Madi and Me: catching up

Tuesday, April 30, 2013

3 Things

1. This month has been a whirlwind. School is finally wrapping up but with the closing of the semester, it seems like there's 4 papers, a project, and 3 assignments due every time class meets. BUT- it all pays off. Next Thursday will be my last day of class. I'm taking the summer off so things will *hopefully* be a lot calmer for awhile. 2. I've been so busy this month that I've neglected to write about our family vaca in San Antonio. It was definitely the highlight of our month (besides Brody coming home!!) so I feel like I should definitely talk about it and share a few pictures and stories. We stayed in San Antonio for two nights and while we were there, we visited Sea World and the San Antonio Zoo. It was a toss up between the two on which was Madi's favorite because she had such a good time at both. The Bay Of Play was her favorite thing at Sea World. She amazed me by climbing nets that were 15/20 ft off of the ground. She usually HATES heights but I guess she wanted to get up there bad enough. We saw Shamu, rode carousels, watched Daddy ride a big roller coaster, ate ice cream, saw a sea lion show, and watched Sesame Street characters put on a show! We had such a good day.

The San Antonio Zoo was our favorite (Clayton and I). It was a charming zoo that was built around the natural limestone and had SO much to see. It wasn't laid out as openly as the Houston Zoo, but I feel like that allowed us to get closer to the actual animals instead of feeling so far away. Madi saw so many animals that she loved. We kept having to convince her to leave one exhibit to see another one. We shopped and had dinner at the Quarry Market before heading home to rest. It was a wonderful weekend, just the three of us.

3. Our Brody Boo Boo is HOME! That was another awesome thing that happened this month. Our family is so happy to have him back with us. Madi and I will be keeping him this summer so definitely expect some posts about that little guy. Yesterday we took him to the park and he had so much fun watching Madi play and swinging in the swings. That little face just gets me. Such a sweet boy. Madi says, "Brody is MY baby. Not yours, Mommy. MINE." (I think she shares my adoration for him;))

I haven't meant to skip posts, it just seems like there's been one thing after another this month. But since I'll be with my babies all summer, that will change. The weather is getting warmer, school is letting out, and we're headed for a good (and hopefully calm) summer :) (Madi and Me is now featured on TopMommyBlogs.com! If you like reading this blog, vote for us. Just click the link, or the icon on the right side bar.)

Tuesday, January 1, 2013

Happy New Year! & we're back!

Happy New Year! Madi and I hope that everyone had a fantastic holiday. We've been taking a little breather and dealing with some things going on here. I really hate to bob in and out of the blogger world but it was best for us (me) to take a break from it all. But I'm happy to say that things are returning to normal and Madi & Me should be running like usual from now on.

I hope that I didn't lose too many followers from taking my little vacation. This holiday has been hectic in all sorts of ways, as I'm sure it was for everyone. It seems like it snuck up on us this year. In all events, I sincerely hope that everyone was surrounded with people they love for the holiday.

The break definitely gave me some time to think about things that are important to me. This blog is important to me because it allows me to share and document Madi's childhood, while also letting me share my thoughts about things. One of my resolutions this year is to make sure to not let this blog fall through the cracks even though my life may get hectic. I absolutely love being able to go back and read posts from the past and relish in it all. So, I'm going to do my best to remain HERE.

But for now... I'll share some pictures from the past month or so. Look for my posts every Tuesday and Friday.

I can't believe it's 2013!

The barista at Starbucks a couple of weeks ago made her her own special treat.

Ikea trips.

She loves to feed Brody.

I love this picture so much. We were decorating (a little late) for Christmas and she was just so happy. She is going to love the Christmas season when she's older, I can already tell.

Last year, she cried HARD sitting in Santa's lap. I was hesitant to take her this year despite her pleadings for me to take her. She would say, "Ina go see Santa, Mommy!" So I took her and look at that. A smile!