Happy 18 months Maddie!!

Today this sweet little face is 18 months old!



I can't even begin to describe how quickly this past year and a half has gone by!! She is constantly changing and showing us her little personality everyday!
Here are some of the things she is up to at 18 months...
Maddie is wearing 12-18 month clothing and size 3 diapers. She is quite the petite little thing!
She can say lots of words and sometimes phrases. You always have to be listening because you never know when she is going to say something. She is the complete opposite of her brother, who would do "tricks" on demand. It all has to be Maddie's idea.



Some of the things she can say besides names of family members are mine, waffle, dink( drink), milk, tottart( pop tart), uh oh, no, yea( this might be one of her most frequent words), and here ya go. I know I'm forgetting some. Just about everyday she is saying something new!
Maddie always gets her point across either using words, pointing or sometimes by throwing fits.
Lately she has grown into a daddy's girl. Every time he comes home she wants a hug and loves to talk on the phone with him! She especially loves her bubba and I'm positive the feeling is mutual. They have really started playing very well together and Mason is always watching out for her.
Maddie also loves to eat! She will eat almost anything we put in front of her. She is always asking for a nack(snack).
Here she's eating a waffle in one hand and a bite of her brother's pop tart in the other hand.


Maddie is definitely not the best sleeper. She usually goes down in her crib without any fuss but always wakes up sometime after 11 and doesn't want to go back to sleep in her bed. She ends up sleeping with us. I'm such a sucker!
Maddie is very smart! She understands so much, I don't know why I'm always so surprised when she does something I asked her to do. She is a good helper at picking up her toys, especially when you sing the clean up song.
Maddie loves to sing and dance. She will try to join in on the abc's and always sings the e I e I o part of oh McDonald.
Maddie is very animated and I just eat it up! She will cheese it up for the camera almost every time!


Overall Maddie is such a joy and blessing to us!! I am so thankful for her and the happiness she brings to our family. I love that little girl so much!!
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Mason's First T-ball Game

We had the best time watching Mason's first t-ball game.  He has had a few since then but Nini took her awesome camera to the first game and I wanted to post some of the pictures.  Mason did so awesome.  He did so good paying attention and listening to his coaches!  The Y does not keep score so we don't officially know who won, but i'm pretty sure we won that game!!

Mason warming up.

 Daddy helps out on the field.

 Mason's personal fanclub! I think we had the largest crowd.

 He gave us thumbs up when he got on first base.

 Proud sister!

 Mason and his buddy Curtis(from school) being silly in the field!

 Mason batting left-handed, but he also bats right handed.

 Running home.... his daddy sticks his tongue out when he is concentrating too. I guess it is hereditary.

And he scores!!!

GO RANGERS!!!

Mason's first Bike

We have tried and tried to get Mason to sleep in his own bed all night. So after many failed attempts with various consequences we decided to try bribery. We promised Mason 10 bucks a day for a whole week if he would stay in his bed. At the end of the week he would have enough money to buy his own bike. Boy was he excited about this offer!! He didn't fuss one bit all week about bedtime or staying in bed. He did AWESOME!!!

Mark had a special bike already picked out and we had to special order from Wal- Mart. It looks just like his daddy's dirt bike.

Mason and daddy at the store picking up the bike.



Mason's new ride...




Mason going for a test ride

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