Jungle Gym

Caleb uses this jungle gym at therapy and he loves it! I thought it would be a great birthday present and his therapist thought having one at home to practice would be good as well. I had no clue that you can't buy them anymore or that little tykes doesn't even make them! I was grasping at anything similar when a great friend found one for me on craigslist. We jumped on it and volia! Caleb has his oen jungle gym. (It has currently taken place of the coffee table in the front room.)

He was so happy to have one of his own!

peek a boo

hey mom look no hands! And yes he has one sock off for a reason not to look like a hillbilly but because he uses that foot to climb up the slide. We switch socks every so often so that he will start using both feet to climb instead of just dragging the left one.

The king of the castle (With his pet dragon of course)

haha I found you dragon!

Hey I fit in here...this is cool!

It also provides hours of fun for the older kids to!

This is their favorite game. She peeks out and her grabs her and growls

Happy early birthday!

snow day!

So Denver got 2 feet of snow literally in 2 days. We got over a foot in one night! It was crazy and I called into work not wanting to drive all over town to drop the kids off and such. After shoveling for 2 hours I asked the kids what they wanted to do and they both agreed that it was just to cold and staying in was a much better idea... Ok so not really they wanted to play outside but I realized that poor Caleb doesn't even have a proper coat let alone boots, gloves, hat, etc. and it really was like 10 degrees out. Madi just had to suck it up and stay inside. She wasn't happy about it but chose to teach brother about letters instead.

Each with their own letters. Caleb learns by taste. (I wonder is T tatse different from A??)

Finding the letters to make words

Notice the hip popped out...shes a ham for sure!

Princess Panties.

Driving home the other day that kids were laughing so hard and I had no clue why. When we got home I say Madi with her new underwear on her head and her new socks on her hands. She proclaimed herself "Princess Panties" so which Caleb started to laugh hysterically. It was cute!

No pictures mom, I'm working!

Working with Papa (and the debut of the new haircut)

Yeees! can I help you?

ok one cute picture

and i'm done. back to work...

Caleb 11 months

Caleb is 11 months and growing like a weed! (He kinda looks like one in these cute pictures because he desperately needs a haircut! He got one the next day and we cut it short so maybe we can go a month before needing another one! He is growing taller and is becoming tall and skinny. We are now in 18-24 month clothes and have finally slowed the growing a bit so he can wear the clothes at least twice before he grows out of them. Caleb is learning to climb and is getting better at the stairs. He also has learned to pull himself up to standing and loves to stand everywhere. (Now we just have to figure out how to sit down) His therapy is going well and his feet are getting better everyday. The standing and walking in the walker (one of his favorite activities at the moment) have really helped his foot and helped to strengthen his hips. We still go to therapy once a week and are now working on standing on his own and walking.  His favorite foods are anything that he can feed himself and he wants nothing to do with babyfood or foods that require a spoon. He loves his sister and wants to play with her every second of the day. First thing every morning he calls out, Madi runs in and sings him a song and gives him toys in the crib. Every afternoon when Caleb wakes from his nap he crawls to Madi's room and bangs on the door till she greets him with a good morning brother. They both will scream with delight when they see eachother and are sad when they have to be apart!

Playing Cars

Don't put your hat on my head...

ok I guess just one picture...

ok i'm outta here.

Cheese! (This is the face I get everytime I pull out the camera. No camera shy kid here)

obeying sister!

Cowgirl Madi!

For months now Madison has been obsessed with Jessie from Toy Story and anything horse or cowgirl related. She even uses phrases like yee haw and howdy partner while tipping her hat. Bailee has become her horse and willing or not will go where ever Madison leads her.

New "cow" shirt, boots and hat for the stockshow. She even had to have "Jessie hair" 2 pigtails.

Cute photo shoot before the stock show

Love this picture. It is just pure Madison attitude. (She could totally be a model!)

back to being cute

you can't separate a girl and her horse..er i mean dog.

The most exciting time of the year!

No it's christmas or birthdays, but it does come around the middle of January every year...

It's STOCK SHOW TIME

Getting ready for the big day.

Madi's Cowgirl hat has been lost for a couple months and we have been searching for a new one. However I was not willing to pay more than about 10 bucks and the cheap ones looked well cheap! Greatfully we found the beloved hat just the day before the stock show.

The pony ride! Madi earned $6 through out the month so that she could ride the pony at the stockshow. However when we got there they had a little mechanical horse like they have at king soopers and that was all she wanted to ride. (that was until she realized that they had real horses)

She was really cute though everyone with a hat was either a cowboy or a cowgirl and she had to ask all the boys if they rode bulls and all the girls if they were rodeo princesses. Unfortunently I didn't get to many pictures at the rodeo because I was holding Caleb the whole time but we all had fun and can't wait until next year.

Messy hair hippis...wait thats just Caleb and daddy (both got haircuts the next day!)

Dolly, madi's horse for 2 minutes.

Go Dolly Go!

Howdy partner!

Stockshow express

With Grandma Haynie at the Rodeo

Madi was so excited to meet a real rodeo princess! Miss Nevade, Ann.

Signed pictures to take home. (It's now hanging on her wall.)