Life in Paradise

What's new and interesting.

2009-03-04T17:52:00.000-08:00

So yeah somehow time is just flying by....wasn't christmas just last week? and somehow st patricks day is next week!

Maddy is just getting bigger and bigger, she is speaking in sentences now which is lots of fun. Her favorite phrases are

"what's wrong?"

"Daddio you so funny"

& " I want my ____" fill in the blank with whatever the need of the moment is :)

She did something so fun the other night, she was eating some minature gold fish crackers and decided that they would fit real well in her ears. She had one going in one ear and one going out the other

Good Times!

Work day with Daddio

2009-02-03T19:06:00.000-08:00

John spent the day working on jeep and maddy decided it was a great time to help.

The latest and Greatest

2009-01-25T16:35:00.000-08:00

The family photo that daddy was being goofy for!
Maddy Saying Cheese
You know how sometimes life just whips past and you can't remember the last time you relaxed? That's pretty much how we're feeling right now. John has had a crazy week with work and church reponsibilities, so much so that this morning he looked at me and said " i think this is the first time i've seen you this week when the sun was up"...the sad part was, it's true!

Maddy is growing so quickly and is changing everyday. Right now she is testing out her emotions and cause and effect. She has some new expressions that we are trying to wade our way though, she's not throwing fits per say but she does make her opinion known and we have had to resort back to time out boot camp in the evenings to keep on top of it! She LOVES pretending to be a mommy and has 4 different babies that she plays with. She's growing again physically so she takes really good naps (that's nice for mommy!)

There has been no movement on John's job front. We are trying to be positive and hope that God's will is being done by him staying and doing what he is doing. It is getting harder to imagine that this is where he is supposed to be though and hopefully something will turn around soon!

I think that is all the latest and greatest from Paradise!

Where did December go?

2009-01-08T14:23:00.000-08:00

ahhh did it really happen? Did 2008 end? December came and went and i wasn't even able to blink an eye!

We had a great christmas and new years. Maddy was a real trooper through all the holiday hoopla. The following pictures say it all

Fall Fun...or not so much fun

2008-11-23T16:35:00.000-08:00

Today has been a crazy day...maddy and mommy both woke up with what daddy had last weekend and were basically miserable!!!! Daddy went off to church while we tried to sleep it off...yeah right!! Anyways, we spent the morning watching good old movies, i introduced maddy to the muppets by watching muppets go to outer space. I'm not sure what she though since her favorite thing to do right now is press the buttons on the TV to make it go into promo mode.

John got home around 3:00 after running some errands and by the time he got here i was feeling a whole lot worse than i had a few hours before. John headed out to blow the leaves in the yard...as soon as he walked out he came back in and said "I smell Gas in here" and sure enough a burner was on just slightly and it had been leaking gas into the house . Which explained the extreme headache i had...luckily maddy had been sleeping for few hours in a room that was blocked off so she didn't feel the effects too much...but we then spent quite a bit of time outside to let the house air out. Amazingly maddy and i felt alot better and she got to play in all the lovely leaves in our yard...to bad leaves aren't worth money cause we'd be rich if they were!

Maddy's Art

2008-11-17T14:00:00.000-08:00

These are maddy's first art projects....she's been visiting at PeeWee a couple times and got to do some fun projects while she was there. One is a dot paint dinosaur and the other is a etched heart. Maddy is going to be going to her own "school" so we are looking forward to lots of art for our fridge!

Shower Time!!

2008-11-09T18:09:00.000-08:00

The one thing about being a one year old is that you seem to find any way possible to get dirty....and then have great fun cleaning up!

We don't have a bathtub so Maddy has learned to find the shower to be VERY entertaining! Tonight she decided she wanted Daddy to be her shower attendant and hollered at him until he answered.

October 2008

2008-11-01T09:24:00.000-07:00

So I thought we'd try out this whole blogging thing since it seems to be all the rage!

Life here in Paradise has been going well, we have been keeping really busy! This month we went on 2 wheelin trips up to the high lakes, the first was up above morris to the burn valley...very cool. The second was a not soo successful trip to coon hollow, we only made it a couple of yards off the main road due to a major breakage...not on our rig luckily! We did still have fun that day and John got to test out the flex on the bronco. The build has proven it's worth as far as that goes!

Maddy is getting to be such a big girl! She's learning new words every day and getting a little attitude! We went trick or treating for halloween and she was an adorable pumpkin!

John currently has 2 different job opportunities that we are waiting for news on...hopefully one will come through soon as we REALLY need something to improve in that area! So keep that in your prayers.