do something different from the tons of showers that I've been to recently, and with the inspiration I got from Kelli, this is what I've come up with!
This first one is of a baby sock bouquet that I made.
And the second is of the diaper cake!
I got instructions online, but nothing seemed to be working like they said it would - mainly the number of diapers they suggested for each tier. I ended up using twice as many diapers, but i'm happy with the result! Especially considering that people charge a ton of money online to order one of these things!
Now all I have to do is keep Madi from killing it before the baby shower! :)

Sunday, January 25, 2009

12 Months of Madison

This was the project i made for my parents and Johns mom for Christmas. It was so much fun, interesting at times, but well worth it! My original plan was to take a picture of Madi every month that would be the photo for that month in the calendar. Well, obviously - it didn't work out that way! Having a new baby really makes time fly! I had a couple months that I didn't get a themed picture for, but i choose past pictures that i love to fill in.
January
February



March


April


May


June
July



August


September

October

November

December



I love showing Madi's different expressions and moods. She had to have a stuffed animal in some of the months to keep her sitting still long enough! I hope you all enjoy these!






















Friday, January 23, 2009

Madison is 11 Months Old!

So I've decided to play "catchup" since I haven't had a blog until now. I'm going to give a quick run down of most of Madi's milestones over the past 11 months. I can't belive in one month from today she'll be 1 year old!! Who new time could really fly SO FAST?!

So here it goes


Feb 23 08 Madi's born at 11:14 am via c-section (the happiest and scariest day of my life!)


Feb 24 08 Madi insists on trying to hold her head up, and sleep on her side!!
Feb 26 08 Mommy and Madi get to leave the hospital!

Feb 29 08 Madi's first doctor appt and trip out of the house


Mar 07 08 Madi's first bath, and she learns to use her lungs!!

Mar 10 08 Madi master's holding her head up

Mar 24 08 Her first Plane Ride (to Oregon)

Apr 01 08 Her first good smile

Apr 11 08 Pushes up!
Apr 12 08 Sleeps through the night!


May 04 08 Baby blessing at Church

May 10 08 First laugh (when daddy drops a little pillow on her)


May 30 08 Finally Diagnosed with Colic, and Ear infection, AND a cold


Jun 20 08 First time in a SWIMMING POOL

Jun 30 08 First trip to the BEACH!

Jul 05 08 Rolls over

Jul 24 went down for a nap WITHOUT crying!!


Jul 26 Plane ride to Oregon to visit Grandma!


Aug 18 Sits alone!


Aug 23 Six months old, and first vegitable

Sept 05 Army crawls! She's after the phone!

Sept 07 First Tooth (bottem left)

Sept 14 Second tooth

Sept 17 Dances to music (and never quits!)

Sept 29 Pulls herself up

Oct 01 CRAWLS

Oct 15 walks with help

Oct 26 climbs stairs at church

Nov 06 Stands alone

Nov 12 Third tooth

Nov 19 Fourth Tooth


Nov 20 initiates playing peekaboo

Nov 21 Fifth tooth

Dec 03 First STEP!

Dec 10 calls Dada (and mama, but then stops)

Dec 21 Waves Bye Bye


Dec 22 Claps

Dec 30 Sixth tooth

Jan 05 09 WALKS alone and cant be stopped!!

So, I know this list is long, but if you can believe it, i've narrowed it down! I think it is just fun to look back and see how much has happened. Some of the photos i've posted aren't of the actual "first" event, but went well with it. Hope you like them!

My First Blog Ever

Okay guys here it is!! Bare with me while i try to figure everything out. This post is mainly for practice for myself and so I can see how everything looks on the page. I hope to get this up and running pretty soon. If anyone has and hints, tips or tricks, feel free to share. I'm open to any advice you want to give.
Oh, and the picture I added was just for practice to see if i could figure it out.