Madison's new room...

Madison wants to share a few pics of her new room with you. She is very happy with it even though it is not quite finished... Thanks mom for uploading these!

Beach Bunnies!

Blogging continues to elude me, but I have a few pictures mom uploaded for me from the beach. We had a great time. I will sit down to blog about it soon and post more pics, but these are a good start. Madison loved the beach!

She made it home!

Madison arrived home safe and sound friday afternoon. I had no doubt she would, but it seemsed to take forever. The minute she wrapped her arms around my neck and said "my mommy, my mommy, my mommy... i'm home!" the world felt right again. I know she had a blast with everyone, but it was great to get her home. Aaronhad a boo-boo on his leg and when I asked her what happened she said matter of fact "crocodile bit him" this of course is not the story, but it was cute and she still will tell you the same thing!

She drove 2 1/2 days to get home and was a trooper every bit. She was in Iowa the night the boyscout camp was hit, I think Aaron sid she was about 20 miles away. he told me he saw storm chasers and the tornado sirends went off for 3 hours straight! Needless to say I was a bit of a mess.... anyone who knows me knows I am a huge tornado-phobe.

She headed quickly to her room and made she it was still hers and then we went swimming in her pool. She rode the tractor with poppy and great grandma was there to see her too! She asked for Rachel and "Nana" (Adrianna) and they came to see her saturday. She is excited to hit the beach. We leave Wednesday and come back saturday! Oh yeah, and she hasn't pooped in her pants in 2 weeks! Even in travel she would hold it! We are still about 50/50 on pees though. She is growing up to fast!

We are still here...

I know it has been a long time since my last update, I pretty suer the greatest length of time yet, but thank you for hanging in there with us. A lot has changed for us in the last few months. Aaron and I decided in April that we make better friends than partners and have separated. Aaron has moved home to his parents with our cats. Madison and I have moved in to mom and dad's and are having a blast. Madison has her own bigger room and a huge yard all to herself. She loves to be outside. She loves to ride the tractor with Poppy and swing and swim. She even loves to just run the yard. She is very fond of gardening too, she and poppy planted tomatos in the garden last weekend and she was in charge of watering them. She tells me "i love my new yard and my new room" Her room I chose to do in a daisy garden theme. A lot of work and creativity has gone into it and it continues to be a work in progress, but it is beautiful. Thanks to all that have helped. My friends have been a huge help to me through all of this and I thank you.

Madison is continueing to potty train well. She even told her daddy tonight that she had to potty while they were driving. They were about 10 min from home and he asked her if she could hold it... She said yes and did just that. As soon as they got home she pooped on the potty and called to tell me all about it. I am so proud of her. I can't remember the last time I cleaned a poopy pull-up, and she is very close to being potry trained on pees too!

This past week has marked a lot of firsts for us. Madiso took her first flight this week which means I have been away from her for the first time. Unfortunately Aaron's grandma passes away very quickly and unexpectedly and Aaron was going back to S.D. Please pray for their family that they may find peace and comfort. Madison went with him to spread her joy and love around. From what I hear she is loving it and spending a lot of her time with her cousin Peyton. She talks about him a lot anyways, so it is really nice that they get to play. She also met the other half of her family and I know they love having her. It was the hardest thing I have ever done, and cried as I watched them head to the plane, but it was the right thing to do for everyone. I am glad it has worked out. She flew like a champ too! Madison was also stung by a bee while there... she is not allergic, I am relieved to know that and handled it well. She continues to amaze me.

We are working like crazy to get Madison's room finished and her pool up and running before she gets back. We are also trying to get our house ready to put on the market and hoping it will sell. Please pray for us that it will sell, it will make life and our new start much easier. I hope everyone is happy and healthy. I have tons of pics to load, but have lost my computer and high-speed internet to dial-up, so bear with me, I am working on it. Stay out of the heat and God Bless!