Thursday, January 27, 2022

1 Year Old & 19 Years Married!


On the last day of July,
we celebrated Maddie's upcoming birthday!


The theme was "rainbows",
so Evan picked up a soda of each color in the rainbow...


Maddie wore a rainbow swim suit...


And ran to greet her guests!


Auntie Sarah...


And Grandma came over to celebrate with us!


We swam, sang to Maddie...


And she opened gifts!


It was a super fun day!





Then on the 3rd we celebrated Maddie's actual birthday!
I wrapped her gifts in each of the colors of the rainbow...


She opened her gift from Daddy first
and then played...




During nap I tried to recreate a bear cake
like the one I had on my 1st Birthday!
(Thanks for the cake pan and idea Mom!)


After nap Maddie got to enjoy her gift from me!


I got her dressed up for her last blanket picture...


And she posed with her gifts!


This collage shows the difference between Day 1 and Day 365!



She felt special for sure!
1 Year sure FLEW BY!

Face Book!!!




On the 7th,
our rainbow baby stayed at home...


While Freddy and I went to an early dinner for our Anniversary! 


It was our 1st date since Madison was born!



We are so grateful Miss Jill was able to come over to watch her!


19 Years...


And my Hubby is still so thoughtful!




Maddie and Ryan spent a lot of time in the pool together in August...


While I usually hung out on the Baja Shelf with her.


Either way, she just loves the water!




Before we knew it, it was time for Junior High Baseball!


She loved rooting on Ryguy!




Evan had his 1st Day of his Junior Year on the 11th.


Maddie was so happy to see him when he got home!



Books For You!







My Sweet Girl and I during bath.




"Bwuda"



Daddy/Daughter Fun!




Here Maddie was helping Daddy with his Fantasy Draft!







"Bubba"




That Smile!




One day Ryan went golfing with Grandpa!
I thought he looked so handsome!



Do Your Dancey Dance!







At the end of the month,
this "Mama's Girl" was on a mission...


To root on Ryan and the Casteel Colts game once again!
I will share his highlights in September's blog.
Hope you enjoyed our August recap!


















 

Friday, January 14, 2022

Our Month of Chill in the Heat of July!



Thanks to ISR Lessons,
Maddie was floating all on her own
by the 1st of July!


She turned 11 months on the 3rd...


And started taking a few steps here and there!




She enjoyed working on her tan with her brothers this summer...

And giggles were off the charts!




On the 4th, we hung out in the pool...

 

            
      Dad got the boys treats from Sonic...


And I smoked some meats for us!


We blew up some water balloons...


That Maddie was in awe of...


And cooled off with a Dad versus kids water balloon fight!


Freddy got the boys fun fireworks to set off...


So they could put on a show on for us!


Maddie watched in the quiet with Daddy.

Fireworks Time!


She liked the colors!


Then, before the end of the show we did sparklers!




The boys did a great job!
It was quite entertaining!



I'm Gonna Get You! 



On the 6th, Maddie graduated from her ISR class!
I did a split screen of Ryan at her age in the same course!
The similarities are amazing to me!
Evan took the course also, but he was 3 when he started.




As you have probably learned, Maddie loves to read!
She started to say parts of the body like "tongue" and began making...


Animal Sounds!








On the 15th we took the boat out!


We each took some time on the board.
I was trying to decide, but I think left foot front suits me best.


Evan is such a natural...


And although Ryan is great with the rope,
with each summer he gets better and better
at riding the wake without it!


This was accidental,
but we realized all 3 of the kids were wearing flamingos!




One day Bubba was packing up his new bat bag
and Maddie decided she wanted to go for a ride!







The infant car seat days were numbered here...




And so was the infant bath seat!
Time flies!



We have a WALKER!




Before we knew it, the 21st came,
which meant it was Ryan's 1st day of 8th grade!




On that same day, I got a new car!




Then, to round out the month,
we found a patio with misters...


So Evan, Maddie and I could go for a lunch date!
This was Maddie's 2nd restaurant experience!


Goodbye everyone!
We hope you enjoyed our July!