Moving Right Along

Oh how much fun we have had, in fact we have had so much fun Mommy forgot to keep track on our blog.  So here is a quick update and overview we left off in the last post just after Peach Days in August 2013.  In September we spent a lot of time adjusting to our new apartment and Mommy enjoyed taking time off school until, September 20th when I started the application process for graduate school and the University of Phoenix.

and then we hit october 2013.  Grammie made Madison some awesome Lorax dresses and Maddie started working hard on standing up.







It is hard to believe how far she has come in the last year.  Grammie also made Madison the cutest Halloween costume ever!!  Madison was so excited when Grammie brought it over to try on she could hardly wait.

When she finally got to wear it for her Halloween party with all the cousins she was so excited I could hardly get a picture because she would not sit still.  She was a pink sparkly Fairy to go along with her absolute LOVE of Tinker Bell.  

Some of the cousins came to paint pumpkins and they all dressed up also to share in the fun.  Miss Brianna was a cheer leader Benjamin was Super man, Daniel was Spider Man and Lilly was a princess (much like Madison, Lilly grew tired of her costume and switched to something more comfortable.)

 Madison fell asleep just before these pictures where taken she was still adjusting to having small children around.  Although I did not get a picture Uncle Stephen also dressed up.



After Haloween we started getting ready for the long and cold winter months when Madison would not be aloud outside.  We spent hours reading books and playing on the floor of course we also spent tons of time watching our favorite movies TinkerBell, Mulan, Hurcules and Pocohontes.  We made it to thanksgiving without more then one over night in the PICU at Primary for a slight bacterial infection.

Madison was not so impressed with having thanksgiving dinner at the table.  She just cannot understand why grownups put yuck stuff like food in there mouths. EWWWWWW Grown ups are yucky

 She did enjoy going to Grandma and Grandpa Baldwins for a visit on Thanksgiving however and was quite happy to snuggle with Grandma.









And so we crossed our fingers and hoped to remain home through the Holidays.  Thankfully Madison once again decide the odds against all respiratory fagile children during the winter months and remained home from the hospital.  With little more then a cold or two we enjoyed having our princess home for christmas and New years.

and so in closing I shall leave you with a variety of fun pictures of our prolonged isolation from the world during the cold months of November, December, January and February.

We decided that clothes are not nessicary to have fun.  I swear she prefers to be naked (diaper is not optional no matter how much you protest Madison)

 Our Cute little Christmas Tree Madison was convinced I had lost my mind as I moved all the furniture and put up decorations she was not sure about the whole "Christmas" thing.

Of course we had an Elf come stay for a month.  His name is Agustus Octavis but we call him Gus Gus.

Maddie still loves cuddle time and the pink blanket is a must.

 she also developed a new love of christmas Carols which is fine with me cause I love singing christmas carols.

Every day she gets bigger and stronger.  We had an amazing visit with Dr Day in January where we learned that Madisons Pulmonary Hypertension is finally improving.  For the first time in over a year we are seeing improvement.  I could not be more proud of this little Angel and the things she continues to do.