Halloween...

 Corn Maze/ Pumpkin Patch

 Carving pumpkins... not my favorite activity, nor Mady's.  She refused to touch the inside of the pumpkin and she liked just drawing on hers with a marker. 

Mady the cow (she really wanted to be a bucking bull but settled for just a cow)

 Snap shot

 Mady and Duchess, come home you are breaking her heart.

 A day at the zoo.

 Birthday #3 not the best picture.

4th of July, hanging out with her boys:)

Updates!!

So I know I said I would try harder and I really meant it but we have been a tad bit busy.  This spring Mady was my little asst. coach in softball.  She would yell at the girls to catch the ball and stand in the huddle with us.  It was pretty cute, she has a bright pink helmet and mit that she wore.
Mady turned 3!!! I am one of those moms that will hate birthdays, it just means she is growing up:( We had a pretty low key birthday this year, we were right in the middle of moving so I kind of felt bad it was overlooked.  But thanks to pinterest its going to rock next year!
We are into our new house!! And LOVE it!  All the boxes are unpacked and its already decorated.  Mady loves showing everybody her new house.
Some of the Mady's favorite lines lately:
"Dad, your pissin me off."  Must watch language...
"Goodness gracious mom, I am tired of you bossin me today."
" Umm do you think that Duchess will come home today, I really need to play with her." Her poor cat ran away when we moved and she just waiting for her to come home.
 When told at the store we didn't have money for something she said, " Silly mom, I know you have money in yours wallet."
I have got to get better at writing them down.  As you can see she is quite the little sas.  But sometimes when she says it with her little accent its hard not to laugh at her.
She is now just waiting for our Disneyland trip ( not for four more months) and ask every morning if we are going to Disneyland today. And how we are getting there and how we are playing for the tickets and so on. EVERYDAY! But in the meantime she will just hang out in her pool:)

Yup we are here

I know it been forever since I bogged, I would like to say I have a reason but no I don't. I am just lazy with it. That's all I can say.Obviously alot has happened since the last post. Mady is now a very energetic and some time out of control 2 1/2 year old. She loved Christmas and ended up super spoiled, I figured that's what would happen though:) She loves anything and everything that has Minnie Mouse on it. She loves to play with her dolls and do hair. No real news here with Pat and I. We did sell our house and we live in a small rental home until our house will be finished hopefully in May. Or at least that is when I am moving in. This humble little home makes me miss ALOT about our old house, and I am SUPER excited about the new one. For the few of you that follow this blog we are also just finishing up the paper work for our next adoption. We are excited about this and hope that there is someone special out there looking for us. Mady is always asking for a brother or a sister so hopefully it will happen while she still thinks it cool! So if any of you know of someone or heard of something please tell them about us, we have a another blog and it patandrachelolsen.blogspot.com. We would appreciate any help:)

{PICTURES}

Mady and nanny noodles


Mady and Grandpa

Mady blowing us kisses.

Mady wouldn't touch this kitten she would just

lay on her stomach and giggle at it.

Now this poor thing, clearly she didn't have any

problem touching him.

She also LOVED this rooster, she would bend

down and just talk to it.

Mady's first hair cut, there wasn't much to cut

off but it's finally starting to come in, SLOWLY!

Her first fishing trip, she did much better than

I thought she would.

Mady's favortie summertime activity, swimming.

I should have rotated the last two but my helper

is getting tired and she can't seem to be more

than two feet from me or we have a meltdown so

this is what you get:) 4th of July

Enjoying an otterpop while trying to run under

the horses feet. I don't get it not afraid of horses,

but scared to death of any dog.

I need to do much better at taking pictures, I am

awful at it and at the rate I have been blogging

I will probably update sometime around December:)

Madysen's 1 year pictures

My computer was being dumb so I had to

upload the pictures one by one so this is all

you get. Thanks again Kara I love them:)

UPDATES...

Mady has yet to figure out a "cute"
smile for the camera.


She loves to climb in, on and out of everything.


Mady LOVES her food. She was waiting for a
bottle and picked up this tomato and started
to eat it like an apple. She never sits still, that
is why she still only weighs 19lbs. She is in the
13% for weight but I promise she is always eating.
Below are some of her latest favorites.



Corn on the cob

Dinner right out of the pot.

Nesquik (sorry forgot to turn)

Moving on to Mady's 1st birthday. She was

spoiled by many. She got 2 birthday parties

so everyone could join in on the fun.

She already enjoys opening presents. She

got the hang of it by the 1st present.

Granny made her a duck cake with marshmallow

frosting. She wasn't feeling good this day so

she didn't dig in like I thought she would.

Her very own princess cake, she didn't eat any

of the cake only the bright blue frosting.
I don't know what I was thinking when I got a

blue cake:)

Opening more presents, and loving

the attention.

The Birthday girl in all her glory!!

She is such a blessing to us. We love

her very much. She is still small for

her age, but very smart. She is

starting to walk and she is

constantly talking. She stills loves

to dance and play hide and seek. She

loves shoes, help fold clothes,

and will give any THING

a kiss. That could be a problem down

the road but for its just SUPER cute.

We love our little bug.