My Little Bit of Sunshine

So I do not like to put Madison down. I just reasure every second with her, so if she is not in her car seat, or the bathtub, I often have her in my arms. And my house is paying for it. So I finally had to bath the dogs today, and so Madison tried out her swing. She looks so cute in it, and she actually really likes it. But I better go, I gotta go hold her! :)

I was lucky enough to have little Madison blessed on Mother's Day What a perfect gift. She was a sweetie and made it through the blessing with hiccups which was so cute. Jake did a nice job of blessing her. She is a special spirit. It was so great to have both of our families there for love and support. Oh I love this little girl with all my heart. She is such a doll.

This last Saturday, I was fortunate enough to go to Salt Lake City with my mom, sisters, and a bunch of thier friends to particpate in the Race for the Cure. It was an amazing experience. My sister Lisa made this awesome cake for the event. There was around 18,000 people particpating in the event. We were in the middle of the pack so it was amazing to look ahead and see a huge mass of people, and look back and see the same mass. It is incredible how many lives have been touched by cancer, all at the race for the same purpose. Survivors wore pink shirts and we were lucky enough to have a survivor in our pack. Linda is a breast cancer survivor. The 5K was amazing, and I hope to go down next year. So fun!

Never have I understood the true and honest meaning of mother’s day until I became a mother myself. I now respect my beautiful mother more than any single person in my life. She has taught me how to care, to love, and be passionate about life. I learn from her every single day in so many different ways. Growing up, my mom attended every dance recital, every volleyball game and out of town tournaments, basketball games, softball games, helped me get dressed for all the dances, first dates, and saw me off to college where I cried like a baby the entire first week because I didn’t want to be away from my mom. I will always remember her saying “If it is not better in a week, I will come back and get you.” I think that is the only reason I actually stayed in Boise, and of course I am so happy I did. I am sure she is too. My mom supported me six years through college where I complained and stressed maybe just a little too much. She has always been there for me, no matter what was go

I can't believe that yesterday was Madison's 5 week mark. These last five weeks have been the best weeks of my life. My daughter is amazing. She is beautiful, sweet, and so loveable. I can't imagine my life without her. She has changed so much. I am horrible with pictures...I need to be better so these ones are old. One is getting acclimated with the dogs. Luckily, the dogs are great with her. Halley loves her and is protective of her. It is so nice that is just all fell in place. Granny also came over and helped me with her first bath. She did not enjoy it one bit. We continue to struggle with baths, she does not enjoy them, so it makes me sad giving them to her, but it is something we have to do. Hopefully, it will get better and get easier. One can only hope! :) So the other day, I came home and found three pink dogs. I could not find anything as to what they might have gotten into. I was worried becuase who knows if it was going to make them sick. Well

This weekend I had friends from Boise come down to Idaho Falls to meet Madison and spend the weekend. I have not seen them sadly for two years, which is horrible because they are such great friends. It was funny, because as soon as I saw them and we were all together, it was like we had never left off two years ago when we graduated together getting our masters. We always had such a good time and laughing was the best medicine to get through our two years of grad school. We had a wonderful dinner at the Sandpiper and fun times catching up and chatting. we spent the morning at Starbucks in Barnes and Noble. Many study sessions were spent at the fun coffee shops in Boise. It was a good reminder of the lives we use to live and the new lives we have all established. I have missed these girls so much. Can't wait to see them soon again.