Madison is 6 months and change now! She is seriously the best! She has in the last few weeks gone mobile. I swear before 6 months she could only roll over one way, and now she is sitting, crawling all over the place, pulling herself up on things to stand. It all happened with a blink of an eye.  She loves going to the park, swimming,  and playing with other kids.  Every night we love playing with her and getting her to laugh. Children really are such a blessing! 

 Swinging at the park (A definite favorite!)

Crawling

Posing

And Standing!

If you vote for me for president I will make sure all the babies voices are heard

And no baby will have to deal with crazy adults who try to make us take naps

Join with me, unite my baby friends

I know when to be fierce and put my foot down. Babies unite 2012

(Madison's first speech)

This weekend has been super fun! Not only have we had both of our parents in town, but we have managed to get a little beach time in and got to go downtown for the 4th.  The concert this year was really fun, and the fire works were great.  We got to see steve martin and his band, josh groban, jordan sparks, little richie, the teacher from glee, and then I few people I didn't know.   Here we are in the lawn area waiting for it to start.

Madison had SOOO much fun at the concert.  She was cracking us up.  She was all smiles and squeals. She LOVED the concert.

 Here we are just after it finished

 Madi all ready for the 4th!

We also got a little beach time in, which was really fun. It was incredibly crowded but we had so much fun.

 I just put this one in here, because I love her intensity in looking at her books!

Happy Fathers Day!!!

Madison is officially 5 MONTHS OLD! The time has gone by so fast and she is such a sweet heart.  She has started sleeping through the night, she can scoot backwards and in circles, but doesn't get how to go forward yet.  She started eating rice cereal for the first time, and was a fan of it.  We love having her as part of our family!

Madi eating rice cereal for the first time.

This is just the beginning of our trip to Arizona.  We had so much fun with our families! We got there on a Saturday and that night the Barney's thought it would be best if we all went up to their cabin, and indeed it was the best idea.  It was so fun, and relaxing, and of course beautiful!

Here is Madison on their cute little play horse.

A little catch to pass the time

 And some sitting  around and relaxing

Madison tried the swing and LOVED it!

 Then we got back in town just in time for Ivy to turn one.  Madison wanted to look extra special for the big event!

 We were able to make it over to Grandma Rawlins house and show off Mad to her. 

 We also got our fair share of Pickle ball in

These are my sisters adorable girls.  When they are at the mall they love to go and touch this hand so I thought a picture was needed.  It was so fun to spend time with our families.  They really are amazing people. Thanks for making it such a fun and memorable trip!



We have had a very eventful last three weeks.  First of all, Erica my sister was able to come to DC and we were able to spend some much needed time together.  We were able to get in so much fun stuff.  The most fun though was just being able to hang out with each other.          

 This is at the Botanical gardens

The DC temple

                                                                            The national cathedral



Here is Madison enjoying the day with some of her friends.

 Here is  "Mad dog" and "the Hurricaine" ready to get into some trouble.  Isn't she plumping out! She is our little  butter ball- well thats what Bryan likes to call her.

 Every year all the embassys from around the world open up, so we went with some friends to get a look inside. Here we are the at the Czech Republic embassy.

 Another Nursing class down, and one more tiny little 7 week course left and I am DONE!!! All of my class mates are graduated now, it will be weird to be there with out them. I made friends with some really great people.

 Here is Bryan doing what we do

 Here is Mikey and Sophie Bryans co-residents. They successfully put Madi to sleep!

Here we are Easter Sunday after church. Madison loves church. She loves looking around at everyone and  getting them to smile at her.     

                                       My Grandma got her a super cute Easter dress!

 Madison's favorite part of it was that she could eat it.  Her dress was soaking wet because she was sucking on the frills all day!

 We decided to get her a jumper because she seems to have a lot of energy. We thought this would be compact enough for a small apartment, but be fun for her to jump around in.  I think it's going to be a hit.

And isn't motherhood glamorous!