Splash Party

Madison loves water.  She took a bath every night when we were in LA and screamed most nights we took her out.  We have been letting her play in our bathroom sink at home, but she gets water all over the place (plus its a bit small for her).  I found this pool on Amazon for her.  She likes to chew on the frog face.

My work gave me this Baby Cook.  It cooks and blends the food and is the perfect size for her.  We tried carrots the first night.  Madison didn't seem to like them, but it might have been a bit late in the day for her.  Most of the carrots seemed to end up hiding in her chin.

She is doing much better with her rice cereal these days.

On Saturday we went to Thanksgiving Point to see their tulip festival.  There are over 100,000 flowers and all sorts of varieties.

Check out her thighs!

Going to church. As you can tell, she drools allot.

Food-yum yum.  Not sure why the video is turned.  Tyler couldn't get the food in fast enough!

Spring Break

This week Tyler had spring break at the junior high, so we decided to go to Los Angeles and build my mom her dream patio.  We wanted to practice some landscaping skills before we do it to our own place.  

My mom's inspiration.  

At first I was against participating on digging up our backyard to build a patio so large.  I guess you could say I'm a grass lover.

Tyler and Paco moved all the bricks, gravel, and sand into the backyard.  Each brick weighed 38 lbs.  In the end they carried 5 tons of brick--aside from all of the sand and gravel that they carried.  We couldn't find a weight measurement for those bags but I'm sure it was a few more tons.

The finish product.  (We ran out of bricks.)  Someone else is going to have to finish putting the wall up, but it should be pretty easy to do.  Tyler and I learned a few lessons and would do things a bit differently in the future.  The most important thing I learned is that patios can still be very expensive even if we are doing all the work.  

I wanted to do something special for Tyler while in LA.  We went to Pasadena and toured the Gamble House (built by Greene and Greene) with my mom.  Madison and I had to leave early and spent most of the time roaming the grounds.  They had a great time looking at the architecture and furniture.

We let Madison chew on a strawberry at the Gamble house.

We also took Madison to the beach, but she ended up falling asleep on the way.

Napping with Pierre.

My sister Clarice gave me a pedicure and foot scrub to try and help ward off the dry skin that I get on my heels.  For some reason unknown to me, she actually enjoys doing this for people.

The Beginning of Spring

We have been able to go outside more with the nice spring weather.  Hanging out on the grass at BYU.

Getting ready for a ride in the stroller.  Madison doesn't like the sun in her eyes at all.

Time to change into something cooler.

On our way up to Pocatello for cousin Hazel's baby blessing.  Good thing Gillian was in the backseat to keep her entertained.

Meeting Hazel.  

 They don't seem too interested in getting to know each other.

Some playtime together helps them bond.

"Dad, give me food."

"Yum...these fingers aren't so bad for a snack."

A nice little nap on the way home.

Madison really likes to put things into her mouth these days.

The Thorley Babysitting Party

This week Tyler and I have taken full advantage of our babysitting opportunities.  Tyler's brother Steven watched Madison while we went to a chocolate party.  The chocolate party consisted of various chocolate (white and semi-sweet) and caramel fountains with any and everything your heart imagined to dip into the fountains.  One of my favorites turned out to actually be ruffle potato chips dipped in chocolate...who in the world came up with that?  It was a nice salty sweet taste.  On Thursday Tyler and I went to listen to the Utah Symphony.  My Aunt Ken and Uncle Steve have taken Madison in as one of their own.  Madison was in a jolly mood, which means Madison has been invited back.  Aunt Ken wants us to go out again next week for some more baby time.   

It doesn't look like she is missing her mom and dad too much in these photos.

Hanging out with Uncle Steve.

Poop Attack

I think Madison is out to get me as she peed on me yesterday and today covered me in poop as I was getting a blanket for tummy time.  The crazy part is both times the insides of her diapers were pretty clean and dry.  I'm not sure how she did it, but that is talent.  

Our bathroom sink has become the official spot for soaking her messy clothes.  It is a rare thing to find our sink empty these days.  

She really likes to read books if you get her at the right moment.  Other times she is too squirmy.

This is my pig.  Since the beginning of our marriage Tyler has known not to touch the pig unless he is fattening it up.  I always know when he has been in the pig as he forgets to put the contents back.  He use to say it was for "bus money".  Today he stole from the pig for fast offerings because he couldn't find his checkbook and people were waiting.  Not only did he managed to snag all the high bills, but he also left the pig in this state...as usual.  Halfway in our marriage Tyler informed me that right before we got married (my stuff was at our new place) Tyler dumped all the contents out to count how much money there was while I was in LA.
 

Madison hanging out in her bumbo.  Usually she sits up better than this, but I couldn't get her to budge.  Sometimes she gets stuck in the bumbo when we try to take her out.

 Sunday nap.