Erin's Baby Shower

Here is my sis-in-law Erin with her cake...she is due to have our nephew June 1!!!

This is one of the decorations I made, if you can't read it, it says Baby Reed
Here is the table all decorated for the party!

The cake made by my personal cake maker...my mom!

One of the party favors; Erin is a coffee fanatic so of course I gave out coffee packets. They said, "A Baby is Brewing...Paul & Erin's perfect blend."

The other party favor; candy bars with personalized wrappers. "Anxiously awaiting the arrival of "Dear" baby Reed.

This is one of the other decorations I made for the shower, it hung above the table during the shower.

I had such a great time planning this shower. I had so much fun making all the decorations and favors to match. Paul and Erin got lots of great baby stuff now all they need is the baby! We can't wait to meet him in June!

A day off with my princess

Madi getting brave...inching closer to the pole to slide down Happy little girl
Crawling through the tunnel

I took the day off on Friday, partly to get ready for the baby shower I hosted on Sunday, but mostly just to have a day with my girl. We don't get to hang out just the two of us near as much as I wish we could but Friday was just what we needed. We started out by sleeping in as much as we could then got up and did a few things around the house. Later on we headed into Green Bay and did some grocery shopping then got some lunch which we took with us to the park for a picnic. We played at the park for a while then headed home. Later in the afternoon Madi got to play outside with her new friends next door, Brooke and Jacob. It was a great day, if only there could be more just like it:)

Happy Easter

Easter egg hunt at Ga and Papa's house
Daddy, Mommy and goofy Madi before brunch
In her Easter bonnet with all the frills upon it...
Madi sitting in her "Easter basket" drinking her chocolate milk (she said she wanted the Easter Bunny to bring her chocolate milk...what Madi wants, Madi gets)

Daddy and Madi decorating the Easter eggs...we only had a few fatalities along the way but Daddy was happy to eat them for us


We had a great Easter as usual. Madi is at such a fun age; watching her enjoy the holidays makes me so happy. We went to church Easter morning where we met Dave's parents, his Grandpa and Grandma Reed and his sister Laura and her husband Luis. From church we went to brunch where we met most of Dave's mom's side of the family. The food was awesome and Madi had a great time with her 2nd cousins who taught her a new bad habit:) From there it was off to Dave's mom and dad's house to get Madi's 2nd Easter basket of the day. The afternoon took us to my mom and dad's house where we enjoyed an AMAZING dinner and Madi found her 3rd Easter basket of the day. We also participated in the annual Hoverson family Easter egg hunt which none of us kids will ever outgrow:) After being gone for 12 hours, we finally made our way home where Madi slept very well and so did Mommy and Daddy:)

"Egg"stra good day...

Madi and Mommy with Madi's cookie that she decorated at the Y Easter egg hunt
Madi decorating her cookie, notice her double fisted with the sprinkles.

Out little princess

This is how Madi feels about the Easter Bunny, in person anyway

Madi and Daddy waiting to eat "Breakfast with the Easter Bunny"

We had a great Saturday with our little lady today. We started off the moring with a trip to the zoo which included a pancake and porkie breakfast and an Easter egg hunt throughout the zoo. Next, Mommy got a haircut and color which Mommy needed VERY badly...thanks Debbie!!! Then we grabbed a bite to eat and were off to the YMCA for Easter egg hunt #2. Madi seemed to have a good time today but now we need to rest up for another fun filled day tomorrow and a visit from the Easter Bunny tonight. Hopefully she gets the chocolate milk she's been asking for:)

My silly little girl...

Tonight Madisyn took out her little step stool that she uses to wash her hands at the sink. She stepped up on it and started saying, "beep, beep, beep"...then she said, "I'm on the Biggest Loser." It was so funny, it took me a minute to figure out what she was doing but I thought it was so cute. For anyone who watches the Biggest Loser you know that she was prentending to weigh in like the contestants do. Tuesday nights are Madi and my "Biggest Loser date night." Dave has bow league on Tuesdays so Madi and I always watch Biggest Loser together, eat popcorn and Madi drinks her chocolate milk. She looks forward to it as much as I do. She's such a silly little thing, I just love her to death.

Happy March Birthdays!

March is a very busy month for birthdays in our families. We just wanted to take a minute to wish everyone with a March birthday a very very Happy Birthday. We love you all!

Happy Birthday to Dave's "big" brother Paul picture here with his wife Erin. His birthday was on the 6th. Hope you had a great day! We can't meet to meet little Mr. Reed due 6/1/09.

Happy Birthday to my dad on the 28th...too bad he won't be home to celebrate...he's in Texas for work. We miss you dad (aka Papa)

Happy Birthday to Dave's mom on the 13th! We celebrated early since they were on a cruise for her real birthday; not a bad way to spend a birthday:)

Happy Birthday Mini Me!!! This is my best friend Erika's daughter, Lexie. She turned 4 on the 20th. Hard to believe I was there 4 years ago waiting (a long time) for her to be born. I flew back to Wyoming for the occasion. Wish we could've been at the party!

Happy Birthday Grandpa Reed on the 1st! This picture was taken last year; they were gone to Arizona this year for this big day. We're so happy to have them home now though.

It's been a while...

I haven't posted anything in a while cause there really hasn't been much excitement in our lives lately. We're just paitently waiting for spring to get here. Dave's Grandpa and Grandma Reed just got home from their winter trip to Arizona and we couldn't be happier to have them home. I am hosting a baby shower for my sister-in-law Erin in April so I've been getting ready for that; party planning is one of my favorite things so it's been a blast for me. We recently bought plane tickets to go to my friend Steph's wedding in Wyoming in August. I can hardly wait to see Steph and Jen from school!!! We're flying into Bilings so we also get to spend some time with everyone from my dad's side of the family so we're very excited for that. It's been way too long since we've seen them. We will be going to Mackinack Island in June to watch my sister march in a parade there so we're looking forward to that as well. Dave can hardly wait for turkey hunting season and that's all I hear about. So, that's what's been going on with us in a nutshell.

Madi enjoying her trip to Chuck E Cheese for getting pottytrained. She really caught on quickly to the whole potty training thing. She's only had 2 accidents during the night and other than that we've had no problems. We're so proud of our little girl! Now on to getting her to sleep in her own bed all night long.

Here is our little Hula Girl. My brother's girlfriend, Sarah, just got back from spring break in Hawaii. She brought Madi back this adorable little Hula skirt and top. It also has a lei and flower for her hair which isn't shown in the picture. Thanks for everything Sarah, we're glad you're home:)