My First Birthday!

 

 Birthday Photo Shoot

 

 

Opening Presents

 

 

Cake Time

 

The Garden

Our peas are in! but it is still too cold to plant anything else yet.

 

Fairbanks set a new record low on Monday with a temperature of 22 degrees. That broke the old record of 26 degrees in 1938. And on Wednesday, we had our first 50-degree day since early October. It marked the end of a 215-day stretch when the temperature did not rise to at least 50 degrees. Enough of this cold weather!!!!!

 Last year we planted out garden hours before I went into labor (a year ago tomorrow). I still had dirt under my nails when I checked in at the hospital. I think that means Maddison will grow up with a love for getting dirty...I hope.

This is Maddie, doing her normal job - inspecting our work...

 

...and playing in a box; the best toy ever!

1st Mother's Day

Feeling so blessed to be this little one's Mom today.

Mom's Little Angel.

The Lime Test

 I gave Maddison a lime rind to suck on a bit. I had already squeezed the juice out but there was still enough lime for her to taste.

 At first she made some funny faces but she kept sucking on it.

 And then she seemed to really like it.

And this was her face when I took it away.

Hatcher Pass

Happy 30th Birthday!

The Party Participants

Home made chocolate mousse pie and a new birthday t-shirt.

a little bit funny

"Just call me diaper head."
"Okay, diaper head."

Mystery Solved

I was transferring wet clothes from the front loading washer to the dryer when I noticed something pink sticking out of this thin crack in the washer. There is a large rubber gasket around the inside of the washer opening that helps seal the door shut. I pulled it back to find a large space under the gasket and found 10 of Maddison's socks inside! The washer really did eat her socks! I never would have found them if one hadn't been sticking out a little. Happy day!

New Haircut

 

 

  

April Fools!

Easter Morning

 

Maddison in the Easter dress I made her.

Shaking her Cheerio filled Easter eggs.

 

Inspecting the rest of her basket.



Easter Peeps

We took Maddison to see all the little chicks at the Alaska Feed Co. today. She was super nervous.  She clung to Steve and wouldn't let go.

 

 But she warmed up to them a little by the end. Those little chicks are so cute.

It's snot easy being sick.

We have had a few loooong nights and days lately with a sick baby and found out last night she has an ear infection. Poor little thing. At least now she is on the road to recovery. Antibiotics, work your magic.

Ice Fishing

Bundled up baby.

 If you look closely you can see a wee-tiny pole in Maddison's hands. She didn't catch anything.

 

Inside the warm fishing tent.

...and so it begins

This was my sock selection for Maddison this morning. 5 socks without a match in the bunch. Good thing we had some white socks in the dryer. But seriously...where did the other 5 socks go?