An addition to the family!!

We are officially Uncle Brian and Aunt Ashley! And Madi has a cousin!! Yay! Cannon was born on April 11th and we are so excited! Madi and I are going to visit next week! I'm excited to see how Madi does with a newborn! I hope she is nice... :) We shall see.
And we have another cousin on the way for Madi!! It is so fun to see our families growing! We have high hopes of moving closer to our siblings so that cousins can have fun play dates.... and lets be honest we are excited to leave this boom town. :)
So I did officially give up on potty training. I said I didn't want to change any diapers in 2012... well that was a huge mistake... probably shouldn't have ever declared that. oops. Anyways we are back in diapers. And i'm not really okay with it.... but for my sanity and my childs well being I have found that is the way it has to be. :'(
I don't want her to go to preschool and get made fun of by the other kids! I don't want that to be her turning point.... So hopefully when she decides for herself that she would like to be potty trained, it is before she is 4! :) But since I gave up we have all been much happier. Actually sunday was the best sunday we have had in a LONG LONG time. Every sunday has always been the same, we all get up and from 7:00 until church starts at 9:00 there are multiple tantrums and screaming... well then we get to church sit down and 10 minutes in it begins again... well we have the "church bag" full of fun quiet things to do, favorite books, yummy snacks, but she rummages through the whole bag in the following 10 - 15 minutes. Then she is ready to go play with kids... well we still have 45 min. So let the struggles begin. Meanwhile we aren't getting a whole lot out of what is being said, as we are simply trying to keep her calm enough and quiet enough to not disturb everyone else. So we do the battles of in and sitting to out of the chapel and in quiet time which = in trouble. So in and out at least 4 times... By the time the first hour is over, i'm exahusted and cranky, brian also has had his fair share and is ready to head home and strap her into lock down... But that is when she becomes a little saint.... she wants so badly to go "play with kids" (At church the first hour everyone is together, then the next 2 hours are separated. So toddlers can go to nursery) But 1/2 the time she has worked herself up so much that she has gotten a bloody nose, so we (the parents) have blood on our arms and shirts and madi has it all over her dress... UGH... anyways half the time she doesn't get to play with kids. Sad for her... BUT last sunday I feel as though she may have caught on! She behaved amazing through the entire first hour of church! NO outbursts!! So she got to go play with kids, we got to enjoy our classes, and we even had a few meetings after church and she did SO amazing! She was happy and not one tantrum... until we were heading out the door... But considering what normally happens we were feeling super awesome! We all headed home and everyone was happy and no one had blood stains! It was a fantastic day! So that being a result I am fine with my child still being in diapers. Don't get me wrong I still feel sad that I spent so much energy and time helping her figure out the toilet, I am praying that when she decides she is ready then she will already know how and what, and then she will have the why. :) That is the hope anyways. Well I'm going to post this and then add some pictures from my phone. We went to the library for story time and she made a crown. If you ask her she will tell you it is her princess crown. I love the way she says princess. "pwinsess"
Anyways then we went to the park, and there are some pics of how we made bathtime a little more enjoyable!! And also how she makes eating even more difficult. But just enjoy the pictures.... They are much more interesting than me!! :)
OH and just in case you are following my forever long college experience, I did finish my labs in NM and I'm so happy! The end was a great one for me, and I felt as though I learned more during those 2 weeks that better prepared me for actual work in a clinic. It was exciting to feel as though I could actually work with patients and not fail as a PTA.  :) Anyways I have 2 more exams and then a short break before I begin my summer semester. I will only have one class, but I will also be doing my first internship. So we shall see how it all works out. Surely it will be exciting. :)