Happy Birthday Madi

November 1st was Madi's 2nd birthday, and I am finally getting around to posting it. My Mom was here to celebrate with us, (Dad could come, he was needed last minute for Prop 8 efforts in California, which payed off YEAH) so we all went to the Phoenix Zoo. It was so much fun. Our favorite parts were the monkey village and the new water play area! In the monkey village you get to walk around in the monkey exhibit pretty much. The cutest little squirel monkeys running around and above you, jumping from tree to tree. It was great! And the water play area was a nice retreat from the warm weather. Madi would have stayed there all

day if we would have let her. Good thing we found it towards the end of our visit at the zoo because she wasn't to interested in anything that we went to see after that. It could have been because she was enjoying her first churro.......yumm.

After the zoo, Madi took a 3 hr nap! She ran almost the whole time at the zoo, so we weren't too surprised. So, that gave me plenty of time to make dinner and finish decorating her cake. We hung out and did the usually presents and birthday cake celebrations. It was such a fun day!

I may be a little biased but, she is the best little girl anyone could ever ask for! I am so grateful that I get to be her Mom! She makes me laugh everyday! She is so sweet and is so much fun to be around. I love watching her dance and sing when she doesn't think anyone is watching, especially if she is in front of a mirror (then she really hams it up). I love listening to her laugh the way she does when she is rough housing with her Dad on the couch. She is just perfect for me and Seth and we couldn't ask for anything more! We love you Madi Buns!!

Halloween Fun

I know I am late posting this, but I have been gone all week since Halloween. So, I just wanted to post a few pictures of what we did this year. We had our ward trunker treat first. We took our friends Rachel and Levi with us, they used to be in our ward so it was fun for them to see people they haven't seen in a while. And it was fun to see how many people didn't even know who Levi was because of his scary costume. Madi was a ballerina, Rachel and I were witches, Levi was goth and Seth was mullet man.

And that is not cheese from Owens hamburger on Madis face, although it did look very tasty. We had a good time with our ward friends. After that we headed over to some friends in our wards adult Halloween party that they had in their back yard. It was decorated so fun and they had all kinds of yummy finger foods. We decided to go last minute so we ended up bringing Madi with us. She loved it and didn't want to leave. They had a trampoline and she hasn't been on one of those since she has been so into jumping. So, she thought that was the coolest thing ever. She especially liked it when dad would hold her and jump high! (Not really, it just seemed high because he is so much higher off the ground.) On Halloween day, my Mom drove into town just in time to get to go to Seths work with us to go trick-or-treating at his office. It is really fun to see everyone with their kids at Seths work and get to hang out with all the nice people there for a little bit. I think it is a fun little tradition they have. And Seth loves any excuse to show off his little Madi to his friends at work!

Later that night we went out and watched Madi trick-or-treat around our neighborhood. It was fun to have my mom here with us! We wish that Dad, Austin and Sara could have made it out, but we still had fun.
Needless to say, Madi got some good use out of her Halloween costume this year. And I could never get enough of hearing her say "Turkey Beet". We had been practicing "trick-or-treat" all month and I would have to say that we got pretty close. And I don't think that I have ever heard "Mommy open it?" so many times in one day. Just about every time someone put something in her bag she would reach in and pull it out and ask me if she could have it right then. It is a hard concept for a 2 year old to understand "When we get home" I guess. What a fun day!