Show off

She loves to do this. Seriously, she is so proud of herself. You can see it in her little smirk. Although, she does start to fade at the end. :)

And all I got was this stupid t-shirt!

We went on our first real vacation without Madison this past weekend. We went to New York for 4 days! We had tons of fun but missed Maddie terribly. Here are a few pics from our trip and a couple of Maddie just for fun.

P.S. Don't worry, Maddie got way more than just a t-shirt ;)



See the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island in the background of the next two pics. We had a Italian dinner and watched the sun set :)

The view of the WTC site from our hotel room. Sadly, it's been almost 7 years since 9/11 and there is still nothing there.
Walking across the Brooklyn Bridge for some NY pizza. It was AMAZING. We had to wait 40 minutes and the place was soooo packed but it was worth it. Best pizza I've ever had.

The hat was a NY purchase also. :)

Our Lil Fish

This was the first 'swim' of this summer. At first, she was a little apprehensive but she quickly remembered how much she enjoys being in the water. Especially with her BFF, her daddy. Next step is swimming lessons. These were taking w/the continuous feature on the camera so look at em quickly (I know there are too many). The videos I took won't load for some reason :(.

Drinks w/the girls!

Madison and I had a girls night out with one of my BFFs Rey. Maddie hasn't seen Rey for almost a year and was shy at first but definitely came around once Rey started feeding her those gummy candy er...vitamins. I wish I had gotten more pics but it was so fun to catch up w/a close friend! Next time, Maddie's staying home so mommy can have more than one drink ;)

Beach Fun

We spent all day Saturday at the beach. It was pretty quiet because there was a fatal Great White attack (first one in 50 years) 10 miles south of us (YIKES!!!). But, this was the first time this year we went down there and Maddie really enjoyed herself! We pretty much stayed out of the water. ;)

Where's Maddie?



This was right BEFORE Maddie realized she could smash the sandcastle.

Sweet tooth!

We gave Madison her very own ice cream cone for the first time. She didn't like it very much.

She was like this for the first five minutes or so :)


She's so dainty! ;)

Round and Round she goes

Jon has started piling up all of the pieces to Maddie's puzzles on the table and letting her complete all the puzzles. He says that one puzzle is just too easy for her now. I think he also enjoys the added benefit that it allows him to watch Cubs baseball in peace for a few extra minutes. She's a smarty pants though!