September

JR

Nina, Steve, and JR

Nina

Steve was worried about rolling out of the windows!

The tower

Grandpa McGee and Madison

Playing football!!!

Look at that throw!!!

Look at that pose :)

This cracks me up. (she was wearing her pajama top and a skirt)

Playing house with Grandpa McGee

Daddy, Grandpa, and Madison at Little Gym

What a busy month!!!! Grandpa McGee and Grandma Anita were here last week and then JR and I went camping with our good friends Steve and Nina at a fire lookout tower. For those of you who have always wanted to do it, but never have; I strongly recommend it. We were so high up that a plane flew by and it was the same elevation as us, that was completely awesome!!!

Madison is growing my leaps and bounds. She just had her two year check up and is doing wonderful. She is saying the funniest things. Today she told me she loved my face :) She says her ABC's all to herself and is starting to use the potty :)

Big Girl

Grandma and Madison making coffee cake

Madison and Grandma (Madison was trying to pick mom up)

Madison in her tutu, wings, and apron

Madison breaks my heart sometimes. She has been having a hard time going to sleep at night, so we have to go in a couple times. Tonight I was rubbing her back and she goes" No more crying, me big girl!!!", "No more binki, ate them all." She is the most adorable thing. I just wanted to pick her up and hug her so tight.

Grandpa McGee and Grandma Anita are here this week and Madison is having a great time with them. Grandpa chased her all around the backyard yesturday and I couldn't tell you who was more worn out :)

Grandma was here last weekend. We had a great girls day on Friday. We went to Art in the Park and to the Spaghetti Factory. Mom had to leave on Sunday after she had put Madison down for a nap. When Madison woke up she was crying for Grandma and it was so sad.

Fun videos

This video is so funny. Uncle Mark and Aunt Mic had come over for the Huskie's game and Madison started this fake cough. She then told us that we needed to call the doctor, call Daddy, and that she needed the ambulance to come get her!!!

The other day Madison started singing her abc's all by herself!!!!

Fair

Madison and Mommy


Baby Kangaroo


Daddy and Madison

Madison

Mommy and Madison

Aunt Mic and Madison petting the baby pig

Miss Madison

Getting ready with Mommy

This past month we took Madison to the Boise Fair. She was not ready to ride any of the rides, but she loved the petting zoo. When she saw the animals she opened her mouth really wide!!! She also was able to see an Australian exhibit that had kangaroos and also a Dinosaur exhibit, but she got scared and we had to leave.
Madison has also finished her summer swimming lessons, which she did awesome at! She has started Little Gym again.

Madison and I have been battling it out. She has been testing her independence with hitting and throwing and so she has had a couple of time outs and yes, we do spank. Right now we are just trying to figure out what works for her. She also has become terrified of the dark and so she sleeps with her door open and a lamp on in the hallway. She spends about awhile crying for JR and I and then will play for about an hr., then finally, around 930 she falls asleep. It has not been an easy month, but she is still completely adorable and I love her more than anything!!!

With everybody going back to school, it occured to me that I really need to enjoy having Madison home everyday because in the next year or two she will be starting school and there will never be another period of time where she is all mine.