Giddy Up Doggie, This Is Fun!!!

Round One - Winston

Round Two - Annie

Round Three - Winston Again

Toddler Room

Today was Madeline's first official day in the toddler room. From the teacher's report she had a fabulous day-Whew! She didn't have to go back into the baby room once, not even for a nap. Madeline made it until 12:30 p.m. when I picked her up with out napping. Who knew?

The five-minute ride home was a different story, she couldn't keep her eyes open. So it was strait up to bed for a nice long nap. Over all I think Madeline is loving the big kid room. She is amazed by all of the older kids and loves her new teachers, not that we will ever really leave Nancy, Jenah, or Alaina, I mean c'mon now?

Pants on the Ground...

THIS is how my daughter decided to walk around the house tonight. Clearly she was very proud of herself...watch out Aunt Sarah and Uncle Mark, she's starting to like taking her clothes off.

Clearly, very happy with herself.

Disciplining the gate...her new thing is to point and talk very sternly to you as if you were bad. I just found out today it's because that's how they tell them no at day care. LOL.

Mmmm Lemon!

This past weekend we were lucky enough to have a visit from Mamaw and Papaw Howe, and Uncle Justin even flew all the way in to visit us too! We were so lucky! Since the weather wasn't too spectacular we decided to hop out for a bite to eat...while we were at lunch Madeline kept grabbing for my lemon. So I let her have it, at first, not much of a reaction, then WHOA!

First sample...hmmmmm?

Okay this is tasting weird.

Ugh, what IS this thing you gave me?

*Shivers*

A Hike in the woods...Or not

A few weeks ago, Brad, myself, Madelin, and our friends Ben and Rachel decided it would be a great idea to go on a bit of a hike. It's had been so cold and we finally had a break in the weather and we were determined to take advantage of it. So we bundled up Madeline, snow pants, jacket, snow shoes, hats, gloves, and the doggies and we headed to Tussy mountain. Now we are well aware that the snow stays on the Mountain longer than in our area...but we thought it would be okay...well not-so-much. We made it about 3/4 of the way to where we were headed to park when we found some fellow travelers stuck. So Brad and Ben being the good guys that they are got out to help these guys. Geeze-o-man, we were there for over an hour and half. Madeline was quite the trooper. She hung with Rachel and I and watched the boys display there muscles. Ha. Eventually the car got out, and we all made it back down the mountain, however by that time it was time for Madeline to nap and we weren't too keen on trying to go any further up the mountain. Oh well, you can't say we didn't try right?

Fun with Window Clings

The other week I pulled out some window clings for Madeline and I to decorate the windows with. They've been up for about two weeks now, and aside from the occasional piece in her mouth she has been very good with them. Though I have been warned by other parents to not let them near the walls as they stain. Yikes!

Nice and Easy...

Madeline's new favorite show on TV is Yo Gabba Gabba. She gets so excited when it comes on, it's quite hilarious. Well the other day we were watching and Daddy and Madeline joined in on the dance...Enjoy!

Totti

This one's for you Uncle Mark and Aunt Sarah! This Totti Jersey fit's Madeline quite well, it looks like we'll get a good bit of wear out of it :) Though, the pigtails and the bow came out about 5 minutes after I did her hair. She looked great for those five minutes :) Thanks for getting this for Miss. Madeline on your big honeymoon trip!! You're the best!

Swim Lessons!

The bad news is we didn't make it to Richmond this past weekend, the good news is we got to go to Madeline's last swim lesson! It was my first time making it to this several week session. I had been in Harrisburg the past six weekends helping out with the family. So it was so great to finally get to be there with her! Madeline LOVES the water, we learned how to blow bubbles, kick, jump, and use the noodle, which she was not a big fan of AT ALL! I definitely want to go every now and then, it was great exercise! However I think it took a lot out of Miss. Madeline, she took two long naps :)

HIYA DADA!

Saying hi to our buddy Zach!

Kick, kick, kick!

Noodle time!

Cup Cake

Unfortunately we couldn't make it to Cora's First Birthday party last weekend...Miss. Madeline had the stomach bug on Friday night, and then Mommy got it all Saturday night into Sunday morning. We weren't about to share it with our friends. Daddy was well enough to drop off the gift to Cora on Sunday, and Cora was nice enough to send home some of her cupcakes from her big party! Madeline thoroughly enjoyed digging into this beautiful cupcake. Thanks so much Cora and HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Mmmmmmmm!

The end result...a mess, but totally worth it!

Work...Cover Girl...Work it girl...

Give a twirl, do your thing on the Runway....(Commence song playing in your head now).

Okay, not really, but a few days ago, Madeline and I headed down to Philadelphia for a photo shoot. I know, crazy right? A girlfriend of mine that I used to work with asked me to turn in a few photos to a modeling agency that her friend works for...a bit confusing I know. Anyway, I sent a few photos a while back, and within a few weeks, Madeline landed her first gig with Babies R Us!

The shoot didn't go quite so well, she had several major meltdowns, so the fact that they used any of her photos I am quite surprised. Though I will tell you, it looks like they Photoshopped the begeses out of her face (see photo below). YIKES! We supposedly get a disk of all of the photos in one week or two. I am surprised that it went up that fast. Here is the link to the out fit.

It is pretty appropriate that they put her in the "Shopping with Mommy" outfit, since right after the shoot we headed over to KOP for some shopping and a great lunch with Aunt Jessica!

Hellooooooooo

I decided to try and capture a photo of Madeline and I before we left for the day. And as soon as I held up the camera she started waving. Little ham.

Sequence of a Forward Roll

I know I've been posting a lot of these collage things, but it does help so I don't have to do one-zillion posts, yes that is a word. :) This collage dates back to Thanksgiving when Aunt Sarah was gracious enough to teach Miss. Madeline her first forward roll. They both did great, and Madeline fully enjoyed it. I love the tongue in the first photo and how proud she is of herself by the last few. Thanks Aunt Sarah, maybe we can do it again this weekend!

An Oldie But a Goodie

This has always been one of my favorite photos. I found it again looking back through some old photos. It tugs at those heartstrings of mine. In turn, I thought it deserved to be revisited again, with just a few upgrades to the photo.

Play Date

Thank you for the play date Olivia! We had so much fun, let's do it again soon!

Our Valentine

twirling is fun

Checkin' things out

Madeline loves checking things out through our backdoor window. She was dressed up in her pearls today, maybe she's preparing for her Valentine's Day evening with her baby sitter tonight?

Trial Run

Madeline decided to give her nap-time pillow and blanket a test run this morning before we take it to school in a few weeks. I think she gave it two thumbs up!

Curls!

I finally got a good shot of Miss. Madeline's after-bath curls! Unfortunately, they end up falling out a few ours later, but maybe these curls will stick around when she gets a bit older? After all daddy had tight curls when he was a little guy!