Almost crawling

Our sweet Madelyn is growing way too fast. She pretty much inches her way all over the floor and her favorite toy to find are these bead necklaces that she is so happily playing with. I'm sure they are a very bad choking hazard most of you are thinking. Haha! She is always supervised I promise!! I'm sure it won't be long until she is all over my house and I won't be able to keep up with her. For now, I am enjoying this fun stage and how much she loves sitting and rolling and inchworming her way around the living room. She is such a happy little girl and I just couldn't have asked for a better baby!



On all fours and rearin to go!! She is so close to crawling!

6 months and sitting!

I can't believe how fast she is growing up! I feel like with each child I want to hold on to that baby stage for so much longer but somehow they just keep growing and they are no longer new baby anymore. Madelyn is already 6 months old!! She has made some new milestones this past few weeks and the video only shows you one of them. She is now on solid foods and loves anything pretty much mixed with rice cereal but isn't too crazy about anything straight out of the jar. She is obviously sitting up and doing even better then the video shows you. AND....she is almost crawling....as in moving forward and pushing up on all fours and rocking and actually getting to whatever object that she is trying to reach!!! AHHHH!! CraZY! Why is it that my children are the ones that have to be mobile so soon?...why can't I have that baby that is perfectly content just sitting there until they are a year old?! Oh well, I should have known because she has always been so alert and so active and strong since she was born...very much like her older brother! She loves to stand up on my lap and is starting to babble more and has a new sound, "Ba-ba-ba". She loves bathtime and just splashes and kicks her legs and listens to her voice as she laughs and babbles in the bath. She is sleeping soundly through the night from 7pm to sometime around 7 or 8 am! and she also is taking two great naps during the day! She really is such a good baby!! She is all smiles and happy even when she is tired or hungry! I couldn't ask for a better baby!! We just love and adore her sooooo much!!

These pics are of Kali and Madelyn one afternoon. I turned and found Kali wrapping up Madelyn in the blanket she was playing on. It was really cute and Madelyn just loves her big sister. Kali just can't get enough of her baby Madelyn! Fun times!

Thanksgiving 2008

We went to Mark's parents house for Thanksgiving this year. They live in Camino or "Apple Hill" if you know where that is. It is absolutely beautiful up there!! Anyways, it is always so nice to visit and the kids have a great time just running free on the property and Zach loves to ride his "quad" with his Dad. Kristin and her kids came with us too this year and we really had a great time. Until...Zach and Millie started barfing! Dang it!! And on the one holiday of the year that you are feasting all day long! Shoot! Well, what a bummer for poor Zach and Millie. :( They spent the afternoon and evening on the couches while the rest of us had a YUMMY turkey dinner. Thanks so much to Grandma and Grandpa Stacy for everything!! We had a great time and the kids just love going to G&G's house(sorry about the barfing). I do have to say that I have the BEST In-Laws in the world!!


Frosting turkey cookies that Grandma made. Yum!



Poor Zach! :(




Madelyn loves her Uncle Jeremy!

We went back up to G & G Stacy's home on Saturday because Mark's younger brother and his wife came into town for the weekend. So, we had the WHOLE Stacy clan there for a day! Luckily, Zach was feeling much better and no one else got sick! Fun times!

FUN in the leaves!!





Smiles and lots of love for Grandpa!!

Kali loves to help Grandma in the kitchen. She is quite the big helper!


The growing Stacy family!!! Wow!! Amazing we got everyone together!!

Trip To Houston

Well, we actually took the whole family this time since the kids haven't been to Mema and Grandpa's in a year and a half. We thought it was time. Actually it was totally last minute planned because Mark had a weeks worth of business going on in Texas and asked me if I wanted to go too. I told him as long as we could take the kids this time, I'm there! Now, normally we would not even think about taking the whole family because of how expensive it costs to fly but we were in luck this time. Because Mark traveled so much last year he earned a companion pass which means I can fly free with him anytime so that's one ticket. We also had earned a rapid reward ticket and then his business paid for his ticket so we ended up only having to pay for ONE ticket!! Whoohoo!! Family of five for the price of one ticket! We're there! So we had a great time (10 days to be exact) in Texas and the kids had a great time visiting with my parents and my sister Kelli and her little girl Alexa. I was also able to be there for Kelli's baby shower which was tons of fun! So glad I could be there and actually get to hang out A LOT! Here are som pics of our trip.

Excited to go to Mema and Grandpa's house in Texas! The flight there was great and the kids did awesome! Love the dvd player! Don't ask me how the flight back home went. Let's just say it wasn't as smooth sailing.


My sister Kelli's baby shower. Tons of good food and fun. Kelli looks great and I can't wait for that baby boy to arrive soon!!


My childhood best friend Becca that I grew up down the street from. Known each other since 2nd grade!




We love Mema and Grandpa!


PJ's and a movie almost every night at Mema and Grandpa's house. Our nightly ritual while we were there. Zach and Kali loved spending time with their cousin Alexa too! :)

Red lipstick?

I'm in Houston visiting my family while Mark is here on business for the week. So I just have to share this conversation I had last night with my almost 5 year old son. You tell me if I should be worried...

We were looking at old family pictures together and then Zach spotted the bridal shots of me and all of my sisters. As he was going through them my mom and I were asking Zach who each one was and he was naming them all...Mommy, Aunt Kelli, Aunt Kristin, Aunt Kathryn.

So then I asked, " So which one do you think is the prettiest?" (thinking of course he's gonna say me because I'm his mother, right?)

Zach looks at me with this little smile on his face and he says, "ummmm...Aunt Kathyrn!"

I then shockingly replied, "What? Why is Aunt Kathryn the prettiest?"

With a little silly smirk on his face he said quietly, "Because she has red lipstick!"

I seriously had a hard time keeping my self together. My mom and I almost died laughing because I seriously had no idea that my son really noticed or cared about red lipstick!! Now, just in case you're not one of my sisters and you are reading this, for your information Kathryn has beautiful big lips and she basically used them as her accent color with her red roses for her bridal portraits. You can't miss her gorgeous big red lips in her picture and that is exactly what she wanted. (love you Kathryn) Anyways, so now I'm just wondering if I need to wear more lipstick so my son thinks I'm the prettiest! J/K I just guess I didn't wear much on my wedding day...or not enough red for my son's taste! Oh well. So now that I know he likes red lipstick should I be worried? Isn't he a little young?

My baby is 5 months old already!!

I cannot beleive how time has flown by and how quickly these children grow!! Madelyn is 5 months old and growing like a weed! She is full of smiles and silly faces and just adores her big brother and big sister! Madelyn is rolling all over both ways and loves to hang out on her tummy and play with her toys or just watch whatever is going on around her. She also has discovered her toes and feet and has been caught sucking on her big toe a few times! She LOVES to be part of the action and is perfectly content just hanging out on Mommy or Daddy's lap and watching all that is going on around her...even if she has had little or no sleep. She has such a sweet little temperment and will smile at anybody that will look at her. She also has discovered her voice and loves to make sounds and coo to whoever is paying attention to her. She is sleeping through the night and wakes up at 5 or 6 for a feeding and then goes right back to sleep til 8 or 9! Lucky Mom! We just LOVE and ADORE our sweet baby Madelyn and our family wouldn't be complete without her!