Probably last post for a while!

We're off to Cincinnati for the summer, so we probably won't be posting regularly. We won't have the internet in our effort to cut costs.

Here are pics of Madeline and aunt Molly, Madeline playing with groceries, Madeline helping me fold laundry, and Madeline sporting her new hairstyle:). Actually, I just wanted to fluff it out to show that our baby actually does have hair-it's so funny!

Madeline had a doctor appointment this morning and she is 29" tall (46th percentile), weighs 20lbs (33rd percentile), and has a head circumference of 47cm (94th percentile!). So, she'll be cryin' herself to sleep tonight on 'er huuuuuuuuuuuuge pillow!

I WON"T wash your mouth out with soap!!

3 fun things. First, on Tuesday when I was making dinner, I noticed the deafening silence and that Madeline was not around. I followed my intuition and sure enough, she'd been drawn to the bathroom, and this was about the only time that it wasn't closed. She has been eyeing the toilet paper for weeks, but I don't ever let her get it, but this time she got a good 3 feet unrolled (that really isn't that much, but for her it was a lot, and I think she was proud!). I think she may have a tp addiction.

Second, we went to the park tonight with Raymey's sister (Miriam) and afterwards we fed the ducks. We told Madeline the word "duck" and she was fascinated with them and kept saying "duh, duh, duh!!!" Raymey got her out of the stroller and she loved getting close to the ducks. This is such a fun age!!!

When we got home we gave Madeline a bath and while I was talking to Raymey and Miriam, Madeline started to do some little coughs. I looked down and she'd taken a big bite of squishy bar soap!!! There were little pieces of chewed up soap all over the bath. She didn't cry or anything, and she makes worse faces when I try to feed her canned carrots! So, I think that the threat "I'll wash your mouth out with soap!" isn't going to be scary enough for Madeline-when the time comes I'll have to get creative!

It's been a while!

So, it feels like forever since we've (I've) posted anything. Madeline and I went to Colorado from April 19-May 1 to help out a little (and Madeline provided entertainment) during my Mom's second round of chemo. We also got to see my sister Maren for a couple of days after she returned from Guatemala. Madeline is taking steps alone now, but she still thinks that crawling is better. We had fun trying lots of Mom's hats on Madeline. It was really fun for us, not so much for Madeline!

I was talking to my mom about this-it has really changed my view of cancer patients to see my mom go through her breast cancer. I think that before her experience I would have seen someone, or heard of someone with cancer or doing chemo, and just felt weird around them or felt bad for them. Now, to have seen my mom go through things and so much change-she's still the same person, that means that other cancer patients are also just regular people who maybe a few months ago didn't even think about cancer. It seems that now there are so many more treatments for cancer and the outlook is so good-it isn't necessarily such a final diagnosis. That isn't to say that it is easy or anything-my mom has been such a trooper, and I know that every diagnosis is different. I guess that it has been good for me to get a new point of view, and hopefully a type of empathy. My mom is doing well for what she's going through, and she has a great likelyhood of full recovery. So, that is what is on my mind.

It was great for us to go to Colorado to spend time with Mom, Dad, Jess, and Maren. I don't know how we're going to manage posting this summer though. If I couldn't post for a month while I had internet access, I don't think it will get better when we don't have the internet this summer!

So, how were you using this thing Mama?

Madeline likes to help me get ready in the morning. I usually give her little things that I'm using that she can't break or that she can't hurt herself with. She likes when I "powder" her cheeks and nose. I pat the little puff on her face and she thinks it is the funniest ever! Today she was being extra busy and pulling all kinds of things out all over the floor. So, I gave her the eyelash curler (which she hasn't had before) to distract her. Sure enough, she was really interested in it, but I think she was trying to curl her tongue.
To fulfill Raymey's birthday IOUs, Raymey and I went to Il Trovatore last night and Madeline had a fun night with our friends. Then, today we went out for a special birthday lunch while Madeline played at another friend's house. We never go out so much! We love this area and are so glad to have such nice friends here. I'm starting to miss Nashville a little already. We'll be heading to Cincinnati soon, and then we'll only have one school year left here. Every time we start to settle somewhere, we pick up and move! Raymey and I will have been married 5 years in August, and we've been in 5 wards since then (although after Cincinnati in will be 6, and we met in a student ward-7). I guess change makes you grow!

All of your wildest dreams will come true

First, I want to thank the comment leavers. I love to get comments-it lets me know if anyone is looking! Second I should have mentioned earlier in my posts that if you leave a comment all of your wildest dreams will come true. Last, I am taking a Spanish class right now, and though I am in my second semester, the "First Semester Spanish Love Song" is pretty darned funny and I think that you should check it out. Don't worry, it is clean.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=2eVO9V98-Bw









Now for three silly Madeline stories complete with pictures. We were doing laundry while listening to conference on Saturday. I thought it would be funny to put my socks on her hands. I figured it would be like putting scotch tape on a cat's paw (I'm not abusive to animals-I just know that they shake their paw and it makes them a little crazy). Surprisingly she just looked at her arms like, "huh, that's weird. Anyways, what was I doing?" and just got back to business. She had them on for 20 minutes and finally I took them off because she couldn't pick things up. She's no fun to tease! It was like a little mini-lesson to me (Mosiah 3:19) "...submissive, even as a child doth submit to his father." I guess it is different because I was teasing her, but it was kind of neat how she was so resilient. It reminded me of the great example that my mom is being to me with everything she is going through right now.









Later Madeline got a huge plastic serving bowl and 4 small ones and decided that they are her new favorite toys. She insisted on crawling around the apartment (for much of the evening) with the bowls in her hands. She couldn't crawl very well because they are so big and akward, but there was no way she was letting go of her awesome treasure.

And...Madeline is walking-but not unassisted! She's figured out (with the help of her Daddy) how to use her little train toy to walk around the apartment. She's been pretty busy with it, but pretty proud. Madeline makes our life so fun and entertaining!!

Happy Birthday Raymey!!!!!

It is Raymey's birthday today! He got an udon bowl and chopsticks, Gardetto's mix, sunflower seeds, a cheese slicer (Raymey is really into cheese), restaurant gift cards, and the promise that we will go to Il Trovatore next week, providing we can find something to do with the baby! Madeline had fun playing with the wrapping paper and I've decided that I'm going to give Madeline wrapping paper for her birthday next month. My big present to Raymey was a Dwight bobblehead doll. I've been really looking forward to giving it to him and I almost spilled the beans several times (what am I, 5?). The last picture is Raymey making a Dwight Face while holding his doll. Haha, I gave Raymey a doll. Madeline loved the bobbling. She kept laughing at it and looking at us like, "Hey, I get the joke". We have a video, but I can't get it uploaded to the blog.
Anyways, Happy Birthday to Raymey! We love you and think you're the bee's knees!

Happy April

I need to get better at this. I guess I don't have to have pictures every time. I heard a splash in the bathroom yesterday and Raymey started yelling "Oh my gosh!!! Madeline fell in the toilet!!!Madeline fell in the toilet!!!" She's been trying to pull herself up on things so I figured he'd left the lid up and she'd gotten into it. So I ran to the bathroom bracing myself for something disgusting, and Raymey was standing there holding the baby and laughing at me. I was an April Fool! He'd filled up the sink and plopped a conditioner bottle in it. You know, that wasn't my favorite joke! He did get me though:).
I had a weird experience tonight at Walmart. I was picking out bread and one of the employees came up and told me he had to tell me I looked nice. He started telling me how he'd been tracking me down the aisles. I'd forgotten to wear my wedding ring so I said (the first thing that came to my mind), "Uh, thanks, I'll tell my baby," and I went on to tell him about Raymey and my 10 month old. Then he told me all about how married women are always beautiful and happy, but single women aren't (I do not agree, this is the philosophy of the night shift worker at Wal-mart). It was really akward (suprisingly just for me, not for him). I wondered how many married women this guy has tried to hit on. I realized that I should definitely not go shopping after 9pm by myself again. In Provo grocery stores are like the hip hangouts late at night:). I guess it isn't like that most places! So, beware of stalking stockers.