Her Birthday Party on her Birthday- March 24th

Here are some pictures of her birthday party at home. Grandma and Grandpa Peterson, Aunt Cami and "Uncle" Layten came to party with us. We barbecued and opened gifts. Grandma and Grandpa Yee and Uncle Mason sent Madolyn some blocks and a Winnie the Pooh Ball which she loved as well.

It's the Birthday Girl! March 24th

I can't believe a whole year has passed. We celebrated Madolyn's first birthday on March 24th, well actually she had two birthday partys before her actual birthday so a total of three celebrations. What a silly bug, you know how little ones are, they have more fun with the wrapping paper, decorations, etc. than the actual gifts. These pictures were taken the morning of her birthday when I could actually get her to keep the headband in her hair. Lately she will pull headbands, bows and anything else out of her hair as soon as I put them there. So needless to say most of the time she doesn't wear anything in her hair or on her head.

Dental Convention!

This last Thursday and Friday I attended the yearly UDA Convention at the Salt Palace. My mom and Jordan each took a day to happily spend with Madolyn so that I was able to go to all the sessions. It was a lot of fun to see classmates that I graduated with from the dental hygiene program. I think we can all agree that although the courses are sooo interesting, the best part of going is to catch up with friends and of course get that CE credit. I wish I had brought my camera, but I suppose an entry will just have to do.

Happy Valentine's Day!

We had a simple but enjoyable Valentines Day that started out with Madolyn insisting on helping Daddy organize his sock drawer. I don't think that she was super helpful but it was fun to watch her try. It was nice to have it on a Saturday so that Jordan could spend the whole day with us. Uncle Mitchy was home from school for the holiday weekend and was willing to come and babysit Madolyn so that Jordan and I could go out for lunch and run some errands. We thought we would try lunch because last year we went out for dinner and waited a couple of hours to be seated at the restaraunt and didn't end up getting home from dinner until eleven. The day before Valentine's Day Madolyn received some new socks from Grandma Yee that she loved, but not because they kept her feet warm...it was becasue she could hit them against things and hold them in the air and talk to them. Isn't Valentine's Day fun?! It gives us an excuse to come up with surprises for other people including my little family. What a lovely day.

Madolyn and the basketball

Here are some pics and clips from the time we spent in Burley this last week. As you can see most of them are of Madolyn and her basketball.

Halloween Morning

I thought this picture was so funny; her tummy looks like a pumpkin- how perfect for Halloween.

Halloween

We decided it would be fun to have a family theme and since Madolyn made a good lion we went with The Wizard of Oz. With the help of Jordan's mom we put together a scarecrow and Dorothy costume for Jordan and I. We didn't do much trick or treating but we did make a round through Jordan's work to visit everyone there. No one stole our scarecrow and pumpkins this year and we did have about ten groups of trick or treaters...so I think we had an overall successful and fun Halloween.