2 Months Old!

I can't believe how fast she's growing! Her little personality is blossoming every day!

At her 2 month check up she measured:

9 1/2 lbs.-23rd percentile

15" HC-35th percentile

22" long-40th percentile

WE JUST LOVE HER!!!

Tucson or Bust

This past weekend Maddison and I went with my parents to Tucson where my dad was in a big cycling race, 109ish miles! He did awesome!! While he was riding his little heart out, my mom, Maddison, and I went to the Tucson Botanical Gardens where they were having a tropical butterfly exhibit. We had a great time looking at the different gardens and admiring the beautiful butterflies! Dieter missed the adventure because he was away flying all over the country and was greatly missed! We had a good time! Here's a few pictures of the trip...

Our first night there, my mom was telling Maddison the story of Jack and the bean stalk. She was listening intently.

My mom at the entrance of the gardens.

Maddison and Me in the butterfly exhibit...we weren't able to get any pictures of the butterflies, sorry.

Maddison the little Monarch

In the bamboo forest

On our way out with a sleeping Maddison. It wasn't until later that I realized I didn't get any pictures of my super star dad in his cycling getup with his medal. Next time...that just means he has to do another huge race!

Family Photo

My dad took our first family photo for us this past week! Maddison did great for about 5 minutes and then quickly became too tired and hungry to keep going. We still got a few good shots in before she was really done. She's such a cutie and we absolutely adore her!

Trying to keep Maddison happy, I guess my dad sneaked a shot but it cracked me up.

Grandma Weiss came to visit

Dieter's mother, Marcia, came to visit and meet her cutie granddaughter. She got lots of bonding time in with Maddison and we're so glad she was able to come!

Here's the scoop...

We are in Arizona, not for vacation, but currently living in Arizona. I know, we're hard to keep track of, but for the time being, here we are! Here's the scoop...Dieter got moved to the Denver base, so we are going to try out the whole commuting thing and see how it goes. If all goes well, we'll hopefully be staying...if it's not going to work out, we'll be moving to Denver. Either way, we are very excited to be here and to be further out west near family even though we have LOVED living out east.

We packed up the truck a week ago Saturday and started our drive late that afternoon. We got to Bristol, TN and decided to call it a night and stayed in a hotel. Next day, slept in just a little and headed out to Memphis, TN where we stayed with Dieter's brother and family, Victor, Alayna, Max, Graham, and baby Grey. Tennessee is a very long state! We left their place on Monday morning and made it to Amarillo, TX where we stayed the night in a super nice Comfort Inn, who knew! Tuesday we drove till we made it to Glendale, AZ where we stayed with my brother and his super wife Kara until we could unpack and get the truck back. Maddison was a super star the whole drive! Thank goodness she's still in newborn sleep mode otherwise it would have been more of a challenge. We also had my awesome mom

come out to Virginia and help us with the driving and with Maddison while we were moving and packing the truck. She was so helpful and I am so glad she was able to help us out!!

Maddison and her daddy-first night on the road.

She had her arm out like that with fist closed for I don't know how long.

My mom, Graham, Max, and Victor

Enjoying a little Wii bowling

Victor, Maddison, and Dieter

Maddison got to meet her cousins, Graham, Max, and Grey. They were all so cute and excited to meet her and she got many many kisses from her cousin Graham. We are so glad she got to meet some of the family on our way out.

Dieter and baby Grey-she is an absolute doll!

Alayna and cutie pie Grey

Our little traveler-this is what she was doing for 2,450 miles over 4 days-except with eyes closed usually.

Many thanks to Victor and Alayna for letting us crash at their place. We love seeing you guys whenever we can; you're awesome! And many thanks to my mom for helping with the move and driving all that way with us; for my dad and Jonathan for helping us unpack in AZ and for Kara who was a super duper hostess while we stayed with them the night we got in-loved the yummy homemade pizza! You're all the best and we're so glad we get to be part of your family!

Too many post in too little time?

I know I am posting way too many pictures of our little Maddison, but I can't help it. I'll try and give it a rest for a bit. We're going to be pretty busy driving across the country soon, so I won't even have internet access for a bit. Anyway, I'm ONLY posting 4 even though I have taken a million and one. Here's our cutie at one month old! I can't believe how fast she's growing! She is so fun and cute and is really developing into her own little person; I love it!

To some friends we go!

Last night we drove out to Manassas to visit my old Provo roommate, Ashley, and her husband Rich before we leave Virginia. We got some delicious burgers and fries and watched the BYU game. The food was awesome...the game not so much, but it was still fun to get together with them as always. They even treated us to dinner the sweethearts! They also got to meet Maddison, who we bragged about, saying she was such a good baby. She slept through the game but when she woke up, she cried and wasn't about to stop so we had to take our cry baby home. She cried in the car for a bit but I hopped back with her and sang some songs and she fell asleep after about 100 "You are My Sunshines". We will miss Virginia but we are excited for our upcoming move!

Maddison took charge and decided to feed herself.

Rich and Maddison

Ashley and Maddison

So glad we got to see you guys again before we take off, you're awesome!!