Bathroom Overhaul!

Jason and I decided to do a mini remodel of our master bathroom today. Our old bathroom had no towel racks, no toiler paper holder, no mirror, and a cheapo over the toiler storage. So after a couple hours at Lowe's and the rest of the day in the bathroom, we were done.

Here are some before pictures.

No mirror!

Taking apart the old sink unit.

Sink unit out.
New one in!
The mirror is up.
The storage cabinet

Here is the new sink area. We reused the top marble part and just replaced the bottom storage part.

The new mirror and hand towel rack.
The new over the toilet storage.
And the new towel rack.
We love our new bathroom!

Madison

Hey ya'll! Just wanted to post up some new pictures of Madison. She likes to help me cook now. Here she is helping me make lasagna.

Madison loves to wrestle with Jack. She will crawl all over him and he doesn't even do anything.

And here she is after a long day of playing. She was so tired she fell asleep in the middle of her snack!

Big Girl!!!

Got some big updates for a big girl! For starters, Madison used the potty for the first time tonight!!! Jason read an article in one of his classes about children with autism, and it said the way they potty train them is to put them on the potty every 15 minutes. So, I said, it's worth a shot, I'll try. It took about 4 times sitting on the potty at 15 minute intervals and Madison peed and pooped in the potty. I got so excited I think I might have scared her a little bit. I must not have scared her too bad because she peed in the potty again before she went to bed!

Speaking of going to bed...we converted Madison's crib to the trasitional bed. And soon she'll get her own big girl bed. She did pretty good with it. She liked the fact that she could get in it herself. She cried the first time I turned out the lights and left, but I just went in and sung her a couple songs and she was fine.

Here she is crawling in for the first time. Chilling out reading a book in bed.
Ready to go Night Night!
Here's a picture I took the other day. Madison was playing in the sprinkler when she decided that she wanted to get her pool toys and bring them to play with. I just thought it was cute the way she was carrying them.
Well, I guess that's about it. Our little baby is growing into a big girl! It's bittersweet!

July 4th

Hey ya'll! Just wanted to post some pictures of our trip to Panama City. Hope everyone had a great 4th of July!

Madison getting ready to go to the fireworks.

At the fireworks...can you tell it's HOT!!!
The fam!
The happy couple.

Here's Madison at Gulf World.

Aunt Lacey and Madison. (She loves sticking that tongue out!)
Madison playing at Shipwreck Island. She loved it!

Bike riding!

Jason bought Madison and I a bike trailer yesterday, so we put it to some use this morning! We got out this morning before it got too hot outside and went for about a 25 minute ride. And let me (and my legs) tell you that you can tell you are pulling 30 pounds behind you! It's good though, it gives me more of a workout. And Madison absolutely loved it! She laughed and giggled for about the first few minutes, and then the rest of the time she went back and forth singing her ABC's and Twinkle Twinkle Little Star. She even kept her helmet on the whole time! I was worried that she would try to pull it off, but she didn't. She such a good girl!

Update

Hey everyone! Just wanted to give a little update and post up a few new pictures. Madison and I are really enjoying our summer off! Unfortunately, Jason is now more busy. He started school last week, so that plus work keeps him busy. He is doing really well though, and I am very proud of him for going back to school.

Madison is doing great. She talks so much now. We're still working on the potty thing. She will tell us after she goes. And she will sit on the potty, but hasn't done anything in it yet. I guess she's just not quite ready yet! I went to Books A Million today and bought her a potty book, and it had a button on it and when you push it it sounds like a toilet flushing. She likes it, so maybe that will help!

She is learning how to drink out of a big girl cup also. I only give one to her when I can be right there with her, so she doesn't make a complete mess. Here's a couple pictures of her drinking from a water bottle. I keep our bottled water on the floor in the pantry, and she will go get one, and bring it to me because she wants to drink out of it!

Here's Madison at Wild Adventure's yesterday. They have this new area for kids (and adults too, I guess) where they keep some of the baby animals for the kids to get close to and pet. They had ducks, chicks, birds, baby goats, and baby deer. The deer in the picture below is only 3 days old!
Anyways, I guess that's it for now. Madison and I will be coming to Panama City next Thursday, the 26th and we'll be there through July 4. We will be going to a couple wedding showers for my sister, Lacey. And just hanging out with family and friends. Can't wait! Jason will come also, but not until July 3.

Jason CCAF Graduation

On Thursday, Jason graduated from the Community College of the Air Force with an Associate in Applied Science Aircraft Armament Systems Technology. He had to transfer all of his credits over, he had to graduate ALS (Airman Leadership School), and he CLEPT his speech class. I'm sorry the pictures are so crappy. Madison and I were at Wild Adventures all morning, so we were in such a hurry trying to get ready to go to the graduation that I forgot my camera! I felt so bad, but I did have my phone so I took a few pictures with that.

He also got the Chief's Group Award for outstanding academic achievement in the Community College of the Air Force. That award came with a $100 check!