First Day of School

Madalyn's 1st day of Kindergarten!!

She is so excited!

Yesterday (Tuesday) was Madalyn's first day Kindergarten. I got Madalyn up to eat breakfast while I made her lunch. Then she got dressed and was ready to go.

She loves her new "My Little Pony" backpack

I was taking to long. She kept telling me I was going to make her late.

(We still had 20 min. before we needed to leave)

Daddy & Madalyn

Mommy & Madalyn

Ryan & I both took her to school we walked her inside and took her to the gym were they meet every morning for assembly. We found her Teacher (Mrs. McMahan). They allowed the parents to stay for assembly. During this time they say "The Pledge of Allegiance" , "Texas Pledge of Allegiance" and "The School Pledge".

Madalyn sitting with her class in the gym

Madalyn listening to her teacher

Madalyn saying bye to Daddy

Madalyn

Before Assembly the PE teacher, Coach Chick came and gave Madalyn big hug and talked to her for a little bit. Then she came and talked to me. (As a side note Coach Chick was my coach in Elementary at Axtell. Actually she was K-12 so she was also Amy's basketball and track coach. So, we have known her for many years. Now she is at Midway and gets to be Madalyn's coach.)

Madalyn is very excited to have someone at the school she knows. It also makes me feel better knowing someone at the school. I cried as I watched Madalyn walk to her class. Madalyn was nervous but also very excited.

Madalyn walking to class with her classmates

When I picked her up from school she said she had a good day. I felt like I was pulling teeth to get her to elaborate on her day. After we talked about her day I was glad to know that she likes her teacher and had a good day.

Our House

Okay I finally have pictures to post of our house. These are from before the original owner moved out. So, you will see the house with furniture (just not our furniture). Once I get some more pictures of our progress on the house I will post more updated pictures.

Bumps & Cuts

On Friday July 18th I woke up with a very painful bump on my chin. I thought great I'm getting a zit. By Friday night this bump was incredibly hard and very big. By Saturday I thought I must have been bitten by a bug and had an allergic reaction. Each day it got worse by Sunday it was so big I could not talk very well. Monday we finally decided to go to my old doctor (since insurance still has not started with the new job). He took one look and said it was a staph infection. He lanced it and got a bunch of puss out. It hurt like crazy. My mom and kids were in the room with me. Madalyn & Ethan were very concerned about me (neither of them care for Dr.s, especially Ethan since his big ordeal last year). Once he had gotten lots of puss out of it he bandaged it and gave me prescriptions for pain and an antibiotic. The next day I went back to the Dr. for a check-up. He said it was doing very well and it would take about a week for it to get better. Once I had finished my 10 days of antibiotics my chin was back to normal. Although I do have a scar 1/2 an inch long where it was lanced.

On Sunday July 13th Ethan had a run in with a garden wagon and cut his lip. We were worried it was all the way through. Once he let us get a good look at it we could tell that he had a cut on the inside of his lip from his teeth. He also had a cut on the outside from the wagon. He would not let us keep ice on it but he finally let us put a Popsicle on it (the kind in the plastic tube that you freeze after you buy them. It worked really well. His swelling went down rather quickly and he let me put some "steri strips" on it to hold it together. After some Motrin he felt much better and has heeled very well with a very thin scar.

Madalyn's Party

We had a family birthday party for Madalyn on Sat. (July 19th). We decided to go to Lions Park to celebrate. The kids rode every ride once and then we all rode the train.

The Horse and Carriage ride

Cailyn (friend)

Becca (friend)

Emily & Josh (cousins)

Madalyn (Birthday Girl)

Gabe (cousin) & Ethan (brother)

The Carousel ride

Jackson & Madalyn

Cailyn, Ethan, Josh & Emily

Gabe

Aunt Amy & Teegan

The Boat ride

Teegan & Emily

Cailyn & Josh

Jackson, Gabe & Madalyn

Ethan & Becca

The Spaceship ride

While all the little kids were having fun at the Kiddie park Uncle Travis, Uncle Clifton, Mason & Bryson when next door to play Putt-Putt Golf. I didn't get any pictures but I know they had a good time. Mason & Bryson wanted to play another game.

The Birthday Cake

Madalyn picked "My Little Pony" for the theme. So I made a cake out of cupcakes. We took Popsicles, water and juice pouches due to the heat from celebrating outside.

This picture was taken before I put the ponies on. Madalyn lifted the cake a little so I could get a good picture. She lifted it just a little too high and the cupcakes started sliding.

I finally got the ponies on and all the writing is gone.

While singing to the birthday girl she leans on her Daddy.

Madalyn through the years...

Madalyn was born on July 16, 2003

6 lb. 0 oz. 19 in.

1 day old (hospital picture)

3 weeks old -Aug. 2003

3 months old - Oct. 2003

5 months old - Dec. 2003

1 year old - July 2004

1st Birthday - July 2004

14 months old - the week Ethan was born

14 months old - 2 weeks after Ethan was born Sept 2004

21 months old - April 2005

2nd Birthday - July 2005

2 years old - Nov. 2005

Halloween 2006

Soccer - Fall 2007

Pre-K - Fall 2007

July 2008

Madalyn's 5th Birthday - July 16, 2008

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MADALYN!!!!