What a fun weekend!

We had a wonderful July 4th weekend with our friends Chad, Sarah & Justin. I had to work Sat. for most of the day but they all went out to the waterpark at Fort Jackson and enjoyed the day splashing around. Once I was off work and Madeline napped we all went to Hudson's for a yummy dinner and then headed out to the Gilbert Peach festival. In the year's past we have gone there earlier in the day but it was nice not to go at the heat of the day plus enjoy a great view of free fireworks. We ran into our friends from church, Breanna and Elliot, and bought some really good peach shortcake for dessert. Madeline was a BIG fan of the dessert! She enjoyed playing with her god parents and "uncle" from NC and ran around in the grass playing & "tickling" everyone. She also stayed up way past her bedtime but LOVED the fireworks. She kept saying "ohh" and "whao" and what we think was pretty.

Sunday we went to church and heard our new pastor speak then went to lunch at Buffalo Wild Wings. Then later that afternoon (after naps) we enjoyed the swimming area at the lake. For dinner we had a tasty grilled selection of veggies and chicken...perfect on July 4th. The watermelon & chocolate eclair was the best though!

We all seemed to have a really great time and had lots of fun together. I am glad that Madeline got to spend time with them; she had alot of fun! Now today we are enjoying my day off and relaxing after running out to Toys R Us to get Madeline's Birthday gift (it was on clearance so we had to go ahead and get it)....not bad to get a $100 toy for half price:-)

Madeline is now in a toddler bed!

I'm such a big girl!

Her "big girl" room

Her toddler bed. Thank you Pop-pop and Gigi! Her nursery bedding works great as the comforter and bed skirt!

She didn't even fall out after her first nap in the new bed!

I cant believe how fast Maddie is growing! It was so bitter sweet tonight to watch her crawl right into bed and lay down. I love being able to tuck her in again though because being 27 weeks pregnant the crib was crazy hard for me to get her in and out of.

Also, I have to say a HUGE thank you to my wonderful husband who, while I was @ our yard sale cleaned our room, moved the crib into our room, cleaned Madeline's room and set up her big girl bed. Thank you honey!

Picture People, Take Two & Fun Weekend

Thursday night once I got off work we tried to take Madeline to have her picture taken...only she wanted NOTHING to do with it. Welcome to the almost two's it guess...:-) Lucky for us they do not have sitting fees so we just rescheduled for Sat. and went home.

My parents also came down for the weekend and brought Maddie's new toddler bed; which once we get it set up I'll post pictures! They were a big help @ pictures Sat. since they provided a new distraction. The session started off rough because all Madeline wanted to do was cry because we wouldn't let her play on the computers but in the end we got some really cute shots. Some of the weekends other highlights included getting Indian food (yummy!), watching movies and getting to spend Father's day with the best Dad a girl could ask for and the best husband ever! Two very awesome men, for sure! All in all a wonderful weekend...Madeline had fun because she said her goodbyes and went down for her nap without a fight...a sure sign of a happily worn out toddler:-)

$1 night at Edventure! And our other Adventures!

So all of the following pictures are from our fun time at Edventure. Madeline had a wonderful time! She really liked getting the eggs from the chicken and cooking at the little grill shop they had. Some of the stuff is still over her head but for only a dollar it was great!

She went to sleep great tonight after all her adventures today! We had fun pool time with Hannah and Katie earlier in the day. The girls were so cute tossing a ball back and forth in the water and splashing each other! Such a big difference from last year! It is hard to believe how fast they are growing! Sadly, I forgot my camera but we had a great time; Thanks for having us Katie!