Friday, January 30, 2009

Take a second....

"Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight."Proverbs 3:5-6

I have some close people in my life facing struggles...stuggles in faith, struggles in marriage, struggles in finances, struggles with calm minds. Each of you know the stuggle or struggles you carry. I hope you take time to read the words above and really FEEL them. Silence your mind and feel them. I pray everynight for my family and friends.

26 Random facts about Mari

1) I believe in Psychics/mediums and spirits
2) My IQ is 124. The average person's is 100
3) I think my eyes are droopy and thus always have my eye brows slightly lifted.
4) I HATE laundry but LOVE to vacuum
5) I am late to everything...always have been.....always will be :-)
6) I need change. I am always painting something or rearranging the house.
7) I watch too much TV and make no apologies
8) I can pick out Madilyn from hundreds of other kids just by her smell. Her smell is sweet and wonderful.
9) I can wiggle my ears and flare my nostrils.
10) I hate Raisens
11) I still have a baby tooth....even the dentist was amazed
12) I have a list prepared of what I would take with me if I could travel back in time.
13) Clowns are freaky and so are Rachel's Raggity Ann and Andy dolls. Sorry sweetie but they are.
14) I constantly feel judged on my parenting and constantly struggle with not letting what other people think effect me so much.
15) I have a secret crush on Johnathan Krasinski (Jim,the Office), Shia LaBouf, and Scott Foley (Bob Brown, the Unit).
16) I did a job interview once with my blouse unbuttoned across my boobs and didn't know it until I walked out the door
17) I snore
18) I feel there was a shooter on the grassy knoll.
19) I love to cook and experiment in the kitchen
20) I am a Christ Follower but support gay rights
21) I love to go to downtown Spokane. It makes me feel very urban, sophisticated.
22) Terrified of snakes. The thought of one makes my heart race now.
23) I hate black licorice. Ugg
24) Love the smell of fresh cut grass and the feel of freshly shaved legs on clean sheets
25) Favorite pizza topping is......Ta Da....mushrooms.
26) took a year of acting in college; thus, I can move my eyebrows independtly.
I challange Mary, Jason, Laurie, David, Karen, Courtney to post 25 random things about themselves.

Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Peanuts

Hello all!!! We have a few pictures to share. We also got the results from Madilyn allergy test that we had done at her 18 month checkup. She IS allergic to peanuts. She is not deathly allergic to them. But she will have restricted breathing and breakout in hives on her face and torso. Our pediatrician said that this might be something that she will outgrown. We will have the bloodtest done again when she is 3 to see. Until.....please, no peanuts for Madi.

Look at that face!!!


Sunday, January 18, 2009

My Big Little Girl

Here is my big little girl. Madi had her 18 month visit. She is just under 25 lbs which puts her in the 52% for her weight. she is 33 1/2 inches long which puts her in the 93% for her height. She is so incredibly active. She NEVER stops moving, trashes the house, runs in circles, squeals and screams. She wears her emotions on her sleeve. She has a flare for the dramatic and is just Beautiful!!! We did have Madi tested for a nut allergy. We have our suspicions and will get our results.
I included this picture because Jason loves it.
Yes, blurry!!! But you try to get a good pic of a munchkin that moves so much and so fast!
See....nothing is our of reach now. She pushes this chair everywhere!!

Monday, January 5, 2009

GREAT DIG OUT OF 08

Our subaru is under there somewhere. We have has record breaking snowfall for December.
That is a 4 foot chain link fence....and we have has about another 2 feet of snow since we took these photos. We have so much snow that the dog can walk over the fence. Many local houses and businesses have had roof collapses.

Will the snow EVER stop. As a matter of fact we will begin the Great meltdown of 09 tomorrow with above freezing temp and warm rain.....hope we don't float away.


Christmas Sweater


One of my favorite gifts we got for Madi this Christmas was this sweater. Jason and I found it in the mall. It is made from Peruvian Llama wool. and in my opinion...it is the cutest dang sweater ever!!!!!