Kitchens Family

Welcome Caleb James Kitchens

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I have not posted in a while. Caleb was born Oct 26th 2010 at 11:53 am. He was 6lb 13 oz and 21 inches long. He came out screaming and did not stop for a good 20 minutes. He lost a lot of weight the first days of his life and went down to about 6 lbs. He now is about 7lb 3 oz at 3 weeks. He is doing very well. Madelyn is adjusting to her new brother. Here are a few pictures.

St. Jude Festival

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We took Madelyn to the St. Jude Festival tonight, which she loved. She got to play games and ride rides. She won cupcakes at the cake wheel.

Getting ready for the festival!!

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Zoo

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Madelyn got to feed the birds at the Zoo.

Hair

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I love to put Madelyn hair up but she usually takes it out after 10 minutes. But doesn't she look so cute?

Holiday World

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Rob and I took Madelyn to Holiday World at the beginning of the summer. She loved the waterpark area, but we did not get any photos of those. However, we did get some pictures of her riding the rides which she loved. We got there around 10 and left around 6 with no nap. Once we got in the care, she was asleep within 5 minutes.

Caleb Room

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Madelyn loves to play in Caleb room. This is a picture from the beginning of the summer when we were cleaning out all of the closets trying to move everything around so he can have a room. His room is basicly done now. We have the crib up and most of the items in his room. We just need to put up some decorations on the wall. I will post a picture later. Now she uses his room for her babies.

Mother's Day

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Easter

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2nd Birthday

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Dress up time!!

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Excited to be a Big Sister.

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Madelyn enjoys talking to the baby and always calls the baby her baby sister. She loves playing with baby dolls and she loves the babies at daycare.

Hello Again

2010-04-24T10:13:00.000-07:00

I don't know how many people actually look at this blog anymore. We post alot of pictures on facebook I think there are some people that don't have facebook. So I thought I would post an update for the people that don't know. I am pregnant!!!! We are expecting our new little baby Oct 26. We find out the sex at the end of May or beginning of June. I will update more later.

Some pictures from this weekend.

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Madelyn

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Madelyn loves to walk around in the house in her her high heels and she does a good job.

She loves to playing dress up!!

Playing with her ball pit!!

Dress up

I finally can put her hair in a pony tail and she kept it in for a while.

Madelyn is doing very well. She amazes us everyday. She can count to ten in both english and spanish. She can say her abc and sing some songs. She loves going to gymnastics every Saturday, which we could not go this week because she had a fever. She is a very happy and good little girl.

Christmas

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Making cookies!!

Madelyn with her cousin!!

Abby (her new baby doll). The doll is named after my brother dog. This is the first name that she could say clearly and has named all of her babys Abby

Santa gave Madelyn a Kitchen, which she loved. She got a baby from Nana and Paw Paw, which she carries everywhere. We got to see many people over break. Here is a few pictures.

Don't know where to start.

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I havent posted in forever. Madelyn talking has really improved in the past few weeks. She will say sentences and can repeat alot of the words we say. She can home one day said I am hungry. I want dinner. We then asked her what she wanted and she said Pasta. We had a great christmas and a wondeful christmas break. Here is a piture that we took today of her new outfit with boots.

Halloween

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Colts!!!

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Daddy's colts hat!!

Zoo Boo!!

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The new baby monkey!!

It was cold, so we changed her costume to a strawberry. It lasted about 10 minutes before she took it off.

Isn't she a cute little girl?

painting pumpkins

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Homecoming week!!

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We had homecoming spirt week at Roncalli last week. We have different dress down themes each day. The little Rebel day care had theme days also. The first day was come as you are day, so we both got to wear our PJ's to school. Tuesday was nerd day at Roncalli, but hat day at the daycare. This was not a favorite for Madelyn because she does not like to wear hates. Wednesday was college day. I wore Dayton stuff, but Madelyn did not have anything to wear. Thursday was favorite movie character at Roncalli and crazy clothes day. Then Friday was red, white, and blue day. Madelyn did not have anything Roncalli, so we borrowed something from a little girl at the daycare. Here is a picture of Mommy and Madelyn in our Roncalli stuff. Also, we had a pep rally, which got to come to. She loved the pep rally!!!

Pumpkin Patch

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Nana and Grandpa

Madelyn loved the corn maze!!

Playing with the Kitty

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Big Girl!!

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She was helping Daddy and Grandpa put the bed together.

My baby is growing up very quickly. She is sleeping in a big girl bed now. She did not want to sleep in her crib anymore. She would just scream, so we laid her on the floor one night and she went to sleep. My parents keep my bed from when I was little. She was so excited when my dad and Rob were putting it together. She knew it was for her. The first night was a little rough, but tonight it took her 20 mintues to go to sleep. I think last night she was so excited that she had a hard time falling asleep. After we left the room tonight, she got out of her bed and was crying for a few minutes. I went to check on her after I knew she was a sleep and she was in her bed.

Sunday

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I was going to be very productive today. I made a list of everything I wanted to do and I was in the mood to clean. Madelyn went down for her afternoon nap and I started to clean until I heard Rob. Rob went to get the clothes out of the dryer and found a red crayon. The crayon had melted in the dryer all over our clothes, so I started working on the clothes (it was probably 10 different shirts or pants that I actually cleaned). I got a toothbrush and dreft and started scrubing all the clothes, except for a couple of things that needed to be thrown out anyway. After I spent 2 and a half hours scrubbing with the toothbrush, we washed the clothes in oxyclean and used bleach. I am happy to say that the clothes are stain free. However, I got nothing done on my list except update the blog.

Madelyn has learned how to pull up and down her pants, but only the front part. I have never asked her to do this until today and she understood what I asked her. The pictures are of the cat in the pile of laudry that had crayon on it.

Holiday World!!

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This was a hard week because I was gone from Madelyn from Monday to Wednesday. I had cross country camp at CYO camp. It was hard being away from my family, but I had a good time. I got to do the high rope which was about 30 feet high. Then, we went to Holiday World as a team on Thursday. Since I did not get to see Madelyn Monday through Wednesday (except for 4 hours on Wednesday) my parents brought her down to Holiday World for a few hours. Madelyn loved the water and the water slides. They had slide that she could do by herself or with me. I have never see her laugh so much. I even got comments from other people that she was having a great time and how she had no fear of the water. I wish that Rob could have gone, but he had meetings for school. Also, we have no pictures because I did not bring my camera. I wish I could have recorded the whole thing. We will have to take her back again next year.

Madelyn's baby!!!

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Madelyn loves to play with her baby dolls. Ever since we went to visit Lindsay, she makes her baby cry when she is holding them. At first, we thought she was crying until we realized she was pretending. She loves to give her baby kisses and will even pretend to change her diaper. She also will dance and play ring around the rosie. Ring around the rosis is the best because she will throw the baby down at the end. We will have to get a video at some point. We still can't find our camcorder, but these videos are from our camera.

Incredible Pizza

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We took Madelyn to the Incredible Pizza Company one night. It is new in Indianapolis. They have a buffet that is not just pizza and it is all you can eat. They have games, go karts, bowling, putt putt, and a kid area for Madelyn. Here is a couple of pictures of Madelyn on the carousel. We had a great time and would recommended.

Madelyn and Mommy!!

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Madelyn did not have a good nap yesterday and was fighting sleep, so we had some Mommy and Madelyn snuggle time!!!

Madelyn and her new cousin

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Madelyn loves to kiss Lindsay. We asked Madelyn this morning if she loved baby Lindsay and she blew a kiss!!

National Zoo!!

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Madelyn and Daddy with the Bear!!

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Madelyn and mommy walking at the National Zoo!

Madelyn reading

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Madelyn reading There's a wocket in my pocket!! I love this book!!

Pictures of Lindsay

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Uncle Rob and baby Lindsay
Grandpa with his two granddaughters

Grandpa and baby Lindsay

Mommy and Madelyn with baby Lindsay. Madelyn loves her new cousin.

Baby Lindsay!!

4th of July pictures!!!

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Madelyn likes to see how much she can carry at one time.

Madelyn playing with Mommy's cell phone. We have to watch her because she has destroyed one phone so far because of drool.

dancing to the music

Madelyn having a snack.

New Niece

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Shawn and Kristi had their little girl on July 23rd. Lindsay Michelle is a cute little girl. She was 6lb 6oz and 21 inches long. My parents, Rob, Madelyn, and I came out to see them on Thursday and we are staying until Monday. Here is one picture with my mom and her two granddaughter. Madelyn is doing very well with her and loves to giver her kisses. More pictures to come later.

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Sleepy Madelyn. This is what happens when thw little squirt travels and is all thrown off her schedule. She is a trooper!

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Madelyn rockin' shades!

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We took Madelyn to Bouncertown and since she is under two it was free! She had a good time on this slide!

Flower Girl Dresses

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Madelyn is going to be one of the flower girls in my friends Jessica (Madelyn's godmother) wedding next July. Madelyn and I went up to Purdue to visit Jessica for a girl night. We went to David's bridal to try on Bridesmaids dresses and flower girl dresses. Here are a couple of cute pictures of Madelyn in the flower girl dresses. We won't get the dress until closer to time but it was fun to have her try on the dresses and of course she is cute in them. She will be a cute flower girl.

This was my favorite dress!!

I think she likes it!!!

Madelyn's Pool

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Madelyn got a pool from my parents for her birthday and we decided to give it a try. While she was taking a nap one day, Rob and I blew up the pool. It is a neat little pool.

Madelyn and the kitty

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I put Findus in Madelyn's doll stoller thinking that she would jump out right away. However, Findus did not mind and seemed to like riding in the stroller. At first Madelyn did not mind her in her stroller but then wanted her out. I think Findus would have stayed in there longer. We have one weird cat.

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On a sphinx at the Children's Museum!

Photo Shoot

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We decided to to go to the beach and have a mock family photo shoot. Here are a few of our favorites.

Day 5

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We have alot of pictures from today. Here are a few of our favorites.

Day 4

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We went to the aquarium today, which was fun. Madelyn loves looking at the fish. Here is a few pictures from today.

Day 3

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We had a fun day today. We started our day at 5:00 again, so we went for a walk. We came back for some breakfast and a nap. After our morning nap, we went down to the market for some lunch and Madelyn got to play in the water. They had an area that had water sprinklers, which Madelyn loved. Sorry no pictures from that because we did not bring the camera down. We came back for an afternoon nap then mommy and Madelyn went down to the beach to play in the sand while daddy went for a bike ride. She really enjoyed hanging out with Uncle Daniel tonight. Here are a few pictures from this evening.

Relaxing after a long day of playing

Hugging Uncle Daniel

Day 2

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We started the day off at 4:00 in the morning. Madelyn is still trying to adjust to Vancouver time. She and Rob went for a walk in the morning down to the beach. We spent alot of time at the beach today. She loves playing in the sand and filling up her bucket. We took her into the water and she enjoyed playing in the small waves. She only took a two hour nap today, so a little cranky but overall she has been great.

We are here!!!

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Uncle Daniel and Madelyn!!
Thanks Aunt Ivey and Uncle Daniel for the shovel and bucket. I can't wait to see her play in the sand.

We made to Vancouver with no problems today. Madelyn did a great job the whole day, but is tired. She did a great job on both planes. It helped that she slept for two hours on our 4 hour plane ride and the snack helped keep her distracted when she started to get cranky. I just hope that she sleeps well tonight and sleeps in tomorrow. We got here around 12 Vancouver time which is 3 Indiana time. We got Madelyn to take a two hour nap when we got here. After the nap, we went to visit Aunt Ivey at work and then came back to their place to hang out. We have a great little girl!!!

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On the plane ready to begin our trip...I am hoping that Madelyn will sleep!

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Findus apparently wants to go to Vancouver. I think Ivey's allergies would not appreciate that.

Recent Pictures

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We have been enjoying summer break with Madelyn. We have been frequent visitors to some nearby parks and have let Madelyn enjoy the nice weather.

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Lazy bums.

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Madelyn at mommy's school ready to do some math!

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Findus is very strange. Today she decided that a big plastic bag was good to chill out in.

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The girls minus Maggie.

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Her name is officially Findus! She sure is a cuddler. She still isn'ttoo sure of Max, but Maggie is already scared of her.

New Member of the Family

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We've done it! We have a cat! She is a sweet little 3 month old shelter cat. She and Madelyn already seem to be friends. We are working on the dogs. We are not sure of a name, but would like your input. For those not familiar with the Swedish children's book, does Findus sound like a girl's name? If not, what suggestions do you have?

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Just for Ivey...baby in a hat!

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Favorite restaurant toy...straws

Happy Easter

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Madelyn has not had a great Easter. She has been sick for the past two days. Here is a couple of pictures of her finding Easter eggs. She started to feel a little better for an hour or so, so we took advantage of the time to take some pictures. She enjoyed playing with the eggs.

Madelyn got this for her birthday from Jessica. At first she was not to sure about wearing it, but then she started to walk around the house trying to put it on. It goes with her Easter dress.
This was a picture after Madelyn found her first egg. She put it right into her basket. She got this basket from my mom and dad last Easter. She was only two days old last Easter.
Here is an action shot of Madelyn trying to get one of the eggs.
After she found all of the eggs!!
I put some cheerios in some of the eggs.

I hope everyone has a great Easter.

After her party

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I have made many new updates in the past two days, so make sure you check them all out. I think there are 14 new post. This will be the last one and I will have everything updated. Here are a few pictures of Madelyn after her party. She was still going even though it was an hour and half past her bedtime.

Madelyn opening presents

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Madelyn was not interested in opening presents. She wanted to play with Isabella and with her new toys. She had a great time at her party. Here are a few pictures of Madelyn with her presents.

Cake Pictures

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Birthday Pictures

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Pictures from Rob's mom camera

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At the end of Jan, Rob's parents came down for two days during the week to watch Madelyn while our babysitter took a couple of weeks off because she had a baby. One of the days end up being a snow day, so we all spent the day together.

Last update!!

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This one will have no pictures. I wanted to update everyone on what is going on with us. Madelyn has had a rough week. Madelyn had her year appointment this week and she got four shots ,which is no fun. Also, her two front (top) teeth are coming in, so I think that is hurting her plus she has a bad reaction to the whole milk to we put her on this week. We switched to soy, which was the type of formula she was on anyway. It was horrible to watch the poor thing in so much pain, so our baby girl has not been the happiest baby this week. Beside everything that has been going on this week, she is still all over the place. She loves to walk everywhere and she wants to do everything by herself. She is an independent little girl. We started her on the same food as us about a month ago. She would eat anything that you would give to her, but in the past two weeks she has become a picky eater. I hope this is a just a phase and she will go back to eat anything. She is a wonderful little girl and we love watching her learn new things everyday. She is a very social little girl. She likes to say hi to everyone and get annoyed when the person does not say hi back.

Robert and I are enjoying our new schools. Robert only has to take one night class this semester which is nice. He is working on getting Madelyn a play area for the outside which will include the slide she got from her birthday, a swing, and a sand box. She will have fun playing outside this summer, which we are looking forward to having the summer off. I am happy that it is getting warm out now. I love spending time outside with Madelyn and Robert.

One plan for the summer is a trip to Canada for a week to visit Ivey and Daniel, which should be fun, We just ordered Madelyn's passport this past week, so hopefully it will be here on time. We don't want the same stress that happen before our trip to Sweden (we got my passport about 4 hours before be left).

Babies are everywhere right now and we are excited for everyone. My brother and Kristi are expecting a little girl this August. We can't wait to meet her and are excited that Madelyn will have a cousin close to her age.

Two of my friends are having babies very soon. Kim is due early May and Ammie is due end of June. Also, Rob's cousin is having a baby in the fall. Madelyn will have many new playmates that are close in age.

I know I have said this before, but I will try to keep this blog updated.

Trip to Wisconsin

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For the first few days of our spring break, we went to visit my Aunt and her family in Wisconsin. My Uncle Steve is a dairy farmer, so we got to see the cows. We had a great time and Madelyn seemed to enjoy the animals. We were going to go visit Ammie and her family in Wisconsin on our way home but Madelyn and I got sick on Sunday night, so we went home. The good news is they are moving back in May, so we are excited to have them back in Indiana. Isaak is 2, so Madelyn will have a great time with him his summer. Here are a few picture from the farm.

Happy Birthday Madelyn!!!

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Here are only a couple of pictures from Madelyn's birthday. Hopefully, I will post some more sometime this week.

Coloring!!

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We having been coloring with Madelyn for the past month. However, she loves to eat the crayons, so we have to take them away. Here is picture of Madelyn coloring on Mommy's Trig worksheet.

Madelyn being cute!!!

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Madelyn and Daddy!!!

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Maggie and Max

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Maggie has done really well with Madelyn. We were a little worried about her but Madelyn will fall on her face and she won't do anything. Maggie loves the fact that she get food from Madelyn because when Madelyn is done she will drop some food on the floor for her. Here is a picture of Maggie and Madelyn together.

Max is a very special dog. He does well around Madelyn but could care less about her. If she walks over to him, he will get up and leave. Here is a picture of Max in Madelyn's cap.

Snow in Jan!!

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We had the day off because of the snow back in Jan. We did not take Madelyn out in the snow because she had an ear infection, but here is a picture of her playing inside.

Jan update.

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Rob has been sending pictures using his phone, but I wanted to update pictures from my camera. I am about two months behind. The start of 2009 has not been the best start for us be healthy. We had a span of three weeks that one of us was sick at some point. Here is a picture of Madelyn on Inauguration Day listening to Barack Obama's speech. This was the day that I was sick and our babysitter just had her baby, so Rob stayed home to watch Madelyn. We got to watch the whole thing.

Here is a picture of Madelyn crawling down the hallway. She started to walk a few days later and does not really like to crawl anymore.

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Madelyn and her Colt's outfit. It isn't football season but being a cute Colt's fan is a year-round commitment!

Re:

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Madelyn with the calves. Sorry you can't see them, but they are there. We will get more on here when we get home.

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baby kittens at the farm!

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Madelyn at the Childrens Museum in Madison, Wisconsin! Dressed like a cow!

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Madelyn on our trip to Wisconsin.

Madelyn's First Birthday!

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We had a great time on Madelyn's birthday. We are greatful for all those who were able to come and missed those who were not able. Here are a couple of pictures of the party!

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Madelyn's new slide!

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Madelyn's birthday fun 3 the Children's Museum.

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The real reason Maggie loves Madelyn...leftovers in the highchair!

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At the park!

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Madelyn in her wagon for the first time!

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Madelyn waking up from a nap!

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Madelyn's first Valentine's Day!!! We love her very much!

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Madelyn's black bean goatee...the little squirt likes to eat just about anything! she doesn't get that from her daddy.

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Madelyn just being cute!

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Madelyn and Daddy taking a break from playing!

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Madelyn at her swim lessons!

Swim Lessons

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Madelyn getting ready for swim lessons. Rob took a few pictures while we were swimming,but he took it with his phone. Hopefully, we can figure out how to get them to the blog. She really enjoys the water.

We finally have updated the blog

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I have updated the blog. I put a lot of updates on here, so make sure you look at all of them. I have gone back to were I left off which was the end of November. I hope to keep everyone updated a little better this year.

Madelyn did not have a great week this week. She had a fever on Tuesday and was not her normal self. Rob took her to the doctor and found out she had strep throat, so the poor thing has not felt well all week. I think she is starting to get back to her normal self.

It has been very cold here in Indy for the past couple of days. It was so cold that I had 2 hour delays that past two days and Rob had the day off today.

Rob has started his night classes again this week. However, he only has one night a week, which is nice.

I hope everyone has a great weekend.

Happy Birthday Grandpa Howard!!

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For my dad's birthday, we spent the day with him. We went to the Children's museum, which was a good time.

2008 Recap

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Jan: I don't remember being this pregnant. I had about two more month until Madelyn was born.

Feb: This was the month for baby showers. This a picture at one of my baby showers. Jess and her mom threw me a baby shower in Dayton. My aunt and mom hosted my other baby shower. They both were great a time. We spent most of Feb. getting Madelyn's room ready. It turned out great.

Welcome to the world Madelyn. I can't believe that she is already 9 months old. She was born on March 21st. She is a such a great baby. This is one of our favorites. She was a day old in this picture.

Apr. - This is the first time that we gave Madelyn a bottle. She was about 6 weeks old. Rob got to feed her for the first time. She did not have a problem taking the bottle.

May: This is a picture from Madelyn's Baptism. She had the best lungs out all of the babies being baptized. It was great to have everyone in town for her baptism. She is a very loved little girl. This month was very hard for me. I had to go back to work for three weeks. I had to go back to work on my birthday and the day after Mothers day. It was hard to leave Madelyn, but I knew that I would have the summer off. However, my birthday was special. Rob sent me flowers to school and my mom brough Madelyn into school during lunch time so I could see her and she got me an ice cream cake (my favorite).

June: This was Katie Bopp's wedding. This was Madelyn's second wedding. She slept during both Wedding, which was great. This was the day before Father's Day. The shirt says I love Daddy. Rob's father's day gift was a concert. We spent the day with my Dad and Grandpa. A big thing that happened this month was that she rolled over for the first time.

July: Spending the day out in the back yard. At the end of the month, she started to get on all fours like she wanted to crawl.

Another July - This is the first time she went swimming. She loves the water. We started her in swim lesson that started right after the New Year.

Aug - Madelyn started to eat baby food. She was not to sure of the food at first, but will eat about anything now. She started Daycare during Aug. She has really enjoy her time with Elizabeth and Isabella. It is nice to have her someplace that does not have many kids. She really enjoys playing with Isabella (she is a year older than Madelyn).

Sept - We started taking Madelyn to the park. She really enjoyed the swings and the slides. She started to do the army crawl this month.

Oct - She started to walk in Oct. and started to pull up on things. She was all over the place. She also learned how to go up stairs. I am glad that we do not have stairs at home.

Nov - She said her first word this month. She started to walk around while holding onto things.

Dec - Madelyn took her first step without holding onto anything on Christmas Day. She had a great Chrismas. We had a great year with her and enjoy watching her grow and learn new things everyday.