Eric & Sally

Eric and Sally have hit the road and are on their way back to Oregon. Madeline and I are home alone. Nick is in New Mexico for Safety school. Tonight I think we are going to watch some girl movies and eat lots of ice cream! Here are some pictures of Eric and Sally right before they left for the airport! Thanks for coming to visit you guys!!!!

Babies LOVE slide whistles!

Here is part of the Kindermusik group! Thanks to Aunt Sally we got some cute group pictures. The slide whistle really helped capture our little ones attention! The first picture is without the golden slide whistle and the second is with the new photography trick! I think I'm going to look for one on ebay.

The Schindler Visit!!!!

What a fun time we are having with Aunt Sally and Uncle Eric!

There have been lots of wagon rides. Madeline has a new favorite of watching the road go by in her wagon!

There have been lots of sewing for the girls.

Sally has made a quilted game mat for her friend and I worked on some baby gifts. The boys have enjoyed playing with their cameras and taking funny pictures of our Madeline. This is the view of Madeline crawling towards you. Scary!!!

This is the view from above!
Madeline even made some time to help Daddy with his reading!

We went for a picnic and a hike out at the Wichita Mountains. Here are a few family photos. It is a great workout carrying a 24 pound baby around!

Here is Madeline with her Uncle Eric! Thanks Uncle Eric for being the weekend photographer!

There were lots of cuddles, tickles, and laughs.

This is how Madeline feels about everyone leaving tomorrow!

The End!

Valentine's Week Fun

Here are a few pictures from our kitchen photoshoot! For having an ear infection I think she looks pretty great! I made the outfit the other day in celebration of the day of love. Actually this is the second shirt I made. The first one was too tiny, so our friend Madi got a V-day treat. Madeline is now weighing in at 23 pounds 7 ounces. She gives the arms a great workout.

She was busy talking to me while I was taking pictures. If only I knew what she was saying!

SO BIG!!!

Last night she crawled over to the coffee table and pulled herself up. After she got there she started to clap and almost fell over!

Doesn't everybody where a tutu and ride in a wagon to get the mail?

She road all around the house helping me gather the trash and put away laundry. Here she is counting how many chores we have left!

Crafting

Disclaimer:

If you are just checking the blog for pictures of Madeline then ignore this post.

I have been busy making all kinds of fun things with my new serger. That thing is fabulous. I absolutely love it! It is so fast and makes things look so nice and neat! Here are the projects I made yesterday during nap time and after I put Madeline and Nick to bed. :) They are for a baby shower I am going to tonight.

Also, I head back to the surgeon on Thursday and he will see if this chemo cream has reduced the size of the growth on my foot enough to do surgery without having to do a skin graph. Doesn't that sound gross! My foot is super tender and I am praying that I am almost finished messing around with this!!!!!!

Madeline seems much better today she has only coughed a few times and has taken both of her naps. She is such a trooper.

What A Week!

It has been crazy busy around the Schindler House. Besides the usual activities, Bible Study, Mission Friends, KinderMusik, we have had play dates, bow making parties, teaching Kindergarten Sunday School, and Nick writing a long paper for his masters class. On top of all that Madeline has been sick. She had a cold and now it has turned into bronchiolitis. On Friday we headed to the Doctors office at 8:30 in the morning. He was very worried about her wheezing so we had some chest x-rays done. Again, no crying and she even tried to wave while her hands were sticking out of the top of the tube. They looked...O.K....A little big of congestion on the left side. He was worried about how hard she was having to work to breath so he said if she got worse she needed to go to the hospital. HOSPITAL!!! Oh my goodness!! So he said to come back at 4:30 and if she was worse we were to go to the hospital. Well, we came home and rested, drank lots of fluids and acted like we weren't sick. :) Then back to the doctor's office. She was exactly the same so he said to just watch her over the weekend and call if she got worse. She was great all weekend. She is still congested and sounds horrible but acts fine. We went back today (Monday) and he said she was sounding better but now has an ear infection. You sure wouldn't know it. She is one happy camper. So that is the update from Schinderville.

1st Super Bowl

Here are a few pictures from Madeline's first super bowl. I think she enjoyed her Dad's focus on the game so she could make a quick play for the remote that ended with Nick saying how in the world did you get that? This has been a nice relaxing weekend. Nick and I spent yesterday goofing around the house and today we taught Kindergarten Sunday School. It was so much fun. Nick was the hole punch boss and the snack and drink chief! Here are a few pictures to show how a real super bowl party goes with a 10 month old!

Seriously, this guy is sort of getting on my nerves!

I'm just feeling my 2 brand new teeth on the bottom! I am so grown up! (10 months old)

There it is the remote..and Daddy looks distracted!!!!

Victory!!!

Rats! Daddy noticed!!!!

Now I am going to pout and be in a fight with my mean old Dad!

I guess I am not that mad! Happy Super Bowl day everyone!!!