Papa Randy & Nana Sharon's

There are several posts and pictures for Christmas. So make sure you keep scrolling down. Maddi says thank you to everyone for her awesome gifts. I am working on reorganizing her bedroom to accomodate all of the new toys! Hope you all had a very Merry Christmas. Happy New Year!

Lounging on Christmas Eve Nana Sharon got me this cool puppy in a purse

Aunt Shawnette is helping me put on my new "boots with the fur"

This gift stays at Nana's house!

Great Grandpa Darrell's & Great Grandma Janette's

Hugging Mylee Awww........ The clan - and there's even several people missing!

Maddilyn, Mylee, & Brooke

I am getting so tired and this bear is soooo comfy

Finally nap time with PaPa Randy.

Christmas at Home

Wow, this is a lot of stuff!! Feeding my new baby

Wearing my new St Louis Cardinals hat while jamming out with my new microphone

These magnets are awesome!

Blocks with Uncle Carl

Uncle Carl stopped by last Sunday afternoon and we played with my blocks for quite a while. Thanks for the blocks Grandpa Bill & Grandma Elaine!

Christmas with Grandpa Bill & Grandma Elaine

We went to Silver Dollar City and I got to see Santa and some of his reindeer!

Wrapping Paper

First I spread it all out and made myself a runway. Then I decided to wrap myself up.

Ta Da! Merry Christmas!

Bass Pro Shops

Posing with Mommy in front of the alligator gar fish tank Ummm... Mom, Dad, did you guys see the size of this bear?

Breathing Treatments

We've been having to give Maddi breathing treatments for the last week. She does pretty well with them and even holds the face mask herself.

What am I supposed to do with this again? Here Mom, you try it first.

Ahh, I got it now... this isn't so bad.

Converting the Crib

Since I caught Maddi trying to climb out of the crib we decided it was time to convert the crib into a toddler bed. Things are going pretty well with it so far, she hasn't fallen out and she meets me at her bedroom door every morning with a blanket and Tad.

Good job, Dad! Of course, she had to try out jumping on the bed

Thanksgiving

Hi, Hi, Hi, Hi, Hi, Hi, - for those of you that were in Hamilton for Thanksgiving, you know this was one of Maddi's favorite words. We had a great visit with everyone and we did miss you Jim, Courtney, & Minckler family!

Afternoon at the Park

Sunday was such a nice day that in between running some errands we made a stop at the park. Maddi had a blast going down the slides!

After we got home from grocery shopping, I sat down and looked at the Toys R Us catalog in the refrigerator while Mommy & Daddy put away the groceries.

Halloween

Halloween was a lot of fun. Maddi was pretty hard to keep up with as she was just running all over the place while we were out trick or treating. She didn't really care too much about the candy but was nice enough to say "thank you" at each house. As you will see in the photo below, she is ripping the button off of her costume; the other one already nowhere to be found.

"Tap your heels together three times" Pocahontas

Cinderella

All ready to go trick or treating

Texas

Last week we went to Texas to visit the Gerloff family (Misty's cousin April's family). It was Maddi's first time on an airplane, and I must say she did very well. No ear issues and other than kicking the poor man's seat in front of us, there were no huge disagreements. We had a great visit and hope to do it again sometime soon.

Gabrielle, Laley, & Maddi taking break at The Alamo I was just so exhausted from all of that walking that I had to take a little rest

Posing on the River Walk in San Antonio

This Barbie Jeep was so much fun - Mommy & Daddy I think I need one soon!

Baby Shower

Maddi has had a pretty rough month as far as health goes. After having pneumonia, we took her to the ER at 2:00 AM last Monday morning because she was having difficulty breathing we thought which later we found out to be croup. Apparently, that is going around here. When we went to the pediatrician Tuesday, she said she had given 3 kids shots for the same thing that day. Anyway, we found very quickly that croup is awful!!! She recovered pretty quickly with her antibiotics and steroids. She has been pretty healthy for the last week so let's all pray she stays that way. Sunday afternoon we went to a very entertaining baby shower for some friends of ours. As you will see below, even the guys got involved.

Hanging with Mommy while she is getting ready to go to the baby shower Mommy kept trying to get me to smile but I preferred my serious look I thought this duck was pretty cool and that it should be my lounge chair for the shower.

Go, Daddy, Go! The men had a race to see who could finish drinking their beer through a bottle (with a newborn nipple) the fastest. Daddy came in second!