Howdy.

Were all starting to get better after our latest bouts with illness. Not a ton of new news. Madisyn continues to work on her walking. She's getting better and braver (if that's a word). She's been taking a few steps between mom and dad and just today we caught her practicing her balance in the hallway. More teeth are on the way too, leading to less sleep for all of us along with a consistent stream of drool from the munchkin's mouth. Hopefully we'll have some walking pictures soon! We'll work on it.

A plastic penny saved is....well, still a plastic penny.

Mmmmmmetal. We know...weird.

"Look Mom....No hands!"

Our favorite little sausage, trying to bring the brew crew good luck on opening day.

Smile.

This is what Madisyn does now when you ask her to smile.

Just checking my wee-mail.

What!?

Not So Hoppy Easter.

Well, another holiday another sick day. First Christmas, now Easter. Yeah...the Berggren's were all sick again for yet another holiday. It sucked to be honest. Our easter dinner that was so promising turned into grilled cheese. And while it was a good grilled cheese. it didn't compare to the ham we were supposed to have. We were so sick, that even Riley had to make a trip to the doctor today because he seems to have caught the cough we all had. Not fun. But...here are a couple new shots at least. Thanks to Tinytown for the Easter pic, which turned out to be our only one.

Just waiting for nicer weather!

Comin' to get ya!

Dude...where were we?

So...again my apologies for the lack of postings. To catch you up on whats been going on. Madisyn's continuing to work on her 'walking.' She got some pretty spiffy new shoes that will hopefully help with it. I think it will still be a little bit yet. We'll keep working on it. She's starting to say certain words...just in her own way. She also moved up to the next room at daycare. It was pretty hard for Amie and I to leave her in there the first couple of days because she just looked like she had no clue where she was. They said said she did okay though....so thats comforting. Its pretty crazy though , she went from napping in a pack and play, to now sleeping on a mat on the floor. We'll see how it goes. As you can see from the picture below though, she's starting to take a liking to laying on the floor. Hopefully it won't be too long before you hear from us again.

Waiting for the big bath to fill up.

It's time to start taking care of those pearly whites. All 4 of them. Madisyn's taking a liking to brushing her teeth. Or...as she does it...she slurps the water off of the bristles. Most of the time at least.

Birthday Party 1.2

Madisyn had party number 2 for birthday number 1 this weekend. It was another crazy one with tons of people in our house. But as Madisyn says, that means more presents. Thanks for everyone who came. Hope you had a good time.

Madisyn with one of her favorite gifts, an Elmo balloon...

Even better....CASH! Cash puts a smile on any girl's face I guess.

Stylin'

MORE CAKE! Mmmmmm......

Gavin came and finally got his Christmas present.

Running up those cell phone minutes to tell all her friends what she got.

Happy Valentine's Day!

How Old is Madisyn?

Yup....1 year old! It's amazing how fast time flies. It seems like only yesterday we were just bringing her home. We can easily say its been the greatest year of our lives. It truly is amazing how something so little can bring you so much joy.

Just a little tiny thing compared to now (1 year ago).

My FiRsT pArTy

First came some presents...

and some more...

and some more (that by the looks she liked).

and EVEN more!!! Here she is with her Arizona State SunDevil horns. It's kind of funny because as she gets older and older, those horns seem to be more and more fitting (at times).

Here's the cake spread, kid's cakes and the grown up cakes.

Madisyn's 'SMASH' cake...specially prepared by Uncle Ryan and Aunt Jenny!

Except, to Dad's dismay...there wasn't much smashing! C'MON SMACK THAT THING!

Okay...a little messier.

Here's Lola having some of her cake.

But first she had to take off her cute outfit so she didn't get frosting on it.
Simon opted for the wooden blocks. Something about a better source of fiber. (He had some of his cake too)

Reese enjoying her cake. Reese...what's the dog say?

And CRASH! A long day, a lot of playing, and a ton of sugar meant early to bed.

Thanks to everyone that came to the party. We/Madisyn really appreciate all the great presents and the fun. Thank you SO much! Hope you all had fun!

Madisyn was so glad to see her friend Reese again. They had a great weekend. Lots of hugs...

And some fun in the bath. Actually there was some other things in the bath too. Click on over to Staniak's blog to see what else happened 'in the bath.'

This is from two weekends ago (I KNOW, I KNOW...I SHOULD HAVE POSTED IT EARLIER!) when we went over to Simon's to play with Simon and Lola. Madisyn loved to give Simon rides in his Radio Flyer wagon.

Here's the gang.

In the hair....nice!

Speaking of hair.

Hairdo's and don'ts.

Just a couple new shots. Cute and Curly vs. The Hawk.

Before.

After.