My Sweet & Sassy Little Madi!

Oh, my little Madison! She is my little OCD girl, who can either be the sweetest little girl on earth or a sassy little 4 year old who thinks she's already 14. Here are some of her OCD traits... Mike says she gets most of them from me, but I'm not quite so sure!

1. The minute she wakes up in the morning she has to immediately get dressed. (Even before breakfast)

2. She has only certain outfits she likes to wear because in her words, "This outfit makes me look so cute." (as she stares at herself in the mirror! Oh, no! what am I going to do when she's a teenager!)

3. The minute we get home from going anywhere, she puts on this little dress I bought her for 4th of July last year. (She reminds me of an old lady coming home and putting on her moo-moo:)

4. She recently only likes to wear certain pj's to bed, which drives me insane, since I just bought her some very cute pj's not that long ago, that she refuses to wear!

5. She is all about routine, and the minute you mess that up for her, she cannot handle it!

6. This last winter, she always wanted to wear her "little pants" (which are shorts). It was always such a hassle before preschool getting her to put on pants... Even if we had her outfit all planned out the night before. She would cry and want her little pants on... That was such a pain in the butt!

7. The minute she gets out of the bath tub, she wants me to blow dry her hair. She hates it wet... And no, I did not give her the idea to blow dry it, after many fights of her not wanting me to wash her hair she finally said to me one day, "You can wash it, but you need to blow dry it afterwards." Ok Miss Sassy pants...I'm glad we know who thinks they rule the household!

Those are just a few of her OCD traits...There are too many to mention! I could be here all night! (As you can tell, most of my struggles w/her have to do w/some sort of article of clothing.) What am I going to do w/this girl...

Now I have to mention Madi's sweet little traits, and believe it or not, there are more sweet sides of her than Sassy!

1. She is a great big sissy, and plays so good w/Luke...(As I'm saying this they're arguing over a toy...But that's pretty rare.)

2. She loves to help me w/chores around the house... and let me say she can fold laundry better than I can!

3. She is so good about reminding us to pray, and she can say a great prayer for a 4 year old.

4. She loves family home evening and she can remember so much. (It's just a reminder to me of how much little ones pick up on!)

5. She is very good at playing w/any child we are around, and rarely do I have to remind her to share.

6. She is very smart...and I'm not just saying this because she's my child. She really loved preschool and loves anything to do w/learning new things. (I think this has to do w/her being my first born, too!)

7. She loves her mommy and daddy and tells us all the time!

8. She knows when to put me in my place. The other day I was yelling at her and Luke for making a huge disaster mess in their room and she said, "You don't have to yell for us to know what you want us to do!" I was just like, Wow! She's better about dealing w/situations than I am:)

9. She will give Luke something and she'll say, "Do you like that little buddy?" I don't know why but I just laugh everytime she does that!

10. And last, but not least, she's just so darn cute, You can't help but love her!

I know this is long, but I mostly posted this for myself, so I can remember what my little girl was like at 4 years old. She is a very funny little girl, and we love having her in our family!