Madilyn Jane

Halloween 2011

2011-12-15T20:35:00.000-08:00

This year Madilyn wanted to be a Butterfly Princess. She really wanted to be this because of the wings. Once we bought the wings Madilyn kept insisting that she needed to wear them. So I told her after her nap she could try them on. She woke up from her nap and came gliding down the stairs saying "Mama where's my wings?" I went to get them in the garage with my shadow right behind me. She put the wings on so fast and stood there for about a second and her face became so disappointed and sad. I said "what's wrong babe?" she said "I can't fly Mom" and threw her wings off. It was the saddest and sweetest thing. I explained however, that she could do a lot of great things like run and jump, but only birds can fly. She didn't feel much better and I started to worry that she wouldn't want to be a Princess Butterfly. I had no idea that she thought she could fly if she had wings. Thinking about it afterwards I remembered I told her about a month ago when she was trying to fly like Tinkerbell, that she couldn't because she didn't have wings. My talk with her must of made her feel better because when Halloween came she was so excited to put on her costume and makeup. She explained to her Dad that she couldn't fly only birds could. (LOL) So I guess she understood after all.

Happy 3rd Birthday!!

2011-12-15T19:10:00.000-08:00

For Madilyn's 3rd birthday we started it off with a swim party. Madilyn had all her cousins from St. John's come down to enjoy an Ariel birthday party by the pool with some pizza. It was such a nice day with everyone by the pool. We listened to music and swam for hours. Later that night all the adults went to the movie and I stayed home with the kids to watch Madilyn's new movie Sleeping Beauty with some popcorn and leftover Orange Fanta. I think Brigham loved the soda the most. Every time we saw him throughout the day he had a soda in his hand (not always his own:)). After the movie we turned off all the light and played hide and go seek. It was so much fun. Nicholas ended up being the best hider, which he let everyone know at all times. Madilyn was not so good at the hiding. I would help hide Sarah and her and once someone enter the room they were in Madilyn would giggle and say here I am. (not the best hide and seek partner!) Below are some photos during the day.

Helping me make her cake!

Some swimming fun. :)

A girl can never be too young to wear heals at the pool.

I caught Madilyn with the Tangled book Grandma gave her. I had told her that I didn't want her to read it till we got home so it wouldn't get wet. So when I wasn't looking she grabbed her book and went to the other side of the pool to sit and read. It was so cute seeing her on the other side reading by herself while everyone else was swimming.

PART 2

Part two of Madilyn's birthday was having a party in her preschool class. We ordered some Princess cupcakes to take in to share with her friends.

Madilyn with her favorite friend at school Xychel
Madilyn with her girlfriends!

Part 3
Yes, that's right we spent a whole week celebrating Madilyn's birthday...is there really any other way! On Madilyn's actual birthday we spent the day together swimming and making cupcakes for her birthday party that night with her Dad.
Madilyn's Favorite movies: Little Mermaid, Tinkerbell, and Sleeping Beauty
Loves to wear: Princess dresses
Favorite Foods: Pizza, Popcorn, Blue Ice Cones (snow cones) and Soda
Favorite Hobbies: Reading, Singing, Dancing, Swimming, and Gymnastics
Favorite Activity at school: Art and Soccer
Favorite Songs: Moves like Jagger by Maroon Five and Low by Flo Rida (This was a surprise to me until our trip to Disneyland and her Aunt Jill kept playing the song and Madilyn would sing along...Apple Bottom Jeans Boots with the fur...
Must Haves: Lip gloss and Gum

Summer Fun!

2011-09-24T20:18:00.000-07:00

This summer has been really fun. With school being out I have had some down time to do fun things. Madilyn and I have spent a great deal of time at the city library. My favorite series that I have read is "Hunger Games". I even read a book series on zombies. Anyone that knows me knows this is not something I normally lean toward, but I actually enjoyed it. Madilyn and I also enjoyed spending time at the Phoenix Children's Museum and weekends at the pool.

Madilyn ready to find a good book to put in her library bag.

Madilyn really enjoyed the art room. It took her a while to get comfortable enough to paint the castle, but once she did she loved it.

Adam and Raelynn's Wedding

2011-09-24T19:36:00.000-07:00

We spent the end of July celebrating Adam's wedding to Raelynn. They got married in the Thatcher Temple and had a lovely reception afterwards. The next evening we held an open house in my Mom's backyard. The whole thing was beautiful and a wonderful time spent with family. Below are some photos of the fun occasion.

4th of July

2011-09-24T12:35:00.000-07:00

We headed up to St. Johns for cooler weather for the 4th. We spent most of the day at the City Park doing all the traditional festivities St. Johns offers. We did miss out on fireworks for the first year because of all the fires we had up north. I was really bummed because I love fireworks, but I understood the concerns of the community. Below are some photos of the day.

There's nothing better than snow cones on a hot summer day shared among friends!Eating some BBQ with Uncle Adam!

Getting lined up for the annual races. I practiced with all the kids over the weekend so we would be ready. On your mark....get set...GO!!

June 2011

2011-09-24T11:55:00.000-07:00

This summer has been a lot of fun. Madilyn and I spent a great deal of it up in St. Johns hanging out with Grandma and cousins. The middle of June we spent a whole week at Grandma's playing in a whale pool I bought for Madilyn and her cousins to play in. The whale ended up being where we spent most of our late morning swimming and doing relay races in the sprinklers. It was such a nice time being able to sit outside and enjoy the sun.

Madilyn really enjoyed staying at Grandma's because every morning she would wake up around 6:30am to see if Grandma was awake working out in the yard. Most of the mornings Grandma was so Madilyn would run back into our room to get clothes on so she could help Grandma water the flowers. This made it nice for me because it gave me an extra hour to sleep in with complete silence. :)

Most of the hard yard work ended with a ice cream Popsicle with Grandma!

By the end of our stay we ended up across the street with the neighbor kids playing on their zip-line they had created. I thought Madilyn might be scared, but she ended up loving it and did it several times.

Graduation!!

2011-05-31T21:17:00.000-07:00

After almost two years I finally finished my Master's in Psychology and walked on April 30th. It was quite the journey, but something I have always wanted to do. It's one of those goals that has haunted me for years. So to have finally accomplished this goal really brings a huge relief. Graduation was a great day and exciting because my whole family was there to celebrate it with me.

Mom and Me!

All my sisters!!

And of course a picture with my good looking brothers. :)

After graduation we attended a BBQ festival that was going on at the UOP stadium and than went home to go swimming. The water was freezing, but it was a lot of fun watching all the kids swim.

Everyone pumped to make their first season debut in the pool!!

One of Madilyn's favorite things to do when swimming is jumping into the pool.

The beach babes catching a little sun after being in the freezing water. :)

Easter Weekend 2011

2011-05-28T09:37:00.001-07:00

This Easter Madilyn and I spent it in SJ with the whole family. We had a great time starting it off with decorating eggs. We probably colored at least 4-5 dozen. Madilyn was so cute she would just drop the egg in the cup and immediately take it out and place another one in the cup. Not much patients with the egg coloring. The next morning we all got our Easter baskets full of yummy things. Madilyn got some little mermaids, high heels, and a tinkerbell hat. After getting sick off eating chocolate all morning we had our annual Easter picnic at the park. Like every year it was extremely windy, but this never discourages the Patterson clan from keeping family traditions.

Coloring Easter Eggs!

Look at our decorating crew.

Even Kyle and Candace are excited about dyeing Easter eggs. :)

Madilyn with her Easter basket and goodies. Look at those heels they go with every outfit!

Here we are at the picnic. If you take a close look you can see how windy it is by Lora's hair. :)

(sorry Lou!!)

Strategizing what the next move will be in the big football game.

Madilyn and Sarah became artistic on the sidewalk with Sarah's chalk she got from the Easter bunny!!

This was the best picture I could get for Easter Sunday. :)

Vegas Baby!!

2011-03-19T14:43:00.000-07:00

For Christmas Jill bought everyone tickets to Garth Brooks show in Vegas. It was the best concert/show I have ever seen. He is such an amazing musician. I didn't want the show to end he could have gone on for hours. I was unable to get pictures at the concert, but I did get some during the day when we were walking the strip.

You can't go to Vegas and not get a picture with Elvis and Marilyn.

Lora, Mom, and Jill all did the oxygen machine thing. They seemed to really get a high off of it. They said it made them relaxed and energized. Nothing like a little pick me up. Afterwards we headed toward the New Yorker roller coaster...it was awesome.

Of course we went to M&M World. Poor Madilyn slept through the whole thing though. I took the picture so she could have a memory of it. :)

I decided to through in a couple other pictures. Madilyn loves coloring and does it all the time. I love how much she concentrates when she colors.

She loves her baby and is always caring her around. Madilyn feeds her in the high chair with a bottle, and puts her to bed. To put the baby to bed Madilyn will put a blanket over the
baby and pat her back while singing. It's such a cute thing to watch. She typically sings "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star".

Christmas 2010!!

2011-03-19T13:07:00.000-07:00

This Christmas we spent in St. Johns with the whole family. It was so nice seeing everyone and keeping up on all our family traditions. Below is a recap of this Christmas season.

We started it off with Donut day. Madilyn is helping Grandma role the dough and cut the donuts out.

Time to make the donuts....what cute little bakers.

Grandma with her little donut helpers.

Madilyn wanted to nap in the big bed so I layed her down and came back a few minutes later and this is what I found. Looks like she was playing and than just passed out. I have no idea why she has the hat on. :)

Sarah and Madilyn finding fun with the wrapping paper rolls.
They got such a kick out of them....silly girls!

Christmas Eve lunch doesn't it look so good. This year I decided to make pasole to go with the lunch and it turned out pretty good for my first time. :)

Placing all the presents under the tree. Madilyn seemed to like doing it this year. She didn't care who's present was who's she just grab and place them under the tree.

Caroling crew...not really we just all like to check out the Christmas lights so the best way to fit everyone is on Grandpa's trailer. However, there is some singing going on. Fortunately, I'm up front driving the Christmas light crew with Grandma Drain.

Madilyn was not so excited about seeing Santa this year, however we did get this snap shot. :) Santa got Madilyn a puppy because Madilyn is obsessed about puppies. Scared to death of them, but talks about them all the time.

Christmas morning opening up gifts.

Visiting Daddy Christmas afternoon.

This year Santa brought Madilyn a playhouse. The first thing she said when she saw it was "Mama look at the pretty flowers". I didn't even think she would notice them, but that seemed to be the first thing she saw.

Happy Halloween!!

2010-10-31T12:56:00.000-07:00

Last night we celebrated Halloween by going to the annual Trunk or Treat. This was the first year I have ever attended a trunk or treat. We had a really good time playing games and listening to the music. Madilyn enjoyed the music she danced the whole night. I tried to get video of it, but the lighting was too dark to capture her groove.

Argh...Matey!!

Where will be my next stop for candy? Madilyn became very comfortable walking around asking for candy!

She enjoyed pointing at all the trunks that were decorated with ghosts and pumpkins.

Trick or Treat!!

Fall Is Here!!

2010-10-27T20:52:00.000-07:00

I love the changing of the seasons especially Fall. We don't see much changing of seasons in the valley so every year we head up to St. Johns to do our annual trip round the mountain to see the changing leaves. We stopped in Greer to grab a bit to eat at Molly Butlers. It was perfect we sat on the deck by the fire place and ate our French dip sandwiches. Afterwards we headed up the mountain and saw all the pretty gold trees.

The leaf crew!
Madilyn having fun doing funny voices... anything for a good laugh!

Our view during lunch off the deck...gorgeous!! (wish you were there Lora. :( )

Beautiful...

Gorgeous...

Wish you were here... (What movie line is that off of?)

We ended the day watching "Casper the Friendly Ghost" that Uncle Adam had bought for Madilyn's birthday. Madilyn received some Halloween pajama's with ghosts on them from Aunt Jill the beginning of September and ever since Madilyn has loved ghosts and shouts out BOO whenever she see them or anything else that resembles Halloween!!

The movie crew! (Nicholas, Audrey, Sarah, and Madilyn) We popped some popcorn and made a big bed in the middle of the room for the girls to relax and watch the movie.

This past weekend we went to the Venecia Farms where they had a pumpkin patch, corn maze, farm animals, and cow train. We had such a good time. Madilyn loved seeing the farm animals and most of all the baby pigs. We even made it through the whole corn maze playing a game kind of like Clue. The killer ended up being the duck who used a hammer in the barn. Everyone that knows me knows my favorite game growing up was Clue. So playing this game in the corn maze was a lot of fun.

The Cow Train...chu chu!!

Having a blast running wild in the corn maze. :)

Happy Birthday!!

2010-09-30T20:11:00.000-07:00

Madilyn just turned 2 years old. This year I decided to do an Elmo theme birthday. Madilyn loves Elmo and can spot him anywhere we go. I had no idea that Elmo could be in so many places. We started off her celebration on Monday by taking Elmo cupcakes to her preschool class. Right when Madilyn saw the cupcakes she grinned and said "Elmo Mama Elmo" she was thrilled. Monday night I decorated the whole house with Elmo decorations. Madilyn woke up the next morning and didn't know what to do, every direction she looked she pointed and said Elmo!! I couldn't have asked for a better day. Madilyn had so much fun playing with all her new toys and eating her ghost marshmellows. We ended up swimming during the morning and had a birthday dinner that night with family. At the end of the night I was laying down with Madilyn putting her to bed and she would start dosing off and than would say Happy Birthday. It was the cuttest thing. I am so glad she was able to have such a great birthday!!

Starting off her birthday celebration eating Elmo cupcakes with friends.

Pointing at Elmo decorations

So excited about her Sesame Street ABC toy Aunt Jill gave her!

Showing off her new sketchers!

Madilyn's Elmo Cake!!

Madilyn was very excited about the all the Elmo's on her cake and kept touching them. :)

Blowing out her candle! I can't believe my Madilyn is already 2 years old.

Some things about Madilyn:

What makes me laugh: Scaring Mama

My favorite thing to do at home is: Jumping of anything and landing on pillows or floor.

At school I like to play in the water and music time.

I think when I grow up I want to be: a Dancer (she dances whenever she hears music)

I love to eat: chips n salsa and pickles (takes after her mother)

I don't like elbow noodles...yuck!!

Fun Day Out!

2010-08-22T12:44:00.000-07:00

This weekend Madilyn and I decided it was time for us to have a fun day out on the town. We first headed over to the Phoenix Children Museum. I've been wanting to take Madilyn there for some time. It was so much fun she really enjoyed the grocery store and measuring the lentils. We also enjoyed the suction tubes that would spit out the foam balls in different directions.

Madilyn figuring out how to get the foam ball into the suction tube.

Grocery shopping

Put your back into it babe!!

Ready for check out.

Washing her dishes

Here she's making a pizza and putting it into the brick oven.

Nothing like scooping up Lentils

Putting the ping pong ball in the PCP pipe so it will float in the air.

Taking a rest from all the running around.

After are fun day at the museum we decided it was time to eat. We ended up at Costa Vista's eating their delicious sweet pork burritos. It was quite the struggle sharing the burrito because Madilyn refused for me to help her eat and would take the largest bits possible. (What a mess) We ended the day with a swim at the pool, which was a perfect ending to a perfect day!! :)

Easter!

2010-04-18T07:24:00.000-07:00

Easter was very fun this year. Madilyn and I went to SJ to spend time with our family. Because it was Good Friday we got there early and it gave me (Easter Bunny) more time to collect some stuff for Madilyn's Easter basket. I found the cuttest things a pink feathered boa and a stuffed chick. What more could a girl need? :) That night we decorated eggs and got ready for the Easter bunny to come. Easter day was fun we had a pinic with all my family and Lora did an egg hunt for all the kids. By the end of the day Madilyn was a crazy woman from all the sugar she had eaten, but all in all everyone seemed to have a great time!!

Madilyn in her Easter dress!
Madilyn is very much a girl and loves anything to do with bracelets, necklaces or purses. She definitely felt pretty!

Madilyn loved dropping the eggs in the cup of dye. Can you see the concentration?

What more does a girl need than a pink feathered boa?

Hanging out after the picnic at Grandma's house.

Happy St. Patrick's Day!!

2010-03-17T08:00:00.001-07:00

Christmas Season

2010-03-01T19:00:00.000-08:00

Christmas was a lot of fun this year. We had our whole family home. Christmas Eve day is always my favorite time. It's the day we bring down all our presents to lay under the tree and then we get to eat our Christmas lunch. This includes tamales, chili, Grandma Drain's famous fruit salad, enchilladas, and cokes. Now that's what I call a meal. :) It's also the day that we have our Patterson Christmas party and get to visit with all our extended family. These fun family traditions are what Christmas is all about.

Madilyn opening her tree ornament for the year.

Uncle Adam helping Madilyn bring down the presents

Jill and Brigham at the Patterson Christmas Party!

Madilyn Christmas Eve opening up her pajamas. Little stinker can never sit still so Lora is holding her arm so I can try and get a decent picture!!

Madilyn found the chex mix Christmas morning that Aunt Jeri makes each of us. Doesn't she look cute in her pocka dotted vest Grandma got her? :)

Caught...eating ginger snap cookies. Can life get much better than that?

Donut Day!

2010-03-01T18:20:00.000-08:00

So this year I finally made it home for donut day. It took a great deal of convincing family members what an asset I would be if they waiting for me. Every year the girls spend a whole day making donuts to take around to my mom's and grandma's friends for the holiday season. This year Lora found aprons we had made during one of our Mother Daughter dates. Mine still fits however, Lora's was a little bit small, but she was trooper and still wore it.

Look at all those donuts around the countertops!

Madiyn helping out with the frosting

Madilyn's first donut...oh the excitement!!

Playing some football with her uncles

Poor Sick Baby

2010-01-27T06:44:00.000-08:00

On Wednesday I recieved a phone call that Madilyn had a tempature of 101.7. I left work and went to go pick her up. After spending the rest of the afternoon trying to get her tempature down it was finally time for her to go to sleep. The next morning we woke up and she still had a fever so we decided it was time to take a day off and hang out. All Madilyn wanted was for me to hold her and lay on top of me and sleep. So I decided I would make our sick day fun and made a big bed on the living room floor with lots of blankets and wrap her with her favorite little blanket, Grandma made her. I grabbed the animal crackers and her juice and we sent and watched cartoons. Well as long as I could.:) I really don't like cartoons that much so we compromised and watched some of her shows and than some of mine. It was so nice spending the whole day with Madilyn and not feeling the pressure that I should be doing something else.

Madilyn has since went to the doctor finding out that she has a double ear infection. Here's a picture of her 3 days after being on the antibiotics. Back to happy baby sleeping through the nights. :)

Halloween

2009-11-04T16:47:00.000-08:00

This year we spent Halloween in SJ. It was so much fun being with everyone. We first started with the town Halloween parade where all the children walk around town and down main street showing off their costumes. Afterwards we ended up at the park for hotdogs and playing. Madilyn tried the swings for the first time and absolutely loved them.

Do you like the antennas??

I loved the back of this costume. Everytime she bent over her little butt would look so cute. :)

Later on that night we went tricker treating with Aunt Lora. It was great we made bank on candy. Madilyn was a huge hit with her costume and cuteness, which produce more candy. Lora and I felt like little kids again on Halloween. We had planned just to go around the block, but ended up being out for 1 1/2 hours.

When we got back from trick or treating Kyle, Candice, and Cord Whiting thought it would be fun to dress up and scare the kids that came to the door. It actually was a lot of fun watching the kids get so scared they would run screaming from our door. Oh the joys of scaring little children. Waahahaha!! We ended the night watching scary movies. A perfect way to end a wonderful holiday like Halloween. :)

Kyle as the "Mask", Candice as the "Witch", and Cord as the "Bull"

Birthday Girl!!

2009-11-03T19:35:00.001-08:00

Madilyn turned 1 years old on September 28th. We had a birthday celebration at Grandma's house in St. Johns. Strawberry Shortcake was the theme of the party. I decided I wanted to make her cake. So after several visits to cake decorating stores I was able to find all the supplies to make the perfect Strawberry Shortcake cake. Her party ended up being lots of fun with her cousins, aunts, uncles, and grandparents. What else could a girl ask for on her birthday!!

She loved the strawberry frosting and got very upset when I thought she had enough.

Showing everyone all her presents!

Checking out her new hair bows Aunt Candice and Uncle Kyle gave her.

Anticipating her next gift!

Madilyn loves cell phones so when she got one from her cousins she was thrilled!!

Growing up!

2009-09-09T15:38:00.000-07:00

Madilyn has been growing so much in that past couple months. Last week she started standing up with no hands and if you say "Yea Madilyn" she will start clapping for herself. She loves playing and getting into everything. I can't believe she will be one years old in 19 days. Time seems to go by so much faster when you have kids. Below are some pictures from the last month. :)

Paris darling :)

Hey look at me I can drink out of a cup!

Girl loves her food!

Ahhh...just another day helping mom with the laundry

Visiting mom at her office. Showing off my new skills. :)

My Little Climber

2009-08-10T20:49:00.000-07:00

Last Friday after work I sat Madilyn down by the dvd's since she loves to pull them out of the entertainment center and play with them. Once she was occupied I ran upstairs to clean the bathroom. Soon I could hear Madilyn playing on the bottom step, which she has been doing for the past couple weeks. She hasn't gotten down how to get up, but loves to play on it. So I decide to check downstairs to make sure she wasn't stuck on the step. To my surprise the girl was only 3 steps from the top. So I ran and got my camera.

She's so excited about her new skill.
This is a common face I get when Madilyn is coming to get me.

24th Celebration

2009-08-10T19:23:00.000-07:00

July 24th celebrations are always so much fun. It's the best time to catch up with friends and family. This year was Madilyn's first time to experience this summer tradition. We made sure to be at all the hot spots during the weekend.

As you can see Madilyn enjoyed the ice cream the most at the Ice Cream Social. :)
Here we are at the Camp O' Rama and sweet Sarah is feeding Madilyn Texas sheetcake and cornbread.

Nicholas helping set up for our dinner. My Mom made sweet pork salad you can get from Costa Vida/Cafe Rio...very good choice.

Saturday morning we headed down to watch the parade. Madilyn really enjoyed the floats. You can see her practicing her new talent...clapping. :)

Nothing like hanging out on Papa's 4-wheeler at the park.

We even made it out to the rodeo on Saturday afternoon with my Uncle Jay, Corin, Mike and family plus Justin made it this year. It was a lot of fun. Madilyn didn't make it through the whole rodeo she ended up crashing out and Lora took her home. Who could blame her with all the festivities that went on. Such a cute girl needs her beauty sleep.

CPS Poster Child

2009-07-21T10:22:00.000-07:00

My sister Lora took this picture of Madilyn during the 4th of July weekend. I just think it's such a funny picture. The pitiful face she can make just makes me laugh. It's just so dang cute. The other thing that I find funny is the dead beat mom in the background taking a nap. It doesn't seem to phase her a bit. It looks like Madilyn's doing a public service announcement for CPS. :) LOL

4th of July

2009-07-13T19:32:00.000-07:00

The 4th of July was a lot of fun. Madilyn and I were able to spend it in St. Johns. Nothing like waking up at 5am to cannons going off. It just screams...it's the 4th of July wake up!! I actually have always loved the cannons going off though. Once we were up and ready we headed down to the park for a little BBQ and some chit chatting with friends and family.

Look at the festive ribbon in her hair!!

Cute little Claire :)

Watch out single ladies!!

Summer Fun

2009-07-13T19:06:00.000-07:00

Family love :)

BBQ Fun!
On June 27th my brother Kyle came home from his mission. It's been so nice having all my brothers and sisters back together again. The past few weeks have been crazy filled with lots of family get togethers.

Patient

2009-06-04T16:11:00.000-07:00

After a few sleepless nights rocking and consoling my daughter. I decided to take her to the doctor. I'm so glad I did she ended up with an ear infection on top of teething. Not something that is pleasant for Madilyn or her mom. I did however after two sleepless nights using tylenol, which is a bunch of crap found infant IB profin. It works for a whole 8 hours at a time...beautiful!! When we were at the doctors office she was the perfect little patient. She just set so still when he was checking her heartbeat and lungs. It was even cute when he was standing talking she looked up at him like she was listening to everything he had to tell her to get better. Very cute little patient. :)

2009-06-01T08:17:00.000-07:00

Ever since Madilyn's teeth came in she has been making all kinds of facial expressions. It's so dang cute. This particular outfit she's wearing is one my Mom saved from when I was a baby. I wish I had the picture of me wearing it. That would be a fun comparison.

Swimming Season

2009-05-28T20:01:00.000-07:00

Swimming season has began. I've been waiting for this time since February. I was so excited to take Madilyn for her first time. So the first day in May that it hit triple digits we were out in the water. The day was so nice and the water was freezing. I thought for sure I would get some kind of squeal out of Madilyn, but nothing just a look at me like "what do you have me doing now?" I put her in her raft/floaty and she laid her head back and just floated. Once I got her use to it she started to splash and flash her fabulous grin.

We just had our first Mommy Tot lesson on Tuesday. It was so much fun. Madilyn really enjoyed it. Before the end of the summer little miss thing will be doing cherry bombs!!

Little cutie patutie!!

Working on her summer tan :)

Arthritis Walk

2009-05-19T21:20:00.000-07:00

The first of May we spent the morning at the Phoenix Zoo doing a walk for Arthritis. I thought this would be a great opportunity for Madilyn to see all the different animals. We started off on the walk passing by the giraffes. There was one right next to us eating out of his bin. I was so excited for Madilyn to see this large animal for the first time. However, after several minutes trying to get her attention to focus on this large animal it was apparent she was more interested in the hundreds of people doing the fundraiser walk. So Jill, Sara and I enjoyed the rest of our walk watching the animals while Madilyn observed all the people. I will have to try it again next year maybe she'll be more interested.

There was only a river and wall to my knees between this cheetah and myself!!

Red Chili

2009-04-30T08:08:00.000-07:00

So last night I was making my Mom's/Grandma's recipe for red chili. I started making enchiladas and when I was done sat down to eat. Well of course Madilyn wants to try anything I'm eating so I decided to just give her a taste of the red chili to see what she would do. To my surprise she really liked it and wanted more. So I started to give her some by the spoonful. Being the good mother, which I am, I decided I should quit and give her rice cereal so she wouldn't end up with a stomach ache. I think we might have a Greer/Patterson on our hands...next step COKE!! Just kidding I wouldn't do that until she's at least 2 years old. LOL

Weekend Fun

2009-04-21T08:02:00.000-07:00

Over the weekend my Mom came up and we had so much fun. We started off laying out Saturday morning in the sun and reading...very relaxing might I add. Than off to shopping we went. We had a really good time. So yesterday before my Mom left she needed to get a few things at Hobby Lobby. It was going to be really quick so I just carried Madilyn in. Now whoever has been to Hobby Lobby knows it's never a quick in and out of the store. They have so many fun little things that you can end up being there for awhile. So after about 15 minutes I decided to put Madilyn in the shopping cart and see if she could sit in it by herself. To my surprise she did great!! This is going to save so much back and arm pain of lifting her in and out of carts with her car seat carrier...WOOHOO!!!

Easter Weekend

2009-04-15T20:30:00.000-07:00

Our Easter weekend was spent in SJ. We started it off with both Madilyn and I having pink eye and waiting in SJ Family Clinic for 2 1/2 hours to get meds. Not a great way to start off the Easter festivities but we ended up feeling lots better Saturday morning when we got our Easter baskets filled with candy and goodies. My Mom always makes the holidays fun and exciting. Since it was windy and freezing out we decided to have a BBQ indoors. It was so nice having the family all together. (missing Adam and Kyle of course) We ended the weekend all going to church with all the little girls and Nicholas in their Easter dresses and new ties. It was so much fun seeing all the kids dressed in their Easter's best. I just love holidays or any reason to eat junk, hang with family and have fun.

Madilyn in her Easter dress!!

Hanging out during the BBQ

Checking out Grandma's necklace

Madilyn Eating

2009-04-06T18:39:00.000-07:00

If you turn it up you can hear her making funny sounds.

6 Month Check up!!

2009-04-06T08:20:00.000-07:00

We just had our 6 month check up last week and Madilyn is doing great. I'm very excited because she can start eating solids now. We started off with rice cereal and now on to sweet potatoes...she's loving it. It was really cute because she kept smiling why I fed her like she knew this was an important step. Now you can't eat anything in front of her without her staring you down. She just makes you feel guilty because you can't let her have any.

Picture Day!!

Saturday was picture day need I say more. It was so frustrating trying to get Madilyn to act like the sweet little girl I know. Every time they tried to make her smile she would suck on her lower lip and grin. She looked like a little old lady with her teeth out. The nice lady taking the pictures would try and have her sit up and Madilyn would fling her body back. I left the picture setting so upset with my daughter, but being the laid back person that I am (LOL) I decided it was no big deal and we would find a cute picture in the roll she took. Sure enough there was one where she looked like a normal little girl. I was sold we took it.

Shopper

2009-03-20T13:54:00.000-07:00

Well one thing Madilyn did inherit from her mother, grandmother and great grandmother is the love of shopping. She had her first "shop till you drop" experience at about 2mths old. It was Thanksgiving weekend and she was able to keep up with all of us. Even when 10pm rolled around she still had a smile on her face. I'm so glad she's such a good little shopper. :)

I just love this picture of Madilyn it shows her blue eyes and favorite toy she likes to play with in the car.

Happy St. Patrick's Day!!

2009-03-17T11:06:00.001-07:00

Sinusitis

2009-03-13T07:38:00.000-07:00

After 10 days of taking antibiotics Madilyn is finally starting to feel better. She had what is called Sinusitis and no I'm not making that name up. Basically it's a sinus infections. She was sick for over 2 weeks and finally I decided it was time to take her to the doctor. I'm so glad I did. She's back to smiling and being able to breath normally. :)

Upgrade of bedding!!

2009-03-05T10:28:00.000-08:00

Well as you can see Madilyn just keeps getting bigger. Poor little thing finally got a crib. I had been putting it off for awhile because I was just so sad to see her out grow the bassinet. One thing you should know about me is I don't like change. I have a hard time with it. So seeing Madilyn grow so quickly all ready is a really hard thing for me. However, when your child is touching both ends of the bassinet... I think it's time.

Catch Up!!

2009-02-06T12:13:00.000-08:00

So I've decided to start a blog about little Madilyn. I've been meaning to get to this for about 4mths now. I am going to catch you up on Madilyn 4 1/2 mths of life through some photos.

Madilyn Jane

Halloween 2011

Happy 3rd Birthday!!

Summer Fun!

Adam and Raelynn's Wedding

4th of July

June 2011

Graduation!!

Easter Weekend 2011

Vegas Baby!!

Christmas 2010!!

Happy Halloween!!

Fall Is Here!!

Happy Birthday!!

Fun Day Out!

Easter!

Happy St. Patrick's Day!!

Christmas Season

Donut Day!

Poor Sick Baby

Halloween

Birthday Girl!!

Growing up!

My Little Climber

24th Celebration

CPS Poster Child

** 4th of July **

Summer Fun

Patient

Swimming Season

Arthritis Walk

Red Chili

Weekend Fun

Easter Weekend

Madilyn Eating

6 Month Check up!!

Shopper

Happy St. Patrick's Day!!

Sinusitis

Upgrade of bedding!!

Catch Up!!

4th of July