Treats

I decided to try and be Betty Crocker this weekend and make some cookies (all from scratch) for Madison’s class. I think they turned out pretty good for my first time!!

 

Yo Gabba Gabba

What a great show!! Today GIGI, CC, and I took Madison to see Yo Gabba Gabba live at the performing arts center. I wasn’t sure how she would react, but she LOVED it!! She was waving at all the characters and dancing. It was a very good show and it kept her entertained the entire time! (PS She loved all the stuff that kept falling from the sky) Everyone from the show was there including DJ Lance and Biz! It is so much fun to watch her have such a good time. I hope them come back to Charleston real soon. Thanks to Ann, I was able to get her shirt done in time!! Thanks again GIGI for the tickets.

      

Beautiful Fall Leaves

This past week Madison, GIGI, and I all went up to our family mountain house. We were excited to be able to see all the beautiful fall leaves. Our trip was packed with things to do. The week was filled with many things: we went to Kingsport to see Gigi’s friends, we went to Tweetsie Railroad, we went shopping, we did some relaxing, we went to the Wolly Worm Festival, we did a lot of eating, and some more shopping. The weather was just perfect. Here are some pictures from our week in the mountains—now back to reality.

 

    

18 Months

I am so in LOVE with Tamara's work it is insane. She has done amazing work with Madison and we cherish every photo. Again with Madison’s 18 month pictures she did not disappoint. They are all amazing! It is going to be a hard decision for the Christmas Card this year. Here are a few of my favorites from her 18 month photo session.

                            

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This all began when we asked her one day if she wanted a POPSICLE!! Need I say more!!

Pumpkin Patch

So, I decided to take Madison to the pumpkin patch on Friday with my mom, just like we did last year. However, she was not into it like she was last year. She was not in a good mood when we got there and just wanted to be held the entire time. The only way we could get her to get down and walk around was to put my necklace on her. For some reason she really wanted to wear the necklace I had on, so we did-- whatever it takes you know!! So needless to say we did not get very many good pictures. We did get a couple of her next to the pumpkin she picked out!! Hopefully, next year will be a little better!!

 

We are HOME!

All I have to say is… Madison is amazing. We arrived at the hospital at 8am Wednesday morning. Madison had not eaten or drank anything since 630 the night before. They ended up having to do a surgery before hers, so she did not go back into the OR until 11am. She did not complain once about being hungry or thirsty. She also went straight up to the doctors and said “UP” and they carried her right into the OR with no fuss. Dr. Glazier had told us it would take around 4 hours, but once he got in there it all went so smoothly he was done in a little over 2. This was probably the longest 2 hours of my life. We then got to go back into the recovery room and hold her. She was already awake and holding her head up on her own. After about 30 minutes they wheeled her up to her room….Room 728 in the Children’s Hospital. We had a great view of the awesome atrium playroom. Madison was on Morphine for the first couple of hours and then by the next morning she was just on Tylenol. The morphine made her sick a couple of time, but once we switched to Tylenol she was herself again. We took her to the playroom and she was down and off. She amazed us. She was running around the atrium and having the best time. Since she was doing so well, we got to come home TODAY!! She is such a miracle and we are so glad it all went smoothly and she did so well!! Here are some pictures from our time in the hospital.

* The hospital gave her this cute pillow to make it feel more like home. She got to take it home with her!! They have volunteer make them for the children, which I thought was a great idea.

 

* We looked over at Madison and she was using her blood pressure cuff as a stethoscope to listen to her baby’s heart. The nurse thought it was so sweet and cute that she gave Madison a new stethoscope to bring home with her. She loves to go around now and listen to everyone's heart!! I think we may have a future doctor/nurse on our hands.

 

* The hospital had a wonderful playroom for all the kids to play in. Madison LOVED it!!