Irrigating

This is how you water your back lawn and entertain your children at the same time.

Madelyn's First Bath

Madelyn doesn’t exactly like taking baths. During her bath the other night, she screamed the entire time until Brad started to rinse her hair under the faucet. We were so amazed that she liked this, we didn’t notice the bath water filling up until it started to run over onto the counter and floor. It got the camera wet along with the entire kitchen.

You would think that we had never given a baby a bath befo

re. It was really funny. Madelyn was quite content after she was o

ut of the water and wrapped in a towel.

Our Biker Babe

Last Wednesday Olivia asked Brad to take her training wheels off. After a couple of hours out on the street Olivia came in and announced that she could ride without training wheels. I couldn't believe it, but sure enough, it was true. She is really pretty good at it. Last Saturday I took her to a bike rodeo safety day where she won her race. She is very proud of herself and tells everybody all about her accomplishment. We are proud of her too!

Stubborn

About a week after bringing Madelyn home, Aubree learned to crawl out of her crib. She has also decided that she is too old to be taking naps and refuses to do so now. By about five o'clock at night she has absolutely had it. The other night she fell asleep during dinner. This was really nice because Brad was on a scout overnight and Olivia was tired as well. I had the kids in bed and to sleep by six thirty and was able to read all evening.

Madelyn Jill Lindsay

Our sweet little baby decided that she wanted to come early. Madelyn was born on May 22nd after eighteen hours of labor and then a c-section. The doctor did a c-section because her heart rate kept dropping and even going away for short periods of time. It was really scary and seemed quite like the experience we had with Olivia. Luckily, everything turned out just fine and we had our healthy baby girl. She weighed 6lbs 3oz and was 18" long. We are not sure where the auburn hair comes from, but we love every little hair on her head and we are glad she is finally here with us!

Family Update

We finally found a house and made the big purchase. We are still living in Colorado. We have really grown to love this area. For the last six months we have been tearing apart, rebuilding, and fixing up the house. I didn't realize we were taking on such a big project. Now that we are close to finished, and living in the house, I think that we can say that we are happy with the way it has turned out. (Until the septic backs up and floods the basement again!)

Our kids are growing up so quickly. Olivia is four now and too smart for her little britches. She is starting to sound out and write words. She loves learning new things, and doesn't stop asking questions. She loves being the oldest sister and telling Aubree what to do. Olivia spends most days playing outdoors. She recently told me that watching a movie was boring and would not do it.

Aubree is our little comic. She is not quite two and knows how to make us laugh. She pretends to sleep at the table when she doesn't want to eat her food, pretends to sing to music when she doesn't know the words, and pulls the strangest faces. She doesn't know what to make of having a new baby around. We really have to keep our eyes on her. She spends her days in the dirt and evenings in the bathtub.

Madelyn is our little angel. She sleeps and eats and sleeps some more. Madelyn wakes up once a night to eat, and that is usually not until five in the morning. The other day Olivia said, "I
thought babies are supposed to cry." We rarely hear her cry, she mostly just squeaks and grunts.

Brad is still self employed and really enjoying most of what he does. Nothing will ever compare to his last summer of chasing uranium. Most days at work are full of adventure for him. If his truck is not being washed away in a flash flood, he is running into bears in the mountains. He loves his girls and spends countless hours in the backyard playing with them. He is a wonderful father and husband.

I am lucky enough to be able to stay home with the girls. Most days are spent chasing after the kids and making sure the house doesn't fall down.