Here is a video of the doodling wonder!
The Richards Family - A chronicle of our craziness
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
August 17, 2010
Life has been pretty crazy at the Richard's house over the last few weeks. As all of you know we found out we are pregnant! Unfortunately, I tend to find these things out WAY too far in advance. So far in advance in fact that I seem to baffle the doctors and ultrasound technicians. Thankfully I know my body better than they do, so I am able to explain to them that I am not as far along as they thought I was. So when they say they think I am 7 weeks pregnant, I can tell them that I think I am only 3 weeks pregnant, and so and so forth. Anyways, I appreciate you all going through this long process with me, and hopefully Thursday will be my last ultrasound for a while, and they will indeed be able to date this pregnancy properly.
With all that being said, and while I am sure that everything is going smoothly.I can't help but have a little doubt and fear that maybe things aren't progressing as they should. This is what I get for having time on my hands to think about stuff. As I said, Thursday I go for my next ultrasound and my trusty sonogram partner Jess will be there with me. Thomas is going to stay home and take some work calls while Madden takes his nap. While I am sure I would be fine going by myself, I would much rather have some sort of support system with me. That is where Jess comes into play. I am very thankful to have her in my life. So after I get the all clear Thursday, hopefully I will get more excited and start some baby shopping.
In Madden news, we had bought him an easel at Ikea recently, in hopes that we could get his artistic chops flowing. We used the Dry Erase part of the Easel for a while, and he seemed to pick up on it very quickly, we then discovered that we had to erase his beautiful artwork : ( So we quickly decided to buy him some roll paper and some washable markers to save these pieces of art. I am pretty impressed while watching him doodle, he seems to have a nice ebb and flow to his work, and he really looks like he knows what he is doing. It's times like these where I know I have a little smartypants on my hands, now if I could only get him to say more words, instead of the constant grunting. I guess that is the boy in him, and should cherish it while it lasts. It is hard to believe he is going to be 2 years old in 10 days! I am sure we will all never forget August 27, 2008. I know I never will! So here are a few pics from Madden's recent doodling adventures, just to show how much the little man has grown in 2 short years!
With all that being said, and while I am sure that everything is going smoothly.I can't help but have a little doubt and fear that maybe things aren't progressing as they should. This is what I get for having time on my hands to think about stuff. As I said, Thursday I go for my next ultrasound and my trusty sonogram partner Jess will be there with me. Thomas is going to stay home and take some work calls while Madden takes his nap. While I am sure I would be fine going by myself, I would much rather have some sort of support system with me. That is where Jess comes into play. I am very thankful to have her in my life. So after I get the all clear Thursday, hopefully I will get more excited and start some baby shopping.
In Madden news, we had bought him an easel at Ikea recently, in hopes that we could get his artistic chops flowing. We used the Dry Erase part of the Easel for a while, and he seemed to pick up on it very quickly, we then discovered that we had to erase his beautiful artwork : ( So we quickly decided to buy him some roll paper and some washable markers to save these pieces of art. I am pretty impressed while watching him doodle, he seems to have a nice ebb and flow to his work, and he really looks like he knows what he is doing. It's times like these where I know I have a little smartypants on my hands, now if I could only get him to say more words, instead of the constant grunting. I guess that is the boy in him, and should cherish it while it lasts. It is hard to believe he is going to be 2 years old in 10 days! I am sure we will all never forget August 27, 2008. I know I never will! So here are a few pics from Madden's recent doodling adventures, just to show how much the little man has grown in 2 short years!
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
Jess's Bridal Shower/Bachelorette Party!
I have to admit, when Jess asked me to be her maid of honor at her wedding I was soooooo excited. I actually never thought I would ever be somebodies Made of Honor. The only thing that made me a little worried was throwing the Bridal Shower. I am NOT a party planner, and usually rely on others when it comes to planning anything! However, Jess means the world to me and I wanted to make sure that I threw her a nice party. Jess doesn't like to be the center of attention so it was actually a tough sell to get her even remotely excited about the idea of a Bridal Shower. After a few weeks of coaxing she finally came around, and with the help of her mama, and my fellow coworkers we pulled off what I like to think was a nice party. Here are some pictures from the happy day.
Sunday, July 25, 2010
July 25, 2010
Today has been a busy day at the Richards house. Once we got up, it was non stop all day here. Daddy gave the yard a MUCH needed mowing, while Mama and Madden headed over to Party City. For those of you who may not know I am Jess's Maid of Honor in her upcoming nuptials August 7th! I am so honored and only hope I can live up to the title. Anyways, I needed to pick up a couple extra things I forgot I needed for the Bridal Shower. So after we got done there we headed back home and got ready for the pool!
With it being so horribly hot out, it seems that is the only activity it is safe to do at this point. Plus Madden loves hanging out in his floaty turtle. So we hung out there with Phyllis for a while and started talking about fried chicken. Which then we all decided we need to leave so we could go get something to eat. Thomas and I hit up Arby's which is definitely not our usual pick, but we haven't had it in probably a year or so. It was alright, it kind of made me remember why we don't go there that often! Then it was time for a much needed nap for Madden, and mama ran a few errands. After I got back, we fed Madden and then the money spending began!
Some of you may not know this, but children make you crazy! For example, when Madden was probably around 6 months old, I was having some issues getting him to take his bottle. We have had issues with Madden and food from day one. So needless to say this day I was in a horrible mood, so much so that I slammed our microwave so hard that I made the glass front shatter into a million pieces. After this happened, I was sure that the microwave was broke. Thankfully I was wrong and it still worked. Well it wasn't until recently that I thought we may need to just go ahead and get a new microwave, since there was still some glass stuck in the old one and it just did not look good. We went to Lowes tonight and got ourselves a new stainless steel microwave for over our range. Thomas does not think the Stainless steel will go right with our black appliances, so I hope he is wrong! Hopefully within a few days it will be installed and I will take some pictures.
After Lowes we hit up Target because Thomas wanted to go ahead and get Madden's birthday present. It is a fisher price work station, and it is exclusive to Target so we wanted to make sure we got it before they stopped making them. It is pretty neat in the fact that you buy the little work station, and then you can buy different play sets to go along with it. We got Madden the tool bench play set, and the kitchen play set. He has not gotten to play with it yet so I am eager to see what he thinks of it when he see's it in the morning. As Thomas and I got done assembling the toy, we started to notice the MASSIVE amounts of toys that Madden has. We went through and cleared out anything we know he doesn't play with anymore, and yet we were still left with a ton of stuff. Oh well, I'm sure one day I will be sad to see all this stuff get packed away, but for now it would be nice to have a living room not taken over by toys! I'll post some recent pics, and show you how
Madden has taken over!
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With it being so horribly hot out, it seems that is the only activity it is safe to do at this point. Plus Madden loves hanging out in his floaty turtle. So we hung out there with Phyllis for a while and started talking about fried chicken. Which then we all decided we need to leave so we could go get something to eat. Thomas and I hit up Arby's which is definitely not our usual pick, but we haven't had it in probably a year or so. It was alright, it kind of made me remember why we don't go there that often! Then it was time for a much needed nap for Madden, and mama ran a few errands. After I got back, we fed Madden and then the money spending began!
Some of you may not know this, but children make you crazy! For example, when Madden was probably around 6 months old, I was having some issues getting him to take his bottle. We have had issues with Madden and food from day one. So needless to say this day I was in a horrible mood, so much so that I slammed our microwave so hard that I made the glass front shatter into a million pieces. After this happened, I was sure that the microwave was broke. Thankfully I was wrong and it still worked. Well it wasn't until recently that I thought we may need to just go ahead and get a new microwave, since there was still some glass stuck in the old one and it just did not look good. We went to Lowes tonight and got ourselves a new stainless steel microwave for over our range. Thomas does not think the Stainless steel will go right with our black appliances, so I hope he is wrong! Hopefully within a few days it will be installed and I will take some pictures.
After Lowes we hit up Target because Thomas wanted to go ahead and get Madden's birthday present. It is a fisher price work station, and it is exclusive to Target so we wanted to make sure we got it before they stopped making them. It is pretty neat in the fact that you buy the little work station, and then you can buy different play sets to go along with it. We got Madden the tool bench play set, and the kitchen play set. He has not gotten to play with it yet so I am eager to see what he thinks of it when he see's it in the morning. As Thomas and I got done assembling the toy, we started to notice the MASSIVE amounts of toys that Madden has. We went through and cleared out anything we know he doesn't play with anymore, and yet we were still left with a ton of stuff. Oh well, I'm sure one day I will be sad to see all this stuff get packed away, but for now it would be nice to have a living room not taken over by toys! I'll post some recent pics, and show you how
Madden has taken over!
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Thursday, July 15, 2010
July 15, 2010
Today is the first day since I got my teeth pulled that I have actually felt somewhat better. Instead of taking Advil I took Tylenol, and I think I only took that 2-3 times through the entire 24 hours. In other news I took Madden to the pool again, and of course he had a marvelous time. Phyllis joined us up there and snapped a few cute shots with her camera! I'll post a few at the bottom for everyone's amusement. There were a couple noodles floating around in the pool, and so he tried to corral them up. Some of you may not know this but my child has terrible OCD. I think it is a sure sign of just how intelligent he is, but he LOVES to stack and balance things. He makes things balance that even I can't get to balance. Sometimes when I am watching him do this I think to myself, he is either going to be a magician, or some genius scientist. He definitely has a lot of his daddy in him.
In other news I am trying to get the house cleaned up before Laura and David get here. I know they don't care how our house looks, but I hate to have a messy house when company is coming over. Looking forward to taking them to Blue Ash Chili, Ikea, Half Price Books, and wherever else they desire to go. With them only being here a full day and a half we have a lot to cram in. Hopefully Madden will be on his best behavior, as he always is!
One other note, for all my Christmas people. Just to let you know I officially bought my first Christmas present of the year! I know that sounds crazy since it is the middle of July, but I saw a good sale and could not pass up the bargain! Let the Christmas shopping season commence!
Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!
In other news I am trying to get the house cleaned up before Laura and David get here. I know they don't care how our house looks, but I hate to have a messy house when company is coming over. Looking forward to taking them to Blue Ash Chili, Ikea, Half Price Books, and wherever else they desire to go. With them only being here a full day and a half we have a lot to cram in. Hopefully Madden will be on his best behavior, as he always is!
One other note, for all my Christmas people. Just to let you know I officially bought my first Christmas present of the year! I know that sounds crazy since it is the middle of July, but I saw a good sale and could not pass up the bargain! Let the Christmas shopping season commence!
Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!
Monday, July 12, 2010
July 12, 2010
Sorry about my poor posting! I have to admit that for the last few weeks my main concern has been a dentist appointment that is now finally over with! HOORAY! I knew going into my appointment today that they were going to have to pull 2 teeth and so I have been sick with worry about it the last few weeks. Of course everything went fine, and I now have a much healthier mouth. I do have to go back in a couple weeks to get a cavity filled, and then after that I can hopefully start the invisalign process. I am still kind of on the fence about the whole thing, because it is a costly procedure. I have always had crooked teeth and so for me to have a smile that I am proud of I almost think you can't put a price tag on that. We'll see what happens, I will keep everyone posted.
In other news, we have a water baby on our hands. It all started when we got an inflatable pool for Madden to enjoy this summer. We were hoping that he would get some enjoyment out of it. Little did we know that we would have a child who never wanted to leave the pool. Anytime we would take him out of the water he would throw a fit and cry uncontrollably. Then Phyllis gave us a pass to her neighborhood pool, and it has truly been a blessing for us. Not only does it have a kiddie pool that Madden loves to just run around in, but it also has a big pool for the parents. It's great because now Mommy and Daddy can swim and play too. Thomas and I decided that in the next house we own we are going to make sure that there is a neighborhood pool that we can join. With the summer's being as hot as they are, it really is nice to have a place to go cool off and have fun.
I am still trying to get Madden to say more words, but it just seems like he has no interest in saying anything new. He is very smart, so I am not worried that he is not understanding what I am saying, but it would be nice to get some responses every once in a while. Although when he looks at me with that cute face he doesn't really have to say anything. We got a lot of compliments on how cute Madden is in the last week, and although you always think your child is cute others may not. There were three separate incidents in the last week where people went out of there way to tell us how cute Madden is. Who knew Thomas and I could make such a cutie patootie!
I have got some more things to do, so I will leave you all with a few new pics, and my BEAUTIFUL Star Gazers that just bloomed!
In other news, we have a water baby on our hands. It all started when we got an inflatable pool for Madden to enjoy this summer. We were hoping that he would get some enjoyment out of it. Little did we know that we would have a child who never wanted to leave the pool. Anytime we would take him out of the water he would throw a fit and cry uncontrollably. Then Phyllis gave us a pass to her neighborhood pool, and it has truly been a blessing for us. Not only does it have a kiddie pool that Madden loves to just run around in, but it also has a big pool for the parents. It's great because now Mommy and Daddy can swim and play too. Thomas and I decided that in the next house we own we are going to make sure that there is a neighborhood pool that we can join. With the summer's being as hot as they are, it really is nice to have a place to go cool off and have fun.
I am still trying to get Madden to say more words, but it just seems like he has no interest in saying anything new. He is very smart, so I am not worried that he is not understanding what I am saying, but it would be nice to get some responses every once in a while. Although when he looks at me with that cute face he doesn't really have to say anything. We got a lot of compliments on how cute Madden is in the last week, and although you always think your child is cute others may not. There were three separate incidents in the last week where people went out of there way to tell us how cute Madden is. Who knew Thomas and I could make such a cutie patootie!
I have got some more things to do, so I will leave you all with a few new pics, and my BEAUTIFUL Star Gazers that just bloomed!
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
June 30, 2010
Let me first start out by saying that the weather outside is freaking gorgeous! It is 75 degrees, and I am still trying to figure out if I should open up my windows or not. Madden and I went to the bank to see my peeps and get some cash for the weekend. When we left the bank I decided to take the long way home and roll the windows down. It was soooo nice, and it actually put me in a better place. Who knew the long way home would be full of road construction, which on a normal day would drive me crazy but today I didn't mind at all. I am sure the construction guys didn't mind their jobs as much today either.
I felt kind of bad that I did not get to take Madden to the park, so I made sure to take a long walk when we got home. I then let him run around our yard, which mainly consisted of me saying, "No" because all he wanted to do was pick my flowers and pull on tree limbs. After eating some lunch, Madden is now going down for his nap, and I think I am going to do a little painting. I am almost finished with a piece that I have been working off and on with for probably 4-5 years. It is very hard for me to stay in the painting groove when I have soooo much other stuff that I need to get accomplished. However, if I am ever going to get it done I must stay diligent and focused.
Thomas went to the reds game for work, and I have to say that he deserves a nice break from that place. It seems to be getting worse and worse stress-wise for him there. It is a shame that because he is so good at what he does they take advantage of him and give him a big workload. After he gets done at the game he is coming home and He, and Madden are going to have some quality man time while mama goes to have dinner with Aunt Ess! Hopefully she and I can get some wedding stuff accomplished for her upcoming nuptials. That is pretty much all I have for today folks, hope everyone gets out and enjoys the beautiful day!
I felt kind of bad that I did not get to take Madden to the park, so I made sure to take a long walk when we got home. I then let him run around our yard, which mainly consisted of me saying, "No" because all he wanted to do was pick my flowers and pull on tree limbs. After eating some lunch, Madden is now going down for his nap, and I think I am going to do a little painting. I am almost finished with a piece that I have been working off and on with for probably 4-5 years. It is very hard for me to stay in the painting groove when I have soooo much other stuff that I need to get accomplished. However, if I am ever going to get it done I must stay diligent and focused.
Thomas went to the reds game for work, and I have to say that he deserves a nice break from that place. It seems to be getting worse and worse stress-wise for him there. It is a shame that because he is so good at what he does they take advantage of him and give him a big workload. After he gets done at the game he is coming home and He, and Madden are going to have some quality man time while mama goes to have dinner with Aunt Ess! Hopefully she and I can get some wedding stuff accomplished for her upcoming nuptials. That is pretty much all I have for today folks, hope everyone gets out and enjoys the beautiful day!
Monday, June 28, 2010
June 28, 2010
Hello one and all! This is my attempt to once again start a family blog. My previous attempt on Shutterfly worked out for a while, but I felt limited to what I could do on there. The whole purpose for doing a blog initially was so that family back home could keep up with our everyday lives. When I started to think about it more and more though, I thought this would be a great way to chronicle Madden's life. I am having a hard time keeping up with his baby book so this will be a great reference guide for me.
So in recent news I just celebrated my 27th birthday. I now agree with what everybody says in that the older you get the more and more you start to dread your birthdays. I know I am only 27 but it just seems like such a big number. I don't feel like i have been on this earth 27 years but I suppose the math does add up. Besides that though, I am very fortunate to have such wonderful friends and family that really make me feel special on my big day. Thomas and Madden made sure to make my Birthday weekend as wonderful as possible. Thomas even changed all the poopy diapers, what a guy! I always feel very lucky to have such a wonderful husband, and loving little boy.
In Madden news...well he is living up to the title of boy. We have not had anymore "Poop episodes" thank God! After having to clean poop off of his head and hands two times I was done. Hopefully he will get potty trained soon, or we will have to get him onesie pajamas's forever. He is still trying to figure out how to say things, and it seems like he can pick up on singing a song much easier than actually saying words. Maybe we have a Pavarotti on our hands! It' so funny how no matter what the song may be he figures out a way to incorporate the words mama and dada into them. He just knows how to melt our heart!
I am going to post a few recent pictures. Be sure to come back and visit as I am going to try and stay on board here!
So in recent news I just celebrated my 27th birthday. I now agree with what everybody says in that the older you get the more and more you start to dread your birthdays. I know I am only 27 but it just seems like such a big number. I don't feel like i have been on this earth 27 years but I suppose the math does add up. Besides that though, I am very fortunate to have such wonderful friends and family that really make me feel special on my big day. Thomas and Madden made sure to make my Birthday weekend as wonderful as possible. Thomas even changed all the poopy diapers, what a guy! I always feel very lucky to have such a wonderful husband, and loving little boy.
In Madden news...well he is living up to the title of boy. We have not had anymore "Poop episodes" thank God! After having to clean poop off of his head and hands two times I was done. Hopefully he will get potty trained soon, or we will have to get him onesie pajamas's forever. He is still trying to figure out how to say things, and it seems like he can pick up on singing a song much easier than actually saying words. Maybe we have a Pavarotti on our hands! It' so funny how no matter what the song may be he figures out a way to incorporate the words mama and dada into them. He just knows how to melt our heart!
I am going to post a few recent pictures. Be sure to come back and visit as I am going to try and stay on board here!
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