"Tell me this isn't True! She CANT be turning TWO!"

It's sad but true...Madelyn will be two years old! I just can't believe it! Here is her birthday invite. I got a friends sister to design it for me for very cheep! She (Jenny Dixon) has started a page on etsy.com where she is selling birthday invitations, birth announcements, save the dates, we've moved cards, and she will be adding other things including gift enclosure cards. All of the money she makes on these will go directly toward their adoption. check out her page at www.jennydixon.etsy.com We are not having a big party, only family...Maybe when she starts school we'll have a "real" birthday party.

This Little Lady is a Daddy's Girl!

Let's just say that Madelyn has a tight grip on her daddy's heart! He was about to make a run to the store for a few things. Madelyn saw that he was leaving. She goes and jumps in the drivers side and pretends to drive! He was NOT intending to take her... After he got her out of the car, she was standing there with me. I was trying to get her to wave "bye, bye" to him but all she did was cry... Shane got out of the car and put her in her car seat~!

funny girl! This picture should tell you that children watch everything that you do!
(She was trying to put on the seat belt!")

In this picture you can tell see that she had been crying!

but...she "turned it off" quickly and started smiling as soon as she was sitting in her seat!

Memorial Day Swimming

She was SO excited to go swimming! She loves water! She is learning how to blow bubbles with her mouth under the water. The only problem we're having is she won't close her mouth! She's SO happy to be in the water that she won't stop smiling!

She was kicking those legs with some encouragement from
Nino, Beebs, Joe Joe, Mommy and Daddy!

Evening at the Shoe's House

Jenny and Matt have the neatest playground right up the hill from their house. Madelyn has the best time there!

Uncle Bubba chasing after Madelyn!

The guys were throwing the football around!

Addy Grace watching her big cousin play!

"Where?"

"Sing...Sing Song!"

In the last two weeks Madelyn has really been singing! She loves the Sesame Street song call "SING"...you know that one that goes ..."Sing...Sing a Song. Sing out loud, sing out strong!" She particularly likes the part when it says "Sing of Happy not Sad!" She has even gotten a little creative with it and puts peoples names in the verse!!! like..."Elsie happy, not sad!"

Where sidewalk chalk does not belong!

We have been outside A LOT lately! We slather ourselves with sunscreen and stay out all day!

One of the things we love to play with outside is sidewalk chalk! Although I think she has been wanting to express her artistic abilities on other canvases!...um like herself!! (as long as it's not a tattoo!)

The house...

She even thought a living, breathing, walking canvas would be good!...Poor Elsie!

A Day at the Zoo!

We decided to go to the zoo! W hat perfect day it was too! The temp. was 70 degrees. It was a even a little chilly at times too... We also brought a picnic which Maddie thought was to funny! I guess it was a little out of the norm to eat outside!

The Nashville Zoo has a great Jungle Gym area to play in. It is divided into two different sections so that the big kids have an area and so do the little ones!

My Favorite! What Beautiful, graceful animals!

"Divine Swine" was the label on the wild Red River Hogs! They did not smell so Divine though!

Maddie wanted SO badly to touch the birds!

They were BEAUTIFUL!!

"Tim McCaw!" That is what our zoo calls them...We also have "Little Jimmy Gibbons", and "Zebra McEntire!"

When we got there the Gibbons had just eaten so they were ready to make some noise!

Sara's graduation

Oh, the Places You’ll Go!

by Dr. Seuss
Congratulations!
Today is your day.
You’re off to Great Places!
You’re off and away!
You have brains in your head.
You have feet in your shoes
You can steer yourself
any direction you choose.
You’re on your own. And you know what you know.
And YOU are the gal who’ll decide where to go.
You’ll look up and down streets. Look ‘em over with care.
About some you will say, “I don’t choose to go there.”
With your head full of brains and your shoes full of feet,
you’re too smart to go down any not-so-good street.
And you may not find any
you’ll want to go down.
In that case, of course,
you’ll head straight out of town.

On Saturday Sarabeth graduated high school! We could not be more proud of her!

Joe, Nino, and Beebs!Sara and her great friend, Hannah! Madelyn loves her too!!!

There were SO many people there! To take a picture, it was a tight squeeze! (why I look like that)That afternoon Sara had a graduation party at her home! We had a great time chatting with lots of people and snacked on some yummy food! And of course Maddie had a good time flirting with all the young guys that were there!