A visit from Maddie {oh and some other fun stuff}

OKay, before I get to the real meat of this post, here are a few pictures from this years visit to the Klamath Cruise.  I always think the kids will be bored, but it’s something to do, so we go…and then they love it!




ON the way to the cruise I was looking out the car window and saw an older Gentleman laying down on the side walk with his hands in his head.  I mentioned it to Duck and then saw a woman standing about 1/2 a block from him on the phone.  For a minute I thought, oh…she saw him, keep going, but once Duck saw and I mentioned what his position was, Duck turned around and checked it out. Sure enough this man had lost his balance, fallen and lost consciousness for awhile. The woman found him and called 911 but was too scared to get too close.  When Duck touched his shoulder to ask if he was okay, he responded, but didn’t move much.  Finally after talking to him for a bit, the man wanted to sit up and make his way home.  Duck just kept talking to him, convincing him to stay around a bit longer until the police officer showed up. It took forever!~ SEriously, had this man been still bleeding I would have been ticked!  Either way though, he had a nasty cut on the side of his head, and he had the worst black Eye I had ever seen.  After the cop showed up, the woman who had called 911 came to talk to me and expressed how grateful she was for Duck, and how he was doing a great job helping this man….finding conversation to keep him sticking around. 

 

OKay….now the fun stuff!  I got to babysit Maddie for a day.  Who’s Maddie? Oh you all know, the same darling little Maddie I’ve been talking about since the week I met her in the NICU over a year ago.  The baby that was so tiny we didn’t know if she would survive.  Look at her.  Isn’t she a doll!?  She’s been well taken care of that’s for sure!



It’s never too early to start to LOVE books!



My kids just LOVE this little girl and eat her up when she comes over.  They had all gathered all the baby toys, and set themselves around her to play.



Lol, she kept trying to get somethign between the couches and would get stuck there!    And yes, she thinks she’s something special ;)



Feeding her was hilarious. She would open her mouth SO huge!



She LOVED those graham crackers!



Maddie needs glasses, but she loves to pull them off and play with them! Most of the time though, she is really good at keeping them on.  But look at those beautiful eyes!  Sometimes it’s tricky to photograph her in the glasses and not have the glare…but I’ve been practicing and working on it!

Ending a great month

April was a great month.  We had some good school weeks, a great trip to Corvallis (which included some super fun times!), a couple fun Friday’s, many amazing dates with my amazing hubby….definitely great.

May is in full swing. It’s a month I’ve been looking forward to AND dreading at the same time, for months.  It’s going to be my busy month this year. And if you already know how busy I am regularly, then you can just imagine then what a BUSY month will be like.  I look foward to it because Amy Earle of  Simply B Photo’s is coming out from Florida to teach a couple photography workshops. I’m totally stoked for what I will learn and how I will grow from this. 

I’m super excited because of our Family Reunion for my Grandma’s 90th birthday. I LOVE my cousins and am so excited to see them.  I’m also excited about my POsitive Notes recital this weekend because instead of our typical formal recital, we are having it at a Ball Park because our theme is Take me out to the ball game!!  That will be fun.

What I’ve been dreading?  The busy that all these things create.  (I’m not even going to mess with all the other ‘stuff’ I wanted to do this month).  BUT, I’m trying to stay organized, fit in all the necessities first (like time and attention for and to my kids) and then see how much I can get done after that.  Pray for my sanity.

Onto pictures

Last weekend one of our three freezers stopped working.  Unfortunately we didn’t catch it soon enough and most of the food was thawing.  Some of the food we needed to use right away, so dinner Sunday night was PIzza Rolls and Shrimp.  Lots of shrimp.  But because Duck and I are selfish, and only care about our health and not that of our kids (totally kidding there)  the kids got the pizza rolls, and we got the shrimp? Fair?  We thought so, but once dinner was served up…the kids didn’t quite agree.

What would you prefer?



OKay, more collages. I love that they are quick and load faster so here they are.

Emma snarfing town the cheeto puffs at Ky’s baseball game. It was windy, and freezing….good thing we had those cheeto’s or else the girls would have been pretty crabby!

Took some newborn pictures of my friends baby, and her mom and Aunt were visiting from Japan. They don’t speak English. BUT that didn’t stop my girls from making best friends with them.  Emma sat reading books with them nearly the whole time we were taking pictures!

Then last in this group, Maliyah’s good friends Ashlyn & Morgan were Baptized yesterday. It was a beautiful service for two amazing little girls. 



Last, but certainly not least…it was Maddie’s birthday party yesterday! Yup, she turned one this week and Joann threw a super fun carnival birthday party.  I had to leave in the middle with Maliyah to go to the Baptism, but I got back just in time to snatch these pics of her after smashing her cake!  She is just a doll, as cute as ever!

 

The kids were thoroughly entertained by the bounce house and obstacle course and we stayed for a few hours!  There was a lady to paint faces, she has fish in bowls for party favors, AND pictures of maddie in frames! (the last picture in this post)

I laugh at all these pictures because the kids are hot, sweaty and their hair all got a great workout! lol



OH yeah, and a bubble Machine. It’s the same one we used for Emma’s party and I love it…so much fun!



Both the girls were pro balloon punchers!

And here's the pic that JoAnn gave as a party favor to everybody.  I finally finished editing the rest of this session and can't wait to share the rest!  Hopefully next week I'll have time.