great article on the current state of healthcare

http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200909/health-care


This is a long article, but worth the read. Not sure his conclusions will work, but he does a great job defining the problem.

Birthday Surprise for our Parents

The Big Day is March 22nd. We had Madison open her last gift and it was the shirt above. The grandma's are very surprised and very excited.

Daycare Birthday Celebration Pictures

Happy 1st Birthday Madison!

A year a go today at 1:56pm, we had a wonderful addition to our family....Madison Elizabeth. She is such a joy. We've seen so many great changes in her over the past year. From spitting up, to cooing, to smiling, to laughing, to crawling, to blowing raspberries (Darin), to creeping, to "swimming", to walking, to saying dada dada and mama, to signing more food, to climbing the stairs. There are so many wonderful moments to come.

Happy 1st Birthday Madison!

Welcome to Madison's Walking, Wobbly World

This week Madison's number of walking steps has increased dramatically. She was around 6-8 steps. However, school said she went 12 steps. Then on Friday night she went 11 yards..she's gearing up for Football (just like her dad). It's so funny to watch her persistence (just like her mom). When she falls, she gets back up right in place and focuses on her steps. Sometimes she looks like she is in the marching band the way she picks her legs up. Wow is this a fun stage. It's great to see her facial expressions. I remember Darin and I talking about her walking and how we just can't wait...I have a feeling we're going to be getting A LOT of exercise. We're loving it.

Catch-up...

Darin was traveling the earlier part of the week and things went well for him.
For me another story. On Monday, I received a call from school and they said Madison had a rash all over her arms and feet. So, instead of taking her to ER, I took her to Children's Mercy Urgent Care. I am pleased that they use Cerner solutions and most importantly we were in and out in 45 minutes. It appears that Madison just had a viral rash, it will take its course, nothing to do. By Wednesday it was almost gone. I thought maybe the rash was due to the table food she has been eating....HOTDOGS.....On Wednesday, Madison was able to celebrate one of her classmates birthdays just like her other classmates. Okay, yes I was the mom (a month ago), that said Madison could have a cupcake, with NO frosting. Oh my let the drama begin, Madison tried scrapping off what she was hoping was frosting, but just the top of the cupcake. So this week, I gave in an said frosting was okay. Madison loved it, I barely saw any crumbs anywhere. And I am pleased to report that she did not have a sugar high.

We're looking forward to the weekend, as we have some friends and their two girls from New Jersey meeting up with us.