The Bumbo

Madi is 2 months now! I can't believe it. So today I decided to try the Bumbo and she did pretty well...

But then she got tired of holding her head up...


And then she'd had enough...


Here is another picture of Madi just relaxing in the tub...

She loves her baths. She gets so excited...

Madi has been so much fun! She has a good appetite (like her mom) and is chunking right up! I love to sit and talk to her because she responds now. She gets so excited and she is starting to smile a lot more often. I haven't got a picture of it yet but I'll keep trying. I feel like she appreciates me now:) I love being a mom!

Visitors...

John's Dad flew in from North Carolina to visit. Madi met him for the first time! Here is a picture of them...

Every time Cliff comes to town we go to Park City and eat at his favorite pizza place so we went Saturday night.



And then go to the Chocolate factory...YUM

Here is Madi and Carter all bundled up...



John and I on Main Street...

Sunday Cliff, Crystal and Carter, and Tiff came to our house for the day. We fed them dinner and played a game before the UNC game came on but we won't talk about the game. It was a fun weekend and we are glad Madi got to meet her grandpa.

GO TARHEELS!!!

John and I had the opprtunity on New Years Eve to go watch UNC play UNR in Reno. John's Mom came with us and tended Madi at her brother's house about an hour and a half out of Reno. That's where we spent the night as well. Everything worked out really well. If any of you know John, you know he is a big fan of the Tarheels! This was his first UNC game and I got to be there! He was in heaven and you will see why. Our seats were second row from the top but we moved down during the 4th quarter.

During warm-ups...
Ty Lawson

Tyler Hansbrough

There is Danny Green....that's for you Bobbi!

Tyler Hansbrough!

Mike Copeland

Marcus Ginyard

HERE IS THE BEST PART...

We were about to leave and we walked back in to look at the arena for the last time and Roy Williams and a few other players came back out to talk to fans and their families. So we went down on the floor and stood right next to all of them. Roy Williams was such a classy guy. He spent over a half hour just signing autographs and taking pictures with fans. He was very polite. John was too big of a chicken to ask for a picture with him so we made do.

Here is John and our friend Brooke with Bobby Frasor. Brooke's poster says, "UNC we want a New Years kiss!" Meaning her and her friends, Not John.

John and Brooke with Deon Thompson

Eric Montross

Brooke had talked to some of the players on facebook and they told her they were going straight to the airport after the game so we decided last minute when we saw their bus pull out to go to the airport. John ran in and talked to some of the players and got a picture with Tyler Hansbrough! That was the highlight of the night. John said he was pretty cool.

John was on cloud 9 the rest of the night. That was so much fun and something we will definitely do again! Hopefully the next time will be in Chapel Hill!

IDAHO and NEVADA TRIP

This is right before we left for Idaho. Here John is trying to wake Madi up for me so she can eat. Sometimes when she sleeps she puts her hands in the air so John had a little fun with it. He was waving her arms and singing, "Throw your hands in the air if yous a true playa." I was laughing pretty hard. And she still would not wake up.


We were planning on driving to Idaho the day after Christmas but ended up staying at my parents for a few more days because the roads were closed. While we were there we were able to see a few families from John's home town that we hadn't seen in a while. And best of all, Madi got to spend time with her grandma and grandpa. They hadn't seen her since Thanksgiving so it was nice to visit them.
Here's Madi with her Great Grandma Knight.



Grandma Burch

Grandpa Dave

We went to Reno for the University of North Carolina vs. University Nevada Reno game on New Years Eve. A few of John's uncles live in Nevada so we visited them. This is John's uncle Dan. He loved Madilyn, refered to himself as Grandpa, and asked us to come back soon...like next week. We stayed the night at their house after the game and slept half way through the next day. We were exhausted.

John's Aunt Julie and cousin Emily holding Madi

John's cousin Polly and Madi

John's cousins Robyn and Emily holding Madilyn

Polly, Aunt Julie, Robin, and Emily with Madilyn...

New Years Day: On our way home we stopped and saw John's Uncle John and Aunt Cynthia
Aunt Cynthia. They made some delicious chicken and sandwiches on homemade rye bread for lunch. It was so good. I was craving that bread for days after.

Uncle John

Back in Idaho we went and visited a couple of families that John is really close to. First we went to the Cooper's house.
Dallin

Melanie
We forgot to get a picture with Shannon. The other girls visited us a couple days ago at our house.
Kelsi

Jessie

Danny


And then Jake came with us to the Lynd's house.
Jake

Rachelle

Josh

Lacie

Kendra

We had a good time these last few week but it is so nice to be home and back on schedule. It's a good thing Madi is a good traveler.