Our Baby is Two!!!

On her second birthday Maddie is very into all of the Disney Princesses. She of course has her favorite which is Belle. She loves Music, Dancing and animals. She still prefers mama to anyone else. She LOVES m&ms and is happy with any chocolate. Her favorite vegetable is broccoli. Her favorite thing to do when we go to the mall is to ride the carousel. She still sits rear-facing in her carseat cause she hasn't gotten to that magic 30 pounds but shes ok with it. She smart, funny and beautiful. And everyday she amazes her mama! Happy Birthday my little princess!

Sleeping Beauty

Maddie is cracking me up! Since she was a newborn I have been trying to get her to bond with something: a blanket, a doll, anything. Well she picked out her own thing she bonded with the hooded ducky towel for her doll. Anymore she has to have it at bedtime and naps. Here she is with her blanky-towel over her:

Not long after bonded with the towel she found this tiny pillow I had stashed away and now she needs that pillow in her crib. Normally its just in the crib. However, the other night I went in to check on her and I found her sleeping on it. It was the cutest thing ever so I came back with the camera and took pictures!

How she can stay asleep with all the flashes is beyond me. I think she looks adorable and just like a little princess!

Field Trip

Earlier this week we got to take a field trip with one of our moms groups to BiZi Farms. To be honest I wasn't sure how any of this was going to go over with Maddie. And when we first arrived and Maddie wouldn't get close to a pumpkin I thought "Great this is going to be a waste!" But I was quickly proved wrong.

Our first activity was making it through the haybale maze. I'm happy to report that we made it through!

Maddie leading the way!


"Whats on the other side?"



From there we moved on to the farm animals. Maddie has always loved animals but getting close to them thats another story. So when she walked up and after a short checking out period reached out for the goat I about feel over.




One of her favorite animals was the baby cows. She was soooo happy to see them. She made little cow noises at them...very cute!



Next up were the piggies. Lately Maddie has been very much into the movie Babe. I'm not sure what animal is her favorite on the movie. But she is so cute when she wantws to watch it because she looks at you all puckered up like a piggy face instead of saying "pig" When she saw the pigs she watched them very intently. I was curious if she was waiting for them to talk or just trying to make the connection.


By the end of it she was a pro at feeding the animals and keep saying "more" "more" which made me smile and Donnie laugh!





After we had enough animal feeding we moved on to the hay pyramid. Maddie climbed it once with Daddy and once with Mommy. When she got to the top she was hesitant about going into the center(that required crawling through a small tunnel) She finally worked up the nerve to be met by a mean boy on the other side that pushed her down and made her cry. It took a few minutes of snuggling and lots of kisses but she recovered.





It was now time for our hayride out to the pumpkin field. Why I didn't take any pictures of this part of our adventure I don't know. But Maddie found the perfect pumpkin and insisted on carring it all by herself! After she founf her pumpkin she spotted the house with the slide and was trying to convince us that we should go over there. It took a lot of convincing from us that those people probably whouldn't like us playing on their slide since they don't know us!
We took the hayride back and then it was time to wash our pumpkin and take a few last picture. I'm grateful the rain held off and we all had a good time!

Halloween Preview

Heres a sneak peek at Maddie's costume!

Mommy's Big Helper

Maddie is one of the biggest little helpers! Anytime I am cleaning the floors she right there with her broom helping. She has been helping unload the dishwasher for a few months now and for the last month or so she has been helping to stock mom's soda. Last week she discovered teh joy of cleaning the glass. I'm enjoying this eagerness to help...I hope it lasts for sometime!

Here's the scoop

I haven't updated with what ever came of my medical problems so I thought I would get it all up to date. I also have to try and get the pictures from our California trip uploaded so this can truely be a Wallingford Family Fun blog!!
As I said in my previous post I got a referral for an Ultrasound. The result was not what I expected! My doctor called and left a message that it was normal and if I had questions to call. Of course I had questions..What the heck is causing me so much pain that I want to run to the E.R??? I decided to see another doctor and see what they had to say. My mom asked her friends that work in Home Health here in town and they gave her the names of two doctors. I got in to see one within a few days. She was puzzled and said that it sounded like Gallbladder to her and she wanted me to talk to a Surgeon to get their opinion. During my visit with her (the new doctor) she thought she felt a lump on my thyroid and sent me in for an ultrasound (I joked they should have ultrasounded my entire body!)
Fast forward about a three weeks later and I am sitting in the surgeons waiting the door opens and the doctor tells me "you know you need to have this biopsied?" pointing to her throat. Great! Apparently I don't have one lump I have two and there is a small chance its cancer! She told me not to worry and if it is cancer its the kind you want to have. Yeah I think I'll stick to worring! She then went on to tell me that my gallbladder might not be functioning correctly and there is another test they can do and if that comes back negative then I have to jump through some hoops to make sure its not something else. She strongly believes its my gallbladder and is pretty set on taking it. She strongly advices getting it taking care of before I get pregnant again since thats when it flairs up. So we're putting that off until we know more.
Later that same day I had an appointment with my new doc. I figured the surgeon had told me the news she was planing on telling me but I needed to go anyways and get my bloodwork results. She put me on a mega dose of Viatamin D and told me that my billi ruben numbers were slightly elevated...makes sense if my gallbladder is out of whack! She felt bad I heard the news about my thyroid the way I did.
A couple days later I went in for the gallbladder test and I go in this Weds for my biopsy. I had the option to be knocked out for the procedure but I wanted to be able to still nurse Maddie. I also figure if I can push for over three hours without drugs and birth a 9lb 12oz baby I can probably survive an hour procedure that the needles in my kneck will only take up 20 minutes of. Plus it would add another 2 hrs to my time there and I would have to worry about finding someone to stay with Maddie and I know how Donnie feels about hospitals as it is.
Needless to say I am on edge. I don't want to the biopsy, I'm praying it's nothing and I wish I could just get the surgry over with and move on. It's a lot of stress and as if thats not enough for me I started to school this last week. Of course I'm not taking a walk in the park class no I'm taking human biology. And then theres my responsibilities to my family and my calling at church and lets not forget that my mom is having problems and I'm helping her when I can. I don't have much at all going on! I am making sure to find time to enjoy my family. We are taking Maddie to a playdate at the local gymnastics place on Tuesday and our goal is go swimming that afternoon as a family. I am truely thankful that I have them and that they give me the love and support that I need. It's times like these I'm kinda glad Maddie is such a mamas girl cause I need lots of love right now.

Enough Please!

I am thankful that we have anther hospital to choose from in Vancouver but My family has had too much experience with the new hospital. Yeasterday was trip three for the family number two for Maddie! Not only was it her second trip this year but it she also got her second cat-scan! I have come to the conclusion that there is a magnet in Maddie's little head and it is attracted to any hard surface!
Yeasterday before church Maddie and I were outside enjoying the nice weather. It was 11:30 Maddie needed to have lunch so we could go to church. She played outside while I got her lunch ready. I was in the kitchen tossing her little salad and thats when I heard it...a very large thump followed by cries. I ran to see what happened to find Maddie on the ground, under the chaise lounge, marks on the side of her head. I scooped her up called my mama who said "take her in". As I was gathering my bag and turning off the stove I noticed a large bruise in the middle of her forehead, that sent me over the edge. Once we got the the ER we waited 45 minutes and of course Maddie started running around the waiting room like nothing ever happened! Once we saw the doctor she said I had three options, take Maddie and watch her myself, get a cat-scan or stay there and they would watch her for a few hours. Since we are leaving in a few days for vacation and I know symptoms of a larger problem can show up a few days later I opted for the cat-scan. Of course Maddie screamed through the entire thing but luckly was a little champ and they didn't have to restrain her.
Today she is fine the redness is gone and she is left with a couple scratching and a nice bruise. As for that nice new hospital I have seem enough of their E.R and I hope to be done visiting them for a very long time!