Newest Addition! Wilson Kade

Wilson joined us August 4th, and arrived at a whopping 9.6 lbs. Labor was easy, I pushed for about 8 minutes and boom--big baby came out! We have loved every minute with him! He is now 7 weeks old and 14 lbs. 24 inches long. He coo's and smiles, and just melts our hearts.

This blog is long overdue... I should be banned from blogging since I neglect mine. But I figure adding a million pictures will redeem me. Maddie is so grown up now, she has hair, she says, "Oh no! Get that!" "What's this?" "No, that" "Hi Dan" "Hi Syd" (her best friend is Sydney Grandma and Grandpa Bastian's dog...) "Hi Wi-sin" That is supposed to mean "Wilson."

I am an official diaper changer, baby feeder, toddler chaser... infant protector... I retired from a "real" job in a corporate setting to baby land. Working at a desk is WAY EASIER!!!

Without further Adieu, here are the million pictures--No one really wants to know what I have to say! Enjoy! And I am too tired to actually put any order or captions on the photos... so some are in order, some are not! Use your imagination. ;)

Maddie!!

I have a few little Maddie stories that I think you would all enjoy--I think they are great stories that truly capture her personality. This girl has some serious personality!!

DETERMINATION
1) When we decided to "sleep train" this was Madison's response:
She CRIED for an hour--at about an hour she had finally fallen asleep SITTING UP!!! She was so determined not to sleep that she fought and fought. It was so hard for us to let her cry, but I cannot tell you how happy I am that we did! She now sleeps like a champ, and doesn't give us a hard time. I still can't believe she fell asleep sitting up.

GENIUS
2)She started walking everywhere a few days ago--and she outsmarted dad! Which is hard to do, he is VERY smart. He had given her some Junior Mints and she LOVED them, she loved them so much she devised a plan. When dad was watching TV Maddie found a box and started to push it around in the room--dad had his eyes on her but she totally faked him out! He thought she was just playing with the box--NOPE! She waited until he stopped paying attention to her, pushed her box up to the bookcase and climbed up to reach her Junior Mints!!! Neal finally realized what she was doing when he heard a "crash" and our pictures came tumbling off the shelf...

TASTE
3) She knows what tastes good! Auntie Sue had two scoops of ice cream, one vanilla one chocolate. She gave Maddie a taste of vanilla--no response--she gave her a taste of chocolate--YUMMMM--then Sue gave her another taste of vanilla and she CLOSED HER LIPS!! It was hilarious! Every time Sue took a bite of chocolate Maddie would open her mouth thinking it was for her--to her surprise Sue would eat it and Maddie would -scream. Didn't Sue know the chocolate was Maddie's? Silly SUE.

THINKER
4) The Sock--This is cute, Neal has the video on his phone as proof of this event. She took her sock off, then decided she wanted it back on. She used her thumbs to open the sock, then tried to put her little foot back into her SOCK! Who thinks of these things when they are 10 months!!! Then we started realizing when she has her clothes in her hands she is trying to put them ON! Today she tried so hard to get a onezie over her head. I am not exaggerating. I think babies know a lot more than we think they do!

MISCHEVIOUS
5) I just looked over and she pulled Neal's jeans off our chair, she is now standing on them with one leg up the chair trying to pull herself up to get her new ladybug book!

I am confident that she will have us on our toes for a very long time!

To blog or Not to Blog....

Is it even worth it? I am SO far behind! I don't even know where to start! First of all Neal was accepted to the University of Washington School of Dentistry--WAHOO!!! He received acceptances from his top schools, and were able to choose where we wanted to go. Although we knew we wanted to move back to Washington, and as soon as Neal knew he was accepted he booked a moving a truck and we were off!

Good bye Utah, we loved you! It was so fun being in such a small town, at such an incredible university. I miss our cute apartment, grocery store across the street, mall up the road, school 3 minutes away--it was fun and we loved every second! We really miss our good friends, and I am so BUMMED I didn't take any pictures with our friends. You would think I would remember!

A week before we moved Madison was crawling everywhere, sitting up, and learning new things everyday. A few days after she crawled she started to pull herself up on furniture, and attempt to stand! She is growing before our eyes!

It was so fun to MOVE home for Christmas! What a present! Again, I have no pictures, because I didn't remember to take any--honestly I think my brain is gone--I am having flashbacks of my pregnancy with Madison--No BRAINS.

Here are a few pictures, I will try and post more later. And I will try and blog more frequently...New Years resolution :)

The Plague

It has hit our house... and we would like it to leave! Doesn't Neal look like a Vampire :) And yes, it does feel as bad as it looks YIKES!

Don't Cry Over Spilled Milk--But have you ever spilt it like this?!?!

Ladies and Gentleman,

I find that sometimes spilling milk can make you want to cry--and resent the old saying, "Don't cry over spilled milk." Now the economist in me thinks, well yes, it is a sunk cost, the milk was spilled-get over it!

Well, a few nights ago Neal left to visit the great state of Arizona for 2 dental school interviews, and for some reason Madison really wanted to teach me patience. She was up from 10pm - 5am crying, fussing, stirring, anything opposite of sleep.... Well after hours of exhaustion, Madison finally fell asleep. I decided I really needed to eat something since I missed dinner the night before. I started to make scrambled eggs, and I have no idea how this all happened but the eggs, the milk, the glass, my cute decorated tile--all ended up on the floor! I looked at it, thought about cleaning it up right away, and decided NOPE! I am going to bed! Oh wow. It was a sad scene.



Moral of the story, I really wanted to cry over spilled milk.

Another fun topic, Madison thinks she is a big girl, she gets very annoyed when I try to feed her a bottle--SHE wants to do it, all by herself. I have proof!



Who knows she may start trying to dress herself...


What a fine dresser she is :)



Madison has a new friend, Melinda, and they seem to really enjoy one another! Madison loves to talk, which is exactly what she is doing in this photo

Photos Photos Photos!

Well, here you have it!! The amazing Madster! Madsidonia! Madigascar!

Neal and Maddie looking out the window at Jon & Meghan's home in Salt Lake City, I thought this was so cute!!


This Summer Uncle Jeffrey came to Utah--he was attending the BYU Cross Country Camp because he is a stud and can run like nobody's business! He was such an awesome helper with Madison. Here are some pictures of Neal and Jeffrey "introducing" Madison to to the little pond we like to visit. As you will see she LOVED it :)



Then we GRADUATED!!!





After graduation ceremonies at 8am we hoped in the car and drove 13 hours to Seattle Washington :) We love going home. While in Washington Neal purchased his first article of clothing for Madison--a Polo Ralph Lauren dress--He would!! I can't lie, its so cute!!



Then we went to Schmooze at UW, we dressed Maddie up in her UW outfit. Our goal was to take her in, have her flash her irresistible smile and make the admissions counselor melt... too bad no one was there :) BUMMER!



Then we came back to Utah, I started my job at NuSkin, Neal went back to class, and then we had visitors!! Natalie, Mike, Brayden, Caleb, Baby Devin, Michelle, Ivan, Dan, Phil, and Denae came to visit! We loved having them here and our house feels empty :( I wish I had more fun pictures!







Here is our little gangster. Paula sent Maddie this super cute cat beanie, and as if that was not cute enough with her bling bling earrings--we added Spencer's hat to the mix. Pretty much we think she is SO CUTE!!