Graham Family

New Year

2012-01-24T08:22:00.002-07:00

Okay so I am slacking again, but atleast I have a good reason. We moved last month into our new house and are still trying to get it all set up while still trying to keep up a normal life. on the 23rd of December my grandpa passed away from the affects of a long battle with Alzheimer's. His Funeral was the 28th of December. He had a beautiful service and since he was a WWII vet he was buried with Military honors and a gun salute. We are all wondering how long my grandma has. Sadly she also suffers from Alzheimer's and hers set in more quickly and progressed much faster so we know that she may not have as long as my grandpa did, until then we are taking time to visit her.
We started the oldest 2 girls in swimming lessons, we decieded it was a good idea since we got one of the best Christmas presents ever from my parents, WE ARE ALL GOING TO DISNEYWORLD! And I mean everyone, my family my brother and his wife and my sister and her family and my parents. We are renting a house that has a pool and thought it was a good idea if they could swim. Now here is the real reason why I have been slacking, one word Kinley. Since the middle of December she has decided that she doesn't want to sleep but instead she wants to SCREAM all day and night. She began having apnea pauses and is SUPER grumpy. The girls and I went with my mom to my grandpa's funeral and had to be there the night before so we stayed the night, well neither my mom or I slept much or our neighbors since she screamed for nights on end, which wasn't the 1st night but rather the 10th or so. Well it wasn't really stopped we have maybe one or two nights where she will actually sleep.
So the first of the year I had to take her in to get the booster of her flu shot and had to get her weighed to see if she had gained enough weight since she is pretty tiny not even 16 lbs and was 11 months, well she had a rash on her face and her nose was either stuffed or running all the time and always sounds stuffy, she is an open mouth breather. Well her dr decided that she needed to see the ENT to see if her adenoids where a problem. So the next Thursday we went to Dr Haack(hawk is how it pronounced) and he realized she had 3 problems, and only 2 could be fixed right now, So the next day she had surgery. She had her adenoids taken out and they were horribly infected, which makes me wonder just how bad they would have been had she not been on antibiotics for 8 days before for the rash on her face, and they took a laser and thinned out the tissues in her nose so maybe she could breathe better. Now the 3rd problem was and is still her tonsils. She was having apnea pauses with the breathing tube in and so we had to stay at the hospital longer to make sure she would be okay. She is too small to take them out yet. So in the past 11 days she has been just as miserable and grumpy and still doesn't really sleep. She has been running a low grade fever this entire time, and just acts like she doesn't feel good. Seth took her into the dr for me so i could keep my massage time (which I was ready to give up). They said it was normal and could take up to 4 more weeks for her to feel better, so not much we can do until then but try and keep our sanity.
So we know that in a few months like 7 or so we will be back in the operating room to take out those blasted tonsils and maybe we can have a happy healthy child again.

Where to start

2011-12-21T22:49:00.002-07:00

This month has been a busy one, it actually started in October when we found a cute 3 bed 1 3/4 bath house we really liked, and decided it was the right house for us and so under contract we went. We were supposed to close the 25th of November which happens to be Ava's birthday and the day after Thanksgiving this year, with all that we wanted to move up out closing to the 23rd, then there was a problem that came up when the appraiser came so instead of moving up the closing it got moved back. On the 2nd of December we closed on our house. We spent the next 3 days painting and cleaning the house. For my birthday we painted and cleaned, not to exciting, The next weekend we moved our furniture and most of our stuff over and had our first night in the house. The girls love it and love their new room which is at least twice as big as their old room. We have a guest room even. the girls have really done well in the new house. Madison had decided that she wanted to start using the big girl potty before moved and I feared she would regress after we moved, she had a couple more accidents for a couple days but has been using the potty like a champ, and she hasn't had any accidents at night! We are SO proud of her since she is the one that really trained herself.
The end of November we had Ava and Kinley's well checks, Ava was 43 pounds and 43 inches tall. She right where she should be and even ahead some. Kinley was 14 pounds 11 oz, she isn't on the charts for weight and was 28 or so inches long, she is incredibly busy and has learned how to stand her self up all by herself. She has tried taking a step or two but hasn't quite gotten it down yet. She is doing great developmentally and we are amazed at her and her spirit.
We also took some time to go down to see my Grandpa Deters. He has Alzheimer"s and has gone into transition. He has not eaten or drank for 6 or so days. Today we found out that his time is limited and I am very greatful that we went Monday to see him. The girls were scared at first, he was laying there unreponsive to us. He does not hear well and then he did wake up some and the girls sang him some Christmas songs and he tried to reach out some to kinley and then the girls gave him a hug and kiss and told him good bye. I also gave him a hug before we left. I pray that his passing is and painless.
I am SO greatful for my understanding in the plan of salvation, and the knowledge that we will be perfected. I am so greatful to know that when he does pass that he will once again know who we are.

BIG NEWS!!!

2011-11-01T12:20:00.002-06:00

No I am not pregnant but our family is going to have a big change, in the next few weeks we will be closing on our first home! It is a cute 3 bedroom 1 3/4 bath closer to my parents. It has had a lot of work done on the inside and we are VERY excited! It all came about very quickly, like 2 weeks ago we found out about the house then we put in an offer and went under contract on Friday! We are supposed to close on November 25th, Ava's 5th birthday. We are very excited to have a fenced yard that the girls can ride their bikes and toys in and to be able to go outside and burn some of their energy.
It has a garden area and a nice kitchen, and a detached 2 car garage, and one of our new neighbors' property l's behind ours and he brings in horses at times so our girls will love that! We feel truly blessed and that this the place that the Lord wants us to be, Keep you updated when we get moved in and all that funness, in the meantime I will be busy trying to pack and keep the girls entertained while Seth works out of town for most of the week

Oh Kids! LOTS of Pictures!

2011-09-14T08:14:00.008-06:00

Yesterday was a trying day, Monday night Ava and Madison ate something that made them sick so they were up all night taking turns throwing up, about 5 ish Tuesday morning they finally were both sleeping. at 10 ish Madison came in and looked like she got in a fight with a weed wacker, she said "Sissy did it" Ava came in and her hair was not as bad but not good either....

here is a before (Monday)

After (Tuesday)

Partners in Crime

New Milestones

2011-09-12T12:57:00.003-06:00

So today was Ava's Last First day of preschool. I can not believe that next year she will be in Kindergarten! She has been asking if she can go to school today ALL summer long. This morning I told her today was school and she was SO excited! She LOVES her teacher. She had Ms Hana last year and was SUPER excited to be in her class again, on our way to school she said Ms Hana is the best teacher in the whole world. I have known Hana since I was little since she is one of my sisters best friends, and I had to give her a heads up that Ava has about 20000 stories. She gets to have lunch at school this year and she loves it. We just got her home and she was SO excited about her day. She was the Line Leader and has had a ton of fun today, and can't wait til Wednesday for her next day of school, but she gets to ride the bus Wednesday, I love the Bus it makes life SO much easier!
Also Kinley has learned to crawl, she prefers to army crawl or roll to get where she wants to, but can crawl. She has really become a new baby in the last week or so, on the 2nd of September she had tubes put in, she had fluid behind her eardrums for alteast a month if not more, and she had a month long ear infection with 3 antibiotics to finally get rid of the infection and still had fluid, behind. She really never said any kind of words and was always leaning when she was upright, she tried to crawl but always fell over, now she says mama dada aba nenenene all kinds of things and is so much more balanced, if she hadn't had the fluid i think she would have crawled earlier.
Madison is still her crazy busy self. She loves to climb and jump and dance and wiggle and anything she can get away with. She wants to go to school so bad but still has a year before she can go.

6 Months

2011-08-10T09:45:00.002-06:00

So 6 days ago Kinley turned 6 months old. I can not believe how fast the time has gone! Here are a few things about Kinley
She LOVES food....baby food, your food, nursing all of them if we would let her she would eat all the time.
She loves her sisters, especially Ava....she will smiling all the time for her. They love to play with her and feed her
She loves to roll around. as long as you are paying attention to her she is happy to be playing.
She she is LEARNING TO CRAWL!
She LOVES mommy and ALWAYS wants mommy
okay here are her 6 month stats
13lbs 8 oz putting her in the 5th percentile
26 1/2 inches being the 75th-90th percentile
her head was 17 50-75th percentile
She is right where she should be developmentally and even slightly ahead.
We love her SO much and can't imagine life without her. She has been a great addition to our family, and even with her reflux she can be such a cute and happy girl, I hope that as she out grows the reflux more and more of the happy sweet girl continues to emerge!

All Done

2011-08-06T20:30:00.003-06:00

So I finished my pattern test and like I said I won grand champion with it....I haven't decided what I am gonna do with it whether I keep it and save it or sell it I haven't decided yet, here are a few of the many pictures I have of it....Kinley is a pretty good little model

YAY ME!

2011-08-02T19:21:00.002-06:00

Okay so usually I wouldn't really be too much into making myself sound better, but I am in such SHOCK over this that I have to share! So I have recently taken crochet back up. I learned when I was much younger and have crocheted here and there but recently I have found it relaxing so I have done much more of, like part of Kinley's blessing dress. So I was pattern testing for the lady that wrote the blessing dress pattern for another blessing dress. I decided that I would enter it in the fair so I had something to shoot for to have it done by. I finished the crocheting the night before it was due and finished with the ribbon and buttons that morning. I turned it in on Monday and today they opened the hall so we could see results. I went in and couldn't find it...after a little more looking it was in a glass case and this is what I found....

I got GRAND CHAMPION!!!!I am completely shocked! I have been thinking about selling my crocheting I will look more into it now.

4th of July and 5 Months old!

2011-07-06T09:46:00.002-06:00

I love the 4th of July in Evanston. There are TONS of huge fireworks and lots of fun to be had. We started out the 4th weekend going to Malad to see most of my dad's family who we haven't seen in a while, it was lots of fun and the kids had a great time playing in the sprinklers and with their cousins. we had steaks there and the next night too. I love dave's stakes and my dad is great at cooking them. He were all so glad to have my dad home for atleast alittle while and are hoping he gets to come home to stay soon.
We bought some fireworks and shot them off with my parents and our family and my niece and nephew. It was super fun and made all the better since all but Kinley got to have a sleep over and grandma and grandpa's. It was kinda weird to have it so quiet in our house. On the fourth we went fishing and craydadding. We caught 1 fish and he was pretty little but he swallowed the hook to far and had to keep him, we started at the bear ponds and then we went out to sulfur creek. We didn't have a single bite but we got about 10 good sized crayfish. They were all about 5.5 inches or bigger. It was pretty fun but was raining on and off not so much fun.
That night Robert joined us and we went to my aunt and uncles for a bbq and more fireworks. We ate lots of good food and watched lots of good fireworks. The city does a great show and the residents do a great one too. One thing about living where pretty much every firework is legal means LOTS and LOTS of fireworks and LOTS and LOTS of pretty shows. You can't mistake the 4th weekend in Evanston since from 9ish am until around midnight to 2 am there are some sort of fireworks going off.
Kinley turned 5 months on the 4th. I can't believe how fast this last 5 months have gone. Here are some fun things about Kinley at 5 months,
She LOVES Ava, she is almost always smiling or laughing for her
She loves to roll around and it good at it
She can pull herself on her tummy, she puts her hands out and grabs onto something and pulls herself forward
She LOVES baby food. Her favorites and squash and sweet potatoes and carrots, she likes to eat bananas too.
She has a super cute smile and laugh. She is finally getting over the reflux, and hasn't had to have her medication since starting food.
She has kinda tried to crawl but prefers to roll.
We love our little Kinley and loved to see how all the kids have grown and changed.
Madison has developed a new phrase where she puts her hand or hands on her hips and says "I not too little, huh", she has so much attitude in her tiny little body. We love our crazy little monkey.
Ava has been playing soccer and we have learned it really isn't her thing. but she has 2 more games and then she will be done.
Madison has fully recovered from her surgery, and on the 27th Ava will be having her tonsils and adenoids out, we hope she will be all healed before her last year of preschool and the Deters get together.
Just a little on what we have been doing!

The Year of the Droctors

2011-06-22T09:42:00.002-06:00

Okay so since January I do not think there hasn't been a trip to the Dr. office or dentists office. Between having Kinley, and regular dentists check-ups, the well checks for Kinley and Madison's 2 year check, which we expect we have had a few other trips too. I end up with several cavities from the heart burn and night time reflux I have seemed to get since having Kinley. After a few trips to get them all filled I also ended up having one filling that kept falling out, i think we finally got it to stay 4th times a charm. Along with those trips we have had Kinley in the Dr.s for a few weird rashes and to see why she had such a hard time laying flat and keeping her food down. We took her to Primary Children's to see wheither she had Pyloric Stenosis. This is where the bottom muscle to the stomach that lets food out of the stomach gets too tight and they throw up forcefully. She had this and some of reflux, we watched her reflux and knew atleast she had that. She has been on medicine up until a week or 2 ago. She is doing pretty good, but teething now. The other two have also been in the dr. Ava Madison and Kinley all had ear infections in April. Ava also had en eye infection Sinus infection, strep throat along with her ear infection. Madison had the beginning of bronchitis, tonsillitis, and her ear infection. Kinley had an ear infection. Two weeks later Madison had another case or tonsillitis and another ear infection. We took her to the ENT and she ended up getting tubes put back in and tonsil and adenoids out. We took her for her 1 month check up and is all healed up, We took Ava to get a second opinion on hers. Her tonsils are big but her adenoids are HUGE. She will be getting them out on July 27th. They are impeding her breathing especially at night. All in all we have been finally getting on the mend I hope. We have learned Kinley has an allergy to band aides, and we have to watch to see if she has any other allergies. Hopefully the last month of soccer leads to no injuries for her, and we can all get on the up and up for Ava's last year of preschool for Ava.

Pattern Testing

2011-06-09T15:57:00.003-06:00

I am Pattern testing a crochet blessing dress, It is called Heirloom Lace. Only partially done with thew skirt but this is some of what I do with my limited free time. Kinley is a good model!

Kinley is 4 months already!

2011-06-07T09:47:00.002-06:00

Where does the time go? Saturday Marked 4 months of having our fun little Kinley!
Here are some fun things about Kinley at 4 months,
She can roll from her tummy to her back and her back to her tummy, and has learned she can keep rolling.
She loves to smile!
She has lots of stories to tell
She loves her sisters
She loves to cuddle
She likes her rice cereal in her bottle, but would rather nurse if she is with mommy
She has never had formula but has had her fair share of medicine and tests
She is finally outgrowing her reflux
Now we went for her 4 month check yesterday and she is 11 lbs 15 oz putting her in the 10th percentile, 24 inches putting her in 25-50th percentile. Her head was 40 cm also 25th to 50th. The dr was impressed with you alert and strong she is. After getting her shots we had to wait since last time her leg turned bright red and got swollen, and after waiting they lifted her bandaid and found out that like me and my mom and madison she is allergic to the band aids. At least it wasn't the vaccines. she is trying to figure out crawling and can push her self a little when she is on her tummy. We love her and feel so blessed to have her in our lives.

I will admit it is really trying having 3 kids when they all think they need your attention at the same time and with Kinley having the issues she has but I have learned a lot and have gotten more patience. I hope that they will continue to be friends and help each other with their trials, and help us to teach them too.

Oh Madison!

2011-05-18T10:09:00.002-06:00

What a fun time we are having with our Tiny Madison. She has SO much personality in her tine body. She loves to run and climb and is SO fun, but can be a real headache sometimes too. She is very adventurous and loves to do it herself. I can see many trips to the dr or er in her future if she keeps it up. She loves the phrase, "I Funny". In the last few weeks she hasn't been at her peak. On April 19th she had an ear infection and bronchitis and we got her over that and then 2 weeks later she poked herself in the eye and we thought she had hurt her eye, so we ended up taking her into the eye dr after hours, turns out it wasn't an injury but an eye infection! We got her on antibiotics and took her to her pediatrician the next morning. Well she had an ear infection again in the same ear! Well at 9 months she had tubes put in her ears after 7 ear infections, they stayed in for about 18 months and lost one, the one she has had 2 infections in since loosing it. We had to take her into the ENT and we found out she still had the fluid behind her eardrum. luckily it wasn't infected again but she has to get tubes back in. I also mentioned that in the last 2 weeks she has had 2 cases of tonsilitis. After looking he said her tonsils are big but not huge, but since she is 2 years and almost 2 months old and is about 23 pounds with her loud snoring and restlessness that she is going to at some point have to get them out as well. After getting mine out a year and a half ago and now having a tube in my ear from the same things she is going through, her and my tonsils aren't more on the back of our throats but more on the side that it could cause damage to her ears like mine does, so we decieded if she has to get it done anyway at some point we would do it all in one surgery, so Friday Madison is having her tonsils and adenoids out and tubes put in again. We hope this will help her. I hope she recovers quick too.
Madison Also LOVES school...she has been a few times with Ava and is sad anytime that she can not stay with her. Today was a sad day since she couldn't stay with sissy, so I told her we would do school at home. As I was buckling her in her car seat I asked her if she knew how to spell her name and she said uh-huh. I asked her how and her reply t-fork....just another one of her little cute things....Sunday she wanted to go potty and Seth sent her out since i was out with Kinley who was being cranky, i say Madison and she told me mommy don't follow me I do it myself....pretty sassy for a 2 year old, she finally let me go in when i told her i had to go. she loves to talk on the phone when it is her idea, and a real big cuddler as long as it is her idea. She is finally coming out of her shell and letting people know the real her! We love our crazy Madison

The Blessing- lots of pictures

2011-04-24T20:34:00.004-06:00

She wasn't feeling very good in these ear infections

Last week we blessed Kinley and were SO greatful for those who could make it. My dad was home for a couple of days so we took advantage of it and blessed our little angel. My mother in law Beth made the fabric dress and I decided before she was born I wanted to try my hand at crocheting a dress. I think it turned it pretty good, and am even considering doing more, in fact i am working on the other pattern I bought at the time. I just might even sell them, along with the car seat covers I will have to take some pictures of ones I have made and add them later. here are some pictures, they were taken a few days ago since I forgot to take them at the time. I also made the crocheted blanket,been having fun being crafty at least as crafty as you can with 3 kids 4 and under

Kinley's Blessing

2011-04-05T10:51:00.003-06:00

We are blessing Kinley on April 17th. Our sacrament starts at 12:30 p.m. and is at our stake center on Morse Lee. We will have a lunch after the blessing at my parents house, there is no way we would fit in our house! let me know if you got have any questions

Madison Jade Graham!

2011-03-25T17:39:00.004-06:00

Yesterday Madison Turned 2! I can not believe how fast this time has gone. The last 2 years have been crazy and SO fun with her in them. She loves her sister Ava SO much and wants to do everything she does. If Ava is doing it she wants to do it. Some of the major events of the past 2 years include...RSV, 6 Ear Infections, Ear Tubes, 2 Trips to the ER for the same injury, lots of bumps and bruises and LOTS and Lots of laughs.
For those of you who don't know Madison you are missing out on one of the cutest kids ever. We call her our living doll since she not only looks like one but is about the size of one too. Today we went to the DR for her well check and she is a massive 21 lbs 12.5 ounces and is 33 1/2 inches tall. She has SO much personality in that little body. Some of the things that come out of that little girl still surprise us. She loves to growl at you, and it is funny how low she can growl. She has recently begun to say no I Madison. She wants you to know who she is. She likes to put her hands on her hip s and talk to you. She Loves animals and colors and food, not that you would guess by her weight.
One of her favorite things is drawing especially with daddy and sissy. She loves Mickey mouse and wants to go see him at his house....one day we hope. Now she likes Kinley but she is starting to like her more. We love our crazy Monkey Madison and all her crazy anticts and are so glad that she came to us. We also love that she is starting to let other people see her and her personality.

Farewell to a dear friend

2011-03-04T19:57:00.002-07:00

Today was a hard day because we had to put a dear friend to sleep today. We have had Chinook for 13 years. We got her as a small puppy my sister's senior year and loved her. She was our little snowball and a lot of fun. We have taken her as many places as we could and loved having her. About 7 years ago Seth met Chinook and just after that we found out she was very sick and had to have an emergency surgery to save her life and she had a 50 or so present chance of making it. She came out of that and did pretty well for several years. Later she got sick but has always pulled through. Last year she had a spot she licked so much she got a major infection in it and it looked like a tumor, and had it removed, not to long after that she chewed the end off a leather belt and got it lodged in her throat and had to have it surgically removed. My mom and dad looked at putting her down then since we thought she might have a tumor in her throat or something like that, but my dad wasn't ready to give up on her then and we found the end of my mom's new belt in her throat. After that my mom was thinking her time was coming. We took her camping 2 times and to Jackson hunting at thanksgiving. After our trip to Jackson my mom thought she might pass because the trip took so much out of her.
Today my mom called and wanted me to come and check her because she hadn't been acting like her self this week. When seth got home at lunch we went to go see her. Usually she is barking anytime anyone comes near the house and we hadn't heard her, but i figured she was outside so she hadn't barked at us, so I got her in and had Seth go out and ring the doorbell and knock and she just laid there and I knew she was not feeling good and needed to see the vet. My mom had told me she hadn't been eating or drinking either. We got an appointment for a few hours later and got her taken in. We did blood work and found out that her kidneys were bad. The vet put it this way that if she was a human then she would be on dialysis and on a list for a kidney transplant, but since she was a dog there was nothing they could do for her other hen to humanely euthanize her. I called everyone and Gina came out to say her good byes. Everyone but my sister and dad already had, but my dad is in North Dakota and we didn't want to make her suffer until he could. Gina and I stayed with her when they put her to sleep, it was a very quick and peaceful passing. She just slept and that was all. She was a fiesty and crazy dog and I can't imagine never having her but it is hard to say good bye. I felt she was ready to go and wanted us to feel good about her going. Rest In Peace Chinook January 30, 1998-March 4, 2011

OUR NEW ADDITION!!!

2011-02-05T19:11:00.004-07:00

Yesterday February 4, 2011 we added a new baby girl to the family. She was born at 2:34 p.m. and was 7 lbs and 3 oz, measuring 20 inches in length. We named her Kinley Ann Graham. She was induced because I tested positive for group b strep, which probably wouldn't have been a big deal except I am allergic to the cillian family and the medication they have to give for those with this allergy has to be given 6 hours apart, and I don't have labors that long. After alot of talking and such we decided that induction would be best since we could have her before I got to dilated, I was already almost 3 cm at 37 weeks and decided 38 weeks would be best.
Friday morning we got up around 6 ish and got the girls ready so that they could go stay with grandma and we could go have the new baby. We ate breakfast and then got to the hospital about 7:30 and got checked in. They started my IV and My 1st dose of antibiotics, and then started my pitocin. A little later the dr came and checked and I was 3-4 cm and he wanted to wait to break my water since I go 1 to 3 cm from just that. We had a pretty boring morning watching tv and playing games waiting til they broke my water. At lunch the dr broke my water and then the contractions started to kinda hurt, this was 12:30 ish. About 1:15 my back labor was getting to me and I decided that I wanted an epidural since she was having some declarations with the contractions and I didn't want to worry about a sleepy baby. They checked and I was 6 cm, and got the epidural. At 1:30ish I felt different and still sore since it only took in my back and my right side. I was 8-9 cm and she had dropped to a -1. Up tp that point she was a -2. They started my 2nd dose and we new they could speed it up and get it in. At 2:10ish I noticed it felt really different and I felt like I needed to push so Seth went and got the nurse and she checked and I was fully dilated and baby was down lower, and they called the dr to HURRY and get there so we could have the dr there, since we had joked that I wanted him there when she was born, and it was looking like he was going to miss the big event. I spent a good or so minutes trying NOT to push. He got there and I still felt like I had to push and they hurried and got everything ready for her to come, just when they got it ready my contraction started and I started to push. In that same contraction she was born. When she was born she was kinda purple and didn't really want to cry. We were all sure she was around 8lbs, when they got her cring good we got to have her back and she seemed kinda dark faced and had chubby cheeks. She wanted to eat so we let her nurse and then they took her back to the nursery to weigh and measure her. We found out her face was bruised with how fast she dropped and came. She has lost a lot of the dark color and swelling. She still has some good bruises on her ears and her face is darker and still swollen but it is getting better.
We are glad to be home and excited to pick up the girls tomorrow, and see how they all get along. We had the girls come out and meet her yesterday but Madison and Ava didn't nap yesterday and then Madison fell off Seth's bed while we were waiting for Kinley to come out of the nursery. She bonked her head pretty good, and with that and being tired she fell asleep and wasn't too excited to see her. She did give her a kiss. Ava was all about holding her and wanted to carry her and change her diaper and everything. we will add more pictures when we get them.

Happy Birthday!!!! and other NEWS!!!

2011-01-26T06:56:00.002-07:00

Today is my dear sweet husband's birthday! I can not believe how fast this year is going! Ava has been wishing him a happy birthday since my mom's birthday at the beginning of the month. This morning she gave him a hug and a kiss and told him happy birthday, although i think that it will be more excited at 11:45 instead of 6:00 in the morning. Ava has to be up earlier so she can get on the bus at 7:30 but she thinks that means like 5:30!

Here are a Few of my FAVORITE things about Seth
He loves to be with his girls
He works hard to give this family everything he can
he is SUPER creative and loves to share his talent
Is still like a kid but can be serious if needed
He makes me laugh
He married me for Time and All eternity fulfilling my childhood dream
He teaches the girls all kinds of things
He holds and uses his priesthood
He has a wacky sense of humor and can get many people comfortable easily
there are so many reasons but time is limited and there are only a few of them.

In other news we will be having a baby on Feb 4! I am being induced to ensure the best chance of getting the 2 doses of antibiotics I need, since they have to be given 6 hours apart and I haven't been in labor that long before we wanted to be safe and be induced at 38 weeks and have the least dialation as possible since I am already a 3.

A bit Behind...2010 what a year! beware it will be long

2010-12-31T12:17:00.004-07:00

SO I found out that some people are intersted in what we have going on and I kinda suck at keeping up with what's going on in our live which will soon be even more Crazy.

So here is a brief overview of what has been going on in 2010...In January madison had to get tubes put in her ears. I had gotten my tonsils out in October and so we in less then a year had 3 things done at the hospital including having Madison. In March Madison turned 1. It is crazy how fast the time has flown since then. At the end of March I started having some pain in my ear, I couldn't sleep that night since I couldn't find a way that was comfortable without being in intense pain. I had a fever of 103ish and felt like crap. After calling about every doctor in town I finally got into my ENT,(my dad was ready to take me to utah to a clinic to get it looked at since the nearest appointment was in 2 weeks) and he looked in my ear and found I had a MAJOR ear infection and started me on steriods and antibiotics to tray and keep my eardrum from bursting it was leaking out in small drops but hadn't ruptured yet. I had a follow up appointment and still had the fluid in my ear, but it was no longer infected so another course of steriods to get the fluid out. We then waited another week or 2 to see if those 2 one week treatment of steriods worked. In the mean time my cousin got married at the Salt Lake temple and going to Salt Lake killed my ear but once we were there it wasn't as bad. The downside was everything on my left side sounded like it was underwater. After a month of dealing with pain and a waterfeeling I went back in and the found there was still fluid in my ear, so we had 3 options, leave it alone and see if it would clear up on it's own, cut open up and drain the fluid and let it just the ear heal back up and hope the fluid doesn't build back up, or cut and remove the fluid and then put in a tube to let my eustation tube have a chance to reset for lack of better words so hopefully it doesn't happen again. We found that if the problems I had had with my tonsils messed with my eustation tube. My tonsils were on the side of my throat and not the back, so when they would swell they would block my eustation tubes making them not work well but my left is worse off then the right. So the girls and seth were able to watch them put in my tube, ava tells me I have a purple in my ear. For the next 4 months to year I will have a tube to try and keep it from happening again, it that doesn't work it is a nasty surgery to try and fix my eustation tube itself On the monday before my cousins wedding Madison got a lovely hair cut and so did ava thanks to AVA! There are still signs of her lovely handy work.
In June we found out we were expecting our 3rd child, and Seth was able to an amazing digital art piece for the annual renewal ball. A very large print of the poster was auctioned off live and made $1200. That same day we found out we were expecting our 3rd child. A few weeks later seth's mom came out to visit and we went to jackson with her. She had never been and we had a kot of fun, but i perfer to be there when it isn't SO crazy and busy.
In July we got the girls bunkbeds and on the day we bought them we had to first take apart ava's old bed and i managed to fall down the stairs and we thought I might have broken my arm, so the next day we had it looked at and found out I had just bruised the bone. and less then a week later madison took a header into the bed and that was a nightmare in it's self. She hurt her head at 9:45 pm which ment the ER. We were there until 11 or a little after. They looked at it and said we had 2 options, either stitches or the skin glue. We said the stitches, but the doctor wanted to try the skin glue since it doesn't leave as much of a scar, but it isn't recommended for very active children, kids that don't leave things alone and one other thing all three describe my little monkey Madison, and we told her that. She recommended that for the first few days you put a band aid over it so they don't pick at it, but like me Madison is allergic to the glue on band aids so that wasn't really an option either which we also told her. So we reinstated that we wanted the stitches to be put in and she insisted on trying the glue. After ensuring she knew we wanted the stitches put the glue in and said if it failed to bring her back in. So since it was a head injury we had to keep her in our bed to watch for signs of a concussion, making for a long night, and apparently the idea of not climbing didn't take since Madison was climbing our headboard after we got home. The next day we tried a band aid for a few minutes, but that made her attack the area more. About 3:20 pm she was almost completely out, and I was tired from having to be around her all day to watch her and being morning sick didn't help. So I layed her down on her bed and sat down on my bed and 1 or 2 minutes later Ava comes in saying "Mom Madison hit her head again!" I was freaked out thinking we now had 2 wounds, but no Madison had had it with the glue and ripped it out of her head! Back to the ER and 3 hours later we had stitches in her head and no stupid glue!
In August I took the girls to Salt Lake at Primary Children's Hospital to get their tonsils and adnoids looked at to see if they would have to come out now or later. Looks like we are just gonna have to watch and see, and hope that madison grown enough to not have the issues she has now. That was a great thing since Ava started Preschool in september. We had some other fun adventures this summer including a family reunion in the mountains which was hard with madison trying to not get her head dirty, we also tried to go to the Manti Pageant but had some car problems 6 miles from the pageant and went back to provo and went and saw toy story 3. We went on a family trip minus my brother and his wife, who were with her mom for her mom's birthday, over labor day. We stayed in a big 2 bedroom hotel and room and went to cabella's and a fun place that had arcade games and mini golf and other fun activities, I got a hole in on on the hardest hole!
Ava started Preschool and LOVES it. She can't wait to go and is sad when she leaves she just wantes to go right back. Madison likes being with mommy alone. We went to do our 20 week ultrasound and baby wanted to be a surprise. The next month we went back and it looks like we are having A GIRL! baby gave us an okay look, nothing like Ava who wanted to ensure we knew she has a girl. I am now over 33 weeks, and in 3 weeks we will have 1 more ultrasound to see how big baby is and what position baby is in and Make sure baby is still a girl!
For halloween we had a heart queen and a piggy. Ava loved being the heart queen and still loves to wear it. Madison loves piggies and kitties and Monkeys and liked being a piggy, although she doesn't really want to wear it around anymore. This year Seth and My dad drew out to go hunting in Jackson at the elk reserve. my dad has been in North Dakota since october and came home over thanksgiving to go. Ava was VERY excited to get to go tot the WHoTel... and stay for several days. She loves the WhoTel and wants to go all the time. Since Ava's birthday was on thanksgiving this year she was having a great birthday. Seth and I went with my dad and brother and sister in law, to Harry Potter. My mom watched the girls and it was WAY fun. The next day my mom and The girls and Sister in law and I went and saw Tangled in 3D. I loved the movie, 3d was cool but i would love to see it in 2d too. Ava LOVED it and talks about it all the time.
We have had some fun with watching the girls grow up and see their imaginations grow and blossom. Madison loves to crawl around and be a kitty or a puppy and LOVES to bounce around and ribbit and say I a froggy. Ava has lots of imaginary friends right now tangled is her favorite. She plays with them and helps them to know the rules. For christmas the girls got lots of fun things and each got a new baby they can feed and play with. We hope this will help get them ready for the new baby. Ava Loves the baby and talks to it and kisses it all the time and the baby goes crazy moving when ava is near. Madison is dealing with jealousy already, she yells at the bay when she feels it move and doens't like to share mommy, we hope when the baby is here she will warm up to baby.
Otherwise we are just getting ready for baby and trying to enjoy the girls and everything they do now and remember it. I have to try and get the pictures uploaded and added another time

18 Months

2010-09-28T20:18:00.003-06:00

Friday madison turn 18 months. We went to the dr today and she is 18 pound 14 oz and 31 1/2 inches long, she is getting closer to being on the charts for her weight, but still no there yet.
Here are some fun facts about Madison
1. She LOVES to use the potty, and has been doing really good about asking to use the potty to go for both.
2. She loves to do anything sister courtney and kade are doing, and is doing a pretty good job of keeping up.
3. Madison knows alot of words and when sister isn't around she can really talk your ear off.
4. She loves to cuddle and Loves pillows and blankets.
5. Madison LOVES to climb
6. Madison likes to feed herself with her fork and likes to drink out of a "big Girl" cup, not always her sippy she wants a big cup
7. Madison loves to sleep on the bed with her sister and does anything she does, mostly that is, she wants to be the boss too.
These are just a few fun things about our silly dilly bug one of her many many nicknames.

oh and we went to the doctor today and found out baby is doing great but wants to be a suprise, maybe next month we will know if it is a boy or a girl

BEWARE OF STAIRS!

2010-07-22T20:15:00.004-06:00

So Monday we got the girls new bunk beds which meant we had to take their old beds apart and back down stairs. I spent all day taken them apart and going through all their clothes and moving furniture around. I was stuck at home since after we ran our errands at lunch I got home with the girls and found out I had run over a large nail and had a flat, so I had to wait for Seth to get home and fix it. After Seth fixed the tire by putting on the doughnut we took the girls to my mom's house and dropped off the other tire to get fixed and went to pick up the bed. We picked it up and brought it home. after unloading part of the bed we decided it would be better to move the other beds down stairs, Seth took the large parts of Ava's bed and I took the light drawers from under her bed, about half way down I fell and those drawers went into my arms and I hit the stair, My left arm took the brunt of it. After catching my breath and gathering my self and picking up the broken pieces of the drawer and finished helping getting the rest of the beds down and bringing the rest of the bunk beds in. I helped put the new beds together and then we went back to my parents to eat and get the girls, I showed my mom and dad my arm and they suggested I ice it and get it checked out. I iced it and the next day I got it checked out, I only bruised the bone, but it Hurts SO bad, and today it hurts into my elbow and shoulder, hopefully it will get better. Here is a picture of my arm taken within 12 hours of the accident,it is missing the top part, and it looks worse today, enjoy!

what a monster girl!

2010-06-24T13:51:00.002-06:00

Today Madison is 15 months old, I can't believe how fast the time has gone! We took her to the doctor and she is a monsterous 17 pounds 4 or 6 OZ, and 30 inches long, she still isn't on the charts for her weight but is 25 to 50% for height and head.circumference although i am not sure what that measurement is. She also has 4 teeth on top and three on the bottom, and i can feel a molar coming in a maybe even a few more, she has been more cranky from those teeth, but is still just a funny crazy little girl. She has a few favorite words, which are ball, shoe, no no, mama, dada, sisi, sipsip, bink bink, blank(blankey). She has some other words she say but those are her favorites, she also has started to nod her head for yes, although you can not get her to say yes more then once.
She loves to climb and get into EVERYTHING! She is always climbing and keeps right up with her sister.
In some not so fun news at the end of summer both our girls will be getting their tonsils and adnoids out. We are hoping it helps madison gain weight and helps both girls sleep. We recently found out that kids and people who sleep with their mouths open and are mouth breathers in general have more dental problems and both do that. We are also hoping that getting out ava's and madison's tonsils will help them not have as much wax in their ears, madison has gotten somewhat better with the tubes but it could be better.
we also got the girls' ears pierced, ava is pretty good at cleaning them and leaving them alone, but madison loves to play with hers and cries when you clean them, she is SO silly, since i know it doesn't hurt.
We are getting ready for a fun weekend with grandma (my mom) and my sister and her kids and mine to go to the manti pageant and seth and kevin get daddy time, and we are also looking forward to grandma graham to come in about 2 weeks for a whole week! Pictures to come

1 YEAR

2010-03-25T09:31:00.003-06:00

One year ago yesterday we welcomed little Madison Jade Graham. I was going to do this yesterday but with all the craziness of yesterday it didn't happen til today. OUr morning started by taking Madison to the doctor. SHe is a massive 16 pounds 5 ounces. She lost about 10 ounces since getting sick. Incase you didn't hear Ava had tested positive for RSV and Madison had all the same signs although she didn't test positive, on top of the RVS Ava had an Ear infection and bronchitis....Madison also had bronchitis, but no ear infection, but getting atleast 4 teeth.
So much has happened since little Madison has come into our lives. I got my tonsils out and then 2 months later she had to get tubes. It has been a whirlwind year.
I can't believe how big she is getting. Here are a few random facts about Madison, 1. She rolled over at 1 month, and then both ways within a month of that, 2 she started to do herown crawl, head on the floor and crawling with her legs at 3 to 3 1/2 months, she actually crawled at 5 months. At 6 months she pulled her self up and started walking along with things. September marked Madisons 1st earinfection followed by 2 more in the next 3 months, leading us to get tubes. By the end of November Madison was trying to walk. By Christmas she had taken a multitude of steps but not very well. January 22 tubes, and that very day she was walking like a champ. last week Madison decieded she was interested in the potty and has sat ib it a few times, and everytime she walks over to the potty and tapps it, followed by momma or dada, or screeching. She is all smiles up there.
Madison loves to say ME-ME. If she wants it she starts with the me me's so ine of her many nicknames is now ME-Me....SOme others include, madder Jadder, Jadders, Baby Girl, Angel baby, Babyor Baby Diaper Via Ava, and Madie or Madie J (her aunt Gina) although Seth is starting with the Madie too. Madison also says Momma Dada, pish pish, and some other things i can remeber right now.
Madison LOVES to be with her sister and play with her too. She is a BIG snuggler, loves blankets, babies and anything soft. She likes animals but maybe not as much as her sister, although she is started to reallylike them. She LOVES to draw and scribble. Her daddy now has 2 little helpers whenever he wants to draw. She loves buttons and pushes all that shecan. She is REALLY perticular about how can her. She will even cry if Gina tries to hold her, although sometimes she cuddles right up to her. She loves to be with mom and usually only waqnts mom and gets mad if even dad takes her. She loves to wave bye-bye, give high fives, blow kisses and give kisses.
There is so much more i could say about our sweet little girl but right now these two little girls are needin some attention....Pictures to come later, birthday party Saturday!

Funny Funny Girl

2010-03-14T13:43:00.002-06:00

Today we were sitting in church and Ava wanted us to draw her thumbkin's, so i drew them on and then she wanted me to have some too, so we drew mine on, then her daddy wanted to show her how good he could draw a flower. He drew 2 flowers one on each palm. She thought that was even cooler then thumbkins. She drew on on me and then went to draw on on Daddy's hand, she got a circle and then says "daddy your hands are too big" and pushed them away. I tried so hard not to laugh but it was SO funny, she then went back to drawing on mine. she kept tell her daddy his hands where to big every time he asked for some. Oh that girl

Deters Reunion

2010-03-09T08:21:00.002-07:00

I just want to make sure i cover all my bases, so we have the cabins SEPTEMBER 17-19. We have to have all the money in by the end of the month. We just wanted to be sure that this is what we wanted to do, or try and do something else, or for go it all together this year, either text me or e-mail me @ phunkjivechic@hotmail.com, or facebook me. thanks

Fun Fun Girlies

2010-03-05T19:43:00.003-07:00

Our little Madison has been doing some fun things, she is ALL girl.... She has finally gotten some new teeth, She has 4 now. The top 2 are just coming in and the bottom 2 are all the way in. One of her favorite things is to hang out with her sister. They play games together and run up and down the hall.
She Loves to comb her hair, she gets a giant smile and coos when you comb her hair. She also gets mad and stops her foot and squeals.
Ava has been in dance and gymnastic classes. She has enjoyed the classes. She has a hard time at the beginning where she sits/ stands and watches then she gets really into it. She is loving the uneven bars and anything that involves bouncing. She loves the ballet part of dance class, think mostly because it is second, and she is more comfortable. She looks so much more grown up with her hair pulled up, and she has little rock muscles.
I can't believe how fast the time has gone, they are both growing up SO fast! I will get some new pics up as soon as I can, but for now is a little taste of what we have been up too.

Facebook | My Photos - New pictures of the girls

2010-02-24T12:39:00.000-07:00

Facebook | My Photos - New pictures of the girls

11 Months

2010-02-24T12:28:00.003-07:00

11 months ago our sweet crazy little Madison was born. She has brought so much joy and happiness to our lives. Here are a few things we love about Madison...
- she is happy
- she is SO easy to put to bed, just stick her in her crib and she may play a little but is then out like a light fairly soon after
- she has the CUTEST little laugh
- she Loves to play with her sister
- she is a mommy's girl
- She is SUPER busy...she is walking,
- she learned how let the dog out of his kennel
She now has her bottom 2 teeth and her top to are coming in, she is such a joy I can't wait til she can say more then mama dadda, dah and a few others.

My Best Friend

2010-02-18T15:49:00.004-07:00

This morning Ava did something I never thought I would see her do, We were all sitting on my bed after Seth had left for work and Ava grabbed Madison and gave it her a GIANT hug and told her your my best friend! It was SO cute Madison responded with DAH! For all the stress they can cause I wouldn't give them up for anything, It makes me feel so special to be with these wonderful little spirits and Gifts form above, now if I can remeber that when they are being SUPER naughty...

2010-02-18T15:49:00.001-07:00

Battle Wounds

2010-02-08T15:30:00.003-07:00

Saturday we went to my cousin's babyshower. We thought it was at my aunt Janet's house, but it was down the street. It wassn't far so we decieded to walk, Gina was in the lead with Courtney, then me and Madison, and my mom and Ava were taking up the rear. I heard a scuffle sound and turned around and they were both on the ground, my mom on the road and Ava on the sidewalk. She screamed and then she made a funny, gag choking sound...I hurried over to help her. I handed Madison to Gina and picked up Ava, We had seen she was bleeding. I thought it was her lip, and so we hurried and walked to the house where the shower was and sat her down on the step and started to clean her up. I realized that the blood was coming from her nose and she had chipped both her front teeth. We got her to tip her head beack enough to stop the bleeding and got her cleaned up. After we got her cleaned up and calmed down we found out my mom was trying to step up on the sidewalk and thinks she had a hold of Ava's hand and so when we fell she pulled Ava with her.
She seemed to be okay and we watched her the whole night and next day. Today she had dance and gymnastics, and as soon as she had finished that we had gotten her an appointment to see the dentist. He checked her over, luckily no broken nose, skull or jaw. Her 2 front teeth are lose, but should firm back up, and may change color like a bruise. The big think is to just watch it doesn't swell with infection. she seems to be okay, and looks worse then the scraps really are.
Sorry i can't turn them

Already?

2010-02-02T13:37:00.002-07:00

So Ava has been really funny the last few days and I just had to share some of the funny things she has said and done..
Sunday we where sitting in sacrament meeting and a\Ava was excited to go the sunbeams... She kept asking when it was time to go to sunbeans, i finally told her when she finishes talking, we sing one more song and then after the prayer we can go to sunbeams. A little later she says, "Stop talking I wanna go to sunbeans!" I was trying so hard not to crack up. so to keep her self entertained to walks over to her dad and pretends she is breaking her dad's fingers and thing fixing them. Seth was cracking up and Ava was too, followed by Madison. They were not being very good. That lasted all of 2 minutes. she then went back to telling the speaker stop talking i want to go to sunbeans!. When the speaker sat down we got ready to sing and ava yells "It's time for SUNBEANS!" We told her we had to sing and she told us she didn't wanna another song.
After all this you would think she would want to sit with her class, but nope all she wanted was to on my lap.
So today we were eating pretzel sticks and the girls were eating them with me, and Ava was teaching Madison how to put them on the plate, and then back in the bowl. She has been just funny in trying to show Madison everything she knows. They spend hours running up and down the halls in our house. Well Ava runs around Screeching and Madison walks as fast as she can screeching or crawling as fast as she can Screechign just like sister.
My favorite things are to listen to these two laughing and playing. They love to be together although they still need their own alone and special time.
Ava started a dance and gymnastics class at the local rec center. She has wanted to take the class for just over a year now, she is in there with her cousin Courtney and was so excited. We got her a new Leotard, tights, dance shoes and skirt. She has been putting it on everyday and "shaking it" She has been asking to go dance and "ginnastics". We thought she would be excited and jump right in, but she decieded to be shy, and wanted to be held, by the teachers....she started warming up and did pretty good, hopefully next week will be better.
Madison is becoming a walking Champ! She is so funny, she likes to play peek a boo, and will insitate the games....she loves to play and is starting get pretty quick walking, she is a speed demon when she crawls. She had tube put in her ears about a week ago and is doing GREAT, she seems to gabber more and walks better.
More adventures to come

Birthday and other fun

2010-01-26T09:26:00.002-07:00

Today is Seth's 28th birthday! I can't believe how lucky I am to have met and married such an amazing man! Not only is it his birthday but on the 24th Madison turned 10 months old. I can't believe it has been 10 months since she was born. Yesterday Ava was 3 years and 1 month old, i can't believe how time flies.
Last week we took our car in to get it fixed, it was supposed be done Wednesday, but problems with parts pushed it to Thursday, and then again parts problems pushed it back to Friday....and once again problems pushed it back to Monday!!! Well some sort of miracle must have happened because we actually got the car back yesterday. It wouldn't have been as big of a deal except that Madison had to get tubes put in her ears Friday morning. We had to be there at 7 am and Seth had to be to work at 7 am too and my mom was keeping Ava for us as well. So we would have to gotten both girls up and out the door around 6 so we could take Ava, drop off Seth and get to the hospital, and then have to pack the girls back up to pick up Seth for lunch, not my idea of fun, and not my mom's either. She let us borrow one of her cars and Ava stayed the night. It helped make a crazy morning a little less crazy.
Now that the craziness has dyed down some things are looking better. Madison has found walking easier, and talking more fun. For those of you who don't know Madison started walking just after Christmas, but has really taken off in the past couple of weeks and even more so since the surgery.

Another CRAZY Week

2010-01-19T09:20:00.003-07:00

Last wednsday we took our cars in to get the oil changed and found out that our concord needs some major suspension work, so we have to take it in tomorrow and get it done. Yesterday I had to take Madison into the ENT and get her ears, and tonsils looked at. She has had 3 ear infections since the end september. 2 were within a month of each other, and the decieded that it was time to get them looked at. After the ENT looked and her he recommended she get tubes, they say if you have 3-4 ear infections in a 6 month period they should get tubes and she had that in 3 months, he said we could wait for one more and then get them, but with her decieding she is a walking girl i worry about the equalibrium and also they found blood on her ear drum that had the latest ear infection which made him think her ear drum may have ruptured during the ear infection, but is healing now. I want ot make sure she isn't going to have any development problems either so Friday we are gettign tubes put in her ears.
We are still watching chinook until her cone can come out, and taking her in to the vet this afternoon....hopefully next week won't be SO crazy

WHAT A WEEK!

2010-01-12T19:46:00.003-07:00

The last 8 days have been CRAZY! Last Monday I had to take Chinook in to the vet. to have surgery. She had a large mass on her front right leg and they decided it needed to come off. Since she loves to lick she has to have a cone on. She had few other little bumps that they took off too. Since she has the cone on she can't use her doggy door she has been hanging out at my house since i don't have stairs she HAS to use. She has been really good and quiet and lots of fun. Thursday Ava started Screaming and said her ear hurt. We tried to give her some medicine and see if that helped. It only did for so long. So Friday I called to get the girls into doctor. I went to get Chinook from mom's house and the vet called. We found out that she didn't have cancer, but an infection caused by her licking that spot. So I ran out and got her an antibiotic and then came home, got the girls ready and off to the doctor.
We got the girls weighed and ready. Madison has had a rash and not sure why. After getting the girls checked out both of them had an ear infection and bronchitis.
Saturday I went with my mom and sister to the temple. It was fun to get out of the house, and spend some quality time with them.
If that isn't enough Madison has decided that she needs to be a walker. She is up to walking 10 steps in a row. She could do more if she didn't lean so far over. Hopefully as this ear infection clears up she will be a little bit better balance wise!
We will have to see what the next week or two brings.

A Little Chatch Up

2010-01-07T15:08:00.001-07:00

Wow I just saw that it has been quite a while! My mom Celebrated her birthday, it was lots of fun to have lunch with her and my sister. We had lots of fun with seth's family at thanksgiving. Christmas was lots of fun with my family too. We are hoping to have lots of fun in the new year. Ava is enjoying being a sunbeam, Madison is up to 6 steps in a row and has 2 teeth. otherwisae life is the same old same old.

Farewell to a friend

2009-12-15T12:30:00.002-07:00

Tomorrow we will say good bye to a friend. Steve Gross was one of the veterinarians that I worked for at Bear River Vet. He and another vet were involved in a roll over acciedent one week ago. He sustanted a broken neck and a laerated spianl cord. On saturday he passed away. Our hearts, thoughts and prayers go out to him and his family, coworkers at the clinic.
I am SO thankful for the knowledge I have of the gospel and the chance that families have to be together forever if we work hard and do the best we can and follow His plan.

Us and the kids

2009-12-01T12:27:00.001-07:00

Here are me, Seth, and the girls who do you think they look like?

Ava and her Daddy

2009-11-30T21:31:00.004-07:00

Most all my family say that that Ava looks like her Daddy. After some figuring out I managed to get a shot of a picture of Seth as a kid and a picture of Ava. I put them together so everyone could see want your opinion as to whether she looks like her daddy. Enjoy!!!!!

Crazy November, Crazy but Fun!

2009-11-30T19:58:00.002-07:00

In the last month a ton has happened. We went to the zoo earlier this month, then the next weekend we went to Salt Lake City. We went to the gateway and got the girls a couple of build a bear bears, and stayed the night in the Radisson downtown. We went so that Ava and I could go to Princess on Ice.
It was most of her birthday, and she LOVED it. We got there and sat down, Ava kept saying "where are the Princess?" A family came and sat infront of us and the parents sat right in front of Ava so she sat on my lap. Then it all began, Tinkerbell came out and all Ava could say was "WOW"... As each princess came out she named them and was so excited for each one. I don't think she blinked once. All she could say was thank you mommy i loved the princess dancing.
The next week we flew out to North Carolina to spend thanksgiving with Seth's Family. We had a ton of fun just being together. WE went to a Renaissance festival, The North Carolina Zoo and played tons of games and went for some good fun walks. there was just so much that happened that it is impossible to name it all.
While we were there it was Ava's 3rd birthday. Grandma Graham made we an orange Cat cake. WE had celebrated her birthday with my family the sunday after princess. We also had a cake on thanksgivingf for my birthday since it was a week from then. She kept sayinging it's my birthday. thank you for my prents. Thanksgiving was So much fun too. WE had all the brothers and a set of great grandparents, and a couple of friends. It was crowded at the table but tons of fun. The next day we flew home... I was so proud of how well the girls did on the planes.
Today i took the girls to the doctor to get thier H1N1 shots and Ava's 3 year check.
She weighs 34 lbs putting her near 90th percentile and around 38 1/2 inches tall, she wouldn't really stand well for it so we are saying it is close enough, which also puts her in the 75th to 90th percentile. She is justy getting so big I can't believe it. This week brings my birthday, eye appointments and a much needed girls weekend with NO kiddo's, Seth will be taking them overnight so I can have a small break. Lots of pictures to come waiting for them to get here.

Zoo Fun

2009-11-13T12:12:00.004-07:00

Last Friday we took the girls to the zoo. The last we went was in June and so we thought it was about time to go. Seth had the day off so we got up and headed to first get my phone looked at, it was cutting out when i would talk to anyone. After we got that taken care of we were off to the zoo. It was so much fun, it was kinda windy but not to bad.
Ava was excited as she always is to go and see the animals. Madison seemed to enjoy it as well. We got to see the new baby elephant her name is zuri and ava was excited to see her, we also saw baby tigers and a baby snow leopard, a baby giraffe ( he was born on my dad's birthday. ava got to ride the carosel and she loses that part. We rode the train and had a ton of fun having a little family time...
Tomorrrow ava and I are going to princess on ice for her birthday as dada and madison have some fun time too. WE got a hotel room since it is supposed to snow and we have evening tickets, plus ava loves hotels. Plus in one week we are off to see Seth's parents for a week. WE are excited that most will get to meet little miss madison and see how grown up ava is. Not to mention they get to celebrate Ava's 3rd birthday with her on her birthday. More posts to come as our fun times continue.

What can I say I got Ape Arms, and so does Ava

Seth with the Girls Madison is as big as an infant Gorilla

Carosel fun

She likes animals

Baby Zuri in't she cute?

Ava wanted to see

I Wanna see Animals....Ava

This little guy shares my Dad's Birthday

I love being on Dad...Madison

Dad has a sick sence of humor

Halloween Fun

2009-11-03T20:59:00.002-07:00

This Halloween was WAY fun and Way different than any other I have ever had. We had lots of fun carving pumpkins...about a week before halloween we got 2 pumpkins and seth carved Boo from the mario games and i did Tinkerbell for Ava. Then the Firday before my sister asked us to come and help her carve hers. Ava was really excited to see gina and courtney and Kade. So Seth and I worked on 2 of the 3 and my brother got off early and so he carved the other one. Cameron did the headless horse man, and i did a cyclopes for Kade (what he asked for), and seth did this Amazing skull pumpkin, the cap and all. He shaved it can cut it our, we loved it. On friday we took the girls downtown to go trick or treating to the stores downtown. Saturday we hit a few friends and our ward halloween party where we got WAY too much candy. We went to my parents, KAyla's Parents to see kayla and Cameron and we went out and spent soem times with "aunt" Brandy. Sorry our camera died so i don't have any pictures. my sister has some but i am too lazy to get htem at the moment so i will work on getting them and adding them later.
WE are getting pretty excited to go and see Seth's parents and family. It will be the first time most will see madison and it has been some time since those that have seen her have seen her. We are looking to Avas 3rd birthday. that is most of it for now....Seth did strat his job at the rec center supervising the archery range tonight, he likes it so YAY...as a side note Madison is attempting to learn to walk on her own we may have a walking girl before 8 months we will see.

Big Changes

2009-10-16T15:51:00.002-06:00

So I had my tonsils out last friday. Everything went great and i wasn't as sore as I thought I would be. After trying to get my hair to do something where it would be out of the way for the surgury I got sick of it, so I chopped it off. I mean really chopped it off, it was to my shoulders and now it really doesn't go past my ears. We also had Ava's hair cut and it shows her curls so much better. we are still waiting for my throat to heal and feel better.

On a sad note we found out my cousin Kristen Khuene Renyolds passed away this moring from cardiace arrest. She was 40 and has been married for 1 year and leaves behind a 5 month old baby girl. She was a fun loving, caring and outgoing person, who loved to travel. Our hearts my be broken but we know that through our loving heavely fathe rwe can see her agian and she is with our family who have already passed on. I love the plan of salvation and knowing there is a plan to be families forever.

New Pictures!!!!!

2009-10-03T19:38:00.005-06:00

Today my mom took me and the girls down to get pictures of the girls since it has been a long time since we got Ava's and never had Madison's done. Ava is almost 3 and Madison is 6 months. Ava was so great she would pose and smile so good, the first picture with each pose was perfect, although Madison was being a pill and would not smile for almost anything. We still got some pretty cute ones too. Hear ya GO!!!

The girls in their Wedding Princess Dresses (thanks Mom)

Madison 6 Months

Ava Almost 3

Madison's Head Shot

Ava's Head Shot

2 Cute Girls, could have been cuter if Madison would have smiled

Week of All Craziness

2009-10-01T19:07:00.002-06:00

So this week has been all craziness! Last Friday I went with my mom, sister, her kids and my kids to the circus. We went to Barnum and Bailey's and Wringling Brothers down in Salt Lake, I had a headache but it was a blast, it was really action packed and the kids loved it. We staye the night in a motel one of the kids' favorite things to do. We spent the day saturday shopping and then went to see my grandpa before we came home. It is heartbreaking to go and visit since he has Alzhiemer's and has gotten worse, he doesn't really recognize any of us as spends a lot of time saying he doesn't remeber and doesn't know what you are talking about.
Sunday we went to my parents for dinner and on our way home my throat started to hurt. THe next morning it was still hurting and my ears started to hurt too, I went and got a strep test since i knew I had been exposed. I was pretty positive it would be negitive and sure enough it was. When I had taken Madison in for her ear infecxtion the dr told me if it happened to me agian where my tonsil's swell and ears hurt I should go in and see an ENT, so I was told that i should probally go sooner rather than later, so I called and got an appointment for thursday morning.
Tuesday I took Madison for her 6 month check, she weighs 12 pounds and not on the charts for her weight, but is so active it is hard for her to keep any weight despite her eating 2 jars of babyfood, nursing around 8 times a day and getting the occasianal bottle along with all that. She is 26 inches long putting her around 75th percentile. Her head was around 50 percent as well although i can not remember what it was. She also got her usual vaccines plus her flu shot. She had to wait to make sure she didn't react to the flu shot, and while we were waiting her other leg looked pretty sore and yucky it wasred swollen and looked like she was having an allergy, but she had had all those before and we thought maybe it was the bandaide, and when we took off the bandadides sure enough she is like mom allergic to amoxicillin and bandaides. They gave ava a flu shot too, she was okay and then they poked her and she kept telling them ouch you are hurting me, stop that hurts.
Wednsday Seth and I got our flu shots, seth was fine but my needle bent so i have a pretty sore arm.
Today i went to the ENT. He checked me over and saw my tonsils are somewhat swollen, and that are scarred showing they have had lots of infections over a long period of time. They also sit on the side of my throat and not at the back, most likely causing most all my earaches as well. He told me I needed to get my Tonsil's out or it would continue to get worse. SO at the age of 24 and 10/12th i am getting my tonsil's out. A week from tomorrow I will be having them out. I am not looking forward to the recovery or surgury but to not have tonsilities 6-12 times a year and a decrease in earaches will make it all worth while. If only it could make these week plus long migraines go away too! (I have had one since before we went to the Circus with out a lot of real relief).
This means that the kids will have to wait to do swimming lessons since seth and i both have to do them with them. We are hoping I will be healed up before Halloween . My mom and are are going to try and get the girl's picktures done this weekend, and seth and my dad are going to try to go hunting, we will keep you posted on how the surgury goes.

WOW 6 months already

2009-09-24T14:28:00.006-06:00

Time sure flies.....

I can not believe that Miss Madison is 6 months old today. She is so busy it is insane. Since her ear infect has cleared up she has surprised us with a new trick, she can sit up straight without any help. She has been sitting more up right for a few weeks, but always to one side and kinda leaning on her leg, but the other day she just sat up and looked at us like see I am a big girl and now you can fed me what you are eating. She has been really into our food although she really doesn't want to eat her's. This is pretty recent I think it has to do with all the medicine she had to take for the double ear infection. She is into standing on anything she can, and even tries to walk in her crib, and anything she can hold onto. She will walk if you hold her fingers and just wants to be moving all the time. She crawls everywhere and wants to be right with you all the time. She loves to try and feed herself, she takes the spoon and puts it in her mouth, she loves to shake the spoon and show her smiles off. She loves to give smiles and laughing at and with sister, she loves to hang out and love on mom and dad(sometimes). She is always up to new adventures, and looking at new things, if she can get her hands on it she is investigating it. She loves to put everything in her mouth, and loves to tear up paper. She loves to listen to stories and tries to read them herself, at least she looks like she is.
Her once long (for a baby) black-brown hair only remains in a few spots the back of her head and wanna be Mohawk on top the rest has come in short and blonde, we are waiting to see as it gets longer if it will curl like sister's or if it will be straight or somewhere in between. We are all betting on when she will be off and walking since she doesn't seem to think that she needs to wait until she is supposed to for everything else.
She goes to the Dr. on Tuesday and will have to update you on her stats.
Tomorrow we are going to the Circus with my mom sister and her kids, we are staying the night in a hotel and Ava loves to do this, she can go swimming and play with "Courtney-Kade". We went last year and Ava loved all the animals and the "pretty dancers".
Seth gets to have the house to himself plus the dog, hopefully he will enjoy the quiet time, and get some of his projects done.

Madison: the 1st 6 months

Madison Jade Graham

March 24th, 2009
7 lbs 5 ounces 19 1/2 inches long @ 7:47 a.m.

Mommy, Daddy, and Me only a few hours old

Me and Mommy, doesn't she look silly, but I'm super cute

It's me Madison, & I have A LOT of hair

Me a few weeks later

Me Around 1 Month Old

My Blessing Day May 3, 2009

Going to New Fork for the 1st time almost 2 months old, Memorial Day Weekend, want mommy to get that camera way from me...

Happy 2 Month Day @ New Fork

One of my 2 month pictures at the Bear River State Park

Graham Reunion around 3 months Father's Day weekend 2009

Me and Sister Ava just days before I turned 3 months on Mom and Dad's bed

Me and sister on my 3 month day

I love those leaves above my head, 3 months old

I don't know how well you can see my Allergy Rash 1 week before my 6 month day.

My 1/2 birthday, 6 months old, I am gonna crawl to you, Mommy says I need to hold still for these pictures, I think I have too much to see and do to sit still for you right now mom.

Ready... Set... Go..., I don't stay in one place for long unless Mommy is holding me or i am snuggling up to someone I want too, but be ready to give me right back to mommy if I see her.

These are a few of my adventures....I also went to the zoo a few times, went camping 3 more times, got a new aunt and of course spent lots of time with Mommy, Daddy, Sister and lots of time in the car. stay tunes for more of me and sister , mommy and daddy, and all our many our adventures.

A new member of the Family

2009-09-20T07:43:00.002-06:00

Yup that's right A NEW MEMBER of the FAMILY.....

Well the last 2 days have been crazy busy. Friday we added a new member to the family. My little brother Cameron Got MARRIED. He married his high school sweetheart, her name is Kayla and it was a beautiful ceremony.
They were married on the 18th of September at the Bountiful, Ut temple, sorry i don't have any pictures I forgot my Camera. After the were married we had a dinner at a place called the Wight House, after the dinner we went to some old family friends house and didn't get home til near midnight.
Saturday was the reception, WE went and got ready around 4 and took pictures until the reception began. My mom made beautiful dresses for the girls and got Kade a very handsome suit and made him a handsome vest as well. My sister and I were bridesmaids and so we were in the line leaving Seth with all four kids. It was a lot of fun to see lots of friends and family.

Congrats to the newly weds and have fun in MAUI!!!!

What a weekend

2009-09-14T13:17:00.002-06:00

This has been one LONG weekend. It all started on Thursday, Madison was really restless all Wednesday night and when we checked her temperature it was 102.5, i waited a little while and checked it again and still the same. I gave her some Tylenol and it came down some, but then it started to go back up. I also noticed she was pulling and grabbing at both ears. I called and her pediatrician was gone for the weekend, so i called my regular doctor and they got her in, the doctor checked her and was sure she had a double ear infection. We got some antibiotics and off we went. I started giving it to her and rotated Tylenol and Ibuprofen, and she was doing better, then her fever came back.
Friday was a miserable day since she had a fever of 103 or around there all day, she strated getting a Lacey look to her but i figured it was the temp she was, and about half way throught the day she got the diriah, it keep getting worse and worse, it felt so bad seeing how much pain she was in. All she wanted to do was be held and sleep. Now Madison is not a quiet still baby, she is crawling everywhere and pulling hewr self up an anything that holds still long enough, we talked with the doctor and he said to watch her and if irt got worse to let him know.
Saturday her fever broke until we gave her medicine and then it would spike and then come back down some and spike and stay high, she seemed more happy and even played some. IT was probally the best day since something new hadn't come up.
Sunday morning we gave her her medicine and then she needed shanged, and Seth noticed that she had a spotted stomache and back. Of course i got worried since both my dad and I are allgeric to all the clillins, penicillin,amoxicillin ect... we went and shoed my mom and dad her rash, they said to keep an eye on it and not take her to church, after we got back home i left a message for the doctor telling him waht was going on. We then decieded that I would hang out at my parents since her rash was spreading some and she was due for her next dose about the time our ward started and if she ahd a dramatic reaction i would have someone with me. of course the fever spiked and she just wanted to sleep, but was okay. We had dinner nad then we gave her her last dose at bed time, i made her sleep with use so that if she had any problems i could be right there and get her the help she would need.
Monday today, i called her peditirician since she was back and gave them the run down on what had happened, they had the nurse call me back, then they called me back and then the asked us to bring her right in. We where on our way when we got a call from the other dr saying the wanted to see her back in and check it, i told them we were going to the peditirician and they were fine with that. We got in and they weighed her and she was a whopping 12 lbs 9 ounces, glad she hadn't lost anyweught through this. After looking at her rash and checking her ears she still had the double ear infection, her throat was red so they did a strep test and decieded that she was allergic to the amoxicillin, so now we are on a new antibiotics for the next 5 days but this is once a day, let's hope that other then going through the temple with Kayla and Cameron and Kayla's wedding are the only exciting things that happen this weekend

YAY for Labor day

2009-09-08T16:16:00.003-06:00

Sorry no pictures, the camera died and need to get new batteries to get them again..... I will be posting them later.

So we have been Potty training Ava Again, she was using the potty all on her own almost all the time about a month after Madison was born, then she just stopped. We were frusterated but you can't push Ava or she goes the other way. We got this thing called a WEE MINDER it has a watch with a timer and a book and movie. We read the book with her let her wear the timer and watched the movie. IT was nice because she would go use the potty when the timer went off until she learned how to make it sing, then it wasn't helping. The only thing she really liked was the song, which goes something like hop hop hop to the potty spot gonna hop hop hop to the potty spot, put a big smile on your face and hop hop hop to the potty spot. She would carry the book around and look at it, but one day she decided to use the potty, she stills wears pull-ups to bed and on long car trips but is really good at going both pee and poop in the potty, and love sto tell you she pooped in the potty for everything. YAY for Her using the Potty.
For Madison, She is Crawling the regualr Crawl alot more although she perfers to kinda hop like a frog. She has also learned she can pull herself up to standing. She now does it all the time. THis morning i went in to get her and was standing there in her crib holding on to the railing. I can't believe how big she is. No teeth yet but can she pinch.

So for LAbor day we went with my dad and brother to New Fork. We love it there and I have been going there since i was 6 months old. I love it there. We took our dog and our parents dog, pur dog weighs like 5 pounds but he is really fast, and he loves to chase squirells and anything else little that moves, he spent eh whole weekend chasing squirells We went fishing and caufht 7 fish in 2 days. WE did some shotting and a lot of walking. Ava Loved staying in the Cabin and asked today to go back.
SO the LAke is maybe 36 degrees, Ava wanted to go swimming, uncle cameron was out there in his swim suit and so she wanted to go to so we let her go in her pull up. She was having so much FUN! After a while her pull up was to heavy and full to move so she was out skinny dipping. I could not believe how much fun she was having. We let her play and play and play(with tons of sunscreen) she didn't get burned. After we got some clothes back on her we went out on a canoe and looked at the Osprey nest, we did this when i was a kids, but know there are 2, one of the kids came back and built a nest too. The girls had a little nap in the canoe, but we were sure Ava was gonna Swamp us since she would not hold still. We took a shower in an open shower, it would have been better if it hadn't been for the storm that came over us, but we all had fun seeing the trees and clouds It was so fun to watch the girls fall in love with this place that has always be neart and dear to my heart. Seth really likes it there too so it is a wonderful place for our whole family since we can take the dog too. After a fun weekend we headed back and hung out with my mom amd dad amd brother for a while at their house. The girls got to see their dresses for Cameron's wedding, Which is next week. Then headed home for dinner and bed time after some showeres and bathes. It was a long and fun weekend, to bad it couldn't have been a little longer.

WOW where does the time go?????

2009-09-08T15:53:00.002-06:00

WOW I am really behind. Lets see we will start in July and move forward. First we had the Jones reunion which we already talked about, then the last weekend in July was my Mom's side reunion. WE went back to the cabins, the girls love it there. There is a play ground and Ava loved the swings and slides. We stayed in cabins and Ava asks all the time if we can go to the cabin. It was a blast to watch Ava with all the cousins around the same age. Madison had just started solid foods and was so excited to eat them that she would grab the spoon and try to pull them to her. The next week we went to Bear Lake with my sister, and her kids, and my cousin Jeri and her kids, Nicole and her kids, and My aunt Kathy, and Cousins Maegan, Kayla, and Jessica. We were the first ones there and i got my car stuck on the sand, it really sucked, there were 3 guys there and they came to try and help me out, in the end they flagged down a guy with a truck and they pulled my car out. After all that fun i ended up as read as a lobster even with 5 applications of sunscreen to my back. The girls didn't get burned thank goodness, it was a ton of fun but would have been better without the wind.
Then that weekend Nicole blessed her baby it was so fun to see all the family there. That same weekend Our Friend James got married. We wanted to go, unfortunately things didn't work out. Then Robert came for a few days, that was pretty fun too. On the 23rd Seth and I celebrated our 4th anniversary. The wed. Before we left the kids with Gina and had a quiet picinc at home. When we went to pick up the girls Ava was just not ready to leave yet so seth played with the kids, to calm them down he told them a story that goes something like
"once there was an evil oger and he at people, the kind cut off his head and he died friendless and alone, the moral of the story don't eat people" at the end my neice asked if the story was about seth. We all cracked up and couldn't stop laughing.
On the 29th my sister went through the Oquirrh Mt. Temple. We were so excited to go with her. We stayed the nigfht in a hotel and Ava was SO excited about it. After we went to eat at Johny Carino's. THe girls were so funny, Ava loved the roasted Garlic and oil dip, she was loved the rip and dip as we called it. Gina was holding Madison and gave her the lemon out of the glass, Madison was really into it, she would suck on it until it was to sour and would pull a face and then go right back to sucking it. Ava was running around witha lemon so seth held her down and squirted her in the mouth with it. IT was hillarious.

Where has the Time Gone?

2009-07-24T21:42:00.002-06:00

I can't believe how fast the time has gone!!!! Today Madison turned 4 months old! She went to the doctor today and weighs a mighty 11 pounds 1.5 ounces, and was 24 inches long. She is quite the "petite" baby as they put it. She is small like gina's kids but looks really porpotional, just small. She has gotten longer and gained weight but since she is so active she burns lots of energy so she gets to start solid foods. She likes rice cereal okay but thinks carrots are weird and keeps making a funny face but since this is the first time she really doesn't know what to do with them. The dr says she is super strong and also ahead of the curve developmentally. She can roll both ways and does her own kind of crawling, she gets her little bum in the air and pushes with her feet or pulls with her arms, if she would just pick up her head with her bum in the air she would be crawlimg, i can't bewlieve it! she also is teething, although if it weren't for the drooling i really wouldn't know, her gums are swollen too. she likes to suck on her hands and feet but she has dsone that since she was born so i really didn't notice that she isn't cranky or anything.
Madison has also been giggling, althought the only person she will laugh for is her sister! SHe has the cutest giggle, today they were having so much fun giggling together. I tried to get it on tape but it didn't happen.
This next weekend is another family reunion so i will update you on the reunions then.

She did WHAT?!?!?!?!?!?

2009-07-15T09:25:00.002-06:00

The last few weeks have been crazy with all that has gone on. I went up on the 2nd of July to pick up my grandma so she could visit for the 4th. I got the girls up early and headed over to my mom's to drop off our dog since they were doing work on our parking lot we had to stay off it. Since Seth was at work we didn't want to leave him home alone all day since we weren't sure when we could park again. Madison was fine I got her in her stroller and she was asleep again, Ava on the other hand was a little bear and mad she had to get up and dressed before she wanted too. Luckily about 20 minutes into our 2- 2 1/2 hour drive she fell asleep. We went in long enough to pick up Grandma and set off down the road again, this time we hit more traffic slowed way down in construction but made it Evanston to Evanston 8:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. I was suprised since i wasn't speeding or anything. We met up with my brother for a minute and Seth at my parents. We were also waitng fro Robert Seth's brother to come and visit for the 4th. He left later then he thougth origanily and got here just in time for dinner. After we had been at my parents for a couple hours visiting and playing agme my sister and her kids came over. Thier roof had been leaking and Kevin decieded the weekend of the fourth would be a great weekend to do it since he would have help and had the time off. Well of course it had to pour with part of the roof off and und tarps, so to escape the rain they came over it was fun to watch Ava Kade and Courtney run around and play and tell Grandma Deters since usually thtey won't go near her unless someone else is holding them.
The next day we hung out with my grandma a little longer before they headed to the oquirrh mountian iooenhouse with my mom and sister and her kids. We wemt to look for Ava a bike at the yard sales... she has wanted one for a while and we told her if she uses the potty she can have one....after that the boys went to help Kevin and Cameron with the Roof, and I brought thew girls home to sleep and play so they wouldn't be in the way. That night i took the girls to the roseo with my aunt Mindy and her family while the boys played video games and watched movies on Kevin and Gina's Wicked awsome t.v. Ava loves horses and cows and LOVES the rodeo.
The next day we hit a couple more yard sales and then bought fireworks. I sure love living in a state where you can buy the same stuff the city shoots off. The 3rd and 4th are crazy with the fireworks. After we picke dup ther fireworks we all headed to gina and kevin's to finish helping withthe roof. I helped keep the kids entertained, we had lunch and then after they finished the roof we heaeded home to get cleaned up and head to aunt MIndy's for the fourth of July party. I guess ava was pretty naughty and broke some stuff at midy's (SORRY MINDY!) so ava now has to be with mom dad or another adult at all times until we know we can trustr her agian, i am sire she didn't mean to do it she just isn't used to having things that are breakable in her reach and is way to curious on how things work and loves to open and close doors.
On sunday robert headeded back to rexburg but didn't make it far. About 45 minutes away actually, his car died outside Morgan utah, so seth and Cameron went to help him and see if they could get the car going, good thing we went to my parents ward that day. They couldn't get the car going and had to call a tow truck and take it to a repair shop. So i got in the concord, took ava to my mom's and me and Madison headed down the road. They took Roberts car and we sent robert in our car and we headed back in cameron's car. My parents let us barrow one of their cars so we still had 2. It was a crazy day but we had yummy steaks and corn for dinner(gina and kevin had a thank you Bar b que for the help on the roof).
Now Madison is 3 1/2 months old and getting pretty big for her bassenett and we were going to set up the crib and put her in Ava's room, well while we were at my mom's on friday we saw a thing on the news about a recall on cribs. I didn't see much just the brand and knew that was the brand we had. So sunday i looked and sure enough our crib was on the recall list so i had to call walmart and find out about what to do since we got it there. Monday I loaded the girls in the car and ran to walmart to see what cribs they had in, they only had 2 and both had drop sides and since that has seemed to cause a ton of recalls in the last few months we didn't want to get one of those, after checking we went to my mom's and picked up my grandma to take her home. I got the kids in the car and off we went, luckily we didn't have much traffis and got there about lunch time so we went to lunch and then went to my grandma's house. I got the girls changed and back home we went. After i got home we had to get all the peices of the crib taken back apart and ready to take back, i had to call the wal-mart 800 number to get the upc since it wasn't being sold anymore and won't be in the store's look-up. Seth got home and loaded the crib into his car and i had the girls in the other. I had seth come look at the crib and then we had to bring the crib in. We stood in line for a while and then seth's allergies kicked in so i ran to pharmacya nd bought some eye drops, we got the upc code to them and it wasn't in the system so we had to wait for them to call the wal-mart number to ge the price so they could hand key it. my mom was waitng for us to get done and ava had to go potty and get her diaper changed. SInce we had already been on hold for 45 mionutes at that point i just sent the diaper bag with my wallet in it since i figured we wouldn't need it for a while. Well before seth got back the got the price and i needed my driver's licence and it was with seth. I tried to call him but he hadn't answered, luckily my mom got back just then and i left MAdison with her and went after seth. I got my licence and i finally got the card that had our instore credit on it. After we finished at walmart we headed home 2 hours later!! THen next day I spent research more cribs and finally picked one out and it sound be in anyday.
Now for the reason it is titled this...before i told you miss madison could roll form her back to her tummy, now she can roll both ways and loves to do it, but more impressive is what else she has learned to do. She can scoot. She either pulls with her arms or she pushes with her feet and can go pretty far when she wants to. YEsterday she decieded she wants to crawl but doesn't quite get how to do it. She gets her little legs under her but she doesn't get to lift her head and push up on her arms, she looks funny with her legs in crawling posotion and her head on the floor and movign along. She loves her jumper and loves standing with help. she can do some sitting up alone but not to much, still getting the strength.
We also got Ava a BIKE! to bad she isn't using the potty so it is sitting inout dining room where she can see it. We let her go for a ride whenever she uses the potty. She loves book and i cna't belive some of the words that come out of her mouth, she says things liek that is amazing and declisious and disgusting. She will do so much for her little sister and mom and dad, the problem is just she is too independant, and wants to do it all herself and do it her way. She gets pretty mad when she doesn't get her way and hopefully she will understand why someday. She is so excited for her sister to come in her room. let's hope she still feels that way after sister in is there.

Little Miss Madison is 3 moths old!!!! What a day!

2009-06-24T21:50:00.005-06:00

So today our little Madison Jade or as her aunt has decided to call her Maddie J turned 3 months old. I was so excited, but so sad at the same time. She is getting so big and growing too, and getting more able but it also means my tiny baby is gone, and time just went to way fast.
This was a rough day, Madison woke up more than normal last night and was wide awake at 5 a.m. I couldn't sleep the night before and was really tied. she was okay to play on her own for a little while but then she wanted mommy and now, then Ava joined the mix. After finally getting the girls back to sleep I got a little more sleep. Ava was in one of her moods and everything was dramatic. After Seth had lunch with us we headed to my mom's to take some pictures , we took the pictures and my mom asked me to look for the fabric we had gotten to make Ava a quilt for her bed that neither of us could remember the second fabric. I found a small piece but not the whole piece. I wanted to look longer but Ava was ready to destroy mom's house.
Ava wanted to go to the park, but she had to wait for dad. She got out her colors and was coloring her books, then her legs. She loves to color on any and everything! She knows it is wrong so she was sent to her room til dad got home. Then dad came home and she went back to her running 9 million miles a minute. she was up on our chair and started jumping, of course she fell and wacked her face on the book shelf. I was ready to go crazy since i had had a headache for 6 hours, and both girls were cryign or screaming if mommy wasn't right there.
Now another bad thing that happened today. At lunch we wanted milk, mine was slightly warm i figured the fridge just hadn't been closed all the way closed. I opened the freezer to get something and it wasn't really cold, and somethings were not frozen, i openeed the fridge door not really cold either. our fridge was also strangely quite. You guessed it our fridge is dying/ on it's last legs....i guess it shouldn't have been such a big suprise simce we kept having water pool under the drawer. We called the landlord, he came opened the freezer and said we were getting a new one sinc ethis one is pretty old. I guess there was a good thing about it. We decieded this was a good thing about renting, if it breaks we don't have to replace it.
So it has been one busy day and is so glad it is over, praying tomorrow is better...here are some pictures from today and ava'a battle wound.

Father's Day Weekend and Rodeo Fun

2009-06-21T18:04:00.009-06:00

It has been another fun and busy weekend for our family. Seth had Friday off and so we celebrated father's day then. We took a drive through the Unitas to Kamas Utah to try out our new toy a Tom Tom. It really didn't know how to get where we wanted but lucky for us it is a pretty straight shot. It was fun to go out and see nature, as we drove up we came across....SNOW and not just a little but like a foot of snow just there. That night we went to the rodeo with my parents and neice and nephew. It was fun the kids liked to see the horses, and cows, and they all went out for the chicken chase, only courtney really chased the chicken. Kade and Ava were both too afraid of the chickens. Courtney was sad she didn't get a prize and by the end the kids were all ready to go. We walked back to my parents and Said good-bye Courtney and Kade were sad Ava wasn't having a sleepover too, but we had to be up extra early trhe nest morning and went home.
We got tickets to go to the Oquirr (oaker is how it is pronounced) mountain open house for Saturday morning at 9 a.m. and it is 1 1/2 hrs to get there so we left the house at 7 a.m.! Ava isn't fun to wake up and can be a real bear if you do, but otherdays she is up before anyone else. We got on the road and got there and got the girls ready. It was so beautiful and a great experience for the whole family. Ava had a few 2 yr old moments like when she pulled her skirt off on the stairs when we were getting ready to leave and playing like she couldn't get up them and needed help to get up them. I would suggest that anyone that can go does, well worth the hour to go through the process. After we got done at the temple we were off to wheeler farm for an exteneded graham family reunion.
We got a little worried about the weather since it have rained all but one day this month here in Evanston, and only like 3 days in salt lake, and the skies were really cloudy and looked like it was gonna pour on us at moment. We had some real fun getting there since it wasn't a preprogramed point. After we got there we changed our clothes and went over to see the family that was there. We got to get reaquanted with some cousins and got to introduce Ava and Madison to seth's family. They had rented a boumce house and a slid with a ball pit at the end. Ava just wanted to play in there, then the rain came down... and ava was still playing in there. She was so happy to play in there and nothing was gonna stop her, when her pants were to wet she just took them off and was back to playing. After a little while she was tired and was done, then she was cold and wrapped up in her princess blanket. It was so fun to see family an dtalk.
We wanted to go to the zoo but it was so rainy and cold, plus ava had fallen asleep and we didn't want to wake her up, we told my mom that we would stop by and see my grandpa and drop off his Father's day present. He is in an Senior living facility. We found out a few years ago that he has Alzhiemer's and has slowly be going down hill mentally. It makes it hard to go and visit at times when he has no idea who you aew and why you are there but seems glad you came to see him. This was one of those trips. I am glad that he is in a place that can take such good care of him and know he is in a safe place and not going to hurt himself or anyone else.
We thought we might try to go to the rodeo agian but it was really raining when we got back and hasn't really stopped. We have had a few breaks but not much. So this morning we went to my parents ward for church and then had some really good food too. I feel so blessed to have my family so close and the wonderful fathers in our lives. here are the pictures I promised to post.

busy fun girls

2009-06-17T13:25:00.003-06:00

I can not believe how big these two girls are getting. Madison is almost 3 months old. She can sit up for a little while(once you get her sitting up)... she has discovered she has feet and legs and uses them to roll her self over and off anything you put her on if she doesn't think she should be there. She smiles all the time and is cooing a ton too. I love to watch her grow and change, but she looks like her daddy. She still has a ton of hair and we found you can do some cute little pony tails with it. she love to see her daddy and sister and aunt gina, and grandparents. She is helping uncle cameron realize babies aren't that scary and loves to be held by anyone who will hold her and loves to be talked too.
Ava is 2 1/2 going on 18. She loves to pick out her own clothes and will let you know she does not want what you have picked out by telling you it is either too big or it is too small even if it really fits. She was doing so great at using the potty... she would go in and use it wipe, flush wash her hands all on her own and then tell you. she started be fore Madison was born, by her own choice, we had tried a couple of times in the previous months but she wouldn't even try so we decided that we would wait til after the baby was born and then go from there. about 2 weeks before she went in and went potty all on her own. she was so proud of herself and we were too, then we figured after madison was born she would stop, but she kept on going, she had her days when she wouldn't but for the most part she would, then she was going on the potty almost all the time, she would have an accident in the morning and one or two every couple of days. She was so excited to go potty, then all the sudden she won't. We are just going with the flow and waiting til she decides she is ready again. We know she know how and when to go , she just her stubbornness from mommy, and wants to do it her way and when she says, we are just praying it will be soon.
I was prompted to write this all down after what happened this morning, i had madison laid down to change her diaper and was getting ready to put a fresh one on when ava came over and picked up the old one and went and threw it away all on her own. I was so excited, she is such a good helper and loves to hug, kiss and talk to her baby sister, she gives her her binky and makes sure we know madison is sad. We also found out recently she can tell you numbers by looking at them. We discovered this when the girls and i went to my cousins wedding. I was in the pool and ava was jumping to me. she said i stand on 3, and she was. then i showed her the 9 and 4 and she could identify them too. She know so much at such i young age it impresses me every time she opens her mouth. We have a small papillon (a small dog from the toy group with really big ears) named Loki. he will do just about anything for food, and ava has turned into quite the little dog trainer, she tells him to sit, dance down, jump, dance, and just about anything she can get him to do, she praises him and it is so cute to watch them together, they chase each other everywhere and he watches over both his girls, if either cries he is there and then off to get seth or i.
I can't believe how lucky i am to have such a wonderful family, both intimidate and extended. I will post about the fun this weekend hopefully with pictures.

Madison's First Rodeo, and girls day, picinic

2009-06-14T10:05:00.004-06:00

Last weekend we took the girls to the rodeo. We were a little scared because it had rained a little on our way from our house to my parents where we parked our car so we could walk over. We live like 3 miles away and the sky was really dark and looked like it was gonna pour at any second. Ava loved all the horses and the cows and even tried the chicken chase. She spent most of the time just pointing and telling her dad look chichens. She took off to her dad when one came at her. We had a blast watching ava cheer and tell everyone good job. She is such a cute and funny girl. Madison slept through pretty much the whole thing. I will have to put up the pictures later since our camera died and haven't quite gotten around to changing the batteries. I was relived it didn't start to rrain agian until we were on our way home and all night.
This Thursday the girls and I went with my mom to bountiful to my cousins wedding. It was on Friday but we had to be to the temple at 8 a.m. and since it is like 1 1/2 hour drive we stayed the night, since Ava is no fun to wake up earlier than you have to. We first went to tremonton to see a trailer my parents were thinking about buying, (we planned on doing that the next day but there was soemone else who was comin gup the next moring and thought it was perfect so my mom figured we needed to see it first) Ava loved the trailer since there was a little storage area she could climb in and out of and play peak-a-boo and all that fun stuff. My mom decieded it was what they wanted and will be getting deliverd on saturday. We then headed down to Bountiful. We went to go to our room and opened the door and you knew some one had been smoking in there, we didn't think it was the best place for us to be since Madison is so young, Ava tends to get everything that affects the lungs and i am asthmatic and cigarrete smoke makes me sick. My mom went down and explained the situatiion and they gave us a new room and were upset with house keeping since they are supposed to let them know if they can tell anyone has been smoking in the rooms since the whole hotel is smoke free! We moved to our new room and all Ava could talk about was the pool. She loves to play in the water and is pretty fearless when it comes to the water. She was jumping in and laughing and having way too much fun. We decieded she really needs to go back into swimming lessons since she thought it was fun to jump away from mom and before mom was there, and her want to always be in the water.
After the wedding we went to see David Jr.'s head stone it is really amazin gwith 5 different pictures of him on it. We spent quite awhile looking for it since everything looks different from January. After that we went to the Oquirrh Mountian Open House. At first we were a little nervous about going since it took 3 1/2 hours at the Draper Open House (I was 8 1/2 months pregnant, we had a 2 year old almost 3 year old and a 4 yr old). We were excited when we got there and got right in to see the film in to the temple and then reception area in 1 hr!!!! It was so gorgeous! Anyone that can go should. Ava even said it was beautiful.
Yesterday was Elkhorn's company picinic. We were there at 10 a.m. to play horseshoes. Seth and I were on seperate teams. Seth took 5th out of 5 and my team took 4th. My dad took 1st. They had rented bouncey toys. My sister brought Kade and Courtney over and the three of them were running up and down those as long as we would let them. They would all go together and this way and that, needless to say the were pretty tired had a ton of fun. They also got cotton candy, and snowcones. It was fun to see them all playing and getting along since ava and kade can sometimes be the worst enemies ever, they are sometimes too close in age for their own good. All in all it has been a long but good week. It would be better if i could take ava outside to play more since it has rained everyday this month and if i didn't know better we moved to washington. another busy week ahead.

Madison's 2 month check

2009-05-29T08:54:00.003-06:00

I took Madison into the doctor yesterday for her 2 month check. It is crazy how fast they have gone. It all started good. We stripped her down and put her in the baby scale. She was fine with that and even taking her temperature and I was surprise because she hates to be naked, but after they took her temperature and before I could pick her up she realized she was naked and boy was she mad. She just started to scream. They had me put her diaper on but that wasn't really helping because she doesn't really like just being in a diaper either. so we laid her down and got her height and head measurement. Then we were waiting for the doctor to come in and she was not happy to be wrapped up in her blankets, she wanted her clothes but i knew we would have to take them off again and so we just tried to keep her as calm as possible. When the doctor came in she was surprised to see it was Madison screaming and not Ava or an older baby....apparently she has a big baby cry. It think it comes from competing with sister. they did her check over and then it was time for shots. She got her oral first and then the had me lay her down and got one in her right leg and 2 in her left, but she has these tiny stick legs and so the nurse only stuck the needle in half way so she wouldn't hit her little bones. I was a little worried she would be a crank monster because I had already told my sister we would come so they could all see how big she has gotten, and i had agreed to go to a party (girls time) for mary kay for one of my childhood neighbors. Once we got her wrapped up and gave her her binky and her purple tricot she was okay and even fell asleep. We waited the 10 minutes and we were free to go. Luckily everything looked good and no reactions.
For those who want to know she was 9 pounds 14 oz, her head was 38.5 cm and she was 22 1/2 inches long. She is long and skinny, at least she gets one thing from mom since everyone thinks she looks just like her daddy. everyone comments that she is so long although she is like 50-75% on the charts but i think she looks even longer since she is so skinny.

getting ready to go take Madison to the doctor

Memorial Day Weekend 2009

2009-05-26T13:01:00.009-06:00

Pine beetle damage

Madison sleeping

It was in Spiderman, friends and sex in the city...
from New York, New York to LaBarge Wyoming

Ava in front of Lake New Fork

Madison on our way up

our finished railing

she did it herself

Catching her first fish

We decided to go with my dad to New Fork to go camping. We told him we would help get the camp ready for the scouts to come up since that is why he was headed up. We left Friday afternoon and drove up to meet my dad at the job he is working on and then went to New Fork. We thought we were gonna cook cause the air conditioner wasn't working so it was really hot, luckily both kids were sleeping and so were the dogs. We waited for my dad to get a ride from the site to where we were waiting. Dad told us the moon dancer cafe that was in spiderman movies is now in La Barge Wyoming, we wanted to eat there but were afraid we wouldn't make it to the napa if we did to fix the ac. WE decided to eat in Big Piney/Marbleton. We got the ac charged and looked for somewhere to eat, there was a chicken place in a gas station, Subway in the gas station also and a cafe bistro, the dinner at the marbleton inn and a place called the cafe verde dinner. Seth thought Mexican sounded good, but we knew it would only be open if they could find someone to cook(a very very small town). Luckily they were open. We went in and sat down. WE looked at the menu and there was ;like 3 things that were remotely mexican. after eating we headed up to camp. It was lots of fun. After getting there i helped dad get the water going. Seth thought we were somewhere else and wandered around with the kids looking for us, he didn't realize we could hear him if he yelled. The next day some of the other people there to get the camp ready were cutting down pine trees infected and killed by pine beetles and one cut his leg with the chain saw, but it wasn't bad and they got him patched up. we went to see the waterfront while my dad did an electrical walkthrough to check all the poles and boxes(he is a master electrician and they needed one to check good thing he loves new fork and it was a good chance for us togo up too) we went to the waterfront since ava loves to wander and we knew she wouldn't fall in the cold cold lake. we found a spoon at the beach and ava took it to dig everything she could. The beach trails trees although she got a little mad since the spoon wouldn't go in the spoon. It was her treasure. she told grandpa all about it too. We got her to leave it although i think she thinks we have it. We ate some breakfast and went fishing. It is still pretty early and we thought we wouldn't catch anything but when in new fork fish. We actually caught one. We threw it back, but Ava was the one who relled it in, she liked it til it came out of the water. We went back to the cabin we were staying in and Ava suddenly was terrified to be there and all she wanted to do was go home. After one long night we got up and let her go play. She climbed every rock with in site. she loved climbing the rock and throwing rocks and playing in the dirt. Althought her favorite was realling in the fishing poles. she didn't get you have to let them sit and wait.
After lunch we caught another fish, but we couldn't throw it back cause it was pretty much dead so we kept it. We threw the line back out and Seth got a bite, unfortunately he forgot to set the hook and it got away. after some more fishing we took the kids back to nap and fix the railing on the cabin. It had been broken by the snow and ice coming off. We all had lots of fun fixing it and doing various other projects. We finished the day by going shooting. Ava was terrified by the gun shots, Chinook and Loki wanted nothing to do with it, and Madison slept through it,I think because she was in a sling with a blanket around her ears and my body to block it. we ate dinner and Ava was again afraid of being there at night.
The last night we did some roasted marshmallows and went to bed. The next morning we fished a little more and got cleaned up the boys went to shoot the 22 my dad cleaned the nght before and we headed home. we saw a moose when we got to the main road and the ate at the moondance dinner on our way home.
It was a wonderful and fun weekend, the only down part was the killer migraine and side ache i got the day we headed home. My side stopped hurting but my head is still alittle sore. It was so fun to see Ava love playing on the rocks and being in one of my favorite places , my favorite as a kid.

Oh Madison turned 2 months old on sunday and ava turned 2 1/2 years old on monday...crazy how the time flies

Madison's First trip to the Zoo

2009-05-18T10:24:00.005-06:00

Ava and Mommy on the Carisole

Madison peaking out at the animals

Boo and Daddy at the bird show

Boo and the Fossa

The Marble Ball

With Saturday being such a nice day we packed up the kids and went to Salt Lake to the Zoo. Ava loves the zoo and animals. Madison had never been since there hasn't really been a good weekend to go. We have a membership, one of the best mother's day presents ever( Igot it from my mother-in-law) and so when it is summer/spring time we will go and park in the top entrance since there aren't as many people and we did that, got the kids all out since there were lots of cars and buses there. Ava was so excited so we walked up to the gate and they were only open for a safety first school thing. Ava was not happy as we walked back the car she kept saying no no go see animals. After fighting to get other in her seat we went down to the regular entrance and Ava was ready to go. After getting in the zoo I had to feed Madison and so Seth and Ava played at the big marble ball. Ava liked that till she say people gathered around a table and stuff on the table so she went over and one of the local radio stations and a wheel set up with one picture on it and the rest were blank or had the logo. Ava spun the wheel and then grabbed a sucker, Seth didn't mind since he figured that is what she would get, but she landed on the picture. She had the choice of 2 Star trek tickets or Barbie as Thumbalina. Ava Loves Barbie and so she grabbed Barbie. She then won a chap stick at the next booth. I sent her and Seth to the car to put the movie away so we didn't loose it. I met them by the radio station's table. Ava was ready to get to the monkeys(one of her favorites). We saw all the little monkeys and went to the new Madagascar exhibit that opened that day. Ava was not a fan of the hissing cockroaches but really loved the Fossa and the turtles.
We saw the elephants and then we went to the Bird show. Ava loves birds and the bird show. During the middle of the show they bring out an African raven and have a volunteer hold out 5 dollars and the bird takes it to the keeper, then they ask if anyone wants to donate to help raise the money fro the bond that was passed. Seth looked to see ifd he had any cash but we were beat by someone else but Ava grabbed a dollar and wanted to do it. They moved on and Ava tried to climb down and give the next bird her money. all throught he rest of the show she tried to give money to the birds. At the very end they have 2 cockatoos that you can give money too and so Ava gave her dollar to the one named ginger but then she saw the other bird on our way out and had to give money to that bird too and so she got to give her money to both birds. We went and finished our trip to through the zoo and finishe dat the new carasole. She loves to ride it so we got 4 tickets, so she could ride it 3 times and i could ride once. we let Ava pick the animals she rode a zebra, elephant and tiger. She told me top ride the cheetah next to her and then we heaeded out. We decieded since I needed to find shoes for my brother's wedding we would eat in sugarhouse and look for shoes there. We went to olive garden which was nice because Ava had fallen asleep in the time it took to get from the zoo to there and Madison was asleep we got to talk and eat til Ava woke up and we got her to eat some but the fun was dessert. WE ordered a choclate thing and our waiter brought us raspberry dipping sauce. We couldn't get Ava to try it but i knew if she tried it she wouldn't stop told Seth as much. Sure enough once she tried it she was dipping all her fingers in and licking it off over and over agian.
After lunch we went to find my shoes. I didn't really want to take Ava and Madison since it would just take longer so Seth said he would stay in the car with them so I ran into 2 stores and found the shoes i wanted and we hit one more store and headed home. After we got home i took Madison upstairs to feed her and put her to bed. After a little while i heard Ava walking around in my shoes (one of her favorite things). Then I heard Seth say something to Ava. Then they came up and Seth told me what happened. Ava had found the cash i had left in the box with the shoes and was standing in the door way calling the birds to come get the dollar out of her hand. Before bed she asked for the monkeys and told us about the birds and money.
At Sunday dinner Ava was telling Kade and Courtney and Gina and Grandma and Grandpa about the birds and monkey's although I don't think anyone understood her since where was talking so fast. It never fails to amaze me what they talk about and remember from different trips. We will see how the girls like New Fork and Camping since we are going with grandpa this weekend.

Madison's Blessing

2009-05-03T19:04:00.003-06:00

Madison's beautiful dress

Loves from Sister to Sister

Madison agian

More Loves for sister

Beautiful Madison Waking up

Today was Madison's blessing. She wore a beautiful dress made by grandma graham. Mommy work hard to get a blanket done just for her and almost did. Now mommy can finish it for her to keep for her kids if she wants too with out stressing and rushing. We had seth's brother and chris andJames, Cameron my brother, my uncle Brian Grandpa Jones and a member of the bishopric in the circle. It was a wonderful time and after we went to Grandma and Grandpa's for some food Yummy. Ava loved playing with Kade and Courtney and uncle cameron and soon to be aunt kayla. Brian and collen brought up madison and ava's great grandma and so that was fun for us all to sewe her and she loved holdong little miss madison. We enjoyed all the fun with family and friends that come with these special times.

Madison's Blessing

2009-04-26T21:54:00.001-06:00

We are going to be blessing Madison on May 3rd it is next Sunday. You are all invited to come just let me know if you are coming so we can plan accordingly. Hope you are all doing great

Madison is 1 Month Old

2009-04-24T19:32:00.006-06:00

Ava

I can't believe how time flies Madison is 1 month old today.. We wanted to take the kids out and take their pictures at a local place the Bear River State Park. It was a little cloud when we left our house in the 5 minutes it took to drive it was getting colder and we realized we forgot the sling so we wrapped up Madison and off we went. Ava loved it she always does especially getting to walk Loki our 4.5 lbs Papillon... (he's the little black and white dog with big ears). We took pictures asd we walked and Madison slept. We got to an area that is more protected from the wyoming wing by trees and got some pictures of Madison too. We deiceded it was getting cold windy and it was time to go so we wrapped Madison back up and headed for the car. By the time we got there it was raining.

We are going to try and bless Madison on May 3rd in our ward which starts at 12:30 and is at the stake center on Morse Lee. Let us know if you have any questions, you are invited to attend.

Introducing Madison Jade Graham

2009-04-21T15:56:00.000-06:00

Make a Smilebox photobook

Sisters meeting at home

2009-04-21T15:33:00.003-06:00

Here is Ava meeting Madison for the first time at home she was so terrified of Madison at the Hospital that this was the first time she would actually some up to her, after this she is the best big sister. She makes sure you know if sister is sad, hungry, crying. She loves to tell you she is SO beautiful, or cute. If we get Ava first she makes sure we know we need to get sister too...she is so afraid we are going to leave "baby sistster" somewhere.

Keeping Uo-To-Date

2009-04-21T14:29:00.000-06:00

I figured since I got facebook I should do a blog for family and friends to be able to stay up-to-date with what is going on with our family.