My big girl

Bye-Bye Binky!! She did it. Last night was the first night without a binky. I was bracing myself for a sleepless night with a sobbing little girl, but it was a breeze. She started the day by coloring and decorating an envelope to send to the "binky fairy" and then we walked out to the mailbox and sent it. Then she went to bed that night with some whining and asking for the bink, but went to sleep after a couple minutes. Only one wake-up in the night about 2am. Mommy laid with her for a couple minutes and she calmed down and fell back to sleep. She did it!! She woke up this morning to presents and balloons and cupcakes from the binky fairy and was elated. It went so well. Good job Madders!!!!

Enjoying a breakfast cupcake from the binky fairy
yum yum!!

The Technology is Back

We've moved!! It finally happened a year after the foundation was dug. We are so excited to get to know our new rural life. We are camping out in a trailer and joke about being 'trailer trash'. We are using our house for everything but sleeping. Oh how I miss my bed. I finally had the internet/tv/phone hooked up in our house late last week!! I felt so out of touch and a bit lost without the computer. Sad, I know. I don't know how the Amish do it. And without my babysitter (the TV) I don't get a spare moment to do much of anything--haha. We have had a lot going on since our last post, so I will just put them all together here.

Carpet in the office was installedThe stairs and the rest of the house were carpeted...oooh soft
How we livin'--or sleeping really. Nice, huh?

We had our annual Allen family picnic last Saturday. It was a great time
Carson found a soccer ball and practiced his skills

Madelyn discovered a new 'hang out' at the house. Oh the things that will get thrown over the railing. I am praying no people do :)

We took a walk to the river behind our house to throw rocks.

Jeremy loves it out here.
Carson is scoping out where to throw the next pebble

On the way back we saw our deer. She is around almost daily eating apples that fall from the apple tree in our back yard. That is our house in the background.

You can barely see the deer in at the top of the hill, but Carson was loving watching her, as were we all.