Maddie's Tunnel

Maddie loves crawling in her new tunnel!

Summer Fun!

Maddie's having LOTS of fun this summer!

"Maddie wear Mommy's gloves."

"I workin'...I go get dirt. "

We go to the pool! "Jump on daddy!"

Daddy and Maddie share a love for Curious George. Here they are watching the movie together... again... "Watch Carrie [Curious] George on T.V? Ok. Yes... Watch Man in Yellow Hat? Man in Yellow Hat funny! What's man doing?" and when the movie ends... "An-gin [again] please, mommy. Watch Carrie [Curious] George again? yes. ok." all while nodding her sweet little pig-tailed head!

Maddie has a flair for the arts, just like her mommy! She loves to color... and now that she's had a loaded paintbrush in her little hands, she's always ready to paint! We'll let you know how "washable" washable art supplies REALLY are!

Easter 2007

Graceful, eh... very ladylike, indeed. We're raising a flasher!

We went to a neighborhood Easter Egg hunt. Maddie was not too keen about meeting the Easter Bunny, although she asked about him the rest of the weekend after we left!

Maddie found an egg, figured out there was candy inside and sat down, "open, open." The other parents made their kids give Maddie eggs cause she only had one after the time was up... but she wasn't unhappy. She was eating m&m's!

Chattanooga Aquarium- March 2007

Publish Post

The Turners!

Maddie met some butterflies at the top of the Saltwater Tank Building.

Maddie said:
"Butterfly hurt you?! Hold you, Mommy, hold you... It's ok, it's alright"

If you click on the picture and enlarge it you can actually see the teeny-tiny jellyfish glowing in the tank. I love the reflection of Maddie and Daddy on the glass.

Fun at the Water Rocks- Botanical Gardens

All smiles. This girl L-o-v-e-s playing in water... dog bowls, puddles, fountains, baby pools, faucets... you name it, we've gotten wet from it! "Maddie wet... Get mommy wet? yes?"

"I eat it!"

Dogwood - April 2007

Madeline and Daddy

Maddie, Mommy (and Baby Sydney under construction)

When I was visibly pregnant with Maddie in 2005 Q and I visited the 100-year-old Dogwood tree inside the Huntsville Botanical Gardens. We had some pictures taken. Then we went back the next year with Maddie and took more pictures. So this year we continued the tradition and went to have pictures taken again! I was, of course, pregnant with Sydney then. It is neat to have the yearly pictures against the natural backdrop, and we plan to do it every year so we can watch our family grow and change. The tree itself is magnificent. It was transplanted a few years ago... and it was quite a big deal.