Swmming with Grandma

Last Week Madeline missed her first swimming lesson at her new swim school because she was still too sick :-( Now she feels all better, and since mom and dad are on vacation this week, Alyssa and Grandma Judy brought her to her new school for the first time! Madeline gave Grandma a big kiss for bringing her to the pool :-) They played with water cups...She learned the Back Float...Splashed around...Learned to kick...Climbed on the floating board... and jumped in! She can't wait to go back :-)

All Better

Well it looks like our little girl has finally gotten over her bronchitis and is feeling better! She's making up for lost eating time by devouring everything in sight!
The ravioli she had for dinner was a big hit :-) What a MESS!!! It's just so good to see her laughing and playing again :-) She was definitely ready for a bath when that meal was over!

Grapes

Madeline woke up this morning and still wasn't feeling the greatest, so Alyssa thought that maybe giving her some grapes would make her feel like eating... it doesn't look like she got too far :-( That was in the morning, but by the time mom and dad called from Mexico that night Madeline was feeling a lot better and
Godmother said she ate a TON for dinner that night :-)
Hopefully that means she's finally getting over being sick!

Big Girl Ponytail!

Very early this morning mom and dad left for Mexico and Madeline has been having a great time with Alyssa. They played all day and Alyssa gave Madeline her first Big Girl Ponytail!Mom & dad got to see it right away because Alyssa sent them a picture message - it was great! How many other new things will Madeline do while mom and dad are on vacation?!?!?

A Few More Gifts

We've packed everything up and today we headed out to Grandma Judy's house. Madeline will be staying here for a whole week with her Godmother, Alyssa, while mom and dad are in Mexico!
When we got there there was a Christmas package for Madeline from her Godfather Nick, and Kate. Madeline opened it up and it was a set of DVD's with all of the Christmas Clasics, like Rudolph, Frosty the Snowman & How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Thank You Godfather!Grandma still has her Christmas decorations out so Madeline immediately went to find her favorite - the baby Jesus from Grandma's nativity set :-) It truely is a miracle that we still know where baby Jesus is after all of the playing with him Madeline has done over the Holidays!We also got to see the amazing chalk drawing Kate did of Madeline when she was 12 months old. Nick and Kate gave this drawing to Grandma Judy for Christmas. Madeline sure likes it!Madeline still isn't feeling all that great - we sure hopes that medicine starts working soon! Mom and dad leave early tomorrow morning. Good thing she'll have aunt Melanie to hold her...and Aunt Alyssa and Grandma Judy to give her lots of lovin'!

Sick

Well, it's official, we took Madeline to the doctor yesterday and he says it's Bronchitis & Pharyngitis :-( She's taking Amoxicillan, Robitussin & Tylenol! Hopefully she'll start to feel better soon. This is only the 4th time she's ever had a fever and the first time she's ever had to go to the doctor for any sort of illness.
Today we went to Grandma Judy's to pick up Godmother Alyssa. She's going to stay with us at the apartment for the next few days. On Friday mom and dad leave for Cabo and Madeline will be staying with Alyssa and Grandma for the whole week! Alyssa is here learning the routine so that she doesn't have any surprises while we are gone. It'll be our first extended stay away from Madeline. We're excited for our vacation, but sad about leaving her for so long. It's even harder knowing she's sick, but Grandma only lives 5 miles from the doctor. Get better soon little girl!

New Years - sick :-(

It's New Years Eve and Madeline still isn't feeling well, so we decided that a quite family New Years was all we were up for this year. If this runny nose and fever are still here tomorrow we're heading for the doctor... This just isn't the face of healthy little girl :-( We hope you feel better soon!

One Last Christmas Party

Today we went to Grandma Judy's hometown, Union Hill, for the Weiers Family Christmas. Madeline really wasn't feeling very good, but Godmother Alyssa tried to make her feel better and helped her open her gift :-) Our little cousin Brandon was there for Madeline to play with. He's a little older than Madeline, but they still had a good time playing together! Daddy tried to make her feel better too, by playing on the stairs... We hope she starts to feel better soon!

Sledding Video

We went sledding again today, but there are no pictures - just this fun little video:

Sledding

It snowed all Christmas Day and left everything beautifully covered in a fresh layer of white! A perfect opportunity to try out those new snowpants and boots Madeline got from her Godmother, Alyssa, for Christmas! It took a while to get on enough layers... but soon enough Grandma Judy was pulling Madeline on her very first sled ride! This little girl is obviously enjoying herself! Oops! It's all good :-)Mommy took a turn pulling too... Everyone was having a great time :-) Look at how deep that snow is! When we put her on the shoveled driveway she was off and running! Oh Oh! Too fast :-) What a great day!!!