Afternoon at the Children's Museum

Tracy and I took the girls to the Grand Rapids Children's Museum today...what a riot. Maddie and Gracie obviously with the age difference, have very different types of "play" right now. :) Gracie sure does hold her own with the older kids I will say!! :) They had a ball with the bubble and the mirror. Of course the play kitchen was a huge hit. :) It's such a fun place to get these kiddos to get some energy out and they play so well together. Here are some fun shots from the day. Gracie wasn't so sure about the mirror tunnel at first, but ended up love'n it.

Update on Katie

I just talked to Austin and Katie is doing wonderfully! She didn't get much sleep last night as she was asked to get up and walk already!! Along with random walks, her vitals were taken all the time. Hopefully she can get some rest today. They told her walking will help the healing process that much quicker, so knowing Katie she'll be up and about. :) They have quite the facility at Blodgett, and she is getting great care. Fell better soon dear!!

Katie's doing GREAT!!

Katie had her surgery this morning and went great!! She is obviously sleepy, and out of it but she is doing really well. I'm sure she would want me to thank you all for your prayers as she starts this journey. Tom and I are going to see her right now, so I'll update this a little later.

WAY TO GO KATIE!!

Oh yeah...Big Girl Potty Time.

So Maddie is getting to be a BIG GIRL people. :D She is now going on the "Big Girl Potty" almost every time. :) *ALMOST*

It's like a light clicked on and she's all about it now. :) THANKS BE TO GOD. She gets better and better everyday.

Not too sure about this weather...

Yeah, Maddie's not so sure about this super cold weather. :)She doesn't really like the whole idea of getting this bundled up and then NOT playing outside. Think about it...it's really not fair for a kid. :)

I love this expression.

Drive safe everyone!! :)

Little Mother...and a CUTE kid. ;)

Maddie is my little helper on Mondays when Thys is here. :) She plays "Little Mommy", which is a book that my Mom read to me when I was her age, and she also reads to Maddie. She just loves Thys. We have a great time with him and love him up while Mommy and Daddy work. Here are a few cute pics.

Maddie's Pictures

Maddie got a really cool (unbreakable) digital camera from her Papa and Grandma Hosford for Christmas. She plays with it ALL the time and really has taken some great pictures. :D Here are a few.

The Chritsmas Season Pictures

Due to our Computer DRAMA, I am going to post a SLUE of pictures. Bare with me...there are tons. I just couldn't pick a couple, sorry. Some of my favorite are Maddie putting out the carrots for Santa's reindeer, Gracie getting smoohes from Landon, Maddie getting hugs from G.G. Snellink, Maddie coming down the stairs Christmas morning and...well some sweet cheeks. :) She asked Santa ( who was at Great Northern in Down Town Rockford and FANTASTIC by the way) for a fish for Christmas. Santa delivered, and we are now proud owners of "Nemo" (surprise with the name, I know). :) She says 'Hi nemo' every morning. :)

We hope everyone had a wonderful and blessed Holiday!! See you all in the New Year!!

Computer Cord DEAD

Of course...Perfect timing!! Our computer power cable is dead. I'm at my Mom's and wanted to post a note so you all didn't think we fell of the face of the earth! :D We hope to have a new one next week some time.

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL!! We love you and hope you have a safe and wonderful holiday!

It's a GIRL!!

A huge congratulations goes out to Donovan and Kristen on the arrival of their little GIRL!! She is absolutely beautiful. She was born yesterday morning, weighing in at 6 and 1/2 lbs. and 18 inches long. As of last night she was "Sophie" but they weren't COMPLETELY sure. HA! I LOVE IT. :D Both Mom and baby are doing fabulous. Congrats on such a gorgeous family.

Another part of the clan...

Another part of the Hosford clan will be joining us in August!! Congratulations Dan and Tracy!! We love you guys soooo much. Please take a second to read their post.
http://dandthosford.blogspot.com/2007/12/oh-baby.html

Going to the Christmas Parade

Yesterday morning we went to the Rockford Christmas Parade. Melissa and Jackson met us at our house and we walked in the chill to downtown Rockford. We met the Matloz's, and the Hagers as well. The parade was great, but it got COLD. Here are some cute shots of our walk down and then Melissa reading to the kids while we all warmed up after our walk back.

B U S T E D!!!

So, this is your typical "I stepped away for one minute" story. I'll let the pictures do all the talking...

Have I told you all how much we love our kid lately!??!

So...Maddie thinks I'm nuts...

Ok, so I loved how the pictures in the tub turned out, I thought why not dress her up and stick her back in!! :D Yeah, I'm nuts. Tonight, Maddie got to put on one of her Christmas dresses and get in the tub for pictures. She thought it was so funny, but wondered when I was going to turn on the water. I KNEW that big old tub would be useful... ;)