Happy Halloween

Happy Halloween! ... ... ... A week ago at church we had the fall festival. Madison dressed up as a Wichita State cheerleader. She wasn't sure what to think (and she was already tired) - it was very busy, she pretty much just watched everyone play the games and walk around. She did get a little butterfly tattoo that lasted all of two days; she wasn't too sure about that on her arm. Maybe next year she'll enjoy herself a little better!!

Tonight we are just going to a football game with some friends (Brett and Christine; Jesse and Stephanie). Madison wouldn't be eating any candy and mommy certainly doesn't want it sitting around the house. Next year I'm sure Madison will be more into getting candy. She is going to wear her "Little Monster" shirt to the game tonight - we'll post pictures of that later. :)

What A Month

It was a LONG month with Madison's reactions to her shots, burning her finger, and just generally not feeling good. Just in the last couple of days has she returned to her old happy self!! So, we are hoping November brings a much calmer, fun month!

OC Visit

Yesterday Madison and I went down to Oklahoma Christian to visit Aunt Tara. We had a good time, a nice break from being at home doing the usual. ;) Madison did pretty well on the drive down. She finally fell asleep right before I had to pay the toll and then woke up - I think because the lady said hi pretty loud. *shrug* Then an hour later she finally fell asleep again and slept until we got to the the exit. She was VERY confused when she Aunt Tara and Whitney.

We went to the mall to eat and shop and went back to Tara's apartment to hang out for a while. Madison was pretty cute at the mall - you can really tell she watches EVERYTHING now - when I let her out of the stroller she would walk up to the clothes and push them around like she was looking at them and she even grabbed the price tag like she was looking at it!.! It was pretty cute!!

The drive home was very nice - for me! Madison slept the whole way home! She was VERY excited to see her daddy when we got in the door! She missed him with our little adventure yesterday! :)

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These pictures are from the mall - Madison pulled her bow out and her hair was standing straight up. She is also obsessed with anyones drink who has a straw (she just figured out how to use a straw in the last week or two). She was trying to get something from my empty cup and then moved on to Tara's sweet tea. :)

Talking?!

If any of you have listened to Madison 'talk' I'm sure you find it as fun/funny as I do. Sometimes, it really sounds like she is saying words that make sense and fit into the conversation. And the way she uses her hands while she talks makes it soooo much more fun to watch her. I talk to her all day long, repeat things if it actually sounds like a word, and if she points I say what it is that I think she is pointing at. I'm sure she doesn't know as many words as it sounds like she is saying, but it is still cute!

For example, yesterday I was at church helping with people getting their pictures taken. Ryan Corcoran was there too, he's in charge of it all, and I just sit there and help him get people signed in. Madison is getting very comfortable with him because yesterday was our 3rd day of helping. She would just walk up to him, look at him very seriously, and just start talking. For a couple of hours it sounded like she was saying something about 'fried rice'. Now, what she has to say about that, I have no idea. But several people thought that's what they heard too.


Anyway, the reason I started this whole post was because when I went in to get her out of her crib this morning I swear this is what I heard: 'I love you so much'. She greets me every morning standing in her crib and either reaches for me or just waves and smiles. So, whether she said it or not, I'm going to act like she did! :) I love her so much too!

Burn

Madison burnt her little finger. :( We had some friends (the Harrold's) over last Friday night. Addison and Madison were playing ALL over the place and Clark was eating. The guys were watching and talking baseball. We were making cookies and all of a sudden Madison is screaming. She is into pulling out every drawer she sees, well she thought she'd try to pull the drawer under the oven (I'm guessing this is what she was doing). Well, if you reach back enough, where the drawer stops there is a little part (about 1/2 in) that is hot when the oven is on. I guess she was trying to reach her hand around the top of the drawer and her hand touched the hot part. She wouldn't move her hand either, I don't know if she thought it was stuck or not. If it was stuck I just pulled on it, I don't really remember. She got a blister on the top of her middle finger and on the end of it (so, if she points you can see it).

She cried for about 45 minutes. Mark got her into a bath and I went up to Walgreens to get supplies to doctor her up. ;) Mark said she was fine in the bath, she just pointed at the blisters and said, "that", "that". After bath, we got her all fixed up and a bottle and she was out! She doesn't even notice it anymore. She doesn't mind just a band-aid on the blister that has popped already, but she hates me bandaging her whole finger up at night. But, I just get her a bottle and she goes to bed and forgets about it. :)

Poor baby :(

Stupid Shots

Madison had her one year shots on October 1. She has always done very well with shots, all we had to do was keep her on Tylenol for the rest of the day and she was fine; but, not this time!!! This time she got the first MMR shot, they told us the usual, she may get a fever. Well, later that night, after Mark's softball games, I was getting her ready for bed and her body was BURNING up!!! I took her temperature and it was 103. We ended up calling the doctor and he told us to alternate Tylenol and Motrin every two hours and give her a lukewarm bath several times throughout the next day or so (he thought the fever would only last 24 hours). Well, it lasted 72 hours - for three days her temperature never went below 100! And I felt HORRIBLE giving her those baths, it was so cold against her little body, she just shivered the whole time and looked at me with the saddest eyes and reaching up for me.!. :( We were excited her temperature finally went down on Saturday night, then on Sunday she woke up with a red spot above her eye. It "spread" throughout the day, not bad! I took her in to see the doctor on Monday, just to be sure everything was ok. She was fine that morning, just the same spots on her head and face, by the time we got to the doctor (1 hour later) she had spots ALL over her belly. He said it was jut a rash, reaction from the shot, he wasn't worried about it at all. Anyway, she had that a couple of days and now is fine.

On a side note, for her one year check-up she was 21 lbs and 29.5 inches. She is doing great!! Walking everywhere and talking ALL DAY LONG!!!! ;)

Birthday Party

We had Madison's birthday party on Saturday. We just had family come over this year - which was plenty, there wouldn't have been much room for anyone else!! It took Madison a while to get used to everone being there - she went down for a nap with just Mommy, Daddy, and Aunt Tara there and woke up with about 8 other people there and more on the way.

She just walked around a little looking at everyone while we had snacks. Then we opened up presents - well, I opened most of the presents - Mark said on the video that "Mommy thinks its her birthday" haha. I thought Madison would have been more in to opening the presents, but I guess she was in to what was in the boxes. She is a very lucky one year old - she got a TON of clothes, books, and toys. Oh yeah, and diapers (I was excited about that one).

And we finally got to cake after that. I made cupcakes and a chocolate cake. Madison LOVED the cupcake, especially the icing.!. She got a little messing, but not near as bad as I thought she would. My mom said for my first birthday I was "very lady-like" when I ate my birthday cake.

After all the festivities, we just played games and watched games with Mark's family. We all went to dinner for Marie's (Mark's grandma) birthday, which was on Monday, Sepetember 29.

Here on some pictures of the birthday party:

She's ready to open those presents!

Madison LOVES her new seat for the table!

Reading her birthday card.

Yay, two toys that make noise! ;)

Almost has it figured out!

Yummy cupcakes!!!

"Thanks for actually letting me have a cupcake mom!!" ;)

She started pulling the cooler with ice, all around the house when we got home from dinner.