Christmas Greeting

Big News

Sorry it has been sooooo long since we posted pictures! I know that there are only a few people who are TRULY interested in the site... and I'm sorry to leave you all hanging!

We have big news to share, and hopefully you've already heard.. but if not...

Petting Zoo!

What fun we had. All three of us went to the petting zoo with our neighbors! Maddie met a big bull, a baby deer, many pygmie goats, two deft raccoons, a hungry llama, one lazy, stinky pig, many birds- peacocks, roosters, pheasants, and chickens, one bitty baby squirrel, a horse, a donley, a sheep... some capybaras, two dogs, and some black swans. (to name a few!) She got VERY excited when she saw any kind of bird... hmmm... but she told us how cows go "mooo." and dogs go "ruh ruh" and cats say "meow" (there was a lynx, too- but not to pet!) and tigers say "rraaarrrggh!" We didn't see any monkeys, but she would have told us that thay say "ooh ooh ooh."

Did I mention Bunnies? There were bunnies to hold, and even buy... but we didn't.


I even had a pygmie goat try to eat my hair...

WAAAAAAR EAGLE!

Dancing Maddie

We have a hard time catching her in motion, but Maddie LOVES to dance. She had a ball listening to my MP3 plater after a walk one day. She was grooving to the music.

Big shoes to fill

Maddie's got a wonderful Daddy! We'll be lucky if she turns out like him! Of course, she has got big shoes to fill!

Happy Birthday!
Maddie turned one on July 27, 2006.
We celebrated big time!

We went to a Pool Party for Maddie's Cousins' Birthdays! Kayla, Evan, and Maddie all have birthdays seven days apart from eachother.... Hmm... eerie!

Maddie enjoys floating. She and Daddy were so smart to both wear hats in the 100 degree heat!
Of course, Maddie was always pulling her hat off. Perhaps to show off her adorable pigtails!

Maddie climbs!

Maddie loves to climb up her castle wall. She can even slide down by herself... backwards, on her tummy, feet first!

Much like our cat, Abbey, Maddie ALSO likes to climb into "My-sized-places" like this one.

Good Morning Sunshine

Sometimes Maddie gets so comfortable when she sleeps... This time she was caught "hanging out" when I went to get her from her nap.



Maddie sleeps with a paci in her mouth and one in each hand. In the morning she's more than willing to share!

Our Family

Daddy, Maddie, and Mommy

Oops...

Maddie's very curious and all about climbing. She's gotten inside the ottoman where we keep DVDs, accidentlly fallen into her toy hamper, and gotten stuck in a trash can. I'm sure I'm disqualified from

"Mom of the Year"

since I ran to get my camera and take pictures before getting her out of these pickles... but aren't the pictures priceless?

Messy Eater

Yummy! Now that I'm trying to feed myself things get pretty messy. But you can see I have two teeth on bottom, and there are two coming in on top, too! Before long I'll be eating ribs and steak with Daddy!

All Smiles

Maddie 11 months and counting

Maddie is 11 months old. She's crawling and walking while holding onto everything. She can stand without holding on... so we know that walking will come soon! She can climb the stairs! She is so into climbing that we got her a toy with a tiny climbing wall, a castle platform, and slide. She can usually slide down pretty well on her own. Sometimes it's not pretty, but she doesn't complain. She is talking up a storm- we just wish we knew what she was saying. She has very definite sounds for Mama, Dada, Indie ("ninny") and Thank You ("tdak du"). She laughs and squeals a lot. She's happy and has made our lives s0 happy, too!

Getting Started

Hi everyone! We have some friends who started a blog like this to post pictures of their new baby. We thought that was cool and have decided to give it a try! Hope you have fun!

Carrie, Q and Maddie.