Much to do….no time to post

Updates….

POOL:

We have had a lot more progress and I would guess we will be all finished with the pool, outdoor kitchen and bathroom addition in about a month.  It is so exciting to see it all come together!

 

KIDS:  Here are some fun pics of the kids the past several weeks! Rodeo is in full force and I have seen Kenny Chesney and will see Black Eyed Peas this next week…SO FUN…can’t wait to take the kids to all the fun activities!

 

Other fun pics: I am taking a camera class about how to use my fancy camera and love it…here are a few pics of things we have learned… I have only had 2 classes, but did not even know my camera did all these fun things :)

This past weekend I headed to NYC with my sister and Kelly…we had so much fun…no pics of that weekend :) We have been busy busy and so glad to see some warmer weather headed our way…hopefully to stay!  Madelyn is growing so fast…she is saying so many words…she can for the most part say anything (within reason) that we ask her to say.  She is still eating like a champ and poor thing has been sick…anything Mason brings home from school she gets :(  Mason is a lil toot!  He is all about being at home.  We will be out and say…I want to go home and play.  He also says “ This is our house and no one can live here but us…well Nanny, Papa, DD, and Daddio can”  He is also “about” to outgrow his naps BOO HOO BOO HOO!  We have a  busy summer planned with several trips planned, wedding, birthdays, and relaxing by the pool…I wouldn’t have it any other way :)

Vail Vacation

This past week we went to Vail with my family and sister’s family.  We had a wonderful time skiing, tubing, playing in the snow, and hanging out!  It was beautiful there.  Mason had a blast, but the babies for the most part stayed inside warm and cozy.  We also met up with Jason and Kelly our aunt and uncle while there…it was great to see them.  Mason loved having snow ball fights and tubing (he was in his own tube and flew down the mountain and couldn’t wait to do it again)!  Madelyn LOVED climbing the 2 staircases at the condo and EATING all day long :)  Mason and Madelyn were so happy to see Nanny and Papa and their Aunt Jenny and Uncle Paul and cousins too.  We were sad to leave, and can’t wait to do it all over again next time :)  We were there when Vice President  Biden was there and my parents saw him at a restaurant in Beaver Creek one afternoon and as we were leaving to come home we saw Air Force Two at the airport! However, our flight home was AWFUL!!!  At first we were scheduled to land early, but ended up flying all over Texas landing in San Antonio where we sat on the airplane for 1 1/2 hrs. before landing in Houston because of a storm :(  Over all we were in the airplane 6+  hrs.  Thank goodness we got Madelyn her own seat…Overall they did really well…a few minor meltdowns from lil miss who only slept 45 minutes on the plane!  We didn’t arrive home until 10:00pm and the kids weren’t in bed till 11pm…so we have been playing catch up on some much needed rest :)

View From Condo                                       Playin’ with Papa

Snowball fight with Kylie    Playin’ in the snow with mama

                                        More snowball fights with Nanny…Mason won :)

Madden…with those big baby blues!

 

                                                                Building a snowman with Papa

The only time I could get Madelyn out in the snow…NOT A FAN…yet :)

On the Gondola Ride up to take Mason tubing

Walking through Vail Village                           Night Night time! 

Hopefully I will upload the pics from my other camera which has the picture of Air Force Two on it…SOME DAY!

BREAKING GROUND!

How can you keep a 3 yr old occupied ALL DAY LONG???  Have a tractor dig a HUGE hole in your backyard!  They came and dug on Thursday of last week.  Mason was ready to swim that night…It will be a LONG few months of “Can we swim yet???”  Mason was so excited to wake up to the sound of the tractor I could hardly get him and Madelyn away from the window…he wanted to go dig with them.  He even went to get his shovel to help!  Needless to say we are so excited and can’t wait to SWIM ALL SUMMER LONG!! 

                                                                Notice baby doll had to watch too!

Can you say HURRY!!!!                            

I love this face!!!

Coming THIS SPRING…

Happy Birthday Precious B

What a wonderful wonderful year we have had with our lil girl!  As the saying goes, “Time Flies When You are Having Fun!”  We had a small get together to celebrate Madelyn and her first year :)  We go to the doctor at the end of January so I will have her yr. stats then.  Here are some of the things our BIG TODDLER is doing:

• Walking (started a 8 months)
• Saying several words: Ba Ba Doll, Daa (dog), up, Mama, Dada, Bi (bite)
• Loves Whole Milk from her sippy cups
• Eats whatever we eat…(never really ate baby food)
• Claps
• Shakes her head NO
• Points at everything she wants
• Loves to carry purses
• Loves to put things in her purse and take them right back out (could do this for a LONG time)
• Loves to play in her bed for a bit before you can get her out
• Seems to gravitate more to men :) Will let Papa and Daddio carry her around and hold her…The grandma’s get a little jealous, but she warms up to them really fast too! 
• LOVES LOVES LOVES her baby doll…sleeps with it…we take it everywhere!
• Fake cries to get what she wants
• Takes 2 naps ranging from 1 hr to 1 1/2 hrs
• Loves to look at pictures…especially the ones I have framed lining our staircase.
• Would EAT ALL DAY LONG if I let her!
• Doesn’t like Peaches
• Tries to do everything her brother does!!!

I know I am probably missing a few…We love her so much and love watching her grow and change DAILY!  Happy Happy Birthday lil Girl…we love you so!!!!

   

We had a wonderful day and Madelyn ate too much sugar that afternoon at her party she DID NOT NAP :)  She was so happy to just roam around the game room carrying her purses and playing with her new toys :)