Jimmy Choos, Tennis Shoes and our Maddie Moo

Happy New Year!!! 01/01/2011

2011-01-01T11:53:00.000-08:00

This is a Great day to start fresh and new. Last night Stuart and I had a wonderful new years eve. We had dinner with Reggie & Sarah Hicks at Pappa Bro. Steakhouse and it was amazing. From crab cakes to lobser bisque to the mouth watering filet. It was glorious. Then all four of us went to Ruben Garcias house to play wii dance. OMG that was so fun and an amazing workout. We definitely have to go buy that. At midnight we toasted moscato (my favorite) bubbly champagne had a midnight kiss and off to our casa we went. Madison spent the weekend in Canton with her a Mimi and Paps and we are on our way to canton as we speak to spend the day with of all of them. This morning Stuart and I slept in till about 9:30, I think that was the latest I have slept in since Madison was born. It was lovely. I took part in my own organization this morning... Cleaning out Madisons shoes and clothes. She has soooooo much but I have boxes them up and in the attic they go. After we got dressed we headed to the most amazing breaskfadt/lunch place in the world... Mamas Daughters Diner. I had grilled chicken and diet Coke... Yumm. Well heres to an awesome 2011...I an so blessed and am so thankful to God for all the many blessings.

Xoxo
Brooke

Madison Leigh - 8 Months

2010-02-24T21:18:00.000-08:00

I can't believe our baby girl is already 8 months old!

So what have you been up too?

You weigh about 21 lbs

You are 28 inches long

You are trying to walk everywhere...you even have your shoes that squeak, so you can hear yourself walk

You have two top teeth and they make you look so grown up :(

You are in size 3 diapers still

Love your new cheetos or I like to call them corn curls

You have done photo shoots for Belk and JC Penny

Your eyes have stayed bright blue

You LOVE to play peak a boo

You clap when we say yay or sing "If your happy and you know it"

You have realized that when you look in the mirror you are looking at YOU! and you cheese big time!

You say know how to wave hello, and bye bye

You love the song "if your happy and you know it" and you have a bear that sings Jesus Loves Me and you are mesmerized by it

You still do not sleep through the night, but that is okay.

You sleep in your bed for the most part of the night and then daddy goes and gets you and brings you to sleep in our bed.

You are growing so fast, and I do not like it! Before to long you will be starting kindergarden, oh that reminds me, you will be starting a new school soon and mommy and daddy are so excited! IT might put us in debt but thats okay! Anything for our baby girl!

We love you MADDIE LEIGH with all our hearts!
Mommy, Daddy and Dolche

Valentine's Day and a Car

2010-02-02T12:52:00.000-08:00

I can't believe it is February already and much less its already 2010. I would like to know what the girls think about Valentine's day? I haven't always been one that thought much about it, I thought it was neat to get flowers or have a good dinner but never thought of it as a "romantic day" maybe that is because I am not very romantic haha! but this year for some reason my perspective changed, and I think it is because we now have a little one crawling and trying to walk all over the house and Stu and I really do not get any time to ourselves, maybe now I realize why Valentines Day was created....to give parents one night to themselves :) I LOVE that idea. About 3 weeks ago I asked my mom (mimi) to babysit Maddie for the weekend so Stu could plan something awesome for us to do the entire weekend...of course she said YES! (Side note: I am so lucky to have a mom that will drop anything to watch Maddie) so then I had been asking Stu like every day, what are you planning, what are we going to do, huh? huh? do you want me to plan it? do you want me to plan the whole week? and he would just look at me and say "why are we getting all into Valentines Day" and up until today I really never had an answer, but oh I do now....its called being romantic for a weekend hahahaha! That sounds so funny to me, but yes, that is what it is about. Maybe it shold be called Love Day....show your signigicant other how much you LOVE them......ok ok ok....maybe I am getting carried away. So really why I wrote this was to say, I think my valentines weekend will consist of this, and I will tell you why at the end....

Friday...mimi arrives, we go to Dinner with Maddie and Mimi
Saturday...Taylor(2 year old cousin) birthday party
Saturday night..HOPEFULLY dinner either just Stu and I or with friends
Sunday...well hopefully a card

HAHAHAH! that sounds so pathetic, but the reason why is because, my husband just bought me a new BMW 5 series.....I LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Its not only my Valentines present, but my birthday, Christmas etc for the next like 5 years! I was driving a Tahoe, and I loved the idea of having a bigger car because the Lexus I250 I had when we had Maddie was to small, I couldn't get her carseat in the back....so Tahoe sounded great, well yeah had it for 2 minutes and hated it! So he let me get a new car! THANKS to the BEST husband ever!!!!

Okay so here are some photos of Miss Maddie to end my post with....she is getting way to big!

Miss America Week

2010-01-27T11:17:00.000-08:00

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

2010-01-24T14:24:00.000-08:00

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

2010-01-18T11:58:00.000-08:00

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

2010-01-16T09:46:00.000-08:00

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

2010-01-11T14:53:00.001-08:00

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

Weight

2010-01-11T14:27:00.001-08:00

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

2010-01-09T07:35:00.001-08:00

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

2010-01-03T16:32:00.001-08:00

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!!!!

Happy Half Birthday Maddie Leigh!!

2009-12-28T11:54:00.000-08:00

Madison Leigh Newton...You are 6 Months old!

What are you up to these days?

You weigh 17 lbs 11 oz (80th precentile)
You are 25 3/4 inches long (50th precentile)
You wear a size 2 diaper and 6 months clothing
You love your baby food

Carrots
Bananas
Applesauce
Sweet Peas
Green Beans
Sweet Potatoes
Your favorite...Mimi's Mashed Potatoes

You have finally started sleeping through the night and it is awesome for Mommy and Daddy
You rarely sleep in our bed, you sleep in the play pin next to our bed, because your room is just to far for Mommy and Daddy right now. Its completely on the opposite side of the house.
You were moved up to the Infant 2 classroom on December 14th and are excelling extremely fast, you take an hour nap in the morning and an hour nap in the afternoon.
You are learning to crawl, you get up on your hands and knees and rock back and forth then rock backwards while straightening one leg, you like to crawl backwards instead of forwards
You said your first word "Baby"

You said DADA while at the doctor on December 28, 2009

You have your first two teeth, both on the bottom and they are so cute

You LOVE Elmo
You are a cuddle bug
You try to suck your thumb, but would much rather just bite on it right now
You are such a happy baby
You love to bite your toes
Your super flexible
You NEVER meet a stranger, and you smile at everyone
I can not believe I will be planning your first birthday in 6 months, I feel like just yesterday you were born.
You are the light of our eyes, and our everything
God knew exactly what he was doing when he brought you into our lives.

So on this snowy Christmas Eve, my baby girl celebrates her 6 months of life with a brand new 2009 PINK mustang GT convertible!!!

WE LOVE YOU BABY GIRL!!!!!!

Daycare...

2009-12-23T10:55:00.000-08:00

Maddie's Daycare

So I have often told myself I would give anything to be a stay at home mom with Maddie. Then she wouldn't have to go to daycare, worry about someone paying her some attention, getting a clean diaper every 30 minutes, being fed well, getting a few cat naps and overall staying at home with her mommy. Then I also thought what about interaction with kids her age, what about playing with awesome toys that are to much to have at home, parties, getting to dress up, and most importantly learning amazing social skills. So I am glad Maddie goes to daycare and thankful I have an amazing job. I get some frustrated with the teachers sometimes, she has snotty nose when I get there, they let her sleep through her bottle, she usually goes through 2 or 3 clothes changes a day, don't wipe her hiney good etc etc but I am thankful that we are able to afford a daycare. So many parents these days have to quit their job or take on 3 jobs just to pay for daycare. Right now Maddie is at Children's Lighthouse and she is learning things left and right. In a few months we will put her in Primrose where I know she will excel. So thank-you to all the daycare teachers out there to take time out of their day to spoil our little ones. Thank-you Miss Rebecca, Miss Sheena, and Miss Chelsi for taking care of my sweet Maddie!!!!!

Santa #1, #2, #3

2009-12-22T08:32:00.000-08:00

So with this being the first Christmas for Maddie, we decided to have her photo made with as many Santa's as we could. And luckly she smiled in all the photos.

1st Santa was in Waco at the mall, this was just a spare of the moment, no one else in line idea and it turned out so cute!

2nd Santa was planned, it was at Stonebriar Mall close to our house in Frisco. He was great, and she truly cheesed in the photo.

3rd Santa was a santa that came to her school, they said she tried to pull his beard off, haha, but she was still a little doll.

In 2 days not only is it Christmas Eve, but our baby girl will be 6 months old. I can't believe it. TIME flies to fast!!! Enjoy the photos!

Up to Date

2009-12-21T10:24:00.001-08:00

Start of a new day, and a new year. I have made a commitment that not only will my new years resolution be to lost 40 lbs but also to keep up with a blog. Whether its about Maddie, our life, or just some random advice, I will keep everything up to day.