Madeline is 2!

Madeline turned two years old! We started off the morning with her big surprise, a brand new tricycle (which actually wasn’t that hard to put together.) We also went to the Austin zoo, which is really more of a sanctuary than big city zoo. Sadly the big cat area was under renovations, but we managed to see plenty of giant turtles, pigs, reptiles, monkeys, birds, llamas, deer, chickens, bears, peacocks and goats. I think Madeline’s favorite thing at the zoo had to be feeding the goats. After she fed them she would say “yum yum!” We finished the evening with an Elmo cake that I made for her.

Madeline is already wearing 3T clothes and can count almost to 10. It is pretty impressive. She will be starting pre-school in the fall (two half days a week). More on that later. In the meantime, check out some photos of her birthday by clicking on the gallery below. (You can click on each photo to make it larger.)

Hoppy Easter!

Madeline couldn’t wait to get out of her PJs to hunt for eggs this morning. She knew right what to do – we didn’t even have to tell her to find the eggs and put them in her “hop hop.” Check out this video of her hunting for them!

PSA

Don’t let your dog drive your family around in the car to look at Christmas lights….especially when your dogs eyes are looking in two different directions.

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Madeline Rocks Out

The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree. Madeline loves rock music just like Chip and I. In this video you can watch Madeline show off her possible future drumming skills. I know several Modern Outsider drummers who would be proud.

Radio

I don’t post about work very often on here, but something mighty awesome happened this week that I wanted to mention. One of the band’s on our label, Ume, was added into regular rotation this afternoon on Austin’s commercial alternative station, 101X. We’re very proud of this accomplishment, and hopefully this is just the beginning. For our friends in Austin, keep an ear out for Ume’s “Captive” on good ol’ 101X!