Madsen Health Update-Some good but mostly bad!

Well I will just post all of this here instead of sending an email our! Here is our health rundown for anyone who cares!!! Oh and by the way, this is the WAY shortened version!

Kevin-Kev is getting his gallbladder out tomorrow, Thursday the 4th. He has had some bad gallstone attacks that have put him in the ER so this is the best way to fix it. Hopefully it will be a smooth recovery since we had to Disneyland in a little over a week!

Erin-Most of you know about the accident I had in college 6 years ago involving a longboard, a car, and Aubrey Messick :) Well, I broke my back and they never did surgery since I was so young. Recently I went back to the Dr. since my pain has been really bad and they found from a MRI that my spine has slipped out of my pelvis. I know it sounds really bad, good thing I take some good pain pills everyday! So I meet with the surgeon in December and most likely I will have to have a very serious surgery after the first of the year. (2 months in bed with 6 months of not holding my boys! Is that really possible) Plus lots of Physical Therepy. I am preparing for dealing with this and if it turns out there is another alternative, I will be very happy to say the least!

Colt-Well I get the awful mother of the year award! 3 days ago, Colt was sitting on his Bumbo seat on the kitchen counter (as he does everyday) and I ran to help Troy go potty. Sadly, he fell off the kitchen counter reaching for my cell phone. We watched for signs of any problems and he has been fine. So scary but I am glad he is OK. I learned my lesson with the Bumbo seat! Oh, and as I mentioned before, he got his first tooth on Tuesday-Kev thinks the fall off of the counter pushed his tooth out! :)

Troy-Well for once, Troy is 100% healthy! Thank goodness one of us is! Too bad he isn't older so he could take care of his poor family that is falling apart!

Colty-Boy!

Just a few pics of our Colty-Boy!

It's Potty Time at the Madsens!

This is BIG news for us at our house! I had been working with Troy here and there on potty training in the last few months but decided to wait until after our big DisneyLand trip in 2 weeks to really get serious about it. Well last week, Troy told me that you don't wear diapers to DisneyLand, you were "underwears". I couldn't exactly tell him no so we've been working on it for 6 days and I think he's got it down! He's been so good that it has actually been pretty easy. Hopefully it sticks! The last picture is the view he has from his potty seat. He gets 2 Whoppers after he goes potty and the Dinosauar car is for when he has a whole day with no accidents. He actually earned it today!

Sneak Peak!

Here is a little sneak peak of Troy & Colt's Halloween costume! I bet you just can't wait to see the whole thing now!

Cute Boy!

I love these pictures of Colt, probably because it shows how he is starting to grow into that head of his! I can't believe is 8 months old! Time sure does fly! He got his first tooth yesterday which probably explains the sour attitude he has been giving me lately! He better start being nicer to Mommy!

While Troy is away...Baby Colt plays!

I am LOVING my 2 hours of peace and quiet twice a week while Troy is at preschool! While he is gone, Colt takes a nap for most of the time and when he wakes up, he sits on the floor and watches his Baby Einstein video. (Best invention ever in my house!) This provides me with 2 straight hours of getting my stuff done! Isn't he so cute!

Dress Up is for Boys too :)

Howdy! I'm Cowboy Troy-Boy!

Argh, Matey! I'm on the look our for my Uncle C.J....Have you seen him?

Well, ever since Troy's birthday where he received his first contents of a dress up box, he has been very interested in adding to it. We were at Walmart and found these in the Halloween section...he loves his new cowboy and pirate things. Right now, he has a huge gash on his forhead that will probably scar. Abby accidently poked him with his pirate sword---they sure make those things sharp for pretend!

Troy & Abby Update! Funny story!

Abby's mom (my next door neighbor, Mandie) just told me this story this morning and I had to share! Yesterday, Troy and Abby were playing at her house and Abby's older sister had a friend over and they were playing "Truth or Dare" (Do you remember when you were 9?!) The two older girls dared Troy and Abby to kiss and if they did, then they could have a piece of gum. Anyone who knows Troy knows that this is the perfect bribe to do anything! (Huh, Cookie!) So Mandie walks in right after they kissed and freaked out and had a big talk with all of them about how kisses are special and to only kiss your mom and dad and grandparents. After everything, she left the room and Troy followed her out and said, "Miss Mandie, can I have my gum now?"

Christmas jammies....a little early!

So....I bought these PJ's on sale after Christmas last year thinking I could save them for Santa to bring this coming Christmas. I was going through the boys closets a few days ago rotating clothes and I came across these. I quickly realized that Colt will have outgrown the jammies by December so I better just get them out now! He is so big, I have a hard time remembering Troy being this chunky even though my dr. notes show he was the same size! I love the second pictures because most ALL of my pictures are like this...Troy trying to get Colt to smile at the last second instead of looking at the camera! OR Colt turning from the camera and looking at Troy at the last second because Troy yells "CHEESE" at the top of his lungs and Colt is distracted! Either way, they are angels in my eyes and I am so thankful to be their mommy!

Troy Goes to Preschool!

I can't believe how fast time goes by! Troy started preschool on Tuesday and I am feeling so old :) He goes to Mrs. Lori's Preschool two times a week with several of his friends and he LOVES it! He rides his bike with his best friend & girlfriend, Abby, (also our next door neighbor) up the street to her house. I thought these pictures were so cute of the two of them!

Big Boys Love Hats!

These pictures just crack me up! Colt just went to the doctor and weighed 19 lbs at 6 1/2 months! He is a monster! And his head is 2 cm. smaller than Troy's! These pictures totally show it! Troy got these dress up hats from my mom for his birthday and they fit Colt! Colt is sitting up on his own now which is really fun. I can't believe how big my boys are getting!!!

He sure cleans up nice, doesn't he?!

Troy & Brock

Brock, Troy, and the flower girls, Payton & Britian

Troy & the father of the bride, Mr. Ken

We had a wonderful day on Friday! Troy was in his first wedding party! We are friends with a wonderful family here in Ephraim, the Butterfields. Their daughter, Lindy married her longtime boyfriend, Kyle (who Kevin grew up with in Mt. Pleasant) and they asked Troy to be their ring barrier. It was a beautiful day and Troy preformed perfectly! His buddy, Brock, (Lindy's adopted little brother) is Troy's best friend so he was happy to be by his side all day! The Butterfields have always treated us like family so it was fun to help celebrate the day with them!

Happy Anniversary!

You probably wonder, "Who's anniversary is it in this picture?" Well, it's Diet Coke's 25th Anniversary! We were taking the pictures the other day and Troy would not put down the "almost empty" can of DC! He loves to come up behind me and finish the last few drops of a Diet Coke that I left empty. He think's they come like that! So "Happy Birthday" Diet Coke, our family would not be the same without you! Well actually, Mom would just be tired & cranky without it!

My mom came to town and reminded me of the JumperRoo that we bought when Troy was a baby. Colt was now old enough for it so we broke it out and he LOVES it! It has already improved his leg strength and he is happy to just sit and observe everything that's going on around him, usually the craziness that his big bro is making!

The Lost Photos

Just some cute pics I found on my camera earlier today. Troy must have found my camera and somehow figured out how to take pictures! He's always investigating something!

Meet Sabrina!

Today was such a wonderful day! We woke up at 7am to a phone call from Kristin that Sabrina was finally here! Kristin was SO excited and couldn't wait for us to meet him and especially for Troy to meet his new cousin. Troy was super excited to go to the hospital to meet "Baby Brina". (You have to hear how he says her name in his sweet little voice!) She really is adorable! Kristin and Darren are just so happy and that is so fun to see! Troy was excited to hold his new cousin and was much more interested in Sabrina at the hospital than he was with Colt when he w

as born. We are so excited to have a healthy baby and mommy!

What a kid!

After looking at all of these pictures of Colt on this blog of him happy and smiling, you would think that how is he normally is---quite the opposite! He is not a very happy kid most of the time and he kinda makes my life a little crazy and VERY noisy. But I like to see these pics to remind me that every once in a blue moon, the kid is happy! Hopefully he will grow out of this stage very soon!