Bad things come in how many????....please say only 2.....

It's been over a month since we last posted an update and I'm sure all my regular viewers have stopped checking our blog by now but for those of you who haven't let me tell you why we haven't had time to update our blog in over a month.

Our intentions were to complete our blog after celebrating Madi's first Birthday but that took a few weeks before the celebrations were over. Madi turned 1 on Feb 11th and we celebrated that with Chris's family at his parents house. We had a great time. Madi wasn't too sure about what to do with the cake so with a little help from Mommy she had her fingers into the icing and into her mouth. Here's a pic of Mommy and Madi:

We were then suppose to celebrate with my Family later in the week but one of our nieces got the flu so it was postponed to the following week. But before I share with you pics of that the night of my Birthday (the 12th) our basement flooded! Yup, the WHOLE basement had a couple of inches of water. So let's just say that the following few days were crazy cleaning up the basement and seeing what was damaged and having workers in the house cutting up the walls and we had to live with loud giant fans running for 4 days. We are still waiting on our insurance adjuster to finalize everything so we can start working on the basement again....

So now we are at Feb 22nd and we are celebrating Madi and my Birthdays with my Family - it was a lot of fun! Here's a pic of Mommy and Madi:

Daddy and Madi having fun blowing a party horn:

4 sleeps later on Tuesday Feb 26th my Husband was in a terrible car accident where a drunk driver hit another car from behind and sent her into the ditch and then ended up in the oncoming lane towards Chris and his friend and had a head on collision - on a highway no less - going over 100 km/h. We know that the hand of God was protecting them that night because without his protection the accident could have been fatal. You just don't know how precious life is and how quickly it can be taken away from you. It was amazing that all 4 people involved in the accidents walked away. Unfortunately it wrote off our Saturn Vue (grrrr....I loved that SUV) or at least we believe it has - we are still waiting on that insurance adjuster to go look at it. You judge for yourself if you think it's a write off:

So now you all know why it's taken us so long to update our blog post. Chris is doing great considering - he had a few cuts where his hand hit the windshield and his shoulder is still sore from the seat belt, as well as the rest of his body from the impact- but he is getting better each day and we are just so thankful to God that he is still with us today.

Ok, now enough about the negative stuff. Let's talk about Madi! She is doing amazingly well. I can't believe how much she is progressing each day. She is now pulling herself up to stand up and she is so proud of herself. She will walk if you hold her hands so I'm afraid it won't be long now until she is running around the house - I better get some comfy shoes because I have a feeling I won't be sitting down much! lol! She has 8 teeth (4 top front and 4 bottom front) and is cutting a molar - part of it is in already and she will be cutting another front tooth very soon. She is a great eater and sleeper - although when she is cutting a tooth she wakes up about once through the night. She has bonded and attached to us so well - and our families too. We are just so blessed to have her in our life and we couldn`t imagine her not with us. She is the love of our lives.

I`m going to end this post with some more picts of Madi - as let`s face it, that`s all you want to see :0) We`ll update again to keep you posted on how Chris is doing, if we find a new vehicle and the progress on the basement.

Tracy

One happy baby playing in her exersaucer:

Daddy and Madi having a catnap on the couch:

Madi with a friend`s Mom at Chinese New Year:

Madi all bundled up for a ride in her sled: