Update!

I haven't been writing very much in the entries.. just posting pictures. Maddox has grown A LOT.. but I cannot remember when the last time I actually did a REAL update... so I don't even know where to begin! He has been saying some new words for the past couple months. No, Stop, Go, and a bunch other I cannot think of right now lol.. He has recently started to mimic everyone and will say things like sorry, excuse me, and other 2-3 word sentences. He doesn't say them on his own though. His sleeping is not good, he's been teething for 3 months, has definitely been acting like a 2 year old.. protesting everything, pushing the limits, throwing things around. He also likes to do somersaults, stand on his head, dance (which has been always, but he is constantly making up new moves.. he just recently started doing "salsa" after watching Jerry Springer on Dancing with the Stars). Ahhh.. well, it's hard to remember everything because it's been so long. I'll have to make sure that I make real updates frequently so that I don't forget lol

Anyways.. so on with the pictures.

Cute "scowl-y" picture of Maddox (helping with the dishes while I bake)



Pictures from the Raptor Release that we went to on Sept 30th







Maddox's "Take Along Thomas" train set



At Chuck E Cheese - on the phone!



Maddox likes to assist Bella with her Nuk!



Look how high he can build!



Worms!





Uhhh.....?!



Happy at Caribou





"Helping" with the racking





Maddox's Idea of lounging.. is hanging half way off the chair!



Maddox made up a new sport (like 12 months ago lol) called "Kitchen, Lid Skaing"



Standing on the patio table..? lol



Maddox being Crafty



Just being cute



Wrapping a string of purple beads around his belly?



Maddox's version of "Brrr!"



So cute!



Today we went to the pumpkin patch with Aunty Amy and the cousins! It was fun. At one point, my brain shut down and no questions or messages could get through anymore so I needed to take a break from everyone.. lol but otherwise it was good! .. In case you forgot: Dante is oldest boy, 6yo, Ariana is girl, 4yo, Kaden is youngest boy, 16.5mo.

Mmmm! Apples!


















Ok. Bye.

Potty Time!

Maddox went pee in the potty THREE times yesterday! He only had 1 dirty diaper since we started at naptime.

Today, Maddox has gone four times in the potty and has had 1 dirty diaper. He went potty in his diaper within the 10 minutes he wasn't on the potty, but when we put him on the potty, he went pee again!

Pictures!

Kaden, with pigtails, at his brothers 6th birthday.



Maddox, looking all cute in the Cars hat Aunty Amy bought him



Kissing Daddy



Playing, today, at the park!











Maddox can climb high!



Our Family pictures and Maddox's 21mo pictures from 8-26-2006

Yay For Pictures!!

I have my mother's camera! So I took pictures. I got my camera back, but I have to send it back because the problem was not fixed.

A Different kind of "Musical Chairs"


Maddox and Mama


Innocent? I think not!


Filling up his watering "can"


Fishing

Looking Back

I look at that very first picture and I can remember the stress and exhaustion that I felt, like it was yesterday. I remember going to the doctor's office and then to the hospital for a bilirubin check. I remember being told that he needed to spend the night at the hospital under the photo therapy lights. I remember rushing home and packing things, feeling all scrambled, scared, tired, high. I was so relieved that I was able to spend the night with him. I remember going to the hospital and sitting in that chair and Clayton sitting on the bed. I remember having my head in my hand, trying to hold it up. Trying to stay awake, trying to feel energized, trying to make sense of everything. I remember feeling so overwhelmed with everything and then all of it doubling because Clayton had to leave shortly after we got there, to go to work.

I remember Maddox's insanely high body temperature. He was bright red, hot to the touch. They had to bring in little body temperature things to make sure he was maintaining a normal temperature. I remember the machine beeping almost non-stop. They had to come in over and over again because they couldn't keep him at a good temperature.

He was so happy in there though. He was so warm and cozy. He never woke up to eat. Every 2 hours they came in the room and woke me up, took him out of his little bed, woke him up and had him eat for 15 minutes. I remember this being the day my milk came in. I was feeling pretty horrible and had to pump constantly. He was so comfy in there he didn't eat much and I was just way too full.

I wish I could do it all over again. I wish I could re-be pregnant with him, re-give birth to him, re-raise him. Not to change anything and not because I don't love and enjoy him now (he is such an awesome kid), but I feel so... so nostalgic. I don't yearn to have ANOTHER baby, I just want real life Deja Vu or something like that.

Pictures!

21 Month photo preview (outfit he'll wear on the 26th for his pictures)



Last Wednesday at Auntie Amy's house, Maddox and I made a tunnel between the bed and the couch.. Maddox had a ton of fun! And was making lion rarr's in his "den"







BTW: No, I don't have my camera back yet. These are from my sister's camera and my mom's camera.

Bye Bye Camera

Well, I had to send my camera back to the company to get repaired. It probably won't be back til the end of next week or even the beginning of the week after that. It's REALLY hard. I keep thinking "Oh, I have to go grab my camera" and then remembering that it's GONE!!

We tried Maddox's old tux on this morning. It was the most handsome thing I had ever seen. I grabbed Clayton's camera phone so that I at least had a picture to post.





You'd think he was a big boy..... until you see the NUK in his mouth!!

Sorry they are not so good.. stupid camera phone!

Some cute pictures

08.02.2006 - Maddox pictures at my mom's house.





08.04.2006 - Bella pictures from Friday.

Yay for Horses!

Yesterday we went out to my mother's friends house so that Ariana could ride a horse. She had alot of fun and Maddox got to ride a horse too! He was VERY excited about it!







Ariana's pictures I'm going to put behind a cut because they are larger...