Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas everyone!! Madison had a great Christmas. She got everything she asked for and Santa even brought her a few extra....since she was extra good this year. ;)

Cookies for Santa Part 2

Madison set out her cookies for Santa that she worked so hard making. She didn't forget the reindeer either...their food was outside. If you will notice from the pictures Madison was nice enough to test Santa's cookies to make sure they were okay. I think she did a great job baking them since we had to pull her way from Santa's cookies or she would have finished them all off.

Cookies for Santa

It is Christmas Eve and that means time to bake some cookies for Santa. Madison is excited about waking up tomorrow morning to see if she got everything she asked for from Santa. I am sure he won't mind if she tried to sample a few cookies beforehand.

Gingerbread House

Madison built her first gingerbread house and she did a great job...but I think she enjoyed snacking on it the most! ;)

Professional Christmas pictures

Here are Madison's Christmas pictures. It was a "fun" experience. She was tired and hungry and there were a ton of people there. She didn't want to smile and wanted to be held most of the time. We did manage to get some good ones...and she did start warming up after we bribed her with some whoppers. Just a shame we didn't think of that before the photo shoot began! ;) HE HE

Snow in Mississippi

Well we are no stranger to snow...but it was strange to get it all the way down here in Mississippi. It was a wonderful surprise and I am so glad that Madison got to really play in it since she was so young in Wisconsin. Seeing the snow did make us miss Wisconsin but it is nice being in a place where you can have a day of snow and then a few days later it is in the 70's! ;)

Christmas in Canton

The day after Thanksgiving we went to Canton for their annual Christmas event. We all had a wonderful time but we were missing Danny (who was in Auburn at the Iron Bowl). Madison got to ride the carousel and a buggy being pulled by a horse. She even got to see Santa...even though she wasn't happy about it.

Black Friday

Here is Madison reading up on all of the Black Friday sales. We didn't go this year...but if she is already learning to scope out the deals - what are Mommy and Daddy in for?! ;)

Leaves

There have been a ton of leaves falling lately so Madison and I went out front and raked some into a pile. She had fun raking them but more fun playing with the pile when we were done.

Happy Thanksgiving

We all had a wonderful Thanksgiving. We went outside and Madison found a football. I guess that is a typical family tradition to play football out in the yard during Thanksgiving. I thought I was taking pictures of Madison playing with the football but I was really taking videos - so enjoy. ;)

Nana's Backyard

Here are a few pictures of Madison playing in Nana's backyard. Madison loves playing there and tries to gather up all of the acorns that she can find. She also loves spotting all of the animals that come visit. There is a dog that visits regularly that she loves but one day a horse showed up and Madison really had fun seeing him (he didn't seem to impressed with us). :)

Happy Halloween

Here are the pictures of Halloween! We had a lot of fun trick or treating this year. Everyone came to our new house to try out the neighborhood. The neighbors did not fail...they handed out great candy and there were a ton of kids out trick or treating! All the grandparents came as well as Uncle John, Aunt Jill and cousin Addie. Madison and Addie had a great time and looked so cute in their outfits. As you can see by the pictures Addie was a big girl and walked to all the doors by herself. Madison was great at carrying her bucket and was sure to let people see it so she could get some candy but stayed comfy in either Daddy's or Nana's arms. The last picture had to be included - both girls were so cute wanting to help Daddy (Uncle Danny) hand out candy. On a couple of occasions I think Addie wanted to leave with the trick or treaters to get some more candy. ;)