Birthday party

Maddie & I got to attend a fun birthday party today, & I was able to gather a couple pics & video of her playing. I think we found our next Christmas present for the kid! Before the party, however, she got a little mischievous.

She was having a great time riding around in the car until she saw me, then she decided that she wanted "up".

Thanksgiving

Turkey dinner is served! What a wonderful Thanksgiving! While we both would have rather been with extended family this year, the Lord truly blessed us with a great Thanksgiving. We slept in (thank you Maddie!) and never made it out of our pajamas for the whole day! We had a dinner with all the usual fixings, accompanied with little to no stress!

We have much to be thankful for this year. One and a half healthy children, a non-deployed daddy, a wonderful new home and community, loving friends & family, and a gracious God who never lets us go.

We hope you all had a great & safe holiday that was full of recognized blessings!

This is how we know she's ready to eat...pretty hard to miss!

Here's how we know she wants to watch "Baby Signing Time"....again, not hard to decipher!

New wagon!!!

Here's Maddie in her new wagon.

I love it when mommy tickles me!

Smiling through my pacifier.

Although proud papa thinks she's saying Da-dah, what she's actually refering to is the dog.

A busy little girl

Our little pony didn't like to keep her paws on.

Keeping busy at a neighborhood party.

Trying hard to gear up some excitement for the Big Orange!


Wearing her new dress & reading her new Clifford book (both of which Grammy made). She's striking her new "what's this" pose.