Looking Back

May 16, 2009. Just an ordinary day... Nope not for me! Its a day I will always remember.

Matt invited me to go on "Pokeys Run" with him to Wendover. This was one of our first dates and my first time on his bike with him aside from around town fun. Anyway I had a good time. I had clung to Elisha for so long and gotten used to it just being her and I, it was really hard to leave her for an entire weekend. We both did just fine without each other. Anyway the trip was fun and on our way home I was kinda spacing off. Then I felt like someone hit me and I just thought "I'm alive!"

Pretty random I'm sure but I had spent so much time just trying to get by and thru to the next day and trying to hold everything together and be strong for Elisha I had not realized I had just been going thru the emotions and not really living.

Here I was sitting on the back of a bike, an amazing guy driving who knew the history and baggage and hadn't gotten scared off enough to run yet and I hadn't realized how he was bringing life back into me. Good thing he was in front because I started to cry and just let it go (if he would have asked what was wrong I figured bugs in my eyes was a good excuse)

Anyway, I think to this moment often and am thankful for it. Elisha was my rock and reason for sanity. Matt came into our lifes and brought us both new experiences and fun.

these pics were taken on the Salt Flats before we got to Wendover.

Maddy + Bubbles = Lots of fun

 The weather was finally good so I took Maddy outside to enjoy it. Elisha had left some bubbles out so i started blowing them for Maddy and she was instantly loving it. She would try to grab them and opened her mouth to eat them.

 I love this little face! She melts my heart when she does anything but when she smiles its so precious. She kept giggling and smiling the entire time. Moments like this are the ones that remind me how wonderful the little things in life are.

Look at those teeth! 2 on top and 2 on bottom.

Thanks for the fun entertainment little Miss Maddy!

Easter

                                                              The girls' Easter baskets

                                                                       Elisha's basket

                                                                   Maddyson's basket

                          Matt and Elisha making a potato salad. She was an amazing helper (Matt was too!)

What would Easter be without PEEPS!? Maddy was in heaven. It was so funny to watch her but when I started getting covered in all that stickiness...not so much fun.

Tool Time!

Matt and Elisha had a very eventful Saturday afternoon putting together our new patio set and Matt got a SURPRISE.....a Smoker!

This was so fun to listen and watch these two. Matt did great with all the extra help. Elisha didn't understand to go in one direction so screws went in and out several times.

Elisha was saying "come on screw- go in!"

She would ask matt "whats the struction destruction paper say"

Easter Eggs

Elisha was so excited to color and decorated Easter Eggs.

 Look at the silly grin being so patient waiting for the dye to work.

We decorated the eggs after dinner so Maddy was still in her high chair, I gave her an egg and she held it like this, I'm guessing she wanted it and didn't want to give it back.

 She played with her egg while big sister decorated hers. (she still has squash from her dinner on her little face)

Matt showed Elisha to mix the eggs in different colors and to dip them and all the fun stuff.

 The colored part is complete. now on the decorating.

 Elisha was like a little artist at work. She concentrated so hard when she was decorating.

                                                               Beautiful art work!

                                            Oooops this one was not blue enough!

tooth #2

Maddy got tooth #2 today. Now she has both her little bottom teeth.

On the GO!

Maddyson is such a little go getter! Just like she was in the NICU refusing to eat and then one day BAM! She ate and was home. Well she has been rolling for some time now but still doesn't sit up on her own and today she decided to start scooting! Such a bittersweet day for me, Where did my little newborn go?

 I'm so glad I had the camera handy so I could snap some pictures of her. It was so fun to watch,, it was like she was in a whole new world and she wouldn't stop moving til she wore herself out.

 This book is one of her favorite toys and when she saw it on the blanket she headed right for it.

 Yes I moved it to make her keep scooting after it.

This is the "mommy just pick me up now" face.