Enjoying the Ride that is My Life
Just a video. That I accidentally shot vertically on my phone instead of horizontally. Oops.
Madison wanted to wish her Grandpa a happy Birthday but she got kind of distracted by looking at her reflection in the mirror. If you pause the video exactly at 1:42 you can catch a glimpse of the 2 little lower front teeth she just grew this past week!
This post is just some quick pictures and videos of the star of this blog… Madison. She’s 1 week away from being 8 months old already!
Grancy came to visit this week, and Madison showed off her love of eating. Talan gave the NC State bibs to Madison as a present – he’s a big fan.
We have been feeding her lots of organic baby food lately, and she just loves it! Also, she just grew her two front lower teeth this week!
She’s having fun biting food and her toys with her new little teeth.
Here’s a video I took last week of Madison eating:
And here’s a video of Madison eating while Grancy was here this week:
Grancy and I also took Madison for a couple of long walks, and we went to the park by our house.
Madison had her first experience on a real swing at the playground, and she had a great time!
Here’s a video of Madison swinging at the park:
This is a pretty brief post. Friday was a beautiful day. Here’s Madison hanging out with me when we first woke up:
Later in the morning I strapped her into the Ergo baby carrier, and she helped me water all the seeds I planted last week. She seemed to really enjoy watching the water come out of the watering can.
In these 3 pots from left to right is the raspberry bush, cilantro, and tomatoes.
Here’s a close-up of the raspberry plant. It’s grown a lot of leaves since I planted it last week!
Here’s a close-up of the newly sprouting little tomato plants!
Then I put Madison in her swing on our front porch while I weeded the beds in front of our house.
Weeding was not very fun, but I’m glad it’s done!
Later in the day Madison discovered her toes for the first time!
I was excited, so I got a video of her with her toes 
The weather has finally warmed up around here, and it seems like it’s going to stay that way. I’m so excited. I’ve got Spring Fever for sure, and I’ve been planting stuff like crazy! Friday night when we got back from Charlotte I planted my new raspberry bush that Bryan bought me for Christmas. It just arrived this week. I’m so excited for fresh raspberries! I also planted some cilantro. Then on Saturday and Sunday I planted tomatoes, watermelon, lettuce, broccoli, basil, daisies, poppies, and sunflowers! I’m feeling the Spring Spirit!
Saturday afternoon Bryan, Talan, Madison, and I went to Lake Wheeler to enjoy the beautiful mid 70′s sunny day.
This lake always has such nice memories for me since it is where we had our rehearsal dinner/ pig pickin the day before our wedding (almost 2 years ago!)
The last time we were here was last summer in early August. I was 9 months pregnant with Madison at the time, and I chose to sit in the shade while Bryan and Talan rented a pedal boat. I just couldn’t stand the thought of trying to get into a little boat with my big stomach and then sitting out there in the sun with no shade.
This time however was a different story! All four of us rented a pedal boat, and we floated around the lake, enjoying the sunshine and cool spring breeze. Bryan ended up doing the majority of the pedaling so it probably wasn’t quite as relaxing for him.
It was Madison’s first time on a boat! She didn’t love it. She was tired, and she didn’t like having the sun in her eyes.
Afterwards we had some ice cream sandwiches while we sat in the shade on rocking chairs, enjoying the pretty view.
It was a nice way to spend the afternoon.
Happy Spring!
This past week Bryan had to go to Charlotte for a work trip, so Madison and I tagged along. We had a fun time! It was Madison’s first big road trip, and she did really well. She lives a good life.
We arrived Wednesday around noon, and dropped Bryan off at the place where he was working that day, and Madison and I checked into the hotel. Then we ventured to the mall across the street, and did some shopping! We spent most of our time in White House Black Market where all the ladies ooooed and aahhhhed over what a sweet, easy-going baby she is. (I was there for about 2 hours and she patiently watched me try on clothes from her stroller the whole time!)
I ended up getting a skirt, a shirt, and a necklace, all on sale. The sales lady who had been helping me was very disappointed by how little I bought after spending so much time trying things on. Oh well.
After shopping, we ate at Maggiano’s for dinner, and Madison thought their bread was delicious.
She was really good all through dinner even though it was well past her usual bedtime by the time we finished and made it back to the hotel for the night.
It was Bryan’s first time eating at a Maggiano’s and he liked it as well. Madison really wanted to dig into my lasagna, but that was not an option.
The next day Madison and I drove to Concord Mills outlet mall! Do you see the theme that is emerging of how we spent our time?
We spent most of the day hitting up a bunch of stores at the outlet mall. Madison scored some pink shorts for $4.99 and some pink sunglasses for $1.99. I got a dress from Ann Taylor (marked down from $120 to $30!) and a shirt from Banana Republic, also on clearance. Awesome.
That night we had dinner at Cowfish, which was good – it’s a fusion of burgers and sushi. There’s going to be one opening up here in Raleigh soon at North Hills apparently.
Then on Friday, our last day, Madison and I hit up IKEA!! She was so excited to visit Ikea for the first time. She was also thrilled to wear her new shorts and sunglasses. Can’t you just see her excitement?
I got a really cute napkin holder (for $1.99!), 4 picture frames, some kitchen scrubbers (2 for $.99!), and boxes and magazine holders for organizing stuff next to my desk. Fun!
That afternoon we drove back home. It was a late night by the time we got back, and we were exhausted. Bryan was exhausted from working and driving… and Madison and I were exhausted from all the shopping. :-)
Stefani