Much needed break!

Well it's Monday!! The beginning of a new week. A fresh start.... The weeks of madness and running around are over for a while. Thank God!!! Yesterday was very nice, We had a good amount of family at the church and a few friends came by Gringo's to celebrate with us. We are vey blessed. We started the morning off early..Kinzie came over to fix my hair....Thanks again....off to the church early to dress Mati...family arrived early and then it was time for the main event. Madelyne did good during the ceremony, but when my pastor tried to hold her laying back she started to cry...he noticed quickly she likes to look around..so nosy! Afterward we headed to Gringo's to fill the tummy. Madelyne recieved some gifts and we all had cake to close out the perfect day! Josh and I went by my mom's to take some photo's of Mati in my parents formal living room....which is gorgeous!! We headed back to church that night and had a great time.

Josh and I are ready to start the week...no lie! We both want our routine back. We have been eating terribly this past weekend and need to get back on track. I am so glad we just get to enjoy Madelyne now. I just want to focus on her growing and nothing else. Hopefully we won't be doing anything sha bam until August. Her 1 year bday!!! I can't believe she is almost 6 months old.

Mati Update: She laughed at me last night without tickling her. She naturally laughs at Josh, but she makes mommy work for it. She decided she loved Kinzie last night and on the way home all I would do is ask her if she loved Kinzie and she would just laugh...it was so funny. Saturday night she also held her hands out to mommy.. I ate it up of course.. We are back to playing at bathtime. She kind of took a break from splashing and now she is back to making a mess. Unfortunately I have been hearing a cough so she will be being watched closely over the next few days. The change in weather didn't help anything! So the Kozel's are back to normal life....we will have to figure out what that means!!!!!

Madelyne's Dedication

...wanted to share a few pics - without rambling. Enjoy :)

Thursdays....

Today is order day at work...fun fun...I have been swamped since I walked in the door. I have cleaned and mopped this office before I could start my day...(meaning calling customers) My driver is on the road ..over half my call list is knocked out and I am taking a quick break from reality to enter blog land...I am soo glad today is Thursday...I am one day closer to Friday! I have everything perfectly planned out for this weekend and it should go smoothly. I can't wait to see everyone and just enjoy the moment...After this weekend we should have a huge weight lifted off of us. I can't wait to be low key and just enjoy my baby growing...

Jody made my day last night at church. She was commenting on how in love me and Josh seem. Yes!!! We are very in love.. We are not the type of couple that drown each other in P.D.A. I hate that! We are mature enough to keep our hands off of each other, just because I think he is unbelievably sexy doesn't mean I need to flaunt it. Some couples need to get a room. I do love to see old couples holding hands in public though. They encourage a generation of thinking that divorce is an option and that you can be happy and in love forever. I can't wait to be old, in a rocker and have Josh still tell me I am beautiful. I would much rather people see how much we love each other than me telling them. It means more...

Madelyne Update: She is sitting up for about 20 seconds....woo hoo.. She is so strong. She still hates being on her stomach and I doubt she will ever roll over or crawl...I am not pushing her though. I like her being my baby...I won't be having a sibling for a while so I want to soak up every minute as she is changing.. She scratched her face so bad last night. I am hoping to is gone by Sunday. Anyways There isn't to much going on in the Kozel household. We are just getting ready for the weekend..

Live, Laugh, Love

Well today has gone so much more smooth than I could have asked..It's been the polar opposite of yesterday...I think I started my day off wrong by not making my bed...then as you have read before, my day turned into a complete nightmare. Turns out Josh was having a swamped day at the office so I made us a "comfort food" dinner, fat and all. Today has been a blessing...made bed...cleaned house...dropped Mati off...arrived early to work and knocked somethings out before lunch..now I only have 2 hours left and I will be on my way home...I need to go get somethings to make Madelyne's headband for Sunday but that's about it...I am joining a kickboxing class here in the next month. I am pretty excited. I canceled my 24 hour this month and I am just looking for another outlet. The wii fit will still be an outlet at home, but I would like to go somewhere for an hour to focus and kick some butt!!! I don't care what the scale says as long as I am toned...

Hmm... I am sitting at my desk ..sipping my cup of soup and taking it easy. A friend of mine blogged yesterday about marriage and she had some very valid points..I completely agree that marriage is work...it's dedication to that union and that person. When your engaged or seeing someone and you think of marriage you kinda think of "playing house"...It seems to me that the longer you have been together the shorter the "honeymoon " phase is..Marriage isn't instantly a bed of roses....but it can be...if you make it. I think the longer you are married and the more people involved (children) you have to work extra hard to let your spouse know they sweep you off your feet. Today I was talking to Josh on the phone during my lunch break and he said "bye baby"....I got butterflies like we had only been together a couple weeks and he was calling me baby....Generally when these feelings come and go I keep them to myself and forget about it. Today I text him and let him know how he made me feel ending with " I'm yours"...you could tell it made his day.You can't let the winds of life take over and smother the fire you once had for each other. It's normal to fight, it's an every week event in my house and I am not ashamed to share it. I think it makes my marriage stronger. Couples that act like they never fight make me sick. C'mon now...unless you never express you true opinions on subject then I can see where you wouldn't fight...or if you are abundantly wealthy...I think its impossible to not fight...be true to yourself and your spouse and duke it out one night!!! hahaha Making up is the best part. : ) Enough Dr. Phil.

So last night we googled Madelyne's weight and height to see what percentile she fell into, since I didn't get to hear this from her fired Dr. She is in the 75 % for her weight and 95 % for her height. She was very talkative yesterday. She talked to me the whole time I made dinner and had "jibber jabber" conversations with Josh and myself until bedtime. I love being a mommy and simply adore my beautiful little girl. Life has dealt me some hands I wish I could have thrown back, but she makes it all worth it!

Are you FREAKING serious?

Ok so earlier I talked about taking Mati to the doctor today on my lunch...I told my boss at worst I would be 1 hour and a half. Wrong!!!!! Well 2 and a half hours later I am back at work...scrambbling....I waited for an hour to see the doctor over 30 minutes in the room with my naked baby....I started thinking could it get any worse. I casually opened the door and told the nurse I would be dressing my child and leaving...she asked me to wait 5 minutes and I informed her I kept saying 5 minutes 45 minutes ago!!!!!!!! I dressed my child and headed out the door and demanded her records to find another doctor. She was like 18 $......excuse me....hell no....I told her I didn't have time to deal with her but my husband would be calling. So as I am leaving the parking garage I had to pay 5 bucks for not even seeing the doctor... ohh and your going to love the ending to my story....I ran out of gas getting on 288....yes...you read correctly ...baby in tow..stranded on the side of the road!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thankfully my daddy rescued me and I was able to get my orders in on time and not screw up too much at work!!!! I just want to go home....put on some pj's...a face mask and ....do nothing~!
Madelyne update!!!! She is 15.5 lbs, 26 1/2 inches long!!!

Monday's.....uhhhh

Well today is the beginning of a hectic week and weekend. Today my mom is bringing Mati to me so I can take her to her 4 month check up....yeah I know....I am 2 weeks behind...*Bad Mommy of the Year award goes to me...who cares...lol.. So I get to see my lil cupcake at 11:00..and off to Fannin we go, I am hoping to be out of there and back at work by noon... we will see how that goes. I am discontinuing her shots until she is older. Autism has sky rocketed since they have been giving shots to infants. I will give her her shots when she is older but she is too young for me to notice a difference at 4 months and they could always tell me she was born that way. I also think it is just to hard on them...I got my shots before I started school and all I remember was my arm being sore and I didn't feel like playing that day..nothing major like being fussy and a temp like an infant. Josh didn't fully agree at first but after seeing how much I meant it, he supports me.

We had a great weekend...relaxing...We took down christmas lights, cleaned house and did laundry. We didn't go anywhere on Saturday, besides renting a movie...we hung out and just spent time together. Sunday we were at church and had lunch with my parents and came home to try and get things ready for the week. My grandmother is staying with us this weekend for Mati's dedication. I was starting to stress about finding matching shoe's..but thanks to an old friend...I am set. Now all I have to find is an undershirt, which I think I already own I just need to find. I am very excited...it's a big day for our little family.

Blessed.....

Blessed is the only word I can think of, when I think of 2008. We had our 1 year anniversary and welcomed a beautiful little girl into this crazy world. Josh and I have always been in a whirlwind it seems. We were together only 7 months when he popped the question. We spent the next year and a half focused on our wedding and him finishing up school. We got married in March and started building our house by August. We moved in our beautiful home in November and by January.....SUPRISE!!! We found out we had a little bundle on the way.....I guess we enjoyed our new home a little too much..lol....So we spent the year furnishing and waiting on our little miracle to arrive. She was a little impatient and just couldn't wait until September. We got to meet her a little early on August 21. We had a very hectic year and I am hoping that after this month we can be very low key and just relax and enjoy Madelyne. She is just amazing...I can't help but smile.. everytime I think of that little dimpled out smile..Her dedication will be on the 11th and then no more hustle and bustle...or atleast we hope!

New Years Eve we did nothing. This has become a tradition with us that I want to break. Mati wasn't in the best mood and put Josh and myself on edge. New Years day on the other hand was quite fun. Mommy got to sleep in, and then we headed to my moms to eat lunch.. we hung out for a few hours and decided to head home for a nap. Well the nap didn't happen after I started pulling down Christmas decor. I got everything put away except for the lights that are on the house! That is going to be Joshs project this weekend. He isn't too excited about getting on the roof so I let him put it off 1 more day! I put everything away ...cleaned house.....made fudge brownies...gave Mati her bath and we headed back to mom and dads for left overs and a card game! My sister didn't show back up for the cards so we cut our night short and left after about an hour. We stopped by Joshs parents to wish them a Happy New Year and got home. We got stuff ready for today and rocked out with Rock Band (Josh has been annoying me for days) and crashed by 9:45....what a day!!!!

Madelyne Update: Mati had some baby food yesterday! I thought we would start the New Year off with something new for her too. She has never had anything other than breastmilk and formula so this was quite different. I gave her bannanna's and she hated it! She would shiver as she watched the spoon come her way!!! I think he bib caught more than her mouth. Other than that she recognizes her bottle now and the other place she gets her milk from... :) All she has to do is see it and she is a happy camper! She knows whats coming! The bottle was something recent but the other has been for a while now. She started crying when I walked out of the room yesterday. I loved it! lol.....She has moods where she prefers Josh or myself for a while now, but she hasn't cried....she generally is just along for the ride no matter who is holding her.

I am so glad the new year has started...new resolutions to break and exciting stuff to see with Madelyne!