Sweet Friends

Madelyn, Brooks, and I went to visit some good friends in Wetumpka this past Saturday and Sunday night (Patrick is on a work trip). We all had a great time hanging out and catching up! Jaycie's daddy built her a playhouse and Madelyn thought it was the coolest thing (see pic above).
Little Buddies: Brooks and Dawson are two months apart in age. They play well together (except when Brooks hit him). I think we are going through a little hitting stage with B man. :(
The girls loved getting to take a bath together. I think they could have stayed in there all night if we would have let them.Settled down, all watching Tinkerbell together!
We have been in Birmingham since 2003 and have yet to visit the Vulcan. The Boneys invited us to go a couple of weeks ago and the kids really enjoyed it. They were doing some work on Vulcan so we could not go up to the deck and see him closer. But, Quinn and Madelyn did this fun scavenger hunt inside the museum.
M and B are pointing to Homewood where we live.
Sara and Quinn
We found where daddy works on this points of interest screen. The cool thing is that Madelyn found it without me pointing it out.
Well, I rarely blog about what fun things Patrick gets to do, so I wanted to put a plug in for him. He got invited to go to the Masters with some of his good friends from Auburn. He was super excited to get to go! Pictured above is Lindsey, Tyler, and Shaun.
The course is Gorgeous!
Boys, Boys, Boys!!!! I have several good friends that are having boys in the next 7 weeks. Need less to say, I have been busy going to baby showers. Also, my bother-in-law and sister-in-law are having a boy in late summer as well. Crazy! I cant wait to meet them all!!! The picture above is: Me, Susan, and Colin and the picture below is: Me, Ashley, and Colton
Thank you God for all of our friends and these five boys coming soon (Colin, Tripp, Whit, Colton, and Wilson)!!!

Madelyn's 4 Year Old Interview

One of my good friends designs memory albums and many other cute things (www.ohsuzyqdesigns.etsy.com) and I have just finished Madelyn's first album! It is memories from the past year (turning three to four). On the last page there is an interview, and a couple of weeks ago I interviewed Madelyn. It was quite amusing:

What is your fav color? Pink

What is your fav snack? Cheez-its

What is your fav restaurant? The Original Pancake House (she can eat like 6 or 7 pancakes)

Who do you love? My daddy (guess mommy is not loved) :)

What makes you happy? Getting a prize

What makes you sad? When someone is not sharing with me (this is the pot calling the kettle black)

If you could be an animal, what would you be? Elephant

Are you afraid of anything? If so, what? Cats

Describe your funniest memory. nothing (dont think she understood what I was asking)

What do you want to be when you grow up? Tinkerbell (so maybe she will work for DisneyWorld???)

What is your fav day of the year? My birthday

What is something you want to learn how to do? I want to learn how to color better with markers. (this was pretty random)

What are you thinking about right now? dots

My Redeemer Lives!!

Happy Easter to all!!! More pictures to come later from some of our Easter activities this week.

Let the Parties Begin....

Madelyn turned FOUR this past Sunday and we literally celebrated all weekend!!! She had a blast! We all crashed on Sunday night! (sorry, there are a ton of pictures :) )
On Friday, we sent pink and red sprinkled donuts for her class at school to enjoy for her birthday!

On Saturday morning, the four of us went to Madelyn's all time favorite restaurant: The Original Pancake House! She ate about 7 petite pancakes!

Before naps on Saturday, we let Madelyn open the gifts from us. Above, she is singing with her new microphone! She loves to sing and dance!!!!
She also got matching pj's for her and her American girl little bitty twin. The doll's name is: Two! Funny story: She received this doll at Christmas before her third birthday. SO I guess since she was two, she thought the dolls name should be that. Oh the things kids come up with!
Saturday afternoon and night we celebrated with both sides of our family! It was fun being together with everyone. Uncle Andrew probably threw my kids in the air 213 times! We went to Mafiaoxa's for pizza and then came home for hot fudge sundaes!! Yum Yum!

Aunt Wendy and Princess Madelyn
Grandan and Baba stayed overnight with us and we went to church and lunch with them on Sunday! It was fun getting to hang out with them. Baba made Madelyn this smocked dress she is wearing (Baba's first smocked dress). It will definitely be one we keep forever. Thank you Baba, we love it!!

Party time with friends - Sunday afternoon! Madelyn had a gymnastics party so I attempted to make her a balance beam cake. It turned out great, but I am not going into the cake business anytime soon! :)
Sweet Sarah Louis enjoying herself! Not quit old enough to do tumbling!

Madelyn loves the pit - the best part of gymnastics!!!
Cheese - "I am having a ball mom"!
The whole gang on the balance beam!

Everyone enjoyed watching the older girls that came in for lessons after the party! What a fun party! Thank you all for coming! Happy Birthday sweet girl! Love you!

Happy 4th Birthday Madelyn

Happy 4th Birthday Princess Madelyn!!! Thank you for all the joy and laughter that you bring to us!!!! We love you, Daddy, Mommy, and Brooks

More fun pictures from Madelyn's birthday weekend to come!

Spring Break

We had a great spring break last week! We went to Nana and Papaw's house the first part of the week. On Monday, we went to the mall in Montgomery and Madelyn and Brooks played with some of their friends that live in Auburn. They rode the carousal a couple of times and also did this hurricane tunnel thing and then we all went to lunch! Above is Madelyn and Sawyer on the carousal.
The kids always enjoy making cookies with their grandparents! They made chocolate chip cookies with Nana while we were there.
On Tuesday, we went to the indoor pool/play area at the Montgomery YMCA. M and B love to swim!!! We cant wait for summer to come.
On Thursday, we were back in Birmingham and we went to the Mcwane with some friends and the kids had fun but I was a nervous wreck by the time I actually got inside. The place was INSANE! I think everyone in Alabama was there that day! Never go during Spring Break. The parking deck was full and we drove around for 20 minutes looking for a parking space and then my meter didn't work. Anyway, I learned my lesson on where to go and not go during Spring Break! So all that being said, the kids had fun and I finally was able to enjoy it. I caught a picture with my phone of Madelyn under the car working on it (with a wet leg from the water table in Just Mice Size)! :) So on Friday, we decided against the Zoo (since it was probably a mad house too) and went to the park with our friends JT and Daniel! Fun times in the sun!
We ended Spring Break with a FUN weekend with our daddy!!! The weekend contained playing in the yard (a bunch), picking up sticks/limbs in the yard, planting herbs, going for a walk, grilling out, trip to Lowes, and a much needed date night for mommy and daddy Saturday night! Brooks thought his daddy needed this John Deere riding lawn mower for our little yard. :) All of these pictures are from my i-phone, sorry the quality is not the best.

We are looking forward to a fun birthday weekend with our little Princess Madelyn!

Like Father Like Son

Brooks loves ice cream just like his daddy! I have two wonderful men in my life, my high school sweetheart, Patrick and my little man, Brooks! Thanks for all the joy you bring to my life! I love you!