Smartie.

Well, well, well. What have we here? Some blog posts from ME! A-MAZ-ING! I tell ya, I have been sucking harder than a new Dyson on Christmas morning when it comes to blogging. I am going to be posting some pretty old stuff. I am getting further and further behind as life goes on and my blogging doesn't. I have spent a ridiculous amount of hours just doing these four posts below as well as doing some changes to the look of my blog. As you bloggers know, it's not really hard per se, and it's pretty fun! But sure is time consuming, for me anyway. Maybe I could be a little less perfectionist about it and just get er done! You may think I'd be embarrassed to say...this is a post about Madelyn's 4th birthday which was 3 months ago!! But, no, no. What I am TRULY embarrassed to say is, I am also blogging about her 3rd birthday that never got done. YIKES. That's in the post below. And the post below that? Last Christmas.

Time for a little catch up. Eye yi yi! Here is my sweet Madelyn on her 4th birthday. I made the Tangled cake for her. I made it with fondant. While fondant is fun to play with and create with, it's not so great to eat. I have toyed with different recipes and they are all pretty gross. Learning to make and use fondant was a goal of mine. I am glad I learned how to do it. (self taught even...hooray!) I think I'll pass on it the next time I need to make a cake however. Cute to look at. But that's where the fondant love story ends.

Below is Maddie in the stocking that they gave her in the hospital as a new born baby. My New Year's Eve baby. Here she is when she was one. There was room to grow then...now she's towering far above it. They grow like weeds, that's for sure.

We went to the movie theater to see Tangled. This is Mads sitting by Aunt Jess. Uncle Tim, Aunt Lindy and all her family were there. As well as me and Preston and Dylan of course. ☺

After the movie we went back home for pizza, cake, ice cream, and a party x2!! It being Madelyn's birthday and New Year's Eve.

Here is the birthday girl with all her presents.

The next day, this is how I found Maddie:

I got a good laugh out of this sight!

p.s. The video below is of Maddie on 4/2/2011. She is getting so smart! She really loves to learn! She has recently taken an interest in words and how things are spelled. She'll be reading better than me before I know it! I can't believe the way her little mind works, I have to be honest, I didn't do much to even encourage this reading. She just wanted to do it! When she told me she was going to read the words, I hurried and went and grabbed the camera. This video is a little funny in the way I am trying to explain it to her...my mind was set on recording it, as to not miss it! But Dylan was talking too and I was having a hard time really telling her what I wanted to say. Not my best multi tasking moment!

Madelyn 4 years 3 months.