Alabama

Wow! Long time no post. Things have been crazy. We are finally back in America. Yippee!!!!!!!!!!!!!The last 2 weeks in Germany were crazy. We had to stay in a Hotel for 7 days. Not fun! Maddy did not sleep well at all. The plane ride was crazy, 11 hours and than another 2 hours on the second flight. Sweet Maddy was so good. She only sleep 1 hour can you believe that. It took her about 3 days to get adjusted to everything but now she is back to her sweet normal self.
She is so good with her Papa and Grannie she loves them to death. I took tons of pictures and will post them soon.
Casey got a new truck this week. It was an amazing deal. And since our truck won't be here for another month we thought we might as well get it. It will make things a lot easier. I will post pictures of that later too. Right now he is working with Clarence but is also applying for other jobs.
Maddy and I leave for UT on Wed. I am so so so excited to go home but will miss Casey and the Grandparents and I am sure Maddy will too.
hugs and kisses until next time.

Our Baby is 1

Maddy turned one today. I can not believe it. It seems like yesterday I was holding my newborn baby. Wow! how time flies.

These are a couple pictures with her birthday hat Karen got us isn't it so cute. We love our little Maddy.

Now for a bit of bad news, We still have not got our orders. Casey is getting quit nervous and anxious. They keep telling him you should have it in a couple days that was 3 weeks ago. So we are still waiting.

Maddy's Birthday Party

Saturday was Maddy's first birthday party. It went great! Everyone we invited showed. So we had a full house. Maddy was a little overwhelmed at first but once things got going she had a blast. Thank you to all who came.

Casey was in charge of taking pictures but forgot. Our sweet friend Karla took these pictures and gave us copies. Thank you Karla! We played a couple family games "How well do you know Maddy" and "Guess how much I weigh" and the kids played pin the tail on the huge blow up donkey.

The Cake turned out well. I was a little nervous but everyone seemed to enjoy it and most important, Maddy. She loved it !

Everythig was great the only thing that would have made it better is if all you were there.

Happy Day!

So Casey is done with work. Yipee!!!!!!!!! He is so happy. I can only imagine how he is feeling. He is such a amazing and strong Man. Serving 6 years in the military, it was not easy but he did it. We are now still waiting on our orders to get everything going. We can't do ANYTHING without them it is so frustrating. But at least he will be home to help me once we get things moving. Another of my good friends is leaving tomorrow. It is so hard saying goodbye to everyone but I guess that is all apart of the military life.

I took Maddy's 1 year pictures a couple weeks ago. She is getting a little harder to take pictures of. She moves so fast and I practically have to stand on my head to get her to smile. But she is so photogenic that even if she isn't smiling it still turns out cute! I also made her ivnites for her birthday party this Saturday, we are having her party a couple days early. I am pretty excited we are doing abc block theme and I am making her cake. I am sure she could care less but I still want to try to make it special.
Hope you all have a peachy day.


Maddy's birthday card


Here is a picture of my new hair cut. What do you think? Mom said I had to post it, so there ya go mom :)

Counting Down

We are now counting down the days until we are able to come home we have exactly one month 30 days! We can not wait. I have already bought my ticket home to UT. So we will stay with Daddy and Sandra for a month and than fly home and stay with Mom for a month, Casey will probably end up staying in Alabama and will not be able to make the trip out to UT because of his new job. Things around here are getting so crazy. We are trying to get things ready to be packed and we have a ton of Doctor appointments this month, trying to squeeze them all in before we get out of the military.

On a side note it was my sweet husbands 30th birthday a week ago so once again happy birthday honey. I love you !!!!!

Madison's birthday is comming up. We are planning on having a little party for her. I can't believe how much she is learning. This week she learned where her ear and nose are and what a dog says. I am sure she knows so much more but that is all she wanted to share with us this week.

Well I think that is all for now
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So happy!


She is finally able to wear the cute little bows Aunt Heidi made for her. Thanks Heidi we love them!!



Maddy has to have her leg out of the crib when she sleeps. I am afraid she is going to get it caught but so far she just hangs it out there with no problems.

different angle of my little Monkey!

Playing Outside

Congratulations Cyndi and Nic. I am once again another proud Aunt. I have the cutest Neices and Nephews ever. Love you and glade everything went well.

Wow! our life right now quit boring. I honestly have been waiting for something to happen so I could post but honestly nothing. Other than little Maddy growing like a weed everything is the same. We are just getting ready and so excited to come home we most likely will leave here on Oct. 1st. As of now we plan on going to Alabama. I have had a couple more photo shoots but decided that I will take a little break before we leave so I can get things done around the house and help Casey as much as possiable.

Maddy being Maddy

Here is just a little clip of Maddy. It is a week or so old, I am behind.

She loves to clap and dance!!! Sometimes she gets so into her dance she falls over it is so funny.