Miss America Week

So if you know anything about me at all, you probably know that I have done beauty pageants pretty much my entire life. I grew up watching Miss America dreaming of one day walking the runway while hearing Bert Parks singing "There She is Miss America...." (Every little girl can dream ,right?) Well I never won the opportunity to go to Miss America but oh boy did I come close. In 2006 I was 3rd runner up and well Shilah (who was Miss Texas) and was 1st runner up to Miss America, if she would have won Miss America I would have become Miss Texas....how amazing would that have been? Well as I sit here now as a 26 year old, mother and wife I realize life isn't always about pageants, but I can tell you being in pageants sure has taught me alot about life, even about being a mother and a wife.
I now have a little girl who is on her way to being Miss America (or so I hope) she has won her first pageant, but who knows she might turn 5 and realize she wants to play soccer. (LORD HELP US)
I miss the days when Miss America was an icon, someone you saw dressed in a business suit, with hair and make up perfect, spoke extrememly eloquent and she represented that Goodness of America, I'm not saying Miss America isn't the best now,  but when you wear a dress that you would wear to a holiday party into interivew, no longer really having a platform that YOU promote, cutting talent to 90 seconds, and usually the swimsuit winner is the SKINNEST girl there not the girl that is the most fit. Man oh Man how times have changed. I wonder what it will be like when Madison is old enough to compete, or will Miss America even be around????
I will leave you with some photos of when I competed :) I sure miss it, but I wouldnt take what I have now away for anything in the world!!!!!!!!

PS MIss America is this SATURDAY! GO TEXAS GO!!!!!!!!!!!

7 Months

So hard to believe little Miss Maddie is 7 months old

So what have you been up too?

You weigh about 18 lbs

You are 27 1/2 inches long

You are crawling everywhere

You have not only your 2 bottom teeth but you also now have broken skin of your two top teeth

You are in size 3 diapers

Love your baby food, yougart and bananas

You have personality out of this world

You signed with an agency here in Dallas

After only 3 days with the agency you have your first casting for Belk's easter catalog

Your eyes have stayed bright blue

You reach for people to pick you up, when someone you don't know asks to hold you, you look at mommy and  daddy like "rescue me please"

You want to put everything in your mouth

You are pulling up on everything

Had your first knot on your head with a bruise after you fell on one toy while playing with another

You say baby and dada

You love the song "if your happy and you know it"

You know how to do YAY MADDIE, thats hands in the air waving

You still sleep in the playpen in mommy and daddys room but thats okay because you still don't sleep through the night

You love your picture made, but when you are DONE your DONE!

HAPPY 7 MONTHS TO OUR ANGEL!!!!

First Professional PAID photo shoot

So I can't remember a time when I got paid to actually pose for a photo, but low and behold at 6 1/2 months little Maddie is paid $75 an hour to pose for Belk's easter advertisement. We are elated for her, so today was the day (I wish I had photos) but I will make sure I take some later. We arrived around 9:40 and saw about 9 other babies ranging from 6 months to 3 years. They took Maddie and I back to the dressing room, asked us to put on a little outfit from Belk and then they wisked her away. WHOA wait, you mean I don't get to go in there with her? Who is going to make her smile, who is going to be there if she cries???? I was scared to death. Then about 2 minutes into it I hear them cracking up laughing, so I guess she was fine. She stayed with them for about 30 minutes and they came out saying what an awesome job she did! I was elated for her!!! I can't wait to take a photo of her with her first pay check! HOW COOL!!!!! Well here is a photo before we left this morning! I love this little girl!! She is such a ham!

She has on her toddler hat because her other hats mess up her hair haha!

Agency Representation

WE WERE ELATED THIS WEEK WHEN WE GOT A CALL THAT AN AGENCY HERE IN DALLAS WANTED TO REPRESENT MADISON! SHE HAS HER FIRST SHOOT ON MONDAY FOR BELK  ITSIT'S THEIR EASTER ADVERTISEMENT GO MADDIE GO!!!

Lost weight

I lost 7 lbs 5 1/2 was fat and an inch in my waist wooooo hooooo

Weight

Okay let's see how a week of NO carbs. Nothing bit protein will do to you........ Will let you know how much I lost in 30 minutes

Day 6

Well it's day six of the diet. It hasn't been as bad as i thought but this morning I woke up with an awful bellyache :( not sure what's going on. I promise once I reach my goal weight to let everyone know where I started!

Diet....tomorrow tomorrow I love you tomorrow

So tomorrow is the start of a new day, new diet blah blah blah. I want to keep a secret as to exactly what diet I am doing but I will keep up with my daily journey. I need to still loose 20 lbs from having Maddie and I would like to loose an additional 20. Stu and I are going on a cruise in March and know I can't loose it ALL by then but I would atleat like to be well on my way. So I will keep you all posted :) until then we are off to go eat Italian food woooooooo hoooooo!!!!