"Mama"

She said it! My little precious child who is such a blessing in Tad and my life has said those magical words every mommy likes to hear "momma" well it sounded more like ummma, but she said it. To make it perfect on mothers day I was sitting in the chair in the living room and Tad was across the room. Maddie got upset about something and started whining and crawling toward me with all her might. As I was watching her crawl toward me and our eyes met she looked up at me with those beautiful blue eyes she gets from her daddy and says ummammma (it meant mama) Tad's head whipped around and all I heard was that is soooo not fair! Ever since then all he has been saying is da da da da. He will call from work and tell me to put the phone to her just to say this to her. All she does it smile because she knows it is him and starts to babble. It actually amuses me. He is away for some training in Kentucky until the 22ND of June and every chance he gets he calls to try and get her to say it. He informed me that I need to work on her and teach her how to say it like I taught her to say mama. I then told him that was not a good idea that he needed to do it because then she might start calling me daddy. I am happy that she said it and it made it even better that she said it on mothers day. It also saddened me. It seems like only yesterday that I gave birth to her or even pregnant. It is so true how time flys when you have kids. Am I wrong to just want her to stay little forever so I never have to let her go? She is already going to be one in two months. I am going to be one of those mom's who bawls her eyes out when she goes to her first day of preschool. I know I am pathetic.

Trip home

So Tad left for the field AGAIN, so I was like bye bye Maddie and I are headed home. So Maddie and I went to the airport and flew to Yakima. We were there for just shy of two weeks. I could not believe how cold it was (at least to us) Our bodies are now adjusted to California weather and the day before we left it had already reached a scorching 101 degress. It has now already gotten up to 111. I love going home. I love my family. How I wish Tad and I lived back in yakima. I remember the days when I could not WAIT to leave there. I hated Yakima I now want nothing more that to live there. While we were there we decided to go to the Oregon Coast it was also freezing there as well. We had so much fun just visiting the little shops in Seaside and Cannon Beach. I love the beach. It is such a peacfull place. I wish Tad had the opportunity to be there with me. We also did some climbing on rocks and just explored the beach area. While climbing on rocks we kinda lost track of time and when we started to come back we realized that the tide was coming in and quite close to us on the rocks. It had already covered some of them. So we hurried as fast as we could down. I got quite freaked out the Sea was going to swallow me up and I was going to be eaten by sharks. I am glad my dad was packing Madelyne in the back pack, because when we were coming down I was in such a hurry I slipped on a rock and fell pretty hard. The pain didnt set in until late though I was just focused on survivng when I reached land and felt a sigh of relief I also felt a lot of pain lol.
We went back to Yakima after a fun couple of days. I also had the opportunity to spend some quality time with my grandma who is battling cancer at this time. She is such a strong person. I have never seen anyone go to chemo and keep on the move like she does. She loves Maddie. It is so funny watching those two together. While home we also celebrated mothers day. I had my grandma over and cooked her and my mom a really nice dinner with a really yummy desert. I had a really good time. I am so thanfull for such a wonderful family. Oh the day when I am no longer a army wife and we can just settle down.

Bath time

So Maddie LOVES bath time. The other night when I was getting her in the tub I was in a hurry because we were leaving for Yakima the next day. I just put her in the bath room and sent Tad in there to give her a bath. I hear some laughter and he came around the corner whispering Lindsay come look at her. Maddie is a water girl for sure. She can spend hours in the water. So as you can she she was more than ready to take a bath. I am just thank full she can't get in there by herself yet.