We had a crazy summer storm yesterday. Crazy amounts of hail, the picture is a quarter laying on the ground so you can see the size, and the lightning show was gorgeous! (I didn't catch much of it cuz I was working on something else) Harlie and Luke thought they wanted to play in the hail (they love playing in the rain) until they opened the front door and started getting pelted.
When Harlie was born, I learned how to be a mom, Tyson and I learned how to be a family.. Then came Luke, What Lucas taught us is how to be parents to a boy, that each child is different and that it was a good thing there was a parent for each kid, and when there wasn't, there was at least one parent with a hand for each kid...So there really isn't much a second girl will teach right? Wrong! Madison came and she taught us that there is a rainbow during a storm...And you know the old saying about how high stress pregnancies create high stress, fussy babies..Wrong again, I don't know of many ways (though there are a few) that a pregnancy could have been higher stress..And yet Madison is the most happy laid back baby I could have asked for..She is such a blessing to our family and a reminder that life is a circle, that when something is lost, something is given.
From the beginning Madi only cried when she needed something, she fell easily into a sleep/eat/wake cycle, slept through the night by 8 weeks...and I mean ALL night. Madi has taught me that no matter how dark the night the sun always shines through in the morning. That those 2 parents are now out numbered. That having a third arm may look funny but it would come in very handy. And that when those happy, easy babies get mobile..they make up for every moment they were once peaceful.
Madison loves, all things food. She thinks all things ARE food. She loves to tease, she will let her Daddy almost give her a kiss each night, then as soon as his lips touch her cheek she moves her head...When asked to say mama, she will always say dad, though I know she knows how to say mama. She loves her big brother and big sister, and they love her dearly. She is walking between and around on walls and objects and any day now she will be completely mobile. Madison loves to stack things and though she is a girl she loves to play with cars. She loves to play with whatever Harlie and Luke are playing with and you can tell how big she feels when they let her in on the fun. Madison LOVES music, she will dance and sing along with any and all music that is played. And in her worst of moods you can always calm her down with music. Madi has a way of cuddling against you and making you feel loved. She has a smile that can melt away the worst of moods and her "fits" are more entertaining than annoying. I am so grateful for her beautiful spirit and the wonderful addition she is to our family...WE LOVE YOU! Happy Birthday my big 1 Year old!
We got a phone call from Tyson's sister Rebecca that her Family and the Larson's (who were here for like a 24 hour period, if you blinked you missed them) were going up to the mountains for a picnic for dinner/Roberts Birthday. So I packed up the kids and had Tyson meet us there. It was very nice and the first time I had been in the mountains since right after Madi was born. I snapped a few pictures but we mostly just hung out. It's so much fun to see my kids playing with their cousins. And Tyson's arm didn't have to be twisted to ride his motercycle in the mountains, in fact he drove all the way up to the top of the canyon and back down to the bottom (where we were picnicking) We love the mountains, and the Barton's and Larson's !
My walls are still pretty naked, so yesterday I decided to torture my kids take some pictures of my kids for my walls, I am very amateur but I think they turned out okay..And you learn by doing right?
