Sweet Faces

Oh my goodness! I just looked at the date of my last post and realized how long it has been. So Sorry!

We haven't been up to much since my last post.... we're so boring! Maddox is back in Mother's Day Out two days a week after having off the entire month of August. He's in the Toddler Room and has the same two teachers he had this summer, Ms. Amy & Ms. Sandra. Maddox loves them and they love him just the same. Ms. Amy calls him her "little cowboy" because of his bowlegs!

Stephen is busy, busy, busy at work. He loves what he does and is really excited about getting out and putting all this hard work into practice.

The Bible study that I participate in started back up two weeks ago and is going great! We are continuing our study from the spring... Kay Arthur's Lord, I Want To Know You. It is awesome and I highly suggest doing this study.

We do have some exciting times ahead.... Stephen and I are heading to Hawaii in a couple of weeks for the American Association of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeons convention!!!!! We are thrilled about a MUCH needed vacation, and my favorite part.... it's a tropical vacation! The convention is in Honolulu, but since we'll be there for so long we decided to island hop for 2 days and 2 nights to Kauai. We'll then go back to Honolulu for 4 days and 3 nights. Since we have been married (5 1/2 years) we've taken a couple of trips to the beach with my family and went to Boston (for this same convention) two years ago and that is it! On the flip side..... we are VERY, VERY sad to leave Maddox. He is going to be in Jackson staying with my mom and Stephen's parents so we know he will be loved on just as much as he is at home. I'll be interested to see what our internal clocks do when we aren't being woken up in the night or starting our day by 7:00 a.m. We will definitely enjoy ourselves because we won't get to go another trip like this for a LONG, LONG time! If any of you have been to Kauai or Honolulu and have any suggestions of great entertainment, dining, etc. please let me know!!!!

And last but not least.... I captured Maddox and many of his sweet faces today! He makes me smile :)!

Being WILD with Dadeeee!

So innocent!

Hey.. you can't be that sweet all the time!

"Pappy" Free!!!!

I'm proud to announce that Maddox is now pappy (pacifier) free! Saturday night I looked at Stephen and said, "It's time. We're starting tomorrow!". While Maddox was eating breakfast Sunday I took the pacifier and cut a slit down the middle. When he asked for it we acted shocked and told him it was broken. The look of confusion on his face was priceless! He only put it in his mouth about 10 minutes all day but held it in his hand. He took his nap and went slept that night without a fuss, but pappy in hand. When he was eating his breakfast Monday morning, I cut almost the entire nipple off. He didn't really ask for it. He saw it on the counter and once again we told him it was broken. He just looked at it strangely, but didn't want it all. He took his nap and slept last night without it! He did wake up once in the night and Stephen went to check on him. When he came back to bed he said Puppy Dog (Maddox's companion) was soaking wet. So, instead of sucking a pacifier he was sucking on Puppy Dog's ear. YIPPEEEEE!!! As much as I dreaded it, I think this may have been the easiest thing we have done since he was born!

A boy and his dog.....

This is the story (in pictures) of a boy and his dog. Maddox LOVES Lexie! As I've posted before, we are very thankful that Lexie puts up with him. These are some scenes of everyday life for the two of them.