Friends

Amy and Kate came to spend the night with us on Friday. Since they were in town, Michelle came over too! Amy had Kate in December and I found out I was pregnant right after that...which was followed by 4 months of sickness. We were trying to find a date when I could go visit and it wasn't looking like I'd make it until JUNE!!! Amy happened to be coming to the area on Saturday and decided to leave a day early to come see us! I'm so glad she did. I'm so glad that I finally got to meet sweet Kate. She's precious and Madison loves her too!

Easter

I'll warn you now that there are a lot of pictures. My parents didn't get to see Madison this Easter so I promised them lots and lots of pictures! We had a great and busy day. We started the day by going to church. After church we headed to Celina to have lunch and celebrate with Trent's family. We had a HUGE lunch and then watched the kids hunt for eggs! They had a GREAT time. They had so many eggs to find. In fact, within minutes each kid had a parent carrying their basket around for them. Madison always has so much fun playing with all of her cousins and Abby! After we left Van and Kathy's we went over to Nanny Vest's house to see the other side of Trent's family. It was great to see all of them as well. We haven't seen them in awhile!

Treats from the Easter Bunny



of course she goes for the m&m's


her two favorite things - bunny and m&m's (we had bought this same bunny for Kailyn and Madison didn't understand why she had to give it away. So, the Easter Bunny had to bring her one of her own)


eating a few m&m's before church - a fit soon followed because I wouldn't let her have any more.






Kim, Madison, Cooper and Abby


Madison and Pop Pop


playing ring-around-the-rosie


We had the kids line up to take their picture before they could go out and find their eggs


and they're off...



not sure about her hand being wet




This is where she decided to just leave her basket and bring her eggs back to it. Soon after this Trent started carrying it for her!



checking out all her eggs as she adds one more


towards the end she started opening all of her eggs before she'd put them in the basket. I guess she wanted to see what was in them first.


carrying her heavy basket


happy kids - Madison had already started unwrapping a piece of chocolate and was handing me the wrapper in this picture :)




Madison with her new baby cousin, Kailyn!


some of the Vest cousins and their kids

Eggs

Madison dyed her first Easter eggs today! It was quite the experience. I handed her the first egg and she slammed it onto the table. Then when she went to put it in the cup she dropped it right in...splashing dye everywhere! If the egg hadn't already been cracked, it would have then. She had a great time. She would color on the egg and then tell us what color she wanted to put it in. Daddy had just as much fun as Madison, if not more. In the end, we ended up watching him. :) We started out with 18 eggs and have 12 to take. A few cracked when we boiled them and the rest cracked from Madison's decorating skills.


coloring her eggs


pulling it out of the dye


she just uses her hands, she doesn't need the tools they give you!




watching her Daddy! Notice the farmers tan she's got goin' on!


All done!

Camryn's Boots

Madison found a pair of Camryn's old boots and decided she needed to wear them around. She is definitely a shoe person!! I guess we need to get her a pair of her own to wear.

Gene Pop

We will all miss Gene Pop! Madison said his name for the first time when we went to see him in the hospital. He never got to hear her say it...

doesn't she look so long in this picture??




She is feeding Jack and Rosco the rest of her spaghetti - she's pretty proud about it too!


she's obviously not happy about something


Her lid blew off her sandbox at some point last week, during all the wind storms, so her sand is now mud! Saturday morning she spent a long time throwing all of the mud on the porch! Now we have dried mud all over the turtle and the porch. Oh well, she had fun and it entertained her for a long time...


Reid had his 3rd birthday party at Chuck-E-Cheese this past weekend. Trent has been wanting to take Madison since I was pregnant with her. She had a great time. She used all of her tokens on a water game and riding 'honey'. She loves spending time with all of her cousins! I forgot to get my camera out until the party was almost over. I didn't ever get a good picture of her with the birthday boy.