Madison's first dentist appointment!

How cute is this!!! Madison went to her very first dentist appt. today! She did GREAT!!! I could not believe how great she did. When we went in I thought they would just look at her teeth and get her used to the idea of the dentist, but oh no, they actually cleaned her teeth. She did better than me (for all of you who know me I am afraid of the dentist) :) Miss Lisa her hygentist was AWESOME!! She told Madison that the chair was a princess chair, and called her princess Madison the whole time. We made it a family event, Myself, Blake and Bryan all crammed back into the room to watch Princess Madison get her teeth tickled!!! It was great. I was so frazzled today that I forgot my camera, and the wonderful people at Dr. Nelson's office let me use their's and e-mailed it to me before I even left!! How great are they!! We took her to Target tonight and got her a special prize for being such a big girl at the dentist today! Did I mention that she did GREAT :) I am such a proud mom.

Madison started dance!

Last night I took Madison to her very first dance class at Southern Strutt! It is a combo tapp and Jazz class that last 45 min... I thought there would be a couple of girls in there, but boy was I wrong the class was packed full of cute little three year olds eager to shake their booties!!! :) She had a blast, and the funny part was while we were waiting for her class to start we were looking at all of the pictures on the walls of the dancers, and yes you guessed it there I was big hair and all. It was so funny to be taking my daughter to where I used to dance. I told Madison that mommy was in the picture and she just looked at me and laughed... Well once again my independent daughter amazed me. She did not know a soul in the class, but when the teacher said it was time to start she just walked right in and did not look back! She is doing so great with school, gymnastics, and dance!! Her schedule is so full, and I am so tired... She loves to stay busy, but I am looking forward to Friday because we get to just hang out!!! I have a couple of pictures I will try to get on later, but I will have to take more at her next dance class because these did not turn out that great!

Kiawah 2008

We just got back on Saturday from our week long beach trip to Kiawah!! We had a blast, but it was quite the challenge to take a 4 month old on a beach trip away from home... Blake just got extremely off of his schedule and was up most of the nights... On the plus side I had lots of help with the kids, and got some time to relax. It was great to have a couple of night to actually eat a hot meal :) Madison had a blast, she did not actually enjoy the beach part, but the pool was her favorite!! She would have slept their if we would have let her. We had a great time and got to do some neat things. I already cannot wait till next year. I am going to miss summer!!!! Oh well I guess this means back to reality! I will post some more pictures.

First day of preschool!!

Madison's first day of preschool
Look at that sweet girl
Her bookbag is as big as her
Proud Mommie
Here we come preschool

Madison started her first day of preschool yesterday at Gateway Baptist Church. Her teachers names are Miss Lisa and Miss Robin. She was super excited to start school!! On Monday night I layed out her clothes and packed her bookbag, and then on Tuesday Morning when I woke her up to get her ready she of course started saying she wanted to wear her "handprint" shirt. I had no clue what she was talking about. I told her that I had this pretty outfit for her to wear, but then she started getting upset and crying. I did not want her upset and crying on her first day of school, so I told her to show me what she wanted. It was the Gateway shirt Bryan had bought her on registration. So we put it on, even though it was to big and she wore it!! When I dropped her off she said by mom and hugged and kissed me. As I drove off I started to cry because she is so grown up. Then when I picked her up she had a huge smile on her face and ran to me. That made me feel great!!! I look forward to this year, hopefully it will be full of great memories for our family!!!

Carolina Game

Madison and Blake cheering on the Gamecocks!!
Madison and Lauren Playing
Say cheese "Bubba"
Blake and Noah in their Gamecock attire
How Cute: Future Carolina football players :)

I cannot believe it is that time of year again!! I can remember when it was Madison's first game and we dressed her up in a Carolina onsie, and now it is Blake's turn. We celebrated the first game by going over to some of our friends house Jenn and Cliff and their two kids Lauren and Noah. The girls played and we ate some great food. The boys were both a little fussie, it was almost bedtime before the game even started :(.... We left shortly after the game started so that we could get the kids into bed and enjoy the rest of the game!! Go Gamecocks!!! Hopefully it will be a great season!

We are going for the gold!!!! :)

First day of gymnastics!!!

Doing the Bars
Jumping on the Big trampoline!!

Madison had her first gymnastics class last Monday, and she absolutely loved it!!! Her teachers names are Mr. Bryan and Mr. Joey!! She jumped, flipped, and tumbled!!! People who have known Madison since she was a baby have really seen her come out of her shell. When she was very tiny she was extremely timid, and now she has no fear! She went right into that class and did not look back! I cannot believe how fast she is growing up, and how much fun stuff she is getting to do. I will continue to take pictures of my little gymnast, (Bryan thinks she will be ready for the 2012 Olympics :) J/K)