Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes

I know I already posted about this site, but you really do have to watch a cartoon Bono, President Bush, the Pope, Oprah, and Tony Blair on stage doing the head and shoulders song. I must admit, I actually like the song! It really cracks us up and Madeline likes it too.
http://www.mothergooserocks.com/animations/head_and_shoulders.html

Mad about Mad'Donna

Madeline is mad about Mad'Donna's "Wheels on the Bus" (cartoon imitation of Madonna). I've been singing the song to her all day and she's been really into it saying "roun roun roun" and "babies, sh sh sh." She's got it a little mixed up, but I love it! Tonight we were hanging out and I was singing that song and all I had to show her was a little yellow bus picture from one of her books. I did a search and found some versions. My favorite was this one, and Madeline must have liked it too because she sat still for about 10 minutes on my lap (which is a record for this little girl!) and we watched it over and over. You know, if you're going to listen to "Wheels on the Bus" this is a version that might not make you so crazy!

http://www.mothergooserocks.com/animations/wheels_on_the_bus.html

You really have to go to "home" on this page and check out the other top 20 songs by made up artists, they are pretty weird and funny. I watched "Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes" U2 style, Frere Jacque Dave Matthews style, and there are a lot of others. Too Strange!

Under the weather

Yesterday I was quite sick. I couldn't really get up to feed Madeline, so I gave her some teddy grahams and milk for breakfast while I sat on the floor. I kept thinking it would pass, but I kept having sharper pains in my upper stomach. I was really nauseous also, but eating or um, throwing up (sorry that's gross), didn't make it better. My mom finally convinced me to call a friend because Madeline was a little freaked out that I wasn't myself and couldn't take care of her. My sweet friend Tammy came over for 3 hours and brought her son to play with Madeline. She finally convinced me to go to the doctor and she drove me there in the afternoon. From what I told her the doctor said that my stomach problems were likely due to medicine (I started some daily migraine medicine a month ago, and it is great for migraines, but maybe not so good for stomachs) and could have been aggravated by some bug that Raymey and I had on Saturday. They gave me a nausea medicine that helped some and made me sleep. It also let me eat a little, and that helped the pains decrease.
So now I'm not taking anything except my super expensive nausea medicine (that insurance pays for) and heartburn medicine. I've only eaten goldfish crackers, gatorade, bananas (and I don't even like bananas), and bread for the last day and a half. I'm feeling better than yesterday, but still have some burning in my stomach. I'm hoping I'll get back to normal quickly so I can eat something delicious and do Zumba soon! That's my interesting story for the week!

Video Crazy

I guess we're getting all of our blogging in at once! I have Raymey's computer for a couple of hours so I had to post some of our videos. Madeline is afraid of bubblegum. She is reminding me more and more of Monk (the show on USA network). She has a fear of bubble baths, slinky toys, rubber chickens, bubblegum, and sometimes of talking toys. It is really funny, and we can't stop ourselves from testing the fears a few times. I really wonder what is going on in her head!

Make a Smilebox slideshow

Big Smackaroo!

Raymey and I have been waiting a good two years for this moment. It is kinda funny that it took so long. Madeline has finally learned to give us kisses of her own free will and choice. We have to ask for a kiss, but she'll walk over and open her mouth for a kiss (it looks pretty funny and is extremely slobbery--I think mine was mingled with a little nose-run today...eeeeeeeeww). She also sometimes actually makes a kissing noise, and may blow kisses. Up until a couple of days ago she'd squirm and try to escape whenever we tried to kiss her. It was a little sad! I guess she just had space issues! Now she knows that we are proud of her when she gives us kisses. What a sweetheart!!!
P.S. I don't know if I can do a p.s. on a blog, but Madeline actually hugged me for a full 5 minutes after a nap today. This is also a truly momentous occasion. We have a loving baby, but she is so very wiggly! Maybe she's learning to slow down sometimes:)

Fall back, Spring forward...

I have to do one last post because tomorrow Raymey will have his laptop again and I'll have to use the troubled computer. Raymey and I are dorks. Last night we were talking and Raymey got excited because he remembered that today was the end of daylight savings. I asked if he was sure, and I checked on the calendar. Sure enough it said that daylight savings ended. We were really excited that we'd remembered and wouldn't show up at church early (we've done that before in Provo and we didn't get to enjoy the hour sleeping in). I went around and changed all of the clocks and we were so excited. Later, I was talking to my sister on facebook and told her not to forget to change her clock. She said that it wasn't the end of daylight savings until November and I told her to look it up. We both looked it up and of course she was right! It is next Sunday! (Our calendar said "Daylight Savings Ends" and when I rechecked I saw that in small print under that it says "select provinces". Whoops!) By this time it was midnight (not 11:00) and we had to reset all of our clocks again. It was such a tease to gain an hour and lose an hour all within the space of 2 hours! Maybe it will be extra fun to gain an hour again next week. It reminds me of the time my Mom set our clocks forward to trick all her kids into going to bed early. It worked! I really want to try that one:) Mom, I love you!

Madeline in October

Make a Smilebox slideshow

Here is a little slide show with videos and pictures. I didn't have a lot of space to write the text because it was a one-format-fits-all kind of thing. It gives you an idea of what Madeline is like right now. We don't really have videos of Raymey or me because if we did it would be Raymey studying or me practicing piano or Spanish. It really wouldn't be very interesting!
Our (church) ward was split today and we are in a new ward now. We're going to miss our friends that are in the Green Hills ward, but we're thankful that we have lots of good people in our new Bellevue ward. It was announced that we may only have 1.25 hour church for the next couple of weeks since no one has callings and the ward structure basically has to be formed from scratch. Between that and Stake Conference, the next time we go to church we probably get to leave Madeline in NURSERY!!!!!!!!! I feel like celebrating!!!!! We will actually be able to attend our meetings and not walk in the hall with her!