Playing at the park

Madsen turns 1!

Madsen turned 1 this past week and had two parties. He loved to dive in the cakes and have all sorts of new things to play with.

Easter

All dressed up for church. Madsen lasted about 10 minutes and we were off to Einsteins.


Madsen found his Easter basket! He was rather excited.

Jason's parents had an Easter egg hunt for the grandkids. It was fun and Madsen found lots of eggs.

And then he decided he better open them up and try one.

Jaxon, Taylor, Madsen and Adalee. They were all so excited they could not look at the camera.


Taylor taking Madsen for a spin in her Hummer.

He was ready to take it for a spin by himself.

Easter Baking

Julia was having guests over for dinner and we decided to get a little crafty on the dessert. I thought I would post a pic of our lovely bunny.



LeRoy and Madsen hanging out while we perfect the cake.

A Sunny Vacation

We went to Arizona this week to see my brother and his family. Jason joined us on the weekend and we had a lot of fun. Madsen was quite the stinker and earned himself a my name is trouble t shirt.

Just hanging out

These two together was bad news. Madsen would scream (so annoying) and it would make Ben cry. Then Madsen would cry. Oh man I can't wait until they are friends and not bugging each other. The baby sitters told us that they had to separate them and then they were fine.

Boo with Ben and Madsen


Jason and Madsen strolling around at Tempe Market Place.



A night out without Madsen. We went to the Indian Casino, out to a nice dinner and then to the mall.


Hanging out in the sun. This was before he crawled over and ate a mouthful of rocks.

Grandma Boo (Mika as Kate calls her) gave Kate a jeep for her 3rd Birthday while we were there. Kate was so excited that she "helped" her dad put it together and could not wait to drive it. The battery had to charge for 18 hours. It was the last thing she did before bed and the first thing she went for in the morning. When the battery was finally charged she hopped in with her dog Todd and was ready to go. One push of the gas and she jumped out and would not go near it. Funny kid.

Madsen would have loved her to take him for a ride but she refused. Madsen in a Barbie jeep....trouble.

Out of the bath with crazy hair.

Time to go home...his two favorites.. A balloon and my diet coke.

10 Months old

In between moving twice in the last six weeks- We have managed to have a good time with Madsen. He is 10 months old now and loves to go out and about. He had his first hair cut (not counting me trimming off his comb over baby hairs), loves to go to the arcade, (so do I- DDR) and he says Boo, mama, dada, ball and lots of other mumbling. He is a busy little guy. His favorite thing to do is take a bath and swim on his stomach. Here are some photos of him this last month.

Out to breakfast again with dad



Chowing down at the Pizza Factory. He tins ice cream. I know... he's not supposed to have it.



After dinner he was off to the arcade. Jason and I get competitive at Skiball and Madsen collects and eats our tickets.


I took Madsen to the discovery Gateway with his cousins. He had a great time exploring around.

Madsen loves his cousin Taylor. She is so cute to him.


More arcade games with Papa Varner

Cookie Cutters - When I drove by this place I thought it was a cookie store and that they would sell lots of cutters. Hmmm I was disappointed when it was a kids hair cut place. But now that I have a kid needing a hair cut- it was perfect. He got in the plane and they put the wiggles on the tv in front of him.

I have never seen someone get a hair cut this fast. He was in and out in 30 seconds. That was probably because about half way through he had a melt down. Hence the sucker.

All done. So fancy looking. I actually liked his scruffy hair- but after a few comments from people.. I gave in and had it trimmed. I was nervous he was going to look like Lloyd Christmas.

Madsen with Great Grandma Varner.