Talladega!

Here are some pics from our fun-filled Dega day :) Don't worry.....we didn't take Madi with us....this time :) She stayed with my cousin, Bethany and my Aunt Bea and Uncle Bobby. My parents, Scott, me, Gregory, and his dad went to the race. The day of the race was also Madi's very first night to stay away from home!!!!!! I was so sad. She didn't care and had a blast with her Great Aunt and Uncle! I couldn't be more thankful for them letting her stay. When we left after the race, the traffic was so bad it took us forever to get home and by the time we made it to B'ham it was late and would've been even later once I got to pick Madi up, so I just let her be comfy sleeping. My Aunt and Uncle really enjoyed it too :)


Scott and his best friend Gregory gearing up for race day.




Scott LOVES finding all the mullet people! haha


My 'man' #24 Jeff Gordon :) -- he had a throw-back Pepsi paint scheme for the race.


BOOGITY, BOOGITY, BOOGITY, LET'S GO RACING BOYS!!!!!

Strawberry Festival

We went to the Strawberry Festival yesterday. Boone Hall Plantation grows fresh strawberries and you can come and pick them yourselves. I am sooo excited about this. How fun to pick and eat frest strawberries! It was so funny to see kids leaving with dirty mouths, hands, and clothes from picking the strawberries and eating them right away! I can see this being Madi in a few years! :)

HAPPY EASTER!

This weekend one of Scott's co-workers in B'ham and her husband came to Charleston to visit (Sarah & Evandre). Sarahs finishing her fellowship in B'ham and we're hoping they might want to join us here in Charleston :) It was a beautiful Easter weekend for them to visit and we were excited to have them here. We showed them around Charleson and went to some fun, local places for dinner. We also took a nice walk on the beach. Scott had to work, so he wasn't able to join the beach fun :( It was pretty neat, though, to be able to "entice" someone who might come here with the fact that they could easily take walks on the beach at any time :) Evandre put Madi's feet n the water for the first time and she LOVED it! She was smiling and squealing and kepting wanting to walk back to the water. Yes, the water was freezing, but she didn't seem to care :)

Spring/Family Pictures

FIRST....a big HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Madilyn's Aunt Jessi!!!! Jessica is one very special girl and in every way that counts a sister to me!! I love you girl and I hope you have a wonderful day! Madilyn and I love and miss you very, very much!!!

Ok, here are pics that we had taken while my parents were in town.

Good Luck to Scott!

Scott flew to Chicago today to prepare for his Pediatric Emergency boards test that he takes on Monday. This is really big for him and he's done a wonderful job staying focused and studying. I know he'll do great!! He'll come home on Tuesday, so it's just Madi, me, and the dogs through the weekend. My parents are coming to visit on Monday, so we are excited about that. THey will be here for a week, and we are looking forward to fun times with them.

8 MONTHS OLD

Madi is 8 months old today! She is getting so much of a little personality now and it's too cute! :) She has now started to pull to standing when holding my hands. She does most of the work, I'm just their for support :) She rolled from her back to her tummy for the first time on Saturday! There might actually be hope for crawling! haha. When she did it herself she didn't mind so much being on her stomach, but still not her favorite thing :)

She still loves, loves standing. I try to hold her hands and walk with her some, but she doesn't have the balance :) She likes it when we try though. We let her try bites of our food when we eat, and she loves it all! haha. Right now it doesn't look like we will have too many problems with getting her to eat. She always wants more, more, more! haha.

Well, that's all for now. I'll update you on more milestones next month if not before. Take care everyone! :)

Back to Work!

Yup, that's right....I'm back to work! It actually feels kinda good. I'm sure it won't take long for that to wear off! I got a part-time job at MUSC Children's Hospital and just finished a week of orientation classes. It will definitely be an adjustment getting back to work, but I'm excited. It will be good for both Madi and me. It was hard leaving her, but comforting to know that she is staying with either Scott or people we know and trust. Jessica, who is a Child Life Specialist and works in the ED with Scott is watching her some and Fran is also keepin her. We are very lucky to have such wonderful people to offer to keep her when needed.

Being away from Madi was definitely harder for me than her! She would be happy and squealing when I would get home, and Jess and Fran both talked about how great she did during the day. As for my job, I will be working whenever needed on the different inpatient pediatric units. I make my own schedule, which is great and allows Scott and I to work my schedule around his, Fran's, and Jessica's. I sign up for the days and shifts I'm available and they place me on a floor that needs me. My only requirement is to work/sign-up for 24 hours in a 4 week period.

I'm a little nervous about going back to the floor, but ready to get back in to the swing of things. It's een 7 1/2 months since I've worked, which is kinda hard to believe! I have my first days on the floor next week, so we'll see how it goes :)