My Grandma Lucier crochets like you wouldn't believe...she's made several sweaters and blankets for Maddy in the last couple of years (even before she was born). Here is a picture of one that she finally grew into. She wore it to church this past Sunday...




Lindsay took this picture Monday night during bath time...







I love this one, she looks like, "What the heck is this?!" Her Daddy makes the same face. Oh, and the hair - we tried making a mohawk but her hair is so heavy it wouldn't stand up.

Pumpkin Truck

Check out what I passed on my way to work this morning!! It is a HUMONGOUS pumpkin the back of a pick up truck!!

Random Phone Pics...

Here are a few pictures taken from my phone. This one was taken a couple of months ago. How cool is she?



This one was taken in the back of Mimi's truck. I have no idea where we were headed or what we were doing but she was being cute.



This was taken this past weekend. Doesn't her longer hair make her look completely different? It's really growing fast these days. Anyway, we were at lunch and she was entertaining herself by talking on the phone.

California

I flew into Los Angeles yesterday morning and had two meetings and then drove to San Diego that night for a meeting today - then I will be heading home in the morning. I have never been impressed with Los Angeles, maybe because I've never been in the trendy, upper class areas - but I have to say I think San Diego is gorgeous. The weather is perfect, the beaches are beautiful and it seems much cleaner.

I am staying near the airport on Harbor Island. There must be a million sail boats around me. This is the view from my hotel room. there are probably 50 rows of boats just as crammed as these are...

Amazingly, I had some down time after my meeting today. I went to La Jolla Beach hoping to see some seals near the cliffs. It was too crowded and I didn't see any, but I did finish up a good book and spend some time laying out. Here are some pictures at the beach taken with my cell phone...

Later I went for a walk across the street from the hotel around the harbor. They had a perfect walkway with a view of downtown ahead.

You can see all the sailboats around - it was so pretty...

Here is a fuzzy picture of an aircraft carrier...

I am disappointed I didn't see any seals but overall its a gorgeous place - if you can put up with the traffic!

Always Keep an Eye on Your Child...

Maddy caught a cold a week or so ago so we have had to increase the frequency of her breathing treatments lately. Well, it still hasn't improved and daycare mentioned that at nap time it was really getting bad. I thought Wednesday night it was finally starting to get better - but I quickly figured out it wasn't when I got her up to get dressed. She couldn't stop coughing. Sometimes she does that and its just a coughing fit and goes away. That's what I was hoping this was. We pull into daycare and she is still coughing. At this point I start to feel pretty bad and wonder if I should take her in there - on Monday we were notified that a child in Maddy's class had the swine flu and I just knew everyone was going to be thinking Maddy had it and I was bringing her to school with it. I checked with her doctor earlier in the week and because of her history and no fever they felt strongly that she was fine and this was just the results of the cold she had gotten mixed with her little airways. As I am walking in, I am saying in my head, "please stop coughing, please stop coughing..." We wash her hands, take her coat off, walk into the morning classroom and I hand her over to one of her favorite teachers and she coughs right in her face. I felt so bad. I apologized and told her it wasn't swine flu and that I would be back in just a couple of hours to take her home and do her breathing treatments every 4 hours. Which is just what I did. Thankfully, my boss let me work from home most of the day yesterday and today.

When we got home yesterday I had a ton of work to get done so when she wasn't sleeping I really wasn't paying too much attention to her. At one point I heard her in her favorite place - our bathroom drawers, so I went down the hall and she was playing with toe nail clippers and lipstick. She LOVES lipstick, as you can see. You can't take it out to put on yourself without also putting it on her.



Later, she was way too quiet. As you know, we have taken the paci away except in certain situations; sleep time, in the car and during breathing treatments. She popped up beside me when I called out her name and this is what she looked like...

Remember When....

I went back to Best Buy today to pick up my camera and I noticed I had a few pictures saved on the camera itself - which I never realized because I always use a memory card. There were only a couple, but they must have been when Maddy was about 3 months old. I was shocked when I looked at them and realized how quickly time passes and how quickly she changes. It broke my heart!

No Pictures...

My camera broke and was shipped off to the geek squad for repairs. The estimated return date is September 19. So, unless I can get pictures from other people or borrow one, we won't be posting many pictures in the next few weeks. But, I still want to keep everyone updated on what's going on...which really isn't much.

We are working on taking Maddy's beloved paci away (I added it on the list of new things she's doing). Although she still gets it during nap time and in the car. She's doing great when she is focused on something else, but when she wants it and can't have it, she let's us know she's mad!

I came home this week thinking aliens had taken over Brandon's body. Monday was a rainy day and he couldn't work long so he got home early and fixed the three broken kitchen chairs that I have been asking him to fix for over a year! The same day, he started working on refinishing our rocking chairs. They are white and sit on the porch and are just stained with mildew. We've tried everything to get them clean again but they needed to be sanded and re-painted (also about a year overdue) He has been working on this all week long and they look great.

I will be 30 tomorrow! When I type it, I just can't believe I have been on this earth that long, it sounds like quite a long time. But, I have to say it doesn't bother me in the least little bit. I don't really know why people freak out when they turn 30. I honestly feel like my life gets better with each passing year - the last couple of years, especially. Maybe I'll freak out when I turn 40.