I tried to get Maddie's new noise on video, but I was not able to (Well, the videos were too long to post). I will keep trying. In the meantime, here is a video of Maddie "jumping" and being silly as usual. Remember, you can pause the music to hear the video better (if you want).
Aiden and John (Daddy)
Here are two pictures of Maddie in her new "big girl" car seat. She no longer fits comfortably in her infant car seat, so it was time to get a new one. I think she will be MUCH more comfortable in this one. It even reclines which is a nice feature (especially for long road trips). I think she is really going to like it!
For Father's Day, we went to Mom and Dad Smiths' house in Muncie. Grandma Betty, Joey, Lori, Allison, and Alex were there also. We all had a good time getting licked to death by Zach, Mom and Dad's dog (That dog can't hold it's licker! - ha ha).
Sunday night we got to do a little babysitting, and I'm not talking about Maddie. Our niece Allison (Doug's brother's daughter) had a dance recital, and we watched Alex (our nephew). I still have a lot of toys from my childhood stored in the basement. Alex loves cars, so I got my old Hotwheels out. We played with those for awhile and decided to get out the Deathstar play set from Star Wars. I put it together and got out my Star Wars figures too. He played with it for about 5 minutes and went back to the cars. Later, while Maddie was napping, Kris, Alex and I went outside for a snack. Kris and Alex saw 2 planes, and Alex was excited. I got out my binoculars and let him look through them. He thought they were pretty cool. After that, we ran around the yard for awhile.
The other night we had really bad storms here in Fort Wayne. Those of you who read Joey and Lori's blog probably saw their pictures of the rainbow. Kris took some too along with some shots of the wicked looking sky. Look closely and you can see the double rainbow. This is not from the camera - there really was a double rainbow.
Hi everyone! As you probably noticed, we changed our blog layout/background. We chose this one with orange calla lillies because not only are callas one of Kris's favorite flowers (Doug likes them too), but orange callas were our wedding flower. We hope you enjoy the new background, especially since changing it to this particular one turned out to be complicated and time consuming!
Lately, Maddie has been very interested in what Doug and I eat (now that she can eat "big girl food" too). Last night, Doug was eating an orange popsicle. He let her try it, and she seemed to really like it. She has a sweet tooth like her daddy!
Recently, Presley went to the vet for his annual check-up. Doug talked to the vet about Presley's diet and how we can't seem to get him to loose any weight. The vet suggested that we have Presley's blood tested for a thyroid condition. It was expensive, but it needed to be done. We found out today that he does indeed have hypothyroidism as the vet suspected. This is probably a good thing because he will most likely drop the weight after starting his medication. The vet said that Presley's mood will probably improve too (which is good because he has been kind of grouchy for awhile now!). We are going to pick up his medication tomorrow. We will keep you posted.
I (Kris) finally started working out today. I have been meaning to do it for months now, but I kept putting it off. I don't want to loose any weight, but I want to get in shape and tone/build muscle. I am going to try to run on the treadmill everyday. I also plan on alternating between weights and ab exercises (one day weights, the next day abs). We will see if I stick to it. If I plan on wearing a swimsuit anytime soon, I had better stick to it!
Maddie has been eating more table foods lately. She really likes cheese, bananas, and Cheerios. I have been giving her a little juice each day, and she LOVES apple juice. After seeing all of the overweight children with decayed teeth at my work, I do not want her to get into the habit of drinking juice all day long. She can get her Vitamin C from fruits and a small amount of juice. I am going to give her some plain chicken breast tomorrow night. She is getting burnt out on the baby food "dinners". Hopefully, she will like it - I need to find some more high-protein foods that she will eat!
We got the proofs back from the Memorial Day photo shoot. The family pictures taken outside turned out better than I thought they would (it was VERY windy). The family pictures taken inside are better though, in my opinion. The pictures of Doug, Maddie, and I turned out GREAT! I was very excited. This is the first time that the three of us have had our picture professionally taken together. She took some more pictures of just Maddie too. Of course, those pictures are really cute. We will be getting a CD of the pictures and will post some on the blog. We will also be posting some of the pictures from Maddie's other photo shoot. I am so glad that we found such a good, inexpensive photographer (especially since Celebrity Kids closed here in Fort Wayne). Thanks again Joey & Lori for telling us about her!
