Santa Day at School

We all figured Maddie would probably not enjoy her first visit with Santa due to her fear of strange men, but she proved everyone wrong!
Her and Santa were fast friends after a quick Santa treat gifting.

Such a big girl!

Baby's Little Fort

I just had to post this cause it is so cute! Her and Tiggie sitting in her "fort" reading her tiny twas the night before christmas book.

Hanging out with Grandma and the Lawn Gnomes

They even dressed alike that day hehe. Here is Grandma, Maddie and one of 5 lawn gnomes baby likes to play with in Grandma's driveway garden.
Madison lined them all up very carefully, making sure they were facing foreword, then she sat herself and Tiggie next to them.

She then got up and layed them all down

and her and Tiggie did the same.

What an imaginative little girl!

Another Mis-Posted Post

Her Madison is at the Corner Coffee Shop killing time before we head to the Thanksgiving party at her Daycare/school. She had so much fun in this chair. We killed at least 30 min no problem. The Thanksgiving thing was real nice. All the kids sat together to sing for the parents. Maddie was a bit nervous that I would leave her there soo she sat in my lap. All the kids sang and did hand movements to Turkey Day songs. There was one of the last ones that Madison must have liked best cause she got pretty excited and sang a bit and did a stearing wheel movement. It was so precious that I teared up a bit. Too bad I was holding her and could not get any shots of it.

Lost Thanksgiving Post

I posted this earlier to the wrong blog:


The gathering was great! It was so great just to see everyone!!!!! Seems like it has been so long. I wish we could get together more often. I feel like I did not get to visit with everyone, but that happens a lot lately hehe. Maddie loved watching the waves from the wall.

Madison and her cousins Gregory, Riley and...

(the newest McNutt) Eric ... aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaawe!!

Snow Lepard Festival at the ZOO

Grandma, Madison and me all went to the zoo to see the snow. Here we are at the penguins looking at the new baby penguin.
Some of the enclosures had a snowy suprise for the animal. Here the elephants got a huge pile of snow to mess with.

Maddie got to ride the train. Tiggie came too (her new best buddy).

We all had a fun time!

Rain Drops

Madison's first rainy rain puddle day. I opened the door to our appartment and she just stood in the doorway trying to figure out what to make of all the wet out side. I urged Maddie out and she immediately found a puddle and jumped in it!
As you can see...I was a bit late getting her to Grandma's.

Then, on Saturday, I got her boots on and went out in the rain in search of some major puddle fun. It took her a while to get used to the boots...they are way too big. We had a bunch of fun! By the time we were walking home, she was realy gettibg into it.

It made for a real nice baby and mommy day!!

oops

I put 2 posts in wrong blog...guess I'll re-post later.

Madison Helps Mommy with Her Mural

I love the idea that maybe someday I can paint with Maddie in the studio and she'll have her little painting going too....and as she gets older she might even want to help me out.

She loved the painted paper on the ground best.

She is so smart the way she was imitating me and even following the brush stroak I had already laid down. So fun!

Maddie's Art from School

Such a little cutie! Here she is trying out the bike stands at the Bulldog Cafe.

She tries to pull the stickers off this one. It is so special cause it is her little messy handprint that made this turkey. She points to the cat sticker and says "kitty".

She points to the turkeys and says "turkey", she points to the leaves and says "leaf" and when you ask her where the feather is she points to the puple feather. Such a smartie!!

This was one of her Halloween pictures she made with spounge shapes.

This is an ealier picture. I just love the colors.

She likes this one. Madison points and mimics the brush stroaks I think.

HaPPY hALLOWEEN

Maddie and her Dad have an impromptu Halloween tea party.

We had a wonderful Halloween in Ballard. It was a pirate theme at Grandma's this year. Grandpa made hotdogs for all the trick or treaters. We ran out of candy a tad early, but the hot dogs held out a bit longer. Madison was having a blast the whole time. She liked to greet everyone and say "bye bye and c'ya" It was so fun and cute.

MMMMMMMEEEEEEEEEOWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!! Hope you had a great Halloween too!

Pumpkin Patch

Running to Grandpa...she loved the pumpkin patch! Madison wanted to touch them all.

Maddie talking on my cell

Madison got my cell phone...guess she wanted to make a call

Test test

Piggy Tails

In the park at Solvang, excited cause Auntie LE was comming that day!

Baby's First Road Trip

My Mom, Dad, Baby and me went to Los Gatos for a couple days. Me and Mom took an art class and Dad hung out with Maddie. It went pretty well! Baby had one breakdown in the car each way, which is really good considering that she did not nap much.

Here she is strolling thru town, taking notes.

here Madison is, sleeping in a hotel bed for the first time.

And here she is not sleeping, but in good spirits, in the car.

Easter

Baby's first Easter basket. She enjoyed all of it, pulling he fun gifts out, one by one.

These ears did not stay on long, but they are super cute!

She liked playing outside in the grass. She even "found" some eggs and put them in her basket. It was a very fun and easy day.

So Cute in SLO

Went to SLO with Mom and Maddie. She would not nap. Here she is getting cute and sassy for my camera.

1st Birthday!!!

She was not too into eating her cake, but she sure loves the happy birthday song. It was a real fun day! we went to the zoo, back home, went for a walk to try out the solvang clog, and then home again for cake. She had so much fun she did not want to miss anything by taking a nap. HEHE she only took 2 very short naps the whole day. Silly girl. I guess, now that she's all "grown up" she does not need naps.