Goodbye summer

Well I can't believe summer is already over, and fall is starting to set in. :( This summer seemed to fly by... probably because we had a baby at the beginning of summer, and of course that kept us pretty busy! But new baby and all, we have surprisingly still gone and done a ton this summer!

This is kind of old news but I better start at the beginning of summer, so here are some of June's festivities (me and the babe were still recovering at home, so these are mostly Maddie and Daddy events) :)

SUMMER FUN IN JUNE:

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  Madison went to the zoo for her 2nd time! Oumie & Deeds were nice enough to come and get Madison so I could have some down time at home to recover from my c-section, and only have to take care of one other body :) Very much needed! Uncle Erik also took Madison out- to Discover Gateway that she LOVES, but no pictures of that :)

She was not a fan of the gorilla... a fake forced smile here!

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  The Rec Center! We bought passes to the new Herriman Rec Center a few months ago. Madison loves to swim and go down the little waterslides so Daddy takes her there often

The lazy river

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  Bounce house & horse back riding!! We went to a neighborhood summer party up by Nick's parent's house. They had yummy desserts, face painting, a bounce house and even horse back riding for the kids! So fun! Bounce houses and trampolines = Maddie's new summer favorites! She LOVES to jump and go forever if we let her!

She held very still for her first face painting and got the little yellow flower she wanted

Madison loves animals, especially horses. She used to see them frequently because one of my patient's had some and she would usually come with me on visits. She got to pet them and feed them. I thought she'd be a little nervous to actually get on one though, but nope, she loved it! It was a big horse but it didn't even faze her. She got to ride all by herself around in a circle a few times.

More horses! Auntie Deeds was horse-sitting for a week, so we went up to "help!"

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  Trampolines! Here she is with her buddy Ezra at his birthday party!

On Grandma & Papa's trampoline with her cousin

Playin the piano with Danielle

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  New bike! We bought her a bike for her birthday. It wasn't really a surprise cuz we had to take her with us to try them out! Here she is riding around Walmart :)

Helpin Dad wash the car! Madison loves to be a helper! I should definitely take advantage of this stage where my daughter loves to clean! :)

Grandma came over many, many times to help out and play with Madison while I was with my new baby! Madison loved having visitors almost daily! Here they are painting...

Well I sure was happy when Madison discovered this new activity to keep her busy while I was busy with Jayden.... hanging up hangers and clothes, taking them all down, putting them back up....over and over and over! We added all of her clothes to Jayden's clothes in his closet and it would entertain her for long periods of time each day, for at least a month. Too bad it doesn't as much anymore! :)