Disney & Sea World June 12-19

Our trip to Disney World & Sea World in June!

May

April!

The 4 of us at the Easter Egg Hunt in our neighborhood!

Hard to believe it's been 2 months since I posted last. Things have been a little nutty, but good around here!


Olivia is getting so big! Hard to believe she'll be 3 next month! She has really been learning a lot and has learned how to spell her name! She has been wearing big girl panties for a couple months now and is peeing in the potty all day long! She's still afraid to poo poo in the potty, so we're just trying to stay patient with that one!


Madi started walking at 12 months and is now a little pro at it! I think if givin the option, she would climb stairs all day long, so thank goodness for baby gates! She has had a bit of a personality change too! I definitely have a very strong, stubborn little girl in this one! Found out she got put in time out at Mother's Day Out for taking the other kids' toys and food! haha! I guess she has to put up with it at home so decided to get a little payback at school!

The girls have really been playing well together and are SO EXCITED that the weather is finally nice enough to play outside! Now that Madi's walking she can pretty much hang with the big kids!


Here are some of my favorite pics from the last couple months!

At the beach in Desitin

Sisters hangin out

Olivia bathing herself in the sink @ Mimi & Pappy's


Madi playing with magnets @ Mimi & Pappy's

Olivia took this picture of Matt & me in Gatlinburg

Enjoying the day outside!

Olivia posing for me

Madi doing her yoga!

Olivia playing the piano @ Mother's Day Out

Madi walking in the driveway

The girls got in the drawer together. So cute!

Madi hanging out on our back patio

Olivia painting!

Eating popcicles together on the screened in porch


Huh?

The girls (and Chandler) hangin out!

February Fun!

What an awesome month we had!!! So many things to talk about!!

We also had some fun visits with Uncle Cory & Aunt Hillary (Titi) here in Nashville and the girls went down to Destin to stay with my parents for a long weekend so Matt and I could take a much needed vacation! We went to a few birthday parties, including my own, and had a lot of fun with friends throughout the month!

Just this past weekend we celebrated Madilyn's 1st birthday! We had some friends over for a little celebration! I can't believe she's already 1. She even took her first step last night! Matt and I were sitting on the floor in the kitchen (this is a nightly occurance) and she just stood up and took 1 little step toward him! It was so neat that we were both there to experience it!

Here are some of her party pics!

On a bittersweet note, my Great-Grandmother, Lola Holstine Kelly, passed away after living an incredible life for 98 years. She would have been 99 in September. We all went back to Macomb, IL for her funeral and it was really wonderful to get to see my family. She was such an inspiration to me, living her life to the fullest. Age was literally just a number to her. She lived on her own, in her own apartment until about a year ago. When she started slipping a little bit, not eating and getting pretty depressed because she was so lonely, my Gram decided it would be best to move her to a nursing home. What a difference it made. She perked right up! She was her old self again, playing piano for the other residents, playing cards with friends and of course talking away to anyone who would listen! That it what I'll remember most about her. Her viberence, her incredible music skills, and her candor. Although she never got sick, Ga Ga's body started shutting down a few months ago and she passed away in her sleep on February 6th.

I will miss her deeply and I love her so much, but I know that she is watching over us from heaven and probably even bossing Jesus around a little bit!

Lola, Bonna, Brenda, Nicki

Great-Gram and Madi

5 Generations!