Just Plain Cute!

Nothing too exciting to report. Just Maddie being so darn cute! However, if anyone knows anybody over at Nilla Wafers, we'd be willing to discuss commercials! :)

In this one, Maddie's trying to make it up to Santa that she screamed in his lap at the mall. He's much less threatening at this size.

15 Months & then some.....

At 15+ Maddie is perfect! She is growing like crazy and running around. We have super busy days full of work and play and trying to keep up with her! At her 15 month check up she weighed 28lb, 11oz and she was 31" long. She loves reading books, being outside and hiding. She's climbing on everything and thinks it is hilarious to tease the dogs with food or toys. She can say pup, mama, da-da, no, no, no. She talks all day long and is definitely working on expressing her point of view! Here are a few of our favorite things:

The Playground

Reading

Taking Pictures with Mom's camera

Hiding inside our "fort"

A Really late Halloween Post

We didn't do much for Halloween, but stayed home at our new house and passed out candy to the neighborhood kids. It was fun to see all the costumes and we even met some of the neighbors with small kiddos. Although, Maddie already got to dress up like a Ladybug, I couldn't pass up this adorable cow costume since cows are still our favorite!!

Apparently cows like grass and flower petals.

Since Maddie knows that cows don't belong in the city, but at the ranch, she decided to load up and try to head that way.

She settled for jammies and handing out candy. She did get a kick out of all those people coming to the door.

Catching Up

We've had a lot going on these days! First, a move into our new house in S.A.! Yeah!! Then, in the middle of all that, we went to Riviera for a weekend to catch up with some friends. It was great, but Maddie decided to wake up one morning at 5am, then the next morning at 4:30am. Not cool at all.

In my current favorite outfit!

Then, home to unpack and repack our bags for a trip to Nashville to see the fam! Here are John and Maddie on the plane; you can almost feel the excitement. :) We had a lot of fun seeing Gigi and Papa's new house and visiting with the cousins!!

At the house practicing her Trick or Treat technique.

We went to the Peekaboo Playhouse in Hendersonville. It was great. They had costumes, toys, slides, etc. It was a great place to play for a few hours.

Maddie was really into the cars.

Here it looks like Skye is being attacked by the firehouse dog. Too funny to pass up.

Here, River has tamed the beast!

Gigi got all the girls matching Halloween costumes, so we wanted to get them in a photo all together. River and Skye are 3, Maddie 1; I'm not sure why we thought it would work. I'll let the out-takes speak for themselves. Looking back on them; it was hilarious.

First, we thought in this little wagon filled with straw at the pumpkin patch would be the perfect place. Maddie disagreed.

She decided to go straight to picking out pumpkins. She though this one was nice.

So then we thought, maybe in front of this trailer....

Us: Skye, get in the picture.

Us: Good job, just not directly in front of River.

Okay girls, look over here and smile!

Then we thought, maybe a few on the front steps of the house.....

Skye: Uh, girls? I think they said the front step, not the driveway.

Us: Okay girls, everyone over here and smile!

River and Skye: We're never going to get this done!

Us: You're right.....just the two of you, smile! Got it!

Happy Birthday, Gigi!

Happy Birthday, Gigi! Sorry we can't be there to celebrate in person, but we are thinking about you and hope you have a wonderful day!! When we told Maddie it was your birthday, she decided she would make you a card.

She carefully thought about which colors she would use.

These look pretty good.



These definitely won't work.

The finished product!

She put your card on your chair to save your seat.....

For a tea party, of course!!

Have a wonderful day!! We love you.

On the Move

Miss Maddie is walking these days! Still a little unsteady, but I'm sure she'll be running soon! I finally caught her on camera this morning, walking and dancing to the Wiggles. She usually drops down and crawls as soon as she spots the camera because she wants to snatch it out of my hands. And yes, I said morning. Notice the dark windows in the background. Maddie is still quite the early riser. I'm not looking forward to "fall back!"

Animals!

Maddie is quite the animal lover these days. Today we went to the Exotic Zoo in Johnson City, for an up close and personal look with The Huttons and The Weaklys. It was great! We saw all kinds of great animals, but the camel was my favorite!

Maddie loved them all, but her first love is still the cows. Luckily we get to see them everyday at Uncle John and Aunt Kelli's. Here is Maddie showing off her skills.

Thank you Lisa, for inspiring today's outing, and Kelli for planning it! We loved it and give it two thumbs up! And if anyone else thought it was time for a blog makeover, you can thank Kristi! For some reason, she thought it was time to update the picture of Maddie from 4 days old. I love the new look!

The River

Maddie, meet the Guadalupe!!

John and I took Maddie on her first river outing this week! She loved it. For a little while anyway....

Mostly she loved the rocks!

And putting rocks in this water bottle....

(p.s. Kristi and Brad, we have found your "secret" spot and we have claimed it as our own! :) Did I mention how good it feels to be back in Texas?! Better hurry home!)