Our little chick...

Madison is having fun dressing up as our little chick for the Easter season. We've tried spring dresses, bunny ears, and easter basket photos... but her favorite is naked with a little puff on the top of her head (let's hope this phase doesn't last long).

We are planning and packing for a trip to Denver-land to visit Jim and Jamie over the spring break. It will be Madison's first real road trip. We've decided to split the trip up and stay in a hotel... not quite sure Madison can do all 15 hours at once. Nanna is driving with us, so we'll rotate between driving, hanging out with Madison, and reading trashy magazines (nothing work related allowed). We're going shopping again today to buy a portable dvd player and seasame street dvd's. Madison absolutely adores Elmo, Bert, Ernie, Big Bird, Grover, and the Grouch. She'll sit on the carpet and smile and laugh through the whole show-- it's priceless! Her favorite is when Mr.Noodle dances and acts silly (it probably reminds her of dad).

We're still working on crawling. She's been up on all 4's and rocking since about Thanksgiving... but still not to the crazy crawling yet. She can easily get herself around by rolling, rocking, scooting backwards, pushing across the hardwood floors, etc.. it's just not the traditional crawling you might expect. Just like the day she was born... I think she'll be one to do things when she's ready... regardless of what her friends are doing... or what the book says....(again, let's hope this phase doesn't last long).

I took my first work trip last week. Fourteen of us went to Denver for the Expeditionary Learning National Conference. We had a blast! It was tough to be away from Madison, but I knew she was in good hands with dad. And dad's confidence sure has grown! He can do morning to night routine.... 5 days in a row... and still survive!

I've also recently passed another milestone in life as we now know it, I've finished my Masters in Educational Leadership program-- yahoo! No more Thursday night classes and Monday night study groups! I"m officially done with the graduate school portion of my life.... and will do everything in my power to stay away for a few years... (I know it sounds sick, but I am a little addicted to school).