Mobility...

...Aint it grand?!?!

Here are a few pictures of Maddy as she's been exploring. First, she found the DVD racks... Oh boy... We have TONS of movies for her to pull off the shelves. Fun times for the baby girl!!



Today, we found the Nintendo under the end table... That's fun to play with, too!!









We hope everyone's week is coming to a nice close. See you all VERY soon!! :)

I Scream, You Scream...

...We all scream for ICE CREAM!!!

Maddy and I hosted our "walking buddies" today for a little walk in the neighborhood, picnic lunch and ice cream social. We had a great time!! We met this morning and took a walk through the neighborhood. We were 4 strollers wide walking through the neighborhood. HaHaHa.

Once we got home, we had a little picnic lunch. The original plan was to do this outside, but we were pretty toasty, so we had a picnic on the kitchen floor instead... Here we all are:



Maddy tried a ham and cheese sandwich for the first time. I think she liked it, but I never imagined that a sandwich could be SO MESSY!! HaHaHa... I think she looks like a grumpy old man in the last picture:





Once we finished our lunches, we went outside for a little "pool party":




Then, we had a little ice cream. I supplied the ice cream and each family brought a different topping. Here is my friend Kristen's little boy Kelby enjoying his ice cream:




Now that everyone has left, Maddy is watching TV... If she keeps this up, she'll need glasses in no time!! Don't worry, though, I've since moved her away from the TV screen. She's a good 10" away from it now. LoL. :) I'm hoping she'll tucker out soon and take a good, long afternoon nap!!



I hope everyone is having a good start to their week!! Talk to you soon!

Love you guys!! :)

Mommy's In Trouble...

Hi everyone! It's Maddy! Mommy got up this morning, and found me like this:


I am normally laying on my belly when she comes in to get me... This sure surprised her!! :)


Then, once she was in my room, I pulled up to my knees like this:


Last night while we were watching TV, I pulled myself all the way up to my feet using the coffee table. Watch out world... Here I come!!

And now, a note from Mommy:

Hey! Isn't Maddy just the cutest thing you've ever seen?!?! :) Well, I won't steal her thunder, but she doesn't know about our road trip yet, so she can't fill you in on the details. I realized last night, though, that I never really gave our whole itinerary, so I thought you might like to know when the Williams family will be invading a city near you! :) Here goes:

Bryan will be coming home to get us around July 25, and we'll head to Little Rock with him on the 26th so he can finish his training. His training is scheduled to finish on August 5. If all goes well, we'll hit the road that afternoon and head to Nashville. We'll be there until Sunday, August 9 when we'll drive to South Carolina. We plan to spend a few days there, then head to Atlanta on Friday, August 14. While in Atlanta, we'd REALLY like to take Maddy to the aquarium, so if you're in Atlanta and would like to join us, we'd be happy to have you with us!! Then, we plan to start our journey home on Monday, August 17 arriving back in Abilene on Wednesday the 19th. I hope that if we'll be in a city near you that we'll be able to see you. We're trying to hit all the major cities (or at least the ones that are major to us) in the southeast on this trip!! SEE YOU SOON!!!

Love you guys!! :)

Need a Good Chuckle??

Well, here ya go...




Maddy had the hiccups tonight, and I started making fun of her. (I know, great Mom, huh?!?!) Well, apparently, she thought that was hysterical!! :)

Here are a couple of pictures from our trip to the zoo today:

Look, I remembered to put a hat on that bald head!! :)

MY favorite exhibit... THE PINK FLAMINGOS!!

Yep, you're seeing that right... Maddy's standing on her own looking at the giraffes!!

Now with a little 'tude... :)

And the ducks and fishies!!

We had a great time today at the zoo. I hope you've enjoyed yet another look into our lives!!

Love you guys!! Our trip is one day closer!! See you soon!! :)

Sketties

Well, Maddy likes spaghetti I think. What do you think:




Here are a couple of still photos of the skettie face:




I hope you enjoyed this little look into why we don't indulge in spaghetti very often!! :)

If you didn't see my last blog, it's a MUST READ, so you should take a look at it, too!

Love you guys!! :)

Check Me Out!!

Hey everyone!! It's me, Maddy, again!! I borrowed Mommy's laptop, and wanted to show you this little video that she took of me this morning!!




Yep... You're seeing that right... I'm crawling now!! Mommy and Daddy's world is about to be completely turned upside down!! :) I'M MOBILE!!!

Can't wait to see everyone in about a month!! Love you guys!! :)

Happy 4th of July!!

Happy 4th of July everyone!! We've had a FANTABULOUS day!! Check us out!!

Here's Maddy waiting for the neighborhood parade to start:



Maddy also LOVES watermelon. Here she is at the neighborhood "block party" devouring her TWO HUGE slices!!





Here's a video of her eating the watermelon. Please pay close attention and listen for the "Mom, this is the BEST TREAT EVER" groans!! :)




After the watermelon at the "block party", we walked home. This is about 3 streets from our house. By the time we got home, this is what I found:


After a quick nap and wardrobe change, we headed to Maddy's birthday buddy's house (Mrs. Breezy), oh yeah and there's some guy that lives with her (Mr. Mike) for an ole fashioned bar-b-que!! Mommy got her cheeseburger that she's been craving... And we had lots of fun hanging out!! While we were there, Maddy played with Mr. Mike. Here they are sitting on the kitchen floor playing:



What do you think?!?! With this excessive drool, I really think we might have some more teeth coming in. PRAY FOR US!!!



I hope that you all had a WONDERFUL 4th of July!! Unfortunately, it seems as though our fireworks are going to be rained out. We have decided not to even venture out as the skies are looking UGLY and the wind is really picking up!! We love you guys!! :)