hawaii!

at the end of april brandon and i took a trip to maui! we went for 10 days without the kiddos! a huge thanks to garth and mary for staying with them :)

we went with our good friends and had such a good time! beautiful beaches, excellent food and sun!

 huge turtle! we got to swim with some too!

 sunrise from the top of the mountain

 my morning view

 dinner at hanu, yum!

 sunset

 one of the seven beaches we went to

 paddle boarding

 lounging and reading (i read 4 books over our trip!)

 best tacos ever!

 it got cold (like 80')

ten months.

i know, i know. madalyn will be eleven months in just a few days. gulp. almost one :( where did the year go?

anyways, ten months. i tried really hard to get pictures but they just weren't working. but here are some fun ones from her tenth month of life!

 the girl is always dancing

 happy 10 months!

oh madalyn! you are so sweet and spunky! you love love your brother. you love to crawl into his bedroom with your head swaying to wake him up from afternoon naps. you love to eat...a lot. you still only have two teeth but manage to eat a lot of solids. lots of veggies, fruit, quinoa, beans but no meat yet. you love to play chase and cars with parker. you like to hug big bird and then throw him. you are gentle yet rough. you moved into parker's room (into his closet) and are sleeping very well there. you still take two naps, one short in the morning and one longer one in the afternoon. you love when daddy comes home in the afternoon. the ipad and phones are your biggest motivator...you seem to find them even when up high. we love you, missy moo!

easter.

happy easter, everyone.

sorry it's been quiet on the blog front. we had a crazy march, starting with youth sunday to sickness, birthdays, meets, lots of work and prep for the fundraising dinner...i can't believe it's easter and april!

i'm happy things are slowing down and that we have this weekend to reflex on god's wonderful gift of salvation! 

we dyed eggs for the first time 

took lots of cousins photos :)

 madalyn discovered by throwing the eggs she got goldfish!

"this egg is cold!"

nine months.

how did this happen? how did our little baby turn into such a little person?

this past month was full of changes!

madalyn began to crawl! days after turning 8 months, she was moving forward and loving it. there is no stopping her now! she is into everything.
she love to yell and scream (its like a game for her and parker), loves to chew on the farm animals and other toys. madalyn still only has two teeth! she is totally capable of sleeping through the night but still likes to make sure everyone else is not sleeping too long ;)

weight: 19lbs 9 ounces
height: 27 inches

loves: eating! chapping! waving! big brother parker, any toy she can bang or throw, loves to play with parker's toys (esp. if he is still napping!), story hour at the library, crawling very very quickly!

dislikes: being in the car a lot, avocado, mama or daddy walking away from her, being told hands off!